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US 9,116,490 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus having communication board for near field communication
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsuru Nakamura
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a housing configured to store the image forming unit, the housing including an outer peripheral wall; a power supply unit disposed inside the housing; and a near field communication board including an antenna for near field communication, the near field communication board being disposed at a position of the outer peripheral wall apart from the power supply unit by a communicable distance or more.
Claims21
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- a housing configured to store the image forming unit, the housing including an outer peripheral wall;
- a power supply unit disposed inside the housing;
- and
- a near field communication board including an antenna for near field communication, the near field communication board being disposed at a position of the outer peripheral wall apart from the power supply unit by a communicable distance or more,
- wherein the antenna of the near field communication board is a loop antenna, and
- the near field communication board is disposed at the position of the outer peripheral wall apart from the power supply unit by a diameter of the loop antenna or more.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- a housing configured to store the image forming unit, the housing including an outer peripheral wall including a front wall;
- a power supply unit disposed inside the housing on a rear side;
- a near field communication board including an antenna for near field communication, the near field communication board being disposed on the front wall of the outer peripheral wall apart from the power supply unit by a communicable distance or more;
- and
- a control board configured to control the image forming unit, the control board disposed at an upper portion of a front side of the housing,
- wherein the near field communication board is disposed at a position of the front wall of the housing lower than a board storing unit for storing the control board, such that the near field communication board is separated from the control board stored in the board storing unit by the communicable distance or more,
- wherein the antenna of the near field communication board is a loop antenna, and
- wherein the near field communication board is separated from the control board stored in the board storing unit by a diameter of the loop antenna or more.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit;
- a housing configured to store the image forming unit, the housing including an outer peripheral wall;
- a power supply unit disposed inside the housing;
- and
- a near field communication board including a loop antenna for near field communication, the near field communication board being disposed at a position of the outer peripheral wall apart from the power supply unit by a diameter of the loop antenna or more.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.