JP2000261585A - Picture processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processing system excellent in operability. SOLUTION: In this picture processing system, a transmission (equipment) side reads one sheet of original to store its data and transmits a transmittal letter to a destination. When there is more original, the transmission side reads the original one by one to store its data and waits for the response (transmission request) from a reception side to the transmittal letter sent to the destination (SB1). At the time of receiving the transmittal letter from the transmission side (SC2), the reception (personal computer) side authenticates the person of the destination (SC3) and when the person of the destination is authenticated (SC4), the reception side requests the transmission of a document to the transmission side (SC5). At the time of receiving a transmission request from the reception side (SB2), the reception side starts the transmission of stored data (SB3).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an image processing system, and more particularly, to an image processing apparatus provided with a document reading device, and is applicable to a device for handling still images and moving images such as a video camera and a digital still camera. The present invention relates to an image processing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional image processing system,
The transmitting side did not know whether or not the person indicated by the destination received the transmitted image data without fail. Further, the storage state of the image data on the recording medium is simply rearranged according to the free space of the recording medium, not considering the usability (urgency) of the user, and the transmission order of the image data is The priority is based on the operator and the situation at that time, and is not based on the content of the image that is actually read.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a user-friendly image processing system.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an original reading means for optically reading an original, a recording medium for temporarily recording a plurality of read images, and the images connected to a network. An image processing system comprising a plurality of devices having an output unit for outputting to an external device and a receiving unit for receiving an image from the external device, wherein a transmission side is set to a destination in an image processing system capable of treating a plurality of image data as one document. When the cover page is transmitted, and the receiving side, which is the destination, requests transmission of image data in response to the cover page, the transmitting side transmits the image data to the destination, thereby confidentially transmitting the image data. It is characterized by doing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image processing system according to the first aspect, the image data is transmitted based on a priority order.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image processing system according to the second aspect, priorities are assigned to the image data based on the contents of the read image.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an essential part of an embodiment of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied.
Is a reading unit, 2 is a CPU, 3 is a display unit, 4 is an image processing unit, 5 is an I / F control unit, 6 is an image recording unit, 7 is an operation unit,
8 is a ROM / RAM, 9 is a personal computer, 10 is a public line,
Reference numeral 11 denotes Ethernet.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are flow charts for explaining an embodiment of the image processing system according to the present invention. FIGS. 2 and 3 (A) are flow charts on the transmission (apparatus) side.
FIG. 3B is a flowchart on the receiving (PC) side. On the transmitting (device) side, as shown in FIG.
After the original is set (SA1), the reading conditions are specified (SA2), and the destination and the sender are selected (SA3, SA).
4). When reading of the document is started (SA5), first,
Scans one original and stores the data (SA
7) The cover page is transmitted to the destination (SA8). If there are more originals (SA9), the originals are read one by one and the data is stored (SA10) to complete the document (SA1).
1).

As shown in FIG. 3B, the receiving (PC) side waits for the receipt of a cover page from the transmitting side in step SA8 (SC1), and receives the cover page from the transmitting side (SC2). ), The destination is authenticated (SC3).
When the recipient is authenticated (SC4), the sender is requested to send a document (SC5) and waits for the arrival of the document (S5).
C6).

Further, on the transmitting (device) side, FIG.
As shown in (1), after waiting for a response (transmission request) from the receiving side to the cover page sent to the destination in step SA8 (SB1), when a transmission request is received from the receiving side (SB2), the transmission is performed. Is started (SB3). Then, the document transmitted from the recording medium is deleted (SB4).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, the transmitting (apparatus) side first distributes the cover page to the destination, and the main program is transmitted in accordance with the receiving status of the receiving (PC) side. is there.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining another embodiment of the image processing system according to the present invention. After a document is set on the transmitting (apparatus) side (SA2
1) Specify reading conditions (SA22), and select a destination and a sender (SA23, SA24). When reading of the document is started (SA25), the document is read one by one and the data is stored (SA26, SA27), and the stored document is completed (SA28).

Then, a priority list is created in advance (SB21), and if there is a stored document in the recording medium (SC2)
1) Search for the stored document with the highest priority in items such as destination, sender, time, and reading conditions (SC2).
2), send those documents according to priority (SC)
23).

According to the invention of claim 2, as described above, a priority order list registered in advance, for example, first place: Yamada, 2
Rank: Suzuki, or 1st: AM08: 00-1
0:00, second place: Based on PM 10:00 to 12:00,..., The image to be transmitted is selected and transmitted by the transmission (apparatus) side from the read image group.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts for explaining another embodiment of the image processing system according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5, on the transmitting (apparatus) side, after setting the original (SA31), the reading conditions are specified (SA32), and the destination and the sender are selected (SA33, S).
A34).

When reading of the document is started (SA3
5) First, the original is read one by one and the data is stored (SA37), and the data is stored in an OCR (optical character).
The image processing is performed by the reader (SA38), the read information is extracted based on the priority list (SB31) created in advance (SA39), and the extracted information is stored (SA40). These steps SA37 to SA4
0 is repeated to complete the stored document (SA41). Then, as shown in FIG. 6, if there is a stored document in the recording medium (SC31), the stored document having the highest priority is searched (SC32), and those documents are transmitted according to the priority (SC33).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a read image is subjected to image processing by an OCR or the like, and based on the result, for example, characters such as "urgent", "greatly urgent", "known", etc. The document in which the column is detected is transmitted with priority.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an original reading means for optically reading an original, a recording medium for temporarily recording a plurality of read images, and outputting the images to an external device connected to a network. A transmitting side transmits a cover page to a destination in an image processing system including a plurality of devices having an output unit for performing the processing and a receiving unit for receiving an image from the external device, and capable of treating a plurality of image data as one document. However, if the receiving side, which is the destination, requests transmission of image data in response to the cover page, the transmitting side transmits the image data to the destination, thereby confidentially transmitting the image data. It is possible to prevent erroneous distribution such as distribution or lack of public knowledge, and improve the reliability of the system.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image processing system according to the first aspect, the image data is transmitted based on a priority order, so that urgent information can be quickly transmitted to a necessary person. Therefore, the reliability of the system can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image processing system according to the second aspect, priorities are assigned to the image data based on the contents of the read image, so that information can be delivered according to the situation. Thus, the reliability of the system can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main part configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an image processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an image processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining another embodiment of the image processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining another embodiment of the image processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining another embodiment of the image processing system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reading part, 2 ... CPU, 3 ... Display part, 4 ... Image processing part, 5 ... I / F control part, 6 ... Image recording part, 7 ... Operation part, 8 ... ROM / RAM, 9 ... PC, 10 ... public line, 11 ... Ethernet.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An original reading means for optically reading an original, a recording medium for temporarily recording a plurality of read images, an output means for outputting the images to an external device connected to a network, In an image processing system including a plurality of devices having a receiving unit for receiving an image from the device and capable of handling a plurality of image data as one document, a transmitting side transmits a cover page to a destination, and the receiving An image processing system, wherein when a side requests transmission of image data in response to the cover sheet, the transmission side transmits the image data to the destination, thereby confidentially transmitting the image data. 2. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the image data is transmitted based on a priority. 3. The image processing system according to claim 2, wherein priorities are assigned to the image data based on the contents of the read image.