IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT EXECUTE APPLICATION

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising a control circuit, and the control circuit includes:
a standard application execution circuit that has a standard application execution service for executing a standard application; control service that controls hardware on an operating system; apparatus control execution service that executes the control service with an interface as an executing procedure of the control service; an apparatus control platform that has an apparatus control management service for instructing a call of the control service to the apparatus control execution service; and a standard application control circuit that provides an interface for managing a state of the standard application and for using hardware resources of the standard application execution service.