JP2011095882A - Data processor, image forming device, control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically sort out, and to collectively transmit non-transmitted image data or non-printed image data stored in an image input device to an image forming device according to a transmission request from a user. <P>SOLUTION: A data processor connected to an image forming device and capable of transmitting image data includes: a receiving means for receiving from the image forming device management data indicating whether the image data transmitted to the image forming device have been processed in the image forming device after transmitting image data to the image forming device; a storage means for storing the management data received by the receiving means; a specification means for specifying the data not yet to be processed in the image forming device according to the management data stored by the storage means when connected again to the image forming device; and a transmission means for transmitting the image data specified by the specification means to the image forming device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus, a control method, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for transferring image data between devices, for example, a mechanism for performing high-speed wireless communication between short-distance devices, such as the method described in Patent Document 1, has been devised.

  If such a mechanism is adopted in a data processing apparatus such as a digital camera, the user can simply store the data processing apparatus in the vicinity of the communication unit of the image forming apparatus, and the user can store the image data stored in the data processing apparatus. Then, it can be transferred to the image forming apparatus all at once.

  Conventionally, when data is transferred from a data processing apparatus such as a digital camera to an image forming apparatus such as a printer, the following processing is executed. Specifically, there is an image in which an image that has been transferred once is managed by a digital camera, and an untransferred image can be selected and transferred by the user at the next transfer. As a result, the user does not have to transfer image data that has been transferred once.

JP 2008-99236 A

However, in the above method, when image data is transferred to the image forming apparatus at once, the image data to be transferred cannot be transferred flexibly.
For example, in a data processing apparatus, image data that has been transferred is only managed as transferred, and the user can easily know whether the stored image data is image data printed after transfer. I couldn't.

  Therefore, when the user wants to re-transfer only unprinted image data to the image forming apparatus among the image data transferred to the image forming apparatus, the user must remember which image data is the printed image. I had to.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. The present invention transfers data adapted to a user's data processing request to an image forming apparatus when the data processing apparatus and the image forming apparatus are connected. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mechanism that can execute processing promptly.

The data processing apparatus of the present invention that achieves the above object has the following configuration.
A data processing apparatus that can be connected to an image forming apparatus and transmit image data, and whether or not the image data transmitted to the image forming apparatus has been processed by the image forming apparatus after transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus. In accordance with the management data stored by the storage means when reconnecting to the image forming apparatus, the receiving means for receiving the management data indicating that from the image forming apparatus, the storage means for storing the management data received by the receiving means, The image forming apparatus includes: a specifying unit that specifies data that has not yet been processed; and a transmission unit that transmits the image data specified by the specifying unit to the image forming apparatus.

  According to the present invention, when a data processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus are connected, data suitable for a user's data processing request can be transferred to the image forming apparatus and processing can be executed quickly.

It is a figure explaining the structure of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of a main controller. It is a top view explaining the structure of an operation part. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of an image input device. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing procedure of the image forming system. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a data management table. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing procedure of the image forming system. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a data management table. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing procedure of the image forming system. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a data management table. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows UI of the image processing system which shows this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a data management table.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, an embodiment in which an image input device is applied as a data processing device will be described.
<Description of system configuration>
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an image processing system according to the present embodiment. 1A shows the configuration of the image forming apparatus main body, and FIG. 1B shows the configuration of an image processing system including the image forming apparatus.

In FIG. 1A, reference numeral 100 denotes an image forming apparatus, which is composed of an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) having a plurality of data processing functions.
The image forming apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 10 and a display unit 11. Here, the communication unit 10 performs high-speed wireless communication with the image input apparatus 1000 at a short distance. Note that the image input apparatus 1000 includes a digital camera, a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook personal computer (PC), and the like.

When the user brings the image input apparatus 1000 close to the communication unit 10 of the image forming apparatus 100, close proximity wireless high-speed communication between the image forming apparatus 100 and the image input apparatus 1000 becomes possible. As described above, the image forming apparatus 100 is configured to be capable of wireless communication with the image input apparatus 1000.
The display unit 11 includes an operation unit panel including a touch panel and a liquid crystal display unit, displays an operation screen on the liquid crystal display unit, and accepts an instruction from the user. Further, the display unit 11 displays a job processing state and an error state of the image forming apparatus 100 and a user interface corresponding to each processing mode.

In FIG. 1B, the controller unit 110 is electrically connected to the reader unit 200 and the printer unit 300, receives information from the reader unit 200 and the printer unit 300, and receives the information from the reader unit 200 and the printer unit 300. Send various commands to The controller unit 110 is connected to PCs (Personal Computers) 4001 and 4002 via the network 4000, and receives image data and control commands from the PC 4001 and PC 4002 via the network 4000. An example of the network is Ethernet (registered trademark).
The reader unit 200 optically reads a document image and converts it into image data. The reader unit 200 includes a scanner unit 210 having a function for reading a document and a document feeding unit 290 that transports a document sheet to a position where the scanner unit 210 can read the document sheet.

  The scanner controller 210 </ b> A controls the document feeding unit 290 and the scanner unit 210 based on an instruction from the controller unit 110. The printer unit 300 includes a paper feed unit 310 that stores a printing sheet, a marking unit 320 that transfers and fixes image data to the sheet, and a paper discharge unit 330 that discharges the printed sheet.

The printer controller 320 A of the printer unit 300 feeds a sheet from the paper feeding unit 310 based on an instruction from the controller unit 110, prints image data on the fed sheet, and sends the printed sheet to the paper discharge unit 330. Eject paper.
The paper feed unit 310 can store a plurality of types of sheets. Further, the paper discharge unit 330 can perform sorting and stapling on the printed sheets.
The operation unit 250 corresponds to the display unit 11 in FIG. 1A, and includes, for example, a hard key, a liquid crystal display unit, and a touch panel unit pasted on the liquid crystal display unit. Accept instructions.

  The operation unit 250 transmits a command corresponding to the instruction received from the user to the controller unit 110, and the controller unit 110 performs control according to the received command. The operation unit 250 also displays a soft key for accepting an operation of the image forming apparatus 100 and a user interface screen indicating the function and state of the image forming apparatus 100 on the liquid crystal display unit. An HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 260 stores various settings of the image forming apparatus 100 and image data.

