Image forming apparatus, method for controlling thereof, and storage medium

• US 9,671,985 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): EBRAHIMI DEHKORD, SAEID
• Application Number:
  US14/748,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20150293724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 358 114
• 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 information processing apparatus having a first power state and a second power state smaller in power consumption than the first power state, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a sensor;

a user interface configured to receive a user operation for shifting a power state of the information processing apparatus; and

a power controller which performs operations comprising;

shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state, based on the sensor having detected a person, and

shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state or from the first power state to the second power state, based on the user interface having received the user operation,

wherein the shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, based on the user interface receiving the user operation, is not executed while the information processing apparatus is returning from the second power state to the first power state based on the sensor having detected a person.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit configured to store information indicating the power state of the information processing apparatus,

wherein the shifting, if the storage unit has stored information indicating the first power state when the reception unit receives the user operation, shifts the power state of the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state, and if the storage unit has stored information indicating the second power state when the reception unit receives the user operation, shifts the power state of the information processing 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 a transition when the reception unit receives the user operation,

wherein the shifting, if the storage unit has stored information indicating to disable the transition when the reception unit receives the user operation, shifts the power state of the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state, and if the storage unit has stored information indicating to enable the transition when the reception unit receives the user operation, shifts the power state of the information processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sensor has a plurality of detection units.

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

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of detection units are an infrared sensor for receiving infrared light.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor for receiving infrared light.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an information processing unit configured to form an image on a sheet.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, in the first power state, electric power is supplied to the information processing unit, and in the second power state, electric power is not supplied to the information processing unit.

10. A method for operating an information processing apparatus comprising a sensor and a user interface, and having a first power state and a second power state smaller in power consumption than the first power state, the method comprising:

receiving, at the user interface, a user operation for shifting a power state of the information processing apparatus; and

shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state, based on the sensor having detected a person, and shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state or from the first power state to the second power state, based on the user interface having received the user operation,

wherein the shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, based on the user interface receiving the user operation, is not executed while the information processing apparatus is returning from the second power state to the first power state based on the sensor having detected a person.

11. An information processing apparatus having a first power state and a second power state smaller in power consumption than the first power state, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a sensor;

a user interface configured to receive a user operation for shifting a power state of the information processing apparatus; and

a power controller which performs operations comprising;

shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state, based on the sensor having detected a person, and shift the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state or from the first power state to the second power state, based on the user interface having received the user operation,

wherein the shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, based on the user interface receiving the user operation, is not executed during a predetermined period after the sensor detects a person.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a storage unit configured to store information indicating the power state of the information processing apparatus,

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

13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a storage unit configured to store information indicating whether to enable a transition by when the reception unit receives the user operation,

wherein the shifting, if the storage unit has stored information indicating to disable the transition when the reception unit receives the user operation, shifts the power state of the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state, and if the storage unit has stored information indicating to enable the transition when the reception unit receives the user operation, shifts the power state of the information processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the sensor has a plurality of detection units.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the sensor is an array-type sensor in which the detection units are arranged in a matrix.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of detection units are an infrared sensor for receiving infrared light.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the sensor is an infrared sensor for receiving infrared light.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising an information processing unit configured to form an image on a sheet.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein, in the first power state, electric power is supplied to the information processing unit, and in the second power state, electric power is not supplied to the information processing unit.

20. A method for operating an information processing apparatus comprising a sensor and a user interface, and having a first power state and a second power state smaller in power consumption than the first power state, the method comprising:

receiving, at the user interface, a user operation for shifting a power state of the information processing apparatus; and

shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state, based on the sensor having detected a person, and shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, from the second power state to the first power state or from the first power state to the second power state, based on the user interface having received the user operation,

wherein the shifting the power state of the information processing apparatus, based on the user interface receiving the user operation, is not executed during a predetermined period after the sensor detects a person.