JP2007064892A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the down time of a machine by power failure detection by toughening against fluctuations in power supply frequency and power supply noise, in an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: When the zero crossing pulse width of an input AC power supply is less than the predetermined range, it is determined that a failure is caused from the power supply noise. When the width is the predetermined range or larger, it is determined that a failure has occurred from power supply interruption. The frequency is determined by adding a non-zero crossing pulse width and the zero crossing pulse width. It is determined, when a predetermined times or longer of failures by the power supply noise are detected during a measurement period of power supply frequency, that the power supply noise occurs frequently in a utilization environment. It is determined, when a predetermined times or more of failures by the power supply interruption are detected, that power supply interruption occurs frequently in a utilization environment. Operation mode is changed, in response to a using environment. When normal operation is not available, a message that "Normal operation is not available due to unstable power supply environment." is displayed and the operator is notified of this. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly, to a power control technique for a heater of an image forming apparatus in a power supply environment with a lot of power frequency fluctuations and power supply noise.

  Conventionally, in AC power control, after turning on the power, the zero cross signal input within a predetermined time is counted to measure the power frequency, and the maximum energization phase angle is set based on the measured frequency to perform heater control, etc. It was. For this reason, if the power frequency measurement fails, it is impossible to operate due to a machine abnormality. In order to avoid the inoperable state due to machine abnormality as much as possible, measures such as retrying when measurement failed were taken.

  On the other hand, the power supply environment differs depending on the user. Users in areas where power supply conditions are unstable and users of private power generation are in an environment where there are many power supply noises and frequency fluctuations. There are also users in an environment where power supply noise occurs using a machine tool nearby. In recent years, large household appliances have become widespread and SOHO has been established, and the power supply situation in the home has also diversified. Because of this situation, the conventional power control method cannot cope with the power environment of individual users. Therefore, various methods for coping with changes in the power supply environment have been proposed. Examples of related art related to this will be given below.

The “heater control device” disclosed in Patent Literature 1 enables predetermined heater control to be realized in a short time after power is turned on, and even if normal detection of the power supply frequency cannot be performed, the heater is energized without malfunction. It is a heater control device of an image forming apparatus capable of performing AC phase control. An AC zero cross signal input to the AC power supply unit is detected and used as an interrupt signal for the CPU of the system control unit. The CPU performs zero-cross interrupt processing at the falling edge of the interrupt signal and counts the number of interrupts within a predetermined time to detect the power supply frequency. The CPU sets a timer value of the phase angle timer based on the detected power supply frequency, generates a trigger pulse at the timing of the timer value to turn on the triac, and controls the phase of the alternating current supplied to the fixing heater. At that time, the temporary power supply frequency is determined before detecting the power supply frequency, and phase control is started. If the power supply frequency cannot be detected, phase control using the temporary power supply frequency is continued.
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  However, the conventional power control method has the following problems. Since the soft start is performed based on the power supply frequency, in a printer driven with an alternating current of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, the heater is normally energized after the power supply frequency is normally detected. Therefore, conventionally, if a power frequency abnormality occurs when the power is turned on, the printing operation cannot be performed. In addition, if a power supply abnormality occurs during operation, the machine may malfunction.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, to make the image forming apparatus, etc., robust against power supply frequency fluctuations, power supply noise, etc., and to stop without erroneous detection even when a power supply abnormality occurs. It is possible to reduce downtime by making it possible to operate.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a power supply control method generates a zero cross pulse of an input AC power supply to a power supply device operable with a plurality of AC power supplies of different frequencies based on a predetermined threshold, and the zero cross pulse When the width is less than the predetermined range, an abnormality due to power supply noise is determined. In addition, when the power supply environment is judged and the operation mode is changed and normal image forming operation cannot be performed, a message stating that “normal operation is not possible due to unstable power supply environment” is displayed on the display unit to notify the operator. .

  By configuring as described above, it is possible to perform power supply control with high accuracy and to operate without stopping due to an abnormality even in an environment where there are many power supply noises, frequent power supply interruptions, and large frequency fluctuations.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, when the width of the zero cross pulse of the input AC power source is less than the predetermined range, it is determined that there is an abnormality due to power supply noise. Add the zero-cross pulse width to obtain the frequency, and if an abnormality due to power supply noise is detected a predetermined number of times or more during the power supply frequency measurement period, it is judged that the power supply noise is high and the abnormality due to the instantaneous power interruption is detected more than a predetermined number of times. In such a case, the power supply control device determines that the use environment has many instantaneous power interruptions and performs power supply control according to the use environment.

