JP2005038268A - Data processing system, data generation device, terminal device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the receipt of data not intended by a user by a terminal device by the user's simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: In personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c, information of application software for processing image data reported to a scanner 2 is received (S501). A dialog is displayed (S502) to make the user input whether transmission is permitted or not (S503). When it is rejected by the user, that effect is reported (S505). When it is permitted, the application is started (S506), and that effect is reported (S507). Thereafter, the image data are received from the scanner 2 (S508), and processed with the started application software (S509). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing system, a data generation device, a terminal device, and a program for transmitting data from a data generation device to a terminal device and processing the data using application software installed in the terminal device.

  For example, a network including a multifunction peripheral device having a plurality of functions such as a scanner function and a plurality of terminal devices (for example, personal computers) connected to the multifunction peripheral device via a LAN (Local Area Network). A system may be built. For example, document data read using the scanner function of the multifunction peripheral device has already been transmitted to a terminal device designated by the user (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In recent years, a large number of application software that is started on terminal devices and attaches received data to e-mails, edits, and confirms characters has been provided. In addition to selecting a terminal device for transmission, it is also conceivable to select application software for processing data with a multi-functional peripheral device. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, it is conceivable that the terminal device and the application software are simultaneously selected by pairing the terminal device and the application software.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-92121 (FIGS. 6 and 7)

  According to this, it becomes possible to share a multifunction peripheral device with a plurality of terminal devices connected via a LAN. However, since data can be transmitted unconditionally from the multifunction peripheral device to the terminal device, each terminal device receives data not intended by the user. This is not preferable from the viewpoint of the presence of a user of a terminal device that does not wish to receive data and from the viewpoint of security. Therefore, when data is transmitted from the multi-function peripheral device to the terminal device, it may be requested to input a password set in each terminal device. According to this, it is possible to prevent each terminal device from receiving data not intended by the user by managing the password. However, there is a problem that operations such as password management and password entry become complicated.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a data processing system, a data generation device, a terminal device, and a program that can prevent a terminal device from receiving data unintended by the user by a simple operation of the user. .

  The data processing device of the present invention is a data processing system having a data generation device and a terminal device connected to a network, a terminal device storage means for storing rewritable identification information of a terminal device to which data is transmitted, Application software storage means for rewritably storing identification information of application software for processing data, and the data generation device includes data generation means for generating data and identification information stored in the terminal device storage means. A notification means for notifying the terminal device indicated by the identification information of the application software stored in the application software storage means, and a data transmission permission notification to the terminal device indicated by the identification information stored in the terminal device storage means Request transmission means for transmitting the request and identification information stored in the terminal device storage means A data transmission means for transmitting data to the terminal device after receiving a data transmission permission notification from the terminal device shown, and the terminal device receives notification information for receiving the identification information of the application software notified by the notification device Means, a request receiving means for receiving a request for data transmission permission notification transmitted by the request transmitting means, and transmission of data to the data generation apparatus after the request receiving means has received the request for data transmission permission notification. Based on the permission notification transmitting means for transmitting the permission notification, the data receiving means for receiving the data transmitted by the data transmitting means, and the application software indicated by the identification information notified by the notifying means of the data received by the data receiving means And processing means for processing.

  In another aspect, the data generation device of the present invention is a data generation device connected to a network together with a terminal device, and includes data generation means for generating data and application software for processing data for the terminal device. After receiving the data transmission permission notification from the terminal device, the notification means for notifying the identification information, the request transmission means for transmitting a request for data transmission permission notification to the terminal device, and transmitting the data to the terminal device Data transmission means.

  In another aspect, the terminal device of the present invention is a terminal device connected to a network together with the data generation device, and receives notification information for receiving the identification information of the application software that processes the data notified by the data generation device And a request receiving means for receiving a request for data transmission permission notification transmitted by the data generating apparatus, and after the request receiving means receives the request for data transmission permission notification, the data generating apparatus is permitted to transmit data. Based on permission notification transmission means for transmitting a notification, data reception means for receiving data transmitted by the data generation apparatus, and application software indicated by identification information notified by the data generation apparatus of data received by the data reception means And processing means for processing.

  In another aspect, the program of the present invention is a data generation unit that generates data for a computer connected to a network together with a terminal device, and a notification unit that notifies the terminal device of identification information of application software that processes data. The terminal device functions as a request transmission unit that transmits a request for data transmission permission notification and a data transmission unit that transmits data to the terminal device after receiving the data transmission permission notification from the terminal device.

  In still another aspect, the program according to the present invention includes a computer that is connected to a network together with a data generation device, a notification reception unit that receives the identification information of application software that processes the data notified by the data generation device, and data generation Request receiving means for receiving a request for data transmission permission notification sent by the device, permission to send a data transmission permission notification to the data generation device after the request receiving means receives the request for data transmission permission notification Notification transmitting means, data receiving means for receiving data transmitted by the data generating apparatus, and processing means for processing the data received by the data receiving means based on application software indicated by the identification information notified by the data generating apparatus To function as.

  According to the present invention, since the data generation apparatus transmits data to the terminal apparatus after receiving a transmission permission notification from the terminal apparatus, it is possible to prevent the terminal apparatus from receiving data not intended by the user by a simple operation of the user. It becomes possible.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the notification unit also serves as the request transmission unit and the notification reception unit also serves as the request reception unit. According to this, it is possible to reduce the network traffic and to transmit the data transmission permission notification after confirming the application software on the terminal device side. Therefore, the application software on the data generating device side It becomes possible to find a specification mistake.

  In the present invention, the application software includes at least one of application software that transmits an e-mail attached with data, application software that edits data, and application software that analyzes data and recognizes characters. It may be. According to this, it becomes possible to transmit an e-mail attached with data, edit the data, or perform character recognition from the data.

  In the present invention, the data generation device may include a terminal device storage unit. In addition, the data generation device may include application software storage means. According to this, the system can be simplified.

  In the present invention, the data generation device determines the terminal device identification information stored in the terminal device storage unit based on the user's operation, and the identification of the application software stored in the application software storage unit It is preferable to further include application software determining means for determining information based on a user operation. According to this, erroneous transmission of data due to a designation mistake can be reduced.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the data generation device further includes storage means for storing the generated data. According to this, it is possible to store a plurality of data to be transmitted by the data generation device. In addition, other data can be generated while waiting for a transmission permission notification from the terminal device.

  According to the present invention, the terminal device further includes a determination unit that determines whether to transmit a data transmission permission notification based on a user operation when the notification reception unit receives the identification information of the application software. It is preferable. According to this, since the user can select whether or not to send a transmission permission notification when notified of the application software, the security can be increased by a simple operation of selecting.

