Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image formation device having an operation panel configured to move between a first position and a second position
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Application No.: US15452931Application Date: 2017-03-08
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Publication No.: US10412243B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Masahiro Kamiya , Naoto Sugaya , Chao Ye
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2016-056224 20160318
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/16 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image formation device for executing a printing job to form a toner image on a record sheet includes: an operation panel configured to move between a first position at which the operation panel protrudes from a front of a device body and a second position at which the operation panel is retracted to a device body side with respect to the first position. The device further includes an acquisition device configured to obtain state information indicating a state of the device body; and a hardware processor configured to determine, based on the obtained state information, whether the state of the device body is a state requiring a user access to the device body or a state of accessing to the device body. The device retracts the operation panel to the second position when a determination result is positive.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170272593A1 IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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