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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus stores first software and second software, the first software is stored in a first storage medium accessible by a central processing unit and an embedded controller, and the second software is used to restore the first software and stored in a second storage medium accessible by the embedded controller. The information processing apparatus includes an update unit configured to update the second software using the first software depending on a result of a comparison between version information about the first software and version information about the second software, a falsification detection unit configured to detect whether the first software is falsified; and a restoration unit configured to restore the first software using the second software in a case where the falsification detection unit detects that the first software is falsified.