US 12,190,006 B2
Image processing device that performs image processing when a position of a terminal device is within a predetermined range
Kota Nishida, Shiojiri (JP); Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Shiojiri (JP); and Yui Imamura, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,064.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-133912 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069840 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1292 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1237 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01); G06F 3/1286 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing device communicatively connected to at least one terminal device, the image processing device comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer storage medium that stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement:
a distance information acquisition unit that acquires distance information representing a distance between the terminal device and the image processing device, based on a radio wave arriving from the terminal device;
a direction information acquisition unit that acquires direction information representing a direction of the terminal device in relation to the image processing device, based on the radio wave arriving from the terminal device; and
wherein the processor performs processing to perform image processing, when a position of the terminal device is within a predetermined range that is determined in advance in relation to the image processing device and a rate of change in at least one of the distance from the terminal device and the direction of the terminal device is equal to or lower than a threshold that is determined in advance, based on the distance information and the direction information,
wherein
with respect to a job for the image processing, whether the job is with or without authentication processing is designated, and
in the case where a job corresponding to the terminal device is a job with authentication processing, the processor
displays a screen for performing authentication processing, when the position of the terminal device is within a predetermined range that is determined in advance in relation to the image processing device, and the rate of change in at least one of the distance from the terminal device and the direction of the terminal device is equal to or lower than a threshold that is determined in advance, and
executes the job when the authentication processing is successful.