Patent ID: 9596373
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus configured to eliminate user confusion when the image processing apparatus is subject to control both locally by an operation unit and remotely by a terminal device via a wireless communication line, the image processing apparatus comprising: a display unit capable of displaying a message; a positional relationship acquisition unit used in order to acquire a positional relationship between the terminal device and the image processing apparatus; and a control unit configured so as to acquire the positional relationship between the terminal device and the image processing apparatus by using the positional relationship acquisition unit wherein when the control unit determines that the terminal device is located close to the image processing apparatus, the control unit disables at least some operation keys of the operation unit, and in response to a user operating at least one of disabled operation keys the control unit causes the display unit to display an error message.