ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,776, issued on March 4, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image reading device and image reading method" was invented by Satoshi Onuma (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes a tray, a paper feed roller that conveys a sheet, a first sensor that detects a front end and a rear end of the sheet, a second sensor that detects the front end of the sheet, and a scanner that reads an image on a front side of the sheet and reads an image on a back side of the sheet. A controller determines a first time duration that elapses from the detection of the front end of the sheet by the first sensor t...