IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140300917A1
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ito, Nobuyasu
• Granted Patent: US 9,094,558 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.14
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5004 Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5016 User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1221 with regard to power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00885 Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00891 Switching on or off, e.g. for saving power when not in use H04N1/00896 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00896 using a low-power mode, e.g. standby
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user, and a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect an object;

a reception unit configured to receive an operation of a user; and

a shifting unit configured to shift, if the detection unit detects an object, a power state of the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state, and shift, if the reception unit receives an operation of a user, the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state,

wherein the shifting unit, after detection of the object, according to the operation of the user received during the shift of the image forming apparatus to the second power state, prevents the image forming apparatus from shifting from the second power state to the first power state.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store information indicating the power state of the image forming apparatus,

wherein the shifting unit, when the reception unit has received an operation of the user, if the storage unit has stored information indicating the first power state, shifts the power state of the image forming apparatus from the first power state to the second power state, and if the storage unit has stored information indicating the second power state, shifts the power state of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store information indicating whether to enable an interruption by the operation of the user received by the reception unit,

wherein the shifting unit, if the information stored in the storage unit indicates to disable the interruption, after the detection of the object by the detection unit, according to the operation of the user received during the shift of the image forming apparatus to the second power state, prevents the image forming apparatus from shifting from the second power state to the first power state, and if the information stored in the storage unit indicates to enable the interruption, after the detection of the object by the detection unit, according to the operation of the user received during the shift of the image forming apparatus to the second power state, allows the image forming apparatus to shift from the second power state to the first power state.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is a sensor having a plurality of detection units.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sensor includes an array-type sensor in which the detection units are arranged in a matrix.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is an infrared sensor for receiving infrared light.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the first power state, the power consumption amount is less than the power consumption amount in the second power state.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, in the first power state, power supplied to the image forming unit is stopped, and in the second power state, electric power is supplied to the image forming unit.

10. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

shifting, in a case where an object is detected, a power state in the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state;

shifting, in a case where a user operation is received, the power state in the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state; and

performing control, after detection of the object, during the shift of the image forming apparatus to the second power state, if the user operation is received, according to the user operation, to prevent shifting of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.

11. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

shifting, in a case where an object is detected, a power state in the image forming apparatus from a first power state to a second power state different from the first power state;

shifting, in a case where a user operation is received, the power state in the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state; and

performing control, after detection of the object, during the shift of the image forming apparatus to the second power state, if the user operation is received, according to the user operation, to prevent shifting of the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.