Patent ID: 11914310
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A processing apparatus configured to perform a predetermined process on a component unit configured to be attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus, the processing apparatus comprising:
an external contact configured to transmit and receive data to and from a storage device of the component unit;
a control unit configured to read and update information stored in the storage device via the external contact; and
a reception unit configured to receive a user operation,
wherein the storage device includes a first area and a second area configured to store use information indicating a use state of the component unit, and a third area configured to store reuse identification information indicating whether or not the component unit is a recycled item, and
wherein the control unit, in response to the user operation instructing execution of a predetermined process, reads the reuse identification information from the storage device, and updates the reuse identification information to a second value indicating the recycled item when the reuse identification information is a first value indicating not the recycled item, or updates the use information stored in the second area to a predetermined initial value when the reuse identification information is the second value.