Patents by Inventor Hiroki SHIRADO

Hiroki SHIRADO 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 READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE READING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120057211
    Abstract: A controller controls a scanner unit of an image reading device to read a section of an original document that corresponds to an image reading area specified by a user, when a user instruction for setting the image reading area is received. The controller causes the scanner unit to move to an image reading start position in a sub-scanning direction as specified by a user instruction. When a user instruction for starting image reading is received, the controller causes the scanner unit to start reading the section of the original document from the image reading start position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Hiroki SHIRADO