Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Daisuke Mukaiyama

Kenji Tanaka

Nobuyuki Ueda

Tomohiko Okada

Kazuhiro Mizude

Hideyuki Hiro

An image forming apparatus includes: a post-processor including a sheet detection circuit detecting a sheet inserted in a sheet insertion opening for manual stapling, a staple mechanism executing stapling processing on the sheet, and a drive circuit actuating the staple mechanism; a post-processing controller operating the drive circuit in response to detection of the sheet; a power circuit supplying power to the drive circuit and another circuit in the apparatus; and a power saving controller shutting off a power supply from the power circuit to the drive circuit and the other circuit and shifting from a normal mode to a power saving mode when a shifting condition is satisfied. Prior to shifting, the power saving controller checks the post-processing controller whether the stapling processing is currently executed, and, when the stapling processing is not currently executed, instructs prohibition of the stapling processing and shifts to the power saving mode.

Power saving control for image forming apparatus with post processing functions

An electronic device is provided with an operation panel, a communication unit, and a processing unit. The operation panel has a first operation key and a second operation key within a specific region. The communication unit is arranged within the specific region of the operation panel, and is a location for communicating wirelessly with a mobile terminal that is in a state opposing the specific region. The processing unit determines whether an operation result of the second operation key is valid or invalid on the basis of operations of the first operation key and the second operation key in such a way that the operation result of the second operation key is invalidated in a case where the first operation key has been operated.

Electronic device, image forming device, control method for electronic device, and program

A document reader has a main conveying path, an auxiliary conveying path, a pickup roller, a first conveying roller, and a second conveying roller. The auxiliary conveying path runs between a first connection point and a second connection point on the main conveying path. The cylindrical surface of the first conveying roller is located partially on the main conveying path and partially on the auxiliary conveying path. While the first conveying roller is under the forward or reverse control, it rotates normally. The cylindrical surface of the second conveying roller is located partially on the main conveying path between the second connection point and a discharge position. A controller switches from the forward control selected during this mode to the reverse control, while a document being conveyed along the main conveying path is out of contact with the first conveying roller.

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Sakai, Japan

Daisuke Mukaiyama