Transfer controlling method, transfer controlling apparatus, and storage medium storing program

• US 9,432,541 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ishida, Tomoya
• Primary Examiner(s): Worku, Negussie
• Application Number:
  US14/744,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 382/232, 382/253, 382/233, 382/254, 382/100, 382/112, 382/166, 382/239, 382/240, 382/282, 382/294, 382/298, 382/305, 357/E7.209, 357/240.22, 357/E7.226, 357/240.12, 357/240.14, 358/1.13, 358/1.15, 358/1.2, 358/1.16, 358/1.1, 358/1.17, 358/1.6, 358/1.9, 358/426.02, 358/246.05, 358/426.06, 358/426.12, 358/426.13, 358/426.14, 358/448, 358/451, 358/539, 709/201, 709/217, 709/223, 709/247, 399/8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0083 Arrangements for transferring signals between different components of the apparatus, e.g. arrangements of signal lines or cables for control or supervision between image input and output device H04N1/32

Abstract

The data format of image data when an image reading apparatus transfers, to an external apparatus, the image data obtained by reading an original by the image reading apparatus is decided based on system configuration information of the image reading apparatus and setting information corresponding to processing to be executed on the image data in the external apparatus. Control for transferring, from the image reading apparatus to the external apparatus, the image data of the decided data format is performed.

Claims

1. A transfer controlling method comprising:

an accepting step of accepting, on a setting screen, a setting for image data obtained by reading of an original performed in an image reading apparatus;

a determination step of determining, based on the setting accepted in the accepting step and system configuration provided in the image reading apparatus, a data format of the image data to be transferred by the image reading apparatus to an external apparatus; and

a transfer controlling step of performing control for transferring, from the image reading apparatus to the external apparatus, the image data of the data format determined in the determination step.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the determination step, one of a lossy compression format, a lossless compression format, and a non-compression format is determined as the data format of the image data.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

a determination criterion in the determination step is comprised by a plurality of items, and

in the determination step, the data format is determined in accordance with the plurality of items.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

priority is set between the plurality of items, and

in the determination step, the data format is determined in accordance with an item having higher priority.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein one, of the plurality of items, which is maintenance of image quality of the image data has a priority higher than that of another, of the plurality of items, which is a transfer rate of the image data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting includes a save format for saving the image data in the external apparatus.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the system configuration includes a hardware configuration in the image reading apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the hardware configuration includes at least one of a network configuration between the image reading apparatus and the external apparatus, and a reading configuration of the image reading apparatus.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting includes image processing to be executed on the image data in the external apparatus.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the image processing includes character recognition processing.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the determination step and the transfer controlling step are executed in the image reading apparatus, and

in the transfer controlling step, processing of transferring the image data to the external apparatus is executed.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

in a case where the determination step and the transfer controlling step are executed in the external apparatus, and

in the transfer controlling step, processing of causing the image reading apparatus to transfer the image data to the external apparatus is executed.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determination step determines the data format of the image data, as a transfer method for transferring the image data between the image reading apparatus and the external apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the determination step determines the transfer method by referring to a table defining the transfer method corresponding to a combination of the setting and the system configuration.

15. A transfer controlling apparatus comprising:

an accepting unit configured to accept, on a setting screen, a setting for image data obtained by reading of an original performed in an image reading apparatus;

a determination unit configured to determine, based on the setting accepted by the accepting unit and system configuration of provided in the image reading apparatus, a data format of the image data to be transferred by the image reading apparatus to an external apparatus; and

a transfer controlling unit configured to perform control for transferring, from the image reading apparatus to the external apparatus, the image data of the data format determined by the determination unit

wherein one or more of the accepting unit, the determination unit, and the transfer controlling unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the setting includes a save format for saving the image data in the external apparatus.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the system configuration includes a hardware configuration in the image reading apparatus.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the hardware configuration includes at least one of a network configuration between the image reading apparatus and the external apparatus, and a reading configuration of the image reading apparatus.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the setting includes image processing to be executed on the image data in the external apparatus.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a transfer controlling method comprising:

an accepting step of accepting, on a setting screen, a setting for image data obtained by reading of an original performed in an image reading apparatus;

a determination step of determining, based on the setting accepted in the accepting step and system configuration provided in the image reading apparatus, a data format of the image data to be transferred by the image reading apparatus to an external apparatus; and

a transfer controlling step of performing control for transferring, from the image reading apparatus to the external apparatus, the image data of the data format determined in the determination step.