Patents by Inventor KEISUKE MIYANISHI

KEISUKE MIYANISHI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11237509
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is replenished with toner by using a toner cartridge serving as a toner container that accommodates toner, which is a consumable, and that is detachable from an apparatus body, includes, as a characteristic component of a control section that controls the image forming apparatus, a display control unit that, when a toner cartridge to be first inserted or a replacing toner cartridge is inserted, causes a display section of an operation panel to display a display (e.g. a message, an image (illustration), a moving image, or the like) that instructs a user in an operation of shaking the toner cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Miyanishi, Kunihiro Mitsuhashi
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180341206
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that is replenished with toner by using a toner cartridge serving as a toner container that accommodates toner, which is a consumable, and that is detachable from an apparatus body, includes, as a characteristic component of a control section that controls the image forming apparatus, a display control unit that, when a toner cartridge to be first inserted or a replacing toner cartridge is inserted, causes a display section of an operation panel to display a display (e.g. a message, an image (illustration), a moving image, or the like) that instructs a user in an operation of shaking the toner cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: KEISUKE MIYANISHI, KUNIHIRO MITSUHASHI