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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Mutsumi Namba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mutsumi Namba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmission control unit transmits function specifying information for specifying a function to be executed. A function control unit executes a first function specified by the function specifying information. A connecting unit, when an additional function control unit that executes a second function specified according to the function specifying information is connected between the transmission control unit and the function control unit, transmits the function specifying information to the additional function control unit, and when it is disconnected, transmits the function specifying information to the function control unit.