US 8,019,904 B2 · Image processing device and control method thereof

Abstract

An image processing device, which can communicate with a distributor distributing setting information to plural image processors, comprises: a first receiver to receive, from the distributor, start information indicating that the distributor starts distributing the setting information to the plural image processors including the image processing device; a second receiver to receive the setting information distributed by the distributor; a detector to detect that the image processing device is operated by a user; and a controller to, in a case where it is detected by the detector that the image processing device is operated, request the distributor to distribute the setting information if the start information is received and the setting information is not received, and execute a process based on the operation detected by the detector if the start information is not received or the setting information is received.

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Dependent claims

An image processing device which can communicate with a distribution device distributing setting information to plural image processing devices, comprising:

a first reception unit constructed to receive, from the distribution device, start information indicating that the distribution device starts distributing the setting information to the plural image processing devices including said image processing device;
and
a control unit constructed to, in a case where it is instructed by a user to execute a process after the start information was received by the reception unit and before the setting information is received, obtain the setting information from the distribution device by requesting the distribution device to distribute the setting information, set the obtained setting information as the setting information of the image processing device, and then execute the instructed process, and to, in a case where it is not instructed by the user to execute a process after the start information was received by the reception unit and before the setting information is received, receive the setting information transmitted from the distribution device without requesting the distribution device to distribute the setting information, and set the received setting information as the setting information of the image processing device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Image processing device and control method thereof

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