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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

  • US 20160366293A1
  • Filed: 05/20/2016
  • Published: 12/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • an operation unit that is equipped with a display unit on which a screen is displayed and a first operating system, and accepts an operation; and

    a main body unit that is equipped with a second operating system, and acts according to an operation accepted by the operation unit, whereinthe operation unit includes;

    an operation accepting unit that accepts, when an always-displayed screen for using a specific function has been pressed, activation of a first application running on the first operating system to use the specific function associated with the screen;

    a synchronization processing unit that performs a synchronization process of synchronizing a second application running on the first operating system and a third application running on the second operating system;

    an app-activation control unit that activates the first application after the synchronization processing unit has performed the synchronization process; and

    a display control unit that performs control of displaying an operation accepting screen of the first application activated by the app-activation control unit on the display unit.

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