  The basic configuration of a power supply circuit, a fixing heater, a printer, and the like using the power supply control device of the present invention is the same as that described in Patent Document 1. The power supply control device of the present invention is different from conventional devices in that the power supply environment is accurately detected and operated in an appropriate mode. FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of a power supply control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is used as a part of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is an example of a zero-cross detection circuit provided in the AC power supply unit.

  The heater control device shown in FIG. 1 includes an AC power supply unit 2 and a system control unit 4. The AC power supply unit 2 inputs AC of 50 Hz or 60 Hz from the commercial power supply 1 and supplies AC to the fixing heater 3 such as a halogen heater provided in the fixing roller of the fixing device to generate heat. A breaker contact 22 for preventing overcurrent and a triac 21 as AC switching means are connected in series to the fixing heater 3 in the power supply circuit of the heater control device.

  Although not shown in the figure, the AC power supply unit 2 transforms, rectifies and smoothes the AC input from the commercial power supply 1 and supplies it to the system control unit 4 and the DC load of the image forming apparatus. A circuit for generating a direct current, a zero-cross detection circuit described later, and the like are provided. The system control unit 4 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a timer 43, a RAM 44, various input / output circuits I / O 45, a nonvolatile memory (NVRAM) 46, and the like that are connected to each other via a system bus (not shown). The CPU 41 controls the power supply to the fixing heater by controlling the phase of the TRIAC of the AC power supply unit with a trigger pulse using a control program, parameters, and the like stored in the ROM. Further, the CPU 41 has a function of performing overall control of the entire image forming apparatus, such as a photosensitive member (not shown) and its surrounding charging, exposure, development, sequence control of each part of transfer, transfer paper transfer control, and the like.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a zero cross detection circuit provided in the AC power supply unit 2. This zero-cross detection circuit rectifies the alternating current supplied from the commercial power supply 1 by a diode bridge BR1 via a circuit consisting of resistors R1 and R2 and a capacitor (capacitor) C1 that function as a low-pass filter and current limiter. To do. The full-wave rectified pulsating flow signal is insulated and transmitted by a photocoupler PC1 including a light emitting diode (LED) and a phototransistor (PT), and is input to the hysteresis inverter IC1 to generate a zero cross signal. Resistors R3 and R4 are pull-up resistors for applying a positive voltage.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a method for obtaining a zero-cross signal waveform from an AC input signal waveform. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a zero cross signal of a power supply to be used. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the entire operation after the power is turned on. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing within the input capture ch1 (for detecting zero-cross width) interrupt. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing within an interrupt of input capture ch2 (for non-zero cross width detection) interrupt. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of frequency calculation and error determination. FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart of the image forming apparatus using the power supply environment determination.

  The variables and definition names used in the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 to 9 are as follows. The symbol C0 relating to frequency measurement is a measurement number counter. Hdata [K0] is measurement frequency data. Hpre is a frequency measured normally last time. Hnow is the frequency measured normally this time. Hmax is the maximum frequency. Hmin is the lowest frequency. H is the average frequency. Tz is zero-cross width time data. Tnz is non-zero cross width time data. Fng is a measurement data invalid flag. Cng is a measurement data invalid counter. C1 for environmental judgment is a counter with a short zero cross width. C2 is a counter with a long zero cross width. C3 is a counter with a short non-zero cross width. C4 is a non-zero cross width long counter. C5 is a frequency fluctuation counter.

  The constant K0 (= 50) is the number of measurements when the power is turned on. K1 (= 10) is the number of times of normal measurement. K3 (= 1.4 ms) is the minimum value of the normal zero cross width. K4 (= 3.6ms) is the normal zero cross width maximum value. K5 (= 3.5 ms) is the minimum value of the normal non-zero cross width. K6 (= 13.5 ms) is the maximum normal non-zero cross width. K7 (= 0.5 ms) is a frequency variation range. K8 (initial 15 times, normally 5 times) is the noise error judgment number. K9 (initial 10 times, normal time 3 times) is the number of power interruption error judgments. K10 (initial 10 times, normal 3 times) is the frequency fluctuation error judgment number. K11 (initial 5 Hz, normal 5 Hz) is the frequency fluctuation error 2 determination count. K12 (45 Hz or less) is a non-commercial frequency operation out-of-security determination range 1. K13 (65 Hz or more) is a non-commercial frequency operation out-of-security determination range 2.

