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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Takahiro Aso, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Aso, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing unit determines, when receiving information through a reading process from a recording medium, whether a user identified by the information has transition authority for a transition from an energy saving mode to a normal mode of carrying out information processing; sends a transition request for carrying out a transition from the energy saving mode to the normal mode to a power supply control part when determining that the user has the transition authority; and carries out the transition to the normal mode in response to the transition request and, when authentication of the user is successful, displays on a user interface part a display screen page for receiving an operation concerning the information processing.