Image forming apparatus that performs ADF scanning, image forming system, control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11570317-B2
Application number	US-202017113613-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2020
Priority date	Jan 8, 2020
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

An image forming apparatus which eliminates the need for a paper thickness detection sensor and saves time and effort for a user when performing remote scanning. An image reading unit of the image forming apparatus is connectable to an external client via a network and generates image data by reading an original. In the remote scanning, the image reading unit reads the original conveyed by a conveying unit in accordance with an instruction from an external client. A conveying speed at which the original is conveyed by the conveying unit when the remote scanning is performed is set in accordance with an original thickness setting. A first original thickness setting made on the image forming apparatus and a second original thickness setting made on the external client are obtained. When the second original thickness setting is different from the first original thickness setting, the original thickness setting is set to the second original thickness setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus adaptable to communicate with an external apparatus via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a scanner that reads document sheets conveyed by a conveyor to generate image data; and
a controller that performs remote scanning in which a document sheet, which is conveyed by the conveyor, is scanned by the scanner in accordance with an instruction from the external apparatus,
wherein the controller sets, in accordance with a document sheet thickness setting, a conveying speed at which the document sheet is conveyed by the conveyor when the remote scanning is performed,
wherein the image processing apparatus obtains a first thickness setting based on a user operation on the image processing apparatus,
wherein the image processing apparatus obtains a second thickness setting based on a user operation on the external apparatus, and
wherein in a case where the second thickness setting is different from the first thickness setting, the controller sets the document sheet thickness setting to the second thickness setting.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the external apparatus comprises a display that displays a job setting screen for making job settings on a remote job of the remote scanning based on user operations, and
wherein the job settings include the second thickness setting.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the conveyor further comprises a tray on which one or more document sheets are mounted by a user,
wherein the job settings include a specified number of pages in the remote job, and
wherein the remote scanning is ended when scanning of the specified number of pages of document sheets from among the one or more document sheets has been completed.

4. An image processing system in which an image processing apparatus, which has a scanner that reads document sheets conveyed by a conveyor to generate image data, and an information processing apparatus are connected together via a network, comprising:
a controller that, in the image processing apparatus, performs remote scanning in which a document sheet, which is conveyed by the conveyor, is scanned by the scanner in accordance with an instruction from the information processing apparatus,
wherein the controller sets, according to a document sheet thickness setting, a conveying speed at which the document sheet is conveyed by the conveyor when the remote scanning is performed,
wherein the image processing apparatus obtains a first thickness setting based on a user operation on the image processing apparatus,
wherein the image processing apparatus obtains a second thickness setting based on a user operation on the information processing apparatus, and
wherein in a case where the second thickness setting is different from the first thickness setting, the controller sets the document sheet thickness setting to the second thickness setting.

5. The image processing system according to claim 4 , further comprising a display that, in the information processing apparatus, displays a job setting screen for making job settings on a remote job of the remote scanning based on user operations, and
wherein the job settings include the second thickness setting.

6. The image processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the conveyor further comprises a tray on which one or more document sheets are mounted by a user,
wherein the job settings include a specified number of pages in the remote job, and
wherein the remote scanning is ended when scanning of the specified number of pages of document sheets from among the one or more document sheets has been completed.

7. A control method for an image processing apparatus adaptable to communicate with an external apparatus via a network, and including a scanner that reads document sheets conveyed by a conveyor to generate image data , and a controller that performs remote scanning in which a document sheet, which is conveyed by the conveyor, is scanned by the scanner in accordance with an instruction from the external apparatus, the method comprising:
a setting step of, in accordance with a document sheet thickness setting, setting a conveying speed at which the document sheet is conveyed by the conveyor when the remote scanning is performed;
a first obtaining step of obtaining a first thickness setting based on a user operation on the image processing apparatus; and
a second obtaining step of obtaining a second thickness setting based on a user operation on the external apparatus,
wherein in a case where the second thickness setting is different from the first thickness setting, the document sheet thickness setting is set to the second thickness setting.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for an image processing apparatus adaptable to communicate with an external apparatus via a network, and including a scanner that reads document sheets conveyed by a conveyor to generate image data , and a controller that performs remote scanning in which a document sheet, which is conveyed by the conveyor, is scanned by the scanner in accordance with an instruction from the external apparatus, the method comprising:
a setting step of, in accordance with a document sheet thickness setting, setting a conveying speed at which the document sheet is conveyed by the conveyor when the remote scanning is performed;
a first obtaining step of obtaining a first thickness setting based on a user operation on the image processing apparatus; and
a second obtaining step of obtaining a second thickness setting based on a user operation on the external apparatus,
wherein in a case where the second thickness setting is different from the first thickness setting, the document sheet thickness setting is set to the second thickness setting.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Sato Eri

Classifications

• H04N1/00482

  outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution · CPC title

• H04N1/00395 Primary

  Arrangements for reducing operator input (input arrangements for job or mode instructions or parameters H04N1/00962; intelligent menu interfaces H04N1/00437) · CPC title

• H04N1/00827

  Arrangements for reading an image from an unusual original, e.g. 3-dimensional objects · CPC title

• H04N1/00599

  Using specific components (details of components related to handling thin or filamentary material B65H) · CPC title

• H04N1/00644

  Counting or calculating, e.g. a number of remaining sheets · CPC title