Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Morii
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that dynamically and suitably switches login processing between a user who selects an icon and a user who is identified by reading of a card. The image forming apparatus searches user information of a user who logs in by selecting a user icon displayed on a display unit and a user who logs in using a card, and performs the login processing on a searched user.
Claims6
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory device that stores instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the instructions to:
- perform login processing to the information processing apparatus based on identification information read out from an external apparatus;
- perform login processing to the information processing apparatus based on selection of one of images displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- store the identification information read out from the external apparatus and the one of the images in association with a common username.
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- performing login processing to the information processing apparatus based on identification information read out from an external apparatus;
- performing login processing to the information processing apparatus based on selection of one of images displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- storing the identification information read out from the external apparatus and the one of the images in association with a common username.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, controls an information processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- performing login processing to the information processing apparatus based on identification information read out from an external apparatus;
- performing login processing to the information processing apparatus based on selection of one of images displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus;
- and
- storing the identification information read out from the external apparatus and the one of the images in association with a common username.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.