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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shota Shimizu, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01);
Abstract
If firmware installed in an image forming apparatusis a firmware having a security specification configuration, an operator who is permitted to instruct to update the firmware in the image forming apparatusis limited to an operator having an administrator authority. This may improve the security of the image forming apparatus.