US Patent Issued to Sharp on Aug. 5 for "Image processing apparatus and virus check method for the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,209, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus and virus check method for the same" was invented by Yohichi Kimura (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes: a primary communication circuit for communication with an external device via a primary line; a secondary communication circuit for communication with a specific device via a secondary line; a transmission/reception processor communicating with the external device via the primary line or the specific device via the secondary line to acquire virus definition information from the external devic...