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Electronic equipment, printer, program and consumption material

A technology for electronic devices and printers, which is applied in the field of prompting users to update firmware, and can solve problems such as firmware updates and updated versions of electronic devices that cannot be updated.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-14
SONY CORP
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That is, even when new firmware is provided after the consumable is put into commercial distribution, it may not be possible to update the firmware of the electronic device to a version newer than the firmware version stored in the consumable

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[0042] A firmware update prompting technique according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described below.

[0043] It should be noted that known or publicly known techniques in the technical field to which the present invention pertains will be applied to features not specifically illustrated or described in this specification.

[0044] In addition, it should be noted that the embodiment described below illustrates one example of an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0045] (A) Self-operating type printer

[0046] A description will now be given of a case in which the technology proposed by the present inventors is incorporated into a self-operation type printer. It should be noted that in this specification, a self-operating type printer refers to a printing system for business use installed in shopping malls, event venues, and other such locations.

[0047] In the following description, it is assumed...

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Abstract

An electronic equipment comprises: consumption materials edition information holding part for holding the edition information of firmware read from the information medium of the consumption materials loaded in the personal machine; personal machine edition information holding part for holding the edition information of firmware used in the personal machine; edition information comparing part for comparing the edition information of consumption materials and the edition information of the personal machine; and renew information informing part for displaying information for presenting the update firmware at the information displaying part of the said personal machine and another machine when the said edition information of the consumption materials is newer than the edition information of the personal machine.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] The present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP2006-133414 filed in the Japan Patent Office on May 12, 2006, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0003] The invention disclosed in this specification relates to a technique of prompting a user to update firmware when automatic firmware update may not be available. It should be noted that firmware refers to basic software embedded in electronic equipment for controlling hardware. [0004] The scope of the present invention proposed by the present inventors includes electronic equipment, printers, programs, and consumables. Background technique [0005] Firmware embedded in electronic devices needs to be updated when appropriate in order to provide functional enhancements or fix issues. Typically, firmware updates are announced via WEB sites set up on the Internet. [0006] However, th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N1/00G03G15/00
CPCG06F8/65G06F3/123G06F9/546G06F8/654
Inventor 阿部仁肥田正信
Owner SONY CORP
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