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US09046846B2 Image forming apparatus indicating a remaining quantity of consumable material, method of indicating a remaining quantity of consumable material, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for indicating a remaining quantity of a consumable material
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指示消耗材料的剩余量的图像形成装置,指示耗材的剩余量的方法以及存储用于指示消耗材料的剩余量的程序的非暂时性计算机可读介质
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus indicating a remaining quantity of consumable material, method of indicating a remaining quantity of consumable material, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for indicating a remaining quantity of a consumable material
- Patent Title (中): 指示消耗材料的剩余量的图像形成装置,指示耗材的剩余量的方法以及存储用于指示消耗材料的剩余量的程序的非暂时性计算机可读介质
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Application No.: US14010935Application Date: 2013-08-27
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Publication No.: US09046846B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Motoki Kanzawa , Toshihisa Motosugi
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2012-188132 20120829
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
Provided are an image forming apparatus, a method of indicating the remaining quantity of a consumable material and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for the remaining quantity of a consumable material. The image forming apparatus includes an array of LEDs arranged on a body of the image forming apparatus such that a lighting condition of the LEDs is visible to a user at a remote place from the image forming apparatus; an image forming section; and a control section configured to operate the image forming section to perform image forming processing. The control section is further configured to operate the LEDs to turn on or blink in a first lighting pattern according to a status of an operation of the image forming apparatus, and operate the LEDs to turn on or blink in a second lighting pattern according to a remaining quantity of a consumable material.
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