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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Ohkubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Ohkubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a monitoring unit monitors whether a returning factor required to switch an operational state of the apparatus from a power-saving mode to an operating mode is generated, an antenna unit receives external electrical wave, a power generation unit generates electricity from the received electrical wave and supplies the electricity to the monitoring unit, and a controlling unit switches the operational state of the apparatus from the power-saving mode to the operating mode when the monitoring unit detects generation of a returning factor.