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

Claim 5:
6. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors on an information processing apparatus comprising a controller and an operation device, causes the processors to perform an information processing method, including:
with the controller, in response to completion of specific software activation process in the controller, transmitting an activation completion notification to the operation device;
with the operation device, in response to receiving the activation completion notification, updating a timeout period of a timer started after activation of software of the operation device to a shorter period of time, and restarting the timer; and
in a case where data communication is not established on a communication path between the controller and the operation device within the updated timeout period, detecting a malfunction and notifying the controller of the malfunction; and
with the controller, performing a recovery process.