Patent ID: 11928375
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a job acquirer that acquires a job transmitted from an information processing apparatus;
a function executor that executes a function requested for the acquired job; and
a completion notification selector that selects a time for transmitting, to the information processing apparatus, a process completion notification indicating normal termination of execution of the function after the function is executed, wherein
the completion notification selector selects, depending on whether the job acquirer acquires a new job, either a job execution completion time that is a time when the execution of the function normally terminates or a job acquisition completion time that is a time before the execution of the function starts, as the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus, and
in a status where a function is currently being executed and no new job is acquirable, the completion notification selector selects the job acquisition completion time as the time for transmitting the process completion notification to the information processing apparatus.