Patent ID: 11949839
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture image data; and
a controller operatively coupled to the image sensor and configured to:
receive, from the image sensor, a requesting user image of a requesting user who requests authentication to use the image forming apparatus;
transmit the requesting user image to a terminal associated with an authenticating user that is authorized to authenticate the requesting user;
acquire, from the terminal, an authentication result indicating whether the authenticating user authenticates the requesting user to use the image forming apparatus; and
grant a first use authority to the requesting user in response to the authentication result indicating that the requesting user is authenticated, the first use authority indicating one or more functions of the image forming apparatus that the requesting user has permission to use, and the first use authority being based on a second use authority granted to the authenticating user who authenticates the requesting user.