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Granted Patent B2
US 12,355,930 · App. 18/421,679 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Image reading apparatus, image reading control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

Inventors: Ryoichi Taniyama (Kitakyushu, JP); Rei Tsutsui (Kitakyushu, JP); Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (Kitakyushu, JP); Yuji Takase (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H04N1/0092H04N1/00708H04N1/00806H04N1/00824
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Patent No.
US 12,355,930
App. No.
18/421,679
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Setting conditions related to reading of an image of a document are registered in association with a user according to input by a user. When a user is identified, the priority order is determined so that a setting condition corresponding to the identified user is prioritized over a setting condition not corresponding to the user among the registered setting conditions, and the setting condition information indicating the setting conditions in the determined priority is displayed. The image is read under the setting condition based on the setting condition information selected according to the input by the user of the setting condition information indicating the displayed setting conditions.

Claims (16)

1. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a reading unit that reads an image of a document;

a display unit that displays information about the image reading by the reading unit; and

a controller that controls the reading unit, the controller configured to register a job icon as a setting condition related to reading of the image of the document for each user and select a display color of the job icon for each user,

wherein the controller is configured to identify a user and display the job icon registered by the identified user in a display color selected by the identified user.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller displays a registration name that is a name registered as the job icon to be displayed on the display unit.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller displays the registration name next to the job icon displayed on the display unit.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to register any of a plurality of types of icon images displayed on an icon selection screen as the icon image of the job icon.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to register any of a plurality of types of display color images displayed on an icon selection screen as the display color of the job icon.

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller stores history information in which an image is read by the reading controller for each setting condition based on setting condition information selected according to input by a user, and wherein the controller unit displays the job icon on the display unit based on the history information.

7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller displays a job icon registered by the identified user instead of a job icon registered by an unidentified user when a user is identified.

8. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller displays a job icon registered by the identified user ID instead of a job icon registered by an unidentified user ID when a user ID is identified.

9. A display method of an image reading apparatus including a reading unit that reads an image of a document, and a display unit that displays information about the image reading by the reading unit, the display method comprising:

registering a job icon as a setting condition related to reading of the image of the document for each user and selecting a display color of the job icon for each user;

identifying a user; and

displaying the job icon registered by the identified user in a display color selected by the identified user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2024
From: TANIYAMA, RYOICHI; TSUTSUI, REI; HAMAGUCHI, YOSHIHIRO; TAKASE, YUJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066402/0551 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-035536 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18150162 · Jan 4, 2023
Continuation 17808443 · Jun 23, 2022
Continuation 17650145 · Feb 7, 2022
Continuation 17188678 · Mar 1, 2021
Related Publication 20240163386A1 · May 16, 2024
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