JP2003280961A - System and apparatus for processing information, and control method thereof, as well as computer program and computer readable storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily enable each client on a network to perform an objective processing from among a plurality of processing without requiring any application for performing a particular processing. <P>SOLUTION: On the network, temporarily shared folders 300a to 300c are arranged. A processing server 500 monitors the shared folders, and executes the processing inherent to the folder when an image file is stored in any of the folders. The results are sorted and stored in another normally shared folder 400a. Also, the processed image file, which is stored in the temporarily shared folder, is deleted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, a computer program and a computer readable storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, LANs (local area networks, hereinafter simply referred to as networks) are often installed and utilized in offices. One of the advantages of utilizing the network is resource sharing, and file sharing is the most important one.

Usually, in order to share such files, a file server is installed on the network. The file server is configured to share a drive and a holder (directory) so that a client such as a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) on a network can freely read and write a file. Here, the difference between file server and client is
It is the difference between the OSs operating on each and / or the programs to be serviced, and there may or may not be a difference in hardware. However, in general, an apparatus serving as a server is required to have processing capability because an unspecified number of clients access the apparatus.

[0004]

By utilizing such a file server, each client on the network can freely share a file, and therefore files can be easily exchanged with each other. But,
Due to its convenient aspect, the number of files to be stored gradually increases, and it will take time and effort to find the target file unless it is operated very skillfully.

In general, various applications are installed on a PC which is a client.
Each user uses it to create and edit data files.

A problem here is that, for example, in the case of character recognition, naturally, an image scanner is connected to the PC so that the document can be read and a character recognition application is installed. It is necessary. Therefore, if all the users of each PC want to perform character recognition, it is necessary to install the image scanner and the character recognition application as many as the number of PCs, and it is avoided that both hardware and software are expensive. I can't.

On the other hand, recently, an apparatus having a document reading function (for example, a multi-function peripheral) has been installed on the network.
It is becoming possible to send the read image to a desired PC. However, even in such cases,
The problem remains that the character recognition application must be installed on each PC.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and does not require an application for performing special processing for each client on the network.
It is intended to provide an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, a computer program, and a computer-readable storage medium that make it possible to easily perform a target process from a plurality of target processes. It is a thing.

[0009]

In order to solve such a problem, for example, an information processing system of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, an information processing system including a file server having a shared resource for saving a file requested to be saved by a client on a network, and a processing server for performing a predetermined process for an image file, wherein the processing server is Setting means for setting a processing type for an image file for each shared folder of the file server or for each subfolder under the shared folder, and monitoring means for monitoring whether or not the image file is stored in the set folder When the monitoring means determines that the image file is stored, the control means executes a process according to the contents set by the setting means of the folder in which the image file was stored.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

<System Configuration and Outline of Operation> FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a system configuration in the embodiment. In the figure, 101 to 103 are personal computers (P
C). Reference numeral 150 is a FAX machine, 160 is an image scanner, and these are connected to the network 200.

Further, reference numerals 300 and 400 are file servers, which are schematically shown in the drawing, but the hardware is the same as that of the PC 101 or the like. In order to distinguish the file servers 300 and 400, the file server 30
0 is called a temporary file server, and the file server 400
Is usually called a file server (the difference will be clarified from the description below). Reference numeral 500 is a processing server for performing character recognition, translation processing, and file classification processing. It should be noted that in the embodiment, the term "processing server" is used, but this is for convenience and the processing described below may be performed, and the server is not particularly required.

In the illustrated case, the temporary file server 3
00, the normal file server 400, and the processing server 500 are shown as separate devices, but it should be added that two or all of them may be realized by the same device.

The FAX machine 150 sends the received image to the TIF
The F format file is output to the temporary file server 300, and the scanner 160 also converts the read image data into a TIFF format file in the temporary file server 30.
Output to 0. Also, the PCs 101 to 103 will be described as outputting images created by an application to the temporary file server 300 in the TIFF format. Hereinafter, devices that store TIFF files in the temporary file server 300 are collectively referred to as clients.

