US 11,818,313 B2
Terminal device for controlling operation mode of image forming apparatus, and system for controlling operation mode of image forming apparatus by using terminal device
Tsutomu Itai, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,686.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-139322 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066743 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00896 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00204 (2013.01); H04N 1/00344 (2013.01); H04N 1/00408 (2013.01); H04N 1/00477 (2013.01); H04N 1/00973 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0072 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0074 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal device comprising:
a communicator capable of communicating with a plurality of image forming apparatuses capable of switching an operation mode between an energy-saving mode and a normal mode;
a controller; and
a display,
wherein
the controller,
from the plurality of image forming apparatuses via the communicator, receives information of each image forming apparatus, the information including the operation modes,
based on the information of each image forming apparatus, displays states of the operation modes of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses on the display,
displays an automatic selection button on the display, wherein the automatic selection button, when selected, the controller selects an image forming apparatus accessed by the terminal device from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, and
sends a request signal, which switches the operation mode, via the communicator, to the image forming apparatus selected by the controller.