Patent ID: 11909936
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A control method of an image forming apparatus that executes a scan job to save scan data scanned by a scanner in an external memory, the apparatus comprising the scanner that scans a document and an external memory port to which the external memory is removably attached, the method comprising:
storing identification information of the external memory attached to the external memory port and identification information of the scan job as a log by associating the identification information of the external memory with the identification information of the scan job;
determining whether the external memory is removed from the external memory port during execution of the scan job;
displaying a continuation confirmation screen that receives a selection by a user on whether to continue or cancel the scan job when determining that the external memory has been removed;
temporarily storing the scan data together with the identification information of the scan job when continuation of the scan job is selected on the continuation confirmation screen by the user, wherein the execution of the scan job continues when the continuation of the scan job is selected on the continuation confirmation screen;
determining whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved in the temporarily storing when the external memory is reattached to the external memory port; and
storing, in the external memory, the scan data stored in the temporarily storing when determine that the associated scan data is saved in the temporarily storing and the external memory has been reattached to the external memory port.