Control apparatus for avoiding equipment abnormality
US6437882B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/32614
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a job is executed in an image processing apparatus, a user is recognized by inputting a user ID from an operation unit. When an abnormality such as interferes with execution of the job occurs, data indicative of avoidance countermeasures for each user or each type of abnormality stored in a memory is referred to and the plural avoidance countermeasures are displayed sequentially from the one that is most frequently executed, and an optimum one is selected. After that, the frequency data for the selected avoidance countermeasure is renewed.
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