# US 9,883,056 B2 · Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing system

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- Number: US 9,883,056 B2
- Document ID: US9883056B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/926,986
- Filed: 2015-10-29
- Published: 2016-05-05
- Granted: 2018-01-30
- Earliest claimed: 2014-10-31
- Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hirohisa Yabe
- Inventors: Hirohisa Yabe
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9883056B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00344: {with a management, maintenance, service or repair apparatus (monitoring H04N1/00002)}
- G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets}
- G06F 3/1255: {Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities}
- G06F 3/1273: {Print job history, e.g. logging, accounting, tracking}
- G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server}
- H04N 1/00087: {Setting or calibrating (picture signal circuits H04N1/40)}
- H04N 1/0009: {Storage}
- H04N 1/00896: {using a low-power mode, e.g. standby}
- H04N 1/00973: {from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal}
- H04N 2201/0017: Notifying a communication result
- H04N 2201/0075: by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a storage configured to store a setting of various functions of the image processing apparatus; a first receiver configured to receive operation information for changing the setting stored in the storage via a network; a changer configured to change the setting stored in the storage based on the operation information received by the first receiver; a second receiver configured to receive, through an input unit provided in the image processing apparatus, a display operation of displaying the setting stored in the storage; and a notifier configured to notify, when the second receiver receives the display operation after the setting is changed by the operation information, that the setting has been changed by the operation information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing system comprising:
an information processing device; and
an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus including,
a first display,
first storage storing first computer-executable instructions, and
one or more first processors configured to execute the first computer-executable instructions such that the one or more first processors are configured to,
store settings of one or more functions of the image processing apparatus in the image processing apparatus,
receive operation information indicating at least one change with respect to at least a first setting, the operation information being received at the image processing apparatus via a network, the first setting being one of the stored settings,
change the stored first setting in accordance with the at least one change indicated by the received operation information,
display, on the first display, a notification indicating that a setting changing operation has occurred, after changing the stored first setting, and
display, on the first display, the changed first setting, in response to the displayed notification being selected,
the information processing device including,
a second display,
second storage storing second computer-executable instructions, and
one or more second processors configured to execute the second computer-executable instructions such that the one or more second processors are configured to,
receive, from the image processing apparatus, display information of a first screen displayed on the first display of the image processing apparatus,
display the first screen on the second display of the information processing device,
receive, as input, first information for remotely operating the image processing apparatus, and
transmit, as the operation information, the first information to the image processing apparatus, via the network.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more first processors are further configured to execute the first computer-executable instructions such that the one or more first processors are configured to,
transmit, to a remote device, a notification identifying the change made to the stored first setting.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The image processing system according to claim 2, wherein the one or more first processors are further configured to execute the first computer-executable instructions such that the one or more first processors are configured to,
determine that the remote device is registered as a recipient to which transmission of setting change notifications is necessary, and
transmit the notification identifying the change made to the stored first setting to the remote device, in response to the determination.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image processing system according to claim 1 wherein,
the one or more first processors are further configured to execute the first computer-executable instructions such that the one or more first processors are further configured to,
receive, at the image processing apparatus, input indicating the selection of the displayed notification via the first display, and
show, on the first display, information identifying the change made to the stored first setting, in response to the received input.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The image processing system according to claim 4, wherein the one or more first processors are further configured to execute the first computer-executable instructions such that the information identifying the change made to the stored first setting includes,
a pre-change value that indicates a value of the first setting before the change made to the stored first setting occurred, and
a post-change value that indicates a value of the first setting after the change made to the stored first setting occurred.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The image processing system according to claim 4, wherein the one or more first processors are further configured to execute the first computer-executable instructions .such that the information identifying the change made to the stored first setting includes a time and date when the change made to the stored first setting occurred.

### Claim 7

An image processing method, comprising:
storing settings of one or more functions of an image processing apparatus in the image processing apparatus;
displaying a first screen on a first display, the first display being a display of the image processing apparatus;
transmitting display information of the first screen to a remote device;
displaying the first screen on a second display, the second display being a display of the remote device;
receiving, as input at the remote device, first information for remotely operating the image processing apparatus,
transmitting, as operation information, the first information from the remote device to the image processing apparatus via a network,
receiving the operation information at the image processing apparatus from the remote device via the network, the operation information indicating at least one change with respect to at least a first setting, the first setting being one of the stored settings;
changing the stored first setting in accordance with the at least one change indicated by the received operation information;
displaying, at the image processing apparatus, a notification indicating that a setting changing operation has occurred, after changing the stored first setting; and
displaying, at the image processing apparatus, the changed first setting, in response to the displayed notification being selected.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The image processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:
receiving, at the image processing apparatus, input indicating the selection of the displayed notification via the first display, and
showing, on the first display, information identifying the change made to the stored first setting, in response to the received input.