  Using these configurations, the image forming apparatus 100 executes, for example, a copy function, an image data transmission function, a printer function, and the like. Here, when executing the copy function, the controller unit 110 reads the image data of the document by the reader unit 200 and prints the read image data on a sheet by the printer unit 300. When executing the image data transmission function, the controller unit 110 converts the image data read by the reader unit 200 into code data, and transmits the code data to the PCs 4001 and 4002 via the network 4000.

When executing the printer function, the controller unit 110 analyzes and expands the code data received from the PCs 4001 and 4002 via the network 4000, converts the code data into image data, and outputs the image data to the printer unit 300. The printer unit 300 performs printing based on the image data received from the controller unit 110.
In the present embodiment, an MFP having a plurality of functions will be described as an example of the image forming apparatus 100. However, a copy machine having only a copy function or an SFP (Single Function Peripheral) having only a printer function is used. Also good.

  The wireless communication unit 400 is provided in the communication unit 10, detects that the image input device 1000 is close to the communication unit 10, and transmits / receives control data, image data, and the like to / from the image input device 1000. . The wireless communication unit 400 may be controlled based on an instruction from the controller unit 110, or the wireless communication unit 400 may include a CPU by itself and the CPU may control the wireless communication unit 400. In addition, not only one image input apparatus 1000 but also a plurality of devices can be connected simultaneously or in order to execute data transfer. Further, the image input / output device can be a data transfer source or a transfer destination.

Next, the configuration of the controller unit 110 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the controller unit 110 illustrated in FIG.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 111 denotes a main controller, which mainly comprises a CPU (Central Processing unit) 112, a bus controller 113, and various I / F (interface) controller circuits.
The CPU 112 and the bus controller 113 collectively control the operation of the entire controller unit 110. The CPU 112 executes various operations based on a program read from a ROM (Read only memory) 114 via the ROM I / F 115. For example, the CPU 112 interprets code data (for example, PDL (page description language)) received from the PC 4001 or PC 4002 shown in FIG. 1 based on the read program, and performs storage control of the memory such as the DRAM 116 and the HDD 260. Or

  The bus controller 113 controls data transfer input / output from each I / F, and controls bus arbitration and DMA (Direct Memory Access) data transfer. A DRAM (Dynamic Random Access memory) 116 is connected to the main controller 111 by a DRAM I / F 117. The DRAM 116 is used as a work area for the CPU 112 to operate and an area for storing image data.

The Codec 118 compresses the raster image data stored in the DRAM 116 by a method such as MH / MR / MMR / JBIG / JPEG, and conversely expands the code data stored in the compressed state into raster image data. Perform the process.
The SRAM 119 is used as a temporary work area of the Codec 118. The Codec 118 is connected to the main controller 111 via the I / F 120, and data transfer to and from the DRAM 116 is controlled by the bus controller 113 and is DMA-transferred.

  A graphic processor (GP) 135 performs processing such as image rotation, image scaling, color space conversion, and binarization on raster image data stored in the DRAM 116. The SRAM 136 is used as a temporary work area for the GP 135. The GP 135 is connected to the main controller 111 via the I / F 137, and data transfer to and from the DRAM 116 is controlled by the bus controller 113 and DMA-transferred.

The network controller 121 is connected to the main controller 111 by the I / F 123 and is connected to an external network such as the network 4000 by the connector 122.
An expansion connector 124 for connecting an expansion board and an I / O control unit 126 are connected to the general-purpose high-speed bus 125. An example of the general-purpose high-speed bus 125 is a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus.

  The I / O control unit 126 is equipped with two channels of asynchronous serial communication unit controllers 127 for transmitting and receiving control commands to and from the CPUs of the reader unit 200 and the printer unit 300. The I / O control unit 126 is connected to the scanner I / F 140 and the printer I / F 145 via the I / O bus 128.

The panel I / F 132 is an I / F that exchanges data with the operation unit 250 illustrated in FIG. 1, and transfers the image data transferred from the LCD controller 131 to the operation unit 250. Further, the panel I / F 132 transfers a key input signal received through a key such as a hard key or a liquid crystal touch panel key provided in the operation unit 250 to the I / O control unit 126 through the key input I / F 130.
The real-time clock module 133 is for updating / saving the date and time managed in the image forming apparatus 100, and is supplied with power by the backup battery 134.

An E-IDE (Enhanced Integrated Drives Electronics) interface (E-IDEI / F) 161 is used to connect the HDD 260. The CPU 112 stores image data in the HDD 260 or reads image data from the HDD 260 via the E-IDEI / F 161.
The connector 142 and the connector 147 are connected to the reader unit 200 and the printer unit 300, respectively, and are composed of synchronized step-synchronized serial I / Fs 143 and 148 and video I / Fs (144 and 149).

The scanner I / F 140 is connected to the reader unit 200 via the connector 142 and is connected to the main controller 111 via the scanner bus 141. The scanner I / F 140 performs predetermined processing on the image received from the reader unit 200.
The scanner I / F 140 outputs a control signal generated based on the video control signal sent from the reader unit 200 to the scanner bus 141. Data transfer from the scanner bus 141 to the DRAM 116 is controlled by the bus controller 113.

The printer I / F 145 is connected to the printer unit 300 via the connector 147 and is connected to the main controller 111 via the printer bus 146. The printer I / F 145 performs predetermined processing on the image data output from the main controller 111 and outputs the processed image data to the printer unit 300. Transfer of raster image data developed on the DRAM 116 to the printer unit 300 is controlled by the bus controller 113. The bus controller 113 DMA-transfers the raster image data to the printer unit 300 via the printer bus 146, the printer I / F 145, and the video I / F 149.
An SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) 151 is a memory that can retain stored contents even when the power of the entire image forming apparatus 100 is shut off by the power supplied from the backup battery 134. The SRAM 151 is connected to the I / O control unit 126 via the bus 150.

Similarly, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) 152 is a memory connected to the I / O control unit 126 via the bus 150.
The wireless communication I / F 180 is an I / F that exchanges data with the wireless communication unit 400 illustrated in FIG. 1B, and the CPU 112 transmits the wireless communication unit 400 via the wireless communication I / F 180. Data is received by proximity high-speed wireless communication. Further, the CPU 112 transfers data to the wireless communication unit 400 via the wireless communication I / F 180.

