公开(公告)号：US20180024491A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15651468

申请日：2017-07-17

Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

Inventor： Yuji TOSHINAGA ,  Shigeki NOZAWA

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06F12/0888 ,  H04N1/32

CPC classification number: G03G15/70 ,  G03G15/5087 ,  G06F12/0888 ,  G06F2212/1024 ,  G06F2212/172 ,  H04N1/00915 ,  H04N1/00917 ,  H04N1/32443 ,  H04N1/3263 ,  H04N2201/0094 ,  H04N2201/3297

Abstract: An image forming device that executes an image forming program for real-time mechanical control and another program, using a single cache memory for the image forming program and said another program. The image forming device includes: a cache lockdown unit that executes a cache lockdown to lock down a storage area of the cache memory that stores at least a portion of the image forming program necessary for image formation processing; and a print unit that executes the image formation processing while the storage area is locked down.