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Patent No.:

US 11822985 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2020

Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takaaki Miyata, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Xuxing Chen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/401 (2013.01); G06F 3/122 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprises a non-volatile memory storing start-up firmware a volatile memory having a memory space commonly available for the start-up firmware and an operating system of the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to copy, to the memory space, a setting value of a setting item for write-protecting the non-volatile memory, among setting items included in the start-up firmware, wherein the operating system acquires and checks the setting value copied to the memory space.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Miyata, Takaaki. (2023). Image forming apparatus and control method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 11822985). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11822985

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