Image processing apparatuses and systems for responding to writing errors associated with hard disk devices
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTatsuyoshi Haga
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Abstract
A self-diagnosis function is used to acquire information showing the state of deterioration of a hard disk device, and when the hard disk device is deteriorated, a job is executed under the control which is different from that in the case where the hard disk device is not deteriorated. For example, copying job is executed in the HDD use mode in the case of non-deterioration, and copying job is executed in the HDD non-use mode (an image memory is used) in the case of deterioration. Further, the number of retrials by an alternative sector in the case of occurrence of errors of writing in a hard disk device in the course of job execution is changed according to the state of the deterioration.
Claims7
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a hard disk device which conducts reading or writing of image data during execution of a job, the job using the image data;
- an acquisition section which acquires information indicating a state of deterioration of the hard disk device;
- and
- a control section which executes the job, the control section being configured to perform operations comprising:
- setting a condition for a retrial treatment, the retrial treatment comprising trying to write the image data on a second sector of the hard disk device that is different from a first sector of the hard disk device that was previously used in an attempt to write the image data, the condition comprising at least one of:
- an upper limit to repeat retrial treatments, or a retrial interval for repeat retrial treatments;
- detecting a writing error during a writing of the image data on the hard disk device;
- and
- conducting the retrial treatment based on the set condition,
- wherein if the hard disk device is determined to have deteriorated more than a standard threshold, the control section:
- sets the upper limit to a number greater than a number that would be used for the upper limit if the hard disk device were determined not to have deteriorated more than the standard threshold, or
- sets the retrial interval to be longer than the retrial interval that would be used if the hard disk device were determined not to have deteriorated more than the standard threshold.
An image processing system comprising an image processing apparatus communicatively coupled to a control server, wherein the image processing apparatus comprises:
- a hard disk device which conducts reading or writing of image data during execution of a job, the job using the image data;
- an acquisition section which acquires information indicating a state of deterioration of the hard disk device;
- and
- a control section which executes the job, the control section being configured to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting the information acquired by the acquisition section to the control server;
- receiving from the control server a determination of whether the hard disk device has deteriorated more than a predetermined standard threshold;
- setting a condition for a retrial treatment, the retrial treatment comprising writing the image data on a second sector of the hard disk device that is different from a first sector of the hard disk device that has been previously used in an attempt to write the image data, the condition comprising at least one of:
- an upper limit to repeat retrial treatments, or a retrial interval for repeat retrial treatments;
- detecting a writing error during writing of the image data on the hard disk device;
- and
- conducting the retrial treatment based on the condition for the retrial treatment,
- wherein if the hard disk device is determined to have deteriorated more than the standard threshold, the control section:
- sets the upper limit to a number greater than a number that would be used for the upper limit if the hard disk device were determined not to have deteriorated more than the standard threshold, or
- sets the retrial interval to be longer than the retrial interval that would be used if the hard disk device were determined not to have deteriorated more than the standard threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.