Image forming apparatus and image processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9154643-B2
Application number	US-201414276321-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	Dec 19, 2011
Publication date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus which communicates with a first terminal device includes a first display unit which displays display data, a storage unit which stores first ability information relating to a display ability of the first display unit, an operation panel management unit which is provided at the first terminal device, obtains second ability information relating to a display ability of a second display unit which displays display data, and compares the obtained second ability information to the first ability information which is stored in the storage unit; and a control unit which determines whether to display display data as a display target on the first display unit, or on the second display unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a first display which displays display data;
a memory which stores first ability information relating to a display ability of the first display unit;
a communication interface which is provided at a first different terminal device from the image forming apparatus, obtains second ability information relating to a second display which displays display data; and
a controller which compares the obtained second ability…

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Kato Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H04N2201/0094

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/00482

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/14

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N2201/0013

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/00408

  Electricity · mapped topic