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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuji Toshinaga, Toyokawa, JP;
Shigeki Nozawa, Gifu, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0888 (2016.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/70 (2013.01); G03G 15/5087 (2013.01); G06F 12/0888 (2013.01); H04N 1/00915 (2013.01); H04N 1/00917 (2013.01); H04N 1/3263 (2013.01); H04N 1/32443 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1024 (2013.01); G06F 2212/172 (2013.01); H04N 1/00485 (2013.01); H04N 1/00856 (2013.01); H04N 1/00962 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3297 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming device that executes an image forming program for real-time mechanical control and another program, using a single cache memory for the image forming program and said another program. The image forming device includes: a cache lockdown unit that executes a cache lockdown to lock down a storage area of the cache memory that stores at least a portion of the image forming program necessary for image formation processing; and a print unit that executes the image formation processing while the storage area is locked down.