Patent ID: 11921451
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An image forming system comprising:
a user terminal; and
an image forming apparatus communicably connected to the user terminal, and
the image forming apparatus including:
an apparatus side connecting part that communicably connects to the user terminal and outputs connection information;
a connection detecting part that detects whether or not the apparatus side connecting part is communicably connected to the user terminal based on the connection information and outputs detection information;
an apparatus side mode switching part that outputs, based on the detection information, mode information indicating a mode to which a consumption amount of a resource consumed by the image forming apparatus is allocated; and
an apparatus side mode setting part that sets, based on the mode information, an energy saving mode in which the consumption amount of the resource consumed by the image forming apparatus is reduced as compared with the consumption amount of the resource consumed by the image forming apparatus in a case where the apparatus side connecting part and the user terminal are communicably connected, and

the user terminal including:
a terminal side connecting part that is communicably connected to the image forming apparatus, wherein

the apparatus side connecting part is communicably connected to the terminal side connecting part and outputs the connection information, and
the connection detecting part detects whether or not the apparatus side connecting part is communicably connected to the terminal side connecting part on the basis of the connection information and outputs the detection information.