US Patent Issued to Sharp on Dec. 2 for "Image processing apparatus and control method for image processing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,086, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus and control method for image processing apparatus" was invented by Kunihisa Chiba (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes: a storage that stores authentication information; and a controller that controls access by a user on the basis of the authentication information. In the case where an authentication requirement is changed, the controller identifies the authentication information that no longer satisfies the authentication requirement, and displays a ratio of pieces of the authentication informat...