Next, the configuration of the operation unit 250 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view for explaining the configuration of the operation unit 250 shown in FIG.
The operation unit 250 shown in the present embodiment includes a touch panel unit 401 and a key input unit 402, and corresponds to a state in which a standard screen is currently displayed.
In FIG. 3, the touch panel unit 401 includes a touch panel display including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a transparent electrode attached thereon. The touch panel unit 401 has a function of accepting various settings from the user and a function of presenting information to the user.
For example, when it is detected that a location corresponding to a display key displayed on the LCD is pressed by the user, the CPU 112 executes processing corresponding to the display key. A display example of the screen displayed on the touch panel unit 401 will be described later.

Reference numerals 411 to 414 denote tab buttons for selecting functions, which correspond to a copy / print function, a BOX function, a transmission / FAX function, and a remote scanner function.
The key input unit 402 includes an operation unit power switch 403. When the operation unit power switch 303 is pressed by the user, the CPU 112 selectively switches between a standby mode (normal operation state) and a sleep mode (state in which power consumption is suppressed). The CPU 112 accepts the operation of the operation unit power switch 403 by the user in a state where a main power switch (not shown) for supplying power to the entire system is on.
The start key 404 receives an instruction from the user for causing the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 to execute a series of operations such as a document reading operation using the reader unit 200 and a printing process of the read document as a print job. It is a key used for this.

A start key 404 is pressed to instruct an operation of transmitting image data stored in the HDD 260 to the outside via the network I / F 109. The start key 404 is also a key used when receiving an instruction from the user to be executed by the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 as a data transmission job.
A stop key 405 is a key for accepting from the user an instruction to interrupt processing of the accepted print job. The reset key 406 is a key for accepting an instruction from the user to invalidate various settings set by the user and return the setting values to the default state for the job to be printed.

  A user mode key 407 is a key for causing the touch panel unit 401 to display a screen for performing system settings for each user. A numeric keypad 408 is a key for the user to set a numeric value for various settings. The clear key 409 is a key for deleting an input value such as a user ID or a password input by the user via the numeric keypad 408.

Next, the configuration of the image input apparatus 1000 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the image input apparatus 1000 illustrated in FIG. This example shows a case where the image input apparatus 1000 is configured by a digital camera. However, if the apparatus is capable of transmitting image data to the image forming apparatus 100, it is configured by a device other than the digital camera, such as a PDA or a mobile phone. May be.
4, the image input apparatus 1000 includes a CPU 1001, a ROM 1002, a RAM 1003, a wireless communication unit 1004, an imaging unit 1005, an operation unit 1006, a display unit 1007, and a secondary storage unit 1008. They are connected to each other via a bus as shown in the figure.

The CPU 1001 operates according to a program stored in the ROM 1002 and controls various operations of the image input apparatus 1000.
The ROM 1002 is a nonvolatile memory that stores a program executed by the CPU 1001.
The RAM 1003 functions as a work memory for the CPU 1001. The RAM 1003 temporarily stores image data output from the imaging unit 1005 and image data read from the secondary storage unit 1008.
The wireless communication unit 1004 includes an encoding / decoding circuit unit, an antenna, and the like necessary for wireless communication. Here, the external apparatus includes the image forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

The imaging unit 2005 includes a lens that forms incident light, a photoelectric converter (such as a CCD or CMOS sensor) that converts the formed light into an electric signal, and an analog electric signal output from the photoelectric converter into a digital electric signal. It is composed of an AD converter for conversion. The CPU 1001 generates image data based on the digital electric signal converted by the image capturing unit 1005, and adds a date on which the image data was captured, setting data such as a capturing condition as header information, and the like as one file. Is stored in the secondary storage unit 1008.
The operation unit 1006 includes a release button for instructing photographing, a mode selection dial for selecting an operation mode of the digital camera, a menu button for calling a menu item, a button such as a cross cursor button for selecting and instructing a menu item, a dial, a switch, and the like. Composed.

The states and state changes of these buttons, dials, and switches are output as electrical signals to the CPU 1001, and the CPU 1001 performs control according to the instructions.
A display unit 1007 includes a liquid crystal display unit, and displays an operation screen and captured image data.
The secondary storage unit 1008 stores captured image data and the like as a file. The secondary storage unit 1008 may be a built-in nonvolatile memory or a removable memory card.

It is assumed that each device connected to the internal bus of the image input apparatus 1000 is supplied with power by a power supply device such as a battery (not shown).
A case will be described below in which the image data stored using the image input apparatus 1000 having the above-described configuration is collectively controlled so that transfer settings of the image forming apparatus 100 are simply set. In this embodiment, the data management table is managed so that the transferred image data and the printed image data can be identified. The data management table is transferred from the image input apparatus 1000 to the image forming apparatus 100 so that the image input apparatus 1000 can acquire and manage the data management table updated based on the contents processed by the image forming apparatus 100. It is configured.

[Image data transfer settings]
Hereinafter, a batch transfer process of image data from one image input apparatus 1000 serving as a data transfer source to the image forming apparatus 100 will be described with reference to a flowchart illustrated in FIG. 5 and a transition display example of an operation unit screen illustrated in FIG. .
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a data processing procedure of the image forming system according to the present exemplary embodiment. 5A corresponds to the processing on the image input apparatus side, and each of S701 to S713 is realized by the CPU 1001 loading a control program stored in the ROM 1002 into the RAM 1003 and executing it. In the drawing, a device is a generic term for devices that can be brought close to the communication unit 10 of the image forming apparatus 100. In the present embodiment, the device includes an image input device 1000, a PDA, a PC, and the like described later. Shall be.
5B corresponds to processing on the image forming apparatus 100 side, and steps S751 to S759 are realized by the CPU 112 loading and executing a control program in the DRAM 116.

In the following, a series of processing flows that change in accordance with the mutual device status by making a connection determination in an image forming system including an image input apparatus and an image forming apparatus (MFP) will be described. Dotted lines between the image input apparatus and the image forming apparatus indicate operation contents that affect each other's operations. In the present embodiment, description will be made assuming that the image input apparatus 1000 is a digital camera (device).
In step S <b> 701, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 confirms that the CPU 1001 is set in the communication unit 10 of the image forming apparatus 100 by a user operation.
Subsequently, in step S <b> 702, after the wireless communication unit 1004 of the image input apparatus 1000 and the wireless communication interface 180 of the image forming apparatus 100 are connected by performing wireless communication, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 displays the image forming apparatus 100. Detect model-specific information.

