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

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus communicably connected to a user terminal, comprising:
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.