Patent ID: 11902482
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A scanner, comprising:
a scanning engine configured to scan an image on an original document and generate scan data representing the image on the original document;
a memory;
a user interface provided with an operation key configured to receive a user operation; and
a controller configured to perform:
receiving a user operation through the operation key;
storing destination information in the memory, the destination information corresponding to a destination to which the scan data is to be transmitted;
determining whether one or more pieces of destination information are stored in the memory;
when it is determined, in the determining, that the one or more pieces of destination information are not stored in the memory, disabling the operation key provided to the user interface; and
when it is determined, in the determining, that the one or more pieces of destination information are stored in the memory, enabling the operation key provided to the user interface,

wherein, when the enabled operation key is operated in a state where the operation key is enabled, the controller is configured to perform:
displaying, as candidate destinations, a list of one or more destinations corresponding to the one or more pieces of destination information, respectively;
receiving a designating operation to designate a destination from among the displayed one or more destinations through the user interface; and
transmitting the scan data as generated to the destination designated by the designating operation in response to receiving the designating operation; and

wherein, in a state where the operation key is disabled, not receiving the user operation through the disabled operation key.