US 11,930,150 B2
Scanning system and control method therefor
Kazuhiro Sugawara, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/064,195.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-202186 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188664 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/4406 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00209 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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10. A control method for a scanning system, the scanning system including an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus configured to generate image data by scanning a document, an authorization server configured to issue an access token to access a cloud server, and a cloud server configured to provide a cloud service, the control method comprising:
transmitting, by the information processing apparatus, authentication information for access to the cloud server and an address of the cloud server to the image forming apparatus in a first transmission;
receiving, by the image forming apparatus, the authentication information and the address of the cloud server transmitted in the first transmission;
acquiring, from the authorization server, the access token to access the cloud server indicated by the authentication information and the address received; and
transmitting the acquired access token and the image data to the cloud server in a second transmission.