Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Yusuke Okazaki

Satoshi Sato

Yuki Yamamoto

Yukihiro Shibata

Akira Ohashi

Koji Tagaki

Takeshi Tanaka

Mitsuo Imanishi

An image forming apparatus includes a sensor and an alerting portion. The sensor detects a human. The alerting portion changes the contents of an alert in accordance with the density level of people that is determined based on the number of times of sensing, which is the number of times that a human is detected during a predetermined time based on the output of the sensor, and a predefined threshold value.

Image forming apparatus and image forming system

Provided is an image forming apparatus that shortens the waiting time of a user when returning from a power saving state to an operating state while suppressing power consumption. A return control unit switches a specific device from the power saving state to the operating state when a person is detected by a motion sensor in a situation where the specific device is in the power saving state. A performance recording unit records data of an actual start-up time, which represents a time required to start a specific program when the specific device switches from the power saving state to the operating state, in a non-volatile storage device. A sensitivity setting unit sets the sensitivity of the motion sensor according to the actual start-up time when the specific device is in the power saving state.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method that shorten wait time when returning from a power saving state

An image forming apparatus () includes a recording head section (), a spray section (), and a controller (). The recording head section () forms an image on a paper sheet (S). The spray section () sprays a drug toward the paper sheet (S) to form a drug region (R) on the paper sheet (S). The controller () controls the spray section (). The controller () controls the spray section () such that at least a part of the image formed on the paper sheet (S) and at least a part of the drug region (R) overlap each other.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a communication device, a received data processing portion, a human detection sensor, a sensitivity setting portion, a rest control portion, and a return control portion. The sensitivity setting portion sets, based on content of the job data, the sensitivity of the human detection sensor for a time when specific devices including the received data processing portion are in a predetermined rest state. The rest control portion causes the specific devices to transit to the rest state when a predetermined rest condition is satisfied. The return control portion causes the specific devices to transit from the rest state to a return state when the human detection sensor detects a human body in the situation where the specific devices are in the rest state, wherein larger power is consumed in the return state than in the rest state.

An image forming apparatus operates in a normal mode in a first electric power state and in a power saving mode in which more electric power is saved than in the first electric power state. The image forming apparatus includes a motion sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The controller executes a first timer process in response to receipt of the detection signal and executes a second timer process in response to receipt of the operation signal. At a time when a first period elapses indicating that the first timer process times out, the controller transitions from the normal mode to the power saving mode. At a time when a second period elapses indicating that the second timer process times out, the controller transitions from the normal mode to the power saving mode. The first period is shorter than the second period.

An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller executes a setting process for controlling the sensor. The setting process is a process to adjust a sensitivity of the sensor according to detection precision. The detection precision is a relationship in a first unit period between the number of times the sensor detects the sensor target and the number of times of the operation section receives the operation instruction.

A controller of an information processing device changes a current state among standby states including a first standby state, a second standby state, and a third standby state, in which power consumption decreases in this order. When the non-operation duration runs for a first period, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the second standby state. When the non-operation duration subsequently runs for a second period, the controller changes the current state from the second standby state to the third standby state. When the sensor detects a detection target in the second standby state or the third standby state, the controller changes the current state to the first standby state. When the non-operation duration runs for a third period starting from state change, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the previous standby state.

Information processing device

An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, a controller, and a communication section. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller adjusts a sensitivity level of the sensor. The communication section transmits an instruction signal and a reception signal to an external device and receives an adjustment instruction from the external device. The instruction signal indicates an instruction for sensitivity level adjustment for the sensor. The adjustment instruction is an instruction as to whether or not to adjust the sensitivity level based on the instruction signal and the reception signal. The reception signal includes first information indicating time of detection signal reception by the controller receives the detection signal within a specific time period and second information indicating whether the operation section receives the operation instruction. The controller adjusts the sensitivity level of the sensor according to the adjustment instruction.

Image forming apparatus and management system

In an image forming apparatus, a 2D code detecting unit detects a 2-dimensional code in a document image to be printed. A divisional code distributing unit (a) removes the 2-dimensional code in the document image, (b) divides the 2-dimensional code into a predetermined number of divisional codes, (c) performs a zooming process and/or a rotation process for a part or all of the divisional codes, (d) distributes the divisional codes after the zooming process and/or the rotation process, and (e) generates and outputs a decode key that includes (e1) the number of the divisional codes, (e2) positions of the divisional codes, and (e3) a zooming ratio of the zooming process and/or a rotation angle of the rotation process. A printing device prints the document image in which the divisional codes are distributed.

An information processing apparatus can be worn by a user of an image forming apparatus, and includes a camera, a visual line detecting portion, a target image recognizing portion, a positional condition determining portion, and a wireless communication portion. The target image recognizing portion, when a positional condition among setting conditions for image-formation-related processes is specified, recognizes an image of a specification target that is included in a visual field image photographed by the camera, the specification target being a target of specification of the positional condition. The positional condition determining portion determines a specified positional condition based on a position in the image of the specification target recognized by the target image recognizing portion, the position corresponding to the visual line direction detected by the visual line detecting portion. The wireless communication portion wirelessly transmits information of the specified positional condition to the image forming apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, setting condition specification method for image forming apparatus

When a first recognition condition is satisfied, a target apparatus notification portion causes an image display portion to display a notification notifying that a target apparatus is recognized which exists at an azimuth of a line of sight of a user. The first recognition condition is that an apparatus image exists in a position corresponding to the line-of-sight direction in a field-of-view image taken by a camera, when a line-of-sight direction enters a gaze state under a situation that an image processing apparatus exists in an area where the wireless communication can be performed. An instruction screen control portion causes the image display portion to display an instruction screen for execution of a job, when a second recognition condition is satisfied. The second recognition condition is that the apparatus image exists in the field-of-view image within a short distance range of the target apparatus.

Information processing device, and method for instructing job to image processing apparatus

The disk drive includes: a box-shaped exterior casing having an opening on one side face; a tray stored in the exterior casing and having a mounting face; a pickup; and a rail being a recessed portion formed on the mounting face as a path along which the pickup moves. The stopper is formed of a sheet member having a self-restoring property which allows the sheet member to return to a flat plate shape, and includes: a restricting portion; a connecting portion; and a tab portion, which are formed by folding the sheet member. When the stopper is stored in the disk drive, the stopper is disposed such that the restricting portion is disposed in the inside of the rail, the connecting portion is disposed on the mounting face, and the tab portion projects outside through a gap formed between the tray and the exterior casing.

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Yusuke Okazaki