Image forming apparatus
AssigneeAcer Communications and Multimedia Inc.
InventorChih-Hsien Chung
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Abstract
The invention discloses an image forming apparatus comprising an interface unit outputting a control signal in a predetermined format to an output unit in accordance with a sensing signal from a sensor; an image capturing unit for capturing image; and a driving unit detachably coupled to the interface unit, wherein the driving unit having an input unit receiving the control signal for driving the image capturing unit in accordance with the control signal. The sensor of the image forming apparatus is changeable, and can be any device to generate the sensing signal with correspondence to the environmental conditions.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an interface unit outputting a control signal in a predetermined format to an output unit in accordance with a sensing signal from a sensor;
- an image capturing unit for capturing image;
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- a driving unit detachably coupled to the interface unit, wherein the driving unit having an input unit receiving the control signal for driving the image capturing unit in accordance with the control signal.
A signal generator for controlling an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus captures a control signal in a predetermined format, the signal generator comprises:
- a sensor generating a sensing signal in accordance with environmental variations;
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- an interface device detachably coupled to the image forming apparatus, the interface device generating the control signal in accordance with the sensing signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.