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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Shinshiro, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00403 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1258 (2013.01); H04N 1/00392 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus to be used together with equipment to be used by a user with both hands, the image forming apparatus includes: an acceptor that does not accept, by voice, an instruction for processing to be performed by the image forming apparatus before the user holds the equipment but accepts, by the voice, the instruction while the equipment is being used with both of the hands.