Information processing apparatus, transmission method, and storage medium

• US 9,961,266 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2016
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yasuma, Kensuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Lam, Hung
• Application Number:
  US15/213,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20170026583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 725105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/235 based on user input or interaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit, a recognition unit, a specification unit, and a transmission unit. The first acquisition unit acquires an image. The recognition unit recognizes an object included in the image. The specification unit causes a user to specify data to be transmitted to the object recognized by the recognition unit. The transmission unit transmits the specified data to an apparatus identified by destination information corresponding to the object, according to the specification by the specification unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first acquisition unit configured to acquire an image;

a recognition unit configured to recognize an object included in the image;

a specification unit configured to cause a user to specify data to be transmitted to the object recognized by the recognition unit; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the specified data to an apparatus identified by destination information corresponding to the object, according to the specification by the specification unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the specification unit causes a user to specify the object recognized by the recognition unit and the data to be transmitted, and

wherein the transmission unit transmits the specified data to the apparatus identified by the destination information corresponding to the object specified by the specification unit, according to the specification by the specification unit.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specification unit causes a user to specify the object included in the image and the data to be transmitted by causing the user to drag the data to be transmitted into the object included in the image.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specification unit causes a user to specify the object included in the image and the data to be transmitted by causing the user to specify the data to be transmitted and the object included in the image with a finger.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit configured to display a recognition result of the recognition by the recognition unit.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display unit superimposes and displays the image and the recognition result.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display unit arranges and displays the image and the data to be transmitted by the transmission unit.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image capture unit configured to execute image-capturing,

wherein the first acquisition unit acquires the image via the image-capturing executed by the image capture unit.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second acquisition unit configured to acquire the destination information corresponding to the specified object from another apparatus.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a third acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information used for recognizing the object,

wherein the second acquisition unit acquires the destination information according to the identification information from the other apparatus.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a fourth acquisition unit configured to acquire image feature information corresponding to the identification information,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes the object based on the image feature information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the transmission unit fails to transmit data through a first transmission method, the transmission unit transmits the data through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the recognition unit recognizes a plurality of objects included in the image, and

wherein the specification unit causes a user to specify one of the plurality of recognized objects.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data is any one of image data, command data, and document data.

15. A transmission method for an information processing apparatus, the transmission method comprising:

acquiring an image;

recognizing an object included in the image;

causing a user to specify data to be transmitted to the recognized object; and

transmitting the specified data to an apparatus identified by destination information corresponding to the object, according to the specification.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute a transmission method for an information processing apparatus, the transmission method comprising:

acquiring an image;

recognizing an object included in the image;

causing a user to specify data to be transmitted to the recognized object; and

transmitting the specified data to an apparatus identified by destination information corresponding to the object, according to the specification.