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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Applicant:
Tatsuo Matoba, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuo Matoba, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus manages a usage amount associated with each of a plurality of functions included in a work flow. The work flow is executed after it is determined whether an operation of each step included in the work flow can be executed or not.