US Patent Issued to PFU on Feb. 3 for "Medium conveying apparatus to detect predetermined medium based on lift of medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,048, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).

"Medium conveying apparatus to detect predetermined medium based on lift of medium" was invented by Takumi Ito (Kahoku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveying apparatus includes a pick roller, a first lift sensor located on one side of the pick roller, a second lift sensor located on another side of the pick roller, a first detection sensor located on a same side as the first lift sensor, a second detection sensor located on a same side as the second lift sensor, and a processor to determine whether the medium is a predetermined medium, based on a detect...