CN106559592A - Image processing apparatus and set composite - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an image processing device and a composite device, the image processing device having: an image reading unit that reads an image of a document; a storage unit that stores the image read by the image reading unit a concealment level; a concealment processing unit that performs concealment processing on the image according to the concealment level; and an output unit that outputs the image that has undergone the concealment process. Through the image processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, data of desired content in the manuscript can be output according to the concealment level, without making different manuscripts for different security requirements. In this way, the working efficiency of the user can be improved, and some manual input can be omitted, the possibility of wrong input can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

Description

Image processing device and composite device

technical field

The invention relates to the field of image processing, in particular to an image processing device and a composite device.

Background technique

In the prior art, there is an image processing device that, after scanning a document, sends the scanned document data to a predetermined address by electronic mail.

For such a technique, see Japanese patent document JP 2015-41215A, for example.

It should be noted that the above introduction of the technical background is only for the convenience of a clear and complete description of the technical solution of the present invention, and for the convenience of understanding by those skilled in the art. It cannot be considered that the above technical solutions are known to those skilled in the art just because these solutions are described in the background of the present invention.

Contents of the invention

In the conventional image processing apparatus, a user performing scanning needs to create a plurality of manuscripts according to the destinations, and scan and send the corresponding manuscripts for each destination. In this way, the user who scans needs to make multiple originals and perform multiple scans, and the workload is relatively large.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an image processing device and a composite device that allow a user to send desired content data to a designated address without creating a manuscript for each address.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus, wherein the image processing apparatus has: an image reading unit that reads an image of a document; a storage unit that stores images read by the image reading unit; the concealment level of the image; a concealment processing unit that performs concealment processing on the image according to the concealment level; and an output unit that outputs the image on which the concealment process has been performed.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a composite device is provided, wherein the composite device includes the above-mentioned image processing device.

The beneficial effect of the embodiment of the present invention is that: the image processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention can output the desired content data in the manuscript according to the concealment level, without making different manuscripts for different security requirements. In this way, the working efficiency of the user can be improved, and some manual input can be omitted, the possibility of wrong input can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

With reference to the following description and accompanying drawings, there are disclosed in detail specific embodiments of the invention, indicating the manner in which the principles of the invention may be employed. It should be understood that embodiments of the invention are not limited thereby in scope. Embodiments of the invention encompass many changes, modifications and equivalents within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Features described and/or illustrated with respect to one embodiment can be used in the same or similar manner in one or more other embodiments, in combination with, or instead of features in other embodiments .

It should be emphasized that the term "comprising/comprising" when used herein refers to the presence of a feature, integer, step or component, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps or components.

Description of drawings

Further aspects of the invention can be better understood with reference to the following figures. The components in the figures are not drawn to scale, merely illustrating the principles of the invention. In order to facilitate illustration and description of some parts of the present invention, corresponding parts in the drawings may be exaggerated or reduced. Elements and features described in one drawing or one embodiment of the present invention may be combined with elements and features shown in one or more other drawings or embodiments. Furthermore, in the drawings, like numerals indicate corresponding parts in the several figures and may be used to indicate corresponding parts used in more than one embodiment. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image processing apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an image processing method executed by the image processing apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an image processing device 300 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a setting screen for scanning with an additional concealment level according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of scanning processing according to the stealth level according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of concealment processing according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the setting of scanning according to the concealment level and the corresponding results according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the setting of scanning according to the concealment level and the corresponding results according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a setting screen for electronic document printing with an additional concealment level according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of electronic document printing processing according to privacy levels according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a table stored in the storage unit 306 according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the setting screen of the "scan to e-mail" receiving address according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a flow chart of "scan to e-mail" processing according to the privacy level according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

detailed description

The foregoing and other features of embodiments of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, with reference to the accompanying drawings. These embodiments are illustrative only, and do not limit the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an image processing device and a composite device, which can output desired content data in a manuscript according to the concealment level, without making different manuscripts for different security requirements. The image processing device and composite device according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment of the present invention, "image processing device" is a device or device with image processing function, which includes all devices such as printers, fax machines, imagesetters, scanners, etc., or "image processing device" as the above-mentioned device; or, the "image processing device" may also be a virtual printing device such as a PDF printing device. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific type of the "image processing apparatus".

