Patents by Inventor Alexander H. Venema

Alexander H. Venema 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 for counting images formed by the apparatus
    Patent number: 8027609
    Abstract: An apparatus having an operative mode and a non-operative mode with a method for counting events with a volatile counter and a non-volatile electronic memory having a number N of memory areas, includes counting events with the volatile counter, when the count value has been incremented by a predetermined number M or when the apparatus passes into the non-operative mode, saving the count value to one of the memory areas, with cycling switching of the memory area into which the count value is written; and when the apparatus passes into the operative mode, initializing the counter with the maximum of the count values stored in the N memory areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Oce-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius C. M. Van Buren, Alexander H. Venema, Johannes T. M. Neggers
  • Image forming apparatus for counting images formed by the apparatus
    Publication number: 20080187329
    Abstract: An apparatus having an operative mode and a non-operative mode with a method for counting events with a volatile counter and a non-volatile electronic memory having a number N of memory areas, includes counting events with the volatile counter, when the count value has been incremented by a predetermined number M or when the apparatus passes into the non-operative mode, saving the count value to one of the memory areas, with cycling switching of the memory area into which the count value is written; and when the apparatus passes into the operative mode, initializing the counter with the maximum of the count values stored in the N memory areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius C.M. Van Buren, Alexander H. Venema, Johannes T.M. Neggers