  The error flag Fer1 is a flag indicating a noisy environment. Fer2 is a flag indicating an environment where there are many instantaneous power interruptions. Fer3 is a flag indicating an environment where there are many frequency fluctuations. FerT is a flag indicating an environment in which any of the above errors exists. Fwr is a flag indicating an environment outside the non-commercial frequency operation guaranteed range. Fnhz is a non-commercial frequency flag. Used when special operation is required at non-commercial frequencies. The operation mode mode0 when the power supply environment is abnormal is a mode that is determined only when the power is turned on. mode1 is a mode in which a determination is always made and the speed is reduced when an abnormality occurs. Mode 2 is a mode in which a determination is always made and paused when an abnormality occurs.

  The function and operation of the power supply control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. In particular, a function as a control unit related to the control of the fixing heater 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, if the waveform of the “AC input signal” by AC supplied from the commercial power source 1 is a clean waveform without noise or dip, it is a “rectified signal that is full-wave rectified by the diode bridge BR1. "And a waveform of the" zero cross signal "obtained by shaping it into a rectangular wave by the hysteresis inverter IC1 are accurate waveforms.

  The zero cross signal detected (generated) by the zero cross detection circuit is supplied from the AC power supply unit 2 of FIG. 1 to the ch 1 and ch 2 of the input capture 48 of the system control unit 4 and the input terminal of the timer 43. The ch1 of the input capture 48 starts the time measurement at the falling edge of the zero cross signal, and sets the operation mode so that an interrupt is generated at the rising edge when the measurement ends. Conversely, the channel 2 of the input capture 48 starts the time measurement at the rising edge of the zero cross signal, and sets the operation mode so that an interrupt is generated at the falling edge at the end of the measurement. In addition, the timer 43 sets the operation mode so as to output a trigger pulse after a predetermined time set from the falling edge of the zero cross signal. As a result, the operation of the input capture 48 is measured a predetermined number of times, the time measured by ch1 and ch2 is stored in the RAM 44, and the frequency of the supplied alternating current (called power supply frequency) is detected by calculating after the measurement is completed can do.

  By the way, when the power supply frequency is 50 Hz and 60 Hz, the time of the half cycle of the AC is different, so even if the triac is fired after the same time has elapsed from the zero cross point, the applied effective voltage is different. become. For example, when the power supply frequency is 60Hz and the zero cross signal is generated, if the triac is phase controlled with the trigger pulse for 50Hz and the applied voltage to the fixing heater (heater applied voltage) is controlled, the trigger pulse is P1 Thus, the effective voltage V1 can be normally controlled if the timer value T1 is generated within the half cycle of 60 Hz AC from the zero cross point. However, if the timer value T2, which is the minimum effective voltage that can be achieved at 50Hz, is set in the phase angle timer, the trigger pulse P2 occurs after the next zero-cross point (60Hz AC half cycle). A large effective voltage is applied to the heater. This means that normal phase control cannot be performed (abnormal).

  Therefore, by performing phase control by setting the timer value of the phase angle timer with the smaller phase angle value (60 Hz in the case of 50 Hz and 60 Hz), the above-described problems are eliminated. However, when the actual power supply frequency is 50 Hz, the trigger pulse is generated at the same timing (timer value) as when 60 Hz, and the triac is turned on, the effective voltage applied to the heater is higher than the case of 60 Hz AC The minimum effective voltage that can be realized increases. Therefore, attention should be paid to the following points.

  First, a case in the initial stage of energizing the fixing heater will be described. The purpose of phase control of the AC power supplied to the fixing heater at the initial stage of energization is to reduce the inrush current flowing into the fixing heater by soft-starting by gradually increasing the effective voltage applied to the fixing heater from the minimum effective voltage. The purpose is to prevent damage to the switching elements such as the triac 21. In this case, it is possible to prevent the inrush current from increasing by devising the voltage pattern applied at the time of soft start. Therefore, even if the power supply frequency varies, even if the phase angle is set to a small value and the AC phase control for supplying power to the fixing heater 3 is performed, the temperature rise time of the heater is slow, but the inrush current can be absorbed. That is the difference.

