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Image forming apparatus and power control method

US7283262B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2003
Grant dateOct 16, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0017
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sub-CPU copes with a status obtaining request from a network in a sleep mode. Further, necessary least power control for updating a status in an image forming apparatus in the sleep mode is realized by the sub-CPU.

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