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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kozo Toda, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Kubota, Chiba, JP;
Akitomo Fukui, Kanagawa, JP;
Shozo Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1657 (2013.01); H04N 1/00315 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
Conventionally, an image forming apparatus including a plurality of antennas for detecting for an arrival direction of a radio wave was not invented. In the present invention, a communication board including a plurality of antennas for wireless communicating with a communication terminal is provided on a front side with respect to a front-rear direction of an image forming apparatus including an imager forming unit in a vertical direction.