System and method for managing document data, image forming apparatus and recording medium
First Claim
1. A document data management system, comprising:
- a first data entry process portion for performing a process for entering original image reproduction data used for reproducing an image of an original of a document;
a second data entry process portion for performing a process for entering additional information image reproduction data used for reproducing an image showing additional information that is information added to the document;
a setting portion for setting an access privilege of the additional information; and
a memorizing portion for memorizing, in association with one another, the original image reproduction data thus entered of the document, the additional information image reproduction data thus entered of the additional information for the document and access privilege data indicating the access privilege thus set of the additional information.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided that are capable of managing data of documents such as materials and data of information that is written into the documents in a user-friendly manner compared to conventional systems and methods. An image forming apparatus is provided with an original document registration process portion for performing a process of entering original document data used for reproducing an image of an original document, an additional information registration process portion for performing a process of entering additional data used for reproducing an image showing additional information that is information written into the document and of setting an access privilege and a document database for memorizing original document data of the entered document and additional data of the additional information for the document and additional information access privilege data indicating the set access privilege of the additional information in association with one another.
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12 Claims
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1. A document data management system, comprising:
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a first data entry process portion for performing a process for entering original image reproduction data used for reproducing an image of an original of a document;
a second data entry process portion for performing a process for entering additional information image reproduction data used for reproducing an image showing additional information that is information added to the document;
a setting portion for setting an access privilege of the additional information; and
a memorizing portion for memorizing, in association with one another, the original image reproduction data thus entered of the document, the additional information image reproduction data thus entered of the additional information for the document and access privilege data indicating the access privilege thus set of the additional information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An image forming apparatus that is configured to have an image reading portion and a printing portion, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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a first read control portion for making the image reading portion read an image of an original of a document;
a second read control portion for making the image reading portion read an image of the document into which information is written;
a first image generating portion for generating an additional information image that is an image showing only the written information by determining a difference between the image of the original of the document and the image of the document into which the information is written;
an access privilege setting portion for setting an access privilege to the additional information image thus generated;
a document data memorizing portion for memorizing, in association with one another, original image data that are image data of the image of the original of the document, additional information image data that are image data of the additional information image of the information that is written into the document and access privilege data indicating the access privilege thus set of the additional information image;
a presenting portion for presenting the written information corresponding to the additional information image data that are memorized in the document data memorizing portion, in order to prompt a user to select, the information to be presented being associated with the document specified by the user and the information to be presented being capable of being accessed by the user;
a second image generating portion for generating a combined image that is an image in which one or more images of one or more pieces of the written information are overlaid on the image of the original of the document based on the original image data of the document specified by the user and the additional information image data of the one or more pieces of the written information selected by the user; and
a print control portion for controlling the printing portion to print the combined image thus generated on a sheet of paper.
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7. A document data management method for managing data used for reproducing an image of a document, the method comprising:
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entering original image reproduction data used for reproducing an image showing an original of the document;
entering additional information image reproduction data used for reproducing an image showing additional information that is information added to the document;
setting an access privilege of the additional information; and
making a memorizing portion memorize, in association with one another, the original image reproduction data thus entered of the document, the additional information image reproduction data thus entered of the additional information for the document and access privilege data indicating the access privilege thus set of the additional information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A recording medium for storing a computer program for use in a computer that manages data used for reproducing an image of a document, the computer program makes the computer execute the processes comprising:
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entering original image reproduction data used for reproducing an image showing an original of the document;
entering additional information image reproduction data used for reproducing an image showing additional information that is information added to the document;
setting an access privilege of the additional information; and
making a document data memorizing portion memorize, in association with one another, the original image reproduction data thus entered of the document, the additional information image reproduction data thus entered of the additional information for the document and access privilege data indicating the access privilege thus set of the additional information.
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