Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Hanano

Hiroyuki Hanano 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 system, image forming apparatus and method for setting printing function with toner container having information providing section that stores information about the quality of toner in the container
    Patent number: 7756427
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming system, which comprises an image forming apparatus, and a toner container mountable to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a control section, and an information acquisition section which acquires the toner-quality information about a toner container which is demountably mounted thereto. The control section is operable, based on the toner-quality information acquired by the information acquisition section, to identify the quality of the toner contained in the toner container and set a printing function based on the identified toner quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hanano, Toru Yasui, Tetsuji Yamaguchi
  • DEVICE SETTING ALTERATION SYSTEM, NETWORK DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20100023608
    Abstract: A device setting alteration system comprises a plurality of network devices connected to one another via a network. Each of the plurality of network devices comprises: a device main body that requests a setting alteration with respect to its network device that comprises the device main body itself; a data analysis unit that determines whether or not a setting alteration is being performed through another device main body of another network device when the device main body requests the setting alteration; a processing execution unit that uses, when the data analysis unit determines that a setting alteration is not being performed through another device main body, the setting alteration performed through the device main body upon its network device; and a network communication unit that transmits a content of the setting alteration to another network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hanano
  • IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING PRINTING FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20080166138
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image forming system, which comprises an image forming apparatus, and a toner container mountable to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a control section, and an information acquisition section which acquires the toner-quality information about a toner container which is demountably mounted thereto. The control section is operable, based on the toner-quality information acquired by the information acquisition section, to identify the quality of the toner contained in the toner container and set a printing function based on the identified toner quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hanano, Toru Yasui, Tetsuji Yamaguchi