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US 11,700,340 B2Granted
Method for registering a terminal in an image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto Okumura, Hiroki Munetomo
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus operable by an operation device includes a storage that stores a plurality of operations, a detector that detects an operation, and a controller. The controller registers a terminal as the operation device if an operation detected by the detector conforms with an operation stored in the storage.
Claims13
A method for registration in an image forming apparatus operable by an operation device, the method comprising:
- detecting an operation of the image forming apparatus;
- displaying items of a plurality of operations on a display of a terminal connectable to the image forming apparatus;
- and
- registering the terminal as the operation device if an item of an operation detected by the detecting conforms with an item of an operation displayed on the display of the terminal,
- wherein the detecting includes detecting, as an operation, that a mechanism has been opened and closed by a physical operation.
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A system comprising an image forming apparatus operable by an operation device, a terminal, and a server,
- wherein the server transmits items of a plurality of operations to the terminal if receiving a request from the terminal,
- wherein the terminal displays the items of the plurality of operations received on a display,
- wherein the image forming apparatus transmits items of a plurality of operations detected by a detector to the server,
- wherein the detecting includes detecting, as an operation, that a mechanism has been opened and closed by a physical operation, and
- wherein, if the items of the plurality of operations transmitted to the terminal conform with items of a plurality of operations received from the image forming apparatus, the server registers the terminal with the image forming apparatus as the operation device.
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An image forming apparatus operable by an operation device, comprising:
- a storage that stores items of a plurality of operations;
- a detector that detects an operation;
- wherein the detecting includes detecting, as an operation, that a mechanism has been opened and closed by a physical operation, and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller registers a terminal associated with the image forming apparatus as the operation device if an item of an operation detected by the detector conforms with an item of an operation stored in the storage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.