Patent ID: 11902484
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. The image processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the computer is configured to perform, when receiving to activate the special function, a changing process of activating the special function by updating function information of the special function stored in the memory such that the function information indicates that the special function is to be activated, the function information of the special function indicating that the special function is not activated when the image processing apparatus is shipped from a factory,
wherein the computer is further configured to perform
an inputting process of inputting setting information used by the special function through an operation on the user interface during the effective period of the special function,
storing the setting information input in the inputting process in the memory,
a process of the special function in accordance with the setting information stored in the memory,
a determining process of determining whether a current time is within the effective period of the trial mode at a first timing within a period of the trial mode, and
a termination process of terminating the trial mode at a second timing after determining that the current time is not within the effective period in the determining process, and

wherein, after termination of the trial mode in the termination process, the computer is configured to
perform an initialization process of initializing the setting information stored in the memory in a case where the function information indicating that the special function is to be inactivated is stored in the memory, and
not perform the initialization process in a case where the function information indicating that the special function is to be activated is stored in the memory, the special function being continued to be activated after termination of the trial mode in a case where the function information indicates that the special function is to be activated.