ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,939, issued on April 29, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Michiaki Nishimura (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: an operation acceptor; a transporter transporting paper along a transport path; an image former forming an image on the paper on the basis of image data; a paper detector detecting a transport status of the paper on the basis of detection results of paper detection sensors provided at various locations on the transport path; a display; a storage storing a predetermined image showing an assumed jam status of the paper and predet...