Operating information storing system, operating information storing method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an operating information storing method for storing information from volatile memory to non-volatile memory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692917-B2
Application number	US-201615070614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2016
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

An operating information storing system includes a master apparatus and multiple slave apparatuses. The master apparatus and each slave apparatus respectively include a first processor. The master apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory, the first processor that acquires operating information generated by each slave apparatus, stores the acquired operating information, and determines if at least one operating information indicates specific operating information, and a first transmitter. Each slave apparatus includes a volatile memory, a second processor to store generated operating information in the volatile memory sequentially, and a second transmitter that transfers the operating information stored in the volatile memory to the master apparatus. The second processor stores the specific operating information in the volatile memory until the second transmitter transfers the generated specific operating information to the master apparatus based on the request transferred by the first transmitter in the master apparatus if the specific operating information is generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operating information storing system, comprising:
a master apparatus; and
a plurality of slave apparatuses;
wherein the master apparatus includes,
a first nonvolatile memory;
a first processor configured to:
exchange information between the master apparatus and at least one of the plurality of slave apparatuses
acquire operating information generated by each of the plurality of slave apparatuses in accordance with operation of each of the slave apparatuses;
store the acquired operating information in the first nonvolatile memory; and
determine whether at least one operating information among the acquired operating information indicates specific operating information; and

a first transmitter configured to transfer a rule of storing operating information to store the specific operating information to each of the plurality of slave apparatuses if the first processor determines that the operating information indicates the specific operating information; and

each of the plurality slave apparatuses includes:
a second volatile memory;
a second processor configured to store operating information generated in accordance with operation of the slave apparatus itself in the second volatile memory sequentially; and
a second transmitter configured to transfer the operating information stored in the second volatile memory to the master apparatus, and
the second processor is further configured to stores the specific operating information in the second volatile memory until the second transmitter transfers the generated specific operating information based on the rule transferred by the first transmitter if the specific operating information is generated in accordance with the operation of the slave apparatus, and
prevent operating information with high priority from being overwritten even if all operating information stored in the second volatile memory is not transferred to the first nonvolatile memory based on the rule transferred by the first transmitter.

2. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the master apparatus includes a first volatile memory; and
the first processor is further configured to
search for a second master apparatus connected to the master apparatus via a network, the second master apparatus including nonvolatile memory, and
instructs the second master apparatus to store the operating information, stored in the first volatile memory, in the nonvolatile memory in the second master apparatus.

3. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor is further configured to instructs the first transmitter to distribute the rule of storing operating information to each of the plurality of slave apparatuses based on information acquired by analyzing the operating information stored in the first nonvolatile memory.

4. The operating information storing system according to claim 3 , wherein the first transmitter is configured to transfers a list including information on a list of service calls to each of the plurality of slave apparatuses as a method of distributing the rule of storing operating information.

5. The operating information storing system according to claim 3 , wherein the first transmitter is configured to transfer information specifying a specific service call to each of the plurality of slave apparatuses as a method of distributing the rule of storing operating information.

6. The operating information storing system according to claim 3 , wherein the first transmitter is configured to transfers information based on a calculated difference between the rule of storing operating information stored in each of the plurality of slave apparatuses and the rule of storing operating information stored in the master apparatus, the transferring including transferring the information to each of the plurality of slave apparatuses as a method of distributing the rule of storing operating information.

7. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor is further configured to acquires the operating information stored in each of the plurality of slave apparatuses for a desired period of time or at specified date/time in accordance with a configuration in the master apparatus.

8. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second transmitter is configured to transfers the operating information stored in the slave apparatus for a desired period of time or at specified date/time in accordance with a configuration in the slave apparatus.

9. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second processor in at least one of the plurality of slave apparatuses is configured to transfers the rule of storing operating information generated with reference to the operating information of the at least one slave apparatus stored in the master apparatus to the master apparatus.

10. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second processor in at least one of the plurality of slave apparatuses is configured to modify the rule of storing operating information so that an amount of transferred operating information is reduced if it is considered that the slave apparatus operates stably for equal to or more than a desired period of time with reference to the operating information of the at least one slave apparatus stored in the master apparatus.

11. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second processor in at least one of the plurality of slave apparatuses is configured to decreases a number of times of transferring operating information if it is considered that die slave apparatus operates stably for equal to or more than a desired period of time with reference to the operating information of the at least one slave apparatus stored in the master apparatus.

12. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second processor in at least one of the plurality of slave apparatuses is configured to modify the rule of storing operating information so that operating information corresponding to a malfunction is stored preferentially if it is determined that the malfunction occurs frequently with reference to the operating information of the at least one slave apparatus stored in the master apparatus.

13. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor is configured to delegate an obligation of generating the rule of storing operating information to at least one of the plurality of slave apparatuses.

14. The operating information storing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second processor is configured to delegate an obligation of generating the rule of storing operating information to the master apparatus.

15. An operating information storing system including a plurality of apparatuses, the operating information storing system comprising:
a nonvolatile memory;
a first processor configured to:
acquire operating information generated in accordance with operation of each of the plurality of apparatuses,
store the acquired operating information in the nonvolatile memory, and
determine whether or not at least one operating information among the acquired operating information indicates specific operating information;

a first transmitter configured to transfer a rule to store the specific operating information to each of the plurality of apparatuses if the first processor determines that the operating information indicates the specific operating information;
a volatile memory

Assignees

• Okazato Atsushi
• Saitoh Hirohisa
• Watanabe Mie
• Watanabe Shunsuke
• Konno Yuka
• Toriumi Takashi
• Tsukioka Yasunori
• Sakuyama Hiroyuki
• Sasaki Tohru
• Tanaka Katsumi
• Maemura Koichiro
• Ishii Yukinori
• Kuroyanagi Tomohiro
• Kittaka Fumiyoshi
• Sasaki Makoto
• Aoki Junki
• Mori Takuya
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okazato Atsushi
• Saitoh Hirohisa
• Watanabe Mie
• Watanabe Shunsuke
• Konno Yuka
• Toriumi Takashi
• Tsukioka Yasunori
• Sakuyama Hiroyuki
• Sasaki Tohru
• Tanaka Katsumi
• Maemura Koichiro
• Ishii Yukinori
• Kuroyanagi Tomohiro
• Kittaka Fumiyoshi
• Sasaki Makoto
• Aoki Junki
• Mori Takuya

Classifications

• H04N2201/0032

  where the still picture apparatus is controlled by another apparatus · CPC title

• H04N1/00244 Primary

  with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324) · CPC title

• H04N1/00347

  with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus (circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32) · CPC title

• H04N2201/0031

  where the still picture apparatus controls another apparatus · CPC title

• H04N2201/0039

  Connection via a network · CPC title