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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Hirotaka Kodama, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
An image-forming apparatus comprising a controller and a communicator, wherein the controller is configured to perform to detect distance information of the image-forming apparatus with respect to a portable terminal device possessed by a user based on communication with the portable terminal device using the communicator, detect, based on the detected distance information, approach or leaving of specific portable terminal devices possessed by at least one or more predetermined users to or from the image-forming apparatus, and change a behavior of the image-forming apparatus when the controller detects the approach or the leaving of the specific portable terminal device to or from the image-forming apparatus.