Image forming apparatus and image forming system
US11570316B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 26, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0094
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sensor and an alerting portion. The sensor detects a human. The alerting portion changes the contents of an alert in accordance with the density level of people that is determined based on the number of times of sensing, which is the number of times that a human is detected during a predetermined time based on the output of the sensor, and a predefined threshold value.
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