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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Naohiko Kosaka, San Ramon, CA (US);
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming method includes: receiving a print job and a print job ticket by at least one image forming apparatus; waiting for an access from a mobile terminal having user ID data using a wireless communication; authenticating for accessing the print job ticket using the user ID data by the image forming apparatus determined to be closest to the mobile terminal; transferring the print job ticket to the closest image forming apparatus in response to the access from the mobile terminal to the closest image forming apparatus; acquiring a facial image of a user in front of the closest image forming apparatus in response to the authentication; recognizing a face of an owner of the print job ticket in the acquired facial image to cause the closest image forming apparatus to print the image data; and printing the image data while the facial image is being recognized.