Image Processing Device Resource Reallocation for Server Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing devices with server functions face inefficiencies in processing when a failure occurs in their basic functions, as they continue to occupy hardware resources, limiting the improvement of server function efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device that detects failures or transitions to a power saving mode, releases specific hardware resources allocated to inoperable basic functions and reallocates them to enhance server function operations, thereby improving processing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the image processing device continues to occupy hardware resources for basic functions even when a failure occurs, then the device can maintain the ability to perform basic functions, but the processing efficiency of server functions cannot be improved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the inoperable basic function from the hardware resources by detecting the failure and releasing the resources previously allocated to that function. This allows the server function to utilize the freed hardware resources, thereby improving server function processing efficiency without sacrificing the ability to perform basic functions when they are operational.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where hardware resources are reassigned based on the operational status of basic functions. When a failure is detected, the system dynamically releases resources from the failed basic function and reallocates them to server functions, enabling efficient resource utilization across different operational states.
2Reliability
If the image processing device operates as a dedicated server device when a failure occurs, then server functions can continue to be provided, but the basic function that failed continues to occupy hardware resources
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the failed basic function from active hardware resource occupation by detecting the failure condition and releasing associated resources. This enables the device to maintain server function availability while improving processing efficiency through reduced resource constraints on the server function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the hardware resource allocation parameter based on the operational state of basic functions. When a failure is detected, the system modifies the resource distribution parameter to reallocate hardware resources from the failed basic function to the server function, thereby improving processing efficiency while maintaining server availability.
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AI summary
An image processing device capable of assigning a basic function and a server function to hardware resources and operating the basic function and the server function, includes: a hardware processor that: detects occurrence of a failure related to the basic function or transition to a power saving mode; releases a specific hardware resource corresponding to a function that has become inoperable due to the occurrence of a failure or the transition to a power saving mode, of the basic function assigned to the hardware resources, in a case where the occurrence of a failure or the transition to a power saving mode has been detected by the hardware processor; and additionally assigns the server function to the specific hardware resource released by the hardware processor, of the hardware resources, to operate the server function.