JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20110032567A1
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: ISHIDA, Tetsuya, Sugimoto, Yasuaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,248,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/566 Dynamic detection, i.e. detection performed at run-time, e.g. emulation, suspicious activities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00912 Arrangements for controlling a still picture apparatus or components thereof not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00954 Scheduling operations or managing resources H04N1/0096 takes precedence; program initiating or switching G06F9/48; allocation of computer resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32502 in systems having a plurality of input or output devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32507 a plurality of input devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32523 a plurality of output devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A job processing system including; an operation section accepting an operation of setting of job; a generate section generating a job data based on a setting information related to the setting of the job which accepted a setting completion in the operation section; a first storage section storing the generated job data; an execution section executing the job based on the job data; a detection section detecting computer viruses within the job processing system; and, a control section deciding necessity of the detection based on the job data related to the job.

Claims

1. A job processing system comprising,

an operation section accepting an operation of setting of job;

a generate section generating a job data based on a setting information related to the setting of the job which accepted a setting completion in the operation section;

a first storage section storing the generated job data;

an execution section executing the job based on the job data;

a detection section detecting computer viruses within the job processing system; and

,

a control section deciding necessity of the detection based on the job data related to the job.

2. The job processing system of claim 1,

wherein the job data related to the job is a job data related to a job before it is executed by the execution section.

3. The job processing system of claim 1,

wherein, the control section decides that the detection by the detection section is necessary, when an abnormality is sensed based on the job data;

and,

the detection section carries out the detection when the abnormality is sensed.

4. The job processing system of claim 3 further comprising,

a second storage section stores the settings information upon accepting a settings completion in the operation section,

wherein the control section carries out the decision of whether or not the detection is necessary based on a result of comparing the job data stored in the first storage section and the settings information stored in the second storage section, and senses the abnormality when the result of the comparison is not matching.

5. The job processing system of claim 4,

wherein the settings of job comprises a setting of the operation mode indicating a type of job;

and,

the control section carries out the comparison in the operation mode of the job data and in the operation mode of the settings information.

6. The job processing system of claim 4,

wherein, the comparison comprises,

a first comparison of comparing a prescribed number of data included in the job data and a prescribed number of information corresponding to the prescribed number of data included in the settings information, and

a second comparison of comparing a larger number of data than the prescribed number included in the job data and a larger number of information corresponding to the larger number of data included in the settings information, and

wherein the control section determines based on a prescribed condition whether to carry out the first comparison or the second comparison.

7. The job processing system of claim 6,

wherein the prescribed conditions comprises a margin of resources used for making a decision of whether or not the detection is necessary at a point of time when the determination is made, and,

the control section determines whether to carry out the first comparison or the second comparison based on the margin of resources.

8. The job processing system of claim 7,

wherein the margin of resources is constituted from at least one of the remaining amount of usage of the resources and the remaining usage ratio of the resources.

9. The job processing system of claim 6,

wherein the prescribed conditions comprises the settings information at the time of accepting the settings completion;

and,

the control section determines whether to carry out the first comparison or the second comparison based on the settings information at the time of accepting the settings completion.

10. The job processing system of claim 6,

wherein the settings of job comprises settings of an operation mode indicating the type of job;

and,

the operation mode is comprised in the data and the information compared by the first comparison and by the second comparison.

12. The job processing system of claim 3,

wherein, the control section carries out the decision of whether or not the detection is necessary based on whether or not the job data is the job data that is generated upon accepting the settings completion, and,

the abnormality is detected when the job data is determined that it is not a job data generated upon accepting settings completion.

13. The job processing system of claim 12,

wherein, the control section measures the time elapsed from an instant of time of accepting the settings completion, and,

determines that the job data generated after a prescribed time has elapsed from the instant of time of accepting the settings completion is not the job data that is generated upon accepting the settings completion.

14. The job processing system of claim 12,

wherein, setting of the operation mode indicating the type of job is comprised in the settings of jobs, and,

the control section determines that job data generated in the state in which the operation mode is not stored in the settings information in the second storage section is not a job data generated upon accepting the settings completion.

15. The job processing system of claim 5,

wherein, the operation mode is selected and set upon accepting a selection operation in the operation section during the settings of job, and,

the selected and set operation mode is stored to the second storage section as the operation mode of the settings information.

16. The job processing system of claim 5,

wherein, in the settings of job, a plurality of types of setting modes provided for each of the operation modes are changed by accepting the operation mode selection operations in the operation section, and the settings are accepted in a setting mode corresponding to the switched operation mode, and,

the setting mode at the time of generating the job data is stored as the operation mode to the second storage section.

17. The job processing system of claim 3,

wherein, the control section carries out the decision of whether or not detection is necessary based on a data value included in the job data, and detects the abnormality when the data value is above a prescribed threshold value.

18. The job processing system of claim 17,

wherein, the job includes a print job;

and,

the job data related to the print job includes the number of copies as the data value.

19. The job processing system of claim 17,

wherein, the job includes a transmission job,

the job data related to the transmission job includes the number of transmission destinations as the data value.

20. The job processing system of claim 1,

wherein, the control section checks whether or not there is a job under execution by the execution section after determined that the detection is necessary by the detection section and, when there is a job under execution, does not allow the detection section to carry out the detection until the execution of that job completion.

21. The job processing system of claim 20,

wherein, when it is decided that the detection is necessary by the detection section, the control section further checks whether or not there is also a job waiting for execution by the execution section, and when there is also a job waiting for execution, after the completion of execution of a job currently under execution, temporarily suspends the execution of the job waiting for execution and causes the detection to be executed by the detection section.

22. The job processing system of claim 1,

wherein, job settings includes a timer setting of a job execution starting, and

the control section decides that the detection is not necessary, in the decision of whether or not the detection is necessary based on a job data which the timer is set.

23. The job processing system of claim 1,

wherein, the control section decides that the detection is not necessary in the decision of whether or not the detection is necessary based on the job data related to a type of job for which it is not possible to accept settings from the operation section.

24. An image processing apparatus included in a job processing system of claim 1, and executes the jobs as jobs for image data, and is provided with the operation section, the storage section, the execution section, and the control section;

wherein the control section requests the detection section to detect computer viruses inside of the image processing apparatus, when the control section decided that detection by the detection section is necessary.

11. The job processing system of 10,

wherein, when the control section determines to carry out the first comparison, only the prescribed number of information including the operation mode in the settings information accepted at the time of settings completion of the job is stored in the storage section.