On the other hand, in S <b> 751, the image forming apparatus 100 detects that the image input apparatus 1000 is connected to the communication unit 10, and acquires model-specific information (identification information) of the image input apparatus 1000. Further, the CPU 12 transmits the model specific information of the image forming apparatus 100 to the image input apparatus 1000.
On the other hand, in step S <b> 702, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 receives model-specific information transmitted from the image forming apparatus 100 and detects the type of connected device based on the received model-specific information.
In step S703, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 determines whether the connection state is a new connection state. Here, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 manages in the image input apparatus 1000 whether or not the connection with the connected image forming apparatus 100 is the first (new connection). A determination is made based on the table 1500. If the device name of the image forming apparatus 100 is not yet registered in the data management table 1500 shown in FIG. 7, the image input apparatus 1000 determines that the connection is new. Judge that there is no.

If the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 determines that it is in a new connection state, the process proceeds to S707. On the other hand, if the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 determines that the connection is not a new connection in S703, the process proceeds to S704.
In step S <b> 752, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 receives a login request from the user or the image input apparatus 1000 via the operation unit 250, and changes the system state to a login state in which an execution function can be set.

  On the other hand, when the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 determines that the image forming apparatus 100 connected this time is a new connection, the process proceeds to S707. In step S <b> 707, the data management table 1500 stored in the image input apparatus 1000 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 100. In step S <b> 708, after transmitting the data management table 1500, the CPU 1001 collectively transfers the image data captured and stored in the secondary storage unit 1008 of the image input apparatus 1000 to the image forming apparatus 100.

  If the process proceeds to step S704, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 determines that the image forming apparatus 100 connected this time is not a new connection. Therefore, the CPU 1001 confirms information in the data management table 1500 and searches the secondary storage unit 1008 for unprinted data. The data management table 1500 manages a flag indicating whether the data is in an unprinted state or an untransmitted state.

  In step S <b> 705, the CPU 1001 automatically sets unsearched data to be transmitted, and the CPU 1001 transmits the data management table 1500 to the image forming apparatus 100. In step S706, the CPU 1001 transmits all unprinted data to the image forming apparatus 100 based on the data management table 1500, and the process advances to step S709. During this period, that is, after the connection with the image input apparatus 1000 is established, if there is image data to be printed, the user can perform an operation of selecting image data to be printed, whether new or reconnected. Absent.

In S706 and S708, when the image input apparatus 1000 transfers data to the image forming apparatus 100 as shown in FIG. 6, the operation unit 1006 shown in FIG. A screen 800 is displayed as a message to be displayed. Here, a message indicating that the image forming apparatus 100 is connected and the unprinted data is automatically transmitted is displayed on the screen 800 under the control of the CPU 1001.
On the other hand, on the operation unit 250 of the image forming apparatus 100, a screen 803 is displayed under the control of the CPU 112, indicating a message indicating that the image input apparatus 1000 is connected and printing is performed.
In step S <b> 709, the image input apparatus 1000 performs the above-described steps S <b> 706 and S <b> 708, and then transitions to a standby state in which a response from the image forming apparatus 100 is waited for.
At this time, the CPU 1001 displays a message on the display unit 1007 indicating that the transmission is completed and a print completion state is awaited, as in a screen 801 shown in FIG.
On the other hand, when the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 receives the data transmitted from the image input apparatus 1000 by S706 and S708 in S754, the CPU 112 automatically executes print processing.

  Subsequently, in S755, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 adds information (flag) indicating that printing has been executed to the data management table 1500 shown in FIG. 7 received in S753. At this time, the CPU 112 displays a message to the effect that printing has been completed on the operation unit 250 of the image forming apparatus 100 as shown in a screen 804 in FIG. 6 under the control of the CPU 112, and proceeds to the next S756.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of information managed by the data management table 1500 in the image input apparatus 1000 shown in FIG. In this example, management data indicating a processing history executed by the image forming apparatus is managed for each data processing function. Here, the management data is data indicating a data processing history for each data processing function executable by the image forming apparatus. The processed information is set in association with the function that has executed the data processing function. In this example, processed information is indicated by ◯.
The data management table 1500 is transmitted in S705 and S707 shown in FIG. 5 and is updated by the image forming apparatus 100 in the process described later, and the updated data management table 1500 is returned to the image input apparatus 1000. .

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 1501 denotes a device name, which sets information for specifying the image forming apparatus 100. Reference numeral 1502 denotes a file name, in which a file name of stored image data is set. In this example, image data is stored as image data in jpg format, but other data formats may be used.
Reference numeral 1503 denotes a transmission flag, which is a flag for transmitting image data to the image forming apparatus 100, and sets information indicating that the image data has been transmitted to the image forming apparatus 100. Reference numeral 1504 denotes a changed flag. Reference numeral 1505 denotes a print flag indicating that printing has been completed, and information indicating that printing has been performed by the image forming apparatus 100 is set. Specifically, in step S <b> 755, the CPU 112 confirms that printing has been completed, and then sets the print flag 1505 in the data management table 1500 to ON.

Reference numeral 1506 denotes a copy flag. The flag indicating the execution state of each of these processes is determined from the image forming apparatus 100 when the CPU 112 turns on any corresponding flag information based on the process executed by the connection destination device such as the image forming apparatus 100. This is returned to the image input apparatus 1000.
In step S <b> 756, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 returns a data management table 1500 that has been updated by adding the flag information to the image input apparatus 1000.

In response to this, the image input apparatus 1000 receives the data management table 1500 transmitted from the image forming apparatus 100 in S710 and stores the updated data management table 1500 in the secondary storage unit 1008.
In step S <b> 757, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 transmits a disconnection request to the image input apparatus 1000 because it is no longer necessary to connect to the image input apparatus 1000.

