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US 9,286,019 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and computer readable medium therefor
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirokazu Sato
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to control a communication device to transmit, to an information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating a specific one of image processing operations that has been selected at a time when the controller starts establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device, control the communication device to receive execution instructing information from the information processing terminal device, and control a specific one of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information.
Claims10
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of image processing executing devices each configured to execute a corresponding one of a plurality of image processing operations, the plurality of image processing executing devices comprising a scanning device configured to execute a scanning operation to scan an image on a document sheet and a printing device configured to execute a printing operation to print based on image data;
- a selection accepting device configured to accept a selection of a specific one, of the plurality of image processing operations, to be executed;
- a communication device configured to communicate with an information processing terminal device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the communication device to start establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device in a state where the selection accepting device has accepted the selection of the specific one of the plurality of image processing operations;
- control the communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating the selected specific one of the plurality of image processing operations after the communication has been established with the information processing terminal device;
- control the communication device to receive, from the information processing terminal device, execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the specific one, of the plurality of image processing operation indicated by the image processing information;
- and
- control a specific one of the plurality of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific one of the plurality of image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- when the communication has been established with the information processing terminal device in a state where the selection accepting device has accepted a selection of the scanning operation, control the communication device to transmit the image processing information indicating the scanning operation to the information processing terminal device;
- and
- when the communication has been established with the information processing terminal device in a state where the selection accepting device has accepted a selection of the printing operation, control the communication device to transmit the image processing information indicating the printing operation to the information processing terminal device.
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An image processing system comprising:
- an image processing apparatus;
- and
- an information processing terminal device,
- wherein the image processing apparatus comprises:
- a plurality of image processing executing devices each configured to execute a corresponding one of a plurality of image processing operations, the plurality of image processing executing devices comprising a scanning device configured to execute a scanning operation to scan an image on a document sheet and a printing device configured to execute a printing operation to print based on image data;
- a selection accepting device configured to accept a selection of a specific one, of the plurality of image processing operations, to be executed;
- a communication device configured to communicate with an information processing terminal device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the communication device to start establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device in a state where the selection accepting device has accepted the selection of the specific one of the plurality of image processing operations;
- control the communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating the selected specific one of the plurality of image processing operations after the communication has been established with the information processing terminal device;
- control the communication device to receive, from the information processing terminal device, execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the specific one, of the plurality of image processing operations indicated by the image processing information;
- and
- control a specific one of the plurality of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific one of the plurality of image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- when the communication has been established with the information processing terminal device in a state where the selection accepting device has accepted a selection of the scanning operation, control the communication device to transmit the image processing information indicating the scanning operation to the information processing terminal device;
- and
- when the communication has been established with the information processing terminal device in a state where the selection accepting device has accepted a selection of the printing operation, control the communication device to transmit the image processing information indicating the printing operation to the information processing terminal device,
- wherein the information processing terminal device comprises:
- a terminal-side communication device configured to communicate with the image processing apparatus;
- and
- a terminal-side controller configured to:
- control the terminal-side communication device to receive, from the image processing apparatus, the image processing information indicating the specific one, of the plurality of image processing operations that has been selected on the image processing apparatus at a time when the terminal-side controller starts establishment of communication with the image processing apparatus;
- activate a specific one of a plurality of acceptors that corresponds to the received image processing information, the plurality of acceptors each configured to accept execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute a corresponding one of the plurality of image processing operations;
- control the specific acceptor to accept the execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the specific one of the plurality of image processing operation indicated by the received image processing information;
- and
- control the terminal-side communication device to transmit, to the image processing apparatus, the execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the specific one of the plurality of image processing operation.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions configured to, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to:
- establish communication with an image processing apparatus configured to execute a plurality of image processing operations in a state where a selection accepting device of the image processing apparatus has accepted a selection of a specific one of the plurality of image processing operations, the plurality of image processing operation comprising a scanning operation to scan an image on a document sheet and a printing operation to print based on image data;
- receive, from the image processing apparatus, image processing information indicating the specific one, of the plurality of image processing operations that has been selected on the image processing apparatus when the computer starts establishing communication with the image processing apparatus;
- activate a specific one of a plurality of acceptors that corresponds to the received image processing information, the plurality of acceptors each configured to accept execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute a corresponding one of the plurality of image processing operations;
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- accept, via the specific acceptor, execution instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the specific one, of the plurality of image processing operation indicated by the received image processing information,
- wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the computer to:
- when receiving the image processing information indicating the scanning operation, perform:
- activating a scanning acceptor, corresponding to the scanning operation, of the plurality of acceptors, the scanning acceptor being configured to accept scan instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the scanning operation;
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- accepting, via the scanning acceptor, the scan instructing information;
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- when receiving the image processing information indicating the scanning operation, perform:
- activating a printing acceptor, corresponding to the printing operation, of the plurality of acceptors, the printing acceptor being configured to accept print instructing information for instructing the image processing apparatus to execute the printing operation;
- and
- accepting, via the scanning acceptor, the print instructing information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.