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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Futatsumori, Kanagawa, JP;
Moritaka Iwakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus operable to provide at least one function is provided. The apparatus comprises an operation unit configured to accept an operation by a user via a displayed user interface; and a controller that, based on function restriction information indicating availability of each of the at least one function, displays, on the operation unit, a user interface that accepts an instruction for using a function for which usage is permitted and does not accept an instruction for using a function for which usage is restricted.