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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Michitaka Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Michitaka Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disclosed image processing apparatus has a normal power mode and a power saving mode and includes a serial bus; a serial bus PHY configured to control a physical layer of the serial bus, the serial bus PHY being turned off in the power saving mode; a voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage output from an external device connected to the serial bus; and a physical layer control unit configured to turn on the serial bus PHY when the voltage is detected by the voltage detection unit.