ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,776, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Conveyance apparatus" was invented by Ryutaro Kitagawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyance apparatus includes a set unit, a conveyance unit, a first sensor, a control unit, and a platen. The set unit allows a roll sheet to be set. The conveyance unit convey the roll sheet. The first sensor acquires data to be used to identify a type of the roll sheet during sheet conveyance by the conveyance unit. The control unit controls an operation on the roll sheet based on a result of the data acquisition by the first sensor. The platen supports the roll sheet. ...