US Patent 7876469 Image forming apparatus and updating method

Patent 7876469 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Panasonic

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78764690

Patent Inventor Names

Takashi Hanada0

Date of Patent

January 25, 2011

Patent Application Number

110066570

Date Filed

December 8, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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David K Moore

Patent abstract

An image forming apparatus comprises an interface which can communicate with the information processing apparatus that serves as the source of updating firmware. The image forming apparatus further comprises a memory which stores a plurality of firmware programs and a controller which performs firmware updates by sequentially storing the updating firmware transferred from the information processing apparatus. When a plurality of firmware programs are transferred from the information processing apparatus, the controller performs a reboot operation to activate the updated firmware upon completing the storage and the rewriting of the updating firmware in the memory.

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