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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Su Hwan Kim, Pangyo, KR;
Hwi Kyeong An, Pangyo, KR;
Assignee:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a display configured to display a control menu to perform a function, a sensor configured to sense a user within a predetermined range and output a signal which has a voltage size corresponding to a distance of the sensed user, and a processor configured to change an operation state of the image forming apparatus based on a voltage change amount of the signal.