Transfer apparatus, image-processing apparatus, and program

• US 20050206960A1
• Filed: 09/14/2004
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Shibata, Kouichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,477,411 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/402
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00217 only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4486 using digital data encryption

Abstract

The transfer apparatus receives image data from the MFP (S11), and acquires processing information which indicates what data-processing has been performed on the image data by the MFP. Furthermore, the transfer apparatus performs additional processing on the image data based on the processing information and the destination (S12 and S15), and transmits this processed data to the destination (S13). According to the composition described above, the transfer apparatus that reduces the processing load while achieving the intended purpose of data-processing can be provided.

Claims

1. A transfer apparatus which transfers data sent from an image-processing apparatus, comprising:

a receiving unit operable to receive the data from the image-processing apparatus;

a determining unit operable to determine data-processing to be applied to the received data depending on a destination of the received data;

a processing unit operable to apply the determined data-processing to the received data; and

a transmitting unit operable to transmit to the destination the data to which the determined data-processing has been applied.

2. The transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the data-processing is security-processing or image-processing.

3. The transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the determining unit determines, when the destination belongs to a predetermined group, data-processing requiring less processing load, compared to a case when the destination does not belong to the predetermined group.

4. The transfer apparatus of claim 3, wherein

the less processing load includes no processing load.

5. The transfer apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

an acquiring unit operable to acquire processing information that indicates what data-processing has been applied to the data by the image-processing apparatus;

wherein

the determining unit includes;

a first decision unit operable to decide what data-processing should be applied to the received data depending on the destination; and

a second decision unit operable to decide a difference between the data-processing decided by the first decision unit and the data-processing indicated by the processing information as the data-processing to be applied to the received data.

6. An image-processing apparatus which reads data from an original source, comprising:

an accepting unit operable to accept a designation of a destination;

a determining unit operable to determine data-processing to be applied to the data depending on the accepted destination;

a processing unit operable to apply the determined data-processing to the data; and

a transmitting unit operable to transmit to the accepted destination the data to which the determined data-processing has been applied.

7. The image-processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the data-processing is security-processing or image-processing.

8. The image-processing apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the determining unit determines, when the destination belongs to a predetermined group, data-processing requiring less processing load, compared to a case when the destination does not belong to the predetermined group.

9. The image-processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein

the less processing load includes no processing load.

10. A program driving a transfer apparatus which transfers data sent from an image-processing apparatus, comprising:

a receiving step of receiving the data from the image-processing apparatus;

a determining step of determining data-processing to be applied to the received data depending on a destination of the received data;

a processing step of applying the determined data-processing to the received data; and

a transmitting step of transmitting to the destination the data to which the determined data-processing has been applied.

11. A program driving an image-processing apparatus which reads data from an original source, comprising:

an accepting step of accepting a designation of a destination;

a determining step of determining data-processing to be applied to the data depending on the accepted destination;

a processing step of applying the determined data-processing to the data; and

a transmitting step of transmitting to the accepted destination the data to which the determined data-processing has been applied.