US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Oct. 21 for "Image reading apparatus and method of controlling image reading apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,242, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image reading apparatus and method of controlling image reading apparatus" was invented by Yuko Hirayama (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Kenichi Murahashi (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus is configured to read image data generated by reading a window within a junction of a carrier sheet and then to determine whether the target object is a carrier sheet, based on a total height of a first area and a plurality of second areas arranged with the first area therebetween in a transport direction as well as a first color width. In the fir...