JP2001285559A - Image-processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image-processing system, which automatically selects which of the scanner side or the PC side the specific image processing is to be performed, without complicated operations to automatically conduct the selected processing. SOLUTION: When it discriminates (S11) power-on, the scanner discriminate (S12) whether composition processing can be performed in the PC. When discriminating that it can be performed in the PC, the scanner sets a composition flag to '1', in order to perform composition processing in the PC (S13 and S14). When it discriminates that it can be performed in the scanner, the scanner sets (S15 and S16) the composition flag to '0', in order to perform the composition processing in the scanner. The scanner adds tag information indicating contents of a designated composition mode to read image data, when accepting designation of composition processing from a user. The scanner refers to the composition flag to send image data, to which tag information is added, to an image composition part arranged in the device in which composition processing is to conducted. The image composition part recognizes tag information and performs composition processing of image data, on the basis of the contents of the tag.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing system including a reading device for reading a document image to generate image data, and a terminal device communicably connected to the reading device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many companies have networked a scanner that reads a document image as image data and a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a “PC”) that receives the read image data and performs image processing. An image processing system connected via the Internet has been introduced.

[0003] In such a system, a so-called 2-in is obtained by arranging two original images side by side and synthesizing them into one image.
One process is performed by a PC or a scanner. For example, PC
In this case, first, two document images are sequentially read by a scanner and stored in the memory of the PC. The user reads out the image data for the two originals from the memory of the PC and pastes the images on the monitor so that the images are arranged adjacent to each other on the left and right sides to create a composite image. is there.

In the case of performing 2in1 processing with a scanner, when two documents are sequentially read, the scanner automatically performs 2in1 processing, generates a composite image, and sends it to a PC. .

[0005]

However, when performing the 2-in-1 processing with the above-mentioned conventional PC, the user has to perform an operation such as editing manually on the monitor of the PC, which is very troublesome.

Further, when performing 2in1 processing by the scanner, the 2in1 processing is automatically performed, so that there is no need to manually edit the data. However, the scanner is provided with only an inexpensive and relatively low-speed CPU due to cost. Generally, the processing speed is slow. Therefore, 2in with a scanner
Even if one process can be performed, the process by the scanner is not necessarily rational, and the user may want to perform the process on a PC. In the conventional configuration, the user is supposed to assume such a situation, and a 2in
It must be determined each time whether to perform one process,
The operation was very complicated.

[0007] Such a problem is not limited to the synthesizing process such as the 2in1 process, but may occur in other image processes such as an image rotation process.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an apparatus for performing a specified image processing without performing complicated operations is automatically selected, and the image processing is performed automatically. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing system which is executed on a regular basis.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image reading apparatus which reads a document image and generates image data, and a terminal device communicably connected to the reading apparatus. A processing system, wherein the reading device receives a specification of a specific image processing mode, and a generation unit that generates a processing command indicating the content of image processing for the specific image processing mode received by the reception unit. And a determination unit for determining which side of the reading device or the terminal device performs the image processing, and at least one of the reading device and the terminal device performs the image processing based on the processing command. Image processing means for performing the image processing on the data, wherein the processing command and the image are transmitted to the image processing means on the device side determined by the determination means. And it transmits the data, characterized in that to perform said image processing.

Further, if the image processing means is provided in the terminal device, the determination means determines that the image processing is performed on the terminal device side.

The specific image processing mode is a combining mode, the processing command is a combining command indicating the content of a combining process for the combining mode, and the combining command indicates a type of the combining mode. Type information,
At least one of size information indicating an image size of a synthesized image to be generated and arrangement information indicating an area of the synthesized image in which the image data is to be arranged is included.

In addition, the reading device lowers the reading resolution for the document image when the combining mode is designated, compared to when the combining mode is not designated, and reduces the reading speed in accordance with the reduced reading resolution. It is characterized by raising.

[0013]

Embodiments of an image processing system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an image processing system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image processing system includes a scanner 1 and a personal computer (P).
C) 1 is connected by a connection cable 50.