  In the present invention, the permission notification transmission means notifies the data transmission permission notification and the data transmission start timing, and the data transmission means transmits the data based on the transmission start timing notified by the permission notification means. Good. According to this, it becomes possible to receive data at a time convenient for the terminal device side.

  The program of the present invention can be distributed by being recorded on a removable recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), and can also be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet.

  Hereinafter, a data processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the system configuration of the data processing system in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of a data processing system. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device configuration of a part of the devices constituting the data processing system of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the data processing system 1 includes a scanner 2, personal computers 3, 4, 5 a, 5 b, 5 c and hubs 6, 7 a, 7 b, 7 c. The scanner 2 is connected to a LAN cable of a local area network (LAN) 8 via a hub 6, and the personal computers 5a, 5b and 5c are connected to the LAN cable of the LAN 8 via hubs 7a, 7b and 7c, respectively. It is connected to the. The personal computer 3 and the scanner 2 are connected by a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, and the personal computer 4 and the scanner 2 are connected by a parallel (Parallel) interface.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the scanner 2 in FIG. 1 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, an NVRAM 24, an operation panel 25, a reading unit 26, a network interface (network I / F) 27, A USB interface (USB I / F) 28, a parallel interface (parallel I / F) 29, and an HDD 30 are provided.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21 performs various arithmetic processes and functions as a central arithmetic processing unit. The CPU 21 in the present embodiment, when the power is turned on, the personal computer connected to the own device (scanner 2), information (identification information) such as application software installed in the personal computer, and the own device. A registration information storage processing program for causing the own device to execute a registration information storage process for storing the registration information such as the given registration verification information in a registration information database (see FIG. 3) described later of the RAM 23 is read out. Registration information storage processing (see FIG. 6) is executed in accordance with the registration information storage processing program.

  In addition, when the power is turned on, the CPU 21 receives the registration information such as the personal computer stored in the registration information database (see FIG. 3) and the application software installed in the personal computer, and the registration verification information. A registration information deletion processing program for causing the own device to execute the registration information deletion processing to be deleted from the registration information database is read from the ROM 22, and the registration information deletion processing (see FIG. 7) is executed in accordance with the read registration information deletion processing program. .

  Further, the CPU 21 notifies the application software selected by the user to the personal computer selected by the user in response to a key operation (scan operation) related to the image reading by the user, and sends the document set on the own device. An image data processing program for causing the device itself to execute image data processing for reading and transmitting image data of the read original document to a personal computer selected by the user is read from the ROM 22, and image data is read according to the read image data processing program. Processing (see FIG. 8) is executed.

  A ROM (Read Only Memory) 22 is a read-only storage device and constitutes a part of the main storage device of the scanner 2. The ROM 22 stores various programs such as a system program, the registration information storage processing program, the registration information deletion processing program, and the image data processing program.

  A RAM (Random Access Memory) 23 is a readable / writable volatile storage device, and constitutes a part of the main storage device of the scanner 2 like the ROM 22. The RAM 23 has a work area for storing intermediate results of data processing. Further, in the RAM 23, registration of information such as a personal computer connected to the own device (scanner 2) shown in FIG. 3 and application software installed in the personal computer, and encrypted registration verification information is registered. A registration information database for storing information is stored (corresponding to terminal device storage means and application software storage means).

  An NVRAM (Non Volatile Random Access Memory) 24 is a storage device that can be read and written, and can continue to store stored data even when the power is turned off. The NVRAM 24 stores settings such as the IP address of the scanner 2.

  Here, the registration information database will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a registration information database. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the registration information database includes the name of the personal computer connected to the scanner 2 as the transmission destination or the name of the interface to which the personal computer is connected (identification information). ), The application software installed in the personal computer, the IP address of the personal computer, the port number related to the personal computer, the timeout value related to the time for holding the information, and the registration verification information given to the personal computer. And is encrypted.

  The operation panel 25 includes a display device that outputs and displays information on a display or the like, and an input device that performs an input operation from the outside. The operation panel 25 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, and the like. And a touch panel constituting an operation unit as an input device. 4 is displayed on a display unit of the operation panel 25 by a predetermined operation of the operation unit of the operation panel 25 by a user (a terminal device that is a transmission destination for transmitting image data is displayed in this selection screen). A terminal device selection group for selection and an application software selection group for selecting application software for processing image data are included. Then, using this selection screen, a transmission destination terminal device for transmitting image data is selected, and application software for processing the image data is selected. In addition, the operation unit of the operation panel 25 allows the user to input input verification information (compared with the registered verification information, and when the two match, access from the scanner 2 to the personal computer selected by the user is permitted). Used to do.

  Here, the selection screen will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a selection screen.

  In the example of FIGS. 4A and 4B, the selection screen is a terminal device in which an application software selection group for selecting application software for processing image data is displayed on the left side of the screen, and the image data is transmitted on the right side of the screen. The terminal device selection group for selecting is displayed. First, the application software selection group is selected. This is because, as in the registration information database shown in FIG. 3A, the number of application software (a total of three, Scan to Email, Scan to Image, and Scan to OCR) is equal to the number of transmission destinations (PC1, PC2). , PC3, USB, and Parallel, a total of 5) is an example of a selection screen.

  The display of the application software selection group is the name of the application software stored in the registration information database. The display of the terminal device selection group is the name of the transmission destination stored in the registration information database. When application software is selected in the application software selection group, only the terminal devices registered in the registration information database are displayed in the terminal device selection group for the selected application software (FIG. 3A). ), FIG. 4 (a), (b)). However, the display of the terminal device selection group is the name of the personal computer for the personal computer connected to the scanner 2 over the network, and the interface for connecting the scanner 2 and the personal computer for the personal computer locally connected to the scanner 2. It becomes the name. In the terminal device selection group, the name of the interface is surrounded by “<>” in the case of FIG. 4 so that the name of the personal computer or the name of the interface can be clearly distinguished.

  In the example of FIGS. 4C and 4D, the selection screen is displayed with the terminal device selection group on the left side of the screen and the application software selection group on the right side of the screen. First, the selection screen is selected from the terminal device selection group. It is configured as follows. As shown in the registration information database in FIG. 3B, the number of transmission destinations (PC3, USB: 2) is the number of application software (Scan to Email, Scan to Image, Scan to OCR). This is an example of a selection screen when there are fewer than three in total.

  When the terminal device is selected in the terminal device selection group, only the application software registered in the registration information database is displayed in the application software selection group for the selected terminal device (FIG. 3B). (See FIGS. 4C and 4D). Other than these, the terminal device selection group and the application software selection group in FIGS. 4A and 4B are substantially the same. As for the display method of the screen, as shown in FIG. 4, the terminal device selection group and the application software selection group may be displayed at a time, or may be displayed individually.