The temporary file server 300 has, for example, three shared folders (directories) 3 as shown in the figure.
00a to 300c are set in advance, and these shared folders are set to be accessible by the client (three are set here, but any number may be set as long as the number is one or more). Here, each shared folder 300
The shared name on the network from a to 300c is folder-a
Let them be 1, folder-a2, folder-a3. Temporary file server 3
If the network name of 00 is server-a, the resource names of these shared folders on the network are
"\\ server_a \ folder-a1", "\\ server_a \ folder-a"
2 ", can be defined as" \\ server_a \ folder-a3 ".

On the other hand, it is assumed that one folder 400a is commonly set in the normal file server 400. Normally, the name of the file server 400 on the network is se
If rver-b and its shared folder name are folder-b1, its network resource name is "\\ server-b \ folder-b
1 ”.

Further, the processing server 500 has an access right to the temporary file server 300 and the normal file server 400. Then, the processing server 500 according to the embodiment may store the files (TIs) stored in the shared folders 300a to 300c of the temporary file server 300.
FF) is subjected to various processes set for each folder, and the results are classified into the shared folder 400a of the normal file server 400 by system and stored. In the embodiment, the types of processing performed by the processing server 500 are character recognition processing and translation processing, as described above.

<Explanation of Operation Outline of Processing Server> Since the temporary file server 300 and the normal file server 400 are not different from known file servers, description thereof will be omitted, and here, the processing server 500 in the embodiment will be described. explain.

FIG. 2 shows a processing server 500 according to the embodiment.
It is a block configuration diagram of. In the figure, 501 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, 502 is a ROM that stores a boot program and BIOS, and 503 is a CPU 50.
This is a RAM used as a work area of No. 1. 504
Is a keyboard, and 505 is a pointing device such as a mouse (R). Reference numeral 506 is a network interface for connecting to a network (temporary file server 300, normal file server 400).
Has a memory for developing a display image, and the CPU 50
A display control unit that draws an image under the control of 1 and outputs the image data stored in the display memory as a video signal to the display device 508.

Reference numeral 509 denotes a hard disk device as an external storage device, and as shown in the figure, monitors whether or not a file is stored in the OS 509a and the shared folder of the temporary file server, controls the start of various processes, and Is a monitoring / classification program 509b (details will be described later) that performs classification processing, and a character recognition program 509 to be activated.
c, translation program 509d, setting file 509e
A keyword file 509f (described later in detail) is stored in advance (described later in detail). It should be noted that the character recognition program and the translation program themselves use known techniques, and a description thereof will be omitted.

When the processing server 500 is powered on, the OS of the hard disk 509 is loaded into the RAM 503 according to the boot program of the ROM 502, and the monitoring / classification program 509b is also loaded into the RAM 503 and executed.

As a result, monitoring of whether the TIFF file from the client has been stored in the shared folders 300a to 300c of the temporary file server 300 is started. The outline of the operation of the monitoring / classifying program 509b will be described below.

As described above, in the shared folders 300a to 300c of the temporary file server 300, the TIFF format files (image files) are stored from the client, and any predetermined processing is performed for each shared folder to be stored. The processing server 5 determines whether or not the processing result is classified and stored in the normal file server.
Set to 00. The setting contents are the setting file 509e
Will be saved as

This setting is performed by designating "add setting" in the monitoring program operating on the processing server 500. FIG. 3 shows a window displayed at this time.

As shown in the figure, the items to be input are a temporary shared folder name, a process type, a classification method for outputting a process result, and a normal shared folder name as an output destination.

In the illustrated case, it is indicated that the temporary shared folder name is "\\ server-a \ folder-a1", that is, the setting is for the temporary shared folder 300a in FIG. And the TIFF stored in this folder
For the file, specify that nothing is processed, use the date and time information when the TIFF file was stored as the classification method, and process the result as "\\ server-b \ f
older-b1 ”(normally shared folder 400a of file server 400) as a subdirectory“ general ”,
It indicates that it is set to create and store further subfolders in it if necessary.

