US Patent Issued to PFU on May 20 for "Medium transport device, control method, and control program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,764, issued on May 20, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).

"Medium transport device, control method, and control program" was invented by Kiichiro Shimosaka (Kahoku, Japan), Sachiko Fudeyasu (Kahoku, Japan) and Hisashi Ogi (Kahoku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a medium conveying apparatus, a control method, and a control program is to enable further reduction in the time required for conveying the medium while suppressing the occurrence of the conveyance abnormality of the medium. A medium conveying apparatus includes a conveying mechanism to convey a medium, a determination module to determine whether a co...