The scanner 1 includes an operation panel 2, an image input unit 3, a tag information adding unit 4, an image memory 5, an interface (I / F) unit 8, a CPU 9, and a ROM 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operation panel 2 includes a start key 21 for starting an image reading operation and a synthesis mode selection key 22 for receiving a selection input of a synthesis mode.
And an image size selection key 2 for selecting and inputting an image size
3 is provided.

Here, the "synthesis mode" is for performing a synthesis process for combining images of a plurality of original documents into one image, and "2in1" in FIG. Is a process of arranging two original images side by side and synthesizing them as one image 71 or 72, and “4in1” in FIG. This is a process of arranging original images vertically and horizontally and combining them as one image 73. The “image size” refers to the size of the synthesized image after the synthesis processing, for example, “A
When “4” is selected, the composite image is set to “A4” size, and when “A3” is selected, as in image 72 in FIG.
The combining process is performed so that the combined image has the “A3” size as in the image 71 in FIG.

When the user desires the combination processing, the user presses the combination mode selection key 22 and the image size selection key 23 to display the LED 22 on the left of each display such as "2 in 1".
The selection is made by lighting 1.

When a user sets a document on a document table (not shown) of the scanner 1 and presses a start key 21, the CPU 9 instructs the image input unit 3 to start a reading operation of the document image. .

When the user selects, for example, "2 in 1" as the "combining mode", the user sets the second document on the document table after the reading operation of the first document is completed. The reading operation of the document is started. "4in
In the case of "1", four originals are sequentially read.

Returning to FIG. 1, the image input unit 3 is a known device which reads an image of a document by a CCD image sensor to obtain an electric signal, and sends the signal to the tag information adding unit 4 as image data. I do.

The tag information adding unit 4 generates tag information indicating what kind of processing needs to be performed as a synthesizing process on the image data sent from the image input unit 3 based on an instruction from the CPU 9, and generates this tag information. In addition to the image data, the image data is stored in the image memory 5 as an image file.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of an image file 60 in which tag information 62 is added to image data 61. As shown in the drawing, the tag information includes the type of the combination mode selected and input on the operation panel 2, for example, 2in.
In addition to the type information 63 indicating one process, size information 64 indicating the size of the selected and input synthesized image, and in which region in the synthesized image the image should be placed when performing the synthesis process For example, in the case of the 2in1 processing, the layout information 65 indicating which of the left and right positions to arrange is included.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, the image data 61 is such that the 2in1 is selected as the combination mode and the A4 size is selected as the image size, and should be arranged on the left side.

Here, in the case of 2 in 1, the image data of the original document read first is arranged on the left side of the composite image.
Subsequently, arrangement information is automatically added to each image data so that the read image data of the document is arranged on the right side. Then, two image files (hereinafter, a file in which tag information is added to the image data of the image to be arranged on the left side are referred to as “image file 1”, and (A file in which tag information is added to image data is referred to as “image file 2”.)
Is stored in the image memory 5.

In the case of 4-in-1, the image data read first is placed in the first area described in the image 73 shown in FIG. The arrangement information is added to each image data so as to be sequentially pasted to the fourth area.

For the image data for which the synthesizing process has not been selected, the image data is stored in the image memory 5 as one file without adding tag information in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 9.

Returning to FIG. 1, the ROM 10 stores the scanner 1
And a control program related to the image reading operation according to the present invention and a combining process.

The CPU 9 reads a necessary program from the ROM 10 and controls each unit to execute a smooth image reading operation. Further, as described later, it is determined whether the combining process is performed by the scanner 1 or the PC 1. In the case of this configuration example, it is determined that the processing is to be performed on the PC 1 side, and the image files to be combined (image files 1 and 2 in the above-described 2-in-1 example) are read out from the image memory 5, To the PC1.

The I / F section 8 is provided for connection to the PC 1. When the synthesized data is read from the image memory 5 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 9, the I / F section 8 sends it to the PC 1 via the connection cable 50. And send it to the CPU
9 and the PC 1 are transmitted and received.

The PC 1 includes an I / F unit 11 for connecting to the scanner 1 via a connection cable 50, and an image memory 1
2, a tag information recognizing unit 13, an image synthesizing unit 14, and the like.

