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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Kunihiro Akiyoshi, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Kunihiro Akiyoshi, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4433 (2013.01); G06F 21/608 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); H04N 1/00856 (2013.01); H04N 1/00938 (2013.01); H04N 1/4406 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes a scanner, a display device, processing circuitry configured to activate a secure application program, read a code for user authentication from a card medium that stores the code, conduct the user authentication using the read code, and display, on the display device, when the user authentication is successful, a function selection screen that receives a selection of a function among a plurality of functions, the plurality of functions including at least a scanner function.