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IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

  • US 20200133603A1
  • Filed: 10/25/2019
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An image forming system comprising:

  • a control device that communicates with an interactive electronic device that accepts a spoken instruction; and

    a plurality of image forming apparatuses that communicate with the control device,each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses includinga first processor, anda first memory that accumulates a job,the control device including a second processor,the second processorobtaining information on jobs accumulated in the plurality of image forming apparatuses,receiving, when the interactive electronic device accepts an instruction from a user for a job accumulated in any of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, the instruction from the interactive electronic device,extracting, when there are a plurality of candidates for the job corresponding to the received instruction from the user, a feature of each of the plurality of candidates for the job based on the obtained information on the jobs,generating a question for identifying the job corresponding to the instruction from among the plurality of candidates for the job based on a difference in extracted feature, andtransmitting the generated question to the interactive electronic device.

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