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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2009
Ryouji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryouji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus has first through n-th pluralities of programs which, when executed by a computer processor, perform respectively first through n-th functions of the image processing apparatus, where n denotes an integer more than 1, and starts up, on a function-by-function basis, the first through n-th pluralities of programs respectively corresponding to the first through n-th functions. The image processing apparatus starts up, in a predetermined sequence, respective programs included in any one plurality of programs among the first through n-th pluralities of programs to a state in which the plurality of programs performs a corresponding function.