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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Fukushima, Concord, CA (US);
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is the image forming apparatus that is implemented guidance mode. A connecting part connects with a terminal for remote maintenance in a session of a specific protocol. An operation acquiring part acquires operational information corresponding to operation of the terminal connected by the connecting part. A mode changing part is changed into a normal control mode and guidance mode by the operational information acquired by the operation acquiring part. The normal control mode is a mode that actually-controls each part. Also, guidance mode is the mode that controls each part for guidance. An operation control part controls each part by operational information corresponding to the mode changed by the mode changing part.