IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

• US 20090015857A1
• Filed: 11/21/2007
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: TSURUMI, Yoko
• Application Number:
  US11/944,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20090015857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.140
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00514 for individual users
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4426 involving separate means, e.g. a server, a magnetic card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a display that displays a normal operational screen and information other than the normal operational screen; a personal information acquiring unit that acquires personal information of a user from his or her identification information stored on a storage medium; and a controller that controls post-processing based on the personal information acquired by the personal information acquiring unit and the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed by the display.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a display that displays a normal operational screen and information other than the normal operational screen;

a personal information acquiring unit that acquires personal information of a user from his or her identification information stored on a storage medium; and

a controller that controls post-processing based on the personal information acquired by the personal information acquiring unit and the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed by the display.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls information to be displayed by the display such that the personal information acquired by the personal information acquiring unit is included in the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed by the display.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls printing such that the personal information acquired by the personal information acquiring unit is included in information relevant to the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed by the display.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls to transmit information relevant to the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed by the display to an address included in the personal information acquired by the personal information acquiring unit.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display displays information relevant to at least one of advertising and service as the information other than the normal operational screen;

and

the image forming apparatus further comprises a settlement unit that performs a settlement procedure for at least one of the advertising and service displayed by the display, using the identification information stored on the storage medium or the personal information acquired by the personal information acquiring unit.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a medium reading unit that reads a magnetic storage medium having information stored thereon,

wherein the personal information acquiring unit acquires personal information based on information read by the medium reading unit.

7. An image forming method comprising:

acquiring personal information of a user from his or her identification information stored on a storage medium; and

controlling post-processing based on the personal information acquired and the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed.

8. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a screen switch control method for switching between a normal operational screen and a screen to display information other than the normal operational screen, the program causing the computer to execute a process comprising:

acquiring personal information of a user from his or her identification information stored on a storage medium; and

controlling post-processing based on the personal information acquired and the information other than the normal operational screen to be displayed.