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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Naoto Yuki, Yokosuka, JP;
Naoto Yuki, Yokosuka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that enables to start an application that is required to start by stopping an application that is not used by a user to reserve an available memory capacity when receiving a startup request. A first determination unit determines a memory usage of the application that receives the startup instruction. A second determination unit determines an available memory capacity. A third determination unit determines an application that is not used by a user. A stopping unit stops the application determined by the third determination unit among the executing applications when the memory usage determined by the first determination unit is more than the available memory capacity determined by the second determination unit. A starting unit starts the application that receives the startup instruction using the available memory capacity that increases because the stopping unit stops the determined application.