Patent ID: 9159009
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first data; a writing unit configured to write to an external memory medium the first data contemporaneously with apparatus identification information identifying the image forming apparatus, wherein the external memory medium stores the first data written at the writing unit and second data not associated with the apparatus identification information; an operating unit configured to receive a processing instruction with respect to the first data or the second data written in the external memory medium; and a processing unit configured to judge whether or not the apparatus identification information is associated with the first data when the operating unit receives the processing instruction with respect to the first data, the processing unit performing a processing with respect to the first data written in the external memory medium based on a judgment result that the apparatus identification information is associated with the first data, and the processing unit being further configured to judge whether or not the apparatus identification information is associated with the second data when the operating unit receives the processing instruction with respect to the second data, the processing unit restricting the processing with respect to the second data written in the external memory medium based on the judgment result that the apparatus identification information is not associated with the second data.