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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Satoshi Hirakawa, Fuchu, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Hirakawa, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00342 (2013.01); H04N 1/00891 (2013.01); H04N 1/00896 (2013.01); H04N 1/00901 (2013.01); H04N 1/00962 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that is accessible from an external device even if the image forming apparatus is in a power off state, a setting unit configured that sets information on an installation status of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit that, according to the information on the installation status set by the setting unit, enables writing, in the storage unit, of information corresponding to the information on the installation status from information used by the image forming apparatus at a plurality of timing points.