Abstract:
Provided is an image formation device with which expanded is easy and the development cost can be reduced. A device control platform manages hardware resource in an operating system. A standard application service interface unit provides an interface for utilizing a standard application function from outside of a standard application execution unit. A platform service interface unit provides an interface for utilizing hardware resource from the outside of the device control platform. A standard function service enables the use of the standard application functions corresponding to the standard application service interface unit. An expanded function service enables the use of the hardware resource corresponding to the platform service interface unit. An expanded application management unit manages and executes expanded applications capable of calling the standard function service and the expanded function service.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus (100) includes a guaranteed area (RA), a receiving section (501), a second determination section (504), and an execution section (505). The receiving section (501) receives jobs (JB). When the receiving section (501) receives a first job (JB1), the second determination section (504) determines whether or not a first user (U1) who has input the first job (JB1) matches a second user (U2) who has input a second job (JB2) that is under execution using the guaranteed area (RA). When the second determination section (504) determines that the first user (U1) matches the second user (U2), the execution section (505) loads an image included in the first job (JB1) into the guaranteed area (RA), and executes the first job (JB1) subsequent to the second job (JB2).
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided with a control circuit. The apparatus control platform where the control circuit manages the hardware resources on an operating system. The standard-application executing part executes the standard application using the managed hardware resources. The extended application platform makes the function of the standard application executed use, and makes the hardware resources use, and it has a standard application service interface part that provides the common interface corresponding to the function of the standard application as an interface for using the function of the standard application. The standard function service searches presence or absence of the standard application, and when the standard application does not present, cancels use of the standard function service from the extended application.
Abstract:
Provided is an image forming device includes a control circuit having (1) a device control platform managing a hardware resource on an operating system, (2) a standard application execution part executing a standard application utilizing the hardware resource under the control of the device control platform, (3) an extended application platform with a standard function service that allows for a utilization of a function of the standard application executed by the standard application execution part, and (4) an install service adding, without having to change a configuration of a standard firmware, an interface in order to cope with a function that is not available and allowing for utilization thereof.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a hard disc drive storing a database including image formation authority of a registered user and a remaining available amount and ID information for specifying the remaining available amount of the database to be updated based on processing detail data serving as data indicating processing details of the image forming apparatus; an image forming device; an auxiliary storage device storing processing management data including the processing detail data; and a controller managing details of processing performed by the image forming device. After ending of processing performed by the registered user, the controller uses the processing management data stored in the auxiliary storage device to update the remaining available amount specified by use of the ID information and deletes the processing management data from the auxiliary storage device in response to completion of the update.
Abstract:
Provided is an image forming apparatus having a control circuit. The control circuit includes a standard application execution circuit, an apparatus control platform, and a standard application control circuit. The standard application execution circuit has the standard application execution service that executes a standard application. The apparatus control platform includes control service, apparatus control execution service, and an apparatus control management service. The control service controls hardware on an operating system. The apparatus control execution service executes the control service with an interface that is an executing procedure of the control service. The apparatus control management service instructs a call of the control service to the apparatus control execution service. The standard application control circuit manages a state of the standard application and provides an interface for using the hardware resources of the standard application execution service.
Abstract:
Provided is the image forming apparatus, image formation method, and recording medium, which make unnecessary a change of the function in the side of a whole apparatus control platform, when the addition (extension) of the function of application is needed. Image processing service I/F, device operation service I/F, and network communication service I/F of a platform service I/F part are independent, without cooperating, respectively. Then, image processing service, device operation service, and network communication service of each part controlling service are called. That is calling a control service providing part of each part controlling service corresponding to the request from the standard application, directly, by each control service call part.