Patent ID: 9503595
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a discharge tray having a placement surface on which the sheet having an image formed thereon is discharged in a sheet discharge direction; a wall part provided at one end-side of the discharge tray in a width direction of the discharge tray and having a wall surface standing vertically upward, which is a first direction, beyond the placement surface, the wall surface extending along the discharge tray in a second direction orthogonal to the width direction and the first direction, the wall part at least partially overlapping the discharge tray in the width direction; a wireless communication board having a surface on which one or more electronic components are mounted, the wireless communication board surface extending in the second direction; and a communication control board electrically coupled to the wireless communication board, the communication control board at least partially overlapping the wireless communication board in the width direction, the communication control board configured to control communication operations of the wireless communication board, wherein the wireless communication board extends beyond and downstream of the communication board in the sheet discharge direction, and wherein at least a part of the wireless communication board is positioned in the wall part.