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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Ryosuke Nishimura, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoichi Kurumasa, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Tamai, Toyohashi, JP;
Mie Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;
Mitsutaka Morita, Hachioji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a path establishing portion to establish a communication path with a remote operation device; an active device setting portion to set the remote operation device with which the communication path is established to be an active device; a process execution portion to execute a process in accordance with a remote operation received from the active device; and a standby device setting portion to, in response to a communication path being established with another remote operation device, set another remote operation device to be a standby device. The active device setting portion includes a sequential setting portion to, in response to detection of an end state in which no remote operation is received from the active device, set the standby device to be an active device.