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Granted Patent B2
US 11,064,091 · App. 16/791,360 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Image forming apparatus with automatic logout processing unit

Inventor: Yohei Yamada (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
H04N1/4433H04N1/10H04N2201/0094
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Patent No.
US 11,064,091
App. No.
16/791,360
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a login processing section and an automatic logout processing section. The login processing section executes login processing and logout processing for a user. The automatic logout processing section instructs the login processing section to execute the logout processing when a standby period elapses in a state in which no function for image formation is carried out and no operation on an operation section for the image forming apparatus is received during login by the user. The automatic logout processing section switches the standby period to a shortened period shorter than a normal period upon detection of a specific operation.

Claims (21)

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

platen glass having a document loading surface on which a document is to be loaded;

a platen cover configured to open and close the document loading surface of the platen glass;

an opening and closing detection section configured to detect opening and closing of the platen cover;

a document detection section configured to detect a document loaded on the platen glass;

an operation section configured to receive operations for settings and operation instructions;

a login processing section configured to execute login processing and logout processing for a user; and

an automatic logout processing section configured to instruct the login processing section to execute the logout processing when a standby period elapses in a state in which no function for image formation is carried out and no operation on the operation section for the image forming apparatus is received during login by the user, wherein

the automatic logout processing section switches the standby period to a shortened period upon detection of a specific operation, the shortened period being shorter than a normal period, and

when no document on the platen glass is detected by the document detection section upon detection of opening and closing of the platen cover by the opening and closing detection section, the automatic logout processing section detects the specific operation.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

upon the operation section receiving an operation before the standby period switched to the shortened period elapses, the automatic logout processing section switches the standby period to the normal period.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the automatic logout processing section detects the specific operation on a condition that a scan function or a copy function is carried out.

4. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an operation section configured to receive operations for settings and operation instructions;

a login processing section configured to execute login processing and logout processing for a user; and

an automatic logout processing section configured to instruct the login processing section to execute the logout processing when a standby period elapses in a state in which no function for image formation is carried out and no operation on the operation section for the image forming apparatus is received during login by the user, wherein

the automatic logout processing section switches the standby period to a shortened period upon detection of a specific operation, the shortened period being shorter than a normal period,

the automatic logout processing section detects the specific operation on a condition that a scan function or a copy function is carried out, and

when the operation section receives an operation for setting change after carrying out of the scan function or the copy function, the automatic logout processing section does not switch the standby period until execution of automatic logout processing to the shortened period even upon detection of the specific operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: YAMADA, YOHEI
To: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 051823/0311 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-032566 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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