When the processing result is completely stored (saved) in the shared folder of the normal file server 400, the corresponding file stored in the shared folder of the temporary file server 300 is deleted. This also applies to other processing types described below.

When "Perform OCR" is checked as the processing type, the TIF stored in the corresponding folder
Character recognition is performed on the F file, and the result and TI
The FF file will be saved according to the specified classification method.

If "Try to translate if English sentence" is checked as the processing type, character recognition is performed to determine whether the sentence is an English sentence. If it is an English sentence, it is translated into Japanese. The resulting text file and TIFF file will be saved according to the classification method. When both character recognition and translation are checked, the recognition results are both text files (extension "txt"), so the file name for the character recognition result file is "****** ocr. txt ", the translation result is" *
**** trns.txt ", so that the same file name is not used.

On the other hand, as for the classification method, as shown in the figure, one of "default", "try classification by sender", and "keyword" can be selected (multiple selections cannot be made).

"Default" uses the time stamp of the TIF file stored in the temporary shared file,
Create a subfolder called "date", create a subfolder for dates under it, and store it in that subfolder.

Also, "try to classify by transmission source", which corresponds to an image received by facsimile. Normally, when facsimile reception is performed, the sender's name or telephone number (or FAX number) is embedded in the header portion (upper margin portion) of each page, so character recognition is performed for the upper margin portion, and the The result is adopted as the folder name. At the time of saving, a subfolder “transmission source” is created, a folder of a character string that identifies the transmission source obtained by recognition is created under the subfolder, and the subfolder is stored therein. For example, if there is a character string "Aiu stock" as the character string indicating the sender, in the state shown in the figure, the normal shared resource "\\ server-b \ folder-b1"
Save the processing result file in the folder "\ general \ sender \ aiu stock" of (create a folder if there is no corresponding folder).

If the character string to be the sender is not found in the header of the facsimile received image, a folder "Unknown sender" is created in the same layer as the above "Aiu Co., Ltd." Save to.

When "try to sort by source" is checked, "Priority is given to CTL" can be checked as an option. If it is unchecked, it will be classified as above, but if it is checked, it will be a control file (extension is "ct".
l) file), and if there is, the description content is prioritized and classified. If the control file does not exist, it is as above. The control file describes the information when the FAX number of the sender is notified when the FAX machine receives an incoming call (using the number display) or when the sender is found by the negotiation of communication. The present invention intends to effectively utilize a FAX machine having a function of outputting the output.

The last "keyword" can be selected when the OCR process is designated.
When the character recognition is set and the "keyword" is selected as the classification method, a specific character string is searched for in the recognition result, and the character string is classified according to the found keyword and saved. For this reason, since the character string needs to be defined, the user creates the definition file in advance. Keyword file 509f in FIG.
Is this definition file.

The keyword file 509f can be freely set by the user who operates this system.
An example of the contents is as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

In the figure, the first column shows keywords to be searched, the second column shows individual folder names, the third column shows medium item (folder) names, and the fourth column shows large item (folder) names. .

For example, when "patent examination" committee "" is found as a result of character recognition, the TIFF file and the character recognition result file are \ large item \ medium item \ individual folder name (in this case Indicates that it is stored in a folder named "patent review committee". According to the illustration, this hierarchical structure is "\\ server-b \ folder-b1
It will be created under "General".

If the keywords "committee" and "application form" are found in the character recognition result, the higher-ranked keyword (in the case shown, "committee") is prioritized for classification. I chose If the keyword cannot be found, the keyword is saved under the folder name “others”.

Now, when files are stored in the sub-folders at the end as described above, the number of files stored in that folder will only increase, and in order to find the target file, scrolling or the like is required. Becomes
Become complicated.

Therefore, in the embodiment, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 3, the maximum number of files is set. Then, when the number of files exceeds the set number, a subfolder of "terminal subfolder name + number" is created and stored in that subfolder. For example, if the folder name at the end is "Patent Examination Committee" and it is determined that the number of files exceeds the allowable number when storing the files of the processing results, the folder named "Patent Examination Committee 1" Create in the same hierarchy and save in it.

