Multifunction device, reboot method, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10484571-B2
Application number	US-201816059599-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2018
Priority date	Aug 9, 2017
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A multifunction device integrally includes a first device and a second device. The first device has a first system, and the second system has a second system. The second device requests, in response to a predetermined command entered, a first snapshot of the first device from the first device. The first device generates the first snapshot in response to a request from the second device, and sends the first snapshot to the second device. The second device generates a second snapshot of the second device in response to the predetermined command entered, and saves, to a save destination, the first snapshot sent and the second snapshot. The first device starts the first system by using the first snapshot saved in the save destination. The second device starts the second system by using the second snapshot saved in the save destination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multifunction device integrally comprising:
a first device; and
a second device, wherein
the first device has a first system, and the second system has a second system separately from the first system,
the second device comprises a second transmitter that requests, in response to a predetermined command, a first snapshot of the first device from the first device,
the first device comprises:
a first computing unit that generates the first snapshot in response to a request from the second device; and
a first transmitter that sends the first snapshot generated by the first computing unit to the second device,

the second device further comprises:
a second computing unit that generates a second snapshot of the second device in response to the predetermined command; and
a save processing portion that saves, to a save destination, the first snapshot sent from the first device and the second snapshot generated by the second computing unit,

the first device further comprises a first boot loader that starts the first system by using the first snapshot saved in the save destination, and
the second device further comprises a second boot loader that starts the second system by using the second snapshot saved in the save destination.

2. The multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first device is an image forming apparatus, and
the second device is an embedded computer built into a casing of the image forming apparatus.

3. The multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first device further comprises a first Random Access Memory (RAM),
the second device further comprises a second RAM,
the first boot loader starts the first system by developing the first snapshot on the first RAM, and
the second boot loader starts the second system by developing the second snapshot on the second RAM.

4. The multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second device further comprises a recorder that records a use of the first device by a user, and
when the recorder records a use of the first device by the user, the second transmitter does not request the first snapshot, the save processing portion saves only the second snapshot, and the first boot loader starts the first system without using the first snapshot.

5. The multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein the save destination is any one of a portable recording medium externally provided to the second device, a storage built into the first device, and a server connected via a communication line to the multifunction device.

6. A reboot method used in a multifunction device integrally comprising a first device and a second device, the first device having a first system, the second system having a second system separately from the first system, the method comprising:
requesting, by the second device, in response to a predetermined command, a first snapshot of the first device from the first device;
generating, by the first device, the first snapshot in response to a request from the second device;
sending, by the first device, the first snapshot to the second device;
generating, by the second device, a second snapshot of the second device in response to the predetermined command;
saving, by the second device, to a save destination, the first snapshot and the second snapshot;
starting, by the first device, the first system by using the first snapshot saved in the save destination; and
starting, by the second device, the second system by using the second snapshot saved in the save destination.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Yamada Masami
• Okamoto Yuji
• Akita Katsuhiko
• Sawayanagi Kazumi
• Ito Yasutaka
• Tamura Atsushi

Classifications

• H04N1/33369 Primary

  Storage of mode or retrieval of prestored mode · CPC title

• H04N1/00832

  Recording use, e.g. counting number of pages copied · CPC title

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/00928 Primary

  Initialisation or control of normal start-up or shut-down, i.e. non failure or error related · CPC title