US Patent Application 18202984. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD IN PROCESSING APPARATUS simplified abstract
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD IN PROCESSING APPARATUS
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TAKUYA Koujiro of Sakai City (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD IN PROCESSING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18202984 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD IN PROCESSING APPARATUS
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an image forming apparatus that includes several components to authenticate users and determine if their authentication information meets certain requirements.
- The image forming apparatus has a storage that stores authentication information on a user.
- A setter is responsible for setting an authentication requirement for each user's authentication information.
- An authenticator verifies the user's identity based on the authentication information stored in the storage.
- A determiner evaluates whether the authenticated user's authentication information satisfies the corresponding authentication requirement.
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus, includes: a storage storing authentication information on a user; a setter setting, for each user, an authentication requirement for the authentication information; an authenticator authenticating the user based on the authentication information; and a determiner performing determination as to whether the authentication information on a user authenticated by the authenticator satisfies the authentication requirement corresponding to the user.
