Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processor having a judging unit
- Patent Title (中): 图像处理器具有判断单元
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Application No.: US12058277Application Date: 2008-03-28
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Publication No.: US07986888B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Masaaki Hibino
- Applicant: Masaaki Hibino
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-092787 20070330
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image processor includes a main body and a consumable product which is replaceably installed to the main body is provided with a storage configured to store a table to which a record indicative of a usage status of the consumable product is to be successively added, an installation detection unit configured to detect that the consumable product is newly installed, a judging unit configured to judge whether the newly installed consumable product has been used in the main body continuously or discontinuously when the detection unit detects that the consumable product is newly installed. A usage status detection unit detects the usage status of the consumable product. A controller updates the latest record of the table if the consumable product has been continuously used, while creates a new record to be added to the table if the consumable product has been used discontinuously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080240745A1 IMAGE PROCESSOR Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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