Patent ID: 11863716
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a printer configured to print an image having diagnostic information on a sheet of paper;
a first reader configured to read a first image from the sheet of paper;
a second reader configured to read a second image from the sheet of paper;
a communicator configured to transmit data to an external device and receive data from the external device; and
a processor configured to:
cause a display to display a diagnosis result of a defect based on the first image and the second image,
generate a first combined image by extracting a first target region from the first image,
generate a second combined image by extracting a second target region from the second image,
cause the communicator to transmit the first combined image and the second combined image to the external device, and
cause the display to display, as the diagnosis result, a solution for the defect,

wherein the defect is associated with the first reader, the second reader, or the printer.