Image formation apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable on image formation apparatus
US9880791B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/1817
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes a hypervisor, a control firmware running on a host OS and responsible for controlling the image formation apparatus, and a cooperation module operating on the same level as the hypervisor. A resource includes an image memory managed by the control firmware and adapted for image processing. The cooperation module is configured to: cooperate with the control firmware to obtain an available memory space of the image memory; associate a content of a job to be processed with a program running on one or more guest OSs required for that job; and before starting the job, read a required guest OS into the available memory space of the image memory and cause the associated program to be executed.
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