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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Takaaki Hiroi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takaaki Hiroi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G05D 23/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a main control unit, a fan, a fan control unit, and an energy-saving control unit. The energy-saving control unit includes a fan-rotation maintaining unit that maintains rotation of the fan for a predetermined time after the operating state of the image processing apparatus is shifted to the energy-saving state, and then turns off the power supply to the fan control unit.