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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Kazuhiro Kuroyama, Osaka, JP;
Kazunori Kurimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Masao Nonaka, Osaka, JP;
Michihiro Matsumoto, Shiga, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
In a case where an identification information item determination section () determines that a first identification information item indicates a non-replacement part, a first backup section () backs up the first identification information item in a backup memory (). In a case where a confirmation section () determines that the first identification information item is not backed up in the backup memory (), a second backup section () backs up the first identification information item in the backup memory (). In a case where the confirmation section () determines that the first identification information item is backed up in the backup memory (), a storage process section () updates the first identification information item stored in a communication section-side memory () with a second identification information item stored in the backup memory ().