Imaging apparatus and remote management system of the same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTatsuya Imai
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Abstract
In a multi-function imaging machine, a termination condition for each application is managed at a remote location, and a termination operation of the application based on the termination condition is controlled at the imaging apparatus. This imaging apparatus implements a plurality of different applications related to imaging and includes a communication unit that enables transmission and reception of information between an external apparatus, a table that records an application usage state and a termination condition set by the external apparatus for each application, and a control unit that determines whether or not any of the applications satisfies the termination condition during activation by referring to the table, and terminates the application when the termination condition is satisfied.
Claims22
An imaging apparatus that implements a plurality of different applications, comprising:
- a communication unit that transmits information to an external apparatus and receives information including a termination condition for each of the applications from the external apparatus;
- a table that records an application usage state and a termination condition set by the external apparatus for each of the applications;
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- a control unit that records into the table the termination condition received from the external apparatus, determines whether or not any of the applications satisfies said termination condition during activation by referring to the table, and terminates said application when the termination condition is satisfied.
A remote management system, comprising:
- an imaging apparatus implementing a plurality of different applications;
- and
- a remote management apparatus, connected to the imaging apparatus via a network, that manages an operation condition of the imaging apparatus;
- wherein:
- the remote management apparatus sets a termination condition for terminating each application of the imaging apparatus and sends the set termination condition to the imaging apparatus via the network;
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- the imaging apparatus stores the termination condition received from the remote management apparatus in a storage area in association with the corresponding application, and terminates the application that satisfies the termination condition during activation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.