Device management system, device management method, and image forming apparatus

摘要

A device management system for managing a plurality of image forming apparatuses each having a power save mode in which electric power is supplied from a battery includes: a process accepting unit configured to accept a process request issued to a first image forming apparatus of the image forming apparatuses; a mode determining unit configured to determine whether the first image forming apparatus is in the power save mode; a search unit configured to, when the first image forming apparatus is determined to be in the power save mode, search the image forming apparatuses for a second image forming apparatus that is not in the power save mode; and a request transfer unit configured to transfer a command to perform a process according to the process request to the second image forming apparatus.

主权项

1. A device management system configured to manage a plurality of apparatuses each having a power save mode in which electric power is supplied from a battery, the device management system comprising:
a process accepting unit configured to accept a process request issued to a first apparatus of the apparatuses; a mode determining unit configured to determine whether the first image forming apparatus is in the power save mode; a search unit configured to, when the first apparatus is in the power save mode, search for a second apparatus of the apparatuses that is not in the power save mode; a battery-level obtaining unit configured to obtain a battery charge level of each of the apparatuses; a request transfer unit configured to,
transfer the process request issued to the first apparatus to the second apparatus if the second apparatus that is not in the power save mode is found by the search, andtransfer the process request to a third apparatus of the apparatuses that is lowest in terms of the battery charge level, if the second apparatus that is not in the power save mode is not found by the search; and a battery-charge-level transmission unit, wherein
each of the apparatuses includes the battery-charge-level obtaining unit,when one of the apparatuses transitions to the power save mode, the battery-charge-level transmission unit is configured to transmit to other a apparatuses a battery charge level at a transition instant, the transition instant being an instant when the one apparatus transitions to the power save mode, and date and time of the transition instant, andwhen the first apparatus accepts the process request, the battery-charge-level obtaining unit of the first apparatus is configured to calculate a battery charge level at an acceptance instant, the acceptance instant being an instant when the process request is accepted of each of the apparatuses using the battery charge level at the transition instant, and the date and time of the transition instant transmitted by the battery-charge-level transmission unit.