However, if OCR and translation are performed, there are three files including the original TIFF file, and it is convenient to store them in the same folder, so the number of processing result files is saved. When trying to do so, if it is determined that the number of files exceeds the allowable number, the files are stored in the newly created folder. However, in the embodiment, the number of files that can be increased at one time is three at the maximum, so that the number of files up to the “allowable number + the number of processing result files−1” may be permitted.

The outline of the operation of the monitoring / classifying program 509b in the processing server 500 has been described above. Other shared folders 300b and 300c of the temporary file server 300 are described.
The setting is also made in the window shown in FIG. At this time, for example, in the output resource name (see FIG. 3) of the temporary shared folder set to perform OCR, for example, "\\
It will be easy for the user to understand by describing as "server \ folder-b1 \ OCR". The same is true for translation.

Further, the file names are stored in the shared folders 300a to 300c of the temporary file server 300, but when the clients are the PCs 101 to 103, any file name may be used, and the files can be stored in any folder. In other words, which shared folder to save is
Let the user decide. Therefore, in reality, it is desirable that the name of the shared folder is given a name indicating what kind of processing is performed. Depending on the case, when the property of the folder is displayed, what kind of processing should be performed may be displayed. On the other hand, the fax machine 150
In the case of the image scanner 160 or the image scanner 160, the shared holder name to be stored may be designated each time, but it is expected that the work related to the designation will be complicated. Therefore, in the case of these devices, a shared holder name suitable for each is set in advance, and the received or read image is stored in the same shared folder unless otherwise changed. Regarding the file names to be stored at this time, if the files have the same file name and are stored in the same shared folder, the files to be stored later will be overwritten. The file name is the number + the number indicating the order of the files to be created.

On the other hand, the file name used for storing in the normal file server 400 is basically the same as the file name used for storing in the temporary file server 300. That is, as described above, the file name when stored in the temporary shared folder is, for example, "123456".
If it is "7.tif", the file name normally saved in the shared folder of the file server is the original "123456".
7.tif ", character recognition result, and translation result are" 1234567ocr.txt "and" 1234567trns.txt ", respectively. However, the file of the processing result may be the time when it was saved in the temporary shared folder, or may be any file. Further, as to how to give a file name, whether to adopt the date and time, to use the original file name, or to use another method (for example, "document 01", "document 02" ...) May be specified as an option.

Next, a specific processing procedure of the monitoring / classification program 509b in the processing server 500 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in the processing server 500, monitoring /
When the execution of the classification program 509b is started, it is determined in step S1 whether the setting file 509e exists (or whether meaningful data is stored). In the case of no, since this program is started for the first time, the temporary shared folder to be monitored in step S2, the processing type, the classification method, the setting window of the shared folder of the output destination (see FIG. 3) To display and configure
Create a configuration file.

When it is determined that the setting file exists, it is determined in step S3 whether or not the user has input. If it is determined that there is input, step S4
In step S5, the same processing as in step S2 is performed in order to reset the environment (for correction of the folder to be monitored or to add or delete the folder to be monitored). When it is determined that the input is other than that, the corresponding process is performed in step S15.

If it is determined in step S3 that there is no input by the user, it is determined in step S6 whether the file exists in the temporary shared holder to be monitored set in the setting file 509e. If not, the process returns to step S3. That is, when there is no key input, the determination process of steps S3 and S6 is repeated to monitor the temporary shared folder.

If it is determined that the file is stored in the temporary shared folder, the process proceeds to step S7,
It is determined whether or not the temporary shared folder is set to be translated. When the translation is set, in step S8, the translation flag secured in advance in the memory is turned on (step S8), and the process proceeds to step S11 to perform character recognition, which is a preprocessing of translation.

On the other hand, when it is set that the translation is not performed, the process proceeds to step S10, and it is determined whether or not the character recognition is set. If the character recognition is set, the process proceeds to step S11 to execute the character recognition process (character recognition program 509c). If the character recognition is set not to be performed (translation is not set at the same time), the process proceeds to step S14 to perform the classification and storage process, and then to step S3.
Return to.

