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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Daisuke Suga, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00896 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium includes a display unit configured to display a setting for image forming by the image forming apparatus, a first detection unit configured to detect contact of a user's finger with a surface of the display unit, and a second detection unit configured to detect the user's finger at a position a predetermined distance away from the surface in a perpendicular direction to the surface, wherein the display unit being turned off is turned on in response to detection of the user's finger by the second detection unit.