Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device and device, system, recording medium with program codes for managing consumables in image forming device
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Application No.: US15073393Application Date: 2016-03-17
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Publication No.: US10367955B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Masatoshi Hitaka
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2015-061857 20150325
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; H04N1/00 ; H04N1/32

Abstract:
A storage unit stores therein registered data about image forming devices connected to each other via a network. An acquisition unit refers to the registered data to acquire the number of the image forming devices. A consumption ratio monitor unit monitors a consumption ratio of consumables in at least one of the image forming devices. A prediction unit predicts a predicted time for replenishment or replacement of consumables for each image forming device monitored by the consumption rate monitor, based on the consumption ratio of consumables thereof, and corrects the predicted time based on comparison between a number that the acquisition unit has acquired and another number that the acquisition unit previously acquired. A requisition unit issues a request for replenishment or replacement of consumables at the predicted time.
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