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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Shuntaro Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a technique that makes it possible, for a user without conscious of the detailed firmware program contents and the current state of a device, to execute an update process in a case of using file in which plural firmware programs are packaged. Upon connection of an external auxiliary storage device that stores the package file, a detection of a firmware program to be updated turns a staring mode into an update mode for updating a firmware program. If a failure in an internal auxiliary storage device is detected after re-starting, a starting is made by the update mode using a firmware program in the package file. In a case where a firmware program that is to be installed into the flash memory is updatable, only the firmware program that is to be installed into the flash memory is installed and updated.