Example 1

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image processing device 100 in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1 , the image processing device 100 has an image reading unit 101 , a storage unit 102 , a concealment processing unit 103 , and an output unit 104 .

Among them, the image reading section 101 reads the image of the original document; the storage section 102 stores the concealment level (or also called the security level) of the image read by the image reading section 101; the concealment processing section 103 processes the image according to the concealment level Concealment processing is performed; the output unit 104 outputs the image subjected to the concealment processing.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an image processing method executed by the image processing apparatus 100 of this embodiment. As shown in Figure 2, the image processing method includes the following steps:

Step S201, the image reading unit 101 reads the image of the document;

Step S202, storing the concealment level of the image read by the image reading unit 101;

Step S203, performing concealment processing on the image according to the concealment level; and

Step S204, outputting the hidden image.

Through the above-mentioned embodiment, the image processing apparatus 100 can output data of desired content in the manuscript according to the concealment level, without creating different manuscripts for different security requirements. In this way, the working efficiency of the user can be improved, and some manual input can be omitted, the possibility of wrong input can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

In this embodiment, the image processing apparatus 100 may further have an operation unit for specifying a concealment level stored in the storage unit 102; the concealment processing unit 103 performs concealment processing on the image according to the concealment level specified in the operation unit.

In this embodiment, the output unit 104 may be an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium with the concealed image.

In this embodiment, the operating unit of the image processing device 100 can also specify the receiving address; the storage unit 102 stores the receiving address and the concealment level correspondingly; the concealment processing unit 103 Concealment processing is performed at the concealment level. At this time, the output unit 104 may be a communication unit that sends the concealed image to the recipient.

In this embodiment, the operation unit can designate a plurality of different mailing addresses; the concealment processing unit 103, after performing different concealment processing according to each different mailing address designated by the operation unit, sends the concealed image to each mailing address.

In this embodiment, the image processing device 100 may further include a detection unit that detects concealed information from an image; the concealment processing unit 103 performs concealment processing according to a concealment level corresponding to the concealment information.

In this embodiment, the hidden information may be a mark attached to the manuscript.

In this embodiment, the image within the frame area surrounding the mark may also be used as the object of the concealment process.

In this embodiment, the mark can be detected by an OCR (Optical Character Recognition, Optical Character Recognition) processing unit.

In this embodiment, the image processing device 100 may be a composite device.

Example 2

On the basis of Embodiment 1, the embodiment of the present invention further describes the image processing device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an image processing device 300 in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the image processing apparatus 300 has an operation panel 301, a panel management unit 302, an image reading unit 303, a data receiving unit 304, a data sending unit 305, a storage unit 306, a printing management unit 307, an image forming unit 308, Concealment processing unit 309, OCR processing unit 310, control unit 311, printing unit (not shown). In this embodiment, an MFP (Multi-Functional Peripheral, multifunctional composite device) device may be used as the image processing device 300 .

Wherein, the operation panel 301 executes the interaction between the image processing apparatus 300 and the user, enables the user to perform an input operation and displays relevant prompt information to the user, and it can function as the operation unit in Embodiment 1; the panel management unit 302 controls the operation panel The processing is controlled; the image reading unit 303 reads an image of a document, and can function as the image reading unit 101 in the first embodiment.

The storage unit 306 stores the concealment level (i.e. security level) of the image read by the image reading unit 303, and can function as the storage unit 102 in Embodiment 1; the concealment processing unit 309 conceals the image according to the stored concealment level processing to obtain the image data after concealment processing, which can function as the concealment processing unit 103 in Embodiment 1; the image forming unit 308 forms an image on a medium with the image after concealment processing, which can be used as the embodiment 1 The output unit 104 plays a role.

The data receiving part 304 receives the print data from the client; the data sending part 305 sends the scan data, and the scan data can be sent to the set email address, which can also function as the output part 104 in the first embodiment .