When the character recognition process in step S11 is completed, the process proceeds to step S12, and it is determined whether or not the translation process is turned on. If it is determined that the flag is turned on, the process proceeds to step S13 and the translation process is performed. In the case of the embodiment, since the translation process is a Japanese translation, it is determined in step S13 whether or not the result of character recognition is English, and if it is determined to be Japanese, the step is If S13 is passed and it is judged that it is English, the translation program 5
09d is executed. If the translation flag is off, the process of step S13 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S14.

In the above, the result of the character recognition process and the translation process is stored in a preset temporary holder of the processing server 500, and the output destination is determined and stored in step S14.

FIG. 6 shows the processing in steps S2 and S5 in more detail.

First, in step S21, the window shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and in step S22, a character string (path of a shared folder) is input in various fields and an option is selected. Then, in step S23, the setting contents are inspected, and in step S24, it is determined whether or not it is OK.
If so, the setting content is saved in the setting file 509e.
If there is an error in the settings, it means that the description of the temporary shared folder name (monitored folder name) or the output folder name when classified is correct, and if the keyword classification is selected. , Whether or not the keyword file 509f exists.

Details of the classification storage process in step S14 in FIG. 5 will be described below with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, in step S31, it is determined by referring to the setting file what the classification method for the temporary shared folder in which the file to be processed (TIFF file) is stored.

If it is determined to be the default (date), in step S32, the character string of the date when the target TIFF file is saved is set as the temporary folder name to be saved.

If it is determined that the classification is based on the keyword (the character recognition result is present as described above), the process advances to step S33 to determine whether the keyword described in the keyword file 509f exists. Search whether or not. If the corresponding keyword cannot be found, "other" is set as a temporary folder name in step S35. On the other hand, if a keyword that matches the keyword is found, the highest priority keyword among them is set as a temporary folder name in step S36.

When "source" is designated as the classification method, the process proceeds from step S31 to step S37, and it is determined whether or not the control file is prioritized. If it is determined that the control file has priority, in step S38, it is determined whether or not the control file corresponding to the TIFF file that was the processing target exists in the temporary shared folder. A character string (FAX number) that identifies the transmission source described in is set as a temporary folder name (step S39).

On the other hand, if the control file is not prioritized, or if it is supposed that the control file is prioritized but there is no corresponding control file, step S
In step 40, the TIFF header (preset upper end margin area) is extracted, and the character recognition program 509c is executed for it. Then, in step S41, it is determined whether or not the character string is extracted, and if it is extracted, the extracted character string is set as a temporary folder name (step S42). If not extracted, “other” is set as a temporary folder name.

When the temporary folder name is determined as described above, the process proceeds to step S44. Here, it is determined whether or not the same folder exists in the set path of the normal file server 400. If it exists, the process proceeds to step S45, the number of files in the folder is counted, and the allowable number is set when the file to be saved (the number of which is already known by the processing type) is saved. Judge whether or not to exceed. If it is determined that the same folder does not exist, or if it exists but exceeds the allowable number, the process proceeds to step S46 and the previously set "" temporary folder name "+" number "(the previous number is preset). Created as a new folder name).

In this way, when the number of folders within the allowable number is determined, the TIFF file, the character recognition result file if character recognition is performed, and the translation result file if translation is performed in the folder. It is stored in and saved in (step S47). Then, the process proceeds to step S48, in which the corresponding TIFF file in the temporary shared folder and the control file, if any, are deleted, and this processing ends.

A specific state of the shared folder 400a of the normal file server 400 when the above processing is performed will be described.

Here, the temporary file server 30 is used.
The temporary shared folder 300a of 0 has the setting contents shown in FIG. 3, and the temporary shared folders 300b and 300c are set.
Suppose you did the following. Regarding the temporary shared folder 300b: Processing type: OCR is performed.

In the case of English, translation is tried. Classification method: Attempt to classify by the sender.

