摘要 |
An apparatus to warm up a light source lamp of an image input device and a method thereof. The light source lamp warming up apparatus includes a scanner module having the light source lamp, the scanner module turning on/off the light source lamp in accordance with a received control signal, an operation panel having a numeral key, function key and a display window, wherein the operation panel is used to input an on/off time or day of the light source lamp, a real time clock (RTC) processing time data such as year, month, date, day, hour, minute, and second, a memory storing the on/off time or day of the light source lamp, and a control unit controlling the memory to store the on/off time or day input through the operation panel, and controlling the scanner module so that the light source lamp is turned on in response to the input of electricity, wherein the control unit determines whether or not the on/off time or day of the light source lamp is preset, and upon determining a lamp-off time according to the time data input through the real time clock, controlling the scanner module to turn off the light source lamp, and controlling the scanner module so that in response to a key input signal being entered through the operation panel with the light source lamp being in an off state, or in response to the determination of a preset lamp-on time, the light source lamp is turned on.
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