# US 10,122,890 B2 · Image forming apparatus and tangible computer-readable recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,890 B2 - Document ID: US10122890B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/441,028 - Filed: 2017-02-23 - Published: 2017-06-08 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Chun Ho Michael Mok; Hirohisa Sugimoto; Eriko Moriyama; Isao Terazono; Tsutomu Yoshimi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122890B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/32657: {locally} - G06F 3/1275: {Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing} - H04N 1/00127: {Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture} - H04N 1/00204: {with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server (programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561)} - H04N 1/00798: {Circuits or arrangements for the control thereof, e.g. using a programmed control device or according to a measured quantity} - H04N 1/0083: {Arrangements for transferring signals between different components of the apparatus, e.g. arrangements of signal lines or cables (for control or supervision between image input and output device H04N1/32)} - H04N 1/0096: {Simultaneous or quasi-simultaneous functioning of a plurality of operations (H04N1/32545 takes precedence; multiprogramming arrangements of computers G06F9/46)} - H04N 1/32144: {embedded in the image data, i.e. enclosed or integrated in the image, e.g. watermark, super-imposed logo or stamp} - H04N 1/32641: {of transmission or transmitted data, e.g. interruption or wrong number of pages} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a reading unit; a print unit; a transmitting unit; an execution instruction receiving unit; and a control unit, wherein in case that before a predetermined time elapses since the execution instruction receiving unit receives a first execution instruction for executing a first job including reading of the original set to the reading unit, the execution instruction receiving unit receives a second execution instruction for executing a second job including the reading of the original, and in case that the first execution instruction and/or the second execution instruction is a remote instruction, the control unit controls the transmitting unit so as not to transmit the image of the original even though a transmitting instruction for transmitting the image of the original is included in the first execution instruction and/or the second execution instruction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image sensor to optically read an original; a printer to print an image of the original, which is obtained by the image sensor, on recording paper; a transmitting unit to transmit the image of the original, which is obtained by the image sensor, to an external device; a hardware processor configure to: receive a first execution instruction for executing a first job that includes reading of the original by the image sensor and a second execution instruction for executing a second job that includes reading of the original by the image sensor; and determine whether the second execution instruction is received within a predetermined time after the first execution instruction is received, wherein at least one of the first execution instruction and the second execution instruction is a remote instruction received from an external terminal, and a transmitting instruction for transmitting the image of the original is included in both the first execution instruction and the second execution instruction or included in the first execution instruction, upon a determination by the hardware processor that the second execution instruction is received within the predetermined time, the hardware processor controls the image sensor, the printer and the transmitting unit so as to execute the received first execution instruction except for the transmitting instruction to transmit the image of the original, otherwise the hardware processor controls the image sensor, the printer and the transmitting unit so as to execute the received first execution instruction including the transmitting instruction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor instructs the image sensor to start the reading of the original when the hardware processor receives the first execution instruction, and monitors whether the second execution instruction is received during the predetermined time after the reading of the original is started. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hardware processor monitors whether the second execution instruction is received during the predetermined time after the first execution instruction is received. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein in case that the first execution instruction is received by an operating unit of the image forming apparatus, the hardware processor instructs the image forming apparatus to carry out an operation designated in the first execution instruction, and only in case that the first execution instruction is the remote instruction, the hardware processor monitors whether the second execution instruction is received during the predetermined time after the first execution instruction is received. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a warning unit to warn a user in case that the image of the original is not transmitted even though the transmitting instruction for transmitting the image of the original is included in both or one of the first execution instruction and the second execution instruction. ### Claim 6 A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program therein, wherein the program causes an image forming apparatus to: optically read an original by using an image sensor of the image forming apparatus; print an image of the original, which is obtained by the image sensor, on recording paper by using a printer of the image forming apparatus; transmit the image of the original, which is obtained by the image sensor, to an external device by using a transmitting unit of the image forming apparatus; use a hardware processor of the image forming apparatus to receive a first execution instruction for executing a first job that includes reading of the original by the image sensor and a second execution instruction for executing a second job that includes reading of the original by the image sensor; and use the hardware processor to determine whether the second execution instruction is received within a predetermined time after the first execution instruction is received, wherein at least one of the first execution instruction and the second execution instruction is a remote instruction received from an external terminal, and a transmitting instruction for transmitting the image of the original is included in both the first execution instruction and the second execution instruction or in the first execution instruction, upon a determination by the hardware processor that the second execution instruction is received within the predetermined time, the hardware processor controls the image sensor, the printer and the transmitting unit so as to execute the received first execution instruction except for the transmitting instruction to transmit the image of the original, otherwise the hardware processor controls the image sensor, the printer and the transmitting unit so as to execute the received first execution instruction including the transmitting instruction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 6, wherein the hardware processor instructs the image sensor to start the reading of the original when the hardware processor receives the first execution instruction, and monitors whether the second execution instruction is received during the predetermined time after the reading of the original is started. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 6, wherein the hardware processor monitors whether the second execution instruction is received during the predetermined time after the first execution instruction is received. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 6, wherein in case that the first execution instruction is received by an operating unit of the image forming apparatus, the hardware processor instructs the image forming apparatus to carry out an operation designated in the first execution instruction, and only in case that the first execution instruction is the remote instruction, the hardware processor monitors whether the second execution instruction is received during the predetermined time after the first execution instruction is received. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 6, wherein the program causes the image forming apparatus to warn a user by using a warning unit in case that the image of the original is not transmitted even though the transmitting instruction for transmitting the image of the original is included in both or one of the first execution instruction and the second execution instruction.