发明名称 Image forming apparatus and image forming method for determining whether or not paper sheets have been collected from a paper sheet discharge portion
摘要 An image forming apparatus is connected to a plurality of external apparatuses. A job reception portion receives from each of the external apparatuses request to execute print job for forming image on paper sheet. A print control portion causes image forming portion to form image on paper sheet based on the print job received by the job reception portion, and causes discharge portion to discharge to paper sheet discharge portion the paper sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming portion based on the print job. A collection determination portion, after the person detection portion has detected the presence of person, when person detection portion has not detected the presence of person and discharge detection portion has not detected the presence of paper sheet, determines that all paper sheets discharged to the paper sheet discharge portion have been collected.
申请公布号 US8976399(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.03.10
申请号 US201314137726 申请日期 2013.12.20
申请人 KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. 发明人 Umezawa Hideo
分类号 G06F3/12 主分类号 G06F3/12
代理机构 Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP 代理人 Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
主权项 1. An image forming apparatus connected to a plurality of external apparatuses, the image forming apparatus comprising: a job reception portion configured to receive from each of the external apparatuses a request to execute a print job for forming an image on a paper sheet; an image forming portion configured to form an image on a paper sheet; a paper sheet discharge portion, to which a paper sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming portion is discharged; a discharge portion configured to discharge to the paper sheet discharge portion a paper sheet on which an image has been formed by the image forming portion; a print control portion configured to perform a printing process for causing the image forming portion to form an image on a paper sheet based on the print job received by the job reception portion, and causing the discharge portion to discharge to the paper sheet discharge portion the paper sheet on which the image has been formed by the image forming portion based on the print job; a discharge detection portion configured to detect presence or absence of a paper sheet in the paper sheet discharge portion; a person detection portion configured to detect presence or absence of a person within a predetermined distance from the image forming apparatus; a history deletion portion configured to, when the person detection portion has not detected the presence of a person, delete job history information stored in a storage portion when the discharge detection portion has not detected the presence of a paper sheet, and wait for the person detection portion to detect the presence of a person again without deleting the job history information stored in the storage portion when the discharge detection portion has detected the presence of a paper sheet; a collection determination portion configured to, after the person detection portion has detected the presence of a person, when the person detection portion has not detected the presence of a person and the discharge detection portion has not detected the presence of a paper sheet, determine that all paper sheets discharged to the paper sheet discharge portion have been collected; a display portion configured to display information; a history storage control portion configured to, every time the printing process is performed, perform a history storage process for storing, in the storage portion, job history information including job identification information identifying the print job based on which the printing process has been performed; a history display control portion configured to perform a history display process for displaying on the display portion the job identification information included in the job history information stored in the storage portion; and a history display instruction reception portion configured to receive an input of an instruction to cause the history display control portion to perform the history display process; wherein the history deletion portion is configured to, when the collection determination portion has determined that all paper sheets discharged to the paper sheet discharge portion have been collected, delete the job history information stored in the storage portion.
地址 Osaka-shi JP