Document acquiring device, document filing system, and electronic document notarizing system
First Claim
1. A document capturing device including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means for displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen and user name specifying screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means and a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen; and
user name initial-part search and selective display means for performing a search on the user names by initial parts thereof using at least one letter or figure and displaying a result on the user name specifying screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus that has at least one of a scanning function, a printing function, a copying function, and a facsimile function, and is connected via a communication channel to a server storing image data includes: a memory storing image information printed on or scanned from a paper sheet; a transfer unit automatically transferring appendant information specifying the image information to the server together with the image information irrespective of the presence or absence of an explicit command to transfer from a user; a display operating unit displaying a list of a plurality of users so as to obtain a user name as the appendant information so that the user selects the user name; and user name initial-part search and selective display means for performing a search on the user names by initial parts thereof using at least one letter or figure entered from the display operating unit and displaying a result.
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30 Claims
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1. A document capturing device including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means for displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen and user name specifying screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means and a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen; and
user name initial-part search and selective display means for performing a search on the user names by initial parts thereof using at least one letter or figure and displaying a result on the user name specifying screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
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6. A document capturing device including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen/user name specifying screen/list display screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means, a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen, and a list display screen for displaying a list of image data of documents stored in the secondary storage device; and
reprocessing means for specifying image data of one or more of the documents on the list display screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means and performing reprocessing using said functions. - View Dependent Claims (8)
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
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7. A document capturing device including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen/user name specifying screen/list display screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means, a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen, and a list display screen for displaying a list of image data of documents stored in the secondary storage device, the image data being processed by the users of the user names specified on the user name specifying screen; and
reprocessing means for specifying image data of one or more of the documents on the list display screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means and performing reprocessing using said functions. - View Dependent Claims (9)
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
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10. A document filing system including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means for displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen and user name specifying screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means and a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen; and
user name initial-part search and selective display means for performing a search on the user names by initial parts thereof using at least one letter or figure and displaying a result on the user name specifying screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
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15. A document filing system including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen/user name specifying screen/list display screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means, a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen, and a list display screen for displaying a list of image data of documents stored in the secondary storage device; and
reprocessing means for specifying image data of one or more of the documents on the list display screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means and performing reprocessing using said functions. - View Dependent Claims (17)
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
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16. A document filing system including:
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
printing means for printing the image data read by the image reading means;
transmitting means for transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a destination via a communication line; and
means for storing the image data read by the image reading means in a secondary storage device or transmitting the image data read by the image reading means to a storage device connected via the communication line or a network and requesting for the image data to be stored, characterized by;
display means displaying information for a variety of operations;
operation screen/user name specifying screen/list display screen switching means for switching, in said display means, an operation screen for operating a copying function of copying the image data, a document transmitting function of transmitting the image data to the destination, or a document reading function by the image reading means, a user name specifying screen for specifying names of users using said functions on the operation screen, and a list display screen for displaying a list of image data of documents stored in the secondary storage device, the image data being processed by the users of the user names specified on the user name specifying screen; and
reprocessing means for specifying image data of one or more of the documents on the list display screen to which switching has been performed by said switching means and performing reprocessing using said functions. - View Dependent Claims (18)
- image reading means for reading a document as image data;
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19. An image processing apparatus having at least one of a scanning function, a printing function, a copying function, and a facsimile function, the image processing apparatus being connected via a communication channel to a server storing image data, the image processing apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing image information printed on or scanned from a paper sheet;
a transfer unit automatically transferring appendant information specifying the image information to the server together with the image information irrespective of the presence or absence of an explicit command to transfer from a user; and
a display operating unit displaying a list of a plurality of users so as to obtain a user name as the appendant information so that the user selects the user name, characterized in that a search is performed on the user names by initial parts thereof using at least one letter or figure entered from said display operating unit and a result is displayed.
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20. An image processing apparatus having at least one of a scanning function, a printing function, a copying function, and a facsimile function, the image processing apparatus being connected via a communication channel to a server storing image data, the image processing apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing image information printed on or scanned from a paper sheet;
a transfer unit automatically transferring the image information to the server irrespective of the presence or absence of an explicit command to transfer from a user; and
a display operating unit displaying a list of the image data stored in said memory, characterized in that image information selected from the displayed list is reprocessed using at least one of the functions. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An electronic document certifying system, characterized by storing data captured from an input device as electronic data, automatically storing data output from an output device onto paper, or retaining and certifying date and time of electronic data stored in an electronic document storing system automatically storing electronic data processed or relayed thereby, characterized in that:
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a server retaining the electronic data acquired from the input/output device and date and time of acquisition thereof is provided on a network as a device different from the input/output device;
the server comprises date and time setting means for setting the date and time of the acquisition of the electronic data;
the input/output device comprises transfer means for transferring the electronic data to the server; and
the date and time of the acquisition of the electronic data in the date and time setting means is a time at which the electronic data is transferred to the server.
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25. An electronic document certifying system, characterized by storing data captured from an input device as electronic data, automatically storing data output from an output device onto paper, or retaining and certifying date and time of electronic data stored in an electronic document storing system automatically storing electronic data processed or relayed thereby, characterized in that:
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a server retaining the electronic data acquired from the input/output device and date and time of acquisition thereof is provided on a network as a device different from the input/output device;
the input/output device comprises date and time setting means for setting the date and time of the acquisition of the electronic data;
the input/output device comprises transfer means for transferring the electronic data and date and time of acquisition thereof to the server; and
the server comprises data storing means. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An electronic document certifying system storing data captured from an input device as electronic data, automatically storing data output from an output device onto paper, or storing electronic data to be processed or relayed, characterized by comprising:
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date and time acquiring means for acquiring exact date and time of storage of the electronic data;
conversion means for converting data on the date and time of the storage, the electronic data, and a combination thereof to an unchangeable state;
means for storing and managing the converted data; and
means for extracting the data on the date and time of the storage of the electronic data at a later time.
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28. An electronic document certifying system, characterized in that electronic data is automatically stored together with date and time information without the intervention of a user when the electronic data is created, converted, processed, or relayed.
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29. An image processing system having at least one of a scanning function, a printing function, a copying function, and a facsimile function and having a function of storing image data, characterized by comprising:
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a data acquiring unit acquiring image information printed on or scanned from a paper sheet;
a time information generating unit generating a present time as time information; and
a storage unit that correlates and automatically stores and retains the image information and the time information irrespective of the presence or absence of an explicit command to store from a user, and prevents the time information correlated with the image information from being changed. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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