Although not shown, the personal computer includes a personal computer main body having a hard disk and the like, a monitor and a keyboard connected to the main body, and the hard disk has an OS (Operating System) in advance.
stem), a scanner driver for the scanner 1, application software for performing a process of attaching image data to a predetermined position, application software for creating a document, and the like are installed.
A printer for outputting a created document or the like as an image is connected.

In such a configuration, when an image file is sent from the scanner 1, the PC 1 sends it to the tag information recognition unit 13.

Upon receiving the image file, the tag information recognizing unit 13 recognizes the tag information added to the image data, removes the tag information part together with the content, and sends only the image data to the image synthesizing unit 14. I do.

The image synthesizing section 14 synthesizes image data based on the contents of the tag information sent from the tag information recognizing section 13.

For example, when the user selects “2 in 1” as the “combining process” and “A4” size as the “image size” (combining like the image 72 in FIG. 3A), the PC 1 The received image files 1 and 2 are sequentially transferred to the tag information recognition unit 13. The tag information recognition unit 13
When the image files 1 and 2 are received, the contents of the tag information and the image data are sequentially transmitted to the image synthesizing unit 14. The image synthesizing unit 14 having received the content of the tag information and the image data operates as follows.

That is, the image synthesizing section 14 recognizes an image size to be synthesized based on the contents of the tag information, and secures an image area of the size in the internal memory. Here, the size is A4 size. And first, image file 1
Received the image data of 70% from the content of the tag information
It recognizes that the data needs to be reduced and should be arranged on the left side, performs reduction processing on the image data, and pastes the image data on the left half of the image area. Subsequently, when the image data of the image file 2 is received, the necessary processing is recognized from the contents of the tag information as in the case of the image file 1, and here, the same magnification as that of the image file 1 is applied to the image data. Performs a reduction process, and attaches the reduction process to the right half of the image area. As a result, the two images are combined into one image, and this is stored in the image memory 12 as combined data.

The user can read out from the image memory 12 the combined data that has already undergone the combining process, display it on the monitor, and output it to the printer.

The tag information recognizing unit 13 and the image synthesizing unit 14
Means that the scanner driver for the scanner 1 is P
Installed when installed on C1,
Alternatively, it may be separately installed as application software.

Here, the contents of the judgment processing by the CPU 9 for judging which apparatus should execute the synthesizing processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the CPU 9 determines that the power of the scanner 1 is turned on (step S1).
1 is “Y”), and it is determined whether the combining process can be performed by the PC 1 (step S12). This can be done by checking the versions of all software installed on the PC 1. That is, software having a function of performing the synthesizing process by the tag information recognizing unit 13 and the image synthesizing unit 14 and information indicating its version are stored in the ROM 10 of the scanner 1 in advance, and the CPU 9
RO among the software installed in C1
It can be determined by confirming with the PC 1 whether or not there is any that matches the one stored in M10.

If it is determined that the combining process can be performed on the PC side (in the case of this configuration example) ("Y" in step S12),
It is determined that the combining process is executed by the PC (step S1).
3), the combining flag provided in the storage area of the CPU 9 itself is set to "1" (step S14). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S12 that the combining process cannot be performed by the PC, that is, if the software capable of performing the combining process is not provided in the PC 1, a scanner having the same function as the above combining process is provided to the scanner. If it has been performed (such as in the case of the configuration example shown in FIG. 6 described later), it is determined that the combining process is to be executed by the scanner 1 (step S15), and the combining flag is set to “0”
(Step S16). The CPU 9 determines whether the combining process should be performed by the scanner 1 or the PC 1 by referring to the value of the combining flag. In addition,
If the combining process cannot be performed on either the PC side or the scanner side (both have no equivalent to the image combining unit), the process cannot be performed. Therefore, the scanner 1 rejects the input of the combining process from the operation panel 2. To inform the user accordingly. Further, the above-described processing is not limited to being performed when the power is turned on, and may be executed, for example, every time a document image reading operation is performed. It is possible to appropriately cope with a change in the environment on the PC side such as addition or deletion of new application software to the PC.

