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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Rika Ichiu, Sakai City, JP;
Chikako Tomita, Sakai City, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Abstract
A control system includes an image forming apparatus and a terminal apparatus. The image forming apparatus determines whether the image forming apparatus is in a state conforming to a security requirement in response to a connection request from the terminal apparatus used by a user who has an administrator privilege; and transmits, to the terminal apparatus, display information of a first display screen through which a firmware update of the image forming apparatus is to be performed when the image forming apparatus is in the state conforming to the security requirement, the first display screen including a selection item allowing selection of whether to display a status of the firmware update. The terminal apparatus displays, based on the display information of the first display screen, the first display screen including the selection item allowing the selection of whether to display the status of the firmware update.