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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2023
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Kogiso, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a forming unit, a communication unit, a reader/writer unit, a reader unit, and a determination unit. If the forming unit executes the image formation on the print medium, the reader/writer unit is configured to execute, using the communication unit, an operation of writing data into a wireless tag attached to the print medium on which the image formation is to be executed or an operation of reading data from the wireless tag. If the image formation that is accompanied by the operation of writing data or the operation of reading data by the reader/writer unit is not executed, the reader unit is configured to read an identifier of a user from a wireless tag that stores the identifier using the communication unit if communication between the wireless tag and the communication unit is enabled. The determination unit is configured to determine that the user approaches the image forming apparatus if the identifier read by the reader unit satisfies a predetermined condition.