PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16019121
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
An energy saving setting unit controls an image forming apparatus that makes a transition to a power saving state if a transition time passes without any prescribed operation in a normal state, and it includes: a unit for storing specific day information distinguishing a normal operation day and a specific day; an auto pattern updating unit determining the transition time in a normal operation day based on past operational status of the normal operation day of the image forming apparatus; a specific day pattern registering unit receiving and storing setting of the transition time of the specific day; and a switching unit, switching the state of conduction of the image forming apparatus using the transition time determined by the auto pattern updating unit and the stored transition time, on the normal operation day and on the specific day, respectively, based on the specific day information.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of power-saving control in an image forming apparatus having an electrically operated device, the image forming apparatus having a processor and a storage unit that stores a program executed by the processor and capable of power-saving control, comprising the step of:\n applying, to the power-saving control of said image forming apparatus, either a first process of performing power-saving control of said image forming apparatus independent of the operational status of said image forming apparatus, or a second process of performing power-saving control of said image forming apparatus in accordance with the operational status of said image forming apparatus, with priority over the other on a day or in a time slot in accordance with user setting, wherein said applying step applies to the power-saving control to said electrically operated device of said image forming apparatus, said first process with priority over said second process on the day or in the time slot set by said user, and applies said second process with priority over said first process on other days or in other time slots: wherein the method further including the steps of: displaying a first interface that allows the user to select a first operation mode that operates under the first control; and displaying a second user interface that allows the user to select a second operation mode that operates under the second control; and wherein said step of displaying the first interface allows the user to select said first operation mode while said second operation mode is being selected.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.62712
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14571042', '15783504', '10926227', '13490651', '14238600']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4828123925890135
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5737703681793889
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.491908190148051
- Mean Citation Score: 302.854888
- Max Citation Score: 451.43800000000016
- Similarity Product: 392.6964662231208

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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