  In addition, in the case of normal energization, the purpose of phase control of the alternating current supplied to the fixing heater during normal energization also has the implication of improving the accuracy of fixing temperature control, but now more than that, it is connected to the same power source. There is a strong sense of reducing flicker noise to the load. Flicker noise means that on / off of energization to the fixing heater 3 that requires a large amount of power causes voltage fluctuations in the power supply line of the commercial power supply 1, causing flickering of the light, fluctuation of the TV screen, and the like. In order to prevent this, it is effective to perform a soft start similar to the soft start at the beginning of energization.

  However, unlike inrush current prevention at the beginning of energization, during normal energization, the voltage pattern applied for soft start does not have the same degree of freedom as at the beginning of energization because of the control of the fixing temperature. For this reason, it is desirable to control with an applied voltage pattern in accordance with the actual power supply frequency. However, if the power state used by the user is unstable, it is better to set the maximum phase angle to be lower and operate even if the rate of increase in the fixing temperature is lower than to stop the machine abnormally. For this reason, the problem is solved by reducing the operation speed to ensure the followability of the fixing temperature and suppressing the power consumption.

  The zero cross signal of the power supply will be described with reference to FIG. The zero cross signal is defined as how long before the zero cross point is detected. The width is also specified. The threshold is set according to the power supply voltage so that the pulse falls 0.5ms to 1.5ms before the zero cross point. Further, the threshold value is set so that the pulse width is from 1.5 ms to 3.5 ms.

  With reference to FIG. 5, the flow of the entire operation from when the power is turned on will be described. When the power is turned on, the CPU is initialized and all loads are turned off. Input capture ch1 is set to zero cross width measurement, input capture ch2 is set to non-zero cross width measurement, and power supply environment measurement variables are initialized. Measure the power environment when the power is turned on. This is repeated until the measurement number counter measures 50 times. The power supply environment at the time of power-on is determined. If normal, the temperature rise error detection setting at normal time and the phase angle setting at normal time are performed. If it is abnormal, the temperature rise error detection setting at the time of abnormality and the phase angle setting at the time of abnormality are performed.

  Performs soft-start fixing phase control and detects temperature rise error. This is repeated until a predetermined temperature is reached. When the predetermined temperature is reached, the image forming process is started. At the same time, the power supply environment is measured after the start of fixing. This is repeated until the measurement number counter measures 10 times. The power supply environment after the start of fixing is judged, and if normal, the temperature rise error detection setting at normal time and the phase angle setting at normal time are performed. If it is abnormal, the temperature rise error detection setting at the time of abnormality and the phase angle setting at the time of abnormality are performed. Performs soft-start fixing phase control and detects temperature rise error. This is repeated until a predetermined temperature is reached. These are always repeated.

  The flow of input capture ch1 (for detecting zero-cross width) interrupt will be described with reference to FIG. First, the measurement data invalid flag is reset. Check the zero cross width, and if the zero cross width is narrower than the minimum value (1.4 ms) of the normal zero cross width, add 1 to the counter with the short zero cross width and set the measurement data invalid flag. If the zero-cross width is wider than the normal zero-cross width maximum value (3.6 ms), add 1 to the counter with a longer zero-cross width and set the measurement data invalid flag.

  The flow of input capture ch2 (for non-zero cross width detection) interrupt processing will be described with reference to FIG. In this interrupt processing, power environment information data is generated. The non-zero cross width is checked. If the non-zero cross width is smaller than the minimum value (3.5 ms) of the normal non-zero cross width, 1 is added to the counter with a short non-zero cross width, and the measurement data invalid flag is set. If the non-zero cross width is wider than the normal non-zero cross width maximum value (13.5 ms), 1 is added to the counter with the long non-zero cross width, and the measurement data invalid flag is set. The frequency data is initialized, and if the measurement data invalid flag is set, 1 is added to the measurement data invalid counter and the process returns. If the measurement data invalid flag is not set, the measured time is converted into a frequency. The minimum unit of measurement time is 0.1 ms, and the minimum unit of measurement frequency is 0.1 Hz. Update the highest and lowest measured frequencies. If the frequency cycle measured this time is different by 0.5 ms or more from the frequency cycle measured last time, 1 is added back to the frequency fluctuation counter.

  The flow of frequency calculation and error determination will be described with reference to FIG. First, the error flag is initialized and the average frequency is calculated. The values of the counter with a short zero-cross width and the counter with a short non-zero-cross width are compared with the number of noise error determinations to determine whether the environment has a lot of power supply noise. The value of the counter with a long zero cross width and the value of the counter with a long non-zero cross width is compared with the number of times of instantaneous power failure error determination, and it is determined whether or not there is an environment where there are many instantaneous power failures. Return if there is no power failure. If there is a power supply abnormality, it is determined whether or not the power supply frequency is a commercial frequency.

