# US 10,321,010 B2 · Transmitting apparatus, method for controlling the transmitting apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium

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- Number: US 10,321,010 B2
- Document ID: US10321010B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/398,993
- Filed: 2017-01-05
- Published: 2017-04-27
- Granted: 2019-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2014-03-25
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hiroyasu Morita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10321010B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/32117: {in a separate transmission or protocol signal prior to or subsequent to the image data transmission, e.g. in digital identification signal [DIS], in non standard setup [NSS] or in non standard field [NSF] (for mode signalling H04N1/333)}
- G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management}
- G06F 3/1268: {Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself}
- H04N 1/00214: {details of transmission}
- H04N 1/0022: {involving facsimile protocols or a combination of facsimile protocols and computer data transmission protocols}
- H04N 1/32: Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver {or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device (H04N1/38, H04N1/387 take precedence)}
- H04N 1/32651: {Indicating or reporting (details of user-machine interface H04N1/0035)}
- H04N 2201/0093: Facsimile machine (H04N2201/0094 takes precedence)
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N 2201/3201: Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
- H04N 2201/3202: of communication or activity log or report
- H04N 2201/3214: of a date
- H04N 2201/3215: of a time or duration
- H04N 2201/3218: of a confirmation, acknowledgement or receipt
- H04N 2201/3223: of type information, e.g. reception or copy job
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a scanner configured to read a document to generate image data, a memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor. The processor executes the instructions stored in the memory to function as an executing unit configured to execute a transmission job for reading the document by the scanner and performing a transmission of image data generated by the scanner, and a display control unit configured to display a first screen for setting to print a transmission report of the transmission job that is executed by the executing unit, as a setting of the image processing apparatus, and display a second screen for setting to print a transmission report of the transmission job, as a setting of the transmission job.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a scanner that reads a document to generate image data;
a transmission interface that transmits the image data; and
a display that displays a screen including a first item regarding a setting of whether or not to output a result of a transmission of the image data and a second item regarding a setting of the transmission, as a setting of each transmission.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the result of the transmission of the image data includes a time when the transmission is started.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the image data is a facsimile transmission.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a body of the transmission.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a title of the transmission.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a file name of the transmission.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display further displays another screen for accepting a setting of whether or not to output the result of the transmission of the image data as a setting of the image processing apparatus.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a printer that prints the result of the transmission of the image data.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data and a date and time when the result of the transmission of the image data is printed.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions stored in the memory device to control the printer based on the setting accepted via the display or the another display,
wherein, in a case that the setting of whether or not to output the result of a transmission of the image data is accepted via the first item on the screen, the printer is controlled to print the result of the transmission of the image data using the setting accepted via the first item on the screen other than the setting accepted via the another screen, and
in a case that the setting is not accepted via the first item on the screen, the printer is controlled to print the result of the transmission of the image data using the setting accepted via the another screen.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the setting regarding an output of the result of the transmission of the image data accepted via the another screen includes a first setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is always printed, a second setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is printed in accordance with an occurrence of a transmission error of the transmission.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, in a case that the result of the transmission of the image data is output in accordance with the occurrence of the transmission error, the result includes information indicating the transmission error.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data and an image transmitted by the transmission.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the setting regarding an output of the result of the transmission of the image data accepted via the first screen includes a first setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is always printed and a second setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is printed in accordance with an occurrence of a transmission error of the transmission.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein, in a case that the result of the transmission of the image data is output in accordance with the occurrence of the transmission error, the result includes information indicating the transmission error.

### Claim 16 (depends on 8)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data in a case that a setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is not output is accepted and a setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is output is accepted via the first item on the screen.

### Claim 17

An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a scanner that reads a document to generate image data;
a transmission interface that transmits the image data;
a display that displays a first screen for accepting a setting of whether or not to output a result of transmission of the image data, as a setting of a plurality of transmissions, and displays a second screen including a first item regarding a setting of whether or not to output a result of a transmission of the image data and a second item regarding a setting of the transmission, as a setting of each transmission.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the result of the transmission of the image data includes a time when the transmission is started.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the transmission of the image data is a facsimile transmission.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a body of the transmission.

### Claim 21 (depends on 17)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a title of the transmission.

### Claim 22 (depends on 17)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a file name of the transmission.

### Claim 23 (depends on 17)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising a printer that prints the result of the transmission of the image data.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data and a date and time when the result is printed.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions stored in the memory device to control the printer based on the setting accepted via the first screen or the second screen,
wherein, in a case that the setting of whether or not to output the result of a transmission of the image data is accepted via the first item on the second screen, the printer is controlled to print the result of the transmission of the image data using the setting accepted via the first item on the second screen other than the setting accepted via the first screen, and
in a case that the setting is not accepted via the first item on the second screen, the printer is controlled to print the result of the transmission of the image data using the setting accepted via the first screen.

### Claim 26 (depends on 23)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data and an image transmitted by the transmission.

### Claim 27 (depends on 23)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data in a case that a setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is not output is accepted via the first screen and a setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is output is accepted via the first item on the second screen.

### Claim 28

An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a scanner that reads a document to generate image data;
a transmission interface that transmits the image data; and
a display that displays a screen including a first item regarding a setting of whether or not to output a result of a transmission of the image data and a second item regarding a setting of the transmission,
wherein the first item and the second item is able to be selected by a general user and an administrator.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the result of the transmission of the image data includes a time when the transmission is started.

### Claim 30 (depends on 28)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the transmission of the image data is a facsimile transmission.

### Claim 31 (depends on 28)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a body of the transmission .

### Claim 32 (depends on 28)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a title of the transmission.

### Claim 33 (depends on 28)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the second item is an item capable of setting at least a file name of the transmission.

### Claim 34 (depends on 28)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the display further displays another screen for accepting a setting of whether or not to output the result of the transmission of the image data, wherein the another screen is accepted only from the administrator.

### Claim 35 (depends on 34)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 34, further comprising a printer that prints the result of the transmission.

### Claim 36 (depends on 35)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data and a date and time when the result is printed.

### Claim 37 (depends on 35)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 35, further comprising a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions stored in the memory device to control the printer based on the setting accepted via the display or the another display,
wherein, in a case that the setting of whether or not to output the result of a transmission of the image data is accepted via the first item on the screen, the printer is controlled to print the result of the transmission of the image data using the accepted via the first item on the screen other than the setting accepted via the another screen, and
in a case that the setting is not accepted via the first item on the screen, the printer is controlled to print the result of the transmission of the image data using the setting accepted via the another screen.

### Claim 38 (depends on 35)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the setting regarding an output of the result of the transmission of the image data accepted via the another screen includes a first setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is always printed and a second setting in which the result of the transmission is printed in accordance with an occurrence of a transmission error of the transmission.

### Claim 39 (depends on 38)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 38, wherein, in a case that the result of the transmission is output in accordance with the occurrence of the transmission error, the result includes information indicating the transmission error.

### Claim 40 (depends on 35)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data and an image transmitted by the transmission.

### Claim 41 (depends on 35)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the printer prints the result of the transmission of the image data in a case that a setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is not output is accepted via the another screen and a setting in which the result of the transmission of the image data is output is accepted via the first item on the screen.
