INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquiring unit that acquires an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus;
a first storage controller that stores the information item acquired by the acquiring unit in a memory;
an extracting unit that extracts samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus;
a statistical unit that computes a statistical value on the basis of the samples extracted by the extracting unit;
a second storage controller that deletes the samples extracted by the extracting unit from the memory and stores, in the memory, the statistical value computed by the statistical unit; and
a transmitting unit that transmits the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus connected to the transmitting unit via a communication line.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus, a first storage controller that stores the information item in a memory, an extracting unit that extracts samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, where the samples represent results of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus, a statistical unit that computes a statistical value using the samples, a second storage controller that deletes the samples from the memory and stores the statistical value in the memory, and a transmitting unit that transmits the information items to a server via a communication line.
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6 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an acquiring unit that acquires an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus; a first storage controller that stores the information item acquired by the acquiring unit in a memory; an extracting unit that extracts samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus; a statistical unit that computes a statistical value on the basis of the samples extracted by the extracting unit; a second storage controller that deletes the samples extracted by the extracting unit from the memory and stores, in the memory, the statistical value computed by the statistical unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus connected to the transmitting unit via a communication line. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image forming unit that forms an image; a first storage controller that generates an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus and stores the information item in a memory; an extracting unit that extracts samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus; a statistical unit that computes a statistical value on the basis of the samples extracted by the extracting unit; a second storage controller that deletes the samples extracted by the extracting unit from the memory and stores, in the memory, the statistical value computed by the statistical unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus connected to the transmitting unit via a communication line.
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4. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:
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acquiring an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus; storing the acquired information item in a memory; extracting samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus; computing a statistical value on the basis of the extracted samples; deleting the extracted samples from the memory and storing the computed statistical value in the memory; and transmitting the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus via a communication line.
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5. An information processing method comprising:
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acquiring an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus; storing the acquired information item in a memory; extracting samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus; computing a statistical value on the basis of the extracted samples; deleting the extracted samples from the memory and storing the computed statistical value in the memory; and transmitting the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus via a communication line.
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6. An image forming method comprising:
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forming an image; generating an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus and storing the information item in a memory; extracting samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus; computing a statistical value on the basis of the extracted samples; deleting the extracted samples from the memory and storing the computed statistical value in the memory; and transmitting the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus via a communication line.
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