US 11,800,038 B1
Determination of an occurance of an abnormality in an image forming device and control method thereof
Yoji Sato, Izunokuni Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,680.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/32635 (2013.01) [G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1211 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); H04N 1/00204 (2013.01); H04N 1/00931 (2013.01); H04N 1/32657 (2013.01); H04N 1/32662 (2013.01); H04N 1/32694 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming device, comprising:
an image display device;
a sensor configured to acquire information on a phenomenon that occurs in association with an abnormality in the image forming device;
a storage unit configured to store an abnormality information;
a first unit including a plurality of components and configured to perform a part of image forming processing;
a second unit including a plurality of components and configured to perform processing that is a part of the image forming processing and is different from the processing performed by the first unit; and
a controller configured to:
operate the first unit and the second unit at different timings,
display an abnormality occurrence instruction button that causes a user to instruct a timing at which the abnormality occurs and an abnormality end instruction button that causes a user to instruct a timing at which the abnormality ends on the image display device; and
store the record, as abnormality information, an information indicating an abnormality occurrence timing when the abnormality occurrence instruction button is operated, an information indicating an abnormality end timing when the abnormality end instruction button is operated, and the information acquired by the sensor.