JP2005123980A5

JP2005123980A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2005123980A5
Application number: JP2003358035A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2003-10-17
Publication date: 2007-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2023-10-17

Claims

Image reading means for reading an image and generating digital data corresponding to the image ;
Requesting time authentication of the digital data to a server that performs time authentication, and time authentication requesting means for obtaining time information from the server as a result of time authentication executed by the server ;
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage control unit that controls to store the digital data associated with the time information in a storage destination.

And destination information acquisition means for acquiring the destination information indicating the destination of the previous Symbol time information,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit that prints the storage destination information acquired by the storage destination information acquisition unit and the digital data on a sheet.

Storage location information reading means for reading the storage location information on the sheet ;
The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a time information reading unit that reads the time information from a storage destination indicated by the storage destination information.

A verification result acquisition means for requesting verification of the time information, and acquires the verification result of the time information,
The verification if the result is correct, the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a time information output means for outputting the time information.

Image forming means for forming a time stamp image based on the time information,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a printing means for printing and the previous SL time stamp image the digital data on the sheet.

Display means for displaying a selection screen for selecting a server for performing time authentication ;
Wherein according to the selection of the selection screen, and a selection means you select a server running a time authentication,
The time authentication request means, an image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that to request the server selected by the selection unit.

Display means for displaying a selection screen for selecting a storage destination for storing the digital data and the time information;
According to the selection in the selection screen, and a storage destination selection means for selecting a storage destination of the digital data and the time information,
It said storage control means, the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the controller controls to store a destination selected by the destination selection unit.

Display means for displaying a selection screen including a pre-Symbol to print a time stamp picture image and the said digital data, or the selection of whether to print the digital data without the time stamp image,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a printing style setting unit that sets a printing style in accordance with a selection on the selection screen.

Display means for displaying a selection screen including a selection of whether to print the either the verified time information and the digital data to print, or the time information the is verified without digital data,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a printing style setting unit that sets a printing style according to the selection on the selection screen.

Comprising receiving means for receiving digital data from an external device;
The time authentication request means, other digital data generated by the image reading means, and requests the time authentication of the digital data received by the receiving means, the time information as a result of the executed time authentication by the server The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing apparatus is acquired from a server .

The time authentication requesting means transmits a hash value of the digital data to the server, acquires an electronic signature from the server,
It said server image processing apparatus according to the electronic signature corresponding to the time information and the hash value to any of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that to produce a secret key.

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image reading unit reads an image on paper and generates digital data corresponding to the image.

By reading an image by the image reading apparatus, an image reading step to produce digital data corresponding to said image,
Wherein the server running the time authenticated time authentication of the requests digital data, and time authentication requesting step of acquiring time information from the server as a result of the executed time authentication by the server,
An image processing method comprising: a storage control step of controlling to store the digital data associated with the time information in a storage destination.