  The reading unit 26 provides a scanner function that reads a set original and generates image data of the read original (corresponding to a data generation unit).

  The network interface 27 connects the scanner 2 to the LAN 8 via the hub 6 and enables communication between the printer 2 and each device such as the personal computers 5a, 5b, and 5c connected to the end of the LAN 8. It is. The USB interface 28 connects the scanner 2 to the personal computer 3 and enables communication with the personal computer 3. The parallel interface 29 connects the scanner 2 to the personal computer 4 and enables communication with the personal computer 4.

  An HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 30 is a readable / writable storage device (hard disk) and its reader. The HDD 30 temporarily stores image data generated by the scanner function of the reading unit 26 (corresponding to a storage unit).

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c in FIG. 1 have a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, an HDD 34, an operation unit 35, a display unit 36, and an interface 37. And.

  The CPU 31 performs various arithmetic processes and functions as a central arithmetic processing unit. The CPU 31 in the present embodiment, when the power is turned on, the name of the own device (for example, the name determined by the user), the IP address of the own device, the port number, the timeout value, and the application software installed in the own device And registration information transmission processing for transmitting registration information to the scanner 2 such as registration verification information (encrypted and encrypted) assigned to the device itself. The registration information transmission processing program is read from the HDD 34, and the registration information transmission processing (see FIG. 5) is executed in accordance with the read registration information transmission processing program.

  Further, the CPU 31 reads out an image data processing program for causing the own device to execute image data processing for processing image data sent from the scanner 2 by the application software notified from the scanner 2, and reads the read image. Image data processing (see FIG. 9) is executed according to the data processing program.

  The ROM 32 is a read-only storage device and constitutes a part of the main storage device of the personal computer. The ROM 32 stores various programs such as system programs.

  The RAM 33 is a readable / writable volatile storage device and, like the ROM 32, constitutes a part of a main storage device of a personal computer. The RAM 33 has a work area for storing intermediate results of data processing.

  The HDD 34 is a readable / writable storage device (hard disk) and its reading device. The HDD 34 stores the registration information transmission processing program, the image data processing program, the various application software, and the like in addition to the name, IP address, registration verification information, and the like of the device itself.

  The operation unit 35 constitutes an input device of a personal computer. The operation unit 35 is configured by a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse in which a predetermined number of input keys are arranged. The display unit 36 is a display device that outputs and displays information on a display or the like, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display or a plasma display. The liquid crystal display includes a simple matrix type such as STN type and DSTN type and an active matrix type such as TFT.

  In the case of the personal computer 3, the interface 37 is connected to the USB interface 28 of the scanner 2 and enables communication between the personal computer 3 and the scanner 2. In the case of the personal computer 4, the personal computer 4 is connected to the parallel interface 29 of the scanner 2 to enable communication between the personal computer 4 and the scanner 2. In the case of the personal computers 5a, 5b, and 5c, the personal computers 5a, 5b, and 5c are connected to the LAN 8 via the hubs 7a, 7b, and 7c, and are connected to the personal computers 5a, 5b, and 5c and the tip of the LAN 8. Communication between each device such as the scanner 2 is enabled.

  Hereinafter, registration information transmission processing performed in the data processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of registration information transmission processing performed by the personal computers 3, 4, 5 a, 5 b, 5 c constituting the data processing system 1. The registration information transmission process in FIG. 5 is started when the personal computer 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c is powered on and the like by reading the above-described registration information transmission process program from the HDD 34 by the CPU 31 of the personal computer. The

  In step S101 (hereinafter abbreviated as S101. The same applies to other steps), the CPU 31 is referred to as application software for attaching image data to an electronic mail and transmitting it to its own device (hereinafter referred to as application software for Scan to Email as appropriate). ) Is installed in the HDD 34. If it is determined that the application software for Scan to Email is installed (S101: YES), the process proceeds to S102. On the other hand, if it is determined that the application software for Scan to Email is not installed (S101: NO), the process proceeds to S105.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S101 that the application software for Scan to Email is installed (S101: YES), in S102, the CPU 31 determines whether or not to add the registration verification information to the registration information to be transmitted to the scanner 2. Determine whether. If it is determined that the registration verification information is to be added (S102: YES), the process proceeds to S103. On the other hand, when it is determined not to add the registration verification information (S102: NO), the process proceeds to S104. For example, whether or not to add registration verification information is determined by whether or not the user previously specifies whether or not to add registration verification information.

  If it is determined that the registration verification information is added in the determination step of S102 (S102: YES), in S103, the CPU 31 encrypts the registration verification information and adds the encrypted registration verification information to Scan to Email registration information. (<IP address of own device>: <Port number>: <Name of own device (transmission destination stored in registration information database)>: <Information indicating application software for Scan to Email>: <Timeout value>: <Encrypted registration verification information>). However, for the personal computer 3 connected via USB and the personal computer 4 connected via parallel, registration information not including <IP address of own device> and <port number> is created. Then, the personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to store the created registration information in a packet and transmit it to the scanner 2. Then, the process proceeds to S105.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S102 that registration verification information is not added (S102: NO), in S104, the CPU 31 registers registration information for scan to email (<IP address of own device>: <port number>: < Name of own device>: <information indicating application software for Scan to Email>: <timeout value>). However, for the personal computer 3 connected via USB and the personal computer 4 connected via parallel, registration information not including <IP address of own device> and <port number> is created. The personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to store the created registration information in a packet and transmit it to the scanner 2. Then, the process proceeds to S105.

  In S <b> 105, the CPU 31 determines whether application software for editing image data (hereinafter, referred to as “scan to image application software” as appropriate) is installed in its own device. If it is determined that the application software for Scan to Image is installed in the HDD 34 (S105: YES), the process proceeds to S106. On the other hand, when it is determined that the application software for Scan to Image is not installed (S105: NO), the process proceeds to S109.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S105 that the application software for Scan to Image is installed (S105: YES), in S106, the CPU 31 determines whether or not to add the registration verification information to the registration information to be transmitted to the scanner 2. Determine whether. If it is determined to add the registration verification information (S106: YES), the process proceeds to S107. On the other hand, when it is determined not to add the registration verification information (S106: NO), the process proceeds to S108.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S106 that the registration verification information is added (S106: YES), in S107, the CPU 31 encrypts the registration verification information and adds the encrypted registration verification information to Scan to Image registration information. (<IP address of own device>: <port number>: <name of own device>: <information indicating application software for Scan to Image>: <timeout value>: <encrypted registration verification information>) create. However, for the personal computer 3 connected via USB and the personal computer 4 connected via parallel, registration information not including <IP address of own device> and <port number> is created. The personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to store the created registration information in a packet and transmit it to the scanner 2. Then, the process proceeds to S109.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S106 that the registration verification information is not added (S106: NO), in S108, the CPU 31 registers the registration information for Scan to Image (<IP address of own device>: <port number>: < Name of own device>: <information indicating application software for Scan to Image>: <timeout value>). However, for the personal computer 3 connected via USB and the personal computer 4 connected via parallel, registration information not including <IP address of own device> and <port number> is created. The personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to store the created registration information in a packet and transmit it to the scanner 2. Then, the process proceeds to S109.

