COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL SELECTION FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

摘要

Disclosed is an image processing apparatus comprising: communication circuitry configured to perform communication based on one selected among a plurality of communication protocols; a storage configured to register identification (ID) information based on the communication protocols of an external apparatus; and at least one processor configured to control the communication circuitry to selectively permit communication connection with the external apparatus based on a first protocol if a request for the communication connection based on the first protocol from among the plurality of communication protocols is received from the external apparatus, the request comprising a first ID corresponding to the first protocol and a second ID corresponding to a second protocol different from the first protocol, and the at least one processor configured to permit the communication connection with the external apparatus based on the first protocol if it is determined that at least one of the first ID and the second ID has been registered in the storage.