Patents by Inventor Steven Burger

Steven Burger 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).

  • Monitoring and reporting toner cartridge capacity with synthetic toner level values to provide finer granularity
    Patent number: 11169479
    Abstract: An approach is provided for monitoring and reporting capacity of a toner cartridge in a printing device. The printing device determines estimated toner levels based on actual toner levels obtained from a toner sensor of the printing device. The estimated toner levels are determined based on a first actual toner level and a second actual toner level obtained from the toner senor and print usage between the two actual toner levels. The estimated toner levels are determined for levels below the second actual toner level and are mapped to synthetic toner levels. Visual indications of the synthetic toner levels are displayed on the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Burger, Dan Piccoli, Keith D. Heasman
  • MONITORING AND REPORTING TONER CARTRIDGE CAPACITY WITH SYNTHETIC TONER LEVEL VALUES TO PROVIDE FINER GRANULARITY
    Publication number: 20210271197
    Abstract: An approach is provided for monitoring and reporting capacity of a toner cartridge in a printing device. The printing device determines estimated toner levels based on actual toner levels obtained from a toner sensor of the printing device. The estimated toner levels are determined based on a first actual toner level and a second actual toner level obtained from the toner senor and print usage between the two actual toner levels. The estimated toner levels are determined for levels below the second actual toner level and are mapped to synthetic toner levels. Visual indications of the synthetic toner levels are displayed on the printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Burger, Dan Piccoli, Keith D. Heasman