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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Hisashi Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuaki Miyawaki, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Seto, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuaki Miyawaki, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Seto, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Nekka Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a state deciding apparatus, an information acquiring unit acquires pieces of information of different types related to a state of an image forming apparatus. An index value calculating unit calculates an index value based on the pieces of information acquired. A state change deciding unit decides a change in a subsequent state of the image forming apparatus, based on a temporal change in the index value calculated.