1. A system comprising:
support wires; and
light tiles attached to and supported by the support wires, the light tiles including a light source and a light guide.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the light tiles further include a heat sink.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the light tiles include a transparent shell.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein light tiles are controlled by a video signal.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the light tile includes an attachment unit for connecting to a support wire.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the light tiles attach to two of the support wires.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the support wires are parallel.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the light source is an LED.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the light tiles are waterproof.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein light tiles are connected to one another for power and data distribution.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the light source can provide light of different colors.
12. A light tile comprising:
a light source;
a light guide operably connected to the light source; and
an attachment unit adapted for attaching the light tile to a support wire.
13. The light tile of claim 12, wherein the light tile has two attachment units for attaching to support wires.
14. The light tile of claim 12, wherein the light source is an LED.
15. The light tile of claim 12, wherein the light tile is waterproof.
16. The light tile of claim 12, wherein the light tile is adapted to receive a video signal.
17. The light tile of claim 12, wherein the light source can provide light of different colors.
18. A system comprising:
elongated support members; and
light tiles attached to and supported by the support members, the light tiles including a light source.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the elongated support members are support wires.
20. The light tile of claim 18, wherein the light source is an LED.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image forming system comprising an image forming portion which carries out image formation processing where an image is formed on a recording medium on the basis of image information and is provided with a drive motor portion for driving predetermined mechanisms employed in the image formation processing and a control sensor portion for controlling the predetermined mechanisms, and a power source portion for supplying electric power to the image forming portion, wherein the improvement comprises
a start instruction detecting portion which detects start instruction to start the image formation processing, and
a power source control portion which inhibits the power source portion from supplying the electric power to the drive motor portion andor the control sensor portion before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction when the image formation processing is not being performed.
2. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 further comprising an internal voltage control portion which controls the internal voltage of the power source portion to be lower before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction when the image formation processing is not being performed than while the image formation processing is being performed.
3. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 further comprising an image processing portion which carries out image processing on the image information and
a work clock control portion which controls a work clock of the image processing portion to be slower before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction when the image formation processing is not being performed than while the image formation processing is being performed.
4. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 further comprising a control clock control portion which controls a control clock of a control portion which controls predetermined mechanisms before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction to be slower before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction when the image formation processing is not being performed than while the image formation processing is being performed.
5. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 further comprising an operation detecting portion which detects a predetermined operation by the operator before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction when the image formation processing is not being performed,
wherein the power source control portion continues to inhibit the power source portion from supplying the electric power to the drive motor portion andor the control sensor portion while the image forming system is in a waiting state from the time when the operation detecting portion detects a predetermined operation to the time when the start instruction detecting portion first detects the start instruction after detection of the predetermined operation.
6. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 further comprising
a display portion which displays predetermined operations of the image forming portion and at the same time, receives operation instruction by the operator,
wherein the power source control portion supplies the electric power from the power source portion to the display portion while the image forming system is in the waiting state.
7. An image forming system as defined in claim 6 in which the display portion has a control panel which displays predetermined operations of the image forming portion and
the power source control portion inhibits the power source portion from supplying the electric power to the control panel portion, when the operation detecting portion does not detect the predetermined operation for predetermined time interval, from the time at which the predetermined time interval lapses to the time at which the image forming system comes to be in the waiting state.
8. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 further
comprising an internal voltage control portion which controls the internal voltage of the power source portion to be lower while the
image forming system is in the waiting state than while the image formation processing is being performed.
9. An image forming system as defined n claim 8 in which the internal voltage control portion controls, when the operation detecting portion does not detect the predetermined operation for predetermined time interval, the internal voltage of the power source portion to be lower from the time at which the predetermined time interval lapses to the time at which the image forming system comes to be in the waiting state than while the image forming system is in the waiting state.
10. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 further comprising an image read-out portion which reads an original and outputs image information
wherein the predetermined operation is setting of the original to the image read-out portion.
11. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 further comprising an image read-out portion which reads an original and outputs image information
wherein the predetermined operation is operation of an original press plate in the image read-out portion.
12. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 further comprising
an image processing portion which carries out image processing on the image information and
a work clock control portion which controls a work clock of the image processing portion to be slower when the image forming system is in the waiting state than while the image formation processing is being performed.
13. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 further comprising a control clock control portion which controls, when the operation detecting portion does not detect the predetermined operation for predetermined time interval, a control clock of a control portion controlling predetermined mechanisms from the time at which the predetermined time interval lapses to the time at which the image forming system comes to be in the waiting state to be slower
than that of the control portion while the image processing is being executed.
14. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 in which the drive motor portion includes at least one of a pulse motor which drives an image read-out portion which reads an original and outputs image information, a roller motor which drives a roller for conveying a stencil in a stencil printing as the image formation, a press roller motor which drives a press roller in a stencil printing as the image formation, and an ink motor which drives an ink supply system for supplying ink in a stencil printing as the image formation.
15. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 in which the drive motor portion includes at least one of a pulse motor which drives an image read-out portion which reads an original and outputs image information, a roller motor which drives a roller for conveying a stencil in a stencil printing as the image formation, a press roll=_r motor which drives a press roller in a stencil printing as the image formation, and an ink motor which drives an ink supply system for supplying ink in a stencil printing as the image formation.
16. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 in which the control sensor portion includes at least one of a stencil sensor which is used in a stencil printing as the image formation to detect a position of a stencil to control the conveyer mechanism of the stencil, a drum speed sensor and a drum angle sensor which are used in a stencil printing as the image formation to control the rotating mechanism of a printing drum, and an ink sensor which is used In a stencil printing as the image formation to detect ink in a printing drum to control an ink supply system for supplying the ink.
17. An image forming system as defined in claim 5 in which the control sensor portion includes at least one of a stencil sensor which is used in a stencil printing as the image formation to detect a position of a stencil to control the conveyer mechanism of the stencil, a drum speed sensor and a drumm angle sensor which are used in a stencil printing as the image formation to control the rotating mechanism of a printing drum, and an ink sensor which is used nn a stencil printing as the image formation to detect ink in a printing
drum to control an ink supply system for supplying the ink.
18. An image forming system as defined in claim 1 in which
said power source portion comprises a main power source portion and a sub-power source portion smaller in power than the main power source portion, and
said power source control portion controls the power sour-e portion to use only the sub-power source portion without using tie main power source portion before the start instruction detecting portion detects the start instruction when the image formation processing is not being performed.