In step S758, the user who has logged in in step S752 is automatically shifted to the logout state. In step S759, the image forming apparatus 100 is shifted to a standby state in which the next request is received from the device, and the process ends.
On the other hand, in step S711, the image input apparatus 1000 receives the disconnection request transmitted from the image forming apparatus 100 in step S757. In step S712, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 disconnects the wireless communication connection state. In step S713, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 transitions to a standby state and ends the process.
At this time, the CPU 1001 displays a message screen 802 shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 1007 of the image input apparatus 1000 to notify the user that the connection with the image forming apparatus 100 has been disconnected.

  As described above, the image forming apparatus 100 updates the contents of the data management table in accordance with the processing executed between the image input apparatus 1000 and the image forming apparatus 100, and the updated data management table is updated. The configuration is such that the image is returned to the image input device. Accordingly, the user can automatically extract unprinted image data immediately, transfer it to the image forming apparatus 100, and print it by a simple operation of connecting the image input apparatus 1000 to the image forming apparatus 100. Is possible, and convenience is improved.

[Second Embodiment]
Hereinafter, data processing executed after logging in the image forming apparatus 100, selecting a function process, and placing the image input apparatus 1000 on the communication unit 10 based on a displayed user interface will be described.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a data processing procedure of the image forming system according to the present exemplary embodiment. 8A corresponds to the processing on the image input apparatus side, and each of S901 to S906 is realized by the CPU 1001 loading a control program stored in the ROM 1002 into the RAM 1003 and executing it.
8B corresponds to the processing on the image forming apparatus 100 side, and steps S951 to S962 are realized by the CPU 112 loading and executing a control program in the DRAM 116.

Hereinafter, in the image forming system according to the present invention, image data is sent from one image input apparatus 1000 serving as a data transfer source device to the image forming apparatus 100 using the flowchart shown in FIG. A process of transferring in batch will be described.
The image input apparatus 1000 shown in the present embodiment is assumed to be an image input apparatus such as a digital camera, and the image forming apparatus 100 has a plurality of functions.
Further, since the screen of the operation unit 250 included in the image forming apparatus 100 is larger than the display unit 1007 included in the image input apparatus 1000, various function settings can be performed on the image forming apparatus 100 side. In the present embodiment, the main setting related to the printing process is set by the image forming apparatus 100, thereby eliminating the complexity of performing operations on the image input apparatus 1000 (for example, a digital camera) having a small screen. It has become.

First, a case where the image input apparatus 1000 and the image forming apparatus 100 are connected for the first time will be described. Next, how the operations of the image forming apparatus 100 and the image input apparatus 1000 change when the second connection is performed will be described.
First, the case where the image input apparatus 1000 and the image forming apparatus 100 are connected for the first time will be described.
In step S951, when the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 detects a login from the user via the operation unit 250, the CPU 112 determines whether or not the user can log in. Transition the screen display to the login state to be set. The user confirmation method uses a password, but is not limited to this.

In step S <b> 952, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 receives a function selection input from the user via the operation unit 250.
9, 10, and 11 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interfaces that can be displayed in the image forming apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 9A shows a function selection screen 1050 corresponding to a state in which a BOX data read destination selection screen 1052 and buttons 1053, 1054, and 1055 are displayed in a state where the tab button 412 is selected by the user.

In the present embodiment, as shown in the function selection screen 1050, the functions such as copy / print / BOX / transmission / FAX / remote scanner are provided as the major function classifications so as to be associated with the tab keys 411 to 414.
When the user selects the tab button 412 and receives an execution request for the BOX function, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 displays a selection screen 1052 on the operation unit 250. At this time, a button 1054 for returning to the execution after selecting a reading destination is displayed together with a button 1053 for returning to the previous state, a button 1055 for canceling, and the like. The BOX function is a function of storing input data in the HDD 260 of the image forming apparatus 100 for later printing or transmission based on a user instruction.

When the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 detects that the user presses the button 1056 for wireless connection and the button 1054 corresponding to “next”, the process advances to step S901.
In step S <b> 901, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 displays the screen 1100 of FIG. 9B on the operation unit 250 in order to notify the user of a message indicating that the image input apparatus 1000 is set in the communication unit 10.

When the user confirms the message shown on the display of the screen 1100 shown in FIG. 9B, the user sets the image input apparatus 1000 in the communication unit 10 of the image forming apparatus 100. In step S <b> 953, when the CPU 112 detects the image input apparatus 1000, the image input apparatus 1000 is requested to transmit the data management table 1500.
In step S <b> 902, the image input apparatus 1000 transfers the data management table 1500 managed in the secondary storage unit 1008 to the image forming apparatus 100 by wireless communication.
In step S <b> 954, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 receives the data management table 1500 transmitted from the image input apparatus 1000. In step S955, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 determines whether the connected image input apparatus 1000 is the first connection with reference to the transmission flag 1503 and the device name 1501 of the data management table 1500. If the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 determines that the connection is a new connection, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 issues a transmission request for all data to the image input apparatus 1000 in S957.

On the other hand, if the CPU 112 determines that the connection is not a new connection in S955, the CPU 112 displays a transmission data selection menu screen 1200 shown in FIG. 10A on the operation unit 250 in S956.
On the other hand, in step S <b> 903, the image input apparatus 1000 reads the flag information of the flag 1503 indicating transmission completion and the flag 1505 indicating printing completion in the data management table 1500, and sets the image data corresponding to the unprinted state to the image forming apparatus 100. Forward to.

In S958, when the data management table 1500 is received, the CPU 112 displays a transmission data selection menu screen 1200 shown in FIG. The image forming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment displays buttons 1201 to 1204 corresponding to menus such as “print for the first time”, “print extra print”, “additional print”, and “selected print” as a print execution menu.
In the present embodiment, the following description will be given on the assumption that the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 has received a request for the button 1204 corresponding to “selected print” in accordance with the user's menu selection operation.

When the CPU 112 confirms that the button 1054 corresponding to “Next” is pressed on the screen shown in FIG. 10A, the CPU 112 operates the image data selection screen using thumbnail images shown in FIG. Displayed on the part 250.
The example shown in FIG. 10B is an example in which the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 activates the image viewer and displays a list of thumbnail images of received image data.
The present embodiment is an example in which image data selected by the user from the four unprinted image data is transferred from the image input apparatus 1000. In this embodiment, buttons 1301 to 1304 for selecting image data are displayed in association with thumbnail images.

