Image forming apparatus and authentication method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShohhei Moroi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including applications and system side software for providing system side services to the applications is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: an authentication module for displaying an authentication screen on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, wherein the authentication module allows the image forming apparatus to display a screen for using the image forming apparatus instead of the authentication screen if authentication data input from the authentication screen satisfies an authentication condition, and wherein the authentication module is provided in the image forming apparatus separately from the system side software.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- hardware resources including at least a scanner and a printer;
- a memory configured to store platform software that controls the scanner and the printer, and store software having at least an authentication function that performs user restriction when the software is installed into the image forming apparatus separately from the platform software;
- a user interface including a display;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to
- launch the software in response to power on or reset of the image forming apparatus, in the case when the software is installed,
- receive authentication information by using the software, and
- cause the display to display a selection screen for selecting at least one or more functions of the image forming apparatus, in response to an authentication result based on the authentication information being successful.
A method for image forming apparatus that includes a scanner, a printer, a memory configured to store platform software that controls the scanner and the printer, and store software having at least an authentication function that performs user restriction when the software is installed into the image forming apparatus separately from the platform software, and a user interface includes a display, the method comprising:
- launching, by processing circuitry, the software in response to power on or reset of the image forming apparatus, in the case when the software is installed;
- receiving, by the processing circuitry using the software, authentication information;
- and
- causing, by the processing circuitry, the display to display a selection screen for selecting at least one or more functions of the image forming apparatus, in response to an authentication result based on the authentication information being successful.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by an image forming apparatus that includes a scanner, a printer, a memory configured to store platform software that controls the scanner and the printer, and store software having at least an authentication function that performs user restriction when the software is installed into the image forming apparatus separately from the platform software, and a user interface including a display, cause the image forming apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:
- launching the software in response to power on or reset of the image forming apparatus, in the case when the software is installed;
- receiving authentication information by using the software;
- and
- causing the display to display a selection screen for selecting at least one or more functions of the image forming apparatus, in response to an authentication result based on the authentication information being successful.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.