Patents by Inventor Sumiko Nishimura

Sumiko Nishimura 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).

  • Patent number: 6038040
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus stores a plurality of jobs. When a process for a job is temporarily stopped due to any trouble of the apparatus or interruption, the job is not automatically resumed if an image reader and a printer operate for the same job. If the image reader and the printer operate for different jobs, only the printing operation is automatically resumed. In this case, the reading operation of the image reader is not automatically resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumiko Nishimura, Eiichi Yoshida, Hiroharu Tanaka, Toshiyuki Yamashita, Takatsugu Kuno
  • Patent number: 5907744
    Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, first in a printing delay process, it is determined whether or not a specific mode is set. When it is determined that a specific mode is set, printing is inhibited until images to be printed are accumulated in a memory, and whether or not originals are mixed originals (of assorted sizes) is detected. If it is determined that originals are mixed ones, start of printing is inhibited. Since printing cannot be executed when a specific mode in which mixed originals cannot be handled is set, an image forming apparatus capable of automatically handling mixed originals can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yamashita, Eiichi Yoshida, Hiroharu Tanaka, Takatsugu Kuno, Sumiko Nishimura