Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9648182B2/en
Timestamp: 2018-12-16 15:30:13
Document Index: 114926337

Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2009', 'art 204', 'art 205', 'art 1483', 'art 148', 'art 1483']

US9648182B2 - Image forming device, and method of managing data - Google Patents
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This application is a continuation patent application of, and claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/711,317 filed on Feb. 24, 2010, which is based on and claims the benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-057011 filed on Mar. 10, 2009, with the Japanese Patent Office, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The CPU 211 is an IC for processing various information. The ASIC 212 is an IC for processing various images. The NB 221 is a north bridge of the controller 201. The SB 222 is a south bridge of the controller 201. The MEM-P 231 is a system memory of the combination machine 101. The MEM-C 232 is a local memory of the combination machine 101. The HDD 233 is a storage device of the combination machine 101. The memory card slot 234 is a slot for setting the memory card 235. The NIC 241 is a controller for a network communication by a MAC address. The USB device 242 is a device for providing a connection terminal of a USB standard. The IEEE1394 device 243 is a device for providing a connection terminal of an IEEE1394 standard. The centronics device is a device for providing a connection terminal of a centronics type.
The process of the NCS 161 mediates network communication. The process of the FCS 162 provides the API of a facsimile. The process of the DCS 163 performs a control with respect to distribution processing of accumulated documents. The process of the ECS 164 performs a control of the image taking part 204 and a printing part 205. The process of the MCS 165 performs a control with respect to memories and a hard disk drive. The process of the OCS 166 performs a control with respect to the operation panel. The process of the CCS 167 performs a control with respect to an authentication process or a billing process. The process of the UCS 168 performs a control with respect to management of user information. The process of the SCS 169 performs a control with respect to management of the system.
Incidentally, the display image display controlling part 1483 may automatically terminate the thumbnail or the preview when a predetermined time (hereinafter called, a maximum display time) elapses after the thumbnail or the preview starts to be displayed, and notify the display image managing part 148 of the termination of the display image. In this case, the display image display controlling part 1483 records a time when the thumbnail or the preview is started in a memory (MEM-P231), and determines an elapsed time based on this start time.
1. An image forming device having an image reading unit, an image data memory, a display data memory and a display unit, and performing a plurality of applications, the image forming device comprising:
instruct the image reading unit to read image data, and store the image data in the image data memory according to a request from one of the plurality of applications;
generate a plurality of display data of the image data stored in the image data memory, and store the plurality of display data in the display image data memory according to requests from the plurality of applications, said display image data storage being configured to store identification information of the display data that is generated and stored according to each request from the plurality of applications in association with identification information of each of the plurality of applications, said display image data memory being inaccessible from the plurality of applications;
display the display data in the display unit according to a request from the one of the plurality of applications; and
delete only the display data associated with the identification information of the one of the plurality of applications that sends a termination notice of use of the display data from the display data memory.
2. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor deletes the display data from the display data memory when a predetermined time elapses after the processor displays the display data.
3. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor deletes the display data from the display data memory when a predetermined time elapses after the display data is generated.
a common memory configured to store image data used by the plurality of the applications, and to be accessible from the plurality of the applications, wherein the processor is further configured to copy the display data stored in the display data memory into the common memory according to the request from the application, and
wherein the processor deletes the display data copied into the common memory from the display data memory.
an exclusive memory configured to store image data exclusively for a particular application, wherein the processor is further configured to copy the display data stored in the display data memory into the exclusive memory according to the request from the particular application.
6. A method of managing data using an image forming device executing a plurality of applications and having a processor to execute the method, an image reading unit, an image data memory, a display data memory, and a display unit, comprising the steps of:
instructing the image reading unit to read image data, and storing the image data in the image data memory according to a request from one of the plurality of applications;
generating a plurality of display data corresponding to the image data stored in the image data memory, and storing the plurality of display data in the display data memory according to requests from the plurality of applications, said display image data storage being configured to store identification information of the display data that is generated and stored according to each request from the plurality of applications in association with identification information of each of the plurality of applications, said display data memory being inaccessible from the plurality of applications;
displaying the display data on the display unit according to a request from the one of the plurality of applications; and
deleting only the display data associated with the identification information of the one of the plurality of applications that sends a termination notice of use of the display data from the display data memory.
7. The method of managing the data as claimed in claim 6, wherein the display data is deleted from the display data memory when a predetermined time elapses after the display unit displays the display data.
8. The method of managing the data as claimed in claim 6, wherein the display data is deleted from the display data memory when a predetermined time elapses after the display data is generated.
copying the display data stored in the display data memory into a common memory provided to the image forming device according to the request from the application, said common memory being accessible from the plurality of the applications,
wherein the display data that is copied into the common memory is deleted from the display data memory in the deleting step.
copying the display data stored in the display data memory into an exclusive memory provided to the image forming device according to the request from a particular application, said exclusive memory storing image data exclusively for the particular application.
11. A non-transitory computer program product for executing a method by an image forming device, said image forming device executing a plurality of applications and having an image reading unit, an image data memory, a display data memory, and a display unit, said method comprising the steps of:
generating a plurality of display data corresponding to the image data stored in the image data memory, and storing the plurality of display data in the display data memory according to requests from the plurality of applications, said display image data memory being configured to store identification information of the display data that is generated and stored according to each request from the plurality of applications in association with identification information of each of the plurality of applications, said display data memory being inaccessible from the plurality of applications;
12. The non-transitory computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the display data is deleted from the display data memory when a predetermined time elapses after the display unit displays the display data.
13. The non-transitory computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the display data is deleted from the display data memory when a predetermined time elapses after the display data is generated.
14. The non-transitory computer program product as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:
wherein the display data copied into the common memory is deleted from the display data memory in the deleting step.
15. The non-transitory computer program product as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:
16. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the processor generates and stores the display data for each of two or more applications, the processor deletes only the display data associated with the identification information of the application among the two or more applications that sends the termination notice of use of the display data from the display data memory.
17. The image forming device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to delete said only the display data associated with the identification information of the one of the plurality of applications upon receiving the termination notice without receiving a request to delete the display data.
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