Electronic apparatus, image forming apparatus, and state detection method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYoshihiro ASANO
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes: a unit part that can be pulled out of a main unit; a cover part that is configured to, when being close, cover the unit part; a lock part that, when the cover part is being open, is movable to a first position where it is possible to pull the unit part out of the main unit and is movable to a second position where it is impossible to pull the unit part out of the main unit; a detection unit configured to, when being supplied with power, detect an internal state of the unit part; and a first power supply unit configured to shut off power supply to the detection unit when the lock part is moved to the first position, and supply power to the detection unit when the lock part is moved to the second position.
Claims7
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a unit part that can be pulled out of a main unit;
- a cover part that is disposed in a direction in which the unit part is pulled out, with respect to the unit part, and is configured to, when being close, cover the unit part;
- a lock part that, when the cover part is being open, is movable to a first position where it is possible to pull the unit part out of the main unit and is movable to a second position where it is impossible to pull the unit part out of the main unit;
- a detection unit configured to, when being supplied with power, detect an internal state of the unit part;
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- a first power supply unit configured to shut off power supply to the detection unit when the lock part is moved to the first position, and supply power to the detection unit when the lock part is moved to the second position.
A state detection method that is performed by an electronic apparatus,
- the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a unit part that can be pulled out of a main unit;
- a cover part that is disposed in a direction in which the unit part is pulled out, with respect to the unit part, and is configured to, when being close, covers the unit part;
- and
- a lock part that, when the cover part is being open, is movable to a first position where it is possible to pull the unit part out of the main unit and is movable to a second position where it is impossible to pull the unit part out of the main unit,
- the state detection method comprising:
- detecting an internal state of the unit part when power is being supplied;
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- shutting off power supply to a detection unit when the lock part is moved to the first position and supplying power to the detection unit when the lock part is moved to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.