Security Printing System That Obtains Biological Information via Mobile Communication Device, Security Printing Method, and Image Forming Apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016352969-A1
Application number	US-201615167979-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 27, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A security printing system includes an image forming apparatus and a mobile communication device. The image forming apparatus includes a biological information input circuit, a printed matter storing unit, at least one sheet discharge tray, an image forming circuit, and a control circuit. The biological information input circuit inputs biological information. The biological information is preliminary registered as registered biological information with the mobile communication device. The control circuit creates a printed matter in response to a match between the biological information and the registered biological information. The biological information is input by the biological information input circuit. The registered biological information is obtained by the short range wireless communications. The control circuit discharges the created printed matter to any of the at least one sheet discharge tray when the short range wireless communications are in a predetermined predefined state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A security printing system, comprising:
an image forming apparatus; and a mobile communication device; wherein the image forming apparatus includes a biological information input circuit, a printed matter storing unit, at least one sheet discharge tray, an image forming circuit, and a control circuit, the biological information input circuit inputting biological information, the biological information is preliminary registered as registered biological information with the mobile communication device, the image forming apparatus and the mobile communication device ensure connection by preliminary configured short range wireless communications, and the control circuit creates a printed matter in response to a match between the biological information and the registered biological information, the biological information being input by the biological information input circuit, the registered biological information being obtained by the short range wireless communications, the control circuit discharging the created printed matter to any of the at least one sheet discharge tray when the short range wireless communications are in a predetermined predefined state.

2 . The security printing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one sheet discharge tray includes a plurality of sheet discharge trays, the plurality of sheet discharge trays including a preliminary configured specific sheet discharge tray; and the image forming apparatus discharges the printed matter created in response to the match, to the specific sheet discharge tray.

3 . The security printing system according to claim 2 , wherein the image forming apparatus moves the printed matter from the specific sheet discharge tray to the printed matter storing unit according to a decision that the short range wireless communications become outside of the predetermined predefined state.

4 . The security printing system according to claim 2 , wherein after the decision that the short range wireless communications become outside of the predetermined predefined state, the image forming apparatus discharges the printed matter from the printed matter storing unit to the specific sheet discharge tray according to a decision that the short range wireless communications enter the predetermined predefined state.

5 . The security printing system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the image forming circuit prints an electronic watermark unique for each of the mobile communication devices onto the printed matter; and when the short range wireless communications between the image forming apparatus and the mobile communication device are in the predetermined predefined state, the image forming apparatus discharges the printed matter on which the electronic watermark corresponding to the mobile communication device has been printed.

6 . An image forming apparatus used for a security printing system, the security printing system using a mobile communication device with which biological information is preliminary registered as registered biological information, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a biological information input circuit that inputs the biological information; a printed matter storing unit; at least one sheet discharge tray; an image forming circuit; and a control circuit; wherein the image forming apparatus and the mobile communication device ensure connection by preliminary configured short range wireless communications, and the control circuit creates a printed matter in response to a match between the biological information and the registered biological information, the biological information being input by the biological information input circuit, the registered biological information being obtained by the short range wireless communications, and discharges the created printed matter to any of the at least one sheet discharge tray when the short range wireless communications are in a predetermined predefined state.

7 . A security printing method that uses an image forming apparatus and a mobile communication device, the security printing method comprising:
preparing the image forming apparatus and the mobile communication device, the image forming apparatus including a biological information input circuit, a printed matter storing unit, at least one sheet discharge tray, an image forming circuit, and a control circuit, the biological information input circuit inputting biological information; preliminary registering the biological information as registered biological information with the mobile communication device; connecting the image forming apparatus and the mobile communication device by preliminary configured short range wireless communications; creating a printed matter in response to a match between the biological information and the registered biological information, the biological information being input by the biological information input circuit, the registered biological information being obtained by the short range wireless communications; and discharging the created printed matter to any of the at least one sheet discharge tray when the short range wireless communications are in a predetermined predefined state.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Mashimo Takayuki

Classifications

• H04N1/442 Primary

  using a biometric data reading device · CPC title

• G06F3/1243

  Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning · CPC title

• G06F3/1238

  Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/1292

  Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing · CPC title