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US 2012/0260333 A1Published application
Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable storage medium storing program for implementing the method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi UCHIKAWA
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of reducing the frequency of a user's inputting work for authentication information to improve the convenience. When the number of the logged-in users is one, the logged-in user is set as an executor of the predetermined function, and when the number of the logged-in users is two or more, the user is caused to select one of the logged-in users to set the selected one as the executor of the predetermined function.
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An information processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, the apparatus comprising:
- a permitting unit adapted to permit a user to execute a first function among the plurality of functions in a first state where the information processing apparatus has been used by the user with no user information inputted to the information processing apparatus;
- a display unit adapted to display an authentication screen for performing authentication of a first user having authority to execute a second function among the plurality of functions, the second function being prohibited from being executed in the first state;
- a first control unit adapted to change the first state to a second state where the information processing apparatus permits the user to execute the second function, in a case where authentication information about the first user is inputted by the user via the authentication screen displayed by said display unit;
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- a second control unit adapted to prohibit the user from executing the first function while controlling said display unit not to display the authentication screen, in a third state where the user has logged into the information processing apparatus as a second user having another authority to execute a third function among the plurality of functions but not having the authority to execute the second function, by inputting second user authentication information to the information processing apparatus.
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An information processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, the apparatus comprising:
- a permitting unit adapted to permit a user to execute a first function among the plurality of functions in a first state where the information processing apparatus has been used by the user with no user information inputted to the information processing apparatus;
- a display unit adapted to display an authentication screen for performing authentication of a first user having authority to execute a second function among the plurality of functions, the second function being prohibited from being executed in the first state;
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- a control unit adapted to change the first state to a second state where the information processing apparatus permits the user to execute the second function, in a case where authentication information about the first user is inputted by the user via the authentication screen displayed by said display unit,
- wherein said display unit is adapted to display a screen notifying that the user cannot execute the second function without displaying the authentication screen, in a third state where the user has logged into the information processing apparatus as a second user having another authority to execute a third function among the plurality of functions but not having the authority to execute the second function, by inputting second user authentication information to the information processing apparatus.
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A control method for an information processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, the method comprising:
- a permitting step of permitting a user to execute a first function among the plurality of functions in a first state where the information processing apparatus has been used by the user with no user information inputted to the information processing apparatus;
- a display step of a display unit displaying an authentication screen for performing authentication of a first user having authority to execute a second function among the plurality of functions, the second function being prohibited from being executed in the first state;
- a first control step of changing the first state to a second state where the information processing apparatus permits the user to execute the second function, in a case where authentication information about the first user is inputted by the user via the authentication screen displayed by said display unit;
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- a second control step of prohibiting the user from executing the first function while controlling said display unit not to display the authentication screen, in a third state where the user has logged into the information processing apparatus as a second user having another authority to execute a third function among the plurality of functions but not having the authority to execute the second function, by inputting second user authentication information to the information processing apparatus.
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A control method for an information processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, the method comprising:
- a permitting step of permitting a user to execute a first function among the plurality of functions in a first state where the information processing apparatus has been used by the user with no user information inputted to the information processing apparatus;
- a display step of a display unit displaying an authentication screen for performing authentication of a first user having authority to execute a second function among the plurality of functions, the second function being prohibited from being executed in the first state;
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- a control step of changing the first state to a second state where the information processing apparatus permits the user to execute the second function, in a case where authentication information about the first user is inputted by the user via the authentication screen displayed by said display unit,
- wherein said display step includes the display unit displaying a screen notifying that the user cannot execute the second function without displaying the authentication screen, in a third state where the user has logged into the information processing apparatus as a second user having another authority to execute a third function among the plurality of functions but not having the authority to execute the second function, by inputting second user authentication information to the information processing apparatus.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-readable program for implementing a control method for an image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, the method comprising:
- a permitting step of permitting a user to execute a first function among the plurality of functions in a first state where the information processing apparatus has been used by the user with no user information inputted to the information processing apparatus;
- a display step of a display unit displaying an authentication screen for performing authentication of a first user having authority to execute a second function among the plurality of functions, the second function being prohibited from being executed in the first state;
- a first control step of changing the first state to a second state where the information processing apparatus permits the user to execute the second function, in a case where authentication information about the first user is inputted by the user via the authentication screen displayed by said display unit;
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- a second control step of prohibiting the user from executing the first function while controlling said display unit not to display the authentication screen, in a third state where the user has logged into the information processing apparatus as a second user having another authority to execute a third function among the plurality of functions but not having the authority to execute the second function, by inputting second user authentication information to the information processing apparatus.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-readable program for implementing a control method for an image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, the method comprising:
- a permitting step of permitting a user to execute a first function among the plurality of functions in a first state where the information processing apparatus has been used by the user with no user information inputted to the information processing apparatus;
- a display step of a display unit displaying an authentication screen for performing authentication of a first user having authority to execute a second function among the plurality of functions, the second function being prohibited from being executed in the first state;
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- a control step of changing the first state to a second state where the information processing apparatus permits the user to execute the second function, in a case where authentication information about the first user is inputted by the user via the authentication screen displayed by said display unit,
- wherein said display step includes the display unit displaying a screen notifying that the user cannot execute the second function without displaying the authentication screen, in a third state where the user has logged into the information processing apparatus as a second user having another authority to execute a third function among the plurality of functions but not having the authority to execute the second function, by inputting second user authentication information to the information processing apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.