ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,195, issued on May 20, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus and control method" was invented by Kunihiko Kanou (Tokoname, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus is provided that is aimed to control adverse impacts on a printing quality caused by the meandering motion of a printing belt and changes of a feeding speed. The image forming apparatus includes: one or more printing portions that print a printing object on paper; a belt in a form of a loop, the belt serving to transport the paper to a printing position; a roller that feeds the belt; a phase detector that detects a pha...