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Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Controllling the Same

  • US 20140043634A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2013
  • Published: 02/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a printer unit to form an image based on image data and output the image on a sheet;

    a storage unit; and

    a control unit that controls hardware resources of the image forming apparatus including at least the printer unit and the storage unit by executing a first operating system that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program operating on the first operating system and that can execute second to N-th (N is an integer of 2 or more) operating systems that activate at least one or more applications and an emulator that is disposed between the first operating system and the second to N-th operating systems to allow the second to N-th operating systems to operate on the first operating system, whereinthe control unit can cause the first operating system to enter into a sleep mode and inhibits the first operating system from entering into the sleep mode when at least one of the second to N-th operating systems is active.

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