The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Furutani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatusincludes an image forming portion, a setting acceptance portion, an identification information acquisition portion, and a control portion. The setting acceptance portionaccepts a job setting content from a user. After the job setting content is accepted by the setting acceptance portion, the identification information acceptance portionacquires identification information of the user through communication with a key card. When the acquired identification information is authentic and the key cardis incommunicable with the identification information acquisition portion, the control portionexecutes a job according to the job setting content.