Patent ID: 9179017
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of types of processes and connecting to an external apparatus, the processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive an instruction regarding a process to the processing apparatus from the external apparatus; an instruction unit configured to instruct the processing apparatus to execute a process, the instruction unit being provided on the processing apparatus; and a setting unit configured to set a type of process to the instruction unit from the plurality of types of processes in accordance with a type of process of the instruction received by the reception unit, wherein the processing apparatus includes, a first mode in which the processing apparatus is able to execute a predetermined type of process set to the instruction unit based on the instruction made by the instruction unit and a second mode in which a process based on the instruction made by the instruction unit and the a process based on the instruction received by the reception unit are able to be executed independently of each other, wherein, if the processing apparatus is in the second mode, the type of process set to the instruction unit is changed in accordance with a type of process of the instruction received by the reception unit, wherein, in a case where the setting unit sets the type of process based on the instruction received by the reception unit in the second mode, the type of process set by setting unit is able to be executed based on the instruction made by the instruction unit in the second mode, and wherein, after the second mode is cancelled and the first mode is established, the setting unit sets the predetermined type of process as the type of process to the instruction unit.