Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Communication
Reexamination Certificate
1998-03-11
2004-11-16
Coles, Edward (Department: 2622)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Communication
C358S403000, C709S217000, C379S100090
Reexamination Certificate
active
06819441
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a digital integrated apparatus and an image control system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 22
is an explanatory drawing of a conventional typical image control system, the construction of which is explained hereafter together with its actions.
First, in the state where a original image is set on a scanner
101
, (the user) starts an image data acquisition means
104
working on a personal computer
103
, and issues a command for reading original image. This image data acquisition means
104
transmits an operating command to the scanner
101
through a SCSI cable
102
, and the scanner
101
reads the image in units of line, units of fixed block or units of page by driving the image sensor.
The image data generated with this reading is delivered to said image data acquisition means
104
through the SCSI cable
102
, and then stored in the hard disc of the personal computer
103
.
In the case where there exist a plural number of sheets as original image set on the scanner
101
, an auto document feeder (ADF) provided on the scanner
101
automatically feeds the sheets for reading the following original image successively.
Next, the image data stored in the hard disc of said personal computer
103
is transmitted to a server device
200
through a trunk network
400
, together with attribute information such as image size, image reading date & time, etc. of that image data.
The server device
200
stores the acquired image data on the hard disc, and registers said attribute information supplemented by pointer information indicating the address of storage, in the data base
201
.
As described above, by integrally controlling the image data generated on said personal computer
103
with the server device
200
, it becomes possible to display said image data by using a display program
301
of other personal computer
300
connected to the trunk network
400
.
However, to register image on a conventional image control system, the user had to execute separately, after obtaining an image from the scanner, an operation of transmitting the acquired image data to the server device
200
.
This transmission, which required such operations as selecting the image data file to be transmitted from among the files stored on the hard disc, specifying the server device
200
as destination of transfer, etc., presented a problem of complicated operations by the user.
The object of the present invention, proposed in view of said conventional circumstances, is to provide a digital integrated apparatus and an image control system capable of registering images with simple operation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention adopts the means described below for achieving said object. Namely, as shown in
FIG. 1
, in the present invention, as the start button
14
c
provided in the digital integrated apparatus
10
is turned on, image data is generated by an image input means
12
a
while attribute information is generated by an attribute information generating means
13
. These image data and attribute information are transmitted, by a transfer means
16
, to a network address stored in an address storing means
17
, and are stored in a storing means
27
of a server device
20
. These image data and attribute information are made public by a publicizing means
22
of the server device
20
, and submitted to perusal by a perusing means
33
of a peruser device
30
.
Said processing of publication and perusal is made possible as a publicizing means
22
publicizes a list corresponding to the respective image data and the perusing means
33
transmits, to said peruser device
30
, the image data corresponding to the one specified from among that list.
Said attribute information includes such information as machine ID unique to each digital integrated apparatus connected to the network, image ID unique to each image data, user ID unique to each user, access right to image data, etc.
Moreover, a miniature image generating means
18
for generating miniature image data of image data is provided on said digital integrated apparatus
10
side. And the transfer means
16
transmits this miniature image data together with image data and attribute information and the attribute information includes pointer information indicating the address of storage of said miniature image data. Thus it becomes possible to display this miniature image on said list.
Furthermore, a characteristics extracting means
23
for extracting data from prescribed position of the image data is provided on said server device
20
side. In addition, the attribute information includes pointer information indicating the address of storage of the characteristic image generated by said characteristics extracting means
23
. This makes it possible to display characteristic images on said list. It is also possible to construct (this image control system) in a way to provide, on said digital integrated apparatus
10
side, a characteristic image synthesizing means
18
for combining specific image at said prescribed position of image data.
The same effects may be obtained also with a construction in which said storing means is provided on said digital integrated apparatus
10
side, in place of the storing means
27
provided on said server device
20
side.
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Coles Edward
Pokrzywa Joseph R.
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