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

Claim 4:
5. 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,
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 computer is configured to execute the first notification indicating termination of the trial mode and restart of the image processing apparatus, and
wherein, when a job using the image processor is remains in the memory, the first notification includes notification indicating that the job is to be erased by the restart.