Patents by Inventor Takashi Sugitoh

Takashi Sugitoh 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
    Patent number: 6920295
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a compound image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the compound image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20040013441
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a compound image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the compound image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 6603937
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a complex image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the complex image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20020159786
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying information that the user wants to obtain in a visually easy-to-recognize manner. In a complex image forming apparatus provided with: one of original reading means for reading image information from an original, image receiving means for receiving image information from a terminal connected to a network and a line image receiving means for receiving image information from a telephone line; image forming means for forming an image based on the image information obtained by the means; and a display portion for displaying the condition of the apparatus, a display condition control portion is provided that changes the display condition of the display portion to a visually easy-to-recognize condition when the condition of the complex image forming apparatus is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Sohichi Yoshimura, Hiroki Eto, Kouichi Eto, Michiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Ide, Koji Tsukamoto, Kenji Tani, Hirohito Morioka, Kimiko Watanabe, Kazuya Masuda, Yoshinori Nakahira, Masaaki Kawakami, Takashi Sugitoh, Yoshikazu Kondoh, Mariko Arai, Takahiro Kawakami, Toshinori Tsujii