1. A method of configuring a medical device, the method comprising:
automatically comparing a geographical jurisdiction of a regulatory approval to a geographical location identifier stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device operable to communicate with the medical device;
updating a regulatory approval status, stored in at least one of the medical device or the second device, in accordance with the comparison, the regulatory approval status corresponding to least one function performable by the medical device; and
enabling or a disabling the at least one function in the medical device based on the regulatory approval status.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein a geographical location of the medical device includes a location where the medical device is deemed to be located.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical device is an implantable medical device (IMD).
4. The method of claim 3, wherein a geographical location of the IMD includes a location where the IMD was implanted.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the IMD is a cardiac rhythm management device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling or disabling the function includes setting a status identifier corresponding to the function to a first value indicating that the function is not approved, wherein the first value disables the function, or setting the status identifier to a second value indicating that the function is approved, wherein the second value enables the function, the status identifier stored in at least one of the medical device and the second device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating a regulatory approval status includes:
updating a regulatory approval status stored in the second device; and communicating at least one identifier associated with the regulatory approval status to the medical device;
and wherein enabling or disabling the at least one function in accordance with the regulatory approval status includes enabling or disabling the function using the medical device.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein updating a regulatory approval status includes updating a regulatory approval status stored in the second device, and wherein enabling or disabling the at least one function in accordance with the regulatory approval status includes enabling or disabling the function using the second device.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein updating a regulatory approval status includes:
communicating at least one approved function to the medical device using the second device;
comparing at least one performable function to the approved function using the medical device; and
updating a regulatory approval status stored in the medical device in accordance with an outcome of a comparison.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling or disabling the performable function based on the regulatory approval status includes enabling the function when the medical device is deemed a clinical-use device.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling or disabling the performable function in the medical device based on the regulatory approval status includes enabling the function during a patient emergency.
12. The method of claim 11, enabling the function during a patient emergency includes wherein enabling the function for a timed duration.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one function includes performing a diagnostic test.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one function includes providing a therapy to a patient.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one function includes communicating using an approved communication frequency.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one function includes performing a sensing function.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes validating the at least one function having updated approval status.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the validating includes error-checking of information associated with the function and stored in the medical device.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein the validating includes verifying that functions do not contain conflicting parameters.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein the validating includes validating using the medical device.
21. The method of claim 17, wherein the validating includes validating using the second device.
22. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes providing notification of an update of a set of active functions of the medical device.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein providing notification of an update of a set of active functions of the medical device includes providing notification of an update to a third device.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein at least one device is an implantable medical device (IMD), and wherein providing notification of the update includes providing notification using the IMD.
25. The method of claim 22, wherein at least one device is an external device, and wherein providing notification of the update includes providing notification using the external device.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein providing notification of the update includes providing the notification over a conmmnication network.
27. The method of claim 26, wherein providing the notification over a communication network includes providing the notification to a central database.
28. A method of adjusting whether a function of a first medical device is active, the method comprising:
storing regulatory approval information in a second device operable to communicate with the first device, the approval information including regulatory approval by geographic location;
storing in the first device geographic location information associated with the first device, and storing in the second device geographic location information associated with the second device;
using approval status identifiers to enable or disable at least one function of the first device, wherein a first status identifier value is stored in the first device to represent a first regulatory approval status of the function, and wherein a second status identifier value is stored in the second device to represent a second regulatory approval status of the function; and
updating the first and second status identifiers according to at least one rule, wherein the at least one rule is applied to stored information including the stored geographical information and the status identifiers.
29. The method of claim 27, wherein using approval status identifiers includes assigning values to the status identifiers, wherein assigning a first value indicates an approved status and assigning a second value indicates an unapproved status.
30. The method of claim 28, wherein assigning values to the status identifiers includes assigning a third value to indicate an approval during clinical trials.
31. The method of claim 27, wherein updating the first and second status identifiers according to the at least one rule includes deeming the function approved.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein deeming the function approved includes indicating the availability of the function using the second device.
33. The method of claim 27, wherein updating the first and second status identifiers according to the at least one rule includes deeming the function unapproved.
34. The method of claim 32, wherein deeming the function unapproved includes preventing access to the first device using the second device.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein deeming the function unapproved includes triggering an alarm with the second device.
36. The method of claim 28, wherein updating the first and second status identifiers according to at least one rule includes deeming the function approved for clinical use.
37. The method of claim 28, wherein updating the first and second status identifiers according to at least one rule includes updating to effect the most restrictive use of the at least one function subject to approval.
38. The method of claim 28, wherein updating the first and second status identifiers according to at least one rule includes updating to effect the least restrictive use of the at least one function subject to approval.
