# Canon Inc — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Canon Inc has 2 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Printers Manage Power States and Sleep Timers](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/RE48925/wrist-worn-activity-tracker) — granted 2022
  A method for printers to intelligently decide whether to reset their sleep timer based on the type of network activity they encounter.
- [How Canon's Bubble Jet Printers Make Ink Droplets](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4723129/inkjet-bubble-jet-printing) — granted 1988
  Canon's 1988 patent on bubble jet printing uses a tiny heater to instantly vaporize ink, creating a bubble that pushes out a droplet of ink from the printer head.

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