US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 4 for "Sheet identification device and image processing apparatus capable of identifying fiber direction of sheet" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,922, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet identification device and image processing apparatus capable of identifying fiber direction of sheet" was invented by Koji Sato (Osaka, Japan), Kazuhiro Nakachi (Osaka, Japan), Rui Hamabe (Osaka, Japan) and Takuya Miyamoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet identification device includes a light irradiation portion. When forming an identification image, the light irradiation portion projects first pattern light (P11) and second pattern light (P12) having different dependences on a fiber direction of a surface of a sheet on a...