  In S <b> 109, the CPU 31 determines whether or not application software (hereinafter referred to as “Scan to OCR application software”) that recognizes characters by analyzing image data is installed in the HDD 34. . If it is determined that the application software for Scan to OCR is installed (S109: YES), the process proceeds to S110. On the other hand, if it is determined that the application software for Scan to OCR is not installed (S109: NO), the process proceeds to S113.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S109 that the application software for Scan to OCR is installed (S109: YES), in S110, the CPU 31 determines whether or not to add the registration verification information to the registration information to be transmitted to the scanner 2. Determine whether. If it is determined that the registration verification information is to be added (S110: YES), the process proceeds to S111. On the other hand, when it is determined not to add the registration verification information (S110: NO), the process proceeds to S112.

  If it is determined that the registration verification information is added in the determination step of S110 (S110: YES), in S111, the CPU 31 encrypts the registration verification information and adds the registered registration verification information for Scan to OCR. (<IP address of own device>: <Port number>: <Name of own device>: <Information indicating application software for Scan to OCR>: <Timeout value>: <Encrypted registration verification information>) create. However, for the personal computer 3 connected via USB and the personal computer 4 connected via parallel, registration information not including <IP address of own device> and <port number> is created. The personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to store the created registration information in a packet and transmit it to the scanner 2. Then, the process proceeds to S113.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S110 that the registration verification information is not added (S110: NO), in S112, the CPU 31 registers the registration information for Scan to OCR (<IP address of own device>: <port number>: < Name of own device>: <information indicating application software for Scan to OCR>: <timeout value>). However, for the personal computer 3 connected via USB and the personal computer 4 connected via parallel, registration information not including <IP address of own device> and <port number> is created. The personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to store the created registration information in a packet and transmit it to the scanner 2. Then, the process proceeds to S113.

  In S113, the CPU 31 determines whether or not a certain time has elapsed. If it is determined that the fixed time has not elapsed (S113: NO), the process returns to S113 to monitor whether the fixed time has elapsed. On the other hand, when it is determined that a certain time has elapsed (S113: YES), the processing returns to S101 and the above-described processing from S101 to S113 is repeated. It should be noted that S103, S104, S107, S108, S111, and S112 may be transmitted to register in a directory server accessible by the scanner 2 in addition to the scanner 2.

  Hereinafter, registration information storage processing performed in the data processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of registration information storage processing performed by the scanner 2 constituting the data processing system 1. 6 starts when the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 reads the above-described registration information storage processing program from the ROM 22 when the scanner 2 is turned on.

  In S201, the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 stores the registration information (at least one of registration information for Scan to Email, registration information for Scan to Image, and registration information for Scan to OCR) via the network interface 27. Is received. If it is determined that a packet has been received via the network interface 27 (S201: YES), the process proceeds to S202. On the other hand, when it is determined that no packet is received via the network interface 27 (S201: NO), the process proceeds to S205.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S201 that the packet has been received via the network interface 27 (S201: YES), in S202, the CPU 21 receives the registration information database shown in FIG. Information related to the registration information stored in the received packet (transmission destination name, application software information, IP address, port number, encrypted registration verification information: there may be no encrypted registration verification information). It is determined whether it has already been stored. If it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is already stored in the registration information database (S202: YES), the process proceeds to S203. On the other hand, when it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is not stored in the registration information database (S202: NO), the process proceeds to S204.

  If it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is already stored in the registration information database in the determination step of S202 (S202: YES), in S203, the CPU 21 receives the registration received from the registration information database. Update the timeout value of information related to information to the timeout value included in the received registration information. Then, the process proceeds to S205.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S202 that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is not stored in the registration information database (S202: NO), in S204, the CPU 21 registers information (transmission) from the received packet. Name, application software name, IP address, port number, timeout value, encrypted registration verification information: there may be no encrypted registration verification information.) Add to database. As a result, the IP address of the personal computer that transmitted the packet (identification information of the personal computer used when transmitting image data from the scanner 2 to the personal computer) and the registration verification information given to the personal computer The encrypted data is associated and registered in the registration information database. Then, the process proceeds to S205.

  In S <b> 205, the CPU 21 determines whether a packet storing registration information is received via the USB interface 28. If it is determined that a packet has been received via the USB interface 28 (S205: YES), the process proceeds to S206. On the other hand, if it is determined that a packet has not been received via the USB interface 28 (S205: NO), the process proceeds to S209.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S205 that the packet has been received via the USB interface 28 (S205: YES), in S206, the CPU 21 receives the registration information database stored in the RAM 23 in the registration information database shown in FIG. Information related to the registration information stored in the received packet (transmission destination name, application software information, IP address, port number, encrypted registration verification information: there may be no encrypted registration verification information). It is determined whether it has already been stored. If it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is already stored in the registration information database (S206: YES), the process proceeds to S207. On the other hand, when it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is not stored in the registration information database (S206: NO), the process proceeds to S208.

  If it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is already stored in the registration information database in the determination step in S206 (S206: YES), in S207, the CPU 21 receives the received registration in the registration information database. Update the timeout value of information related to information to the timeout value included in the received registration information. Then, the process proceeds to S209.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S206 that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is not stored in the registration information database (S206: NO), in S208, the CPU 21 registers information (transmission) from the received packet. First name, application software name, IP address, port number, timeout value, encrypted registration verification information: there may be no encrypted registration verification information). Then, the CPU 21 sets the transmission destination to USB, and stores the name, IP address, port number, timeout value of the application software included in the extracted registration information, and in some cases, the encrypted registration verification information in the registration information database. to add. As a result, the IP address of the personal computer that transmitted the packet is associated with the registration verification information given to the personal computer and encrypted and registered in the registration information database. Then, the process proceeds to S209. Since the transmission destination of the registration information database is USB, the name of the personal computer included in the registration information is not registered in the registration information database.

