Image processing apparatus and control method for image processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024012902-A1
Application number	US-202318215103-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	Jul 7, 2022
Publication date	Jan 11, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores authentication information; and a controller that controls access by a user on the basis of the authentication information. In the case where an authentication requirement is changed, the controller identifies the authentication information that no longer satisfies the authentication requirement, and displays a ratio of pieces of the authentication information that no longer satisfy the authentication requirement to all pieces of the authentication information stored in the storage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
a storage that stores authentication information; and a controller that controls access by a user on the basis of the authentication information, wherein in the case where an authentication requirement is changed, the controller identifies the authentication information that no longer satisfy the authentication requirement, and displays a ratio of pieces of the authentication information that no longer satisfies the authentication requirement to all pieces of the authentication information stored in the storage.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller determines a notification order of user information corresponding to the identified authentication information on the basis of a predetermined priority.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller determines the notification order on the basis of a job type related to image processing as the predetermined priority.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller determines that the notification order of the job type that can be operated remotely and involves consumption of a consumable is the highest.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller determines that the notification order on the basis of use frequency of the image processing apparatus as the predetermined priority.

6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller determines the notification order on the basis of a privilege granted to a group, to which the user belongs, as the predetermined priority.

7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller determines the notification order on the basis of vulnerability of the authentication information as the predetermined priority.

8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the controller determines the notification order on the basis of number of characters of a password.

9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller determines the notification order on the basis of number of failed authentication operations to the image processing apparatus as the predetermined priority.

10 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller displays a reason why the authentication requirement is no longer satisfied and user information corresponding to the authentication information that no longer satisfies the authentication requirement.

11 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller displays a character for displaying the notification order of the user information in a different color, font, or size.

12 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller assigns a point according to the job type related to the image processing, and displays an aggregation result of the point.

13 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller outputs a printed matter that urges to change the identified authentication information.

14 . A control method for an image processing apparatus comprising:
storing authentication information; controlling access by a user on the basis of the authentication information; and in the case where an authentication requirement is changed, identifying the authentication information that no longer satisfies the authentication requirement, and displaying a ratio of pieces of the authentication information that no longer satisfy the authentication requirement to all pieces of the stored authentication information.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Chiba Kunihisa

Classifications

• G06F21/46 Primary

  by designing passwords or checking the strength of passwords · CPC title

• G06F2221/2141

  Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices · CPC title

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title

• H04N1/00854 Primary

  Recognising an unauthorised user or user-associated action · CPC title

• H04N1/4406

  Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity (mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08) · CPC title