Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image formation device
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13398454Application Date: 2012-02-16
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Publication No.: US08768185B2Publication Date: 2014-07-01
- Inventor: Yasuji Watanabe , Atsushi Kawai
- Applicant: Yasuji Watanabe , Atsushi Kawai
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technoliges, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technoliges, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2011-033070 20110218
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image formation device for use with a consumable removably loaded therein, the consumable including a non-volatile consumable memory, the image formation device including: a non-volatile device memory; an abnormality detection unit detecting an abnormality pertaining to the consumable; a detection registration unit registering abnormality detection data into both memories when the abnormality pertains to the consumable and no relevant abnormality data are registered in either memory, the abnormality detection data representing the detected abnormality; a confirmation registration unit registering abnormality confirmation data after the consumable has been exchanged and new abnormality detection data pertaining to a new abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit are registered in only one of the memories, the abnormality confirmation data replacing the new abnormality detection data in the appropriate memory; and a confirmation notification unit making a notification of abnormality confirmation when the abnormality confirmation data are registered by the confirmation registration unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120213534A1 IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-08-23
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