IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND SYSTEM

• US 20160173645A1
• Filed: 12/09/2015
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Okuhara, Ryusuke
• Application Number:
  US14/963,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/91342 the copy protection signal being an authentication signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4117 for generating hard copies of the content, e.g. printer, electronic paper interfaces to printers G06F3/12; printing data G06K15/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/913 for scrambling ; for copy protection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

An image processing apparatus comprises a connection unit configured to connect to at least one network service, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding the at least one network service that is connectable via the connection unit, a determination unit configured to, in a case where connection to a predetermined network service is instructed by a user, determine whether or not a file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in a recoding medium of the image processing apparatus based on the information regarding the predetermined network service acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit configured to perform control such that connection to the predetermined network service is not performed in a case where no file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in the recording medium.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a connection unit configured to connect to at least one network service;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding the at least one network service that is connectable via the connection unit;

a determination unit configured to, in a case where connection to a predetermined network service is instructed by a user, determine whether or not a file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in a recording medium of the image processing apparatus based on the information regarding the predetermined network service acquired by the acquisition unit; and

a control unit configured to perform control such that connection to the predetermined network service is not performed in a case where no file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in the recording medium.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification unit configured to give notice of not performing connection to the predetermined network service because no file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in the recording medium.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the information regarding at least one network service acquired by the acquisition unit;

a display unit configured to display at least one network service corresponding to the information stored in the storage unit; and

a selection unit configured to select a predetermined network service from among the displayed network services.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the connection unit is connectable to the at least one network service via a relay apparatus, and

setting for use of the at least one network service by the image processing apparatus is performed by an information processing apparatus that is connectable to the relay apparatus.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the relay apparatus stores information regarding the at least one network service for which the setting has been made.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the information regarding at least one network service includes information indicating a file type of at least one of a moving image and a still image.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein file information regarding at least one network service includes information indicating a file size of at least one of a moving image and a still image.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the information includes information regarding at least one network service indicating an object in at least one of a moving image and a still image.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image capturing unit configured to capture an image.

10. A system in which an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus are connected via a network,

wherein the information processing apparatus comprises:

a connection unit configured to connect to at least one network service; and

a setting unit configured to perform setting for use of the at least one network service by the image processing apparatus, and

wherein the image processing apparatus comprises;

a connection unit configured to connect to at least one network service;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding the at least one network service that is connectable via the connection unit;

a determination unit configured to, in a case where connection to a predetermined network service is instructed by a user, determine whether or not a file that is supported by the network service is recorded in a recording medium of the image processing apparatus based on the information regarding the predetermined network service acquired by the acquisition unit; and

a control unit configured to perform control such that connection to the predetermined network service is not performed in a case where no file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in the recoding medium.

11. A control method of an image processing apparatus having a connection unit configured to connect to at least one network service, the method comprising:

acquiring information regarding the at least one network service that is connectable via the connection unit;

determining, in a case where connection to a predetermined network service is instructed by a user, whether or not a file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in a recoding medium of the image processing apparatus based on the acquired information regarding the predetermined network service; and

performing control such that connection to the predetermined network service is not performed in a case where no file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in the recoding medium.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an image processing apparatus having a connection unit configured to connect to at least one network service, the method comprising:

acquiring information regarding the at least one network service that is connectable via the connection unit;

determining, in a case where connection to a predetermined network service is instructed by a user, whether or not a file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in a recording medium of the image processing apparatus based on the acquired information regarding the predetermined network service; and

performing control such that connection to the predetermined network service is not performed in a case where no file that is supported by the predetermined network service is recorded in the recoding medium.