US Patent Issued to Kyocera Document Solutions on Dec. 30 for "Printing device inline inspection system and methods" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,817, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Printing device inline inspection system and methods" was invented by Javier A. Morales (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes an inline inspection system using one or more sensors to determine defects on a printed sheet. The control unit, or other component connected to the printing device, determines a plurality of horizontal and vertical portions within one or more images on the sheet that are above a colorant value, or CMYK, threshold. A set of the plurality of horizontal and vertical portions are identifie...