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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junnosuke Yokoyama, Toride, JP;
Nobuyasu Ito, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state.