US 12,231,605 B2
Image forming apparatus and prompting method based on number of tasks to-be-processed
Chenghao Duan, Zhuhai (CN)
Assigned to ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed by Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,534.
Claims priority of application No. 202111544126.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199128 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00477 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00408 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A prompting method comprising:
determining to use a custom prompting manner to prompt a status of an image forming apparatus, in response to a number of one or more to-be-processed tasks received from a terminal device within a first time period being greater than a first threshold;
in response to detecting that the status of the image forming apparatus satisfies a prompting condition, generating a custom prompting message corresponding to the status of the image forming apparatus;
in response to detecting that a status of a to-be-processed task satisfies the prompting condition, generating the custom prompting message according to the status of the to-be-processed task;
extracting name information of a user from the one or more to-be-processed tasks, wherein the custom prompting message includes the name information of the user; and
presenting the custom prompting message to the user.