US 11,722,624 B2
Control board for driving load of image forming apparatus
Naoki Ishikawa, Chiba (JP); Teruhiko Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Toshinori Kimura, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/190,527.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-038700 (JP), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281709 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/32593 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5037 (2013.01); H04N 1/32587 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control board configured to be mountable to a first image forming apparatus and to a second image forming apparatus of a type different from a type of the first image forming apparatus, the first image forming apparatus including a first load, the second image forming apparatus including a second load having a function different from a function of the first load, the control board comprising:
a common connector to which the first load is to be connected in a case where the control board is mounted to the first image forming apparatus, and to which the second load is to be connected in a case where the control board is mounted to the second image forming apparatus;
a common drive circuit configured to drive the first load via the common connector in a case where the control board is mounted to the first image forming apparatus, and configured to drive the second load via the common connector in a case where the control board is mounted to the second image forming apparatus; and
at least one processor configured to:
acquire configuration information related to an image forming apparatus to which the control board is mounted;
control the common drive circuit to drive the first load based on the configuration information in a case where the control board is mounted to the first image forming apparatus; and
control the common drive circuit to drive the second load based on the configuration information in a case where the control board is mounted to the second image forming apparatus.