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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190037 | Fault prediction method, fault prediction system, and image forming apparatus A fault prediction method predicts a plurality of faults in a target device, and includes the steps of collecting internal information of the target device output from the target device, generating one or more criteria for defining a deviation from a normal state ba... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184995 | Customer part replacement feature utilizing high frequency service interval fault and signature analyses A diagnostic system made part of or for use with a document handling device in which a customer is guided toward performance of at least one comparison means in a diagnostic routine analysis. The comparison means is selected from a group comprising (1) a first compa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8121496 | Image forming apparatus operating in a power saving mode as long as possible An image forming apparatus operates in a power saving mode or in the normal printing mode. An image forming section forms an image in accordance with print data received from an external apparatus. A state detecting section detects a state of the image forming appar... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8064782 | Management device of an image forming apparatus A management device for an image forming apparatus including a status data collection unit where multiple types of status data are received from the image forming apparatus and stored in a status database, a target data creation unit where multiple types of target d... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064781 | Image forming apparatus with retaining unit and determining unit An image forming apparatus includes an opening-closing lid for opening and closing an opening portion formed in an apparatus main body; a detection unit for detecting an open state of the opening-closing lid; an execution unit for executing a specific operation; a m... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059975 | Flexible diagnostic sensor sheet A system of diagnosing a printer or photocopying system using a flexible diagnostic sheet is described. In the system, a thin diagnostic sheet including a plurality of sensors formed on the sheet is run through the paper path of the printing system. The printing sys... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041234 | Method and apparatus for sensing locations on a belt Aspects of the disclosure can provide a sensor system. The sensor system can include a belt having an undesirable portion and an aperture formed at a distance from the undesirable portion, a reflector located in the aperture, and a detector that senses a light refle... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8000613 | Flexible nanowire sensors and field-effect devices for testing toner A system, including an improved sensor, for determining toner particle uniformity is described. The sensor measures toner particle charge, typically be having the charge on the toner particle control a current flow through the channel of a thin film transistor. By m... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991303 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes; a main body; a detachable member; a cover; a displacement member movable between a preventing position and a permitting position; a one-way link mechanism provided for displacing the displacement member from the preventing positi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7949263 | Image forming apparatus having maintenance method setting function An image forming apparatus of which maintenance work can always be conducted appropriately independent of time-degradation of the apparatus is provided. In the image forming apparatus of which maintenance work is done in accordance with either a user mode or a servi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7873287 | Image forming apparatus addressing an abnormality in the cooling device and a method of controlling the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a cooling fan as a cooling device, an image formation processing unit, a changeover unit, a main control unit, a secondary control unit, and a power supply unit. The main control unit and the secondary c... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7856186 | Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof An image forming apparatus including: a body; an electronic unit; a replaceable unit that is detachably installed within the body; a power supply that generates and outputs a predetermined operation voltage; a high voltage generating part that receives the operation... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7792437 | Method and apparatus for detecting cover opening of image forming apparatus and method and apparatus for controlling supply of power A method and apparatus for detecting a cover opening of an image forming apparatus and a method and apparatus for controlling the supply of power to the image forming apparatus by detecting cover opening are provided. A detection is made as to whether first and seco... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778555 | Abnormality determining apparatus, image forming apparatus, copying machine, and information obtaining method A time point at which a predetermined period elapses since the start of use of a copying machine as a detection subject after factory shipment or repair is obtained. Pieces of set information, which are combinations of various types of information until the time poi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7756425 | Error notification device notifying of occurrence of error When an error occurs in an image processor, error information including a performer of the job having been processed upon occurrence of the error, the type of the job, and the type of the error is transmitted to a host. In the host, a transmission destination of sup... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7693431 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus which is capable of performing a failsafe image forming operation even when a memory device of a replaceable unit mounted thereon is faulty. A controller of the image forming apparatus determines whether or not a memory tag of a toner cart... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7664407 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively performing color image position adjustment A color image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming devices, a transfer device including a transfer belt, a test pattern forming device configured to form, on the transfer belt, a test pattern including a plurality of marks formed by the image for... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646993 | Method and control device for displaying diagnosis data of a printer or copier In a method for outputting data of a diagnosis data stream of a printer or copier, the diagnosis data stream comprises first data of a first data type and at least second data of the second data type, the first data and the second data each including structure date ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7634202 | Image forming apparatus and abnormality determination method for such an apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming stations. In each image forming station an electrostatic latent image carrier and a charging member are arranged to face each other with a specified gap therebetween. A charging failure caused by an ab... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7580644 | Imaging forming device, medium, inspection system, and recording medium storing inspection program capable of determining cause of defective print An image forming device, which includes an inspection data storing section that stores inspection data for inspecting an inspection target for identifying a cause of a defective print, and an image forming section that forms on a medium the inspection data stored in... