JP2012070096A - Image formation system, management device, and image formation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation system, management device, and image formation device for performing appropriate processing with respect to image data of a document image without allowing a user to designate the processing.SOLUTION: A management device 2 includes: a communication processing part 61 for receiving image data of a document image from an image formation device; an image analysis part 62 for specifying instruction information from an instruction information image included in the document image on the basis of the image data received by the communication processing part 61; an instruction information processing part 63 for specifying an application program 52 corresponding to the instruction information specified by the image analysis part 62; and an application control part 64 for selectively performing the application program 52 which is specified by the instruction information processing part 63 and performing processing designated by the instruction information with respect to the image data.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system, a management apparatus, and an image forming apparatus.

  Some image forming apparatuses such as a scanner, a copier, and a multifunction peripheral acquire character information from a read original image by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Also, there is a technique in which image data of an original image is transmitted from an image forming apparatus to an external server, character information is acquired from the image data by OCR in the external server, and predetermined processing is executed on the character information (for example, a patent) Reference 2).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-111770 JP 2010-61551 A

  In the case of the above-described technique, the processing performed on the image data obtained by performing image reading is determined in advance, and various processing is performed on the image data of the document image as necessary. It is difficult.

  For example, in an image forming apparatus or an external server, a plurality of processing units may be provided in advance, and the user may select a processing unit that performs processing on image data of a document image. When a new processing unit is added, it is necessary to change the configuration of the image forming apparatus and the external server and the configuration of the operation screen.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an image forming system, a management apparatus, and an image forming apparatus that perform appropriate processing on image data of a document image without a user specifying processing. The purpose is to obtain.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is configured as follows.

  An image forming system according to the present invention includes an image forming apparatus and a management apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a first communication processing unit that transmits image data of a document image to the management apparatus. The management device includes a storage device that stores an application program, a second communication processing unit that receives image data of a document image from the image forming device, and image data received by the second communication processing unit. An image analysis unit for specifying instruction information from the instruction information image to be selected, an instruction information processing unit for specifying an application program corresponding to the instruction information specified by the image analysis unit, and an application program specified by the instruction information processing unit And an application control unit that executes the process specified by the instruction information on the image data.

  As a result, the management apparatus automatically executes the process specified by the instruction information, so that an appropriate process is performed on the image data of the document image without the user specifying the process.

  In addition to the above-described image forming system, the image forming system according to the present invention may be configured as follows. In this case, the image forming apparatus includes an instruction information adding unit that combines the instruction information image with the document image. Then, the first communication processing unit transmits the image data of the document image combined with the instruction information image to the management apparatus.

  As a result, the process designated by the image forming apparatus when the document image is read is automatically executed by the management apparatus.

  In addition to the above-described image forming system, the image forming system according to the present invention may be configured as follows. In this case, the image forming apparatus includes a scanner that reads a document image including an instruction information image and generates image data of the document image. Then, the first communication processing unit transmits the image data of the document image including the instruction information image to the management device.

  Thereby, the processing designated at the time of printing the document image is automatically executed by the management apparatus.

  A management apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage device that stores an application program, a communication processing unit that receives image data of a document image, and an instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data received by the communication processing unit. Selecting and executing an image analysis unit for specifying instruction information, an instruction information processing unit for specifying an application program corresponding to the instruction information specified by the image analysis unit, and an application program specified by the instruction information processing unit An application control unit that executes the process specified by the instruction information on the image data.

  Thus, since the process designated by the instruction information is executed, an appropriate process is performed on the image data of the document image without the user designating the process.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: a storage device that stores an application program; an image analysis unit that specifies instruction information from an instruction information image included in a document image based on image data of the document image; An instruction information processing unit that identifies an application program corresponding to the designated instruction information and an application program identified by the instruction information processing unit are selected and executed, and a process specified by the instruction information is performed on the image data And an application control unit.

  Thus, since the process designated by the instruction information is executed, an appropriate process is performed on the image data of the document image without the user designating the process.

  In addition to the image forming apparatus described above, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention may be configured as follows. In this case, the image forming apparatus includes an instruction information adding unit that combines the instruction information image with the document image. Then, the image analysis unit specifies the instruction information from the instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data of the document image combined with the instruction information image.

