Image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus control method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJunnosuke Yokoyama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is operable at least in a first power state and in a second power state, in which electric power consumption in the second power state is less than electric power consumption in the first power state. The apparatus includes a detection unit formed by a plurality of elements disposed to detect the temperature of an object, and a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus in such a way as to shift from the second power state to the first power state based on a detection result obtained by the detection unit at first timing and a detection result obtained by the detection unit at second timing.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus at least having a first power state and a second power state different from the first power state, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a sensor having a plurality of elements which output a value corresponding to an input to the element;
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- a controller which shifts a power state of the image forming apparatus to the first power state from the second power state based on a number of a plurality of elements outputting a value that is greater than a predetermined value and corresponding to a target.
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus which at least has a first power state and a second power state different from the first power state and includes a sensor including a plurality of elements which output a value corresponding to an input to the element, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of values output from the plurality of elements;
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- shifting a power state of the image forming apparatus to the first power state from the second power state based on a number of a plurality of elements outputting a value that is greater than a predetermined value and corresponding to a target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.