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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorCHIKARA MATSUDA
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According to an embodiment, provided is an information notification system in which a multifunction peripheral including an audio device is associated with external audio devices so that the user of the multifunction peripheral is notified of a message. The information notification system is featured by including a message determiner which determines the contents of the message, a user position detector which detects a position of the user, an output device specifying section which specifies, based on a result of determination by the message determiner and a result of detection by the user position detector, the audio device which outputs the message, and a controller which performs control so that the message is notified from the specified audio device. As the audio device for outputting the message is specified according to the contents of the message, the message is notified from the specified audio device.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
An information notification system in which an image forming apparatus including an output device that outputs information to be notified to a user, an external output device, and a server are associated with each other, to notify the user of the image forming apparatus of the information, wherein the server includes:
An information notification method, in which an image forming apparatus including an output device that outputs information to be notified to a user, and an external output device are associated with each other, to notify the user of the image forming apparatus of the information, the information notification method comprising:
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