US 12,231,604 B2
Image processing apparatus for determining a group to share image data in by selecting a registered object
Yoshihiro Tsukada, Ibaraki (JP); and Takuya Ushinohama, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,735.
Application 18/479,735 is a continuation of application No. 17/859,939, filed on Jul. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,811,982.
Application 17/859,939 is a continuation of application No. 17/344,673, filed on Jun. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,412,094, issued on Aug. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-111847 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2020; and application No. 2021-009129 (JP), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031496 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00217 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00233 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/32085 (2013.01); H04N 1/32106 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3205 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3252 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scanning apparatus comprising:
a scanner that scans a document to generate image data;
a controller that obtains a plurality of icon images for enabling a user to identify respectively a plurality of groups of a chat service;
a user interface that displays the obtained plurality of icon images and a plurality of groups respectively corresponding to the obtained plurality of icon images,
wherein the user interface receives selection, by the user, of a group from the displayed plurality of groups,
wherein the user interface displays one or more channels included in the selected group, and
wherein the user interface receives selection, by the user, of a channel from the displayed one or more channels; and
a communicator that transmits the generated image data,
wherein the generated image data is stored in association with the selected channel, and
wherein both a process in which the scanner scans the document to generate the image data and a process in which the communicator transmits the generated image data are performed based on a single execution instruction.