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US 10,295,942 B1Granted
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling an image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihisa Hashimoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a cassette configured to accommodate sheets to be supplied to the image forming unit, an opening mechanism configured to open the cassette, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of a person, and a processor configured to control the opening mechanism to open the cassette in response to the motion sensor detecting a specific motion of a person.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a cassette configured to accommodate sheets to be supplied to the image forming unit;
- an opening mechanism configured to open the cassette;
- a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of a person;
- a processor configured to control the opening mechanism to open the cassette in response to the motion sensor detecting a specific motion of a person;
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- a distance sensor configured to measure a distance from the cassette to an object located in an opening direction of the cassette,
- wherein after the motion sensor detects the specific motion of the person, if the distance measured by the distance sensor is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, the processor controls the opening mechanism to open the cassette.
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A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- detecting that absence of a sheet within a cassette of the image forming apparatus;
- in response to detecting the absence of the sheet, displaying a guidance message instructing a person to feed additional sheets to the cassette;
- detecting a motion of a person;
- measuring a distance from the cassette to an object located in an opening direction of the cassette;
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- opening the cassette, after detecting the motion of the person, if the measured distance is equal to or longer than a predetermined distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.