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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Nimura, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a rotatable operation unit for information display and data input and configured to form an image on a sheet includes a tilt drive unit configured to rotate the operation unit, a tilt motor configured to drive the tilt drive unit, a volume sensor configured to detect a rotation position at which the operation unit is rotated, and a CPU configured to control rotation of the operation unit by driving the tilt motor based on a detection result acquired by the volume sensor, wherein the CPU prohibits a first rotation operation for rotating the operation unit to a predetermined position if the first rotation operation is not finished within a first predetermined time, and cancels the prohibition of the first rotation operation if a second rotation operation for rotating the operation unit to a standby position is finished within a second predetermined time.