The printing unit (not shown) executes the printing operation, and the printing management unit 307 analyzes the printing data, and controls the printing operation and process of the printing unit.

OCR processing section 310 provides optical character recognition service, and image data is recognized as text data, and it can function as the detection section in embodiment 1; Control section 311 is made up of CPU, RAM etc. Do overall scheduling.

It should be noted that FIG. 3 only schematically shows the configuration of the MFP device including the functions of the image processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, one or several components may be omitted, or new components may be added as required.

The embodiment of the present invention utilizes the image processing apparatus 300 to implement scanning processing with an additional concealment level. The specific procedure of the scanning process with the added stealth level will be described in detail below.

FIG. 4 shows a setting screen for scanning with an added stealth level in this embodiment, and the setting screen can be displayed through the operation panel 301 . When setting the scanning with an additional concealment level, for example, the manner shown in FIG. 4 may be used.

First of all, add an option to set the hidden level in the menu. When the user wants to scan the hidden level, he can set this item to "on", as shown in the picture in Figure 4 (a); when the cursor stays here And after the user presses the "OK" button, it will further transfer to the screen for setting the default flag of the hidden level, as shown in the screen of Figure 4(b); the user will move the cursor to a certain level and press the "OK" button , then transfer to the detailed setting screen of this level, as shown in the screen in Figure 4(c); in the detailed setting screen, the user can select the mark attributes to be set according to the characteristics of the original, such as symbols, colors, etc., select The mark property will then move to the specific mark setting screen, as shown in the screen in FIG. 4( d ). Finally, press the "OK" button to end the setup.

The user can perform the above-mentioned setting operations through the operation panel 301 . FIG. 4 schematically shows the situation of the setting screen, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 5 shows the scanning processing flow of the image processing apparatus 300 according to the concealment level in this embodiment.

As shown in Figure 5, after the user activates the corresponding scanning function through the operation panel 301 (step S501), the control unit 311 checks the setting value of additional concealment level scanning (step S502, refer to Figure 4 for the setting value The value set in the menu of (a), if the set value is off, the image reading section 303 is directly started to read the original document (step S505), if the set value is on, the user is prompted to set the concealment level flag (step S503, see the default flag setting screen in FIG. 4(b)). After the concealment level flag is set, the control unit 311 prompts the user to set the desired scanning level (step S504 ). After all the settings are successful, the image reading unit 303 starts to read the document (step S505). After the scan ends, the control unit 311 judges again the set value of the additional concealment level scan (step S506, refer to the value set in the menu of Fig. 4 (a) for the set value), if the set value is off, then Scanning process finishes; If setting value is open, then make OCR processing part 310 carry out character recognition (step S507) to the image that reads, image data is converted into character data; After OCR processing part 310 finishes character recognition, hide processing part 309 Start the concealment process (step S508), and obtain the scanning result of the corresponding concealment level content.

FIG. 6 shows the specific flow of the concealment processing in step S508 above. The processing flow of steps S601 to S612 is executed by the concealment processing unit 309 .

First, set the erasing flag bit and set it as False (step S601). Secondly, confirm whether the concealment level has been set (step S602), if not set, then exit processing; if the concealment level has been set, then obtain each level mark of setting (step S603) and the scanning level of setting (step S604), and obtain the character data recognized by the OCR processing unit 310 in step S507 (step S605). Read a character from this character data and judge whether it is the level mark of setting (step S606), if this character is the level mark of user's setting, then the level of this mark is compared with the scanning level of setting (step S606). Step S607), if the result of the comparison is that the corresponding mark level of the character read is lower, then the flag bit is set to False (step S609), and enters step S612; if the result of the comparison is that the character read If the corresponding mark level is higher, set the erasing flag to True (step S610), and enter step S612. If the character read is not the grade mark that the user sets, then judge to eliminate the value of flag position (step S608), if the value of eliminating flag position is True, then this character replacement is empty (step S611), and enters step S612 ; If the erasing flag is False, go directly to step S612. In step S612, it is judged whether the end of the text is reached, and if the end of the text is not reached, the same process is continued for the next character, and the above steps are repeated until the end of the text is reached.

