Image processing apparatus, method of executing a workflow, and storage medium

• US 9,667,814 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Watariuchi, Satoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Manglesh M
• Application Number:
  US12/638,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20100185942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,723 Days
• Field of Search: 715248, 715249, 715200, 715255
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00225 details of image data generation, e.g. scan-to-email or network scanners using an image reading device as a local input to a computer H04N1/00241
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32625 Fault detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32657 locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0065 Converting image data to a format usable by the connected apparatus or vice versa
• 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 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3208 of an e-mail or network address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

An image processing apparatus which is capable of transmitting document data in a proper document format to an external system. An original input section inputs document data. A document data transmission section transmits the input document data to the system. A workflow execution section executes a workflow defined as a series of processes that can include a process for inputting the document data, and a process for transmitting the document data to the external system. A document format acquisition section acquires a document format of the document data required by the system, from the system. When the workflow execution section executes the workflow including the process for transmitting the document data to the external system, a document format check section judges whether or not the document data to be transmitted satisfies the acquired document format.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image input device configured to generate document data by scanning a paper document; and

a processor configured to execute a workflow that includes;

a document scanning task that causes the image input device to generate document data by scanning a paper document according to scan parameters

a transmission task that transmits the document data generated by said document scanning task to an external server system;

a document format information acquisition task that acquires document format information that represents a format of the document data required by the external server system, from the external server system;

a scan parameter judgment task that judges whether or not the scan parameters used for scanning the paper document by the image input device satisfy the document format information acquired by said document format acquisition task; and

a correction task that corrects, when said scan parameter judgment task judges that the scan parameters do not satisfy the document format information, the scan parameters so that the corrected scan parameters satisfy the document format information acquired by said document format acquisition task,

wherein said document format information acquisition task, said scan parameters judgment task, and said correction task are executed before both of said document scanning task and said transmission task.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the workflow further includes a document format judgment task that judges whether or not the format of the document data generated by said document scanning task satisfies the document format information.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the workflow further includes:

an editing task that edits the document data generated by said document scanning task,

wherein said document format judgment task judges whether or not the format of the document data edited by said editing task satisfies the document format information.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the workflow further includes a workflow cancellation task that cancels execution of the workflow when said document format judgment task judges that the format of the document data does not satisfy the document format information.

5. A workflow method of executing a workflow in an image processing apparatus, the workflow method comprising the steps of:

scanning a paper document using an image input device to generate document data by scanning a paper document according to scan parameters;

transmitting the document data generated in the scanning step to an external server system;

acquiring document format information that represents a format of the document data required by the external server system, from the external server system;

judging whether or not the scan parameters used for scanning the paper document by the image input device satisfy the document format information acquired in the acquiring step; and

correcting, when the judging step judges that the scan parameters do not satisfy the document format information, the scan parameters so that the corrected scan parameters satisfy the document format information acquired in the acquiring step,

wherein the acquiring step, the judging step, and the correcting steps are executed before both of the scanning step and the transmitting step.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program executable by a computer to execute a workflow method of executing a workflow in an image processing apparatus, wherein the workflow method comprises the steps of:

scanning a paper document using an image input device to generate document data by scanning a paper document according to scan parameters;

transmitting the document data generated in the scanning step to an external server system;

acquiring document format information that represents a format of the document data required by the external server system, from the external server system;

judging whether or not the scan parameters used for scanning the paper document by the image input device satisfy the document format information acquired in the acquiring step; and

correcting, when the judging step judges that the scan parameters do not satisfy the document format information, the scan parameters so that the corrected scan parameters satisfy the document format information acquired in the acquiring step,

wherein the acquiring step, the judging step, and the correcting steps are executed before both of the scanning step and the transmitting step.