Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10859959-B2
Application number	US-201716305352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2017
Priority date	May 31, 2016
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

An image forming apparatus (1) includes a display (20), a detector (30), a determination section (101), a processing section (102), and an image forming section (140). The display (20) displays an image exhibiting a seating chart including a plurality of seat images. The detector (30) detects a first movement trace of a detection target on the display (20). The determination section (101) determines an order of the plurality of seat images based on the first movement trace. The processing section (102) processes an original document image to generate a plurality of output images respectively corresponding to the plurality of seat images. The image forming section (140) forms the plurality of output images on a plurality of sheets, respectively, in accordance with the order determined by the determination section (101). At least two output images of the plurality of output images are at least partially different from each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display an image exhibiting a seating chart including a plurality of seat images;
a detector configured to detect a first movement trace of a detection target on the display;
a determination section configured to determine an order of the plurality of seat images based on the first movement trace;
a processing section configured to process an original document image to generate a plurality of output images respectively corresponding to the plurality of seat images; and
an image forming section configured to form the plurality of output images on a plurality of sheets, respectively, in accordance with the order determined by the determination section, wherein
at least two output images of the plurality of output images are at least partially different from each other.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first movement trace is a movement trace of the detection target that has moved to pass through the plurality of seat images, and
the determination section determines the order of the plurality of seat images based on an order of the passage of the detection target through the plurality of seat images.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
storage that stores therein a table associating identification information of individuals with the plurality of seat images, wherein
the processing section processes the original document image so that the plurality of output images include the identification information.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the detector detects a second movement trace of the detection target on the display,
the second movement trace is a movement trace of the detection target that has moved to enclose two or more of the plurality of seat images, and
the processing section performs a process associated with a type of a shape indicated by the second movement trace on the original document image to generate output images with respect to the two or more seat images.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the detector detects a third movement trace of the detection target on the display,
the third movement trace is a movement trace of the detection target located outside of a region of the display in which the plurality of seat images are displayed, and
the processing section performs a process associated with a type of a shape indicated by the third movement trace.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
a beginning or an end of the third movement trace connects to an end or a beginning of the first movement trace.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the detector detects a fourth movement trace of the detection target on the display,
the fourth movement trace is a movement trace of the detection target located inside of a region of the display in which the plurality of seat images are displayed, and
at least one of the processing section and the image forming section performs a process associated with a type of a shape indicated by the fourth movement trace with respect to a seat image specified by the fourth movement trace among the plurality of seat images.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising
storage that stores therein a table associating identification information of individuals with the plurality of seat images,
the processing section creates a list of the identification information,
the list includes the identification information associated with at least one of the plurality of seat images, and
the at least one seat image is a seat image specified by the fourth movement trace among the plurality of seat images.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a reading section configured to read an image exhibiting the seating chart from an original document.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Nakao Mitsutoshi

Classifications

• B41J21/00

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• B41J29/40

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• B41J29/42

  Scales and indicators, e.g. for determining side margins · CPC title

• G06Q50/20

  Education · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title