Image forming apparatus, application executing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with application executing program

US8988694B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8988694-B2
Application numberUS-201313938302-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 10, 2013
Priority dateJul 18, 2012
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion to control hardware resources, an internal control portion to perform a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program and output a simplified command or application command, and an application control portion to convert the simplified command or application command output by the application executing portion into an internal command and output the internal command to the internal control portion. The application control portion includes a simplified command converting portion to convert the simplified command output by the application executing portion into one or more application commands, and output the application command(s) in the order defined for the simplified command, and an application command converting portion to convert the application command output by the application executing portion, or each of the application command(s) sequentially output from the simplified command converting portion, into an internal command.

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What is claimed is: 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an operating portion to control a hardware resource; an internal control portion operable, in response to an input of an internal command, to perform a process predetermined for said input of said internal command for causing said operating portion to control said hardware resource; an application executing portion to execute an application program and output a simplified command or an application command which has…

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What does patent US8988694B2 cover?
An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion to control hardware resources, an internal control portion to perform a process predetermined for an internal command, an application executing portion to execute an application program and output a simplified command or application command, and an application control portion to convert the simplified command or application command output…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Konica Minolta Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F9/30174. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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