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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/05 ;
Abstract
A first microprocessor controls the operation of a document conveying device, and a second microprocessor controls the operation of a copying device. A third microprocessor connected to the first and second microprocessors monitors the operation state of each of the first and second microprocessors. When an abnormality occurs in one of the first and second microprocessors, the third microprocessor determines an image forming operation controllable only by the other microprocessor. The third microprocessor makes the other microprocessor execute the determined image forming operation.