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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2011
Keita Takahashi, Abiko, JP;
Atsushi Otani, Moriya, JP;
Shoji Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Hirotaka Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Keita Takahashi, Abiko, JP;
Atsushi Otani, Moriya, JP;
Shoji Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Abiko, JP;
Hirotaka Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image forming apparatus has the plurality of control units and executes distributed processing in which any one control unit having monitoring execution authority monitors for an abnormal condition in each control unit. Each control unit determines, from its own processing load, monitoring capability information that indicates whether monitoring for an abnormal condition is possible or not. If, in a case where the control unit has the monitoring execution authority, the monitoring capability information does not satisfy predetermined information, then the control unit delegates the monitoring execution authority to another control unit whose monitoring capability information does satisfy the predetermined information.