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Patent No.:

US 8830497 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Hirotaka Kodama, Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Hirotaka Kodama, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Image forming apparatus communicates with a server computer and obtains information related to state of power supply from the server computer. Based on the obtained information, the image forming apparatus determines whether or not it is in a time zone of peak power consumption. If it is determined to be the time zone of peak power consumption, a method of counting the number of outputs is switched to a weighted counting method, for counting with weight added to the normal counting method.


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Kodama, Hirotaka. (2014). Image forming apparatus realizing electricity conservation by reducing power consumption (U.S. Patent No. 8830497). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8830497

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