In this way, according to the set scanning level, content with a higher concealment level in the document is automatically erased (concealed).

FIG. 7 shows an example of the setting of scanning according to the stealth level and the corresponding results in this embodiment. In FIG. 7, the symbol (☆△) attached to the manuscript is a mark of concealed information corresponding to the concealment level. In this embodiment, the mark is detected by the OCR processing unit 310 as the detection unit. In this embodiment, the content including the detected mark is targeted for concealment processing and erased.

As shown in Figures 7(a) and 7(e), in the manuscript, , ☆, and △ are respectively set as grade marks for grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3, among which grade 1 is the highest grade, grade 2 is the second, and grade 3 is the lowest level. When the scanning level set by the user is level 1, the scanning result is shown in Figure 7(b). Since level 1 is the highest level, no content is deleted, that is, the content corresponding to , ☆ and △ is retained ; When the scanning level set by the user is level 2, the scanning result is shown in Figure 7(c), since level 2 is lower than level 1, the corresponding content is eliminated; when the scanning level set by the user is level 3 , the scanning result is shown in Fig. 7(d), since the level 3 is lower than the level 1 and level 2, the contents corresponding to ☆ are deleted.

In FIG. 7 , three concealment levels are defined, but the number of defined concealment levels may be other values, for example, one, or three or more. In addition, the rank marks are not limited to , ☆, and △, and other marks may be used.

Through the above-mentioned embodiment, the image processing apparatus 300 can scan the desired content data in the manuscript according to the concealment level, without making different manuscripts for different security requirements. In this way, the working efficiency of the user can be improved, and some manual input can be omitted, the possibility of wrong input can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

Example 3

In embodiment 2, the scanning is performed according to the concealment level, and in this embodiment, the scanning is performed according to the combined level marks. Only the differences between this embodiment and Embodiment 2 will be described below.

In this embodiment, when a combined grade symbol appears, the content is identified and necessary concealment processing is performed.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the setting of scanning according to the stealth level and the corresponding results in this embodiment. As shown in Figure 8(e), level 1 corresponds to the label Level 2 corresponds to Level 3 corresponds to "Δ". As shown in Figure 8(a), in the original manuscript, only the corresponding content is located in the dotted box Inside. As shown in Figures 8(b), 8(c), and 8(d), concealment processing is only performed on the corresponding content, no matter which one of the scanning levels set by the user is one of levels 1 to 3, ☆ and △ in the original The corresponding content will not be deleted. That is to say, only the area within the dotted line frame in the original will be used as the target object to determine whether the content of the area needs to be erased. Therefore, when the scanning level set by the user is level 2 or level 3, only the content within the area surrounding the mark (symbol) is erased.

Through this embodiment, the image processing device 300 can use the combined grade symbols to identify the content and perform necessary concealment processing. When the combined level symbols include symbols of a limited area (for example, a frame surrounding a marked symbol), identification and control of the concealment level can be performed on the content of the limited area.

Example 4

In this embodiment, the image processing apparatus 300 performs printing processing of electronic documents according to the privacy level. The following content that is the same as that of Embodiment 2 will not be repeated, and only the differences between this embodiment and Embodiment 2 will be described.

FIG. 9 shows the setting screens of electronic document printing with additional privacy level in this embodiment, and these setting screens can be provided by the driver program of the client on the user side.

FIG. 9( a ) shows a setting screen for printing with an additional concealment level. This screen can be configured in the setting page of the driver. In this screen, a setting option of "printing with a security level" is provided for the user to choose. After selecting "Print with security level", the hidden level mark setting screen as shown in Figure 9(b) will pop up.

In the hidden level mark setting screen, click the "Edit" button to set the marks of each existing hidden level in detail. In addition, you can add a new hidden level and its mark by clicking the "Add" button. After the flag setting of the required concealment level is completed, click the "Continue" button to enter the printing level setting screen as shown in FIG. 9(c).

