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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Usui, Sakai, JP;
Tomoki Minamikawa, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4433 (2013.01); H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01); H04N 1/32101 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an acquirer, a storage, and a controller. The acquirer acquires supplies-specific information uniquely attached to supplies used or consumed in image formation. The storage stores apparatus-specific information. The controller generates a one-time code as authentication information and also generates application code information for applying for apparatus use permission using the one-time code, the supplies-specific information, and the apparatus-specific information.