Image forming apparatus that includes a cover open/closed detection sensor
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorMasatomo Matsuda
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes a cover member, a cover open/closed detection sensor, a driven unit, a drive detection sensor, and an attitude determination unit. The cover open/closed detection sensor outputs a closed signal corresponding to a closed attitude and an open signal corresponding to an open attitude. The drive detection sensor outputs a state signal corresponding to the drive state of the driven unit. The attitude determination unit determines whether the cover member is in an open attitude or is in a closed attitude based on a closed signal and a state signal input after the open signal.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus comprising a cover member configured to enable changing of an attitude between an open attitude in which an opening formed in a housing is open, and a closed attitude in which the opening is closed,
- a cover open/closed detection sensor configured to output a closed signal corresponding to the closed attitude and an open signal corresponding to the open attitude,
- a driven unit provided in an inner portion of the housing,
- a drive detection sensor configured to output a state signal corresponding to a drive state of the driven unit, and
- an attitude determination unit configured to determine the attitude of the cover member based on a signal output from the drive detection sensor and the cover open/closed detection sensor, wherein
- the attitude determination unit determines whether the cover member is in the open attitude or the closed attitude based on the state signal and the closed signal input after the open signal, and
- when a drive signal is input after the input of the closed signal, the drive signal indicating that the driven unit is being driven, the attitude determination unit determines that the cover member is in the open attitude, and when a stop signal is input after the input of the closed signal, the stop signal indicating that the driven unit is stopped, the attitude determination unit determines that the cover member is in the closed attitude.
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