US Patent Issued to Sharp on May 6 for "Image processing apparatus and method of controlling image processing apparatus for restricting operation to notification information" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,682, issued on May 6, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus and method of controlling image processing apparatus for restricting operation to notification information" was invented by Chikara Matsuda (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a detector which detects an occurrence of an event; a display which displays notification information regarding the occurred event; and a controller which restricts operation authority over the notification information displayed on the display to a specific user when the notification information...