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EP0684526A2
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Equipment control apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1992-04-16
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-04-16
Abstract
Abstract The described equipment controlling apparatus is adapted for controlling communication between an image formation apparatus (100) for recording an image on a recording medium and external apparatus (999) located at a position apart from said equipment controlling apparatus (800) and said image formation apparatus; it comprises storage means for storing data indicative of a state of the image formation apparatus, communication means for communicating with the external apparatus (999) and transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of the stored data to said external apparatus. It is characterized in that said data comprise a total count value of image formation operations at the time of an abnormality in said image formation apparatus and a type of the abnormality.
Inventors
- 👤 Satoshi Kuroyanagi
- 👤 Masanori Miyata
- 👤 Hideki Adachi
- 👤 Shinichi Nakamura
- 👤 Naoyuki Ohki
- 👤 Tokuharu Kaneko
- 👤 Hiroshi Ozaki
- 👤 Hisatsugu Tahara
- 👤 Satoshi Kaneko
- 👤 Taisei Fukada
- 👤 Mitsuharu Takizawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 19:11
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/0703; G06F11/0706; G06F11/0733; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/5075; G03G15/5079; G03G21/00; G03G21/16; G03G21/1642; G03G21/1652; G06F11/0748; H; H04; H04M; H04M11/00; H04M11/007; G03G15/55; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00025; G03G2215/00109; G03G2221/00; G03G2221/16; G03G2221/1672; G03G2221/1675; G03G2221/1696; G06F11/22; G06F11/2294; G06F11/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
An equipment controlling apparatus for controlling communication between an image formation apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium and external apparatus located at a position apart from said equipment controlling apparatus and said image formation apparatus, said controlling apparatus comprising: storage means for storing data indicative of a state of the image formation apparatus; communication means for communicating with the external apparatus; and transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of the stored data to said external apparatus, characterized in that said data comprise a total count value of image formation operations at the time of an abnormality in said image formation apparatus and a type of the abnormality.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
An equipment controlling apparatus for controlling communication between an image formation apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium and external apparatus located at a position apart from said equipment controlling apparatus and said image formation apparatus, said controlling apparatus comprising: storage means for storing data indicative of a state of the image formation apparatus; communication means for communicating with the external apparatus; and transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of the stored data to said external apparatus, characterized in that said data comprise a total count value of image formation operations at the time of an abnormality in said image formation apparatus and a type of the abnormality.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data includes a date in which the abnormality is occurred.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission instruction means issues its instruction when the abnormality occurs in said image formation apparatus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission instruction means issues its instruction at a predetermined time.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission instruction means issues its instruction after a predetermined number of image recordings are performed by said image formation apparatus.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission instruction means issues its instruction when trouble occurs in said image formation apparatus with respect to said recording medium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission instruction means issues its instruction when expendables consumed by said image formation apparatus are exhausted.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission instruction means issues its instruction when a counter value equals a predetermined value.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
An equipment controlling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication means makes communication with a second telephone number when the communication cannot be made with a first telephone number.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US5084875A
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