  The operation of the image forming apparatus using the power supply environment determination will be described with reference to FIG. If the operation mode is mode 0 and there is no error or the environment is not within the non-commercial frequency operation guarantee range, normal image forming processing is performed. If there is an error or an environment outside the non-commercial frequency operation guarantee range, the maximum phase angle at the time of error is set, and the image forming process is performed at a reduced speed. If the operation mode is mode1 or mode2, check the power supply environment. If the environment does not have an error, normal image forming processing is performed and the power supply environment check is repeated. If mode1 is present in an environment where an error exists, the image forming process is performed at a reduced speed, and the power supply environment check is repeated. If it is mode2 in an environment where an error exists, it will pause until the power status returns, display an error, and repeat the power environment check.

  A printer will be described as an example of an image forming apparatus in which a heater control device is incorporated. The printer is an image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on recording paper using an electrostatic photographic method. The recording paper supplied from the paper feed tray or multi-tray is conveyed to the toner image forming unit by a series of conveying rollers. In the toner image forming unit, an electrostatic latent image is formed on the photosensitive drum. The electrostatic latent image is developed with toner to form a toner image, and the toner image is transferred to a recording sheet. The recording paper on which the toner image is transferred is conveyed to the fixing unit. The fixing unit includes a fixing roller and a pressure roller. A heater is incorporated in the fixing roller, and the fixing roller is heated to a predetermined temperature. When the recording paper passes between the fixing roller and the pressure roller, the toner image transferred to the recording paper is heated on the fixing roller and pressed by the pressure roller to be fixed on the recording paper. Is done. The recording paper on which the toner image has been fixed is discharged from the upper side or the front side of the printer by a series of rollers.

  In the printer configured as described above, a heater control device is used for energization control of the heater incorporated in the fixing roller. A control unit for controlling energization of the heater is provided on a control board formed of a printed board provided in the main body of the printer. Printer heaters require a relatively large amount of power to rapidly heat the fuser roller. If a large amount of power is applied to the heater in a short period of time, such as when the printer is turned on, the power supply voltage may fluctuate, possibly affecting the electrical equipment around the printer. Therefore, in order to gradually increase the supply voltage to the heater, power supply to the heater is controlled by a normal soft start method. Even if the power supply environment becomes abnormal during printing operation, this printer will slow down the printing speed or supply paper in order not to adversely affect other machines connected to the same power supply system. The paper interval is made longer than usual to perform an operation with reduced power consumption, and the temporary printing operation is stopped and resumed when the power supply environment is restored.

  When the power supply environment becomes abnormal, a message stating that “normal operation is not possible due to power supply environment instability” is displayed on the control panel to notify the user, preventing incorrect user operation and connecting to the same power supply system. The power supply environment can be restored by temporarily stopping the operation of the other machine. By incorporating this heater control device, it is possible to cope with a wide range of user power usage environments even when a power failure occurs, even if normal operation cannot be performed. Machine downtime can be reduced and misprints can be reduced. Although an example applied to a fixing heater control device of a fixing device in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a printer has been described, the invention is not limited to this, and control of various heaters that require soft start and temperature control The same applies to the device.

  As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the power supply control device is determined to be abnormal due to power supply noise when the width of the zero cross pulse of the input AC power supply is less than the predetermined range, and when it exceeds the predetermined range, It is determined that there is an abnormality, and the frequency is obtained by adding the non-zero cross pulse width and the zero cross pulse width. If abnormalities due to instantaneous power interruptions are detected more than the number of times, it is determined that the operating environment is subject to frequent power interruptions, and power control is performed according to the operating environment. Even in an environment where there are many power interruptions or frequent frequency fluctuations, it is possible to operate without stopping due to an abnormality.

  The heater control device of the present invention is optimal as a heater control device for an image forming apparatus that detects an zero cross point and controls an AC power supply. The power supply control device used for this can be applied to all electrical appliances.

