# US 8,542,372 B2 · Processing apparatus

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- Number: US 8,542,372 B2
- Document ID: US8542372B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/925,196
- Filed: 2010-10-15
- Published: 2011-04-21
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2009-10-16
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Yukihito Nishio
- Inventors: Yukihito Nishio
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542372B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00885: {Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof}
- H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen}
- H04N 1/00474: {outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print}
- H04N 1/00477: {Indicating status, e.g. of a job (for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219)}
- H04N 1/0048: {Indicating an illegal or impossible operation or selection to the user}
- H04N 1/00482: {outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution}
- H04N 1/00896: {using a low-power mode, e.g. standby}
- H04N 1/00904: {Arrangements for supplying power to different circuits or for supplying power at different levels (H04N1/00896 takes precedence)}
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N 2201/0098: User intervention not otherwise provided for, e.g. placing documents, responding to an alarm
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A multifunctional apparatus comprises a main power board, electricity feed switching section, operating panel and control section. The main power board supplies electric power to a plurality of processing units. The electricity feed switching section allows a user to switch electricity feed status between the main power board and the respective processing units separately. The operating panel displays an icon depicting the apparatus and electricity feed status of the processing units of the apparatus. The control section controls the electricity feed switching section so as to switch electricity feed status to the processing unit of which icon a user touches, and causes to display on the operation panel modes of operation associated with the processing unit. The control section controls the electricity feed switching section so as to switch the electricity feed status to one or more processing units associated with the mode of operation that a user has selected.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A processing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of units capable of carrying out a variety of processes;
a power supply section for supplying the electric power to said plurality of units;
an electricity feed switching section for switching the power feeding state of the power supplied from said power supply section to each unit;
a memory section storing a plurality of kinds of operation modes by each of which a predetermined unit or units are operated among said plurality of units, so that said plurality of modes of operation are associated respectively with one or more units required to carry out each mode of operation;
a display section capable of displaying a representation of each of the plurality of units in either a first manner-if the unit corresponding to the representation is in an electricity-fed state or in a second manner if the unit corresponding to the representation is in an electricity-not-fed state;
a select-unit section for selecting a unit- among said plurality of units via units displayed by said display section, and for switching the power feeding state of the selected unit in response to the selection thereof;
a control section that, referring to said memory section, causes said display section to display one or more of said modes of operation, the one or more- displayed modes of operation being associated with the unit selected via said select-unit section; and
a select-mode-of-operation section for selecting any one of said modes of operation among said one or more modes of operation which said control section causes said display section to display,
wherein said control section controls, through said electricity feed switching section, the power feeding state of the power supplied to said plurality of units according to said mode of operation selected via said select-mode-of-operation section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control section, when the unit selected via said select-unit section is in electricity-not-fed state, causes said display section to display one or more modes of operation associated with the unit, referring to said memory section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control section, when the unit selected via said select- unit section is in electricity-fed state, causes said display section to display one or more modes of operation not associated with the unit, referring to said memory section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control section causes said display section to display the unit selected via said select-unit section, in a manner as to indicate switching of the power feeding state of the power supplied to the unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control section causes said display section to display information on the electric power consumption of said plurality of units.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control section controls, through said electricity feed switching section, each of said plurality of units so as to be in any one state of the electricity feed status, among the electricity-fed state in which electricity is fed thereto, the electricity -not-fed state in which electricity is not fed thereto, and the preheating state in which preheating is underway.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processing apparatus is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section to form an image on a recording medium.