Patent · US Active

Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and error notification method

US10848639B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
0References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 17, 2019
Grant dateNov 24, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 17, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0094
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image forming apparatus, to which terminals are connected, comprises an image forming unit, a detector that detects an error, and a controller that, when the error is detected, specifies a portable terminal through which an operation to eliminate the error is requested, transmits a request to the specified terminal, and transmits a notification that notifies of an occurrence of the error to each terminal other than the specified terminal. The terminal that has received the request displays information representing an error type and information promoting an elimination of the error, and the terminal that has received the notification displays not the information that promotes the elimination of the error, but the information representing the error type.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.