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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Uchida, Kyoto, JP;
Kazumi Sawayanagi, Itami, JP;
Masami Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Anezaki, Itami, JP;
Akihiro Torigoshi, Itami, JP;
Yasutaka Ito, Amagasaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gateway apparatus connected to an image processing apparatus in a communicable manner and connected to an external apparatus via a network, and performing communication control between the image processing apparatus and the external apparatus, includes: a main CPU; a sub CPU; a first detecting unit configured to detect a state of a primary power supply; a second detecting unit configured to detect a state of a secondary power supply; a generating unit configured to generate a transfer instruction message; an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a change in a state of the gateway apparatus or an apparatus located in the vicinity of the gateway apparatus; an updating unit configured to repeatedly perform updating of the transfer instruction message; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the last-generated or last-updated transfer instruction message to an external alternate apparatus.