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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeki Nozawa, Gifu, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00896 (2013.01); G03G 15/20 (2013.01); G03G 21/1652 (2013.01); H04N 1/00005 (2013.01); H04N 1/00352 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image formation apparatus includes: a multi-core processor having a plurality of cores; and an image forming mechanism configured to form an image on a recording medium. At least one of the plurality of cores includes a switching controller configured to switch a first OS run by the core for performing a mechanism controller processing to control the image forming mechanism and a second OS run by the core for performing a controller processing.