Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus including interfaces that receive commands to transition from power saving modes
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和图像读取装置包括接收从功率节省模式转换的命令的接口
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Application No.: US13415810Application Date: 2012-03-08
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Publication No.: US08964203B2Publication Date: 2015-02-24
- Inventor: Naoki Nishikawa
- Applicant: Naoki Nishikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2011-100805 20110428
- Main IPC: G06K15/00
- IPC: G06K15/00 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a power supply controller controls the image forming apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the image forming unit is cut off, and a normal mode; and a plurality of interfaces that receives a transition command for transitioning from the power saving mode to the normal mode. The power supply controller is configured to perform: an interface-power supply process of supplying power to at least one interface; a determining process of determining whether availability is high or low for an operating interface receiving power supply in the interface-power supply process; and a changing process of changing a power supply target from the operating interface to an idle interface when the availability of the operating interface is determined to be low.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120274973A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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