Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image scanner, image scanning system, and control method of image scanner with user authentication and customization of image scanner settings
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Application No.: US17449203Application Date: 2021-09-28
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Publication No.: US11659109B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Yuji Takase
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JP 2020165272 2020.09.30
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; H04N1/44

Abstract:
An image scanner includes a display unit configured to display a UI screen, an authentication unit configured to authenticate a user based on an identification information of the user, a display control unit configured to control display, a setting unit configured to set functions of the image scanner according to setting information selected on the UI screen in a state in which the user is successfully authenticated, and a storage unit configured to store a database in which the identification information, at least one of the functions, and the setting information are registered in association with each other, in which the display control unit acquires the setting information from the database corresponding to the identification information and the functions displayed to the UI screen when the identification medium is read corresponds, and causes the display unit to display the acquired setting information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220103706A1 IMAGE SCANNER, IMAGE SCANNING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE SCANNER Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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