Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100223507 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a plurality of abnormality detection sections provided in each of a plurality of detection target portions, that detect an abnormality caused by high temperature at a predetermined first frequency; an indication detecting section that detects an indication that the abnormality will occur; and a controller that controls to set the detection frequency of the plurality of abnormality detection sections to a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, when the number of times that the indication is detected within a predetermined period is more than a predetermined number of times. | 09-02-2010 |
20110317200 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a first control section that, when execution of printing at a printing device connected via a communications section is instructed, performs control to display at a display section a print settings screen for making settings relating to the printing; a calculation section that calculates an estimated value of power consumption that the printing device will consume if the printing is executed on the basis of the settings relating to printing; and a second control section that, when a pre-specified operation is performed at the print settings screen, performs control to display the estimated value of power consumption and display at the display section an energy saving settings screen for making, of the settings relating to printing, settings relating to energy saving. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320842 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power supply control device including a mode switching controller, a first power supply section, a second power supply section, a third power supply section, a wiring system opening and closing unit and a controller. During the sleep mode, the first power supply section continues to supply power to a specific control system, the second power supply section shuts off its supply of power, and the third power supply section supplies power to the specific control system by a separate system to the specific control system. The wiring system opening/closing unit sets a power supply wiring system of the commercial power source to an open state or a closed state. When the third power supply section is supplying power during the sleep mode, the controller controls the wiring system opening and closing unit and sets the power supply wiring system of the commercial power supply to the open state. | 12-29-2011 |
20120127518 | POWER-SUPPLY MONITORING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A power-supply monitoring device includes a power-supply control section, a detection section, a determination section, a control section, and an attachment section. The power-supply control section receives supply of power from a mains power source section, and selectively sets a power supply mode and a power saving mode. The detection section detects, in a predetermined region, a body capable of movement including a user who intends to use a processing section. When the body capable of movement is detected, the determination section determines whether switching from the power saving mode to the power supply mode is to be performed to obtain a result. The control section controls the power-supply control section on the basis of the result. The attachment section is attached to the detection section so that a detection region including a position or having an area for identifying the user is adjustable. | 05-24-2012 |
20120127538 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power-supply control device includes a power-supply control section, a first detection section that detects whether or not a body capable of movement is moving, a second detection section that detects whether or not the body capable of movement exists, and an instruction section. The power-supply control section receives supply of power from a mains power source section, and selectively sets a power supply mode, in which power is supplied to a processing section, and a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the processing section is stopped. The first and second detection sections and the instruction section are caused to operate at least in the power saving mode. The instruction section provides, for the power-supply control section, an instruction for switching between the power supply mode and the power saving mode. | 05-24-2012 |
20120137154 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY - A power supply control device includes a power supply controller that selectively performs a power supply mode and a power saving mode, a detector that detects a moving body in a predetermined range in the vicinity of the processor, a power supply mode change instruction unit that changes an operation mode from the power saving mode to the power supply mode when the detector detects the moving body, an information history unit that acquires information related to an operation for the processor in the power supply mode, and a sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts a detection sensitivity of the detector for the moving body on the basis of the information acquired by the information history unit for a period from a change of the operation mode from the power saving mode to the power supply mode to a change of the operation mode to a next power saving mode. | 05-31-2012 |
20120182567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. An apparatus body implements plural functions including an image reading function, an image forming function, and a display function in accordance with operations requested by a user. A controller controls first, second, and third power states. An obtaining unit obtains information concerning paper. A first control unit controls the plural functions so that, when the plural functions are returned from the third to the second power state, the display function is returned to the second power state without being synchronized with the other functions and an operation requested by the user is received before the other functions are returned to the second power state. A second control unit controls the other functions so that, if the image forming function is required for executing an operation requested by the user, the operation is executed after the obtaining unit obtains the information concerning paper. | 07-19-2012 |
20120204046 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power-supply control device includes a power-supply-state transition control section, body-capable-of-movement detection sections, and an instruction section. The power-supply-state transition control section shifts a state of an operation target section from one state to another state among power-supply states and a non-power-supply state. The body-capable-of-movement detection sections detect a body capable of movement in a region. The instruction section provides, on the basis of results of detection of the body capable of movement by the body-capable-of-movement detection sections, at least an instruction for shifting between one of the power-supply states and the non-power-supply state, among instructions for shifting the state of the operation target section from one state to another state with the power-supply-state transition control section. | 08-09-2012 |
