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Patent No.:

US 8570562 B1

Date of Patent:

Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2010

Image forming apparatus and network connection method thereof relates to an image forming apparatus which supports different network connections according to an operation mode

Applicant:

Youn-jae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventor:

Youn-jae Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Stanzione & Kim, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ngon Nguyen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H01H 85/02 (2006.01); H01H 85/52 (2006.01); H01H 71/20 (2006.01); H01H 37/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit to communicate with a network using a physical layer protocol (PHY), a first control unit that includes a first Media Access Controller (MAC) to perform Media Access Control for the PHY when the image forming apparatus operates in a normal mode, and to control the image forming apparatus, a second control unit that includes a second Media Access Controller (MAC) to perform Media Access Control for the PHY when the image forming apparatus operates in a power saving mode, and a switching unit to switch a data path between the PHY, the first MAC, and the second MAC according to the operation mode of the image forming apparatus.

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