It is a block circuit diagram of the power supply control apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is the zero crossing detection circuit provided in the alternating current power supply part of the power supply control apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the method of calculating | requiring a zero cross signal waveform from an AC input signal waveform in the power supply control apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the zero cross signal of the power supply used with the power supply control apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the whole operation | movement from the time of power activation of the power supply control apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the input capture ch1 (for zero cross width detection) interruption of the power supply control device in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the input capture ch2 (for non-zero cross width detection) interruption of the power supply control device in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which performs frequency calculation and an error determination with the power supply control apparatus in the Example of this invention. 6 is an operation flowchart of the image forming apparatus using the power supply environment determination of the power supply control device in the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Commercial power supply, 2 ... AC power supply part, 3 ... Fixing heater, 4 ... System control part, 21 ... Triac (switching means), 22 ... Breaker contact, 41 ...・ CPU, 42 ... ROM, 43 ... Timer, 44 ... RAM, 45 ... Input / output circuit (I / O), 46 ... NVRAM, R1, R2, R3, R4 ... Resistor, C1 ... Capacitor, BR1 ... Diode bridge, PC1 ... Photocoupler, IC1 ... Hysteresis inverter.

Claims (28)

A zero cross pulse of an input AC power supply to a power supply device operable with a plurality of AC power supplies of different frequencies is generated based on a predetermined threshold, and when the width of the zero cross pulse is less than a predetermined range, it is determined that there is an abnormality due to power supply noise. A power control method characterized by the above. 2. The power supply control method according to claim 1, wherein when the zero cross pulse width is greater than or equal to a predetermined range, it is determined that there is an abnormality due to instantaneous power interruption. The non-zero cross pulse of the input AC power supply is generated based on the predetermined threshold, and the frequency of the input AC power supply is obtained from a value obtained by adding the non-zero cross pulse width and the zero cross pulse width immediately before or immediately after. Item 3. The power supply control method according to Item 2. 4. The power supply control method according to claim 3, wherein when it is determined that the zero cross pulse width is abnormal, the obtained frequency of the input AC power supply is invalidated. 5. The power supply control method according to claim 4, wherein the frequency of the input AC power supply is measured a plurality of times, and an average value of effective frequencies is determined as the power supply frequency of the use environment. 6. The power supply control method according to claim 5, wherein when the power supply frequency of the use environment is within a specification range of a commercial frequency, it is determined as a commercial frequency. The power supply control method according to claim 6, wherein when the power frequency of the usage environment is outside the specification range of the commercial frequency and the variation in the measurement result is within a predetermined range, the power frequency control method is determined to be a non-commercial frequency. 8. The power supply control method according to claim 7, wherein when the variation in the measurement result is outside the predetermined range, it is determined that the usage environment has a large frequency fluctuation, and the highest frequency among the effective measurement results is stored. 6. The power supply control method according to claim 5, wherein if an abnormality due to power supply noise is detected a predetermined number of times or more during the power supply frequency measurement period, it is determined that the use environment has a lot of power supply noise. 6. The power supply control method according to claim 5, wherein if an abnormality due to a power supply interruption is detected a predetermined number of times or more during the power supply frequency measurement period, it is determined that the use environment has a lot of power supply interruptions. A power supply device operable with a plurality of AC power supplies having different frequencies, a zero cross pulse generating means for generating a zero cross pulse of an input AC power supply to the power supply device based on a predetermined threshold, and a predetermined timing with the zero cross pulse as a reference In a heater control device comprising a control means for controlling on / off of energization to the heater, zero cross pulse width measuring means for measuring the width of the zero cross pulse, and if the zero cross pulse width is less than a predetermined range, it is caused by power supply noise. A heater control device comprising: means for determining an abnormality. 12. The heater control device according to claim 11, further comprising means for determining an abnormality due to a momentary power interruption when the zero cross pulse width is equal to or greater than a predetermined range. Means for generating a non-zero cross pulse of the input AC power source based on the predetermined threshold; non-zero cross pulse width measuring means for measuring the width of the non-zero cross pulse; and a non-zero cross pulse width and a zero cross pulse width immediately before or after. 12. The heater control apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising means for obtaining the frequency of the input AC power source from the added value. The heater control device according to claim 13, further comprising means for invalidating a power frequency measurement result when the zero cross pulse width is determined to be abnormal. 