  Furthermore, on this screen, the user has selected image data “DSC0001.jpg” displayed by the button 1301 and image data “DSC0002.jpg” displayed by the button 1302 as print candidates. This screen is a state where a button 1305 for instructing “start printing” is pressed in accordance with the button operation. When the number of received new image data is large, the screen can be changed to the next screen or the previous screen by the scroll button.

In step S <b> 959, the CPU 112 displays a print execution screen 1400 illustrated in FIG. 11A on the operation unit 250. Then, the image forming apparatus 100 notifies the user of confirmation of print execution through the print execution screen 1400. When the CPU 112 confirms that the button 1401 is selected, the image forming apparatus 100 executes print processing of the selected image data.
In step S <b> 960, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 edits the data management table 1500 and returns the edited data management table 1500 to the image input apparatus 1000.
In this example, the CPU 112 changes the transmission flag 1503 for all image data to the ON state. Also, for the print flag 1505, the DSC0001. jpg DSC0002. The CPU 112 performs editing to change the flag 1505 indicating that jpg has been printed to the ON state.

  In step S961, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 issues a disconnection request to the image input apparatus 1000. When the disconnection request is completed, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 automatically logs out in step S962. Exit.

At that time, the CPU 112 displays a device connection disconnection request screen 1600 shown in FIG. 11B on the operation unit 250 and gives a message to the user that the image input apparatus 1000 is away from the communication unit 10, “Remove device”. Please ". Accordingly, the user automatically disconnects the connection by moving the image input apparatus 1000 away from the communication unit 10.
On the other hand, when the data management table is transmitted from the image forming apparatus 100 to the image input apparatus 1000 in S960, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 receives the data management table transmitted from the image forming apparatus 100 in S904. To do. Subsequently, when the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 receives a disconnection request from the image forming apparatus 100 in S905, the process proceeds to S906, and the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 shifts to a standby state and ends this processing.

Next, the operation when the second connection is performed will be described.
Since the operation of the image input apparatus 1000 is the same as described above, a process that is a difference regarding the operation of the image forming apparatus 100 will be described.
The login in S951 can also be executed by detecting that the image input apparatus 1000 is set in the communication unit 10 of the image forming apparatus 100. In this case, the user interface shown in FIG.

12, 13, and 14 are diagrams illustrating examples of a user interface displayed on the operation unit 250 of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1.
In the login screen 1700 shown in FIG. 12A, a message for prompting the user for a login request is displayed on the operation unit 250. Next, in S952, the CPU 112 changes the screen state of the operation unit 250 to the screen display state illustrated in FIG.
12B is a function selection screen 1800. Buttons 1801 corresponding to the functions of print, send, BOX, and FAX are displayed for functions for image data transferred from the image input apparatus 100 after the user logs in. 1804 is displayed. Here, when the user selects any of the buttons 1801 to 1804, the CPU 112 is notified of the selected function.

  In the present embodiment, during the second data transfer, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 executes the following screen control. Specifically, as in the function selection screen 1800 illustrated in FIG. 12B, the CPU 112 causes the operation unit 250 to preferentially transition to a state in which the button 1801 corresponding to “Print” is selected as a function. Controls the screen display.

In step S <b> 956, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 displays a transfer data selection screen 1900 for selecting a transmission function as illustrated in FIG. 13A on the operation unit 250.
In FIG. 13A, reference numerals 1901 to 1905 denote menu buttons, and the user selects one of the menu buttons of all transmission, unsent data transmission, new print transmission, additional print transmission, and selective transmission in this order. Here, the CPU 112 sets the details of the data transmission function to be executed according to the selected menu button.
For example, when the user selects a menu button 1903 corresponding to new print transmission, the CPU 112 displays a list screen of image data as shown in FIG. 13B from the transfer data selection screen 1900 shown in FIG. To the screen 2000 for selecting image data to be transferred.

In step S <b> 903, the CPU 1001 of the image input apparatus 1000 transfers all image data in which the flag 1505 indicating unprinted in the data management table 1500 is on to the image forming apparatus 100.
In the data selection screen 2000 shown in FIG. jpg / DSC0002. Since jpg has already been transmitted in the print process, DSC0001. jpg / DSC0002. Image data other than jpg corresponds to image data to be transferred to the image forming apparatus 100.

Therefore, the image / menu display in S958 executed by the image forming apparatus 100 can be controlled as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 13B, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 prints data DSC0001-2. It is also possible to display only the list 2004 without displaying the actual state of jpg.
Further, on the image data selection screen 2100 shown in FIG. 14A, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 confirms that the menu selection button 2112 for executing “additional printing” is pressed by the user. Then, according to the confirmation, DSC0001 / DSC0002. New files can be selected excluding jpg.

  At this time, in step S <b> 960, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 issues a data transmission request to the image input apparatus 1000 and transmits the transmission type information in the data management table 1500 to the image input apparatus 1000. Reference numerals 2101 to 2106 denote buttons for selecting image data DSC0003 to DSC0006.

Reference numerals 2111 to 2113 denote menu selection buttons. By selecting any one of the extra print, the additional print, and the selected print in this order, a corresponding detailed setting screen is displayed. Note that this corresponds to a state where the current menu selection button 2112 is selected, that is, an additional print is selected.
Further, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 detects that the menu selection button 2111 corresponding to “print extra print” is pressed on the screen shown in FIG. Then, in response to the detection, DSC0001 / 0002. jpg can also be printed.

In step S958, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 transitions from the screen illustrated in FIG. 14A to the screen illustrated in FIG. 14B, and any one of the menu selection buttons 2111 to 2113 is selected. Accept.
As a result, on the screen 2200 shown in FIG. 14B, the image forming apparatus 100 prints out the unprinted image data that has not been previously printed out of the image data stored in the image input apparatus 1000. A message is displayed on the operation unit 250. This causes the user to confirm that fact.

  In S959, when it is detected that the OK button 21114 is pressed and the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 completes the print processing of the unprinted image data, the process proceeds to S960. Update. Specifically, as shown in the management table 1500-1, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 indicates that the newly added file name 1502 is DSC0003-8. The flag 1505 indicating that the image data corresponding to jpg has been printed is updated to the ON state. Similarly, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 indicates that the file name 1502 is DSC0005-8. The flag 1503 indicating that image data corresponding to jpg has been transmitted is updated to the on state.

