Patent ID: 9648189
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus being capable of operating in at least a first power state and a second power state which consumes less power than the first power state, the image processing apparatus comprising: a human sensor configured to detect a human existing around the image processing apparatus; a sheet sensor configured to detect a sheet ejected to a sheet ejecting unit in the image processing apparatus; and a hand sensor configured to detect a human's hand that is in process of acquiring a sheet ejected to the sheet ejecting unit, and a controller configured to shift the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state, wherein, in a case where the human sensor has detected a human and the sheet sensor has not detected a sheet, the controller shifts the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state, and wherein, in a case where the human sensor has detected a human, the sheet sensor has detected the sheet ejected to the sheet ejecting unit, and the human sensor has continuously detected a human for a predetermined period, the controller shifts the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state, and wherein, in a case where the hand sensor has detected a human's hand before the result of the detection by the human sensor indicates that a human has been continuously detected for the predetermined period, the controller refrains from shifting the image processing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state, even when a subsequent result of the detection by the human sensor indicates that a human has been continuously detected for the predetermined period.