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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Kawabata, Kawanishi, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04N 1/00403 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that outputs guidance information for setting a predetermined function to a user; a second hardware processor that receives voice input from the user according to the guidance information; a third hardware processor that executes a process of setting the predetermined function according to the voice input received by the second hardware processor; and a fourth hardware processor that outputs a masking signal for masking voice from the user based on the guidance information.