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Electronic device, control method for an electronic device, and recording medium

US8769170B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 2011
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G5/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Managing commands that have not been executed is simplified while maintaining a state in which real-time commands can be executed. A printer 2 has a write control unit 21A that writes received commands to a receive buffer 31, a command execution unit 21B that executes the written commands, and a real-time command execution unit 21C that executes written commands that are real-time commands. The printer 2 enters a full-buffer mode as needed by the capacity of available storage space in the receive buffer 31, and when in the full-buffer mode the write control unit 21A cyclically writes commands to an auxiliary space created in the receive buffer, and the real-time command execution unit 21C reads and executes real-time commands from the auxiliary space.

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