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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Torii, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An operation mode control system includes an obtainment processing portion and a shift processing portion. The obtainment processing portion obtains sound volume data indicating a sound volume level of ambient sound around an image forming apparatus that is operating in a first mode in which all or a part of functions relating to image formation is restricted. The shift processing portion shifts, when a count of a number of times it is determined during a preset specific time period that the sound volume level is a first reference level or more, is a preset specific count or more, the image forming apparatus into a second mode in which it is possible for image formation to begin.