Meeting system including display device and data processing apparatus connected thereto, data processing apparatus connected to display device, data output method, and data output program

• US 8,368,740 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2008
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Otake, Toshihiko, Nakata, Hironobu, Kawabata, Hiroyuki, Tokimoto, Yoshiki, Sawayanagi, Kazumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustin, Evens J
• Application Number:
  US12/185,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20090044251A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,646 Days
• Field of Search: 705/51, 725/24, 455/414
• US Class Current: 348/14.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

In order to prevent leakage of confidential data, a meeting system includes a MFP and a projector. The MFP includes a data obtaining portion to obtain data, a participant information obtaining portion to obtain user identification information as participant information, an access permission determination portion and an output permission determination portion to determine whether or not a user identified by the participant information can access the obtained data, to determine that the obtained data can be output if the determination result shows that all the meeting participants can access the obtained data, and to determine that the obtained data cannot be output if any one of the meeting participants cannot access the obtained data, and an output portion to output data on condition that it is determined by the output permission determination portion that data can be output. The display device displays an image based on the data output from the data processing apparatus.

Claims

1. A meeting system including a data processing apparatus and a display device configured to display an image based on data obtained from said data processing apparatus,

said data processing apparatus comprising:

a data obtaining portion, executed by a processor, configured to obtain image data corresponding to user identification information for identifying a user, the image data being read from or stored in a document;

a participant information obtaining portion, executed by a processor, configured to obtain said user identification information in accordance with one or more meeting participants entering or leaving a meeting room as participant information indicating said meeting participants;

an access permission determination portion, executed by a processor, configured to determine whether or not a user identified by said participant information can access said obtained image data, based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and said participant information obtained from said participant information obtaining portion;

an output permission determination portion, executed by a processor, configured to determine that said obtained image data can be outputted, if all of said meeting participants can access said obtained image data, as a result of determination by said access permission determination portion, and to determine that said obtained image data cannot be outputted, if any one of said meeting participants cannot access said obtained image data;

an output portion, executed by a processor, configured to output said image data to said display device on condition that it is determined by said output permission determination portion that said image data can be outputted, and to prohibit outputting said image data to said display device when it is determined by said output permission determination portion that said image data cannot be outputted; and

a permission portion, executed by a processor, configured to accept an instruction for permission of display from one of said meeting participants, if it is prohibited by said output portion to output said image data to said display device, and to allow said output portion to output said image data to said display device based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and based on said participant information obtained from said participant information obtaining portion when said one of said meeting participants providing said instruction for permission is a user who can access said obtained image data.

2. A data processing apparatus connected to a display device to display an image, comprising:

a data obtaining portion, executed by a processor, configured to obtain image data corresponding to user identification information for identifying a user, the image data being read from or stored in a document;

a participant information obtaining portion, executed by a processor, configured to obtain said user identification information in accordance with one or more meeting participants entering or leaving a meeting room as participant information indicating said meeting participants;

an access permission determination portion, executed by a processor, configured to determine whether or not a user identified by said participant information can access said obtained image data, based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and said participant information obtained from said participant information obtaining portion;

an output permission determination portion, executed by a processor, configured to determine that said obtained image data can be outputted, if all of said meeting participants can access said obtained image data, as a result of determination by said access permission determination portion, and to determine that said obtained image data cannot be outputted, if any one of said meeting participants cannot access said obtained image data;

an output portion, executed by a processor, configured to output said image data to said display device on condition that it is determined by said output permission determination portion that said image data can be outputted, and to prohibit outputting said image data to said display device when it is determined by said output permission determination portion that said image data cannot be outputted;

a permission portion, executed by a processor, configured to accept an instruction for permission of display from one of said meeting participants, if it is prohibited by said output portion to output said image data to said display device, and to allow said output portion to output said image data to said display device based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and based on said participant information obtained from said participant information obtaining portion when said one of said meeting participants providing said instruction for permission is a user who can access said obtained image data.

3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an image reading portion configured to read an image; and

a combination portion, executed by a processor, configured to generate combination data by combining an image read by said image reading portion with image data obtained by said data obtaining portion, wherein

said output portion is configured to output said combination data.

4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a document reading portion configured to read a document image formed on a recording medium, wherein

said data obtaining portion is configured to obtain data obtained by said document reading portion reading a document image.

