IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• Main Author: AIDA KEIGO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.04.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a repair function of firmware by suppressing cost.SOLUTION: An image processing device for processing an image includes first verification means for verifying the validity of a common part included in a piece of firmware of an activation object among a plurality of pieces of firmware, and repair means for repairing a common part included in the piece of firmware of the activation object by using a common part included in a piece of firmware that is not the activation object among the plurality of pieces of firmware in the case that the first verification means does not verify that the common part included in the piece of firmware of the activation object is valid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】コストを抑えて、ファームウェアの修復機能を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】画像を処理する画像処理装置であって、複数のファームウェアのうち、起動対象のファームウェアに含まれる共通部の正当性を検証する第１の検証手段と、第１の検証手段により起動対象のファームウェアに含まれる共通部が正当でないと検証された場合、複数のファームウェアのうち、起動対象でないファームウェアに含まれる共通部を用いて、起動対象のファームウェアに含まれる共通部を修復する修復手段と、を有する。【選択図】図３