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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Hashimoto, Gotemba Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 7/04 (2013.01); G03G 15/553 (2013.01); G03G 15/6514 (2013.01); B65H 2220/01 (2013.01); B65H 2405/11 (2013.01); B65H 2511/511 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00616 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a cassette configured to accommodate sheets to be supplied to the image forming unit, an opening mechanism configured to open the cassette, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion of a person, and a processor configured to control the opening mechanism to open the cassette in response to the motion sensor detecting a specific motion of a person.