# US 2021/0243327 A1 · Image processing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243327 A1 - Document ID: US20210243327A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/116,946 - Filed: 2020-12-09 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-04 - Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masao YAMAGUCHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243327A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/121: {Feeding arrangements (transporting sheets to or from the scanning position H04N1/0057; control or error compensation of sub-scanning velocity H04N1/0473)} - H04N 1/00403: {Voice input means, e.g. voice commands} - H04N 1/00488: {providing an audible output to the user} - H04N 1/0057: {Conveying sheets before or after scanning (arrangements for conveying sheets as part of the scanning operation H04N1/04 and subgroups)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image processing apparatus includes an exterior cover, a scanner unit configured to scan an image formed on a sheet, a printer unit configured to form an image on a sheet, and a first speaker including a coil for vibrating a vibration plate. A first part of the exterior cover that covers at least a part of one of the scanner unit or the printer unit forms the vibration plate of the first speaker. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing apparatus, comprising: an exterior cover; a scanner unit configured to scan an image formed on a sheet; a printer unit configured to form an image on a sheet; and a first speaker including a coil for vibrating a vibration plate, wherein a first part of the exterior cover that covers at least a part of one of the scanner unit and the printer unit is the vibration plate of the first speaker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first part of the exterior cover is a resin material. ### Claim 3 The image processing apparatus according to clam 1, further comprising: a control panel facing in a first direction and configured to receive a user input for operating the scanner unit or the printer unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first part of the exterior cover faces in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first part of the exterior cover covers a part of the scanner unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first part of the exterior cover covers a part of an automatic document feeder of the scanner unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first part of the exterior covers faces in a second direction crossing the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the first part of the exterior cover covers a part of the printer unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a microphone; and a processor configured to: acquire a first audio signal from the microphone, generate a second audio signal that has a phase opposite to the first audio signal, and control the first speaker to output the second audio signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the microphone is adjacent to a sheet conveyance unit of the printing unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the microphone is outside the exterior cover. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a second speaker a coil for vibrating a vibration plate, wherein the first part of the exterior cover covers a part of the scanner unit and is the vibration plate of the first speaker, and a second part of the exterior cover covers a part of the printer unit and is a vibration plate of the second speaker. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The image processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein both the first and second parts of the exterior cover are a resin material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The image processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first part of the exterior cover faces in a first direction and the second part of the exterior cover faces in a second direction crossing the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The image processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the second part of the exterior cover has a larger area than the first part of the exterior cover. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printer unit forms an image on a sheet with decolorable toner. ### Claim 17 An image forming apparatus, comprising: a printer unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet to the printer unit; an exterior cover covering the printer unit and the conveyance unit; and a first speaker including a coil for vibrating a vibration plate, wherein a first part of the exterior cover that covers at least a part of the printer unit is the vibration plate of the first speaker. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The image forming apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the first part of the exterior cover is a resin material. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The image forming apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising: a control panel facing in a first direction and configured to receive a user input operation, wherein the vibration plate is in a plane intersecting the first direction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The image forming apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising: a microphone; and a processor configured to: acquire a first audio signal from the microphone, generate a second audio signal that has a phase opposite to the first audio signal, and control the first speaker to output the second audio signal.