Image forming apparatus and power supply control method for an image forming apparatus
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorAtsushi SUZUKI
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: a system control section that performs control of the apparatus; a functional block that forms a part of the image forming apparatus; and a power control section that is communicably connected to the system control section, that controls power supply to the system control section and the functional block, that is provided with data for power control defining with regard to the power supply to the system control section and the functional block by the system control section, and that controls the power supply to the system control section and the functional block based on the data for power control.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a system control section that performs control of the image forming apparatus;
- a functional block that communicates with the system control section and forms a part of the image forming apparatus;
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- a power control section that is communicably connected to the system control section, that controls power supply to the system control section and the functional block, that is provided with data for power control defining with regard to the power supply to the system control section and the functional block by the system control section, and that controls the power supply to the system control section and the functional block based on the data for power control.
A power supply control method for an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- providing, by a system control section that performs control of the image forming apparatus, data for power control defining with regard to the system control section, a functional block that forms a part of the image forming apparatus, and the power supply to the functional block, to a power control section that is communicably connected to the system control section and controls power supply to the system control section and the functional block;
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- controlling, by the power control section, the power supply to the system control section and the functional block based on the data for power control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.