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Patent No.:

US 8610912 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 17, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2011

Image processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, methods for controlling the apparatuses, and storage medium storing program allowing the instruction of the processing to be executed next without waiting for the completion of cooperative processing and allows checking of the processing status of cooperative processing being executed

Applicant:

Hideki Hirose, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hideki Hirose, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Ngon Nguyen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

Abstract

An image processing apparatus displays a screen for designating cooperative processing in which the image processing apparatus and at least one other image processing apparatus cooperate based on externally received information, where if an execution instruction for processing to be executed by the image processing apparatus for the cooperative processing is received, the processing is executed. A screen displaying the status of processing in the at least one other image processing apparatus and a screen enabling designation of subsequent processing to be executed by the image processing apparatus are displayed based on the externally received screen information while the at least one other image processing apparatus is executing processing to be executed by the at least one other image processing apparatus for the cooperative processing after the execution of the processing.

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