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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuyoshi Haga, Tokyo, JP;
Mikimasa Honma, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printer unit to form an image and outputting the image on a sheet, a storage unit, a control unit to control hardware resources of the image forming apparatus including at least the printer unit and the storage unit by executing a first OS that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program operating on the first OS and that can execute second to N-th OSs that activate at least one application and an emulator disposed between the first OS and the second to N-th OSs to allow the second to N-th OSs to operate on the first OS, wherein the control unit can cause the first OS to enter into a sleep mode and inhibits the first OS from entering into the sleep mode when at least one of the second to N-th OSs is active.