Image processing apparatus, mobile terminal apparatus, image processing system and control method

• US 8,077,335 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2007
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ookuma, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Kimberly A
• Application Number:
  US11/845,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20080058012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.6, 358/1.13, 358/1.15, 358/448, 358/468, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/557, 715/769, 715/770, 715/764
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• 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 1/00392 Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a display unit adapted to display an image processing object corresponding to a predetermined image processing, a designation unit adapted to designate data specified by a terminal device when the image processing object displayed on the display unit is selected, a reception unit adapted to receive the data designated by the designation unit, and a control unit adapted to perform image processing corresponding to the selected image processing object.

Claims

1. A system for image processing, the system comprising:

an image forming apparatus; and

a mobile terminal apparatus for communication with the image forming apparatus, wherein the mobile terminal apparatus comprises;

at least one processor programmed to control;

a first display unit;

a first display control unit configured to control the first display unit to display a data icon corresponding to image data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus;

a first detection unit configured to detect a user'"'"'s selection of the data icon displayed on the first display unit; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data corresponding to the selected data icon to the image forming apparatus in response to the user'"'"'s selection detected by the first detection unit,

wherein the image forming apparatus comprises;

at least one processor programmed to control;

a second display unit;

a second display control unit configured to control the second display unit to display a function icon corresponding to an image processing to be applied to the image data transmitted by the transmission unit;

a second detection unit configured to detect a user'"'"'s selection of the function icon displayed on the second display unit;

a determination unit configured to determine, in response to the user'"'"'s selection detected by the second detection unit, whether the user selects the data icon displayed on the first display unit before the selection of the function icon; and

a processing control unit configured to perform the image processing corresponding to the selected function icon on the image data transmitted by the transmission unit, if the determination unit determines that the user selects the data icon before the function icon, and to terminate processing without performing the image processing, if the determination unit does not determine that the user selects the data icon before the function icon.

2. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the image processing is processing in which the image data transmitted from the mobile terminal apparatus is sent to a predetermined destination using a facsimile function.

3. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the image processing is processing in which the image data transmitted from the mobile terminal apparatus is printed using a printing function.

4. A method for image processing carried out in a system for image processing that comprises an mobile terminal apparatus having a first display unit and a image forming apparatus, having a second display unit, wherein the mobile terminal communicates with the image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

controlling, in the mobile terminal apparatus, the first display unit to display a data icon corresponding to image data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus;

detecting, in the mobile terminal apparatus, a user'"'"'s selection of the data icon displayed on the first display unit; and

transmitting, from the mobile terminal apparatus to the image forming apparatus, the image data corresponding to the selected data icon in response to the detected user'"'"'s selection;

controlling, in the image forming apparatus, the second display unit to display a function icon corresponding to an image processing to be applied to the transmitted image data;

detecting, in the image forming apparatus, a user'"'"'s selection of the function icon displayed on the second display unit;

determining, in the image forming apparatus, in response to the user'"'"'s selection detected in the second detecting step, whether the user selects the data icon displayed on the first display unit before the selection of the function icon; and

performing, in the image forming apparatus, the image processing corresponding to the selected function icon on the transmitted image data, if it is determined in the determining step that the user selects the data icon before the function icon, and terminating processing without performing the image processing, if it is not determined in the determining step that the user selects the data icon before the function icon.

5. The image forming method according to claim 4, wherein the image processing is processing in which the image data transmitted from the mobile terminal apparatus is sent to a predetermined destination using a facsimile function.

6. The image forming method according to claim 4, wherein the image processing is processing in which the image data transmitted from the mobile terminal apparatus is printed using a printing function.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps causing a computer to execute the method of claim 4.

8. An image forming apparatus comprising:

at least one processor programmed to control;

a display unit;

a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display a function icon corresponding to an image processing to be applied to image data received from an external device;

a detection unit configured to detect a user'"'"'s selection of the function icon displayed on the display unit;

a determination unit configured to determine, in response to the user'"'"'s selection detected by the detection unit, whether the user selects a data icon displayed on a display of the external device before selecting the function icon; and

a processing control unit configured to perform the image processing corresponding to the selected function icon on the image data received from the external device, if the determination unit determines that the user selects the data icon on the display of the external device before selecting the function icon, and to terminate processing without performing the image processing, if the determination unit does not determine that the user selects the data icon on the display of the external device before selecting the function icon.