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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mariko Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Fujimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Kajiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoya Ogata, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kunitoshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A self-moving apparatus that provides a service by moving to a destination and includes a detection unit and a reporting unit. A reception unit receives a user instruction for causing the self-moving apparatus to move to a predetermined destination if the self-moving apparatus is in a predetermined state relating to maintenance or printing or if the self-moving apparatus is changed to be in the predetermined state. A detection unit detects a state of the self-moving apparatus. A moving unit that moves to the predetermined destination if the self-moving apparatus is in the predetermined state or if the self-moving apparatus is changed to be in the predetermined state on the basis of a detection result obtained by the detection unit.