Image processing system for combining scanned data with previously stored data

• US 9,712,691 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kamiya, Nobuyuki, Yoshida, Junjiro, Sun, Yongqi, Nakamura, Tomoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Rust, Eric A
• Application Number:
  US14/869,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 358 115, 358 116
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00392 Other manual input means, e.g. digitisers or writing tablets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An information processing device may display a first image indicating a first image file stored in a memory. The information processing device may display a second image in response to receiving a first specific operation. The first specific operation may be performed on the first image. The information processing device may receive first path information in response to receiving a second specific operation. The first path information may indicate a location of the first image file. The information processing device may send an execution instruction to the image processing device in a case that the second specific operation is received. The information processing device may receive scan data from the image processing device. The information processing device may integrate the received scan data to the first image file designated by the first path information.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for an information processing device,

the information processing device comprising:

a processor;

a display;

an input unit that receives various operation inputs;

a memory that stores various types of electronic files; and

a communication interface that connects to a network,

the information processing device communicating via the communication interface with an image processing device, the image processing device performing a scan process of scanning a document and generating scan data,

wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to perform;

displaying a first image on the display, the first image indicating a first image file stored in the memory;

displaying a second image on the display, in response to receiving a first specific operation in the input unit, the first specific operation being performed on the first image;

receiving a second specific operation in the input unit, the second specific operation being for selecting the second image;

receiving first path information in response to receiving the second specific operation, the first path information indicating a location of the first image file;

sending an execution instruction of the scan process to the image processing device via the communication interface, in a case that the second specific operation is received in the input unit;

receiving scan data generated by the scan process from the image processing device; and

determining whether the first image file is in a first format, the first format being that the first image file can include only one page of image data,

wherein in a case that the first image file is in the first format, the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform;

dividing an image region corresponding to the one page into N pieces of divided regions, wherein N is a natural number of 2 or more;

allocating an image of the one page of image data included in the first image file designated by the first path information to a first divided region; and

allocating an image of first page of the received scan data to a second divided region.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform retrieving a first setting value of an attribute of a particular image file stored in the memory,

the execution instruction includes an instruction to generate the scan data according to the first setting value, and

the received scan data is generated based on the first setting value.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform:

determining whether the first image file is in a second format, the second format being that the first image file can include plural pages of image data; and

determining whether the first image file includes K pages of image data, wherein K is a natural number of 1 or more, and

in a case that the first image file is in the second format and includes K pages of image data, the received scan data is integrated as a (K+1)-th or subsequent page in the first image file.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

in a case that the first image file is in the first format, the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform:

determining whether the received scan data includes plural pages of image data; and

in a case that the received scan data includes plural pages of image data, changing the format of the first image file to the second format,

wherein a first page of image data of the received scan data is integrated as a second page in the first image file.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform:

receiving first information through the communication interface, the first information indicating a type of a scanner that had generated the scan data;

determining whether the received first information indicates that the received scan data had been generated by a flat-bed scanner;

in a case that the received first information indicates that the received scan data had been generated by a flat-bed scanner, dividing an image region corresponding to one page into N pieces of divided regions, wherein N is a natural number of 2 or more;

allocating an image of image data included in the first image file to a first divided region; and

allocating an image of the received scan data to a second divided region.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform:

receiving first information through the communication interface, the first information indicating a type of a scanner that had generated the scan data;

determining whether the received first information indicates that the received scan data had been generated by scanner with an automatic document feeder; and

determining whether the first image file includes K pages of image data, wherein K is a natural number of 1 or more, and

in a case that the received first information indicates that the received scan data had been generated by a scanner with an automatic document feeder and the first image file includes K pages of image data, the received scan data is integrated as a (K+1)-th or subsequent page in the first image file.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

a second image file different from the first image file is stored in the memory,

the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform receiving a second path information indicating a location of the second image file, and

the received scan data is integrated to the second image file designated by the second path information.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing device further includes a mouse, and

the first specific operation is a right-click on the mouse where a pointer image is located on the first image.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing device further includes a touchscreen configured to detect a instruction coordinate indicating a position of a pointer'"'"'s contact or approach in a display region of the display, and

the first specific operation is that the pointer contacts with or approaches the display where the first image is displayed over a particular time or larger.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the memory further stores a first program for overall control of the information processing device, and a second program for controlling the scan process to be performed in the image processing device,

when executed by the processor of the information processing device, the first program causes the information processing device to perform the displaying of the first image and the displaying of the second image,

the second program is activated in response to receiving the second specific operation, and

when executed by the processor of the information processing device, the second program causes the information processing device to perform the receiving of the first path information, the sending of the execution instruction, the receiving of the scan data, and the integrating of the received scan data.

11. An information processing device comprising:

a display;

an input unit that receives various operation inputs;

one or more processors;

a memory that stores various types of electronic files; and

a communication interface that connects to a network,

wherein the information processing device communicates via the communication interface with an image processing device, the image processing device performs a scan process of scanning a document and generating scan data,

the memory further stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing device to perform;

displaying a first image on the display, the first image indicating a first image file stored in the memory;

displaying a second image on the display, in response to receiving a first specific operation in the input unit, the first specific operation being performed on the first image;

receiving a second specific operation in the input unit, the second specific operation being for selecting the second image;

receiving first path information in response to receiving the second specific operation, the first path information indicating a location of the first image file;

sending an execution instruction of the scan process to the image processing device via the communication interface, in a case that the second specific operation is received in the input unit;

receiving scan data generated by the scan process from the image processing device; and

determining whether the first image file is in a first format, the first format being that the first image file can include only one page of image data,

wherein in a case that the first image file is in the first format, the computer-readable instructions cause the information processing device to further perform;

dividing an image region corresponding to the one page into N pieces of divided regions, wherein N is a natural number of 2 or more;

allocating an image of the one page of image data included in the first image file designated by the first path information to a first divided region; and

allocating an image of first page of the received scan data to a second divided region.