IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• Main Author: MATSUBARA MASATOMO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.03.2012
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively utilize a sleep mode in an image processing device mounted with a human body detection sensor by returning to a standby mode from the sleep mode only when required.SOLUTION: An image processing device 1 comprises: human body detection means 14 to detect that a human body exists within a predetermined range; and return determination means to determine, when the human body detection means detects an existence of the human body during the sleep mode, whether or not to return to a standby mode from a sleep mode according to a predetermined criterion. In particular, the return determination means specifies a kind of a most recent job by referring to a job history where the kind of a received job is recorded and determines whether or not to return to the standby mode from the sleep mode based on the kind of the most recent job.