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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiaki Iizuka, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/21 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/2104 (2013.01); G06F 1/3284 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 9/4418 (2013.01); G06F 21/608 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06K 15/4055 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01); G06K 15/408 (2013.01); G06K 15/4095 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01); H04N 2201/218 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1267 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, having a main controller for controlling access to a main memory, and a method of controlling the apparatus, determine whether the main memory is a non-volatile memory or a volatile memory, and store the result of the determination in non-volatile memory, and, erasing data stored in the main memory when transition is made to a power off state or a sleep mode when it is determined that the main memory is a non-volatile memory.