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US 2010/0073704 A1Published application
Image forming device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenichi Naruse
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Abstract
An image forming device includes a processor configured to process image data, an image forming unit configured to perform image formation based on the image data processed by the processor, a cover configured to, when being opened, allow an external access to the image forming unit therethrough, a detector configured to detect whether the cover is opened, and an interrupting unit configured to, when determining with the detector that the cover is kept opened for a first time period, interrupt the processing of the image data by the processor.
Claims14
An image forming device, comprising:
- a processor configured to process image data;
- an image forming unit configured to perform image formation based on the image data processed by the processor;
- a cover configured to, when being opened, allow an external access to the image forming unit therethrough;
- a detector configured to detect whether the cover is opened;
- and
- an interrupting unit configured to, when determining with the detector that the cover is kept opened for a first time period, interrupt the processing of the image data by the processor.
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An image forming device, comprising:
- a processor configured to process image data;
- an image forming unit configured to perform image formation based on the image data processed by the processor;
- a cover configured to, when being opened, allow an external access to the image forming unit therethrough;
- a detector configured to detect whether the cover is opened;
- and
- a maintaining unit configured to, when determining with the detector that the cover is kept opened for less than a first time period, maintain the processing of the image data by the processor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.