20120229831 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power-supply control device includes a power-supply-state transition control section, body-capable-of-movement detection sections, a time measuring section, a transition-instruction section, and an instruction-provision-time postponement section. The power-supply-state transition control section shifts a state of an operation target section from one state to another state among power-supply states and a non-power-supply state. The body-capable-of-movement detection sections detect a body capable of movement in a region. The time measuring section measures a time over which the operation target section in one of the power-supply states is not used. The transition-instruction section provides, for the power-supply-state transition control section, an instruction for shifting to the non-power-supply state. The instruction-provision-time postponement section postpones an instruction-provision time at which the instruction is provided by the transition-instruction section. | 09-13-2012 |
20130010335 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - There is disclosed a power supply control device including a load that executes a predetermined process and operates when power is supplied; a power supply state transition controlling unit that allows at least the load to be transitioned to a power supply state, or a power interruption state; plural detection units that can operate within respective power-consumption ranges, and detects information related to the execution of the load; a power supply control unit for detection unit, which supplies power continuously to a minimum power-consumption type detection unit, and which supplies power to a detection unit having a relatively large power-consumption based on a detection result of a detection unit having a relatively small power-consumption; and a transition time determining unit that is executed when power is supplied with respect to a maximum power-consumption type detection unit, and that determines a transition time by the power supply state transition controlling unit. | 01-10-2013 |
20130057894 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - Disclosed is a power supply control apparatus including plural processing units, a mobile body detection unit, a determination unit, a transition unit, a mobile body confirmation unit, and a controller that controls the transition unit such that states of all of the processing units transit to the powered-off state when a result of confirmation in the mobile body confirmation unit represents absence and controls the transition unit such that the states of the plural processing units selectively and individually transit to the powered-off state when a result of confirmation in the mobile body confirmation unit represents presence. | 03-07-2013 |
20130120779 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION DEVICE, AND HUMAN DETECTING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material; an operating section that is operated by a person; a first detecting portion that detects a person in a predetermined first area; a second detecting portion that detects the person in a second area that is smaller than the first area, the second area being separated from the first area or a portion of the second area overlapping the first area when viewed from above; and a switching unit that switches between a first condition in which the image forming apparatus consumes a first amount of electric power and a second condition in which the image forming apparatus consumes a second amount of electric power. | 05-16-2013 |
20130164012 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing section, a mode switching section that selectively switches a fixing mode between a fast heating mode and a heat accumulation mode, a selecting section that selects the fast heating mode or heat accumulation mode based on the relationship between operation expressions F | 06-27-2013 |
20130216252 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL DRIVER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a mode switching unit that selectively switches a mode between a rapid heating mode and a heat accumulating mode in a fixing unit, a receiving unit that receives an image formation request received from the outside, an extracting unit that extracts mode switching determination information at the earliest from the image formation request received by the receiving unit, a selecting unit that selects the mode based on the mode switching determination information extracted by the extracting unit, specifications of the fixing device, and a current temperature, and a switching control unit that controls the mode switching unit based on the mode selected by the selecting unit to switch the mode to the rapid heating mode or the heat accumulating mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219198 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL DRIVER - Provided is a power supply control device including a first power supply which is a power supply source of an operating unit and a main control unit, a second power supply which supplies minimum necessary power to create a power-saving state, a switching unit that switches to a power supply source selected from the first and second power supplies, a receiving unit that receives an external request signal, a determining unit that determines whether the external request signal is a switching request signal or a recovery request signal, a switching controller that switches the power supply source to the first power supply when a power-saving state is created, and the external request signal is the switching request signal, and a recovery unit that recovers at least the main control unit when the recovery request signal is received within a predetermined period after the power supply source is switched. | 08-22-2013 |
20130250372 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A moving object detecting device includes a detecting device body that includes a detection unit formed in a chassis covering the inside of an apparatus and disposed to correspond to a monitoring window of which at least an aperture area or an aperture size is restricted and which monitors a moving object approaching the apparatus and a circuit board unit controlling a signal output from the detection unit and is disposed so that some optical axes among optical axes having detection surfaces of plural infrared detecting elements included in the detection unit, as focal points passes through the monitoring window and the other optical axes are blocked by the chassis, and an optical member that is formed in an inner wall of the chassis and that deflects the other optical axes of the infrared detection elements to pass through the monitoring window. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258424 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - A power supply control device includes a user interface unit including a touch panel unit that has a display function and an input function and a backlight unit, a control unit that controls the process of a processing apparatus body, at least two types of moving body detecting units that are capable of detecting a moving body and have at least relatively short and long detectable distances, a stepwise power supply unit that supplies power to the control unit when one moving body detecting unit with a short detection distance starts detection at the time when the other movement detecting unit with a long detection distance detects the moving body and detects the moving body, and an adjustment unit that, when the one moving body detecting unit does not detect the moving body, first adjusts the brightness of the backlight unit to predetermined brightness less than normal brightness. | 10-03-2013 |
