Patent ID: 9459576
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus configured to operate in a first power state and a second power state in which power consumption is smaller than power consumption in the first power state, the image forming apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a human; a return unit configured to return the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state; an operation unit configured to receive a user operation; and a power saving unit configured to shift the image forming apparatus from the first power state to the second power state based on a lapse of a predetermined time without the operation unit receiving the user operation; wherein, in a case where the operation unit does not receive the user operation in a time period between time when the return unit returns the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state and time when the detection unit no longer detects a human, the power saving unit shifts the image forming apparatus from the first power state to the second power state before the lapse of the predetermined time.