  As a result, the processing designated by the image forming apparatus when the original image is read is executed by the management apparatus.

  In addition to the image forming apparatus described above, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention may be configured as follows. In this case, the image forming apparatus includes a scanner that reads a document image including an instruction information image and generates image data of the document image. The image analysis unit identifies instruction information from the instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data of the document image generated by the scanner.

  As a result, the processing designated at the time of printing the document image is executed by the management apparatus.

  According to the present invention, appropriate processing is performed on image data of a document image without the user specifying processing.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management apparatus in FIG. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing when an instruction information image is added to a document image generated by the image forming apparatus in the system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing when the instruction information image is included in the document image generated by the image forming apparatus in the system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the system shown in FIG. 1, an image forming apparatus 1 is connected to a management apparatus 2 via a network. Further, the terminal device 3 is connected to the network. The image forming apparatus 1 is an apparatus such as a scanner, a copier, or a multifunction machine.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the image forming apparatus 1 in FIG.

  The image forming apparatus 1 includes a printer 11, a scanner 12, a facsimile device 13, an operation panel 14, a communication device 15, a storage device 16, and an arithmetic processing device 17.

  The printer 11 is a device that prints a document image based on print data. The scanner 12 is an apparatus that optically reads a document image from a document and generates image data of the document image. The facsimile apparatus 13 is an apparatus that generates and transmits a facsimile signal from image data of a document image to be transmitted, and receives the facsimile signal and converts it into image data.

  The operation panel 14 is disposed on the surface of the casing of the image forming apparatus 1 and includes a display device that displays various types of information to the user and an input device that detects a user operation. For example, a liquid crystal display is used as the display device. A key switch, a touch panel, or the like is used as the input device.

  The communication device 15 is a device that is connected to a network and performs data communication with other devices (such as the management device 2) via the network using a predetermined communication protocol. As the communication device 15, a network interface, a modem, or the like is used.

  The storage device 16 is a device that stores various data and programs, and uses a non-volatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, a hard disk drive, or the like. In the first embodiment, the storage device 16 stores an instruction information table 21.

  The instruction information table 21 includes data for designating a correspondence relationship between the type of processing performed on the image data of the document image in the management apparatus 2 and the instruction information for instructing the processing.

  The arithmetic processing unit 17 is a computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) and the like, and loads a program from the storage device 16 and the ROM to the RAM. Various processing units are realized by executing the program by the CPU.

  After the image forming apparatus 1 is activated, various programs are appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing unit 17. In the first embodiment, the arithmetic processing unit 17 causes an operating system (not shown), a controller 31, a communication processing unit 32, an instruction information adding unit 33, a job control unit 34, a panel control unit 35, an instruction information detecting unit 36, and the like. A processing unit is realized.

  The controller 31 is a processing unit that controls internal devices such as the printer 11, the scanner 12, the facsimile device 13, and the operation panel 14.

  The communication processing unit 32 is a processing unit that controls the communication device 15 to execute data communication. The communication processing unit 32 transmits the image data of the document image to the management device 2.

  The instruction information adding unit 33 is a processing unit that generates an instruction information image from the instruction information and combines the instruction information image with the document image. That is, the instruction information adding unit 33 generates image data of the instruction information image from the instruction information, and based on the image data of the document image and the image data of the instruction information, the instruction information image is superimposed on the document image. Generate image data.

  The job control unit 34 is a processing unit that executes a job in response to a request based on a user operation or the like. The job control unit 34 uses the controller 31 to operate an internal device (such as the printer 11) according to the job type.

  The panel control unit 35 is a processing unit that uses the controller 31 to display various screens on the operation panel 14 and to detect user operations on the operation panel 14.

  The instruction information detection unit 36 is a processing unit that analyzes the image data of the document image read by the scanner 12 and detects the instruction information image if the instruction information image exists in the document image.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management apparatus 2 in FIG.

  The management device 2 includes a communication device 41, a storage device 42, and an arithmetic processing device 43.

  The communication device 41 is a device that is connected to a network and performs data communication with other devices (such as the image forming apparatus 1 and the terminal device 3) via the network using a predetermined communication protocol. As the communication device 41, a network interface, a modem, or the like is used.

