Patent ID: 8112617

Claim:
An information processing device comprising: a screen display control part configured to display an operation screen; a firmware update part configured to update a firmware of the screen display control part; an operating state holding part configured to store an operating state of the information processing device at a time of displaying the operation screen after the firmware is updated by the firmware update part; and a high-speed starting part configured to start the information processing device and to display the operation screen based on the operating state stored by the operating state holding part, wherein the information processing device is operational in one of a first starting mode and a second starting mode, all functions of the information processing device being fully executable in the first starting mode and the functions of the information processing device being partially executable in the second starting mode, and wherein, after the firmware is updated by the firmware update part in the second starting mode and the second starting mode is changed to the first starting mode, the operating state holding part stores in the first starting mode the operating state of the information processing device at the time of displaying the operation screen.