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7505697 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively performing color image position adjustment A color image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming devices attachable to and detachable from a housing, a transfer device including a transfer belt, an exchange detecting device configured to detect exchange of the image forming devices, a test p... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7493055 | Fault isolation of visible defects with manual module shutdown options A system for handling objects includes a first image marking engine operative to mark objects, and a second image marking engine operative to mark objects. In addition, the system includes a first object delivery path operative to transport objects presented by the ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493056 | Image-forming-apparatus simulation apparatus, image forming apparatus simulation method, and program An image-forming-apparatus simulation apparatus includes a storing section, a first acquiring section, a generating section, a display section and a control section. The storing section stores a defective event table. In the defective event table, event specifying i... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7457550 | Abnormality determining apparatus, image forming apparatus, copying machine, and information obtaining method A time point at which a predetermined period elapses since the start of use of a copying machine as a detection subject after factory shipment or repair is obtained. Pieces of set information, which are combinations of various types of information until the time poi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454145 | Packaging detection and removal for an image forming device Upon initialization of an image-forming device, a sensor generates a signal to indicate the presence of packaging material at a location within the image-forming device. The image-forming device displays a message to a user responsive to this signal. The message may... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7440706 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus comprises: an automatic adjustment unit for automatic adjustment of the apparatus; a job queuing unit for queuing image formation jobs; a counting unit for counting the number of pages from the previous automatic adjustment, for each aut... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426352 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes an automatic adjustment unit for automatic adjustment of the apparatus, a job queuing unit for queuing image formation jobs, a counting unit for counting the number of pages from the previous automatic adjustment for each automa... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426042 | Image forming system and maintenance execution program There is provided an image forming system that are capable of preventing a user or operator from forgetting to carry out a maintenance operation based on required sub-maintenance items after execution of a maintenance operation based on an associated maintenance ite... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420719 | Skew correction Method embodiments herein print a test document using a multi-function printing device to produce a printed document. This printed document is examined in a first direction to determine a first skew of the printing device. The first skew comprises a combination of r... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417753 | System for automatically monitoring copiers from a remote location A method of monitoring the operational status of and initiating image processing device control commands on one or more image processing devices from a remote location, said image processing devices each having a control computer for controlling operation of the dev... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415215 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus An image forming system including: an instruction input unit that allows a user to input a calibration execution instruction for performing a calibration; a restriction setting unit that sets a restriction setting that restricts performing the calibration; a determi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409167 | Image-forming device capable of performing self-diagnosis using inspection cartridge in place of process cartridge A laser printer having a self-diagnostic function includes a first sensing unit that changes in detection status when one of a process cartridge and an inspection cartridge is mounted therein, and a second sensing unit that changes in detection status when at least ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406271 | Contextual fault handling method and apparatus in a printing system A contextual fault handling method and apparatus in a printing system replaces a first diagnostic message with a second diagnostic message based on a measure of fault occurrence frequency. The first message includes information relating to a symptom of a first fault... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403721 | Image forming apparatus, MFP and method of displaying jam removal guidance An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a scanner for reading an image, a printer for fixing an image formed thereby on paper and discharging the paper, a display for displaying information, and a controller for controlling the scanner, the pr... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391979 | Image processing apparatus and method of automatic reboot An image processing apparatus is disclosed that, when falling in failures possibly being fixable by switching off/on electric power, is able to be automatically and appropriately rebooted and does not involve disagreement in counts of different counters used for man... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389057 | Image forming apparatus monitoring system and method, program and storage medium A system remotely monitors at least one image forming apparatus. The system receives first operation information and second operation information concerning the image forming apparatus. The system is capable of detecting a frequent occurrence of failures in the imag... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386245 | Adjusting an angle of an operation panel on a multifunction apparatus A multifunction apparatus having a plurality of functions, including a copier function, retrieves user identification information from a memory card carried by the user within a detection area, obtains panel angle information that is set for the authenticated user b... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382507 | Image quality defect detection from image quality database A method of detecting image quality defects in the output of an image output device includes the steps of generating a test pattern at a known time, analyzing the test pattern to generate image quality defect records, storing the image quality defect records in memo... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373382 | Electronic apparatus, information communications apparatus, management system for same electronic apparatus, and management method for same electronic apparatus A management system of the present invention is provided with an electronic apparatus having a specific function, such as a digital composite machine, an information management apparatus, and a plurality of service information terminals. The information management a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372479 | Apparatus and method for optical image formation control An image forming apparatus for forming images with an electrophotographic system. The image forming apparatus includes a laser drive unit configured to control a laser light, and an image data transfer control unit configured to control image data from to the laser ... | 05/13/2008 |