  The storage device 42 is a device that stores various data and programs, and uses a non-volatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, a hard disk drive, or the like. In the first embodiment, the storage device 42 stores a management table 51 and an application program 52. The management table 51 has data indicating the correspondence between the instruction information and the application program 52. The application program 52 is a program in which processing for image data of a document image is described.

  The arithmetic processing unit 43 is a computer having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc., and various processing units are realized by loading a program from the storage unit 42, the ROM, etc. to the RAM and executing the program by the CPU. .

  After the management device 2 is activated, various programs are appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing device 43. In the first embodiment, the processing unit 43 implements processing units such as an operating system (not shown), a communication processing unit 61, an image analysis unit 62, an instruction information processing unit 63, an application control unit 64, and an application 65. .

  The communication processing unit 61 is a processing unit that controls the communication device 41 to execute data communication. The communication processing unit 61 receives image data of a document image from the image forming apparatus 1.

  The image analysis unit 62 is a processing unit that specifies instruction information from the instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data received by the communication processing unit 61.

  The instruction information processing unit 63 is a processing unit that refers to the management table 51 and identifies the application program 52 corresponding to the instruction information identified by the image analysis unit 62.

  The application control unit 64 selects the application program 52 specified by the instruction information processing unit 63 and causes the arithmetic processing unit 43 to execute the process, and executes the process specified by the instruction information on the received image data. It is a processing unit.

  The application 65 is a processing unit that is realized by executing the application program 52 and executes processing described in the application program 52.

  Next, the operation of each device in the system will be described.

(1) Processing when an instruction information image is added to a document image generated by the image forming apparatus 1

  FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing when an instruction information image is added to a document image generated by the image forming apparatus 1 in the system according to the first embodiment.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, when the panel control unit 35 detects a job request accompanying image reading such as a copy job by a user operation on the operation panel 14, the panel control unit 35 instructs the job control unit 34 to execute the job. The job control unit 34 executes the job according to the request, reads the document image, and generates image data of the document image (step S1).

  Next, the instruction information adding unit 33 refers to the instruction information table 21, selects instruction information to be combined with the image data of the document image, and generates image data of the instruction information image from the instruction information (step S2). Then, it is combined with the image data of the document image (step S3).

  At this time, for example, instruction information corresponding to the user who performed the user operation or the department of the user is selected, and image data of the instruction information image including the instruction information is generated. As the instruction information image, for example, a pattern code such as a two-dimensional code such as a barcode or a QR code (registered trademark) is used.

  The instruction information adding unit 33 supplies the communication processing unit 32 with an instruction to transmit image data of a document image obtained by synthesizing the instruction information image. The communication processing unit 32 controls the communication device 15 according to the instruction, and transmits the image data of the document image obtained by combining the instruction information image to the management device 2 (step S4).

  In the management device 2, when the communication processing unit 61 receives the image data via the communication device 41, the image analysis unit 62 determines that the received image data includes the image data of the instruction information image. Extracts image data of the instruction information image from the received image data, and further extracts instruction information from the image data of the instruction information image (step S5).

  Then, the instruction information processing unit 63 refers to the management table 51, specifies the application program 52 corresponding to the extracted instruction information, and causes the application control unit 64 to execute the application program 52.

  The application control unit 64 reads the application program 52 and causes the arithmetic processing unit 17 to execute it. Thereby, the application 65 is realized. The application 65 performs the process described in the application program 52 on the received image data (step S6).

  For example, the application 65 transfers the received image data to the predetermined terminal device 3 via the communication processing unit 61 and the communication device 41.

  Further, for example, the application 65 extracts text data by OCR from the image data, outputs the text data, or executes predetermined post-processing on the text data. Note that the image analysis unit 62 may extract text data from the image data by OCR, and the application 65 may perform post-processing of the text data.

  In this way, the image data of the designated information image is synthesized with the image data of the document image generated in the image forming apparatus 1, and the process designated by the instruction information is executed in the management apparatus 2.

