Patent ID: 9736327
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first human body detector oriented to a direction, including a first detection span to detect a human body, and outputting a signal in response to detecting the human body; a second human body detector oriented to another direction different from the direction of the first human body detector, including a second detection span to detect the human body, and outputting a signal in response to detecting the human body, the first human body detector being spaced apart from the second human body detector in a body of the image forming apparatus; and a controller to change a state of the image forming apparatus in accordance with the output signal from each of the first human body detector and the second human body detector, the first human body detector and the second human body detector, being spaced apart from each other, and each including an inward facing orientation with respect to each other such that a first center line of the first detection span intersects with a second center line of the second detection span at a portion where the first detection span and the second detection span overlap with each other in a planar view, enabling a combined viewing angle to be obtained that is relatively wider than a first viewing angle defining the first detection span and a second viewing angle defining the second detection span individually.