Patents by Inventor Taketoshi Yamahata

Taketoshi Yamahata 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 control method thereof
    Publication number: 20050073393
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided with a first detector for detecting that a consumption article has reached its life, a second detector for detecting that the consumption article has reached a certain timing before its life, a third detector for detecting an application of power and/or releasing of a power saving mode of the image forming apparatus, a first controller for making a display portion provided at the image forming apparatus display an alarm advising a replacement of the consumption article and for making the image forming apparatus inactivate in a case where the application of power and/or the releasing of the power saving mode of the image forming apparatus is detected by the third detector after the second detector detects that the consumption article has reached the certain timing before its life but before the first detector detects that the consumption article has reached its life, and a second controller for releasing the alarm display and enabling the use of the image forming apparatu
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Motosugi, Kenichi Matsumoto, Taketoshi Yamahata, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, Jiro Goto