Control device for image forming apparatus

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395474, 3642302, 3642457, 364DIG1, G06F 900

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ABSTRACT:
A control device for an image forming apparatus with plural loads includes plural execution units for executing plural processes in accordance with at least one of a plurality of programs stored in the program memory, a monitor unit for controlling an image forming sequence and monitoring process operations of plural control execution units in accordance with at least one plurality of programs, an input unit for inputting data required for the operations of the plural control execution units, a system bus to which the system execution units in the monitor access, and a memory unit, contents of which can be read out and written in by the plural execution units and monitor unit, wherein the monitor unit and the plural control execution unit access a system bus in a time-divisional manner such that the monitor unit and the plural control execution unit is prepared to be operated in turn, and the monitor unit selects fewer of the execution units when a task to be allocated requires faster processing and wherein the monitor unit determines the task to be executed in the image forming sequence, identifies an idle control execution unit and allocates the determined task to the idle control execution unit for execution.

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