US 12,284,322 B2
Reading apparatus, method of controlling reading apparatus, and image reading system
Haruya Eguchi, Kitakyushu (JP); and Nobu Tagawa, Fukutsu (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/646,588.
Application 18/646,588 is a continuation of application No. 18/169,562, filed on Feb. 15, 2023, granted, now 11,985,281.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-023841 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0283878 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00612 (2013.01) [H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); H04N 1/00806 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a reading apparatus configured such that a use path used to output a document read by a reading unit is changed between a first output path and a second output path, the method comprising:
obtaining path information indicating the use path;
obtaining a reading setup about document reading; and
based on the reading setup and the path information, displaying a suggestion indication suggesting changing the reading setup or suggesting changing the use path,
displaying a registration screen for registering the reading setup,
checking correspondence between the reading setup and the path information while the reading setup is being configured on the registration screen,
when determining that the use path is not suitable for the reading setup, displaying the suggestion indication on the display unit,
when the reading setup is one of a plurality of reading setups registered, displaying a list screen displaying the plurality of reading setups as a list on the display unit, and
displaying the display unit to display on the list screen an alert indication for the reading setup unsuitable for the use path indicated by the path information,
displaying the display unit on the list screen an alert indication for the reading setup unsuitable for the use path indicated by the path information.