Electronic device, method of controlling electronic device, and non-transitory computer-executable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11463591-B2
Application number	US-202117444211-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2021
Priority date	Aug 20, 2020
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device includes circuitry. The circuitry controls a state transition between an operation ready state and a low power state, the low power state being a state whose standby power is lower than standby power of the operation ready state. The circuitry calculates a predicted time period required for the electronic device to transit to the low power state. The circuitry selects, from a plurality of device diagnoses, a particular device diagnosis whose execution is completed within the calculated predicted time period. The circuitry executes the selected particular device diagnosis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to:
control a state transition between an operation ready state and a low power state, the low power state being a state whose standby power is lower than standby power of the operation ready state;
calculate a predicted time period required for the electronic device to transit to the low power state;
select, from a plurality of device diagnoses, a particular device diagnosis whose execution is completed within the calculated predicted time period; and
execute the selected particular device diagnosis,
wherein the circuitry selects the particular device diagnosis based on an estimated device diagnosis time, the estimated device diagnosis time is a time period estimated for each device diagnosis of the plurality of device diagnoses from a start of an execution of the each device diagnosis to a completion of the execution of the each device diagnosis.

2. An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to:
control a state transition between an operation ready state and a low power state, the low power state being a state whose standby power is lower than standby power of the operation ready state;
calculate a predicted time period required for the electronic device to transit to the low power state;
select, from a plurality of device diagnoses, a particular device diagnosis whose execution is completed within the calculated predicted time period; and
execute the selected particular device diagnosis,
wherein the circuitry selects the particular device diagnosis based on one of the operation ready state and the low power state, the one of the operation ready state and the low power state being set for each device diagnosis of the plurality of device diagnoses as a state in which the each device diagnosis is executable.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry selects the particular device diagnosis to be executed from among one or more device diagnoses whose execution are completed within the predicted time period from the plurality of device diagnoses, based on importance and an execution history, the importance and the execution history being set for each device diagnosis of the plurality of device diagnoses.

4. An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to:
control a state transition between an operation ready state and a low power state, the low power state being a state whose standby power is lower than standby power of the operation ready state;
calculate a predicted time period required for the electronic device to transit to the low power state;
select, from a plurality of device diagnoses, a particular device diagnosis whose execution is completed within the calculated predicted time period; and
execute the selected particular device diagnosis,
wherein the electronic device includes an image forming apparatus including a fixing device, and
the circuitry calculates the predicted time period based on a measured fixing temperature and a fixing temperature threshold value, the fixing temperature value being a condition for a transition to the low power state.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein
the circuitry
acquires an outside air temperature, and
calculates the predicted time period based on the outside air temperature, the measured fixing temperature, and the fixing temperature threshold value.

Assignees

• Akiba Katsuya
• Hasegawa Ryu
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Akiba Katsuya
• Hasegawa Ryu

Classifications

• G03G15/80

  Details relating to power supplies, circuits boards, electrical connections · CPC title

• G06F1/3234

  Power saving characterised by the action undertaken · CPC title

• H04N1/00896 Primary

  using a low-power mode, e.g. standby · CPC title

• H04N1/00029 Primary

  Diagnosis, i.e. identifying a problem by comparison with a normal state · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title