Image processing apparatus, mobile terminal, system, methods of controlling these, and storage medium

• US 9,503,591 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tsujii, Hiroto
• Primary Examiner(s): ZONG, HELEN
• Application Number:
  US14/535,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/006 Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• 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 mobile terminal 102, when an MFP 101 is approached, transmits to the MFP 101, using a short-range wireless communication, a scan start instruction and access information. Furthermore, the mobile terminal 102, when job-related information related to a job is received, publicizes accessibly a storage area, and when the job corresponding to the job-related information completes, makes the publicized storage area to be unpublicized. On the other hand, the MFP 101 receives the scan start instruction and the access information, issues the job-related information, notifies, using the short-range wireless communication, the mobile terminal of the job-related information, and stores the image data read from the original in accordance with the start instruction by accessing the publicized storage area.

Claims

1. A system in which a mobile terminal and an image processing apparatus are capable of communicating, the mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless interface unit configured to transmit to the image processing apparatus, using a short-range wireless communication, a start instruction for causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image and access information for accessing the mobile terminal; and

a processing unit configured to, when job-related information related to a job corresponding to the start instruction and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information are received from the image processing apparatus in response to the start instruction, publicize accessibly the storage area over the wireless interface unit, monitor whether or not the image data is stored in the publicized storage area using the identification information, and make the publicized storage area to be inaccessibly unpublicized after predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area,

and the image processing apparatus comprising;

a job-related information notification unit configured to receive the start instruction and the access information transmitted by the wireless interface unit, to issue the job-related information, and notify the mobile terminal of the job-related information and the identification information using the short-range wireless communication;

a reading unit configured to read an image from an original in accordance with the start instruction; and

a storage unit configured to store the predetermined image data including the identification information read from the original by the reading unit by accessing, using the access information for accessing the storage area publicized by the publicizing control unit.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the identification information is a file name of the predetermined data stored in the storage area, and

the publicizing control unit makes the publicized storage area to be inaccessibly unpublicized when the predetermined data of the file name corresponding to the job is stored in the storage area.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the publicizing control unit makes the storage area to be inaccessibly unpublicized when a predetermined amount of time from when the storage area is publicized elapses, even if the data of the file name corresponding to the job is not yet stored in the storage area.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a display control unit configured to display an error on a display unit when a predetermined amount of time elapses from when the storage area is publicized by the publicizing control unit.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises an NFC tag, and

the wireless interface unit writes the start instruction and the access information to the NFC tag via the short-range wireless communication.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the job-related information notification unit writes the job-related information to the NFC tag, and

the mobile terminal reads the job-related information written to the NFC tag.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit accesses the mobile terminal via a wireless LAN.

8. A mobile terminal capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus, the mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless interface unit configured to transmit to the image processing apparatus a start instruction for causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image and access information for accessing the mobile terminal using a short-range wireless communication; and

a processing unit configured to, when job-related information related to a job corresponding to the start instruction and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information are received from the image processing apparatus in response to the start instruction, publicize accessibly the storage area over the wireless interface unit, monitor whether or not the image at is stored in the publicized storage area using the identification information, and make the publicized storage area to be inaccessibly unpublicized after predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area.

9. An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a mobile terminal, the image processing apparatus comprising:

a job-related information notification unit configured to receive using a short-range wireless communication, a start instruction for causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image and access information for accessing the mobile terminal, which are transmitted from the mobile terminal to issue job-related information relating to a job corresponding to the start instruction, and using the short-range wireless communication to notify the mobile terminal of the job-related information and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information;

a reading unit configured to read an image from an original in accordance with the start instruction; and

a storage unit configured to store predetermined image data including the identification information read from the original by the reading unit by accessing, using the access information for accessing the storage area publicized by the notification of the job-related information by the job-related information notification unit, wherein

the publicized storage area is inaccessibly unpublicized by the mobile terminal after the predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area.

10. A method of controlling a system in which a mobile terminal and an image processing apparatus are capable of communicating, comprising the steps of:

the mobile terminal using a short-range wireless communication to transmit to the image processing apparatus a start instruction for causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image and access information for accessing the mobile terminal;

publicize accessibly a storage area of the mobile terminal designated by the access information over the short range wireless communication when job-related information related to a job corresponding to the start instruction and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in the storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information is received from the image processing apparatus in response to the start instruction;

monitoring whether or not the image data is stored in the publicized storage area using the identification information; and

make the publicized storage area to be inaccessibly unpublicized after predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area, wherein

the image processing apparatus receives the start instruction and the access information transmitted in the transmitting by the mobile terminal, issues the job-related information, and notifies using the short-range wireless communication the mobile terminal of the job-related information and the identification information,

reads an image from an original in accordance with the start instruction, and

stores the predetermined image data including the identification information read from the original in the reading by the image processing apparatus by accessing, using the access information for accessing the storage area publicized in the publicizing by the mobile terminal.

11. A method of controlling a mobile terminal capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

using a short-range wireless communication to transmit to the image processing apparatus a start instruction causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image and access information for accessing the mobile terminal; and

when job-related information related to a job corresponding to the start instruction and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information are received from the image processing apparatus in response to the start instruction, publicizing accessibly the storage area over the short-range wireless communication, monitoring whether or not the range data is stored in the publicized storage area using the identification information, and making the publicized storage area to be inaccessibly unpublicized after predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area.

12. A method of controlling an image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

using a short-range wireless communication to receive a start instruction causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image, and access information for accessing the mobile terminal which are transmitted from the mobile terminal, issuing job-related information relating to a job corresponding to the start instruction, and notifying using the short-range wireless communication the mobile terminal of the job-related information and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information;

reading an image from an original in accordance with the start instruction; and

storing predetermined image data including the identification information read from the original in the reading by using the access information to access a storage area publicized by the notification of the job-related information, wherein

the publicized storage area is inaccessibly unpublicized by the mobile terminal after the predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method for controlling comprising:

using a short-range wireless communication to transmit to the image processing apparatus a start instruction causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image and access information for accessing the mobile terminal; and

when job-related information related to a job corresponding to the start instruction and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information are received from the image processing apparatus in response to the start instruction, publicizing accessibly the storage area over the short-range wireless communication, monitoring whether or not the image data is stored in the publicized storage area using the identification information, and making the publicized storage area to be inaccessibly unpublished after predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an image processing apparatus, the method for controlling comprising:

using a short-range wireless communication to receive a start instruction causing the image processing apparatus to start a read of an image, and access information for accessing the mobile terminal which are transmitted from the mobile terminal, issuing job-related information relating to a job corresponding to the start instruction, and notifying using the short-range wireless communication the mobile terminal of the job-related information and identification information for identifying image data to be stored in a storage area of the mobile terminal by the access information;

reading an image from an original in accordance with the start instruction; and

storing predetermined image data including the identification information read from the original in the reading by accessing, using the access information for accessing a storage area publicized by the notification of the job-related information, wherein

the publicized storage area is inaccessibly unpublicized by the mobile terminal after the predetermined image data indicated by the identification information is stored in the publicized storage area.