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US 2014/0373000 A1Published application
Information processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichi Kanematsu
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus stores update firmware for updating the firmware of an option unit. When the option unit is connected to the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus updates the firmware of the option unit by using the stored update firmware.
Claims7
An information processing apparatus to which an option unit is connectable, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store update firmware for updating firmware of the option unit;
- an update unit configured to update the firmware of the option unit by using the update firmware stored in the storage unit;
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- a setting unit configured to set any one of a first update method in which the update unit updates the firmware of the option unit in both cases where a version of the firmware of the option unit is to be upgraded and where the version of the firmware of the option unit is to be downgraded, and a second update method in which the update unit updates the firmware of the option unit in a case where the version of the firmware of the option unit is to be upgraded and does not update the firmware of the option unit in a case where the version of the firmware of the option unit is to be downgraded,
- wherein the update unit operates according to the update method set by the setting unit.
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