US 2017/0364346 A1Published application

Apparatus, system and method for updating a peripheral connected to image processing device

AssigneesCanon Information and Imaging Solutions, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.

InventorsJiayin Peng, Jiuyuan Ge, Song Cang, Bryan Heller

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Abstract

An image processing device and control method that includes a processor and a memory storing a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, controls the image processing device to receive a first data object representing a software update to be applied to the at least one peripheral device coupled to the image processing device. A communication mode switch message is generated to change a mode of communicating data between the at least one peripheral device and the image processing device and communicate the communication mode switch message to the at least one peripheral device. Currently active communication mode is disabled and a previously disabled communication pathway of the at least one peripheral device is activated as an update mode. The data representing the software update is transmitted via the update mode to apply the software update to the at least one peripheral device.

Claims21

Dependent claims

An image processing device comprising:

at least one peripheral device, connected to the image processing device and including software executing thereon that controls one or more functions of the at least one peripheral device:
a processor;
and
a memory storing a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, controls the image processing device to:
receive a first data object representing an software update to be applied to the software executing on the at least one peripheral device coupled to the image processing device;
generate a communication mode switch message to change, on the at least one peripheral device, a mode of communicating data between the at least one peripheral device and the image processing device;
communicate the communication mode switch message to the at least one peripheral device;
disable, on the at least one peripheral device, a currently active communication mode that uses a first communication pathway that enables communication between the image processing device and the at least one peripheral device;
activate, on the at least one peripheral device, a second communication pathway that was previously disabled during the active communication mode as an update mode enabling the image processing device to communicate with the at least one peripheral via the second communication pathway;
and
transmit the data object representing the update via the update mode to apply the update to the software executing on the at least one peripheral device.

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A method, performed by an image processing device, of updating software executing on a peripheral device connected to the image processing device comprising:

receiving, and storing in memory of the image processing device, a first data object representing an update to be applied to the software executing on the peripheral device connected to the image processing device;
generating a communication mode switch message to change, on the peripheral device, a mode of communicating data between the peripheral device and the image processing device;
communicating the communication mode switch message to the peripheral device;
disabling, on the peripheral device, a currently active communication mode that uses a first communication pathway that enables communication between the image processing device and the peripheral;
activating, on the peripheral device, a second communication pathway that was previously disabled during the active communication mode as an update mode;
and
transmitting the data object representing the update via the update mode to apply the update to the software executing on the peripheral device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.