Patent ID: 11930137
Assignee: PFU LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising:
an imaging device to image a medium;
a communication device to communicate with a plurality of information processing apparatuses; and
a processor to
acquire a use state of the image reading apparatus,
set a first information processing apparatus as an information processing apparatus capable of executing imaging control of the imaging device when receiving a setting request signal from the first information processing apparatus,
control the imaging device according to an instruction signal from the first information processing apparatus in a state where the first information processing apparatus is set as the information processing apparatus capable of executing the imaging control, wherein the processor does not release the first information processing apparatus from being set as the information processing apparatus capable of executing imaging control of the imaging device, when imaging by the imaging device has been completed, and
release the first information processing apparatus from being set as the information processing apparatus capable of executing imaging control of the imaging device, when receiving a release request signal from the first information processing apparatus, wherein
the processor sets a second information processing apparatus as the information processing apparatus capable of executing the imaging control, based on the use state, when receiving a request signal of the imaging control from the second information processing apparatus in a state where the first information processing apparatus is set as the information processing apparatus capable of executing the imaging control, even when the first information processing apparatus is not released from being set as the information processing apparatus capable of executing imaging control of the imaging device.