Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

• US 9,516,191 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, John B
• Assistant Examiner(s): STILTNER, WEIWEI YE
• Application Number:
  US13/232,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20120079064A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,910 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 709223-225
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 identification (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, via the network from the external apparatus, the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the transfer setting registered by the registering unit;

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

a control unit configured to invalidate the transfer setting registered by the registering unit in a case where the acquisition unit cannot acquire the destination information due to a fact that the destination information corresponding to the ID is not stored in the external apparatus,

wherein the control unit does not invalidate the transfer setting registered by the registering unit in a case where the acquisition unit cannot acquire the destination information due to a communication error with the external apparatus,

wherein at least one of the receiving unit, the registering unit, the acquisition unit, the transfer unit, and the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

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

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition 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:

receiving image data;

registering a transfer setting containing an identification (ID) for identifying destination information stored in the external apparatus to transfer the received image data;

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

transferring the received image data using the acquired destination information; and

invalidating the registered transfer setting in a case where acquiring cannot be acquire the destination information due to a fact that the destination information corresponding to the ID is not stored in the external apparatus,

wherein invalidating includes not invalidating the registered transfer setting in a case where acquiring cannot acquire the destination information due to a communication error with 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to perform a method for controlling an image processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus via a network, the method comprising:

receiving image data;

registering a transfer setting containing an identification (ID) for identifying destination information stored in the external apparatus to transfer the received image data;

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

transferring the received image data using the acquired destination information; and

invalidating the registered transfer setting in a case where acquiring cannot acquire the destination information due to a fact that the destination information corresponding to the ID is not stored in the external apparatus,

wherein invalidating includes not invalidating the registered transfer setting in a case where acquiring cannot acquire the destination information due to a communication error with the external apparatus.

9. 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 identification (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, via the network from the external apparatus, the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the transfer setting registered by the registering unit;

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

a control unit configured to invalidate the transfer setting registered by the registering unit in a case where the acquisition unit cannot acquire the destination information due to a fact that the destination information corresponding to the ID is not stored in the external apparatus,

wherein the acquisition unit performs again a process for acquiring the destination information corresponding to the ID contained in the transfer setting registered by the registering unit in a case where the acquisition unit cannot acquire the destination information due to a communication error with the external apparatus,

wherein at least one of the receiving unit, the registering unit, the acquisition unit, the transfer unit, and the control unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the acquisition unit acquires, via the network form the external apparatus, the destination information in response to receiving the image data by the receiving unit.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the acquisition 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.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a deletion unit configured to delete the ID contained in the transfer setting if the control unit invalidates the transfer setting.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, 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.