SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN EMBEDDED BARCODE

• US 20100091313A1
• Filed: 10/15/2008
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Americas Corporation (Ricoh Company Limited), Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Americas Corporation (Ricoh Company Limited), Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Wong, Lana, Kitada, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US12/251,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20100091313A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32144 embedded in the image data, i.e. enclosed or integrated in the image, e.g. watermark, super-imposed logo or stamp
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3222 of processing required or performed, e.g. forwarding, urgent or confidential handling
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping

Abstract

A document management system including an information processing apparatus having an interface to receive an input selecting a security setting corresponding to an image processing operation. The information processing apparatus also generates machine-readable instructions based on the selected security setting and generates a barcode corresponding to the machine-readable instructions, which is included on a document. An image processing apparatus then scans the document including the barcode and extracts the machine-readable instructions from the barcode. Based on the extracted instructions, the image processing apparatus initiates a process.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an interface configured to receive an input selecting a security setting corresponding to an image processing operation;

a processor configured to generate machine-readable instructions based on the selected security setting;

a processor configured to generate a barcode corresponding to the machine-readable instructions; and

an output configured embed the barcode on a document output from the information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the output is configured to print the barcode on a document generated at the information processing apparatus.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the machine-readable instructions include authentication information corresponding to a user of the information processing apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a module configured to generate authentication information to be included in the machine-readable instructions based on the selected security setting.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the machine-readable instructions instruct a computer remote from the information processing apparatus to perform a security operation.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein:

the machine readable instructions instruct an image processing apparatus remote from the information processing apparatus to restrict an operation of the image processing apparatus.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the machine readable instructions prevent an image processing operation from being performed at an image processing apparatus at which the barcode is scanned.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the machine-readable instructions include instructions controlling an e-mail address to which the document can be sent.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein:

the machine readable instructions instruct the computer to store the document at a folder specified in the machine-readable instructions.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the machine-readable instructions instruct an image processing apparatus at which the document is scanned to request a user to input additional security information at the image processing apparatus.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the machine-readable instructions are in the form of one of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

12. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a scanner configured to scan a document, the document including a barcode representing machine-readable instructions corresponding to a security setting;

a processor configured to extract the machine-readable instructions from the barcode on the scanned document; and

a processor configured to initiate a process based on the extracted machine-readable instructions.

13. The image processing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a network interface configured to transmit instructions to a computer remote from the image processing apparatus based on the extracted machine-readable instructions.

14. The image processing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a network interface configured to transmit the scanned document along with security information included in the extracted machine-readable instructions to a computer remote from the image processing apparatus.

15. The image processing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a processor configured to generate a request for user authentication information based on the extracted machine-readable instructions.

16. The image processing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a module configured to store the scanned document at a computer remote from the image processing apparatus based on the extracted machine-readable instructions.

17. The image processing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a module configured to authenticate a user at a computer remote from the image processing apparatus using authentication information included in the extracted machine-readable instructions.

18. The image processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein:

the extracted machine-readable instructions are in the form of one of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

19. A document management system comprising:

an interface, at an information processing apparatus, configured to receive an input selecting a security setting corresponding to an image processing operation;

a processor, at the information processing apparatus, configured to generate machine-readable instructions based on the selected security setting and generate a barcode corresponding to the machine-readable instructions;

an output, at the information processing apparatus, configured embed the barcode on a document output from the information processing apparatus;

a scanner, at an image processing apparatus, configured to scan the document including the barcode;

a processor, at the image processing apparatus, configured to extract the machine-readable instructions from the barcode; and

a processor configured to initiate a security process based on the extracted machine-readable instructions.