Recognizing and sensing a person approaching a printer via an image capturing device
US7646501B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/608
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus in which a client terminal and a printer are connected to a communication network, includes an image capturing part provided in a vicinity of the printer, a recognizing part to sense a person approaching the printer and to recognize an identity of the person, based on a face image of an image captured by the image capturing part, and a control part to control the printer to perform a print job issued by the person, based on a recognition output from the recognizing part.
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