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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Antonius C. M. Van Buren, Velden, NL;
Alexander H. Venema, Ermelo, NL;
Johannes T. M. Neggers, Best, NL;
Antonius C. M. Van Buren, Velden, NL;
Alexander H. Venema, Ermelo, NL;
Johannes T. M. Neggers, Best, NL;
Oce-Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus having an operative mode and a non-operative mode with a method for counting events with a volatile counter and a non-volatile electronic memory having a number N of memory areas, includes counting events with the volatile counter, when the count value has been incremented by a predetermined number M or when the apparatus passes into the non-operative mode, saving the count value to one of the memory areas, with cycling switching of the memory area into which the count value is written; and when the apparatus passes into the operative mode, initializing the counter with the maximum of the count values stored in the N memory areas.