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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Naoya Nobutani, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Katayama, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a sensor unit that, in accordance with an image captured at a first distance from the information processing apparatus, senses a presence of a person within a second distance set to be closer to the information processing apparatus than the first distance, and a shifting unit that sets the information processing apparatus to a first mode when the presence of the person is sensed by the sensor unit, and shifts the information processing apparatus from the first mode to a second mode that consumes power less than in the first mode when the presence of the person is no longer sensed within the second distance by the sensor unit.