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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2010
Go Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Shirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Go Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Shirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first processor including a first storage having a first and a second area, a download-instructor issuing a download-instruction downloading a second firmware from the second area of the first storage at power-off, and a first-launcher switching the second area of the first storage from standby-system to working-system and launching a first firmware at power-on, and a second processor including a second storage having a first area as a working-system and a second area as a standby-system, a downloader downloading the second firmware stored in the second area of the first storage as the first storage standby-system into the second area of the second storage as the second storage standby-system when the downloading-instruction is received, and a second-launcher switching the second area of the second storage from the standby-system to the working-system and launching the second firmware in the second area of the second storage at power-on.