Information processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019289155-A1
Application number	US-201916299349-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 14, 2018
Publication date	Sep 19, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A controller of an information processing device changes a current state among standby states including a first standby state, a second standby state, and a third standby state, in which power consumption decreases in this order. When the non-operation duration runs for a first period, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the second standby state. When the non-operation duration subsequently runs for a second period, the controller changes the current state from the second standby state to the third standby state. When the sensor detects a detection target in the second standby state or the third standby state, the controller changes the current state to the first standby state. When the non-operation duration runs for a third period starting from state change, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the previous standby state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device that performs state change among a plurality of standby states different from one another in power consumption and operates accordingly, comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a detection target present within a predefined area; an input section configured to receive an instruction according to user operation; a timer configured to measure non-operation duration, the non-operation duration being a period during which no instruction is input; and a controller configured to change a current state among the standby states based on the non-operation duration and a result of detection by the sensor, wherein the standby states include a first standby state, a second standby state, and a third standby state, power consumption in the second standby state being lower than that in the first standby state, and power consumption in the third standby state being lower than that in the second standby state, and the controller
changes the current state from the first standby state to the second standby state when the timer measures the non-operation duration in the first standby state running for a first period,
changes the current state from the second standby state to the third standby state when the timer measures the non-operation duration in the second standby state subsequently running for a second period starting from state change to the second standby state,
changes the current state from either one of the second standby state and the third standby state to the first standby state when the sensor detects the detection target in the one of the second standby state and the third standby state, and
changes the current state from the first standby state to the one of the second standby state and the third standby state when the timer measures the non-operation duration running for a third period starting from state change to the first standby state according to the result of detection by the sensor.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the third period is shorter than the first period.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display section including a screen that displays a screen image; and an image forming section configured to form a print image on a sheet, wherein the first standby state is a ready state in which the image forming section is ready to form the print image within a minimum waiting period, the minimum waiting period is a waiting period shorter than both a waiting period in the second standby state and a waiting period in the third standby state, the second standby state is a low power consumption state including a state in which the screen is turned off, and the third standby state is a sleep state including the state in which the screen is turned off and a state in which temperature of the image forming section is reduced.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the input section includes an operation panel, the sensor is disposed on the operation panel, and the detection target includes a human body.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a storage device, wherein when the controller changes the current state from the one of the second standby state and the third standby state to the first standby state upon the sensor detecting the detection target in the one of the second standby state and the third standby state, the storage device stores history information indicating the one of the second standby state and the third standby state, and when the timer measures the non-operation duration running for the third period starting from the state change to the first standby state according to the result of detection of the sensor, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the one of the second standby state and the third standby state based on the history information and the result of detection by the sensor.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Ohashi Akira
• Okazaki Yusuke
• Shibata Yukihiro
• Sato Satoshi
• Yamamoto Yuki
• Tagaki Koji

Classifications

• H04N1/00891 Primary

  Switching on or off, e.g. for saving power when not in use (H04N1/00896 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00896 Primary

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

• G06K9/00369

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06V40/103

  Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition · CPC title

• G06V40/10

  Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands · CPC title