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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Suwabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1438 (2013.01); G06F 11/1433 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an information processing apparatus, any piece of firmware among pieces of firmware is used to activate the information processing apparatus, a piece of firmware that is different from the piece of firmware used in activation of the information processing apparatus is updated, the image processing apparatus is restarted with a piece of firmware that is different from the currently activated firmware, and the piece of firmware that is different from the piece of firmware used in activation is updated.