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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Applicant:
Katsuhiko Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuhiko Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Each of a plurality of control units starts the control unit with one of a first start method and a second start. When a first control unit among the control units starts with a second start method, the first control unit instructs a second control unit among the control units to start with the second start method. Thus, all the control units are started with the same start method.