Abstract: A packaging material comprising a body, a lid provided to be openable and closable on the main body and a lock tab provided on the body. The lid has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The lid is provided with a through-hole penetrating in a first direction from the first main surface toward the second main surface. The lock tab has an outer shape at least partially larger than the through-hole. In a state where the lid is closed with respect to the body and the lock tab is disposed on the first main surface side, when the lock tab moves in the first direction, at least one of the lock tab or the through-hole is deformed, the lock tab is inserted into the through-hole, and the lock tab is disposed on the second main surface side.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a controller executes transition processing for allowing the image forming apparatus to transition from a first power state to a second power state where less electric power is consumed than in the first power state. When a person is detected by a human detection sensor while the image forming apparatus is set to the second power state, the controller executes return processing for setting the image forming apparatus to the first power state. When a user is detected by the human detection sensor during execution of the transition processing, the controller suspends the transition processing, maintains the image forming apparatus in a state midway through transition from the first to second power state. When a period of suspension of the transition processing reaches a specific time, the controller restarts the transition processing and sets the image forming apparatus to the second power state.

Abstract: A cushioning material includes front and rear end walls, and left and right side walls. Each side wall includes an outside wall, and an inside wall folded back to an inner surface side of the outside wall. The inside wall includes a lower portion which includes an inclined supporting portion. The inclined supporting portion is inclined relative to the outside wall such that the inclined supporting portion is further from the outside wall as extending downward to the bottom plate. The inside wall includes a flap provided continuously on the inclined supporting portion and the flap is overlaid on the bottom plate. The flap includes an end portion inserted in a recessed portion of each end wall.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, an operation device, a detection device, and a control device functioning as a controller. When accepting through the operation device an instruction to transition to a second power state, the controller allows the image forming apparatus to transition from a first power state to the second power state. The controller counts a number of times that the detection device has detected a person existing within a predetermined range within a predetermined first period from a time of acceptance of the instruction to transition. When the counted number of times reaches a predetermined number of at least two, the controller returns the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state. When the counted number of times falls short of the predetermined number, the controller keeps the image forming apparatus in the second power state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor and an alerting portion. The sensor detects a human. The alerting portion changes the contents of an alert in accordance with the density level of people that is determined based on the number of times of sensing, which is the number of times that a human is detected during a predetermined time based on the output of the sensor, and a predefined threshold value.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor and an alerting portion. The sensor detects a human. The alerting portion changes the contents of an alert in accordance with the density level of people that is determined based on the number of times of sensing, which is the number of times that a human is detected during a predetermined time based on the output of the sensor, and a predefined threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that shortens the waiting time of a user when returning from a power saving state to an operating state while suppressing power consumption. A return control unit switches a specific device from the power saving state to the operating state when a person is detected by a motion sensor in a situation where the specific device is in the power saving state. A performance recording unit records data of an actual start-up time, which represents a time required to start a specific program when the specific device switches from the power saving state to the operating state, in a non-volatile storage device. A sensitivity setting unit sets the sensitivity of the motion sensor according to the actual start-up time when the specific device is in the power saving state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus (1) includes a recording head section (4), a spray section (10), and a controller (9). The recording head section (4) forms an image on a paper sheet (S). The spray section (10) sprays a drug toward the paper sheet (S) to form a drug region (R) on the paper sheet (S). The controller (9) controls the spray section (10). The controller (9) controls the spray section (10) such that at least a part of the image formed on the paper sheet (S) and at least a part of the drug region (R) overlap each other.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus that shortens the waiting time of a user when returning from a power saving state to an operating state while suppressing power consumption. A return control unit switches a specific device from the power saving state to the operating state when a person is detected by a motion sensor in a situation where the specific device is in the power saving state. A performance recording unit records data of an actual start-up time, which represents a time required to start a specific program when the specific device switches from the power saving state to the operating state, in a non-volatile storage device. A sensitivity setting unit sets the sensitivity of the motion sensor according to the actual start-up time when the specific device is in the power saving state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a communication device, a received data processing portion, a human detection sensor, a sensitivity setting portion, a rest control portion, and a return control portion. The sensitivity setting portion sets, based on content of the job data, the sensitivity of the human detection sensor for a time when specific devices including the received data processing portion are in a predetermined rest state. The rest control portion causes the specific devices to transit to the rest state when a predetermined rest condition is satisfied. The return control portion causes the specific devices to transit from the rest state to a return state when the human detection sensor detects a human body in the situation where the specific devices are in the rest state, wherein larger power is consumed in the return state than in the rest state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus operates in a normal mode in a first electric power state and in a power saving mode in which more electric power is saved than in the first electric power state. The image forming apparatus includes a motion sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The controller executes a first timer process in response to receipt of the detection signal and executes a second timer process in response to receipt of the operation signal. At a time when a first period elapses indicating that the first timer process times out, the controller transitions from the normal mode to the power saving mode. At a time when a second period elapses indicating that the second timer process times out, the controller transitions from the normal mode to the power saving mode. The first period is shorter than the second period.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a communication device, a received data processing portion, a human detection sensor, a sensitivity setting portion, a rest control portion, and a return control portion. The sensitivity setting portion sets, based on content of the job data, the sensitivity of the human detection sensor for a time when specific devices including the received data processing portion are in a predetermined rest state. The rest control portion causes the specific devices to transit to the rest state when a predetermined rest condition is satisfied. The return control portion causes the specific devices to transit from the rest state to a return state when the human detection sensor detects a human body in the situation where the specific devices are in the rest state, wherein larger power is consumed in the return state than in the rest state.

