Image-reading system, control device, control method, and computer readable medium

• US 8,564,814 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2010
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kono, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Kau, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): THOMAS, ASHISH
• Application Number:
  US12/702,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20110051178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.16, 358/1.13, 358/402, 715/853, 715/740, 715/747
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00464 using browsers, i.e. interfaces based on mark-up languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00949 Combining applications, e.g. to create workflows allocation of computer machine resources considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks G06F9/5038
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00957 Compiling jobs, e.g. for batch processing H04N1/3208 takes precedence; program code compilation G06F8/41

Abstract

An image-reading system includes an image-reading device that includes: a first creating unit that creates, if a control device requests creation of a content of a settings screen, a content of a first settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function of an image-reading unit expressed by stored function information; a generating unit that generates, when a scan condition is set on the first settings screen whose content is created by the first creating unit, first instruction data to read an image in accordance with the set scan condition; and a reading controller that controls the image-reading unit based on the generated first instruction data, so that the image-reading unit reads an image in accordance with the set scan condition.

Claims

1. An image-reading system comprising:

a control device that includes;

a first memory that stores first device information assigned to an image-reading device having predetermined image-reading functions;

a first receiving unit that receives second device information; and

a requesting unit that requests, if the received second device information is not included in the stored first device information, creation of a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition; and

an image-reading device that includes;

an image-reading unit that reads an image and converts the image to image data;

a second memory that stores function information expressing an available function of the image-reading unit;

a first sending unit that sends second device information assigned to the image-reading device to the control device;

a first creating unit that creates, if the requesting unit requests creation of a content of a settings screen, a content of a first settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function of the image-reading unit expressed by the stored function information;

a generating unit that generates, when a scan condition is set on the first settings screen whose content is created by the first creating unit, first instruction data to read an image in accordance with the set scan condition; and

a reading controller that controls the image-reading unit based on the generated first instruction data, so that the image-reading unit reads an image in accordance with the set scan condition.

2. The image-reading system according to claim 1, wherein:

the control device includes;

an acquiring unit that acquires, if the received second device information is included in the stored first device information, the function information stored in the second memory; and

a second creating unit that creates a content of a second settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function of the image-reading unit expressed by the acquired function information;

and wherein, if a scan condition is set on the second settings screen whose content is created by the second creating unit, the generating unit generates second instruction data to read an image in accordance with the set scan condition; and

the reading controller controls the image-reading unit based on the generated second instruction data, so that the image-reading unit reads an image in accordance with the set scan condition.

3. The image-reading system according to claim 2, wherein:

the first memory stores a first program generating the second instruction data;

the second memory stores a second program generating the first instruction data;

the control device includes

a second sending unit that sends, if the received second device information is not included in the stored first device information, the stored first program to the image-reading device,

the image-reading device includes

a second receiving unit that receives the sent first program;

if the requesting unit requests creation of a content of a settings screen, and a scan condition is set on the first settings screen, the generating unit generates the first instruction data, by executing the second program stored in the second memory; and

if the second receiving unit receives the first program, and a scan condition is set on the second settings screen, the generating unit generates second instruction data, by executing the received first program.

4. A control device comprising:

a memory that stores first device information assigned to an image-reading device having a predetermined image-reading function;

a receiving unit that receives, from an image-reading device, second device information assigned to the image-reading device;

a requesting unit that requests, if the received second device information is not included in the stored first device information, the image-reading device to create a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition;

an acquiring unit that acquires, if the received second device information is included in the stored first device information, from the image-reading device, function information expressing an available function of the image-reading device; and

a creating unit that creates a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function'"'"'of the image-reading device expressed by the acquired function information.

5. A control method comprising:

storing first device information assigned to an image-reading device having a predetermined image-reading function;

receiving, from an image-reading device, second device information assigned to the image-reading device;

requesting, if the received second device information is not included in the stored first device information, the image-reading device to create a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition;

acquiring, if the received second device information is included in the stored first device information, from the image-reading device, function information expressing an available function of the image-reading device; and

creating a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function of the image-reading device expressed by the acquired function information.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for control, the process comprising:

storing first device information assigned to an image-reading device having a predetermined image-reading function;

receiving, from an image-reading device, second device information assigned to the image-reading device;

requesting, if the received second device information is not included in the stored first device information, the image-reading device to create a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition;

acquiring, if the received second device information is included in the stored first device information, from the image-reading device, function information expressing an available function of the image-reading device; and

creating a content of a settings screen for setting a scan condition supported by the available function of the image-reading device expressed by the acquired function information.