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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:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Muneki Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Muneki Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00326 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 1/00408 (2013.01); H04N 2201/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an interface, a reading unit, an internal storage, and a deletion control unit. The interface is configured to establish a connection with an external storage. The internal storage is configured to store the data read from the external storage. The deletion control unit is configured to delete the data stored in the internal storage on the basis of an operation related to releasing the connection with the external storage.