US 12,445,563 B2
Remote operation apparatus capable of restricting connection between an image forming apparatus and another remote operation apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
Takeru Imamura, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/159,528.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-012751 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247160 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00973 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00129 (2013.01); H04N 1/00854 (2013.01); H04N 1/00925 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0075 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote operation apparatus that remotely operates an image forming apparatus, the remote operation apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to communicate with the image forming apparatus; and
a controller configured to:
set whether or not to restrict connection between the image forming apparatus and another remote operation apparatus other than the remote operation apparatus; and
give an instruction to restrict the connection between the image forming apparatus and the another remote operation apparatus before causing the image forming apparatus to form an image in a case where restriction of the connection between the image forming apparatus and the another remote operation apparatus is set,
wherein the communication unit is configured to receive a release notification from the image forming apparatus, the release notification indicating releasing of the restriction of the connection to the another remote operation apparatus, and
wherein the controller demands the image forming apparatus again to restrict the connection to the another remote operation apparatus in a case where the release notification is received by the communication unit.