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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Hisashi Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaichi Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takenori Oku, Saitama, JP;
Noboru Tsukude, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaichi Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takenori Oku, Saitama, JP;
Noboru Tsukude, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus, method, system, computer program, and product, each capable of detecting a state of an apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices. When at least one of the plurality of devices is determined to be in a first state, a second state of at least one of the plurality of devices is determined. When a state of the apparatus is determined to be in the first state, the second state of another apparatus is determined.