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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Niki, Irvine, CA (US);
Tsukasa Aiba, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 5/00 ;
Abstract
A device driver for use in a computer system includes process steps to detect data corresponding to at least one system resource of the computer system, to determine a default operational mode from a plurality of operational modes of a device based on the data corresponding to at least one system resource, and to provide a user interface for selecting an operational mode from the plurality of operational modes.