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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Furutani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatusincludes a visible image forming unitthat forms a visible image in the air, a screen image generation unitthat generates a screen image, and a controllerthat causes the visible image forming unitto generate the visible image representing the screen image generated by the screen image generation unit. When the visible image contains predetermined private information, the controllercauses the screen image generation unitto generate a second screen image representing the private information and inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to a main screen of the screen image, so as to restrict a person other than an operator from viewing the private information, and causes the visible image forming unitto form a visible image of the second screen image generated.