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

Claim 18:
19. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an image processor;
a user interface;
a memory; and
a computer,
wherein the image processing apparatus has a special function, the memory storing setting indicating that the special function is to be activated or inactivated, the special function being inactivated when the image processing apparatus is shipped from a factory,
wherein the computer is configured to, when receiving an input of a start command indicating start of a trial mode, execute a start process of starting the trial mode, the trial mode being a mode in which the special function is activated to be tried, an effective period being set to the trial mode, the special function becoming activated during the effective period of the trial mode, and
wherein the computer is configured to perform
a determining process of determining, at a first timing after receipt of the start command, whether a current time is within the effective 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 of the trial mode,

wherein the image processing apparatus has a particular function which is activated when the image processing apparatus is shipped from a factory, the particular function is a function activated exclusively for the special function, and
wherein the computer is further configured to
activate the special function and inactivate the particular function when starting the trial mode,
in a case where the memory stores function information indicating that the special function is inactivated, activate the particular function, and
in a case where the memory stores function information indicating that the special function is activated, maintain the particular function inactivated.