ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,430, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus and image processing method" was invented by Seiichi Shirasaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a registration roller, a first conveying roller, and a second conveying roller. The registration roller is disposed on a conveying path of a sheet to be subjected to image processing, and corrects the skew of the sheet by allowing the leading end of the sheet abut thereon in a stopped state. The first conveying roller is disposed upstream of the registration roller on the con...