US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Business Innovation on Dec. 16 for "Image reading device, image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing image reading program, and image reading method reducing image reading time by sequentially switching light sources turning on second light source for shorter time than first light source" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,987, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image reading device, image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing image reading program, and image reading method reducing image reading time by sequentially switching light sources turning on second light source for shorter time than first light source" was invented by Takaharu Sato (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kenji Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes plural light sources that irradiate an image reading target with light at different angles; and a switching mechanism that seq...