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Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and portable communication device

  • US 10,445,038 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2018
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

  • a communication unit that communicates with a portable communication device;

    a storage unit that stores present set value information and setting information; and

    a control unit that performs control so that a job is performed based on the present set value information,whereinthe present set value information is data indicating a set value of each setting item presently set for a job about to be executed,the setting information includes set value data and route data,the set value data indicates a set value of each setting item for a job that has been executed,when communication with the portable communication device has been enabled, the communication unit acquires present route information based on movement history data from the portable communication device,the movement history data is data that indicates a history of movement of a carrying user carrying the portable communication device and in which pieces of identification information on wireless devices that have newly become communicable are arranged in order of acquisition,the present route information is data that indicates a movement route taken this time the a carrying user carrying the portable communication device until communication with the image forming apparatus is enabled and that is based on the movement history data, the present route information including the identification information corresponding to a predetermined number of wireless devices counted in reverse chronological order from when communication with the communication unit was enabled,the route data is data that indicates a movement route taken until the portable communication device becomes communicable with the communication unit, and is the current route information acquired when a job corresponding to the set value data was executed,when the communication unit has acquired the present route information, the control unit extracts, from the setting information stored in the storage unit, a piece of the setting information in which the route data is identical to the present route information thus acquired, andthe control unit controls the storage unit to update the present set value information so as to reproduce the set value defined by the set value data included in the piece of the setting information thus extracted.

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