Patents by Inventor Hermina R. Rutgers

Hermina R. Rutgers 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).

  • Reproduction device for copying, scanning or printing image information and provided with an improved user interface
    Patent number: 6100994
    Abstract: A reproduction device includes a scanner, memory for storage of electrical image information, a printer and an operating device. The operating device comprises a display screen for the display of apparatus functions for selection, a first selection device for selecting a group of apparatus functions to be displayed on the display screen, and a second selection device for selecting the displayed apparatus functions or options thereof. The apparatus functions are grouped in a first group of apparatus functions relating to all the document sheets of a document for scanning, copying or printing, a second group relating to a specific document sheet of a document and a third group relating to a specific area of a specific document sheet. The first selection device is suitable for selecting directly from a standard basic menu at least some of the functions from one of the groups of functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Oce Technologies, B.V.
    Inventors: Leo H. R. N. Schliekelmann, Antonia P. Kwak, Jan H. Geels, Antonius H. L. Boots, Monique G. M. Sommer, Hermina R. Rutgers