Patent ID: 9749490
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a human sensor; a network interface which receives a data via a network; a power controller which shifts the image forming apparatus to a first power saving state from which it is possible to return to a normal power state in accordance with an output from the human sensor and possible to return to the normal power state in accordance with an output from a network interface, and shifts from the first power saving state to the normal power state in accordance with the output from the human sensor or the output from the network interface; wherein the power controller further shifts the image forming apparatus to a second power saving state from which it is possible to return to the normal power state in accordance with an output from the network interface but impossible to return to the normal power state in accordance with an output from the human sensor, and shifts the image forming apparatus from the second power saving state to the normal power state in accordance with the output from the network interface.