US 11,856,161 B2
Image forming apparatus stores contact history information of person contacted virus, and further displays information of survival of the virus contacted by the person at a site of the image forming apparatus
Katsunori Suzuki, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,210.
Application 17/947,210 is a continuation of application No. 17/412,420, filed on Aug. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,483,439.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061696 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00405 (2013.01) [H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 1/00323 (2013.01); H04N 1/00392 (2013.01); G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G03G 21/0064 (2013.01); G03G 21/10 (2013.01); G03G 21/169 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a printer that forms an image according to an operation of a person;
a memory that stores contact history information indicating history of contact of the person;
a processor that acquires information on contact infection of a virus at a site contacted by a specific person from the contact history information stored in the memory; and
a display that displays the information comprising likelihood of survival of the virus at the site contacted by the person, and displays cleaning icon for instructing cleaning,
wherein
the processor that corrects the likelihood of survival of the virus if the cleaning is performed.