  In S <b> 209, the CPU 21 determines whether a packet storing registration information is received via the parallel interface 29. If it is determined that a packet has been received via the parallel interface 29 (S209: YES), the process proceeds to S210. On the other hand, when it is determined that no packet is received via the parallel interface 29 (S209: NO), the process returns to S201.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S209 that the packet has been received via the parallel interface 29 (S209: YES), in S210, the CPU 21 receives the registration information database stored in the RAM 23 in the registration information database shown in FIG. Information related to the registration information stored in the received packet (transmission destination name, application software information, IP address, port number, encrypted registration verification information: there may be no encrypted registration verification information). It is determined whether it has already been stored. If it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is already stored in the registration information database (S210: YES), the process proceeds to S211. On the other hand, when it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is not stored in the registration information database (S210: NO), the process proceeds to S212.

  If it is determined that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is already stored in the registration information database in the determination step of S210 (S210: YES), in S211, the CPU 21 receives the registration received from the registration information database. Update the timeout value of information related to information to the timeout value included in the received registration information. Then, the process returns to S201.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S210 that the information related to the registration information stored in the received packet is not stored in the registration information database (S210: NO), in S212, the CPU 21 transmits registration information (transmission) from the received packet. First name, application software name, IP address, port number, timeout value, encrypted registration verification information: there may be no encrypted registration verification information). Then, the CPU 21 sets the transmission destination to Parallel and adds the application software name, IP address, port number, timeout value, and in some cases encrypted registration verification information included in the extracted registration information to the registration information database. To do. As a result, the IP address of the personal computer that transmitted the packet is associated with the registration verification information given to the personal computer and encrypted and registered in the registration information database. Then, the process proceeds to S201. Since the transmission destination of the registration information database is Parallell, the name of the personal computer included in the registration information is not registered in the registration information database.

  Hereinafter, the registration information deletion process performed in the data processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of registration information deletion processing performed by the scanner 2 constituting the data processing system 1. The registration information deletion process shown in FIG. 7 is started by reading the above-described registration information deletion process program from the ROM 22 by the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 when the power of the scanner 2 is turned on.

  In S301, the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 determines whether or not there is registration information that has timed out (registration information whose timeout value has reached 0) in the registration information database illustrated in FIG. If it is determined that there is registration information that has timed out (S301: YES), the process proceeds to S302. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no registration information that has timed out (S302: NO), the process returns to S301.

  In S302, the CPU 21 deletes the time-out registration information from the registration information database. Then, the process returns to S301.

  Hereinafter, image data processing performed in the data processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of image data processing performed by the scanner 2 constituting the data processing system 1. The execution of the image data processing of FIG. 8 is started by reading the above-described image data processing program from the ROM 22 by the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 by a predetermined user key operation on the operation panel 25 of the scanner 2.

  In step S <b> 401, the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 accesses a registration information database stored in the RAM 23. Then, the process proceeds to S402. In S401, in addition to accessing the registration information database stored in the RAM 23, it may be possible to access registration information registered in the directory server.

  In S402, the CPU 21 determines which of the number of transmission destinations of the registration information database and the number of application software is smaller. When it is determined that the number of application software is small (S402: application), the process proceeds to S403. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of transmission destinations is small or the same (S402: transmission destination), the process proceeds to S407.

  For example, in the case of the registration information database shown in FIG. 3A, the number of application software (Scan to Email, Scan to Image, Scan to OCR) is three, and the destinations (PC1, PC2, PC3, USB, Since the number is less than five (S402: application), the process proceeds to S403. In the case of the registration information database shown in FIG. 3B, the number of transmission destinations (PC3, USB) is two, and the number of application software (Scan to Email, Scan to Image, Scan to OCR) is three. Since there are fewer than two (S402: transmission destination), the process proceeds to S407.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S402 that the number of application software is smaller (S402: application), in S403, the CPU 21 sets the application software selection group on the left side of the screen as shown in FIG. 4A. A selection screen in which a terminal device selection group (information on the terminal device is not displayed at this stage) is arranged on the right side of the screen is displayed. The application software displayed in this application software selection group is only that existing in the registration information database. However, the selection screen at this stage is controlled by the CPU 21 so that it can be selected only from the application software selection group on the left side of the selection screen. Then, the process proceeds to S404.

  In S404, the CPU 21 determines whether application software has been selected by the user using the application software selection group on the selection screen displayed in the process of S403. If it is determined that the application software has not been selected (S404: NO), the process returns to S404 to monitor the selection of the application software by the user. On the other hand, if it is determined that the application software has been selected, (S404: YES), the process proceeds to S405.

  In S405, the CPU 21 displays only the transmission destination related to the application software selected by the user on the terminal device selection group on the selection screen based on the registration information database illustrated in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to S406.

  For example, if the registration information database is shown in FIG. 3A and Scan to Email is selected in the application software selection group on the selection screen in FIG. 4A, it is displayed in the terminal device selection group on the selection screen. As shown in FIG. 4B, the transmission destinations are PC1 and <USB>.

  In S406, the CPU 21 determines whether a transmission destination is selected by the user using the terminal device selection group on the selection screen displayed in the process of S405. If it is determined that the transmission destination is not selected (S406: NO), the process returns to S406, and the selection of the transmission destination by the user is monitored. On the other hand, if it is determined that the selection destination has been selected (S406: YES), the process proceeds to S411.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S402 that the number of transmission destinations is smaller or the same (S402: transmission destination), in S407, the CPU 21 selects a terminal device selection group as shown in FIG. 4C. On the left side of the screen, a selection screen in which an application software selection group (information on the application software is not displayed at this stage) is arranged on the right side of the screen is displayed. The destinations displayed in this terminal device selection group are only those existing in the registration information database. However, the selection screen at this stage is controlled by the CPU 21 so that only the terminal device selection group on the left side of the selection screen can be selected. Then, the process proceeds to S408.

  In S408, the CPU 21 determines whether a transmission destination is selected by the user using the terminal device selection group on the selection screen displayed in the process of S407. If it is determined that the transmission destination is not selected (S408: NO), the process returns to S408 to monitor the selection of the transmission destination by the user. On the other hand, if it is determined that the transmission destination is selected, (S408: YES), the process proceeds to S409.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S408 that the transmission destination has been selected (S408: YES), in S409, the CPU 21 selects the application software selection group on the selection screen based on the registration information database shown in FIG. Only the application software related to the destination selected by the user is displayed. Then, the process proceeds to S410.

  For example, when the registration information database is shown in FIG. 3B, and the PC 3 is selected in the terminal device selection group on the selection screen in FIG. 4C, the application displayed in the application software selection group on the selection screen. The software is Scan to Image and Scan to OCR as shown in FIG.

