IP Library Granted Patent US 10,496,340
Granted Patent B2
US 10,496,340 · App. 15/667,946 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Yoshikazu Ugai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,496,340
App. No.
15/667,946
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming apparatus controls at least one proximity communication device in such a manner that an external apparatus is not capable of reading information from the at least one proximity communication device during a period in which power supply to the at least one proximity communication device is stopped.

Claims (26)

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

at least one proximity communication device;

a controller that controls the at least one proximity communication device; and

a power supply unit that supplies power to the at least one proximity communication device,

wherein the controller controls the at least one proximity communication device in such a manner that an external apparatus is not capable of reading information from the at least one proximity communication device during a power stopping period in which power supply to the at least one proximity communication device is stopped, the power supply being performed by the power supply unit.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one proximity communication device is capable of being controlled in such a manner that the at least one proximity communication device is switched between a reading enabled mode and a reading disabled mode, the reading enabled mode being a mode in which an external apparatus is capable of reading information in a storage area of the at least one proximity communication device, the reading disabled mode being a mode in which an external apparatus is not capable of reading the information, and

wherein the controller sets the at least one proximity communication device to the reading disabled mode during the power stopping period of the at least one proximity communication device.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the controller sets the at least one proximity communication device to the reading enabled mode during a power energization period in which the power supply unit supplies power to the at least one proximity communication device.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in transition from a power-on state to a power-off state or a power saving state, the transition being made in the image forming apparatus, the controller switches the at least one proximity communication device from the reading enabled mode to the reading disabled mode.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein, in transition from the power-off state or the power saving state to the power-on state, the transition being made in the image forming apparatus, the controller updates the information in the storage area of the at least one proximity communication device, and switches the at least one proximity communication device from the reading disabled mode to the reading enabled mode.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in transition from a power-off state or a power saving state to a power-on state, the transition being made in the image forming apparatus, the controller updates the information in the storage area of the at least one proximity communication device, and switches the at least one proximity communication device from the reading disabled mode to the reading enabled mode.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in transition from a power-on state to a power-off state or a power saving state, the transition being made in the image forming apparatus, the controller switches the at least one proximity communication device from the reading enabled mode to the reading disabled mode.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein, in transition from the power-off state or the power saving state to the power-on state, the transition being made in the image forming apparatus, the controller updates the information in the storage area of the at least one proximity communication device, and switches the at least one proximity communication device from the reading disabled mode to the reading enabled mode.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in transition from a power-off state or a power saving state to a power-on state, the transition being made in the image forming apparatus, the controller updates the information in the storage area of the at least one proximity communication device, and switches the at least one proximity communication device from the reading disabled mode to the reading enabled mode.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

controlling at least one proximity communication device; and

supplying, using a power supply unit, power to the at least one proximity communication device,

wherein the at least one proximity communication device is controlled in such a manner that an external apparatus is not capable of reading information from the at least one proximity communication device during a power stopping period in which power supply to the at least one proximity communication device is stopped, the power supply being performed by the power supply unit, the at least one proximity communication device being included in an image forming apparatus.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2017
From: UGAI, YOSHIKAZU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043187/0472 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-247355 · Dec 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180173472A1 · Jun 21, 2018