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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes: an operation unit removable from the electronic apparatus that receives operation of a user; and circuitry to: obtain user information identifying the user operating the operation unit; obtain a result of authentication processing, which determines whether the user identified with the user information is an authenticated user who is allowed to use the electronic apparatus; determine whether the authenticated user requires voice assistance, based on voice assistance information that associates, for each one or more authenticated users of the electronic apparatus, requirement information indicating whether voice assistance is required for the user; based on a determination that the authenticated user requires voice assistance, perform control of outputting voice data corresponding to operation of the authenticated user received at the operation unit; and based on a determination that the authenticated user requires no voice assistance, perform no control of outputting voice data.