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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2017
Tanita Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Senri Tanida, Tokyo, JP;
Sotaro Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Fuji, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Iida, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
TANITA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit that reads data stored in an activity amount meter, at least one of an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium and an image reading unit that reads the image, a display unit that displays an option to be selected such that the display unit receives a use instruction of a function that is selected, and a sending unit that sends the data stored in the activity amount meter and read by the reading unit. The display unit receives the use instruction even when the sending unit is sending the data stored in the activity amount meter and read by the reading unit.