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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Katsuji Furushige, Osaka, JP;
Kyoichiro Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuji Furushige, Osaka, JP;
Kyoichiro Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30091 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a main storage unit; an auxiliary storage unit; a file system configured to manage a file stored in the auxiliary storage unit; and an input-output processing unit configured to use an area in the main storage unit to perform file access to a file in the file system. The area is in a storage area that is not managed by an operating system and the area is specified with a physical address in an instruction from a user process.