Patents by Inventor Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Tatsuhisa Suzuki 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 reading apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus for reducing operator wait time
    Patent number: 8054477
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus that is connectable with one or more image forming apparatuses and able to configure a copy system together with the image forming apparatuses connected thereto, comprises an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to shift to a copy mode; and an instruction transmitting unit that transmits a releasing instruction to release a power saving state to at least one of the image forming apparatuses, when the instruction receiving unit receives the instruction to shift to the copy mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  • Image reading apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20060215182
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus that is connectable with one or more image forming apparatuses and able to configure a copy system together with the image forming apparatuses connected thereto, comprises an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to shift to a copy mode; and an instruction transmitting unit that transmits a releasing instruction to release a power saving state to at least one of the image forming apparatuses, when the instruction receiving unit receives the instruction to shift to the copy mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuhisa Suzuki