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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Minako Kobayashi, Ikeda, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Hironobu Nakata, Itami, JP;
Masakazu Murakami, Itami, JP;
Inventors:
Minako Kobayashi, Ikeda, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Hironobu Nakata, Itami, JP;
Masakazu Murakami, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing device, which performs an image-related process about an image in cooperation with another image forming device via a network, is provided with a device configuration detection portion for detecting a function that is added to the image processing device itself, and a new function information notifying portion for notifying another image processing device that a function is added to the image forming device.