Electronic apparatus, version checking system and recording medium

    公开(公告)号:US10310844B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15854484

    申请日:2017-12-26

    Inventor: Minoru Takahashi

    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus that performs updating of firmware easily and reliably. An EEPROM stores firmware that is divided according to function and that controls standard installed functions that are correlated with model-identification information, and firmware that controls functions of optional apparatuses. A firmware-managing unit manages firmware information that includes the versions of the firmware. A system-control unit that, when there is an update instruction via the panel unit, requests an information-distributing server that distributes the most recent versions of the firmware to perform an update that includes the model-identification information. As a result, even when firmware that controls functions of added optional apparatuses is newly installed, the system-control unit can update the firmware that is stored in the EEPROM to the most recent versions of firmware downloaded from the information-distributing server.

    Electronic device that ensures reduced data transfer period and recording medium

    公开(公告)号:US10237435B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-19

    申请号:US15885724

    申请日:2018-01-31

    Inventor: Minoru Takahashi

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a specific-type data storage device, a startup-mode determining unit, and a device startup unit. The specific-type data storage device ensures storing specific type of data. The startup-mode determining unit determines a startup mode of the electronic device. The device startup unit starts up the electronic device in the startup mode determined by the startup-mode determining unit. The startup mode includes an ordinary startup mode and a data-transfer startup mode that transfers the specific type of data to the specific-type-data storage device. The data-transfer startup mode is a mode where among the processes executed in the ordinary startup mode, at least a part of the processes unnecessary for transferring the specific type of data to the specific-type-data storage device is unexecuted.

    Electronic Device That Ensures Reduced Data Transfer Period and Recording Medium

    公开(公告)号:US20180278783A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15885724

    申请日:2018-01-31

    Inventor: Minoru Takahashi

    CPC classification number: H04N1/00928 H04N1/00342 H04N1/2158 H04N2201/0094

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a specific-type data storage device, a startup-mode determining unit, and a device startup unit. The specific-type data storage device ensures storing specific type of data. The startup-mode determining unit determines a startup mode of the electronic device. The device startup unit starts up the electronic device in the startup mode determined by the startup-mode determining unit. The startup mode includes an ordinary startup mode and a data-transfer startup mode that transfers the specific type of data to the specific-type-data storage device. The data-transfer startup mode is a mode where among the processes executed in the ordinary startup mode, at least a part of the processes unnecessary for transferring the specific type of data to the specific-type-data storage device is unexecuted.

    Device management system and device management apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11036570B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16908983

    申请日:2020-06-23

    Inventor: Minoru Takahashi

    Abstract: A device management apparatus includes a storage device configured to store a number of fed sheets in an early failure period, the number of fed sheets in the early failure period being a certain number of fed sheets and being a preset number of fed sheets, which is treated as an early failure where the maintainable component has a failure, and calculates a failure density depending on a number of fed sheets based on a number of fed sheets at a time when a failure occurred in the component, which is received from the multiple image forming apparatuses, and outputs information about replacement of the maintainable component based on the failure density to the number of fed sheets in the early failure period from a number of fed sheets at a time when the parameter exceeds the threshold after an operation, which is received from one image forming apparatus.

    Electronic device that displays an operation screen including an object

    公开(公告)号:US09696889B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-04

    申请号:US14601424

    申请日:2015-01-21

    CPC classification number: G06F3/04842 G06F3/013 G06F3/0483

    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device, including: a display unit that displays, on one screen, a plurality of objects to be selected by a user; a line-of-sight detection unit that detects visually-recognized coordinates on the display unit to which the user's line-of-sight is directed; an object visually-recognized time period calculation unit that calculates a time period during which the visually-recognized coordinates detected by the line-of-sight detection unit fall within a range of the object; and a selection exclusion unit that excludes the object from candidates to be selected by the user if the time period calculated by the object visually-recognized time period calculation unit is longer than a time period threshold value and a frequency at which the object is selected is higher than a frequency threshold value.

    Electronic apparatus
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11029898B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16650818

    申请日:2018-06-15

    Inventor: Minoru Takahashi

    Abstract: Load on a system is reduced.
    In an embodiment, a status information managing unit acquires data indicating the status of each functional unit to be transmitted to an apparatus management server, and a system control unit instructs data acquisition timing for acquiring the data to the status information managing unit. Moreover, the status information managing unit acquires data that changes over time according to the usage status, and acquires and caches, in advance, data that does not change over time according to the usage status. Furthermore, after receiving a transmission request from the apparatus management server, the system control unit transmits status information including cached data and acquired data. Thus, at the time of data transmission, only data that changes over time need be acquired, so the number of data to be acquired may be reduced.

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