US 12,424,031 B2
Monitoring device, monitoring system, monitoring method, and computer program
Kenzo Yamamoto, Toyohashi (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,493.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-095246 (JP), filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392268 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 40/50 (2022.01); G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 30/412 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/55 (2022.01) [G06V 10/12 (2022.01); G06V 30/412 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring device that monitors another person's peeping into a document to be read, a medium on which drawing output is performed, or content displayed by an image processing apparatus due to operation by an operator, the image processing apparatus comprising an image reading apparatus that reads a document to generate image data, or a printing apparatus that produces printed matter, and the monitoring device comprising:
a first hardware processor; and
a notifier that notifies the image processing apparatus of control information indicating whether to output warning information or to prevent output of warning information, under control of the first hardware processor,
wherein the first hardware processor:
acquires a first organization name that is a name of an organization to which the operator belongs;
acquires person information identifying a person present within a predetermined range from the image processing apparatus;
acquires a second organization name that is a name of an organization to which a person other than the operator and present within the predetermined range from the image processing apparatus belongs, from among persons identified by the person information;
performs a determination as to whether or not the person other than the operator has a predetermined relationship with the operator, the determination being based on whether the second organization name matches the first organization name;
in a case where (i) it is determined that the person other than the operator has the predetermined relationship with the operator and (ii) it is detected that the operator has forgotten to take the document or the printed matter from the image processing apparatus, controls the notifier to notify the image processing apparatus to cause the image processing apparatus to output a first warning having a first degree of emphasis; and
in a case where (i) it is determined that the person other than the operator does not have the predetermined relationship with the operator and (ii) it is detected that the operator has forgotten to take the document or the printed matter from the image processing apparatus, controls the notifier to notify the image processing apparatus to cause the image processing apparatus to output a second warning having a second degree of emphasis higher than the first degree of emphasis.