Firmware updating method, image forming apparatus, and storage medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8949816
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13907211

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An updating method for firmware that is stored as a file in an image forming apparatus that includes a file system that has a journaling function. The method comprises determining whether an update for the firmware is instructed, and determining to update the firmware when it is determined that the update is instructed; determining whether firmware for the update is stored in a storing unit when it is determined to update the firmware, and disabling the journaling function when the firmware for the update is stored in the storing unit; and updating the firmware by use of the firmware for the update in a state in which the journaling function is disabled.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Goda, Keigo Kawasaki, JP 21 61

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