Patent ID: 8781339
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a communication portion that receives a total maintenance time stored in a communication terminal unit from the communication terminal unit; a control portion that switches the electronic apparatus between a maintenance mode that accepts a change in an operation setting on the electronic apparatus by an operator and a normal operation mode that allows the electronic apparatus to be activated in a normal way to activate the electronic apparatus; a certified reference time storage portion that stores a certified reference time that permits switching to the maintenance mode; and a determining portion that determines whether the total maintenance time received from the communication terminal unit by the communication portion has reached the certified reference time stored in the certified reference time storage portion, wherein if it is determined that the total maintenance time has reached the certified reference time by the determining portion, the control portion switches the electronic apparatus to the maintenance mode to activate the electronic apparatus.