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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Akitoshi Masuda, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes a communicator, an image former, and a controller and when the communicator receives a remote access request from the user terminal, the controller determines whether the device is being used by a second user that is different from a first user having sent the remote access request, determines whether a utilization time of the device per use by the second user has exceeded a predetermined threshold value based on a utilization history of the second user when it is determined that the device is being used by the second user, and notifies the user terminal via the communicator that the utilization time of the image forming device per use by the second user has exceeded the threshold value when it is determined that the utilization time of the device per use by the second user has exceeded the threshold value.