Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Koichiro Tazuke

Makoto Kowaka

Masakazu Yamamoto

Hironori Okamoto

Shinji Nakatsuka

Kentaro Kishida

An authentication system includes a user authentication unit. The user authentication unit performs user authentication by combining password authentication and handwriting authentication, the password authentication being performed by collating an entire character string of a password inputted using an operation input unit and a handwriting input unit with an entire character string of a registration password stored in a storage unit, the handwriting authentication being performed by collating the handwriting information of a part of characters of the password inputted by the handwriting input unit with handwriting information of handwriting data of this inputted character stored in the storage unit.

Authentication system

An image forming system includes a plurality of processing apparatuses. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, storage, an acquiring section, a first specifying section, a receiver, a second specifying section, and a notifying section. The storage stores therein a position of each of the processing apparatuses. The acquiring section acquires state information from each of the processing apparatuses. The state information indicates whether a corresponding one of the processing apparatuses is in a normal function state or a malfunction state. The first specifying section specifies, from among the processing apparatuses, a malfunctioning processing apparatus for which the malfunction state is indicated by the state information. The second specifying section specifies a relative position of the malfunctioning processing apparatus with respect to a mobile terminal device. The notifying section notifies of specific information relating to the relative position specified by the second specifying section.

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Osaka, Japan

Koichiro Tazuke