Patents by Inventor MEGUMI FURUSAWA

MEGUMI FURUSAWA 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 and notification control method for notifying a detected intruder
    Patent number: 11265427
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main CPU, and, in an unused period in which the image forming apparatus is not used, the main CPU detects whether or not a person exists within a human detection range, on the basis of an output of a human detection sensor. When a person has been detected, by outputting a notification voice regarding an intruder, which indicates that the intruder has been detected, from a speaker, the main CPU notifies the surroundings of the image forming apparatus and also transmits an electronic mail including a message indicating that the intruder has been detected to an address that has been registered in advance and thereby notifies a user of a terminal of the address of the detection of the intruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Megumi Furusawa, Masayoshi Mizuno, Sohichi Yoshimura
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20200204691
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main CPU, and, in an unused period in which the image forming apparatus is not used, the main CPU detects whether or not a person exists within a human detection range, on the basis of an output of a human detection sensor. When a person has been detected, by outputting a notification voice regarding an intruder, which indicates that the intruder has been detected, from a speaker, the main CPU notifies the surroundings of the image forming apparatus and also transmits an electronic mail including a message indicating that the intruder has been detected to an address that has been registered in advance and thereby notifies a user of a terminal of the address of the detection of the intruder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: MEGUMI FURUSAWA, MASAYOSHI MIZUNO, SOHICHI YOSHIMURA
  • Image forming apparatus, storage medium, and notification control method that notifies of an intruder
    Patent number: 10616423
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main CPU, and, in an unused period in which the image forming apparatus is not used, the main CPU detects whether or not a person exists within a human detection range, on the basis of an output of a human detection sensor. When a person has been detected, by outputting a notification voice regarding an intruder, which indicates that the intruder has been detected, from a speaker, the main CPU notifies the surroundings of the image forming apparatus and also transmits an electronic mail including a message indicating that the intruder has been detected to an address that has been registered in advance and thereby notifies a user of a terminal of the address of the detection of the intruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Megumi Furusawa, Masayoshi Mizuno, Sohichi Yoshimura
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20190166263
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a main CPU, and, in an unused period in which the image forming apparatus is not used, the main CPU detects whether or not a person exists within a human detection range, on the basis of an output of a human detection sensor. When a person has been detected, by outputting a notification voice regarding an intruder, which indicates that the intruder has been detected, from a speaker, the main CPU notifies the surroundings of the image forming apparatus and also transmits an electronic mail including a message indicating that the intruder has been detected to an address that has been registered in advance and thereby notifies a user of a terminal of the address of the detection of the intruder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: MEGUMI FURUSAWA, MASAYOSHI MIZUNO, SOHICHI YOSHIMURA