5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an authentication portion, executed by a processor, configured to authenticate a user; and

a proxy authentication information storage portion configured to store proxy authentication information which relates user identification information with proxy information, wherein

if said proxy information is accepted and authentication with the proxy information is successful, said authentication portion is configured to authenticate as a user having said user identification information related to the proxy information by said proxy authentication information, and

if authentication with said proxy information by said authentication portion is successful, said data obtaining portion is configured to obtain data that can be accessed by the user having said user identification info nation related to said proxy information by said proxy authentication information.

6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said participant information obtaining portion obtains said corresponding user identification information obtained together with image data obtained by said data obtaining portion.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a data storage portion having a plurality of storage regions to store data in said plurality of storage regions, wherein

said data obtaining portion is configured to obtain said data from any one of said plurality of storage regions of said data storage portion, and

said access permission determination portion is configured to determine whether or not a user identified by said participant information can access said storage region in which data obtained by said data obtaining portion is stored.

8. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said participant information obtaining portion is configured to obtain user identification information included in a participant list stored beforehand.

9. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said participant information obtaining portion is connected to a user recognition apparatus configured to accept user identification information of a user to obtain said user identification information accepted by said user recognition apparatus.

10. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a biometric information obtaining portion configured to obtain biometric information of a user; and

a user information storage portion configured to store a pair of user identification information and biometric information, wherein

said participant information obtaining portion obtains user identification information of the same pair as biometric information obtained by said biometric information obtaining portion.

11. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

said participant information obtaining portion configured to obtain said participant information for each of a plurality of destinations of said obtained data,

said output permission determination portion is configured to determine whether said image data can be outputted or not, for each of said plurality of destinations, and

said output portion is configured to output said data to a destination determined by said output permission determination portion that said image data can be outputted, among said plurality of destinations.

12. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when new participant information is obtained by said participant information obtaining portion after said output portion outputs said obtained image data, it is determined by said access permission determination portion that a user identified by said new participant information cannot access said obtained image data, and it is determined by said output permission determination portion that said obtained image data cannot be output based on that any one of said meeting participants including said new participant information cannot access said obtained image data, said output portion is configured to output predetermined data in place of said obtained image data.

13. A data output method performed in a data processing apparatus connected to a display device to display an image, comprising the steps of:

obtaining image data for display, corresponding to user identification information for identifying a user, the image data being read from or stored in a document;

obtaining user said identification information in accordance with one or more meeting participants entering or leaving a meeting room as participant information indicating said meeting participants participant;

determining whether or not a user identified by said participant information can access said obtained image data, based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and said obtained participant information;

if all of said meeting participants can access said obtained image data, as a result of determination in said step of determining whether to access, determining that said obtained image data can be outputted, and if any one of said meeting participants cannot access said obtained image data, determining that said obtained image data cannot be outputted;

outputting said image data to said display device on condition that it is determined, in said step of determining whether to output, that said image data can be outputted, and prohibiting outputting said image data to said display device when it is determined in said step of determining that said image data cannot be outputted; and

accepting an instruction for permission of display from one of said meeting participants, if it is prohibited in said output step to output said image data to said display device, and to allow outputting said image data to said display device based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and based on said obtained participant information obtained in accordance with a meeting participant entering or leaving a meeting room when said one of said meeting participants providing said instruction for permission is a user who can access said obtained image data.

14. A data output program embodied on a computer readable medium for causing a computer, which controls a data processing apparatus connected to a display device to display an image, to execute processing including the steps of:

obtaining image data for display, corresponding to user identification information for identifying a user, the image data being read from or stored in a document;

obtaining user said identification information in accordance with one or more meeting participants entering or leaving a meeting room as participant information indicating said meeting participants participant;

determining whether or not a user identified by said participant information can access said obtained image data, based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and said obtained participant information;

if all of said meeting participants can access said obtained image data, as a result of determination in said step of determining whether to access, determining that said obtained image data can be outputted, and if any one of said meeting participants cannot access said obtained image data, determining that said obtained image data cannot be outputted;

outputting said image data to said display device on condition that it is determined, in said step of determining whether to output, that said image data can be outputted, and prohibiting outputting said image data to said display device when it is determined in said step of determining that said image data cannot be outputted; and

accepting an instruction for permission of display from one of said meeting participants, if it is prohibited in said output step to output said image data to said display device, and to allow outputting said image data to said display device based on said user identification information corresponding to said image data and based on said obtained participant information obtained in accordance with a meeting participant entering or leaving a meeting room when said one of said meeting participants providing said instruction for permission is a user who can access said obtained image data.