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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00891 (2013.01); H04N 1/00323 (2013.01); H04N 1/00928 (2013.01); H04N 1/32625 (2013.01); H04N 1/32657 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0074 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided that is capable of returning from a sleep state in response to detection of a user or upon receipt of an input, wherein notification of failure to detect a user is provided if the image forming apparatus returns from a sleep state based on receipt of an input for more than a predetermined number of times.