IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUTHORIZED PERSON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20100039659A1
• Filed: 02/18/2009
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Yoshiharu
• Granted Patent: US 8,253,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.140
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2117 User registration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2151 Time stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00517 involving favourite or frequently used settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00832 Recording use, e.g. counting number of pages copied
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00851 externally to or remotely from the reproduction apparatus, e.g. using a connected apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00854 Recognising an unauthorised user or user-associated action
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4426 involving separate means, e.g. a server, a magnetic card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/444 to a particular document or image or part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3202 of communication or activity log or report
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3235 Checking or certification of the authentication information, e.g. by comparison with data stored independently
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3246 of data relating to permitted access or usage, e.g. level of access or usage parameters for digital rights management [DRM] related to still images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs

Abstract

An image processing system includes an authorized person information management apparatus and an image processing apparatus, the authorized person information management apparatus including: a first reception unit; an authorized person information storage unit; an authorized person information acquisition unit; and a first transmission unit; the image processing apparatus including: a reading unit; a second transmission unit; a second reception unit; and an output unit.

Claims

1. An image processing system comprising an authorized person information management apparatus and an image processing apparatus,

the authorized person information management apparatus including:

a first reception unit that receives information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies print source data of the paper medium;

an authorized person information storage unit in which authorized person information, which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information contained in the information regarding the paper medium received by the first receiving unit, is stored while being associated with the print source data;

an authorized person information acquisition unit that acquires the authorized person information from the authorized person information storage; and

a first transmission unit that transmits the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit;

the image processing apparatus including;

a reading unit that reads optically the paper medium which contains the data specifying information;

a second transmission unit that transmits information regarding the paper medium which contains the data specifying information, and which is read by the reading unit to the authorized person information management unit;

a second reception unit that receives the authorized person information transmitted by the first transmission unit; and

an output unit that outputs the authorized person information received by the second reception unit.

2. The image processing system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the image processing unit includes:

a utilization history information storage that stores utilization history information which contains user information which is generated in a case where a device of the image processing unit is used; and

a sorting unit that sorts the authorized person information received by the second reception unit based on an occurrence timing or occurrence frequency of authorized person information which occurs in the user information contained in the utilization history information stored by the utilization history information storage, and

the output unit outputs the authorized person information received by the second reception unit in the order in which the authorized person information was sorted by the sorting unit.

3. The image processing system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein

the image processing unit includes a display that displays information, and

the output unit outputs the authorized person information received by the second reception unit to the display.

4. An image processing system comprising:

a reading unit that reads optically paper medium containing data specifying information which specifies print source information of the paper medium;

a reception unit that receives information regarding the paper medium which contains the data specifying information and which was read by the reading unit;

an authorized person information acquisition unit that acquires authorized person information, which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information contained in the information regarding the paper medium received by the receiving unit, from authorized person information storage in which authorized person information is stored while being associated with the print source data; and

a transmission unit that transmits the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit.

5. The image processing system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

a user history information acquisition unit that acquires utilization history information which contains user information which is generated in a case where the reading unit is used; and

a sorting unit that sorts the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit based on an occurrence timing or occurrence frequency of authorized person information which occurs in the user information contained in the user history information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit,

wherein

the output unit outputs the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit in the order in which the authorized person information was sorted by the sorting unit.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a reading unit that reads optically a paper medium containing data specifying information which specifies print source data of the paper medium;

a transmission unit that transmits information regarding the paper medium which contains the data specifying information, and which is received by the receiving unit;

a reception unit that receives authorized person information denoting an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information; and

an output unit that outputs the authorized person information received by the reception unit.

7. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a utilization history information storage that stores utilization history information which contains user information which is generated in a case where a device of the image processing unit is used; and

a sorting unit that sorts the authorized person information received by the reception unit based on an occurrence timing or occurrence frequency of authorized person information which occurs in the user information contained in the utilization history information stored by the utilization history information storage,

wherein

the output unit outputs the authorized person information received by the reception unit in the order in which the authorized person information was sorted by the sorting unit.

8. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6,

wherein

the reception unit receives the authorized person information denoting the authorized person who is authorized to modify the authorized person information for the print source data specified by the data specifying information.

9. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6,

wherein

the reception unit receives the authorized person information denoting the authorized person who is authorized to modify the contents of the print source data specified by the data specifying information.

10. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a display unit that displays information,

wherein

the output unit outputs the authorized person information received by the reception unit to the display.

11. An authorized person information management apparatus comprising:

a reception unit that receives information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies print source data of the paper medium;

an authorized person information acquisition unit that acquires authorized person information, which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information received by the reception unit, from authorized person information storage in which authorized person information is stored while being associated with the print source data; and

a transmission unit that transmits the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition unit.

12. An image processing method comprising;

transmitting information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies print source data of the paper medium;

receiving authorized person information which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information; and

outputting the authorized person information received by the reception step.

15. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

acquiring utilization history information which contains user information which is generated in a case where the computer is used from utilization history information storage which stores the utilization history information; and

sorting the authorized person information received by the reception step based on an occurrence timing or occurrence frequency of the authorized person information which occurs in the user information contained by the utilization history information acquired by the user information acquisition step,

wherein

the output step outputs the authorized person information received by the reception step in the order in which the authorized person information was sorted by the sorting step.

16. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

acquiring installation place information denoting a place where the computer is installed and user place information denoting a place where a user of the computer resides; and

sorting the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition step in the order of higher possibility of the authorized person residing on the periphery of the computer based on the installation place information and the user place information which are acquired by the place information acquisition step,

wherein

the output step outputs the authorized person information received by the reception step in the order in which the authorized person information was sorted by the sorting step.

17. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 12,

wherein

the authorized person information acquisition step acquires the authorized person information which denotes an authorized person who is authorized to modify the authorized person information for the print source data specified by the data specifying information.

18. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 12,

wherein

the authorized person information acquisition step acquires the authorized person information which denotes an authorized person who is authorized to modify the contents of the print source data specified by the data specifying information.

13. An image processing method comprising;

receiving information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies the paper medium;

acquiring authorized person information, which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information received by the reception step, from authorized person information storage which stores the authorized person information while associating it with the print source data; and

transmitting the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition step.

14. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing image processing, the process comprising:

transmitting information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies print source data of the paper medium;

receiving authorized person information which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information; and

outputting the authorized person information received by the reception step.

19. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for performing image processing, the process comprising:

receiving information regarding a paper medium which contains data specifying information which specifies the paper medium;

acquiring authorized person information, which denotes an authorized person having an authorization to process the print source data specified by the data specifying information received by the reception step, from authorized person information storage which stores the authorized person information while associating it with the print source data; and

transmitting the authorized person information acquired by the authorized person information acquisition step.