Specify the hidden level of printing in the printing level setting screen, and click the "OK" button to complete the setting. Only content that is the same as or lower than the specified printing level will be printed.

FIG. 10 shows the electronic document printing processing flow according to the concealment level of the image processing apparatus 300 of this embodiment.

Firstly, a setting page of the driver is displayed on the client, and the user selects the function of printing according to different privacy levels on the setting page of the driver (step S1001, see FIG. 9(a)). Then, the driver prompts the user to set the privacy level flag (step S1002). The user selects "Continue" after setting the flags for each concealment level (step S1003, see FIG. 9(b)).

The driver program judges whether the user has set the privacy level flag (step S1004). If not set, the driver program directly sends the print data to the image processing device 300, and the image processing device 300 prints the received print data (step S1007); if the hidden level mark has been set, the driver program prompts the user to set Determine the desired printing level (step S1005, see FIG. 9(c)).

After the user completes the setting of the desired printing level and presses the "OK" button, the driver will send the information about the setting of the desired printing level and the printing data to the image processing device 300, and the image processing device 300 will process the received printing The level setting information and the print data are respectively extracted, and the control unit 311 causes the concealment processing unit 309 to perform concealment processing on the extracted print data according to the extracted print level setting information (step S1006), and the concealed print data Send it to the printing unit for printing (step S1007).

In the print processing flow described above, the concealment processing is performed in the image processing apparatus 300 . In addition, a concealment processing function may also be set in the driver program of the client, complete the concealment processing of the print data on the client according to the user's settings, and then send the concealed print data to the image processing apparatus 300 for printing.

The schematic diagrams in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are also applicable to the printing process of the electronic document according to the concealment level in this embodiment.

In steps S1001 to S1004 , each flag corresponding to the security level which is the privacy level set by the user is stored in the storage unit 306 . For example, in this embodiment, for the security level 1 shown in FIG. 7( e ), it is correspondingly stored as a mark, for the security level 2, it is correspondingly stored as a mark ☆, and for the security level 3, it is correspondingly stored as a mark △. Although a plurality of security levels are stored in this embodiment, one may be used.

Through the above-mentioned embodiment, the image processing apparatus 300 can print desired content data in the manuscript according to the concealment level, without making different manuscripts for different security requirements. In this way, the working efficiency of the user can be improved, and some manual input can be omitted, the possibility of wrong input can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

Example 5

In this embodiment, the image processing apparatus 300 performs "scanning to email" processing according to the concealment level, that is, sends the scanned data to the corresponding email address according to the concealment level. The following content that is the same as that of Embodiment 2 or Embodiment 4 will not be repeated, and only the differences between this embodiment and Embodiment 2 or Embodiment 4 will be described.

FIG. 11 shows a table 1100 stored in the storage unit 306 of the image processing apparatus 300 of this embodiment. The storage unit 306 stores the security level of the image read by the image reading unit 303 through the table 1100, and the security level is stored as a privacy level set by the user in a manner corresponding to the receiving address.

For example, as shown in Figure 11, when the receiving address is user 1, user 2 or user 3, the security level is 1; when the receiving address is user 4 or user 5, the security level is 2; when the user address is user 6. When user 7 or user 8, the security level is 3. The concealment processing unit 309 performs concealment processing on the image according to the security level stored in the table 1100 .

FIG. 12 shows the setting screen of the receiving address in this embodiment, and the setting screen can be displayed through the operation panel 301 . In this setting screen, according to the table 1100 stored in the storage unit 306, selectable receiving addresses are displayed, that is, user 1 to user 8, and the user selects the receiving address to which the email is to be sent, here , for example, select User1, User4, and User6.

FIG. 13 shows the "scan to email" process flow according to the stealth level.

In the "scanning to email" processing flow, steps S1301-S1303 are implemented similarly to steps S1001-S1003 in FIG. 10 , and descriptions are omitted here. The following description will start from step S1305.

In step S1305 , the user selects the recipient address to which the scanned document data is to be sent by email through the operation panel 301 . For the selection of the recipient address, refer to FIG. 12 .

