Image processing apparatus and execution control method of rewrite protection
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaki HIGASHIURA
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a setter that sets any one of a first security setting and a second security setting different from the first security setting in the image processing apparatus, one or more storages that store firmware and a verification program verifying whether or not the firmware has been tampered with, and one or more controllers that control execution of rewrite protection for a part of a storage area including the verification program in accordance with the first security setting or the second security setting set in the image processing apparatus.
Claims7
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a setter that sets any one of a first security setting and a second security setting different from the first security setting in the image processing apparatus;
- one or more storages that store firmware and a verification program verifying whether or not the firmware has been tampered with;
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- one or more controllers that control execution of rewrite protection for a part of a storage area including the verification program in accordance with the first security setting or the second security setting set in the image processing apparatus.
An execution control method of rewrite protection, the execution control method of rewrite protection comprising:
- storing firmware and a verification program verifying whether or not the firmware has been tampered with;
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- controlling execution of rewrite protection for a part of a storage area including the verification program in accordance with a first security setting or a second security setting set in an image processing apparatus, the second security setting being different from the first security setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.