As described above, image data stored in the secondary storage unit 1008 in the image input apparatus 1000 and information indicating that printing has been performed by the image forming apparatus 100 is added to the data management table 1500 as data. The management table 1500-1 is updated.
As a result, the image input apparatus 1000 does not make detailed settings for the image input apparatus 1000 at the next and subsequent connections to the image forming apparatus 100. That is, the user can collectively transfer the data group generated from the selected transmission function to the image forming apparatus 100 on the screen shown in FIG.

[Third Embodiment]
Hereinafter, the image data is collectively transferred from one image input apparatus 1000 serving as the data transfer source device according to the present invention to the image forming apparatus 100 using the flowchart shown in FIG. 16 and the user interface shown in FIG. Processing will be described. The configuration of each device is substantially the same as that of the second embodiment, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a data processing procedure of the image forming system according to the present exemplary embodiment. 16A corresponds to the processing on the image input apparatus side, and S2401 to S2406 are realized by the CPU 1001 loading the control program stored in the ROM 1002 into the RAM 1003 and executing it.

  16B corresponds to the processing on the image forming apparatus 100 side, and steps S2451 to S2463 are realized by the CPU 112 loading the control program into the DRAM 116 and executing it.

  A large difference in processing with the second embodiment includes the following processing when the image input apparatus 1000 connects to the image forming apparatus 100 and executes the function of the image forming apparatus 100. Specifically, image data copied from the image input apparatus 1000 to the image forming apparatus 100 is stored in the image forming apparatus 100, and settings relating to image data processing are received from the user.

Specifically, when the CPU 112 determines that the connection is not a new connection in S2455, the following processing is performed. Specifically, S2458 corresponding to the remaining data confirmation process for confirming whether the image data received from the image input apparatus 1000 connected to the image forming apparatus 100 is image data stored in the image forming apparatus 100 or not. Is added.
At this time, the operation of the image input apparatus 1000 in S2401 to 2406 is not changed, and the operation state of the image forming apparatus 100 will be described.
The following is the operation when the image input apparatus 1000 and the image forming apparatus 100 are newly connected.
In step S2452, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 displays a function selection screen corresponding to the user interface illustrated in FIG.

17, 18, and 19 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interfaces displayed on the operation unit 250 of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1.
In FIG. 17A, reference numeral 2300 denotes a BOX function selection screen. When the user selects menu buttons 2301 to 2303, the CPU 112 displays a detailed screen corresponding to each BOX function on the operation unit 250.
In the present embodiment, the BOX function is configured so that the user can select one of the one using the HDD by the menu button 2301, the one using the network by the menu button 2302, and the one using the wireless communication. Here, the case where wireless communication is used is a case where the data input device 1000 is mounted on the communication unit 10 and image data stored in the secondary storage unit 1008 in the data input device 1000 is processed.

When the CPU 112 confirms that the user has selected the menu button 2303 on the BOX function selection screen 2300, the screen display is shown in FIG. ).
An operation screen 2400 illustrated in FIG. 17B is an example of an operation guide screen that notifies the user to place the data input device 1000 on the communication unit 10.
When the user places the data input device 1000 on the communication unit 10 and recognizes the data input device 1000, the CPU 112 changes the screen displayed on the operation unit 250 from the screen 2400 shown in FIG. The screen shown in (A) of FIG.

In FIG. 18A, reference numeral 2500 denotes a print processing selection screen, which includes menu buttons 2501 to 2504 for determining print processing. Here, the menu buttons 2501 to 2504 are associated with print processes of “print for the first time”, “printed print”, “additional print”, and “selected print”.
Note that the selected print corresponding to the menu button 2504 is currently selected on the print processing selection screen 2500.
If the CPU 112 confirms that the user has selected the menu button 2504, the CPU 112 changes the screen display from the screen shown in FIG. 18A to the screen shown in FIG.

In FIG. 18B, reference numeral 2600 denotes a print setting screen. When menu buttons 2603 to 2605 are selected, print settings are made for the selected image files 2601 and 2602 from the list of displayed image files. It is configured to be possible. Here, the menu buttons 2603 to 2605 are associated with extra print, edit, and selected print, and the menu button 2604 associated with edit is currently selected. In particular, the image files 2601 and 2602 correspond to a state in which color information change is selected.
In FIG. 19A, reference numeral 2700 denotes a print execution screen. When the user selects one of the menu buttons 2701 to 2703, the CPU 112 is notified of print processing of the displayed image file. Here, the menu buttons 2701 to 2703 are associated with extra print, additional print, and selected print. When the user selects the menu button 2703, the screen changes to the screen shown in FIG.

In FIG. 19B, reference numeral 2800 denotes a print start instruction screen. When the user selects a button 2801 or 2802, the CPU 112 is notified of the start of printing processing of the selected image file.
As described above, the image forming apparatus 100 displays the screen illustrated in FIG. 17B, and after the user places the image input apparatus 1000 on the communication unit 10, the CPU 112 displays the screen on the operation unit 250. An instruction from the user to the user interface is accepted. Then, the CPU 112 accepts print settings for the image data stored in the image input apparatus 1000 in the operation unit 250 in accordance with an instruction from the user.

The CPU 112 displays the user interface shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 on the operation unit 250 and accepts an instruction from the user for each screen, thereby confirming the print setting for the image data stored in the image input apparatus 1000. Is done.
In the present example, the image file DSC0003. jpg DSC0004. jpg is an example in which color information is changed. If the CPU 112 confirms that the user has selected the button 2802 shown in FIG. 19B in S2459, print processing for the selected image file is executed in S2460. Reference numeral 2801 denotes a cancel button.

  In step S2461, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 executes processing for reflecting the result of the color information change and printing in the data management table 1500-2 illustrated in FIG.

In the example shown in FIG. 20, the CPU 112 corresponds to the data management table 1500-2 and the image file name is DSC0003. pjg, DSC0004. For the jpg image file, a flag 1504 indicating a change is set to an on state. For other image files, a flag 1506 indicating that Data Copy has been executed is set to ON.
Next, the second connection between the image input apparatus 1000 and the image forming apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
21 and 22 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interfaces displayed on the operation unit 250 of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG.
In FIG. 21A, reference numeral 2900 denotes a transfer data selection screen corresponding to a state in which menu buttons 2901 to 2905 are displayed. Here, when the user selects the menu buttons 2901 to 2905, the CPU 112 can be notified of all transmission, untransmitted data transmission, untransmitted data overwrite transmission, additional print transmission, new print transmission, and selective transmission.