In step S1304, the control section 311 judges whether the concealment level flag has been set, and if the concealment level flag has not been set, the data sending section 305 sends the scanned data to the recipient address selected in step S1305; When the concealment level flag is set, the concealment processing unit 309 performs concealment processing for each address selected in step S1305 for the scanned document data (step S1306), and the data transmission unit 305 sends the selected address Send the concealed data (step S1307). The concealment processing in step S1306 is the same as the concealment processing in Embodiment 2 (that is, step S508 in FIG. 5 ). For the specific concealment processing process, refer to FIG. 6 .

The schematic diagrams in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are also applicable to the "scan to email" process according to the concealment level (security level) of this embodiment.

Here, as shown in FIG. 11 , since user 1 corresponds to security level 1, processing is performed for all the contents of which , , and △ are added in the scanned data of the document shown in FIG. 7( a ), that is, without The scan data of the document shown in FIG. 7( b ) is transmitted to the user 1 by performing erasing processing.

In addition, since user 4 corresponds to security level 2, the process of displaying the content with ☆ and △ added in the scanned data of FIG. The scanned data shown in b) is changed into processed data as shown in FIG. 7( c ), and then the processed data is sent to the user 4 .

In addition, since user 6 corresponds to security level 3, the process of displaying the content with △ appended in the scanned data of FIG. The scanned data is changed to the processed data as shown in FIG. 7( d ), and then the processed data is sent to the user 6 .

Through the above-mentioned embodiment, the image processing device 300 can hide the manuscript data obtained after scanning according to the grade assigned to the scanned manuscript and the grade of each receiving address set on the image processing device 300, so that the user can send desired It is not necessary to make a manuscript for each destination by sending the data of the content of the mail to the designated destination. In this way, the working efficiency of the user can be improved, and some manual input can be omitted, the possibility of wrong input can be reduced, and the safety can be improved.

The present invention has been described above in conjunction with specific embodiments, but those skilled in the art should be clear that these descriptions are all exemplary and not limiting the protection scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can make various variations and modifications to the present invention according to the spirit and principle of the present invention, and these variations and modifications are also within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. a kind of image processing apparatus, it is characterised in that described image processing meanss have：

Image reading unit, which reads the image of original copy；

Storage part, the concealment grade of the described image that its storage is read by described image reading part；

Concealment processing unit, which carries out concealment process to described image according to the concealment grade；And

Output section, its output have carried out the image after the concealment is processed.

2. image processing apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterised in that

Described image processing meanss have operating portion, and which specifies the concealment grade being stored in the storage part；

The concealment processing unit carries out concealment process to described image according to the concealment grade specified in the operating portion.

3. image processing apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterised in that

The output section is the image forming part that the image carried out after the concealment process is formed on medium image.

4. image processing apparatus according to claim 1, it is characterised in that

Described image processing meanss have operating portion, its specified address；

Accordingly be stored with the storage part address and the concealment grade；

The concealment processing unit is carried out hidden according to the concealment grade of the address specified corresponding to the operating portion Hide process；

The output section is the communication unit that the image carried out after the concealment process is sent to the address.

5. image processing apparatus according to claim 4, it is characterised in that

The operating portion specifies multiple different address；

The concealment processing unit carries out different mews in each the different address specified according to the operating portion After reason, the image after concealment is processed is sent to each address.

6. image processing apparatus according to claim 4, it is characterised in that

Described image processing meanss have test section, and which detects secret information from described image；

The concealment processing unit carries out the concealment process according to the concealment grade corresponding to the secret information.

7. image processing apparatus according to claim 6, it is characterised in that

The secret information is attached to the labelling of original copy.

8. image processing apparatus according to claim 7, it is characterised in that

The object that image in the region for surrounding the frame of the labelling is processed as concealment.

9. image processing apparatus according to claim 8, it is characterised in that

The labelling is detected by optical character recognition process portion.

10. a kind of set composite, it is characterised in that the set composite is included at image as claimed in claim 1 Reason device.