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US 12,363,239 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus for printing facsimile data, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiro Moriya
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a network interface unit configured to receive image data from an external apparatus, a printing unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on the image data received by the network interface unit, a display device configured to display an object corresponding to a type of the image data, an operation unit configured to receive a selection of the object displayed by the display device, and at least one processor and at least one memory that are configured to, based on the selection of the object, control the printing unit to form an image on a sheet based on image data corresponding to the type corresponding to the object out of the image data received by the network interface unit.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a user interface that receives sets of characters, wherein each set of characters, of the sets of characters, indicates a respective type of image data, and wherein each type of image data is associated with a respective object of a plurality of objects;
- a display that displays the plurality of objects;
- a communicator that receives pieces of image data by a facsimile communication;
- a printer;
- and
- a controller that is configured to
- register each set of characters, of the sets of characters, with the respective object that is associated with the respective type of image data that is indicated by the set of characters,
- perform character recognition processing on the pieces of image data received by the communicator to extract characters that are included in the pieces of image data,
- determine whether the extracted characters are included in at least one of the sets of characters,
- in a case where the extracted characters are included in at least one of the sets of characters, register the pieces of image data as being the respective type of image data indicated by the at least one of the sets of characters,
- in a case where the extracted characters are not included in any of the sets of characters that are registered for their respective objects, not register the pieces of image data as being any of the types of image data, and
- in accordance with selection of a selected object of the plurality of objects via the user interface, control the printer to perform printing of the pieces of image data registered as being the respective type of image data associated with the selected object.
9 more elements
A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface, sets of characters for objects, wherein each set of characters, of the sets of characters, indicates a respective type of image data, and wherein each type of image data is associated with a respective object of a plurality of objects;
- registering each set of characters, of the sets of characters, with the respective object, of the plurality of objects, that is associated with the respective type of image data that is indicated by the set of characters;
- displaying the plurality of objects;
- receiving pieces of image data by facsimile communication;
- performing character recognition processing on the pieces of received image data to extract characters that are included in the pieces of image data;
- determining whether the extracted characters are included in at least one of the sets of characters;
- in a case where the extracted characters are included in at least one of the sets of characters, registering the pieces of image data as being the respective type of image data indicated by the at least one of the sets of characters;
- in a case where the extracted characters are not included in any of the sets of characters that are registered for their respective objects, not registering the pieces of image data as being any of the types of image data;
- and
- causing, in accordance with selection of a selected object of the plurality of objects via the user interface, a printer to perform printing of the pieces of image data registered as being the respective type of image data associated with the selected object.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a user interface, sets of characters for objects, wherein each set of characters, of the sets of characters, indicates a respective type of image data, and wherein each type of image data is associated with a respective object of a plurality of objects;
- registering each set of characters, of the sets of characters, with the respective object, of the plurality of objects, that is associated with the respective type of image data that is indicated by the set of characters;
- displaying the plurality of objects;
- receiving pieces of image data by facsimile communication;
- performing character recognition processing on the pieces of received image data to extract characters that are included in the pieces of image data;
- determining whether the extracted characters are included in at least one of the sets of characters;
- in a case where the extracted characters are included in at least one of the sets of characters, registering the pieces of image data as being the respective type of image data indicated by the at least one of the sets of characters;
- in a case where the extracted characters are not included in any of the sets of characters that are registered for their respective objects, not registering the pieces of image data as being any of the types of image data;
- and
- causing, in accordance with selection of a selected object of the plurality of objects via the user interface, a printer to perform printing of the pieces of image data registered as being the respective type of image data associated with the selected object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.