US 11,995,360 B2
Control method, image processing apparatus, terminal device, and program
Takashi Sugaya, Hino (JP)
Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,951.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-095213 (JP), filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401012 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method for an image processing apparatus having a remote control mode in which a control instruction is received from a terminal device, the method comprising:
causing the image processing apparatus to transition to the remote control mode;
receiving, by the terminal device, an operation by Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and giving a control instruction to the image processing apparatus, wherein
the image processing apparatus cancels the remote control mode when a period during which there is no communication with the terminal device reaches a certain period of time,
in the receiving, the terminal device repeats communication with the image processing apparatus at a cycle shorter than the certain period of time after giving the control instruction to the image processing apparatus,
in the repeat of the communication, transmission of image data indicating content of an operation screen of the image processing apparatus is repeated, and
the terminal device determines whether the process for which the control instruction is given is completed based on whether or not the content of the operation screen indicated in the image data transmitted from the image processing apparatus is same as content of an operation screen indicated in image data transmitted immediately before.