  In step S410, the CPU 21 determines whether application software has been selected by the user using the application software selection group on the selection screen displayed in step S409. If it is determined that the application software is not selected (S410: NO), the process returns to S410, and the selection of the application software by the user is monitored. On the other hand, if it is determined that the application software has been selected (S410: YES), the process proceeds to S411. The CPU 21 that executes the processes from S401 to S410 corresponds to a terminal determination unit and an application software determination unit.

  In S411, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the encrypted registration verification information corresponding to the transmission destination selected by the user is in the registration information database illustrated in FIG. If it is determined that the encrypted registration verification information is in the registration information database (S411: YES), the process proceeds to S412. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no encrypted registration verification information (S411: NO), the process proceeds to S415.

  If it is determined that there is encrypted registration verification information in the determination step of S411 (S411: YES), in S412, the scanner 2 is controlled by the CPU 21 to request the user to input the input verification information, and the CPU 21 Determines whether input collation information has been input by the user using the operation unit of the operation panel 25. If it is determined that the input verification information has not been input by the user (S412: NO), the process returns to S412 to monitor the input verification information input by the user. On the other hand, when it is determined that the input collation information has been input by the user (S412: YES), the process proceeds to S413.

  If it is determined in the determination step of S412 that input collation information has been input (S412: YES), in S413, the CPU 21 substantially converts the input collation information into an encryption process in which the registered collation information is encrypted. Encrypt based on the same encryption process. Then, the process proceeds to S414.

  In S414, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the input collation information encrypted in the process of S413 matches the encrypted registration collation information stored in the registration information database corresponding to the selected transmission destination. Determine. If it is determined that both match (S414: YES), the process proceeds to S415. On the other hand, if it is determined that the two do not match (S414: NO), the image data processing is terminated. That is, transmission of the image data to the selected transmission destination is refused.

  In S415, the CPU 21 is connected to an IP address stored in the registration information database of the personal computer or the personal computer to the personal computer of the transmission destination selected from the terminal device selection group by the user. The registration information of the application software selected from the application software selection group by the user is notified using USB or parallel. Then, the process proceeds to S416. The CPU 21 that executes the process of S415 corresponds to a notification unit and a request transmission unit.

  In step S <b> 416, the reading unit 26 is controlled by the CPU 21 to read the set original, and stores image data generated by the reading in the HDD 30. Then, the process proceeds to S417.

  In S417, the CPU 21 determines whether or not a notification from the personal computer of the transmission destination selected by the user from the terminal device selection group has been received. If it is determined that a notification from the transmission destination personal computer has not been received (S417: NO), the process returns to the processing of S417, and the reception of the notification from the transmission destination personal computer is monitored. On the other hand, if it is determined that a notification from the personal computer of the transmission destination has been received (S417: YES), the process proceeds to S418.

  In S418, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the notification content from the transmission destination personal computer received in S417 is a data transmission request. If it is determined that the notification content from the personal computer of the transmission destination is not a data transmission request (S418: NO), the process proceeds to S420. On the other hand, when it is determined that the notification content from the personal computer of the transmission destination is a data transmission request (S418: YES), the process proceeds to S419.

  In S419, the CPU 21 connects the IP address stored in the registration information database of the personal computer or the personal computer to the personal computer of the transmission destination selected by the user using the terminal device selection group. In step S416, the image data stored in the HDD 30 is read out and transmitted using the USB or parallel. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S420. The CPU 21 that executes the process of S419 corresponds to a data transmission unit.

  In S420, the CPU 21 deletes the image data stored in the HDD 30 in S416 from the HDD 30, and ends the image data processing.

  Hereinafter, image data processing performed in the data processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of image data processing performed by the personal computers 3, 4, 5 a, 5 b and 5 c constituting the data processing system 1. The execution of the image data processing in FIG. 9 is started when the personal computer 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c is powered on and the like by reading the above-described image data processing program from the HDD 34 by the CPU 31 of the personal computer.

  In step S <b> 501, the CPU 31 determines whether a notification of registration information of application software to be activated has been received from the scanner 2. If it is determined that the notification of the registration information of the application software to be activated has not been received from the scanner 2 (S501: NO), the process returns to the process of S501 to monitor the reception of the registration information of the application software. On the other hand, if it is determined that the notification of registration information of the application software to be activated has been received from the scanner 2 (S501: YES), the process proceeds to S502. The CPU 31 that executes the processing of S501 corresponds to a notification receiving unit and a request receiving unit.

  In S <b> 502, the CPU 31 displays a confirmation dialog for starting scanning by the scanner 2 in a pop-up window. In the confirmation dialog, a button for selecting whether to permit the start of scanning, an input frame for inputting a time for receiving the image data generated by the scanning of the scanner 2, and a determination for determining the input contents for the confirmation dialog Button is displayed. Note that the scan 2 does not wait for permission to start scanning, but first starts scanning, generates image data, stores it in the HDD 30, and waits (see S415 and S416 in FIG. 8). This is to shorten the time until image data is received. Then, after the confirmation dialog is displayed, the process proceeds to S503.

  In S503, the CPU 31 determines whether or not there is an input based on a user operation in the confirmation dialog displayed in S502. Whether or not there is an input based on the user's operation in the confirmation dialog is determined by whether or not the confirmation dialog decision button has been pressed by the user. If it is determined that there is no input based on the user's operation in the confirmation dialog (S503: NO), the process returns to S503 to monitor the input based on the user's operation on the confirmation dialog. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is an input based on the user's operation in the confirmation dialog (S503: YES), the process proceeds to S504. The CPU 31 that executes the processes from S502 to S503 corresponds to a determination unit.

  In step S <b> 504, the CPU 31 determines whether or not permission to start scanning by the scanner 2 is input to the confirmation dialog based on the user operation. If it is determined in the confirmation dialog that permission to start scanning by the scanner 2 has not been input based on a user operation (S504: NO), the process proceeds to S505. In S <b> 505, the CPU 31 notifies the scanner 2 of data transmission rejection. The image data processing is terminated after notifying the data transmission rejection. Note that the CPU 31 that executes the processing of S505 corresponds to permission notification transmission means.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the confirmation dialog that permission to start scanning by the scanner 2 is input based on the user's operation (S504: YES), the process proceeds to S506.

  In S506, the CPU 31 activates the application software to be activated indicated by the notification content received from the scanner 2 in S501. When the activation of the application software to be activated is completed, the process proceeds to S507.

  In step S <b> 507, the CPU 31 notifies the scanner 2 of data transmission permission. Then, the process proceeds to S508. The CPU 31 that executes the process of S507 corresponds to a permission notification transmission unit.