In the transfer data selection screen 2900 shown in FIG. 21A, the CPU 112 confirms that the menu button 2903 has been selected, corresponding to the state in which the user has selected the menu button 2903. Then, the CPU 112 changes the screen display of the operation unit 250 from the screen shown in FIG. 21A to the file selection screen 3000 shown in FIG.
In S2452, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 selects a menu button 2903 for a request for overwriting transmission of unsent data on the transfer data selection screen 2900 shown in FIG. Then, in S2455 and S2457, the CPU 112 reads the data management table 1500-2, confirms the untransmitted and changed data, and receives the corresponding untransmitted and changed data from the data input device 1000. .

In step S2459, the CPU 112 displays a file selection screen 3000 shown in FIG.
In FIG. 21B, the CPU 112 displays P so as to be identifiable by adding P to the printed image data and m to the changed image data. Further, the image forming apparatus 100 CPU 112 receives the image file DSC0003. jpg DSC0004. About jpg, the fact that the data before and after the change is held is displayed in an identifiable manner by overlaying icons. In FIG. 21B, reference numerals 3001 to 3007 denote image files. In this example, the image file DSC0003. jpg DSC0004. By adding a mark m indicating the change to the upper right shoulder of jpg, the contents can be identified.

Subsequently, as shown in the image file selection screen 3100 in FIG. 22A, the CPU 112 of the image forming apparatus 100 selects an image file to be printed. Here, among the buttons 3101 and 3102 for instructing printing, the button 3102 corresponding to the selected print is pressed. In this example, DSC0001. jpg, DSC0002. jpg, DSC0003. jpg, DSC0005. jpg, DSC0006. jpg, DSC0007. jpg, DSC0008. The state where jpg is selected is shown.
When the CPU 112 confirms that the button 3102 corresponding to the selected print has been pressed, the CPU 112 displays a print start instruction screen 3200 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 22B, the print start instruction screen 3200 notifies the CPU 112 of the start or cancellation of the print processing of the selected image file when the user selects the buttons 3201 and 3202. Note that the print start instruction screen shown in FIG. 22B is that the selected image file name is not displayed on the back side.

In step S2461, the CPU 112 corrects the data management table 1500-3 as illustrated in FIG. This time, the image file DSC003. For jpg, the CPU 112 executes a new print of the image file before the change, and adds a flag indicating that the changed image file has been deleted. In addition, the data management table 1500-3 holds a flag 1504 that the image file before the color information change is held. For other images, the CPU 112 adds a flag for executing new transmission / printing to the flag 1505.
By performing the control as described above, when the image file is held in the HDD 260 of the image forming apparatus 100 at the end of the first connection, it is possible to reduce the file reading at the second and subsequent connections. It becomes.
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the image forming apparatus 100 prints the image data received from the image input apparatus 1000 has been described. The example in which the printed image data is managed using the management table has been described.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the image forming apparatus 100 transmits the image data received from the image input apparatus 1000 to an external apparatus or a folder designated by the user, and manages the transmitted image data. You may make it keep. In that case, when the image input apparatus 1000 is brought closer to the image forming apparatus 100 again, the user can transmit only untransferred image data.

  The object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the following processing. That is, a storage medium that records a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus is stored in the storage medium. This is the process of reading the code. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications (including organic combinations of the embodiments) are possible based on the spirit of the present invention, and these are excluded from the scope of the present invention. is not.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Image forming apparatus 110 Controller part 250 Operation part 1000 Image input device

Claims (10)

A data processing apparatus that is connected to an image forming apparatus and capable of transmitting image data,
Receiving means for receiving, from the image forming apparatus, management data indicating whether or not the image data transmitted to the image forming apparatus has been processed by the image forming apparatus after transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus;
Storage means for storing management data received by the receiving means;
Specifying means for specifying data that has not yet been processed in the image forming apparatus according to the management data stored by the storage means when reconnecting to the image forming apparatus;
Transmitting means for transmitting the image data specified by the specifying means to the image forming apparatus;
A data processing apparatus comprising:   The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores management data indicating whether image data has been processed for each type of processing that can be executed by the image forming apparatus.   The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing in the image forming apparatus is printing or transmission of the image data. An image forming apparatus that receives image data from a data processing apparatus,
Storage means for storing management data indicating whether image data received from the data processing apparatus has been processed by the image forming apparatus;
Specifying means for specifying image data that has not yet been processed in the image forming apparatus according to management data stored by the storage means when reconnecting to the data processing apparatus;
An image forming apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive the image data specified by the specifying unit.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the management data indicates whether image data has been processed for each type of processing that can be executed by the image forming apparatus.   6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processing in the image forming apparatus is printing or transmission of the image data. A selection means for selecting whether to receive image data not yet processed by the image forming apparatus or image data not yet transmitted from the image forming apparatus from the data processing apparatus;
When the selection unit selects to receive image data that has not yet been processed by the image forming apparatus, the receiving unit receives image data that has not yet been processed by the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus. A method of controlling a data processing apparatus capable of connecting to an image forming apparatus and transmitting image data,
A receiving step of receiving, from the image forming apparatus, management data indicating whether or not the image data transmitted to the image forming apparatus has been processed by the image forming apparatus after transmitting the image data to the image forming apparatus;
A storage step of storing the management data received in the reception step in a storage unit;
A specifying step of specifying data that has not yet been processed in the image forming apparatus according to management data stored in the storage unit when reconnecting to the image forming apparatus;
A transmission step of transmitting the image data identified in the identification step to the image forming apparatus;
A method for controlling a data processing apparatus comprising: A method of controlling an image forming apparatus that receives image data from a data processing apparatus,
A storage step of storing management data indicating whether or not the image data received from the data processing apparatus has been processed by the image forming apparatus in a storage unit;
A specifying step of specifying image data that has not yet been processed in the image forming apparatus according to management data stored in the storage unit when reconnecting to the data processing apparatus;
And a receiving step of receiving the image data specified in the specifying step.   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 8 or 9.

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