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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonari Yoshimura, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Ohshima, Amagasaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation apparatus remotely operable smoothly using a terminal device is provided. In an image processing system including a plurality of terminal devices and an MFP capable of wireless communication, when the number of terminal devices connected to the image formation apparatus via wireless communication has reached a threshold value representing a number based on the number of terminal devices with which the MFP can wirelessly communicate, the MFP determines that, of the connected terminal devices, one or more terminal devices satisfying a previously stored condition as a candidate to be disconnected, and the MFP sends notification to request severing the wireless communication. When the MFP obtains permission for disconnection from a terminal device that is a destination of the notification, the MFP severs the wireless communication.