Image forming apparatus
US8664603B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/5016
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material, a human detecting device that detects a person including an optical sensing unit that converts only an upward light of incident light to the optical sensing unit to an electric signal, and a controller unit that controls the image forming section based on the electric signal.
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