As described above, the scanner 1 determines which device can perform the synthesizing process, and when it is determined that the PC can perform the synthesizing process, the synthesizing process is automatically performed on the PC side and the synthesized image is synthesized. Since the image data is stored in the image memory 12, the user does not need to determine whether to perform the combining processing on the scanner side or the PC side each time as in the related art. Further, since the synthesizing process is automatically performed based on the tag information added to the image data, the user does not need to perform a troublesome operation on the image data on the PC, which saves time and effort.

In the configuration example of FIG. 1, the image processing system in the case where the combining process is performed by the PC 1 has been described. However, an example configuration in which the combining process is performed on the scanner side can be considered.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an image processing system for performing a synthesizing process on the scanner side. The same members as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in the figure, in this image processing system, a scanner 41 and a PC 2 are connected to a connection cable 50.
It is connected and configured.

The scanner 41 is configured by adding a tag information recognizing unit 6 and an image synthesizing unit 7 to the scanner 1.
The tag information recognizing unit 6 and the image synthesizing unit 7 have the same functions as the tag information recognizing unit 13 and the image synthesizing unit 14. Therefore, the operation from the time when the tag information is added by the tag information adding unit 4 to the image data read by the image input unit 3 to generate the image file and the image file is stored in the image memory 5 will Will be the same.

On the other hand, the PC 2 has the same configuration as the PC 1 except that the PC 2 does not include the tag information recognizing unit and the image synthesizing unit.

In this system configuration, the CPU 9 determines that the combining process cannot be performed on the PC side but is performed on the scanner side ("N" in step S12 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5).
Judge. ), Reads out an image file to be synthesized from the image memory 5 and sends it to the tag information recognition unit 6 provided therein. When the image file is received, the tag information recognizing unit 6 recognizes the tag information added to the image data, removes the tag information part together with the content, and converts only the image data into the image data.
To send to. The image combining unit 7 performs a combining process on the image data based on the content of the tag information sent from the tag information recognizing unit 6 and stores the combined data in the image memory 5. The composite data stored in the image memory 5 is
9 is read out according to the instruction of 9 and is transmitted to the PC via the I / F unit 8.
2 and stored in the image memory 12 of the PC 2.
The user of the PC 2 displays a composite image on a monitor using installed application software, and outputs an image using a printer.

Also in this configuration example, if the CPU 9 determines that the combining process can be performed on the scanner side, the combining process is automatically performed by the scanner 41 and the combined image data is sent to the PC 2. As in the configuration example of FIG. 1 described above, whether the user performs the combining process on the scanner side,
This makes it unnecessary to make a determination as to whether to make the determination each time.

The scanner 41 of this configuration example is obtained by adding the tag information recognizing section 6 and the image synthesizing section 7 to the scanner 1 of FIG. An extension board or the like having these functions can be prepared so that the above can be extended as an option, and a configuration can be made to add the board as desired by the user.

It is also possible to consider a configuration in which the tag information recognizing unit and the image synthesizing unit are both provided.

In this case, as shown in steps S12 and S13 of the flowchart of FIG. 5, the combining process is performed on the PC side. As described above, the scanner is generally provided with a scanner having a much lower speed than the CPU provided in the PC in order to reduce the cost. This is because the processing time can be shortened. Also, in an image processing system in which a scanner and a plurality of PCs (terminal devices) are connected to a network such as a LAN, when one scanner is shared by each PC, opening the scanner as soon as possible will reduce the document image. The waiting time is shortened and the usability is greatly improved for a plurality of users who want to quickly import the data into the PC.

Next, the reading operation of the scanners 1 and 41 (hereinafter simply referred to as "scanner") will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the start key 21 of the operation panel 2 is pressed ("Y" in step S1), the CPU 9 of the scanner causes the image input section 3 to start the reading operation of the original image (step S1). S2). Then, it instructs the tag information adding unit 4 to create tag information, and adds the tag information to the image data generated by the reading operation (Step S).
3, S4), an image file is generated and temporarily stored in the image memory 5.

Next, it is determined whether the combining process should be performed on the scanner side or the PC side (step S5). This determination is made by referring to the synthesis flag.

