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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Kazuaki Tomono, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Matsuhara, Kawanishi, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Sennan-gun, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Yosuke Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Furukawa, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an internal control portion to execute a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program, and an application control portion to convert an application command output from the application executing portion into an internal command and output the internal command to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a controlled-object determination portion to determine whether the hardware resource to be controlled by a first internal command obtained by converting a first application command input from a first custom portion and the hardware resource to be controlled by a second internal command obtained by converting a second application command input from a second custom portion are of the same type, and an arbitration portion to control timings for outputting the first and second internal commands on the basis of the determination result by the controlled-object determination portion.