ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,902, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image reading device and image reading method" was invented by Kohei Tamai (Fukuchi-Machi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes a con driven by a motor, determines whether or not a second document subsequent to a first document is placed in a placement unit after start of driving of the motor and after the first document reaches a reading end position where reading by a reading unit ends, and when the second document is present, stops driving of the motor if a stop instruction for sopping the document at a specific position is receive...