Patents by Inventor Shinya Sugimoto

Shinya Sugimoto 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 method
    Publication number: 20040005164
    Abstract: An image forming method comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Sugimoto
  • Image forming apparatus with sheet size and shape detection
    Patent number: 6674981
    Abstract: When a menu of “SHEET SIZE SETTING” is chosen, a main CPU scans a non-fixed-sized sheet once, and takes in a scanned image. Based on the taken-in image, the main CPU detects the size of the sheet and sets the sheet size of a selected sheet cassette. The main CPU controls image formation using the non-fixed-sized sheet set in the sheet cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinya Sugimoto
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SHEET SIZE AND SHAPE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20030133734
    Abstract: When a menu of “SHEET SIZE SETTING” is chosen, a main CPU scans a non-fixed-sized sheet once, and takes in a scanned image. Based on the taken-in image, the main CPU detects the size of the sheet and sets the sheet size of a selected sheet cassette. The main CPU controls image formation using the non-fixed-sized sheet set in the sheet cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Sugimoto
  • IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20030108356
    Abstract: A method for printing a tab heading on a tab portion of a paper includes displaying an initial menu on an operation panel, allowing pressing of a tab button on a second menu, allowing pressing of a tab-layout button on a third menu, allowing input of contents of the tab heading on a fourth menu, allowing setting of a tab-size and a number of tabs on a fifth menu, and printing the tab heading on the tab portion of the paper based on the layout of the tab heading, the contents of the tab heading, the tab size, and the number of tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Sugimoto
  • Image forming method
    Patent number: 6571072
    Abstract: A method for printing a tab heading on a tab portion of a paper includes displaying an initial menu on an operation panel, allowing pressing of a tab button on a second menu, allowing pressing of a tab-layout button on a third menu, allowing input of contents of the tab heading on a fourth menu, allowing setting of a tab-size and a number of tabs on a fifth menu, and printing the tab heading on the tab portion of the paper based on the layout of the tab heading, the contents of the tab heading, the tab size, and the number of tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinya Sugimoto