Abstract: A controller of an information processing device changes a current state among standby states including a first standby state, a second standby state, and a third standby state, in which power consumption decreases in this order. When the non-operation duration runs for a first period, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the second standby state. When the non-operation duration subsequently runs for a second period, the controller changes the current state from the second standby state to the third standby state. When the sensor detects a detection target in the second standby state or the third standby state, the controller changes the current state to the first standby state. When the non-operation duration runs for a third period starting from state change, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the previous standby state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller executes a setting process for controlling the sensor. The setting process is a process to adjust a sensitivity of the sensor according to detection precision. The detection precision is a relationship in a first unit period between the number of times the sensor detects the sensor target and the number of times of the operation section receives the operation instruction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus (1) includes a recording head section (4), a spray section (10), and a controller (9). The recording head section (4) forms an image on a paper sheet (S). The spray section (10) sprays a drug toward the paper sheet (S) to form a drug region (R) on the paper sheet (S). The controller (9) controls the spray section (10). The controller (9) controls the spray section (10) such that at least a part of the image formed on the paper sheet (S) and at least a part of the drug region (R) overlap each other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus operates in a normal mode in a first electric power state and in a power saving mode in which more electric power is saved than in the first electric power state. The image forming apparatus includes a motion sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The controller executes a first timer process in response to receipt of the detection signal and executes a second timer process in response to receipt of the operation signal. At a time when a first period elapses indicating that the first timer process times out, the controller transitions from the normal mode to the power saving mode. At a time when a second period elapses indicating that the second timer process times out, the controller transitions from the normal mode to the power saving mode. The first period is shorter than the second period.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, a controller, and a communication section. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller adjusts a sensitivity level of the sensor. The communication section transmits an instruction signal and a reception signal to an external device and receives an adjustment instruction from the external device. The instruction signal indicates an instruction for sensitivity level adjustment for the sensor. The adjustment instruction is an instruction as to whether or not to adjust the sensitivity level based on the instruction signal and the reception signal. The reception signal includes first information indicating time of detection signal reception by the controller receives the detection signal within a specific time period and second information indicating whether the operation section receives the operation instruction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, and a controller. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller executes a setting process for controlling the sensor. The setting process is a process to adjust a sensitivity of the sensor according to detection precision. The detection precision is a relationship in a first unit period between the number of times the sensor detects the sensor target and the number of times of the operation section receives the operation instruction.

Abstract: A controller of an information processing device changes a current state among standby states including a first standby state, a second standby state, and a third standby state, in which power consumption decreases in this order. When the non-operation duration runs for a first period, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the second standby state. When the non-operation duration subsequently runs for a second period, the controller changes the current state from the second standby state to the third standby state. When the sensor detects a detection target in the second standby state or the third standby state, the controller changes the current state to the first standby state. When the non-operation duration runs for a third period starting from state change, the controller changes the current state from the first standby state to the previous standby state.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sensor, an operation section, a controller, and a communication section. The sensor detects a sensor target. The operation section receives an operation instruction. The controller adjusts a sensitivity level of the sensor. The communication section transmits an instruction signal and a reception signal to an external device and receives an adjustment instruction from the external device. The instruction signal indicates an instruction for sensitivity level adjustment for the sensor. The adjustment instruction is an instruction as to whether or not to adjust the sensitivity level based on the instruction signal and the reception signal. The reception signal includes first information indicating time of detection signal reception by the controller receives the detection signal within a specific time period and second information indicating whether the operation section receives the operation instruction.