20130300198 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power supply control device includes a moving object detecting unit and a power supply unit. The moving object detecting unit is attached to a processing apparatus body including power supply targets and a controller, and is capable of detecting a moving object moving in the vicinity of the processing apparatus body. The moving object detecting unit has a lower detection range for detecting a part of a moving object that is substantially in contact with the floor, and an upper detection range for detecting a top part of a moving object. The power supply unit is included in the controller and is always supplied with power to monitor approach of a moving object with the moving object detecting unit. The power supply unit supplies, upon the moving object detecting unit detecting a moving object, power to a power supply target that includes a part of the controller. | 11-14-2013 |
20140092417 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power supply control device includes a monitoring controller, a moving body detector, and a power supply controller. The monitoring controller controls a processor, an interface part, and an identification information acquisition part. The moving body detector detects whether or not a moving body including a user who intends to use the processor exists within a specific region. The power supply controller individually allows objects to be controlled including the processor, the interface part, the identification information acquisition part, and the monitoring controller to enter a power supply state or a power interruption state in an independent manner, in accordance with detection information by the moving body detector, and first controls the identification information acquisition part to be shifted from the power interruption state to the power supply state in a case where all the objects to be controlled are in the power interruption state. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093266 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming section that includes a fixing device, a power supply controller that controls the fixing device to a power supply state in which power is supplied or a power shut-off state, a switching section that switches a fixing mode to one of a first mode that focuses on temperature, and a second mode that focuses on productivity, and a processing controller that controls an image forming process, by selecting the first mode as initial processing when the fixing device recovers from the power shut-off state to the power supply state upon an instruction to execute a job, and selecting, as continued processing after the initial processing, the first mode or the second mode on a basis of a total processing volume of the job acquired after the instruction to execute the job is made. | 04-03-2014 |
20140313536 | PROCESSING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD - A processing control apparatus includes a processor, a setting unit, and a delay unit. The processor operates by using power supplied from a main power supply, and executes a process on the basis of received information. The setting unit restricts power supply from the main power supply to the processor, and sets a restricted period in which a process is prohibited from being executed in the processor. In the case where a specific process which is being executed when the restricted period is to start will be completed within a predetermined allowed time period, the delay unit delays the time when the restricted period is start at least until the specific process is completed. | 10-23-2014 |
20140333949 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power-supply control device includes a power-supply control section, a first detection section that detects whether or not a body capable of movement is moving, a second detection section that detects whether or not the body capable of movement exists, and an instruction section. The power-supply control section receives supply of power from a mains power source section, and selectively sets a power supply mode, in which power is supplied to a processing section, and a power saving mode, in which supply of power to the processing section is stopped. The first and second detection sections and the instruction section are caused to operate at least in the power saving mode. The instruction section provides, for the power-supply control section, an instruction for switching between the power supply mode and the power saving mode. | 11-13-2014 |
20140355020 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display control device includes a display device, a detector, and a prohibiting unit. The display device displays a consumed power value indicating power consumed by a processing section that operates on power supplied from a principal power source section. The detector operates on power from an auxiliary power source section that is different from the principal power source section to detect presence or absence of a mobile body within an area determined in advance. The prohibiting unit prohibits the display device from displaying the consumed power value for a period for which the detector is not detecting a mobile body or a part of the period. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365800 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Provided is an electronic apparatus including a changing unit that changes control modes of the electronic apparatus including a first mode and a second mode, a first notification unit that notifies a management unit of circumstances of the electronic apparatus at a notification timing which is determined by the electronic apparatus or an external device when the control mode is the first mode, a recording unit that estimates the circumstances at a predicted notification timing and records the circumstances in a storage medium in advance before the changing unit changes the control mode to the second mode, and a second notification unit that notifies the management unit of the circumstances recorded by the recording unit at the notification timing when the control mode is the second mode. | 12-11-2014 |
20150022837 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a computing unit and a display unit. The computing unit computes a power consumption per a predetermined time during a power saving mode that reduces power consumption, on the basis of a count per type of an interrupt signal produced during the power saving mode, and a power consumption pre-estimated per type of the interrupt signal. The display unit displays a power consumption computed by the computing unit using generated or stored electric power. | 01-22-2015 |
20150043024 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus includes following components. Processing units each operate when being supplied with power. A first detector detects an object entering a first detection area. A second detector detects an object entering a second detection area. A first controller controls power supply to the processing units and the first and second detectors. At a start of a power-saving mode, the first controller stops supplying power to the second detector and at least one processing unit and supplies power to the first detector. After the start of the power-saving mode, the first controller restarts supplying power to the second detector when the first detector detects an object entering the first detection area. When the second detector detects an object entering the second detection area in the power-saving mode, the first controller restarts supplying power to the at least one processing unit so as to cancel the power-saving mode. | 02-12-2015 |