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US 7,460,692 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiro Mizutani, Kazuhiro Ogura
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a camera which photographs an operator, an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand, and a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a camera which photographs an operator;
- an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand;
- a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit;
- a motion capture unit which captures a motion of the photographed operator by photographing the motion of the operator in a moving image;
- and
- a motion data storage unit which stores moving images indicating a preset motion,
- wherein the control unit comprises a process to start warming-up, when judging that the motion of the operator captured by the motion capture unit in a standby state is the same as a motion of the moving image stored in the motion data storage unit.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a camera which photographs an operator;
- an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand;
- a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit;
- a control panel;
- a communication unit which performs communication with a computer connected via a network and which receives a private printing job that starts printing after accepting an instruction of the computer from the control panel and a printing job from the computer;
- a job storage unit which stores the received private printing job and the printing job;
- and
- a printing unit which executes the printing,
- wherein the control unit comprises a process to judge that the registered person authenticated by the authentication unit matches an operator of the computer, thereafter accept the instruction from the control panel, and execute the printing of the private printing job stored in the job storage unit in the printing unit.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a camera which photographs an operator;
- an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand;
- a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit;
- a notifying unit which notifies information;
- a communication unit which performs communication with a computer connected via a network and which receives a printing job including a private printing job that starts printing after accepting an instruction of the computer from the control panel from the computer;
- and
- a job storage unit which stores the received printing job,
- wherein the control unit comprises a process to notifying that the private printing job is stored by the notifying unit, when judging that the registered person authenticated by the authentication unit matches an operator of the computer whose private printing job is stored in the job storage unit.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a camera which photographs an operator;
- an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand;
- a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit;
- a sheet discharging unit on which a discharged printed matter is laid, wherein the camera photographs periphery of the sheet discharging unit including the operator;
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- an authentication result data storage unit which stores authentication result data including facial data indicating operator's face and data indicating an authentication result of the authentication unit.
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A method of authenticating an operator of an image forming apparatus having a camera to perform a specific process, the method comprising:
- photographing the operator;
- searching facial data indicating an operator's face registered beforehand with respect to facial data indicating the photographed operator's face;
- authenticating whether or not the operator is a registered person based on a searching result;
- controlling an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result;
- capturing a motion of the photographed operator by photographing the motion of the operator in a moving image;
- storing moving images indicating a preset motion;
- and
- starting to warm-up when judging that the motion of the operator captured in a standby state is the same as a motion of the stored moving images.
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A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for performing the steps of:
- searching facial data indicating an operator's face registered beforehand with respect to facial data indicating the operator's face photographed by the camera;
- authenticating whether or not the operator is a registered person based on a searching result;
- controlling an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case where it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by the authentication result;
- capturing a motion of the photographed operator by photographing the motion of the operator in a moving image;
- storing moving images indicating a preset motion;
- and
- starting to warm-up when judging that the motion of the operator captured in a standby state is the same as a motion of the stored moving image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.