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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicants:
Keisuke Iwasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoh Masuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Nagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0083 (2013.01); G06K 15/401 (2013.01); G06K 15/4025 (2013.01); H04N 1/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an operations unit configured to be directly operated by a user; a main unit configured to operate based on a request from the operations unit; a determination unit configured to determine a device that is to use an external storage device of the operations unit, in accordance with one of a function of the main unit that is activated through the operations unit and an application of the operations unit; and a switching unit configured to switch a current connection of the external storage device to a connection between the determined device and the external storage device.