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

Claim 0:
1. 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;
an external memory port to which the external memory is removably attached;
a log data storage that stores 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;
first determiner determining circuitry that determines whether the external memory is removed from the external memory port during execution of the scan job;
displaying circuitry that display a continuation confirmation screen that receives a selection by a user on whether to continue or cancel the scan job when the first determining circuitry determines that the external memory has been removed;
a temporary storage that temporarily stores 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;
second determining circuitry that determines whether the scan data associated with the external memory is saved in the temporary storage when the external memory is reattached to the external memory port; and
storing circuitry that stores, in the external memory, the scan data stored in the temporary storage when the second determining circuitry determines that the associated scan data is saved in the temporary storage and the external memory has been reattached to the external memory port.