Patent ID: 9154659
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus having a normal mode and a power save mode in which power consumption is reduced more than in the normal mode, comprising: a slave controller configured to perform first processing or second processing different from the first processing in a return from the power save mode to the normal mode; and a master controller configured to return the slave controller from the power save mode to the normal mode, wherein the master controller is connected to the slave controller through a signal line and outputs to the slave controller a return request from the power save mode to the normal mode in a manner to change a level of the signal line, in order to make the slave controller perform the first processing after an output of the return request, the master controller sets the level of the signal line at a predetermined first level, and in order to make the slave controller perform the second processing after the output of the return request, the master controller sets the level of the signal line at a predetermined second level, the slave controller determines, on based on the level of the signal line after the output of the return request, which processing is to perform, the first processing or the second processing, the master controller sets the level of the signal line at the first level or the second level after a predetermined time period elapses from the output of the return request, the slave controller determines, on based on the level of the signal line after the predetermined time period elapses from the output of the return request, which processing is to perform, the first processing or the second processing, the predetermined time period includes a chattering removal time necessary for removal of chattering caused in change in the level of the signal line, a time period in which the slave controller switches from the power save mode to the normal mode, and a time period required for initial processing to start monitoring the level of the signal line.