Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorHisataka Funakawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus has, as operation modes, a normal mode and a power-saving mode with power consumption smaller than the normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes an operation unit for receiving an instruction from a user, having an operation area to which a prescribed instruction from the user is input. The image forming apparatus further includes: a first detection unit detecting an input from the user to the operation area in the normal mode; a power control unit controlling power supply in the normal mode and the power-saving mode, and turning off power supply to the first detection unit in the power-saving mode; and a second detection unit detecting an input from the user to the operation area in the power-saving mode.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus having, as operation modes, a normal mode and a power-saving mode with power consumption smaller than said normal mode, comprising:
- an operation unit for receiving an instruction from a user,
- said operation unit having an operation area to which a prescribed instruction from the user is input;
- a first detection unit, arranged corresponding to said operation area, for detecting an input from the user to said operation area in said normal mode;
- a power control unit controlling power supply in said normal mode and said power-saving mode, and turning off power supply to said first detection unit in said power-saving mode;
- and
- a second detection unit for detecting an input from the user to said operation area in said power-saving mode;
- wherein
- said operation unit has a plurality of operation areas;
- and
- said second detection unit is provided for each of said plurality of operation areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.