US 11,811,978 B1
Image forming apparatus
Shinya Sugimoto, Mishima Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,262.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00082 (2013.01) [H04N 1/0009 (2013.01); H04N 1/00037 (2013.01); H04N 1/0097 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a forming component configured to form an image with respect to a medium;
an adjusting component configured to adjust an operating condition of the forming component when an image is formed;
a detector configured to detect approach of an operator toward the image forming apparatus;
a storage component configured to store setting data that indicates validity or invalidity of the detector; and
a controller configured to operate, while the setting data indicates the invalidity, the adjusting component when a first execution condition determined in advance is satisfied, and to operate, while the setting data indicates the validity, the adjusting component when the approach of the operator is not detected by the detector after a second execution condition is satisfied, the second execution condition being determined in advance so as to be satisfied earlier than the first execution condition.