Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorKatsunori Teshima
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Abstract
A control unit to set a priority level to operate the audio replay function so that the priority level is higher in an abnormal operation of the apparatus than in a normal operation of the apparatus is provided in the image forming apparatus 10 which comprises a plurality of functions including an image forming function and an audio replay function. For example, the priority level of the audio replay function to a lowest level in the normal operation, and sets to a highest level next to a priority level of the image forming function in the abnormal operation.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of functions including an image forming function and an audio replay function;
- and
- a control unit to set a priority level to operate the audio replay function so that the priority level is higher in an abnormal operation of the apparatus than in a normal operation of the apparatus.
An image forming apparatus which executes a plurality of functions in an order of a predetermined priority level, comprising:
- a plurality of devices which are connected to a commonly used bus and which include an audio replay unit;
- and
- a control unit which determines whether the image forming apparatus is in an abnormal condition or not, and which sets a priority level to operate an audio replay function carried out by the audio replay unit so as to be at a higher level than a priority level in a normal operation of the apparatus when the apparatus is determined as being in the abnormal condition.
A controlling method of an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of devices including an audio replay unit are connected to a commonly used bus and which executes a function by each device in an order of a predetermined priority level, comprising:
- determining whether the image forming apparatus is in an abnormal condition or not;
- setting a priority level to operate an audio replay function to be carried out by an audio replay unit so as to be at a higher priority level than the priority level in a normal operation of the apparatus when it is determined that the image forming apparatus is in the abnormal condition, and
- executing a function of each device according to the set priority level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.