15. The heater control device according to claim 14, further comprising means for performing power source frequency measurement a plurality of times to determine an average value of effective power source frequencies as a power source frequency of the use environment. When abnormalities due to instantaneous power interruptions are detected more than a predetermined number of times during the power frequency measurement period, a method that determines that the operating environment has a lot of instantaneous power interruptions, and a usage environment that has a lot of power noise or that has a lot of instantaneous power interruptions The heater control device according to claim 9, further comprising means for suppressing the energization phase angle to the heater to a predetermined maximum energization phase angle when the heater temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined value. When the power frequency of the usage environment is within the specification range of the commercial frequency, it is determined as the commercial frequency, and when the power frequency of the usage environment is outside the specification range of the commercial frequency and the variation in the measurement result is within the predetermined range, It is characterized by comprising means for determining a non-commercial frequency and means for setting the energization phase angle to the heater to a predetermined maximum energization phase angle when the power frequency of the usage environment is determined to be a non-commercial frequency. The heater control device according to claim 13. When the power frequency of the use environment is determined to be a non-commercial frequency and the power frequency is lower than the predetermined frequency by more than 50 Hz, the maximum energization phase angle to the heater is the maximum energization phase angle when the frequency is 50 Hz, 14. The heater control according to claim 13, further comprising means for setting a maximum energization phase angle to the heater to a maximum energization phase angle when the frequency is 60 Hz when the frequency exceeds a predetermined frequency by more than 50 Hz. apparatus. If the variation in the frequency measurement results is outside the specified range, it is determined that the operating environment has a large frequency fluctuation, and the means for storing the highest frequency among the effective measurement results and the operating environment is determined to be a usage environment having a large frequency fluctuation. 14. The heater control apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising means for setting a maximum energization phase angle to the heater based on an effective maximum frequency when the heater temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined value. 12. The heater control device according to claim 11, further comprising means for judging a temperature rise error during operation from a temperature rise rate calculated from a maximum energization phase angle to the heater. A power supply device operable with a plurality of AC power supplies of different frequencies, a zero cross pulse generating means for generating a zero cross pulse of an AC power input to the power supply device based on a predetermined threshold, and a zero cross pulse for measuring the width of the zero cross pulse Width measuring means, means for generating a non-zero cross pulse of the input AC power source based on the predetermined threshold, non-zero cross pulse width measuring means for measuring the width of the non-zero cross pulse, and a predetermined value based on the zero cross pulse. A heater control device that controls on / off of energization to the heater at timing, and a power supply environment determination unit that determines whether the power supply environment is in a predetermined state based on the zero cross pulse and the non-zero cross pulse; If it is determined that the power supply environment is not in a predetermined state, the power consumption is reduced compared to the normal image forming operation. Image forming apparatus characterized by comprising means for controlling to perform the operation was. 22. The image forming apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the power supply environment determination unit is a unit that determines that an abnormality is caused by power supply noise when the zero cross pulse width is less than a predetermined range. 22. The image forming apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the power supply environment determination unit is a unit that determines that an abnormality has occurred due to a momentary power interruption when the zero cross pulse width is greater than or equal to a predetermined range. The power supply environment determining means obtains a frequency of the input AC power supply from a value obtained by adding the non-zero cross pulse width and the immediately preceding or immediately following zero cross pulse width, and a power supply frequency when the zero cross pulse width is determined to be abnormal. Means to invalidate the measurement result, means to measure the power supply frequency multiple times and determine the average value of the effective power supply frequency as the power supply frequency of the operating environment, and abnormalities due to power interruptions more than a predetermined number of times during the power supply frequency measurement period 22. The image forming apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising means for determining that the use environment is frequently used when there is an instantaneous power interruption when detected. The heater control device suppresses the energization phase angle to the heater below a predetermined angle when the heater temperature is lower than a predetermined value when it is determined as a usage environment with a lot of power supply noise or a power supply with frequent power interruption. 22. The image forming apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising means for determining a temperature rise error during operation based on a temperature rise rate calculated from a maximum energization phase angle to the heater. Even when the frequency is not measured, if an abnormality is determined and it is determined that the environment has a lot of power noise, an environment where there is a lot of power interruption, or a frequency fluctuation, the operation is performed with less power consumption than during normal operation. 25. The image forming apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising means for controlling as described above. If it is determined that the system has moved to an environment where there is a lot of power supply noise, an environment where there is a lot of power interruptions, or where there is a lot of frequency fluctuations, the image forming operation is temporarily suspended and the environment is restored. 25. The image forming apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising means for controlling the image forming operation to be continued when it is determined. It is characterized by having a display unit that displays a message stating that `` normal operation is not possible due to unstable power supply environment '' when abnormality determination is performed other than during frequency measurement and normal image forming operation stops according to the abnormality determination The image forming apparatus according to claim 24.

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