When it is determined that the combining process should be performed on the scanner side (in the case of the configuration example of FIG. 6) (“Y” in step S 5), the image file is read from the image memory 5 and transmitted to the tag information recognition unit 6. The tag information recognizing unit 6 recognizes the tag information added to the image data of the image file (Step S6), and sends the contents and the image data to the image synthesizing unit 7. The image synthesizing unit 7 performs an image data synthesizing process based on the content (step S7). When the synthesizing process is completed, it is sent to the PC as synthesized data (step S8).

On the other hand, the combining process should be performed on the PC side (FIG. 1).
Is determined (“N” in step S5), the image file generated by the tag information adding unit 4 and stored in the image memory 5 is read out, and the
It is sent to the C side (step S9). Note that the CPU 9
When transmitting the combined data and the image file, an instruction command indicating whether or not to perform the combination processing on the combined data and the image file is sent to the PC 1. The PC 1 receives the instruction command to receive the combined command. It is determined whether or not the combined data should be subjected to the combining process. This determination is made when the tag information recognizing unit 13 on the PC side receives the image file and determines whether or not tag information is added to the image data. May be determined to be performed.

FIG. 8 shows PCs 1 and 2 (hereinafter simply referred to as “PC”).
That. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of a data reception process in ()).

When the synthesized data or the image file is sent from the scanner, the PC determines whether or not the image needs to be synthesized (step S21). This determination is made by receiving an instruction command sent from the scanner.

If it is determined that image composition is not necessary (“N” in step S 21), the received data is stored in the image memory 12 as it is. In this case, the combined data that has already undergone the combining process on the scanner side, or the image data for which the combining process has not been selected on the operation panel 2 of the scanner (as described above, is sent as one image file from the scanner side). Come).

On the other hand, if it is determined that image composition is necessary (“Y” in step S 21), the received image file is sent to the tag information recognizing unit 13 provided therein. The tag information recognition unit 13 recognizes tag information added to the image data of the image file (Step S2)
2) The contents and image data are sent to the image synthesizing unit 14. The image synthesizing unit 14 synthesizes the image data based on the content (step S23), and stores it in the image memory 12 (step S24).

As described above, in the image processing system according to the present embodiment, the scanner automatically determines the device that can perform the combining process, and the combining device automatically performs the combining process. As in the related art, the user does not need to determine whether to perform the combining process on the scanner side or on the PC side each time, which improves operability.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the following modified examples can be considered.

(1) In the above embodiment, the operation panel 2
In the above, “composition processing” and “image size” can be selected. However, in addition to these, a configuration in which “reading resolution” can be selected can be adopted. When a document image is reduced, the resolution substantially increases according to the magnification. This is because, for example, if image data read at a resolution of 400 dpi is reduced by half, the resolution is substantially 800 dpi.
It can be explained from being i. Therefore, when the synthesizing process involving the reduction is selected (the image 7 shown in FIG.
2 is generated), when the synthesizing process is performed, the resolution at the time of reading is automatically set to be the same as the resolution at the same magnification (when the image 71 shown in FIG. 7 is generated). If it is set to be relatively low, the number of data to be read at the time of reading can be reduced, and the reading (scanning) speed of the document can be increased.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the contents of the processing for selecting the reading speed of the scanner 1.

As shown in the figure, it is first determined whether or not to lower the resolution (step S31). This is determined based on whether or not the combination processing involving reduction has been selected as described above. If it is determined that the resolution should be lowered (lower resolution) ("Y" in step S31), the original image is read by low-speed high-speed scanning ("Y" in step S31). On the other hand, when it is determined that the resolution is not reduced ("N" in step S31), the document image is read at a normal scanning speed (step S33).

By this processing, for example, usually 800d
The original is read at a resolution of "pi", but if a combination process involving a reduction of 1/2 is selected, the reading operation is automatically performed at a resolution of 400 dpi. Even in this case, the image subjected to the synthesis processing has a resolution of substantially 800 dpi, so that the image quality is not degraded by this.

(2) In the above embodiment, tag information is added to image data so that it is possible to recognize what kind of combining processing should be performed on the image data. Is not limited to this configuration as long as it can be recognized.

