IP Library Granted Patent US 11,327,522
Granted Patent B2
US 11,327,522 · App. 16/297,729 · Granted May 10, 2022

Information processing apparatus and circuit device

Inventors: Masahiro Kobata (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Imamura (Kanagawa, JP); Shinho Ikeda (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiko Abe (Kanagawa, JP); Yuji Murata (Kanagawa, JP); Takanori Fukuoka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F1/04B41J29/38G03G15/50
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Patent No.
US 11,327,522
App. No.
16/297,729
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first controller that operates while receiving first power and executes device-independent control; a second controller that operates while receiving second power and controls a device on a basis of a command from the first controller; a clock management unit that operates while receiving continuous power, and limits supply of a first clock signal to the first controller until the first power is supplied and limits supply of a second clock signal to the second controller until the second power is supplied; and a reset cancellation management unit that operates while receiving continuous power, limits supply of a first reset cancellation signal to the first controller until operation using the first clock signal starts and limits supply of a second reset cancellation signal to the second controller until operation using the second clock signal starts.

Claims (58)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first control circuit that operates while receiving first power and executes device-independent control;

a second control circuit that operates while receiving second power and controls a device on a basis of a command from the first control circuit;

a clock management circuit that is coupled to the first control circuit and operates while receiving continuous power, and limits supply of a first clock signal to the first control circuit until the first power is supplied and limits supply of a second clock signal to the second control circuit until the second power is supplied; and

a reset cancellation management circuit that is coupled to the second control circuit and operates while receiving continuous power, limits supply of a first reset cancellation signal to the first control circuit until operation using the first clock signal starts and limits supply of a second reset cancellation signal to the second control circuit until operation using the second clock signal starts, wherein supply of the first clock signal is controlled by a first enable signal line, and supply of the second clock signal is controlled by a second enable signal line,

in response to a restart operation of the first control circuit, the first power is supplied to the first control circuit before the second power is supplied to the second control circuit, the second power is not supplied to the second control circuit until the first reset cancellation signal is supplied to the first control circuit,

in response to a restart operation of the second control circuit, the second power is supplied to the second control circuit before the first power is supplied to the first control circuit, the first power is not supplied to the first control circuit until the second reset cancellation signal is supplied to the second control circuit,

the first power and the second power originates from different power sources, and

a power source of the first clock or the second clock is different from the first power or the second power.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

supply of the first clock signal and the second clock signal is controlled by a single enable signal line.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first reset cancellation signal and the second reset cancellation signal are supplied through a common signal line.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

supply of the first clock signal and supply of the second clock signal are individually controlled; and

the first reset cancellation signal and the second reset cancellation signal are supplied through a common signal line.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

supply of the first clock signal and supply of the second clock signal are controlled at individual timings; and

the first reset cancellation signal and the second reset cancellation signal are supplied through individual signal lines.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

supply of the first clock signal and supply of the second clock signal are controlled at a common timing; and

the first reset cancellation signal and the second reset cancellation signal are supplied through a common signal line.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the clock management circuit and the reset cancellation management circuit is provided outside the first control circuit and the second control circuit.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the clock management circuit and the reset cancellation management circuit are modularized.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a ease where an external substrate that operates while receiving the first power s connected to the first control circuit, the clock management circuit limits supply of the first clock signal to the substrate until the first power is supplied, and the reset cancellation management circuit limits supply of the first reset cancellation signal to the substrate until operation of the first control circuit starts.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the clock management circuit limits supply of the first clock signal and supply of the second clock signal until supply of both of the first power and the second power starts; and

the reset cancellation management circuit limits supply of the first reset cancellation signal and supply of the second reset cancellation signal until supply of both of the first power and the second power starts.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

whether control of the limitation of supply of the first clock signal and the limitation of supply of the second clock signal is individual or common is switchable.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

how to control the limitation of supply of the first clock signal and the limitation of supply of the second clock signal is switched in accordance with a target directly or indirectly controlled by the first control circuit or in accordance with a purpose.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

how to control the limitation of supply of the first reset cancellation signal and the limitation of supply of the second reset cancellation signal is switched in accordance with a target directly or indirectly controlled by the first control circuit or in accordance with a purpose.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

whether control of the limitation of supply of the first reset cancellation signal and the limitation of supply of the second reset cancellation signal is individual or common is switchable.

15. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first control circuit that operates while receiving first power and executes device-independent control;

a second control circuit that operates while receiving second power and controls a device on a basis of a command from the first control circuit;

a first management circuit that is coupled to the first control circuit and operates while receiving continuous power, and limits supply of a first clock signal to the first control circuit until the first power is supplied and limits supply of a first reset cancellation signal to the first control circuit until operation using the first clock signal starts; and

a second management circuit that is coupled to the second control circuit and operates while receiving continuous power, and limits supply of a second clock signal to the second control circuit until the second power is supplied and limits supply of a second reset cancellation signal to the second control circuit until operation using the second clock signal starts,

wherein supply of the first clock signal is controlled by a first enable signal line, and supply of the second clock signal is controlled by a second enable signal line,

in response to a restart operation of the first control circuit, the first power is supplied to the first control circuit before the second power is supplied to the second control circuit, the second power is not supplied to the second control circuit until the first reset cancellation signal is supplied to the first control circuit,

in response to a restart operation of the second control circuit, the second power is supplied to the second control circuit before the first power is supplied to the first control circuit, the first power is not supplied to the first control circuit until the second reset cancellation signal is supplied to the second control circuit,

the first power and the second power originates from different power sources, and

a power source of the first clock or the second clock is different from the first power or the second power.

16. A circuit device comprising:

a first control circuit that operates while receiving first power, executes device-independent control, and gives a command to a second control circuit that controls a device while receiving second power;

a clock management circuit that is coupled to the first control circuit and operates while receiving continuous power, and limits supply of a first clock signal to the first control circuit until the first power is supplied and limits supply of a second clock signal to the second control circuit until the second power is supplied; and

a reset cancellation management circuit that is coupled to the second control circuit and operates while receiving continuous power, limits supply of a first reset cancellation signal to the first control circuit until operation using the first clock signal starts and limits supply of a second reset cancellation signal to the second control circuit until operation using the second clock signal starts,

wherein supply of the first clock signal is controlled by a first enable signal line, and supply of the second clock signal is controlled by a second enable signal line,

in response to a restart operation of the first control circuit, the first power is supplied to the first control circuit before the second power is supplied to the second control circuit, the second power is not supplied to the second control circuit until the first reset cancellation signal is supplied to the first control circuit,

in response to a restart operation of the second control circuit, the second power is supplied to the second control circuit before the first power is supplied to the first control circuit, the first power is not supplied to the first control circuit until the second reset cancellation signal is supplied to the second control circuit,

the first power and the second power originates from different power sources, and

a power source of the first clock or the second clock is different from the first power or the second power.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 18, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056266/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2019
From: KOBATA, MASAHIRO; IMAMURA, KENJI; IKEDA, SHINHO; ABE, KAZUHIKO; MURATA, YUJI; FUKUOKA, TAKANORI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048629/0812 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-051729 · Mar 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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