IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20120079064A1
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Fukushima, Kenta
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,191 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00973 from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32085 Automation of other tasks, e.g. repetitive execution or sequencing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32096 Checking the destination, e.g. correspondence of manual input with stored destination
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32117 in a separate transmission or protocol signal prior to or subsequent to the image data transmission, e.g. in digital identification signal [DIS], in non standard setup [NSS] or in non standard field [NSF] for mode signalling H04N1/333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/324 intermediate the transmitter and receiver terminals, e.g. at an exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32416 Storage of instructions or retrieval of prestored instructions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32614 related to a single-mode communication, e.g. at the transmitter or at the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32641 of transmission or transmitted data, e.g. interruption or wrong number of pages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32651 Indicating or reporting details of user-machine interface H04N1/0035
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32694 Storing a fault condition in memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3207 of an address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3208 of an e-mail or network address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 : Control channels or signalling for resource management

Abstract

An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network registers a transfer setting containing an ID for identifying destination information stored in the external apparatus to transfer received image data, acquires the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the registered transfer setting from the external apparatus, and transfers the received image data using the acquired destination information. When the destination information cannot be acquired, a cause why the destination information cannot be acquired is determined, and if the cause why the destination information cannot be acquired is due to a communication error with the external apparatus, the registered transfer setting is not invalidated and when the cause why the destination information cannot be acquired is that no destination information corresponding to the ID is stored by the external apparatus, the registered transfer setting is invalidated.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive image data;

a registering unit configured to register a transfer setting containing an ID for identifying destination information stored in the external apparatus to transfer the image data received by the receiving unit;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the transfer setting registered by the registering unit from the external apparatus;

a transfer unit configured to transfer the image data received by the receiving unit using the destination information acquired by the acquisition unit;

a determining unit configured to, in a case where the acquisition unit cannot acquire the destination information, determine the cause of not being able to acquire the destination information; and

a control unit configured to refrain from invalidating the transfer setting registered by the registering unit when the determined cause is due to a communication error with the external apparatus, and to invalidate the transfer setting registered by the registering unit when the determined cause is that no destination information corresponding to the ID is stored in the external apparatus.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the destination information from the external apparatus in response to receiving of the image data by the receiving unit.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit, the determining unit, and the control unit are operable independently of the receiving unit, the registering unit, and the transfer unit, so as to confirm whether the acquisition unit is capable of acquiring destination information corresponding to a given ID prior to receiving of the image data by the receiving unit.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion unit configured to delete the ID contained in the transfer setting if the control unit invalidates the transfer setting.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer setting invalidated by the control unit can be reregistered in the registering unit as a valid transfer setting by specifying a new ID.

6. A method for controlling an image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network, the method comprising:

obtaining a registered transfer setting containing an ID for identifying destination information stored in the external apparatus to transfer image data received at the image processing apparatus;

acquiring the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the registered transfer setting from the external apparatus;

in a case where the destination information cannot be acquired, determining the cause of not being able to acquire the destination information; and

refraining from invalidating the registered transfer setting when the determined cause is due to a communication error with the external apparatus, and invalidating the registered transfer setting when the determined cause is that no destination information corresponding to the ID is stored in the external apparatus.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising receiving image data and transferring the image data according to the acquired destination information.

8. A storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute a method according to claim 6.