For example, a command indicating the same contents as the tag information is generated as a composite command, and transmitted to the tag information recognition unit separately from the image data. The tag information recognizing unit recognizes the content when receiving the combining command, and the image combining unit, based on the content recognized by the tag information recognizing unit,
The composition processing may be performed on the received image data.

(3) In the above embodiment, for example, 2 in
In the case of 1, the arrangement information is automatically generated according to the reading order of the original images so that the arrangement information is generated such that the original image read first is on the left side of the composite image.
It is not limited to this. For example, which region (2
The operation panel 2 determines whether image data of a document to be read is to be arranged in the area on the right side in the case of in1).
If it can be specified above, for example, 2in
The reading operation of the document image to be pasted on the area on the right side of 1 can be performed first.

Further, partner information indicating which document image data should be combined with the original document may be added as tag information. Each time an image of a document to be combined is read, a common identification number is added to each piece of image data as partner information, and if an image file having the same identification number is taken out from the image memory 5, they become one combined image. It can be easily determined that the image file is an image file to be synthesized as an image.

(4) In the above embodiment, the synthesizing process has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a specific image process such as an image rotating process. In this case, it suffices to determine which device is provided with the means for executing the specified image processing.

(5) In the above embodiment, 2in1 and 4in1 can be selected as the combining mode. However, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this. 8in
It can be applied to various synthesis processes such as 1 and 16in1.

[0076]

As described above, according to the present invention, a reading device receives a designation of a specific image processing mode, and executes image processing for the specific image processing mode received by the receiving device. A generating unit that generates a processing command indicating the content, and a determining unit that determines which side of the reading device or the terminal device performs the image processing, and at least one of the reading device and the terminal device includes Image processing means for performing the image processing on the image data based on the processing command, wherein the processing command and the image data are transmitted to the image processing means on the device side determined by the determination means Thus, the image processing is automatically performed, so that the user can perform the image processing on the reading device side or the terminal device side as in the related art. The judgment made well not be carried out each time. Further, since the image processing is automatically performed based on the processing command indicating the content of the image processing, the user does not need to perform a troublesome operation on the image data on the terminal device, so that the user is not required to work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an image processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an operation panel of the scanner.

FIG. 3A is a diagram schematically illustrating the contents of a 2in1 process, and FIG. 3B is a diagram schematically illustrating the contents of a 4in1 process.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image file in which tag information is added to image data.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the content of a determination process for determining which device should perform the combining process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of the configuration of the image processing system.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the scanner.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of a data reception process in the PC.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of a process for selecting a reading speed of a scanner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 41 Scanner 2 Operation panel 3 Image input unit 4 Tag information addition unit 5, 12 Image memory 6, 13 Tag information recognition unit 7, 14 Image synthesis unit 8, 11 I / F unit 9 CPU 10 ROM 21 Start key 22 Synthesis Mode selection key 23 Image size selection key 50 Connection cable 60 Image file 61 Image data 62 Tag information 63 Type information 64 Size information 65 Placement information

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image processing system comprising: a reading device that reads a document image to generate image data; and a terminal device communicably connected to the reading device, wherein the reading device is configured to perform a specific image processing. Receiving means for receiving a designation of a mode; generating means for generating a processing command indicating the content of image processing for a specific image processing mode received by the receiving means; And a determination unit for determining whether to perform the image processing, and at least one of the reading device and the terminal device includes an image processing unit that performs the image processing on the image data based on the processing command. Transmitting the processing command and the image data to the image processing means on the apparatus side determined by the determination means to perform the image processing An image processing system, characterized in that: 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit determines that the image processing is performed on the terminal device side if the image processing unit is provided in the terminal device.
An image processing system according to claim 1. 3. The specific image processing mode is a combining mode, the processing command is a combining command indicating the content of a combining process for the combining mode, and the combining command indicates a type of the combining mode. At least one of type information, size information indicating an image size of a composite image to be generated, and arrangement information indicating in which area of the composite image the image data is to be arranged is included. The image processing system according to claim 1. 4. The reading device according to claim 1, wherein when the combining mode is designated, the reading resolution for the document image is reduced as compared to when the combining mode is not designated, and the reading speed is reduced in accordance with the reduced reading resolution. The image processing system according to claim 3, wherein: