Data processing apparatus, system control method and system

• US 8,031,350 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2006
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ohara, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): PARK, CHAN S
• Application Number:
  US11/501,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• Field of Search: 358 113- 116, 399/82, 399/88
• US Class Current: 358/1.14
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5004 Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5083 for scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5087 for receiving image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1207 resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1221 with regard to power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1259 Print job monitoring, e.g. job status
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1261 by using alternate printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1286 via local network
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

If a user specifies shutdown of the power supply of an apparatus from a console, another apparatus connected to the same network is notified so as not to issue a request for a new shared job, and it is determined whether a scheduled shared job exists. The display on a display screen is changed in accordance with the result of the determination. If it is determined that a shared job exists, shutdown of the power supply is controlled in accordance with the status of execution of the shared job.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus capable of processing both a shared job requiring cooperative operation using a second data processing apparatus and a local job which does not need the cooperative operation, comprising:

an acceptance unit that accepts from an operator, a shutdown request to shut down a power supply of said data processing apparatus; and

a controller that, according to acceptance of the shutdown request,

in a case where the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists in the data processing apparatus, shuts down the power supply following an end of processing the shared job,

in a case where the shared job does not exist, shuts down the power supply immediately even if the local job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists in the data processing apparatus, and

in a case where the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists and, moreover, the second data processing apparatus that is capable of processing the shared job exists, shuts down the power supply after the second data processing apparatus is requested to process the shared job,

wherein the shared job requires one of at least scanning operation, copying operation, printing operation and facsimile operation.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a display controller that causes a user interface unit to present a display that indicates operating status of said data processing apparatus,

wherein in a case where the shutdown request has been accepted, said display controller causes the user interface unit to present a display that indicates content based upon whether the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller inhibits acceptance of a new shared job processing request in a case where the shutdown request has been issued by the operator.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

in a case where the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus does not exist, said display controller causes the user interface unit to present a display indicating that the power supply will be shut down immediately, and

in a case where the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists, said display controller causes the user interface unit to present a display indicating that the shutdown request has been accepted.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said display controller causes the user interface unit to present a display indicating that the power supply will be shut down immediately before shutdown of the power supply is performed in a case where the display indicating that the shutdown request has been accepted has been presented.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shared job is a job requiring processing for transmitting data to the second data processing apparatus.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data processing apparatus has at least one of a data input unit for inputting data from a document reader, and a printer unit for executing data print processing.

8. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the shared job is at least one of a job processed by a plurality of data processing apparatuses that share a printing operation, and a job requiring transmission of data, which is necessary for a printing operation solely by the other second data processing apparatus, from said data processing apparatus.

9. A control method for a data processing apparatus capable of processing both a shared job requiring cooperative operation using a second data processing apparatus and a local job that does not need the cooperative operation, comprising the steps of:

accepting from an operator, a shutdown request to shut down a power supply of the data processing apparatus; and

according to acceptance of the shutdown request,

in a case where the shared job to be processed by the data processing apparatus exists in the data processing apparatus, shutting down the power supply following an end of processing the shared job,

in a case where the shared job does not exist, shutting down the power supply immediately even if the local job to be processed by the data processing apparatus exists in the data processing apparatus, and

in a case where the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists and, moreover, the second data processing apparatus that is capable of processing the shared job exists, shuts down the power supply after the second data processing apparatus is requested to process the shared job,

wherein the shared job requires one of at least scanning operation, copying operation, printing operation and facsimile operation.

10. The data processing method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of:

causing a user interface unit to present a display that indicates operating status of the data processing apparatus,

wherein in a case where the shutdown request has been accepted, causing the user interface unit to present a display that indicates content based upon whether the shared job to be processed by the data processing apparatus exists.

11. The data processing method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of inhibiting acceptance of a new shared job processing request in a case where the shutdown request has been issued by the operator.

12. The data processing method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

causing, in a case where the shared job to be processed by the data processing apparatus does not exist, the user interface unit to present a display indicating that the power supply will be shut down immediately; and

causing, in a case where the shared job to be processed by the data processing apparatus exists, the user interface unit to present a display indicating that the shutdown request has been accepted.

13. The data processing method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of:

causing the user interface unit to present a display indicating that the power supply will be shut down immediately before shutdown of the power supply is performed in a case where the display indicating that the shutdown request has been accepted has been presented.

14. The data processing method according to claim 9, wherein the shared job is a job requiring processing for transmitting data to the second data processing apparatus.

15. The data processing method according to claim 9, wherein the data processing apparatus has at least one of a data input unit for inputting data from a document reader, and a printer unit for executing data print processing.

16. The data processing method according to claim 9, wherein the shared job is at least one of a job processed by a plurality of data processing apparatuses that share a printing operation, and a job requiring transmission of data, which is necessary for a printing operation solely by the second data processing apparatus, from the data processing apparatus.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 9.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 10.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 11.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 12.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 13.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 14.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 15.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program has been recorded for causing a computer to execute the control method set forth in claim 16.

17. A system capable of processing both a shared job requiring cooperative operation using a plurality of data processing apparatuses, including a data processing apparatus, and a local job which does not need the cooperative operation and is to be processed by the data processing apparatus, comprising:

an acceptance unit that accepts from an operator, a shutdown request to shut down a power supply of the data processing apparatus capable of processing the shared job; and

a controller that,

in a case where the shared job to be processed by the data processing apparatus exists in the data processing apparatus, shuts down the power supply following an end of processing the shared job,

in a case where the shared job does not exist, shuts down the power supply immediately even if the local job to be processed by the data processing apparatus exists in the data processing apparatus in the data processing apparatus, and

in a case where the shared job to be processed by said data processing apparatus exists and, moreover, the second data processing apparatus that is capable of processing the shared job exists, shuts down the power supply after the second data processing apparatus is requested to process the shared job,

wherein the shared job requires one of at least scanning operation, copying operation, printing operation and facsimile operation.