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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2023
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Sugaya, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control method for an image processing apparatus having a remote control mode in which a control instruction is received from a terminal device, includes: causing the image processing apparatus to transition to the remote control mode; receiving, by the terminal device, an operation by RPA and giving a control instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus cancels the remote control mode when a period during which there is no communication with the terminal device reaches a certain period of time, and in the receiving, the terminal device repeats communication with the image processing apparatus at a cycle shorter than the certain period of time after giving the control instruction to the image processing apparatus.