Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Computer power control
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-25
2011-12-13
Connolly, Mark (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Computer power control
C713S320000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08078888
ABSTRACT:
There is described an image forming apparatus that appropriately selects a specific image forming apparatus to be shifted to the power saving mode, to avoid the power shutdown of the system. The apparatus includes; an electric power consumption notifying section to notify other image forming apparatuses of its own electric power consumption; a priority degree determining section to determine an implementation priority degree of a job; a job implementation electric-power calculating section to calculate an estimated value of the own electric power consumption when the image forming apparatus implements an implementation scheduled job; and an arbitration controlling section to transmit an instruction for reducing electric power consumption to the specific image forming apparatus that currently implements a job whose implementation priority degree is lower than that of the implementation scheduled job, when the total electric power consumption exceeds the upper limit electric power consumption established in advance.
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Connolly Mark
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Squire Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP
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