Patent ID: 11909925
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising a controller and an operation device communicably connected to each other through a communication path,
the controller including circuitry configured to, in response to completion of a specific software activation process in the controller, transmit an activation completion notification to the operation device, and
the operation device including circuitry configured to:
in response to receiving the activation completion notification, update a timeout period of a timer started after activation of software of the operation device to a shorter period of time and restart the timer; and
in a case where data communication is not established on the communication path within the updated timeout period, detect a malfunction and notify the controller of the malfunction; and
the circuitry of the controller is configured to perform a recovery process.