ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,565, issued on May 20, was assigned to KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. (Osaka, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Ryosuke Kimura (Osaka, Japan) and Takahisa Nakaue (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a transfer member, a density detection device, and a control unit. The image forming unit includes an image carrier, a charging device, an exposing device, and a developing device. The control unit is capable of executing a calibration mode to correct density of a toner image. When the calibration mode is executed, a datum image is formed by the developing...