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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tsuyoshi Nitta, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Kawakami, Osaka, JP;
Yuri Moritani, Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Matsuki, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Okuda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus that performs appropriately changing to the power-saving mode according to environment (luminosity) of a place that user exists, without increasing in a cost. When there is access from a portable terminal, communication circuit requests to the portable terminal for transmission of illuminance information detected by an illuminance sensor in a side of the portable terminal. Then, based on the illuminance information, mode switching circuit changes to the power-saving mode.