Information processing apparatus, activation method of information processing apparatus, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10656954-B2
Application number	US-201715802970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2016
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

An information processing apparatus of the invention includes a main system and a sub system, and executes activation processing on the basis of a boot image. The information processing apparatus includes: a saving unit configured to save the boot image which is developed in a first area of a storage unit in the sub system, in a second area which is different from the first area in the storage unit, in the activation processing of the sub system, in a case where the information processing apparatus is activated from a power off state; a restoration unit configured to restore the boot image which is saved in the second area to the first area in a case where the information processing apparatus is transitioned to a power saving state from a normal power state; and a holding unit configured to hold the restored boot image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a main system; and
a sub system including a processor which executes activation processing of the sub system on the basis of a boot image transmitted from the main system,
wherein the sub system is configured:
to start the activation processing of the sub system by using the boot image which has been transferred from the main system, in activation from a power-off state of the information processing apparatus;
to store, into a second area in a storage device of the sub system, an activation program and an OS for the sub system derived from the boot image and a device driver having been initialized in the activation processing that are in a first area in the storage device in the sub system before the activation processing in the activation from the power-off state of the information processing apparatus is ended;
to restore, into the first area in the storage device in the sub system, the activation program and OS for the sub system and the initialized device driver that are in the second area in the storage device in the sub system due to the storing, in transition to a power saving state of the information processing apparatus;
to continue holding the activation program, the OS and the initialized device driver that have been restored in the first area in the storage device in the sub system at least while the information processing apparatus is in the power saving state.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in the storing, the sub system stores, in the second area of the storage device, an activation program for an application and data used for activation of the application from the first area of the storage device.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in the storing, the sub system stores, in the second area of the storage device, data derived by the activation processing of the sub system executed before the activation of the application, the data being from the first area of the storage device.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the sub system does not store, in the second area of the storage device, data derived after start of activation of the application, the data being from the first area of the storage device.

5. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus having a main system and a sub system including a processor which executes activation processing of the sub system on the basis of a boot image transmitted from the main system, the method comprising:
starting the activation processing of the sub system by using the boot image which has been transferred from the main system, in activation from a power-off state of the information processing apparatus;
storing, into a second area in a storage device of the sub system, an activation program and an OS for the sub system derived from the boot image and a device driver having been initialized in the activation processing that are in a first area in the storage device in the sub system before the activation processing in the activation from the power-off state of the information processing apparatus is ended;
restoring, into the first area in the storage device in the sub system, the activation program and OS for the sub system and the initialized device driver that are in the second area in the storage device in the sub system due to the storing, in transition to a power saving state of the information processing apparatus; and
continue holding the activation program, the OS and the initialized device driver that have been restored in the first area in the storage device in the sub system at least while the information processing apparatus is in the power saving state.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein
in the storing, the sub system stores, in the second area of the storage device, an activation program for an application and data used for activation of the application from the first area of the storage device.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein
in the storing, the sub system stores, in the second area of the storage device, data derived by the activation processing of the sub system executed before the activation of the application, the data being from the first area of the storage device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the sub system does not store, in the second area of the storage device, data derived after start of activation of the application, the data being from the first area of the storage device.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Wang Xiaoli

Classifications

• G11C11/40615

  Internal triggering or timing of refresh, e.g. hidden refresh, self refresh, pseudo-SRAMs · CPC title

• G06F1/3234

  Power saving characterised by the action undertaken · CPC title

• G06F9/4418 Primary

  Suspend and resume; Hibernate and awake · CPC title

• G06F3/0673

  Single storage device · CPC title

• H04N1/00891

  Switching on or off, e.g. for saving power when not in use (H04N1/00896 takes precedence) · CPC title