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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Larry M Ernst, Longmont, CO (US);
Mike Munson, Boulder, CO (US);
Larry M Ernst, Longmont, CO (US);
Mike Munson, Boulder, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
System and method for printer intrusion detection. One embodiment is a system that includes memory configured to store personnel identification data for a plurality of operator classes permitted to perform different levels of maintenance actions on a printer. The system also includes an intrusion detection controller configured to detect a presence of a person in an operating space of the printer based on image data, to analyze the image data to detect one or more characteristics of the person, to determine an operator class for the person based on a match of the detected characteristics of the person with the personnel identification data stored in the memory, and to monitor adherence to maintenance permissions by the person in a plurality of physical areas of the printer based on the operator class of the person.