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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Jae-yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Jae-yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1878 (2013.01); G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0697 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1823 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a consumable unit with a built-in memory, a power supply unit to provide power to drive the memory, and a control unit to control the power supply unit to provide power to the memory and to access the memory, when an event that needs to access the memory happens, and to control the power supply unit to cut off the power to the memory, when a process with respect to the memory is finished.