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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2007
Toru Ono, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Serizawa, Toride, JP;
Hideyuki Ikegami, Abiko, JP;
Akira Morisawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Toru Ono, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Serizawa, Toride, JP;
Hideyuki Ikegami, Abiko, JP;
Akira Morisawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A design support method of verifying control on a device of an image forming apparatus registers, in a storage device, trigger information for specifying a content of control to be executed when a start condition for switching the control state of the device is satisfied (S). The apparatus then registers, in the storage device, the allowable range of the state change of the device due to control switched when the start condition is satisfied (S). The apparatus then verifies whether the state change of the device due to the control switched when the start condition is satisfied falls outside the allowable range, by referring to the operation state of the device which is input through an input unit, and the trigger information registered in the storage device (S).