# US 2019/0377293 A1 · Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0377293 A1 - Document ID: US20190377293A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/547,832 - Filed: 2019-08-22 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-29 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Michio Fukushima; Junnosuke Yokoyama; Manabu Hada; Yusuke Horishita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190377293A1 ## CPC - G03G 15/5004: {Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off} - G03G 15/5016: {User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console} - G03G 15/5091: {for user-identification or authorisation} - G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) - G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands - H04N 1/00323: {with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location} - H04N 1/00381: {Input by recognition or interpretation of visible user gestures (manual input means, e.g. digitisers, writing tablets H04N1/00392; gesture input to computers G06F3/017; recognition algorithms G06V40/20)} - H04N 1/00896: {using a low-power mode, e.g. standby} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image forming apparatus measures the distance between the image forming apparatus and an object located in the periphery of the image forming apparatus each predetermined amount of time. Then, whether or not the object is a human is detected on the basis of the measured distance and a moving amount of the object each predetermined amount of time. Furthermore, the image forming apparatus controls the power supply state of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the result of the human detection. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -9. (canceled) ### Claim 10 An information processing apparatus comprising: a human sensor; an interface configured to set setting for the human sensor; and a controller configured to shift the information processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state of which power consumption is larger than power consumption of the first power state if there is a human in at least a first area in a case where a first setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor, and shift the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in a second area which is farther from the information processing apparatus than the first area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a predetermined value in a case where a second setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller does not shift the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in the second area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a first predetermined value in a case where the first setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller shifts the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in the first area and a moving amount of the human in the first area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a second predetermined value being smaller than the first predetermined value in a case where the first setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the controller shifts the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in the first area in a case where the second setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the controller shifts the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in the first area and a moving amount of the human in the first area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a third predetermined value being smaller than the first predetermined value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a display unit configured to display a screen for inputting a setting for the human sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the screen is a screen for setting a sensitivity of the human sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the human sensor is an ultrasonic sensor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a printing unit configured to print an image on a media. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a scanning unit configured to scan an image on a document. ### Claim 20 A method for shifting a power state of an information processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state of which power consumption is larger than power consumption of the first power state, the method comprising: inputting a setting for a human sensor; shifting the information processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state of which power consumption is larger than power consumption of the first power state if there is a human in at least a first area in a case where a first setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor; and shifting the information processing apparatus from the first power state to the second power state if there is a human in a second area which is farther from the information processing apparatus than the first area and a moving amount of the human in the second area toward the information processing apparatus is greater than a predetermined value in a case where a second setting is inputted as the setting for the human sensor.