39. The method of claim 28, wherein the first device is an implantable medical device (IMD).
40. The method of claim 39, wherein the second device is an IMD.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a reading unit configured to read an original document and generate image data;
a power source unit configured to supply power to the reading unit;
a power source switching signal output unit configured to output a switching signal for switching between supply and shut-off of the power for at least one of an image pickup element included in the reading unit and an image processing unit included in the reading unit;
a measuring unit configured measure a power stopping time while the power to the reading unit is shut off;
a judging unit configured to determine whether to carry out only a first initial setting for setting a first setup value in the reading unit when the measured power stopping time is less than a predetermined time and whether to carry out both the first initial setting and a second initial setting for setting a second setup value in the reading unit when the measured power stopping time is the predetermined time or more; and
an initial setting unit configured to carry out only the first initial setting or both the first initial setting and the second initial setting upon the determination by the judging unit.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein a temporal change of the second setup value obtained by the second initial setting is faster than a temporal change of the first setup value by the first initial setting.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the second initial setting includes at least one of an AGC adjustment, a white level adjustment, and a black level adjustment.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a predetermined value changing unit configured to set the predetermined time of the power stopping time smaller as a variation of an ambient temperature of the reading unit increases.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a predetermined value changing unit configured to accept a change of the predetermined time to be a predetermined value.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the reading unit includes
the image pickup element,
a first image processing unit as a first part of the image processing unit for carrying out AD conversion, and
a second image processing unit as a second part of the image processing unit for carrying out image processing, and
wherein the power source unit supplies the power to at least one of the an original document insertion sensor, an operations unit, and an outer IF unit connected to a network while the power source unit shuts off the power supplied to the reading unit.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the power source switching signal output unit outputs the switching signal for causing the power source unit to supply the power to the reading unit when a connection between the power source and an external power source is changed from being shut-off to being connected, and
the initial setting unit carries out only the first initial setting or both the first initial setting and the second initial setting.
8. A power supplying method for an image forming apparatus including
a reading unit configured to read an original document and generate image data,
a power source unit configured to supply a power to the reading unit,
a power source switching signal output unit configured to output a switching signal for switching between supply and shut-off of the power for at least one of an image pickup element included in the reading unit and an image processing unit included in the reading unit, the power supplying method comprising:
measuring a power stopping time while the power to the reading unit is shut off;
determining whether to carry out only a first initial setting for setting a first setup value in the reading unit when the measured power stopping time is less than a predetermined time and whether to carry out both the first initial setting and a second initial setting for setting a second setup value in the reading unit when the measured power stopping time is the predetermined time or more; and
carrying out only the first initial setting or both the first initial setting and the second initial setting upon the determination by the judging.
9. The power supplying method according to claim 8,
wherein a temporal change of the second setup value obtained by the second initial setting is faster than a temporal change of the first setup value by the first initial setting.
10. The power supplying method according to claim 8,
wherein the second initial setting includes at least one of an AGC adjustment, a white level adjustment, and a black level adjustment.
11. The power supplying method according to claim 8, further comprising:
setting the predetermined time of the power stopping time smaller as a variation of an ambient temperature of the reading unit increases.
12. The power supplying method according to claim 8, further comprising:
accepting a change of the predetermined time to be a predetermined value.
13. The power supplying method according to claim 8,
wherein, the power source switching output unit is also configured to output the switching signal for causing the power source unit to supply the power to the reading unit is output when a connection between the power source and an external power source is changed from being shut-off to being connected, and
wherein, in the carrying out, only the first initial setting or both the first initial setting and the second initial setting is used.
14. A non-transitory recording medium saving programs representing a sequence of instructions, the programs which when executed by a computer included in an image forming apparatus including
the computer, a reading unit configured to read an original document and generate image data, a power source unit configured to supply a power to the reading unit, and a power source switching signal output unit configured to output a switching signal for switching between supply and shut-off of the power for at least one of an image pickup element included in the reading unit and an image processing unit included in the reading unit,
the instructions cause the computer to functions as:
a measuring unit configured measure a power stopping time while the power to the reading unit is shut off;
a judging unit configured to determine to carry out only a first initial setting for setting a first setup value in the reading unit when the measured power stopping time is less than a predetermined time and carry out both the first initial setting and a second initial setting for setting a second setup value in the reading unit when the measured power stopping time is the predetermined time or more; and
an initial setting unit configured to carry out only the first initial setting or both the first initial setting and the second initial setting upon the determination by the judging unit.
15. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14,
wherein a temporal change of the second setup value obtained by the second initial setting is faster than a temporal change of the first setup value by the first initial setting.
16. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14,
wherein the second initial setting includes at least one of an AGC adjustment, a white level adjustment, and a black level adjustment.
17. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14, further comprising:
a predetermined value changing unit configured to set the predetermined time of the power stopping time smaller as a variation of an ambient temperature of the reading unit increases.
18. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14, further comprising:
a predetermined value changing unit configured to accept a change of the predetermined time to be a predetermined value.
19. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14,
wherein the power source switching signal output unit outputs the switching signal for causing the power source unit to supply the power to the reading unit when a connection between the power source and an external power source is changed from being shut-off to being connected, and
the initial setting unit carries out only the first initial setting or both the first initial setting and the second initial setting.