Priority is given to CTL (control file). Output resource name: \\ server-b \ folder-b1 \ FAX etc. Regarding temporary shared folder 300c: Processing type: OCR is performed. Classification method: Keyword output resource name: \\ server-b \ folder-b1 \ scanned document etc. Also, along with this, the output destination of the FAX device 150 is the temporary shared holder 300b, and the output destination of the scanner device 160 is the temporary shared holder. It shall be set to 300c.

FIG. 8 shows a tree structure of the shared holder "\\ server-b \ folder-b1" of the normal file server 400 when actually used.

In the figure, when attention is paid to the subfolder "FAX, etc.", the file name "F0001" is the FAX machine 1
The machine number information of 50 is shown, and the succeeding characters (numerals) represent IDs (numerals that are incremented each time it is issued). Since this folder stores the result of setting to perform character recognition as described above, the TIFF
Separately from the file (extension “tif”), “... ocr.
The file “txt” is stored. In the second subfolder, "Aiu stock 01" means that there is a folder called "Aiu stock" in the same level before that.
It indicates that it was created because the number of files in it reached the allowable number. Also, focusing on the second subfolder "Others", the character string corresponding to the sender could not be found in the file "F0001019.tif", and the character recognition result file "F0001019ocr.txt" was in English. Because
This indicates that the translation result file "F0001019trns.txt" has been generated.

On the other hand, the subfolder "scanned originals, etc."
Paying attention to, the TIFF file and its character recognition result are stored in this folder. The file name “S0023” indicates the machine number information of the image scanner 160, and the subsequent numbers indicate the ID.

The users of the PCs 101 to 103 are
For example, when translating a TIFF file, it can be realized by throwing the file into the folder 300b of the temporary file server 300, and if only character recognition is required, it can be thrown into the folder 300c.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
For the client on the network, the desired processing can be performed simply by storing the file to be processed in the folder provided for each processing.
Moreover, the processing results are automatically classified, and the number of files does not exceed an appropriate number, so that the files can be prevented from becoming complicated.

In the embodiment, the file stored in the temporary shared folder is explained as the TIFF file. If the client is a fax machine or image scanner, the storage destination will not change once you set it, but the PC
In this case, the user can determine the save destination of the file, and the file to be stored is not necessarily an image file. Therefore, the extension of the file to be saved may be checked, and only the TIFF may be accepted and the others may be disabled. In this case, since the access control is linked with the processing of the processing server, one server can realize the above three servers.

In the embodiment, TIFF is used as the type of image file, but other formats (J
PEG, BMP, PDF, etc.) or a mixture thereof.

Furthermore, in the embodiments, one setting is made for one shared resource in the temporary file server 300, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, even if a subfolder is created in advance in one shared holder and it is set what kind of processing is performed for each subfolder, the operation can be performed in this embodiment. This is also the case with regular file server share holders.

Further, in the embodiment, as the type of processing,
I explained two examples of character recognition and translation, but you may add keyword extraction processing when filing,
In translation, not only Japanese translation, but also English translation and, in some cases, multilingual translation may be included. Furthermore, conversion of an image file, for example, a process of converting a TIFF file into JPEG may be performed. Also, it is desirable that these functions can be added on. This is because at that time, the client can utilize the function from that point as long as what function is provided in which folder is set.

In the embodiment, the temporary file server, the normal file server, and the processing server have been described separately, but they are logical and physical.
It is not necessary to provide one file server, and one physical hardware (device) may be used. In particular, the temporary file server and the normal file server have different names, and their operation contents are not different from those of the normal file server. Therefore, one file server is sufficient. However, since the processing server is required to have the processing capability, it is desirable that the processing server be operated by a device physically different from the file server.

Furthermore, the central part of the processing in the embodiment is the processing server 400, and the function of this processing server 400 is realized by a computer program. Therefore, it is obvious that the present invention includes computer programs in its category. Also, a computer program is usually a floppy (R) disk or C
Stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a D-ROM,
It is obvious that this computer-readable storage medium is also within the scope of the present invention because it is set in a computer and copied or installed.

