Patents by Inventor Toshio Kitazawa

Toshio Kitazawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20080089729
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product each capable of storing supply information of a printer supply of an image forming device, and generating a supply information list including the supply information to be printed on a recording sheet according to print settings information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Yoshiya Inoue, Toshio Kitazawa, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Yuka Saito
  • Publication number: 20070177439
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of managing supply information of an image forming device provided in an image forming apparatus, and displaying the supply information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Yuka Saito, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Toshio Kitazawa, Yoshiya Inoue, Takeshi Fujita, Hiroshi Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20070166056
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus which uses a consumable item is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a consumed status detecting unit which detects a value of the consumed status of the consumable item, a determining unit which determines whether to output an exchange message of the consumable item by comparing the value of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit with a predetermined value, an exchange message output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the exchange message, and a consumed status output setting unit which sets presence or non-presence of an output of the consumed status of the consumable item detected by the consumed status detecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshiya Inoue, Yasuyuki Igarashi, Takeshi Fujita, Yuka Saito, Toshio Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20070146398
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, a notification unit, and a controller. The sensor detects a supply-end condition of consumable supplies. The notification unit notifies a message based on the supply-end condition detected by the sensor, and provides an operation key used for setting a condition for the image forming apparatus. The notification unit includes a print-stop setting and a print-continue setting, settable for a consumable supply and used when a printing operation is suspended due to an occurrence of the supply-end condition. The controller suspends the printing operation based on the print-stop setting and continues the suspended printing operation based on the print-continue setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Igarashi, Yoshiya Inoue, Toshio Kitazawa, Takeshi Fujita, Yuka Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20020044301
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an image data input means for receiving input data, image data processing means for processing the image data and drawing the image data in an image memory unit, printing means for forming an image on a transfer sheet using the image data drawn in the image memory unit, and display means for displaying, either dynamically or successively, which process the image data is undergoing at any given moment, beginning with image data reception and ending with image data printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Toshio Kitazawa