US 11,943,409 B2
Image forming system capable of connecting an external control apparatus to an image forming apparatus
Yosuke Kagawa, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/188,336.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-052322 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319208 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01)
CPC H04N 1/00896 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); H04N 1/00689 (2013.01); H04N 1/00692 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming system comprising:
an information processing apparatus configured to output information related to a print job to form an image on a recording medium, the information processing apparatus being configured to be operable in a plurality of power modes including a first normal power mode in which the information is output and a first power saving mode in which power consumption is less than the first normal power mode; and
an image forming apparatus having:
an image forming unit configured to form the image on the recording medium based on the print job output from the information processing apparatus;
an operation unit to be operated by a user to instruct to form the image by the image forming unit, the image forming apparatus being configured to be operable in a plurality of power modes including a second normal power mode in which the image is formed and a second power saving mode in which power consumption is less than the second normal power mode; and
a human detection unit configured to detect the user approaching the image forming apparatus,
wherein, in a case where the operation unit is operated in a state in which the power mode of the information processing apparatus is the first power saving mode and the power mode of the image forming apparatus is the second power saving mode, the power mode of the image forming apparatus is transitioned from the second power saving mode to the second normal power mode and the power mode of the information processing apparatus is maintained in the first power saving mode, and
wherein, in a case where the user is detected by the human detection unit in a state in which the power mode of the information processing apparatus is the first power saving mode and the power mode of the image forming apparatus is the second power saving mode, the power mode of the image forming apparatus is transitioned from the second power saving mode to the second normal power mode and the power mode of the information processing apparatus is maintained in the first power saving mode.