Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium

• US 9,106,868 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2014
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Uchikawa, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): THOMAS, ASHISH
• Application Number:
  US14/337,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20140333954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/335 for accessing specific resources, e.g. using Kerberos tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0048 Indicating an illegal or impossible operation or selection to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00915 Assigning priority to, or interrupting, a particular operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00917 Resuming after an intentional interruption, e.g. resetting parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00925 Inhibiting an operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32496 Changing the task performed, e.g. reading and transmitting, receiving and reproducing, copying facsimile mode changing H04N1/333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32625 Fault detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32657 locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4406 Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4426 involving separate means, e.g. a server, a magnetic card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function
• 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 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes an operating unit comprising a user interface configured to receive an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus, a job execution unit configured to execute a job based on the received operation, a determination unit configured to determine whether the job requires an instruction via the operating unit after detecting a logout event, and a control unit configured to, when the job is determined to require the instruction via the operation unit after the logout event has been detected, prevent a user'"'"'s instruction-waiting state from occurring after the user has logged-out, and when the job is determined to not require the instruction via the operation unit after the logout event has been detected, allow the job to continue under execution after the user has logged-out. At least part of the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an operating unit comprising a user interface configured to receive an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution unit configured to execute a job based on the operation received by said operating unit;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the job requires an instruction via the operating unit after a logout event has been detected; and

a control unit configured to;

in a case where the determination unit determines that the job requires the instruction via the operating unit after the logout event has been detected, prevent a user'"'"'s instruction-waiting state from occurring after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus; and

in a case where the determination unit determines that the job does not require the instruction via the operating unit after the logout event has been detected, allow the job to continue under execution after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus,

wherein at least part of the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

2. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit, in a case where the determination unit determines that the job requires the instruction via the operating unit after the logout event has been detected, cancels the job in accordance with detection of the logout event.

3. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit, in a case where the determination unit determines that the job requires the instruction via the operating unit after the logout event has been detected, changes the job to a job not requiring an instruction via the operating unit in accordance with detection of the logout event.

4. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the logout event is due to no operation from a user over a predetermined time period.

5. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the job requiring the instruction via the operating unit is a test copy job for checking a first one of a plurality of copies of printout and then outputting the remaining copies in accordance with reception of the instruction via the operating unit.

6. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the job requiring the instruction via the operating unit is a job in which a preview function is set, and

in a case where the preview function is set, a scanned original image is displayed and the scanned original image is transmitted in accordance with reception of the instruction via the operating unit.

7. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the job requiring the instruction via the operating unit is a continuous scan job in which each original image is scanned in accordance with reception of the instruction via the operating unit.

8. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

a reception step of receiving an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution step of executing a job based on the operation received at said reception step;

a determination step of determining whether or not the job requires an instruction via the reception step after a logout event has been detected; and

control steps of;

in a case where the determination step determines that the job requires the instruction via the reception step after the logout event has been detected, preventing a user'"'"'s instruction-waiting state from occurring after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus; and

in a case where the determination step determines that the job does not require the instruction via the reception step after the logout event has been detected, allowing the job to continue under execution after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-readable program executable by a computer to execute a method of controlling an image processing apparatus, wherein the program comprises:

a reception module that receives an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution module that executes a job based on the operation received by said reception module;

a determination module that determines whether or not the job requires an instruction via the reception module after a logout event has been detected; and

a control module that;

in a case where the determination module determines that the job requires the instruction via the reception module after the logout event has been detected, prevents a user'"'"'s instruction-waiting state from occurring after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus; and

in a case where the determination module determines that the job does not require the instruction via the reception module after the logout event has been detected, allows the job to continue under execution after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus.

10. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an operating unit comprising a user interface configured to receive an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution unit configured to execute a job based on the operation received by said operating unit;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the job requires an instruction via the operating unit after a logout event has been detected; and

a control unit configured to;

in a case where the determination unit determines that the job requires the instruction via the operating unit after the logout event has been detected, cancels the job in accordance with detection of the logout event; and

in a case where the determination unit determines that the job does not require the instruction via the operating unit after the logout event has been detected, allow the job to continue under execution after the user has logged-out from the image processing apparatus,

wherein at least part of the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

11. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an operating unit comprising a user interface configured to receive an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution unit configured to execute a job based on the operation received by said operating unit;

a detector unit configured to detect a logout event notified from a logged-in user; and

a control unit configured to;

in a case where the logout event is detected by the detector unit while a job not requiring an instruction via the operation unit after the logout event has been detected is being executed, allow the logged-in user to log out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution; and

in a case where the logout event is detected by the detector unit while a job requiring an instruction via the operation unit after the logout event has been detected is being executed, restrict the logged-in user from logging out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution,

wherein at least part of the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

12. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the job requiring the instruction via the operating unit is a test copy job for checking a first one of a plurality of copies of printout and then outputting the remaining copies in accordance with reception of the instruction via the operating unit.

13. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the job requiring the instruction via the operating unit is a job in which a preview function is set, and

in a case where the preview function is set, a scanned original image is displayed and the scanned original image is transmitted in accordance with reception of the instruction via the operating unit.

14. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the job requiring the instruction via the operating unit is a continuous scan job in which each original image is scanned in accordance with reception of the instruction via the operating unit.

15. An image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a display unit configured to display a warning screen in a case where the control unit restricts the logged-in user from logging out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution.

16. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

a reception step of receiving an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution step of executing a job based on the operation received at said reception step;

a detection step of detecting a logout event notified from a logged-in user; and

control steps of;

in a case where the logout event is detected in the detection step while a job not requiring an instruction via the reception step after the logout event has been detected is being executed, allowing the logged-in user to log out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution; and

in a case where the logout event is detected in the detection step while a job requiring an instruction via the reception step after the logout event has been detected is being executed, restricting the logged-in user from logging out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-readable program executable by a computer to execute a method of controlling an image processing apparatus, wherein the program comprises:

a reception module that receives an operation from a user who has logged-in to the image processing apparatus;

a job execution module that executes a job based on the operation received by said reception module;

a detection module that detects a logout event notified from a logged-in user; and

a control module that;

in a case where the logout event is detected by the detection module while a job not requiring an instruction via the reception module after the logout event has been detected is being executed, allowing the logged-in user to log out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution; and

in a case where the logout event is detected by the detection module while a job requiring an instruction via the reception module after the logout event has been detected is being executed, restricting the logged-in user from logging out of the image processing apparatus while the job continues to be under execution.