# US 2016/0366304 A1 · Image forming apparatus and image forming method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366304 A1 - Document ID: US20160366304A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/177,472 - Filed: 2016-06-09 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-15 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Koji HAYASHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366304A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/60: Colour correction or control {(H04N1/54 takes precedence)} - G06T 1/20: Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining - H04N 1/32101: {Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract An image forming apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to execute image processing that is requested, by using a parameter stored in a second storage unit included in the image processing unit; a control unit configured to store the parameter to be used by the image processing unit in a first storage unit, and generate identification information indicating a storage position of the parameter and store the identification in the first storage unit; and a transfer unit configured to acquire the parameter from the first storage unit based on the identification information stored in the first storage unit, and transfer the parameter to the second storage unit. The control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit without storing the parameter in the first storage unit, according to the acquired parameter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming apparatus comprising: an image processing unit configured to execute image processing that is requested, by using a parameter stored in a second storage unit included in the image processing unit; a control unit configured to store the parameter to be used by the image processing unit in a first storage unit, and generate identification information indicating a storage position of the parameter and store the identification in the first storage unit; and a transfer unit configured to acquire the parameter from the first storage unit based on the identification information stored in the first storage unit, and transfer the parameter to the second storage unit, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit without storing the parameter in the first storage unit, according to the acquired parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit, when a standby time of the image processing based on the parameter is greater than or equal to a predetermined time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit, when a number of planes of an image formed by the image processing based on the parameter, is less than a predetermined number. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores a parameter for color for a first side, a parameter for monochrome for the first side, a parameter for color for a second side, and a parameter for monochrome for the second side in the first storage unit, and the transfer unit transfers at least one of the parameter for color for the first side and the parameter for monochrome for the first side to the second storage unit when image processing of the first side is requested, and the transfer unit transfers at least one of the parameter for color for the second side and the parameter for monochrome for the second side to the second storage unit when image processing of the second side is requested. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit stores a parameter for color for a first side, a parameter for monochrome for the first side, a parameter for color for a second side, and a parameter for monochrome for the second side in the first storage unit, and the transfer unit transfers at least one of the parameter for color for the first side and the parameter for monochrome for the first side to the second storage unit when image processing of the first side is requested, and the transfer unit transfers at least one of the parameter for color for the second side and the parameter for monochrome for the second side to the second storage unit when image processing of the second side is requested. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit stores a parameter for color for a first side, a parameter for monochrome for the first side, a parameter for color for a second side, and a parameter for monochrome for the second side in the first storage unit, and the transfer unit transfers at least one of the parameter for color for the first side and the parameter for monochrome for the first side to the second storage unit when image processing of the first side is requested, and the transfer unit transfers at least one of the parameter for color for the second side and the parameter for monochrome for the second side to the second storage unit when image processing of the second side is requested. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit, when the transfer of the parameter by the transfer unit is unsuccessful. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit, when the transfer of the parameter by the transfer unit is unsuccessful. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit, when the transfer of the parameter by the transfer unit is unsuccessful. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit stores the parameter in the second storage unit, when the transfer of the parameter by the transfer unit is unsuccessful. ### Claim 11 An image forming method executed by an image forming apparatus including an image processing unit configured to execute image processing that is requested, by using a parameter stored in a second storage unit, the image forming method comprising: acquiring the parameter and storing the parameter in a first storage unit, and generating identification information indicating a storage position of the parameter and storing the identification information in the first storage unit; and acquiring the parameter from the first storage unit based on the identification information stored in the first storage unit, and transferring the parameter to the second storage unit, wherein the parameter is stored in the second storage unit without being stored in the first storage unit, when the acquired parameter is a predetermined parameter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process for performing the image forming method according to claim 11.