Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha Assigned Patent

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (11665300) developed by B, Pallavi H, and Srinivasan, Hariharasudhan, Karnataka, India, for “method and a system for managing storage of a scanned document.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method and system for managing storage of scanned document in Multi-Function Printer (MFP). The method comprises receiving document and request for scanning the document. Further, the method comprises determining options for storing the document, based on properties for scanning the document and current capacity of storage unit. Each of the options indicates image file format for the document and at least one of color mode or image resolution for the document. Furthermore, the method comprises providing the options for receiving selection from user. Thereafter, the method comprises storing, the scanned version of the document in the storage unit, based on option selected by the user. The method and system ensures that the scanning of the document is performed even when the sufficient capacity is not available in the MFP.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-03-14 (17/694226).