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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Kawakami, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Okuda, Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Matsuki, Osaka, JP;
Yuri Moritani, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nitta, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus that controls a user authentication and a switching action for switching into a specific operation mode (either one of first and second power saving modes, and emergency stop), depending an alarm level of disaster information. A user authentication function circuit is for performing the user authentication. An operation mode switching circuit is for switching a current operation mode into the specific operation mode. A disaster information acquire circuit is for receiving disaster information representing the alarm level. A system control circuit controls, depending on the alarm level, the user authentication operation by the user authentication function circuit and a switching of one of the operation modes by the operation mode switching circuit. The aforementioned specified operation mode is either one of the user authentication mode, the first power saving mode, the second power saving mode, and the emergency stop.