Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Takenori Obara

Naomasa Okimura

Kenichi Sonobe

Toshifumi Nakamura

Megumi Fukui

Yukihiro Fukuda

Takashi Okabe

An electronic equipment includes: a first connecting unit that connects an external apparatus and a transmit and receive unit; a prohibit unit; an identification information storage; a second connecting unit that is connected to a key constituting member including memory unit storing therein authentication information corresponding to the identification information; a covering unit; a gain unit; a judge unit; and a permit unit.

Electronic equipment and image forming apparatus

When causing a power saving mode to return by inputting a return signal, power is supplied to a device to which suppliance of power has been cut off. In this case, a power-saving control CPLD is masked to cancel an uncertain signal generated in the device under an intermediate potential at which the voltage of a power-saving-time power cutoff device, which supplies power to the device, is gradually rising. Thus, an erroneous operation caused by the uncertain signal can be prevented. Further, when the voltage of the power-saving-time power cutoff device reaches an operation-guaranteeing voltage, the power-saving control CPLD reads the uncertain signal again. Thereby, intrinsic characteristics of the uncertain signal can be verified, and a secure return operation can be implemented.

Power management apparatus, power management method, and power management system

Input image data is stored in a register matrix of 7.times.7 in a successive manner. A pattern detecting section detects a black- or white-pixel connective pattern of the reference pixels of a marked pixel. When the reference pixel pattern is a black-pixel connective pattern of 1:n (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ), an enlarging/smoothing processor section interpolates a part of the enlarged marked pixel with black pixels. When it is a white-pixel connective pattern of 1:n (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ), the enlarging/smoothing processor erases a part of the enlarged marked pixel. As a result, the oblique line can be smoothed. The line that is made thick by the smoothing process can be shaped into a thin line. Thus, a high-quality image can be produced.

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Saitama, Japan

Takenori Obara