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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masami Yamada, Sennan-gun, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Sennan-gun, JP;
Nobuhiro Mishima, Osaka, JP;
Shuji Yoneda, Osaka, JP;
Kaitaku Ozawa, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yuki Asai, Itami, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power supply control device includes a power conversion portion to convert AC power from a commercial power supply to DC, a control portion, a first communication portion connected to a network, a second communication portion connected to an image forming apparatus, and a device power supply switch arranged between the commercial power supply and the image forming apparatus. The control portion includes a mode decision portion to decide between a normal mode and a power-saving mode, a positional information acquisition portion to acquire positional information of the image forming apparatus, a sleep switch portion to open the device power supply switch, an activation portion to close the device power supply switch in response to a packet including the positional information of the image forming apparatus, a temporary storage control portion to temporarily store the packet, a packet transmission portion to transmit the packet, and a connection portion.