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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Kanzawa, Hachioji, JP;
Takeo Katsuda, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a sensing unit configured to sense a user and an obstacle blocking the user's passage, and measure positions of the sensed user and the sensed obstacle; a power-saving state canceling unit configured to cancel a power saving state when the sensing unit senses entrance of a user into a power-saving state canceling area, the power-saving state canceling area causing cancellation of the power saving state when a user enters the power-saving state canceling area; a first determining unit configured to determine whether a power-saving state cancellation avoiding area not causing cancellation of the power saving state is necessary in the power-saving state canceling area when the obstacle is sensed by the sensing unit; and a creating unit configured to create the power-saving state cancellation avoiding area when the first determining unit determines that the power-saving state cancellation avoiding area is necessary.