Information processing apparatus that inputs a setting related to a sensitivity of human sensor, control method thereof, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMichio Fukushima, Junnosuke Yokoyama, Manabu Hada, Yusuke Horishita
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus measures the distance between the image forming apparatus and an object located in the periphery of the image forming apparatus each predetermined amount of time. Then, whether or not the object is a human is detected on the basis of the measured distance and a moving amount of the object each predetermined amount of time. Furthermore, the image forming apparatus controls the power supply state of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the result of the human detection.
Claims10
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a human sensor;
- an interface that inputs a setting related to a sensitivity of the human sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to,
- (1) in a case where a first setting related to the sensitivity of the human sensor is set, shift the information processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state of which power consumption is larger than power consumption of the first power state if there is a human in a first area, and
- (2) in a case where a second setting related to the sensitivity of the human sensor is set, shift the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in a second area which is farther from the information processing apparatus than the first area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a predetermined value,
- wherein in the case (1) where the first setting related to the sensitivity of the human sensor is set, the controller does not shift the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in the second area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than the predetermined value.
A method for shifting a power state of an information processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state of which power consumption is larger than power consumption of the first power state, the method comprising:
- inputting a setting related to a sensitivity of a human sensor;
- (1) in a case where a first setting related to the sensitivity of the human sensor is set shifting the information processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state of which power consumption is larger than power consumption of the first power state if there is a human in a first area;
- and
- (2) in a case where a second setting related to the sensitivity of the human sensor is set, shifting the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in a second area which is farther from the information processing apparatus than the first area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a predetermined value,
- wherein the method further comprises, in the case (1) where the first setting related to the sensitivity of the human sensor is set, not shifting the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in the second area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than the predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.