Patent ID: 6678065
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for concurrently executing a plurality of types of jobs through use of shared resources, said apparatus comprising:job control means for controlling execution of a job; job priority means for determining priorities of jobs said job priority means changes the priorities of the jobs on the basis of a time of day; and resource management means for managing a state of use shared resources and allocating the shared resources required for executing the job in response to a request from said job control means when said job control means concurrently executes the jobs, wherein said resource management means includes a required resource management table fore storing a minimum amount of shared resources required for executing the job according to the type of the job, wherein at the time of allocation of the shared resources, the minimum amount of shared resources required for executing the job is allocated on the basis if the minimum amount of shared resources to be used, which is stored in said required resource management table.