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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00278 (2013.01); H04N 1/00241 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0013 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06F 3/1291 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a start button of a scanner is operated in a state where a communication connection has been established with the scanner, then image data generated by the scanner by reading a document is acquired, a run mode is set from a plurality of operating modes including a copy mode and a transfer mode, and a process corresponding to the set run mode is executed on the acquired image data. This makes it possible to realize a plurality of functions of a printer in response to a single start button of a scanner.