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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Jongsook Eun, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jongsook Eun, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00891 (2013.01); H04N 1/00037 (2013.01); H04N 1/00082 (2013.01); H04N 1/00875 (2013.01); H04N 1/00904 (2013.01); H04N 1/4426 (2013.01); H04N 1/4433 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0082 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a detector that detects a user near the image forming apparatus, an authentication device controller that controls an authentication device that the user owns, an authentication unit that authenticates the user, and a power supply controller that controls supplying electric power to component devices of the image forming apparatus, and the power supply controller supplies electric power to component devices of the image forming apparatus in stages upon detecting the user, determining the validity of the authentication device, and authenticating the user.