Patent ID: 9485378
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a sensing unit configured to sense a user and an obstacle blocking the user's passage, and measure positions of the sensed user and the sensed obstacle; a power-saving state canceling unit configured to cancel a power saving state when the sensing unit senses entrance of a user into a power-saving state canceling area, the power-saving state canceling area causing cancellation of the power saving state when a user enters the power-saving state canceling area; a first determining unit configured to determine whether a power-saving state cancellation avoiding area not causing cancellation of the power saving state is necessary in the power-saving state canceling area based on an obstacle's position measured by the sensing unit when the obstacle is sensed by the sensing unit; and a creating unit configured to create the power-saving state cancellation avoiding area when the first determining unit determines that the power-saving state cancellation avoiding area is necessary.