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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Kenji Matsuhara, Kawanishi, JP;
Junichi Hase, Osaka, JP;
Kazusei Takahashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuya Anezaki, Kobe, JP;
Hirokazu Kubota, Otsu, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus remotely controls an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable. The information processing apparatus includes a remote operation accepting portion to accept a user operation, and a remote control portion to remotely control the image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted by the remote operation accepting portion. The remote control portion includes a motion detecting portion to detect a motion of the user, and a state maintaining portion to control the image forming apparatus not to change the operating state while a remote-operation motion for inputting a remote operation is detected by the motion detecting portion after a communication with the image forming apparatus has been established.