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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Hideyuki Hiro, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01); G06M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00631 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06M 9/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/0049 (2013.01); H04N 1/00663 (2013.01); H04N 1/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
An untaken sheet notification device to notify that the sheet is untaken from an ejection tray if an ejection tray sensor that detects presence or absence of the sheet on the ejection tray detects presence of the sheet, after a sheet is ejected, a document feeder, and an image forming apparatus include a counter that counts the number of the ejected sheets and a notification controller that performs a specific notification control to notify that the sheet is untaken if the number of the sheets counted by the counter is equal to or less than a predetermined reference number.