  In step S <b> 508, the CPU 31 determines whether image data has been received from the scanner 2. If it is determined that no image data has been received (S508: NO), the process returns to S508 to monitor the reception of the image data. On the other hand, if it is determined that the image data has been received (S508: YES), the process proceeds to S509. The CPU 31 that performs the process of S508 corresponds to a data receiving unit.

  In step S509, the CPU 31 processes the image data received from the scanner 2 using application software activated in step S506. Then, after the processing is completed by the activated application software, the image data processing is ended. The CPU 31 that performs the process of S509 corresponds to a processing unit.

  As described above, according to the data processing system 1 of the present embodiment, the scanner 2 transmits image data after receiving a data transmission permission notification from the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c. It is possible to prevent the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c from receiving image data not intended by the user by a simple operation of the user.

  In addition, since the personal computer 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c also serves as a data transmission permission notification from the scanner 2 indicating the application software to be activated, it is possible to reduce traffic and personal Since the data transmission permission notification is transmitted after the application software is confirmed on the computer 3, 4, 5 a, 5 b, 5 c side, it is possible to find an application software designation error on the scanner 2 side.

  Further, it is possible to send an e-mail with image data attached to the personal computer 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c, edit the image data, or perform character recognition from the image data.

  Furthermore, since the scanner 2 includes a storage device such as the RAM 23 and the HDD 30, the system can be simplified.

  In addition, since the user designates specific personal computers 3, 4, 5 a, 5 b, 5 c and application software from the personal computer group and application software group displayed on the scanner 2 by the user's operation, an error in data due to a designation mistake Transmission can be reduced.

  In addition, a plurality of image data to be transmitted by the scanner 2 can be stored in the HDD 30. As a result, other image data can be generated while waiting for a data transmission permission notification from the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c.

  In addition, when the user is notified of the application software, the user can select whether or not to send the data transmission permission notification through the confirmation dialog, and thus the security can be increased by a simple operation of selecting.

  Furthermore, since the transmission start time of the image data can be designated, the data can be received at a time convenient for the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various design changes can be made as long as they are described in the claims. . For example, in the above-described embodiment, the scanner 2 is used as an example of the image data generation device, but other devices such as a digital camera may be used. As examples of application software, Scan to Email, Scan to Image, and Scan to OCR are described as examples. However, application software that scans image data by fax (Scan to FAX) is also available. Also good.

  In the above embodiment, the image data generated by the scanner 2 is processed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the structure that processes moving image data, audio data, text data, other application data, and the like. But you can.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the notification of the registration information of the application software from the scanner 2 is also configured to function as a data transmission permission request. The data transmission permission request may be transmitted separately.

  In addition, in the above embodiment, the registration information database is stored in the RAM 23 of the scanner 2. However, the registration information database is not stored in the RAM 23 of the scanner 2 and can be accessed by communication instead. A database server may be prepared, and a registration information database may be stored in the database server. Alternatively, the registration information database of the personal computer or application software may be stored in the RAM 23 of the scanner 2, and the other registration information database may be stored in the database server. The configuration may be stored in the memory. Moreover, the structure which does not use a registration information database may be sufficient. In this case, identification information of the personal computer and application software may be input individually.

  In the above embodiment, the scanner 2 is configured to have a function of allowing the user to select a personal computer as a transmission destination and application software for processing image data. 2 may be provided, and another personal computer may be provided. In addition, the scanner 2 and other personal computers may not have such a function. In this case, the destination personal computer and application software for processing the image data may be designated by setting or the like.

  In the above embodiment, the HDD 30 for storing the image data generated by the scanner 2 is provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration without a storage device such as the HDD 30 may be used.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c are configured to determine whether or not to notify permission of data transmission based on the user input to the confirmation dialog. Instead, it may be determined based on a preset setting without requiring user input each time.

  In addition, in the above embodiment, the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c are configured to designate the transmission timing of the image data when notifying the permission of data transmission. A configuration in which the timing is not specified may be used. In this case, the scanner 2 may transmit the image data immediately upon receiving the data transmission permission, and further notify the command instructing image data transmission from the personal computers 3, 4, 5a, 5b, and 5c. Then, the image data may be transmitted.

  In the above embodiment, the personal computers 3 and 4 are connected by the USB and parallel I / F of the scanner 2 and the personal computers 5a, 5b and 5c are connected to the LAN 8 together with the scanner 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration having only a personal computer connected to the USB or parallel I / F of the scanner 2 or a configuration having only a personal computer connected to the LAN 8 together with the scanner 2 may be used.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, registration information (name of destination, application software information, IP address, port number, timeout value) is received from the personal computer based on the registration information transmission processing executed by the personal computer shown in FIG. Is transmitted to the scanner, and the registration information database shown in FIG. 3 is created by the scanner, and the terminal information and application software are selected using this registration information database. You may go by.

  For example, as described above, without transmitting registration information including a destination name, application software information, an IP address, a port number, and a timeout value at a time, the registration information is transmitted to the registration information (transmission destination regarding the terminal device). Name, IP address, port number, etc.) and registration information (application software information, etc.) relating to the application software, and sending the registration information relating to the terminal device from the personal computer to the scanner first. When the terminal device is selected by the scanner, the selected terminal device is inquired based on the information included in the registration information, and the application software obtained by the inquiry is registered. Select application software based on information It may be.

  This configuration will be described in more detail. In place of the registration information transmission process shown in FIG. 5 of the above embodiment, a registration information transmission process as shown in FIG. 11 may be executed instead of the image data processing shown in FIG. 8 (the processing based on the other drawings is basically the same, and detailed description thereof is omitted). . That is, when the registration information transmission processing program shown in FIG. 10 is executed by reading the registration information transmission processing program from the HDD 34 by the CPU 31 of the personal computer 3, 4, 5 a, 5 b, 5 c when the power is turned on. First, in S601, the CPU 31 registers information relating to the terminal device (<IP address of own device>: <port number>: <name of own device (content stored in transmission destination of registration information database: name of transmission destination). > Etc.), and the personal computer is controlled by the CPU 31 to transmit registration information relating to the created terminal device to the scanner 2. Since the scanner 2 receives registration information related to the terminal device, the registration information database updated in the process of FIG. 6 does not include information indicating application software.

  In step S602, it is determined whether an inquiry about application software that can be used is received from the scanner 2 in step S704 described later. And when it is judged that the said inquiry was received (S602: YES), it transfers to S603. On the other hand, if it is determined that the inquiry has not been received (S602: NO), the process returns to S602 and the application software inquiry is monitored.