[0079]

As described above, according to the present invention, an application for performing special processing is not required for each client on the network, and a desired processing can be easily performed from a plurality of processing. Can be performed.

According to another invention, in addition to the above,
Files resulting from the processing are classified according to the system, and the number of files does not increase unlimitedly for one folder, and the file management is not complicated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall conceptual diagram of a system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of a processing server in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a setting window in the processing server.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of a keyword file in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a processing server in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a processing server in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a processing server in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a directory tree of a file server for storing processing results in the embodiment.

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[Claims] 1. An information processing system comprising a file server having a shared resource for storing a file requested to be saved by a client on a network, and a processing server for performing a predetermined process for an image file, comprising: The server monitors a setting unit that sets a processing type for an image file for each shared folder of the file server or for each subfolder under the shared folder, and monitors whether the image file is stored in the set folder. A monitoring unit; and a control unit that, when the monitoring unit determines that the image file is stored, executes a process according to the content set by the setting unit of the folder in which the image file was stored. A characteristic information processing system. 2. The control means sets a file obtained as a result of executing processing and a file to be processed,
The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a saving unit that saves the shared image to another shared resource, and a unit that deletes the image file to be processed from a monitoring target folder of the monitoring unit. 3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the setting unit further sets a classification method for storing the processed file. 4. The setting means uses a date and time when the file to be processed is stored, a character string in a specific area of the image, or a keyword obtained by recognizing a character image included in the image. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the information processing system is set to be classified. 5. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the setting unit further sets a permissible number to be stored in one folder when the storage unit stores the information. 6. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the type of processing includes whether or not to perform character recognition. 7. The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein the type of processing includes whether or not to perform translation processing. 8. An information processing device connected to a network and performing a predetermined process on an image file, the shared folder for sharing a file existing on the network, or a layer further below the shared folder. A monitoring unit that monitors the storage status of files in a network resource such as a subfolder, a setting unit that sets the type of processing for the monitored network resource, and an image file to the network resource monitored by the monitoring unit. When it is detected that the image file has been stored, the process execution means for executing the set process on the image file, the file obtained by executing the image file, and the image file to be processed are shared by other shared resources. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit that classifies and stores the information. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the type of processing set by the setting means includes whether or not to perform character recognition. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the type of processing set by the setting unit further includes whether or not to perform translation processing. 11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the setting unit further sets a classification method for saving by the saving unit. 12. The classification includes a date and time when a file to be processed is stored, a character string of a recognition result of a predetermined area of an image,
Alternatively, a character string obtained by character recognition of the entire image is created as a sub-holder name of the other shared holder as to which one of the keywords matches a preset keyword. Claims 8 to 11
The information processing apparatus according to any one of 1. 13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the image file that is the processing target is deleted from the network resource that is the monitoring target when the image file is saved by the saving unit. . 14. A method of controlling an information processing device connected to a network and performing a predetermined process on an image file, comprising: a shared folder existing on the network for sharing a file; Furthermore, a monitoring step for monitoring the storage status of files in network resources such as subfolders in the lower layer, a setting step for setting the type of processing for the monitored network resource, and a monitoring step for the network resource monitored in the monitoring step. When it is detected that the image file is stored, the process execution step of executing the set process on the image file, the file obtained by the execution, and the image file to be processed are excluded. Of the information processing device Your way. 15. A computer program, which is connected to a network and functions as an information processing device for performing a predetermined process on an image file, comprising a shared folder for sharing a file, which exists on the network. Monitoring means for monitoring the storage status of files in network resources such as subfolders in the lower layer of the holder, setting means for setting the type of processing for the monitored network resource, and network resources monitored by the monitoring means When it is detected that an image file has been stored in the image file, the process execution means for executing the set process to the image file, the file obtained by the execution, and the image file to be processed Functions as a storage means for classifying and storing other shared resources Computer program, wherein the door. 16. A computer-readable storage medium storing the computer program according to claim 15.