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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kunihiro Akiyoshi, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4433 (2013.01); G06F 21/608 (2013.01); H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 1/00474 (2013.01); H04N 1/00514 (2013.01); H04N 1/00832 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes a user database in which user identification information for identifying an user of the image forming apparatus is registered, an operation panel for receiving a key operation input, a secure program used for determining whether a user service can be provided on the basis of the user identification information in the user database and another user identification information input by the user.