Patent ID: 9503602
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a control circuit, the control circuit including an apparatus control platform that manages hardware resources on an operating system, a standard-application execution part that executes a standard application, wherein the standard application uses the hardware resources managed on the apparatus control platform, and an extended application platform that includes wherein the apparatus control platform includes a platform service interface part that provides an interface for using the hardware resources from outside of the apparatus control platform, and an each part controlling service that has a plurality of control service providing parts for providing service for controlling the hardware resources, wherein the platform service interface part has a plurality of control service call parts for determining a request from the standard application and for calling a specific one or more control service providing parts of the plurality of control service providing parts of the each part controlling service corresponding to the request, and wherein each of the plurality of control service call parts can call the specific one or more control service providing parts of the each part controlling service directly, and wherein each of the plurality of control service call parts operates independently without cooperating with each other; wherein one of the plurality of control service call parts corresponding to the request directly calls the specific one or more control service providing parts corresponding to the request.