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Image forming device

An image and sound technology, applied in the field of image forming devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-07-21
KK TOSHIBA +1
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However, in this method, when the noise around the image forming apparatus is inherently high, a problem occurs that the image forming apparatus often operates in the silent mode.
If the threshold is increased considering the noise level, this time, on the contrary, when the silent mode is required, the image forming apparatus does not go into the silent mode.

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[0018] Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the same or equivalent parts in the drawings are marked with the same symbols.

[0019] figure 1 It is a diagram showing a printing system including the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment. The printing system 1 includes an image forming apparatus 100 and a user terminal 200 . The user terminal 200 is, for example, a personal computer. User terminal 200 is connected to image forming apparatus 100 via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network).

[0020] The image forming apparatus 100 is an apparatus having a printing function such as an MFP (Multifunction Printer: Multifunction Printer). figure 2 is a block diagram of the image forming apparatus 100 . Such as figure 2 As shown, the image forming apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110 , a sound collecting unit 120 , a display unit 130 , an operation unit 14...

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The present invention provides an image forming device. The image forming device has a plurality of operation modes corresponding to different sound levels. The image forming device includes: an operation unit that takes predetermined operations; a sound extraction unit that acquires sounds around the image forming device; a feature sound extraction unit that extracts sounds having predetermined features from the sounds acquired by the sound extraction unit; a signal analysis unit that analyzes the feature sounds; an operation mode selection unit that selects one operation mode from the plurality of operation modes based on the analysis result of the feature sounds; and an operation control unit that operates the operation unit by the operation mode selected by the operation mode selection unit.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus. Background technique [0002] An image forming apparatus such as an MFP (Multifunction Printer: Multifunctional Digital All-in-One) has a distinctive operating sound. In order to silence operation sounds, image forming apparatuses sometimes have a silent mode. The silent mode refers to a mode in which the productivity of printing is lowered, and instead, the operation sound of the image forming apparatus is quieter than usual. [0003] Normally, the silent mode is set by the user operating the operation panel. However, in this case, the user sometimes forgets to set the silent mode, although the silent mode is required during a meeting or the like. In this case, the image forming apparatus obstructs the conversation due to the loud operation sound. Also, users sometimes forget to disable silent mode. In this case, the image forming apparatus imposes inconvenience on other users due to th...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N1/00
CPCH04N1/00912H04N2201/0094
Inventor 大岛正己
Owner KK TOSHIBA