Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and recording medium, for extending image processing functionality
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Application No.: US15658044Application Date: 2017-07-24
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Publication No.: US10447881B2Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Yuto Sasaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2016-146628 20160726; JP2017-140829 20170720
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a device control application for causing the image forming apparatus to carry out a job, a storage control unit configured to perform control for causing the storage unit to store an image processing plug-in application for extending the device control application, and a processing unit configured to execute the image processing plug-in application in conjunction with execution of the device control application.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180034997A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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