  In S603, the CPU 31 performs substantially the same processing as S101 to S106 shown in FIG. 5 (however, the registration information created and transmitted to the scanner 2 is registration information related to application software). Then, registration information relating to application software (<IP address of own device>: <information indicating application software>) is created, and the personal computer transmits the registration information relating to the created application software to the scanner 2 under the control of the CPU 31. .

  On the other hand, in the scanner 2, the image data processing program shown in FIG. 11 is read from the ROM 22 by the CPU 21 of the scanner 2 by the user's predetermined key operation on the operation panel 25 of the scanner 2, and the image data processing is executed. Then, processing substantially similar to S401, S407, S408, S409, S410, S411, S412, S413, and S414 shown in FIG. 8 (however, different processing is performed between S409 and S704 as described later). Are executed in S701, S702, S703, S704, S705, S706, S707, S708, and S709 in FIG.

  However, S704 is significantly different from S409. Here, the personal computer (terminal device) selected in S703 is registered with the personal computer using the registration information regarding the terminal device stored in the registration information database. Inquires about application software that can be used in (inquiry means). As a result, in step S603 described above, the application software that can be used in the personal computer is notified from the personal computer by the registration information related to the application software, and the scanner 2 displays a display based on the notification on the operation panel 25. For example, the display as shown in FIG. 4B or FIG. 4D is performed.

  According to the above configuration, for example, since it is not necessary to register which application software can be used by which personal computer (terminal device) in the registration information database, it is easy to manage and registration information related to the terminal device. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the load on the memory.

  Further, each program for causing the scanner 2 or a personal computer to execute the above-described contents may be recorded on various recording media such as a CD-ROM that can be read by the computer.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the data processing system in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the apparatus structure of the apparatus which comprises the data processing system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the registration information database memorize | stored in the scanner of the data processing system shown in FIG. It is an example of the selection screen displayed on the scanner of the data processing system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow of the registration information transmission process which the personal computer of the data processing system of FIG. 1 performs. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of registration information storage processing executed by a scanner of the data processing system of FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of registration information deletion processing executed by a scanner of the data processing system of FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of image data processing executed by a scanner of the data processing system of FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow of the image data processing which the personal computer of the data processing system of FIG. 1 performs. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow of the registration information transmission process in another embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement flow of the image data process in another embodiment. It is an example of the selection screen displayed on the scanner of the data processing system which makes a terminal device and application software a pair and selects a terminal device and application software simultaneously.

Explanation of symbols

1 Data processing system 2 Scanner 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 5c Personal computer 6, 7a, 7b, 7c Hub 8 LAN
21, 31 CPU
22, 32 ROM
23, 33 RAM
24 NVRAM
25 Operation Panel 26 Reading Unit 27 Network Interface 28 USB Interface 29 Parallel Interface 34 HDD
35 Operation section 36 Display section 37 Interface

Claims (13)

A data processing system having a data generation device and a terminal device connected to a network,
Terminal device storage means for rewritably storing identification information of the terminal device to which data is transmitted;
Application software storage means for storing rewritable identification information of application software for processing the data,
The data generation device includes:
Data generating means for generating the data;
Notification means for notifying the terminal device indicated by the identification information stored in the terminal device storage means of the identification information of the application software stored in the application software storage means;
Request transmission means for transmitting a request for notification of transmission permission of the data to the terminal device indicated by the identification information stored in the terminal device storage means;
Data receiving means for transmitting the data to the terminal device after receiving the data transmission permission notification from the terminal device indicated by the identification information stored in the terminal device storage means,
The terminal device
Notification receiving means for receiving identification information of the application software notified by the notification means;
Request receiving means for receiving a request for transmission permission notification of the data transmitted by the request transmitting means;
After the request receiving means receives the request for data transmission permission notification, permission notification transmission means for transmitting the data transmission permission notification to the data generation device;
Data receiving means for receiving the data transmitted by the data transmitting means;
A data processing system comprising: processing means for processing the data received by the data receiving means based on the application software indicated by the identification information notified by the notifying means.   The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit also serves as the request transmission unit, and the notification reception unit also serves as the request reception unit.   The application software includes at least one of application software that transmits an e-mail attached with data, application software that edits data, and application software that analyzes data and recognizes characters. The data processing system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.   The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data generation device includes the terminal device storage unit.   The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data generation device includes the application software storage unit. A terminal determining means for determining identification information of the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage means based on a user operation;
The application software determining means for determining the identification information of the application software stored in the application software storage means based on a user's operation, further comprising: The data processing system described in 1.   The data processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores the generated data.   The terminal device further includes a determination unit that determines whether to transmit the data transmission permission notification based on a user operation when the notification reception unit receives the identification information of the application software. The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein: The permission notification transmission means notifies the data transmission permission notification and the data transmission start timing,
9. The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit transmits the data based on a transmission start timing notified by the permission notification unit. A data generation device connected to a network together with a terminal device,
Data generation means for generating data;
Notifying means for notifying the terminal device of identification information of application software that processes the data;
Request transmitting means for transmitting a request for notification of permission to transmit the data to the terminal device;
A data generation device comprising: data transmission means for transmitting the data to the terminal device after receiving the data transmission permission notification from the terminal device. A terminal device connected to the network together with the data generation device,
Notification receiving means for receiving the identification information of the application software that processes the data, notified by the data generating device;
Request receiving means for receiving a request for transmission permission notification of the data transmitted by the data generating device;
After the request receiving means receives the request for data transmission permission notification, permission notification transmission means for transmitting the data transmission permission notification to the data generation device;
Data receiving means for receiving the data transmitted by the data generating device;
A terminal device comprising: processing means for processing the data received by the data receiving means based on the application software indicated by the identification information notified by the data generating apparatus. A computer connected to the network along with the terminal device
Data generation means for generating data,
Notifying means for notifying the terminal device of identification information of application software that processes the data,
Request transmitting means for transmitting a request for notification of permission to transmit the data to the terminal device; and
A program that functions as a data transmission unit that transmits the data to the terminal device after receiving the data transmission permission notification from the terminal device. A computer connected to the network along with the data generator
Notification receiving means for receiving the identification information of the application software that processes the data notified by the data generating device;
Request receiving means for receiving a request for transmission permission notification of the data transmitted by the data generating device;
Permission notification transmitting means for transmitting the data transmission permission notification to the data generation apparatus after the request receiving means receives the request for data transmission permission notification;
Data receiving means for receiving the data transmitted by the data generating device; and
A program that functions as processing means for processing the data received by the data receiving means based on the application software indicated by the identification information notified by the data generating device.

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