IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND ABNORMALITY NOTIFICATION METHOD

• Main Author: YOSHII TATSUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 05.09.2016
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to confirm a state of an image formation device even in a case the image formation device is not connected to a network.SOLUTION: There are provided an NFC tag board 107 which is short-range radio communication means equipped with a memory part 111, and an abnormality detection part 102 for detecting abnormality in image formation. In a case where the abnormality detection part 102 detects abnormality, with no connection to a network, a content of abnormality is written in the memory part 111 in such a manner as an external smartphone 120 can read. Meanwhile, a light emitting part 110 illuminates to notify a user of detection of abnormality.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】画像形成装置がネットワーク接続されていない場合であっても画像形成装置の状態をユーザが確認できるようにする。【解決手段】記憶部１１１を備える近距離無線通信手段であるＮＦＣタグボード１０７と、画像形成に関する異常を検知する異常検知部１０２を有する。異常検知部１０２が異常を検知し、且つ、ネットワークに接続していない場合に、記憶部１１１へ異常の内容を外部のスマートフォン１２０が読取可能に書き込む。一方で発光部１１０が発光して、ユーザに異常を検知した旨を通知する。【選択図】図２