Image forming apparatus with multiple activation modes, activation method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with activation program
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTakehisa Nakao
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a hardware resource, and a hardware processor that controls the hardware resource, wherein the hardware processor activates the hardware resource in a first activation mode in response to entry of a user into a first range, and activates the hardware resource in a second activation mode that causes production of sound at a volume level higher than a volume level of sound produced in the first activation mode in response to entry of the user into a second range that is smaller than the first range.
Claims27
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a hardware resource;
- and
- a hardware processor that controls the hardware resource, wherein
- the hardware processor
- activates the hardware resource from a power saving mode to a first activation mode in response to entry of a user into a first range, wherein the first activation mode is less active than a state in which the apparatus is ready to perform an image forming operation, and
- activates the hardware resource to a second activation mode that causes production of sound at a volume level higher than a volume level of sound produced in the first activation mode in response to entry of the user into a second range that is smaller than the first range.
An activation method that is performed in an image forming apparatus including a hardware resource, including:
- in response to entry of a user into a first range, activating the hardware resource from a power saving mode to a first activation mode, wherein the first activation mode is less active than a state in which the apparatus is ready to perform an image forming operation;
- and
- in response to entry of the user into a second range that is smaller than the first range, activating the hardware resource to a second activation mode that causes production of sound at a volume level higher than a volume level of sound produced in the first activation mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with an activation program executed by a computer controlling an image forming apparatus including a hardware resource, wherein
- the computer,
- in response to entry of a user into a first range, activating the hardware resource from a power saving mode to a first activation mode, wherein the first activation mode is less active than a state in which the apparatus is ready to perform an image forming operation;
- and
- in response to entry of the user into a second range that is smaller than the first range, activating the hardware resource to a second activation mode that causes production of sound at a volume level higher than a volume level of sound produced in the first activation mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.