Patents by Inventor Atsuhi YOKOYAMA

Atsuhi YOKOYAMA 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, IMAGE FORMATION ENABLING OR DISABLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20110057971
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a computing unit to compute an amount of ink to be used to record raster data if a remaining amount of ink reaches a predetermined amount, and a recording control part to enable the recording if the remaining amount of ink is greater than the amount of ink computed by the computing unit. The recording control part disables the recording if the remaining amount of ink is less than or equal to the amount of ink computed by the computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhi YOKOYAMA, Kohichi SADANO, Satoshi MIYAZAKI, Masaharu OHTANI, Yoshiaki SATOH