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Image forming apparatus and method, program and computer readable medium

An imaging device and program technology, applied in image communication, electrography, optics, etc., can solve the problem that it is difficult to determine the priority of application programs, and achieve the effect of stable operation

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-02-28
RICOH KK
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In addition, it is difficult for the general user to determine the priority of the application

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[0076] Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an image forming apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a compound machine) according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the compound machine 100 includes hardware resources and a software group 110 . Hardware resources include a black and white line printer (B&W LP) 101, a color laser printer 102, and hardware resources 103 such as a scanner, a facsimile, a hard disk, memory (RAM, NV-RAM, ROM, etc.), and a network interface . The software group 110 includes a platform 120, an application program 130, and a virtual application service 140 (hereinafter referred to as VAS).

[0077] The VAS 140 works as a client process for control services and operates as a server process for applications. The VAS 140 obtains the application program information before executing the installation process to make the application program executable in the multifunctional machine. Then, the VAS 140 generates an application infor...

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[0124] In this embodiment, an example of a screen displayed by the screen display thread 142 can be described in more detail.

[0125] 9-36 show state transitions of the operation screens displayed on the operation panel 105. As shown in FIG. Figure 9 shows the verification screen of the initial setup screen. Figures 10-16 show screens for file copy operations. Figures 17-28 show the screens used for installation operations. Figures 29-36 show the screens used for the uninstall operation.

[0126] In the authentication screen shown in Figure 9, enter the user ID and password. After entering them and pressing the OK button 210, the desired mode can be selected. In this embodiment, the application program is copied in the multifunction peripheral 100 before the application program is installed. As shown in FIG. 10A, a file copy screen is displayed, and a storage location of a file to be copied is selected. In this embodiment, the destination can be selected from the memory...

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[0147] Hereinafter, a third embodiment will be described. The functional structure of the compound machine 100 of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. That is, the functional structure of the compound machine 100 of the third embodiment is as shown in FIG. 1 .

[0148] Regarding general-purpose personal computers, if a plurality of application programs are run one by one, there is a possibility that the PC hangs due to lack of resources. On the other hand, with the compound machine 100 of the present invention, pre-installed applications such as copy applications cannot be suspended.

[0149] However, since the compound machine 100 can install a new application developed by a third vendor or user, there is a situation where resource shortage occurs when execution setting for a new application is performed if a plurality of applications have already been set to run. .

[0150] When the electric compound machine 100 is powered, "execution setting"...

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Abstract

Provided is an image forming apparatus and method, program and computer readable medium in which a plurality of applications can be installed. The image forming apparatus includes: information obtaining part, obtaining the required resource information and the available resource information for executing the applications in the image forming apparatus; and an operation restricting part, comparing the required resource information and the available resource information and executing the operation restricting course on the applications based on the comparative result.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of the application titled "Imaging Device and Method Used in Imaging Device" (application number: 03164873.8; filing date: September 15, 2003). technical field [0002] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, a method, a program, and a computer readable medium thereof, which provide users with services related to image forming processes such as copying, printing, scanning, facsimile, and the like. Background technique [0003] In recent years, an image forming apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a compound machine) including the functions of a printer, a copier, a facsimile, a scanner, etc. within a cabinet is well known. A compound machine includes a display part, a printing part, an image pickup part, and the like within a cabinet. In the compound machine, three kinds of software respectively corresponding to a printer, a copier, and a facsimile are provided so that by switching the software, the co...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N1/32G03G21/14
Inventor 秋吉邦洋田中浩行安藤光男
Owner RICOH KK
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