(2) Processing when the instruction information image is added to the generated document image and the document image with the instruction information image is printed in the image forming apparatus 1

  In the image forming apparatus 1, when the panel control unit 35 detects a job request accompanied by image output (printing, facsimile transmission, etc.) such as a copy job, a print job, and a facsimile transmission job by a user operation on the operation panel 14, job control is performed. The unit 34 is instructed to execute the job. The job control unit 34 executes the job in accordance with the request, and first generates image data of a document image for image output.

  Next, the instruction information adding unit 33 refers to the instruction information table 21, selects instruction information to be combined with the image data of the original image, generates image data of the instruction information image from the instruction information, and outputs the image information. To the original image data.

  At this time, for example, instruction information corresponding to the user who performed the user operation or the department of the user is selected, and image data of the instruction information image including the instruction information is generated. As the instruction information image, for example, a pattern code such as a two-dimensional code such as a barcode or a QR code (registered trademark) is used. In the image forming apparatus 1, one instruction information may be selected in advance from a plurality of instruction information by a user operation.

  Then, the job control unit 34 generates image data of the document image for image output after composition, performs image processing corresponding to the job on the image data, and then performs the job on the controller 31. The image output corresponding to is executed.

  Thereby, for example, in the case of a copy job, an image in which an instruction information image is superimposed on a document image is printed.

(3) Processing when an instruction information image is included in the document image generated by the image forming apparatus 1

  FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing when the instruction information image is included in the document image generated by the image forming apparatus 1 in the system according to the first embodiment.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, when the panel control unit 35 detects a job request accompanying image reading such as a copy job by a user operation on the operation panel 14, the panel control unit 35 instructs the job control unit 34 to execute the job. The job control unit 34 executes the job according to the request, reads the document image, and generates image data of the document image (step S11). As described above, when the original image on which the instruction information image is superimposed is printed, the instruction information image is included in the original image.

  Next, the instruction information detection unit 36 analyzes the image data of the document image read by the scanner 12 in the job, and detects the instruction information image if the instruction information image exists in the document image (step). S12).

  When the instruction information image is detected, the instruction information detection unit 36 supplies the communication processing unit 32 with an instruction to transmit image data of the document image read by the scanner 12. The communication processing unit 32 controls the communication device 15 according to the instruction, and transmits the image data of the document image read by the scanner 12 to the management device 2 (step S13).

  In the management device 2, when the communication processing unit 61 receives the image data via the communication device 41, the image analysis unit 62 determines that the received image data includes the image data of the instruction information image. Extracts image data of the instruction information image from the received image data, and further extracts instruction information from the image data of the instruction information image (step S5).

  Then, the instruction information processing unit 63 refers to the management table 51, specifies the application program 52 corresponding to the extracted instruction information, and causes the application control unit 64 to execute the application program 52. The application control unit 64 reads the application program 52 and causes the arithmetic processing unit 17 to execute it. Thereby, the application 65 is realized. The application 65 performs the process described in the application program 52 on the received image data (step S6). For example, the application 65 transfers the received image data to the predetermined terminal device 3 via the communication processing unit 61 and the communication device 41.

  In this way, when the instruction information image is included in the document image read by the image forming apparatus 1, the image data of the document image is transferred to the management apparatus 2, and the process specified by the instruction information is managed. It is executed in the device 2.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the communication processing unit 61 receives image data of a document image from the image forming apparatus 1 in the management device 2, the image analysis unit 62 receives the image data from the communication processing unit 61. The instruction information is specified from the instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data thus obtained. Then, the instruction information processing unit 63 specifies the application program 52 corresponding to the instruction information specified by the image analysis unit 62. The application control unit 64 selects and executes the application program 52 specified by the instruction information processing unit 63, and executes the process specified by the instruction information on the image data.

  Accordingly, since the management apparatus 2 executes the process specified by the instruction information, an appropriate process is performed on the image data of the document image from the image forming apparatus 1 without the user specifying the process. . Further, by newly installing a new application program 52, defining instruction information about the application program 52 and adding it to the instruction information table 21 and the management table 51, the type of post-processing in the management apparatus 2 can be easily performed. Can be increased.

Embodiment 2. FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the image forming system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the image forming apparatus 101 having the function of the image forming apparatus 1 and the function of the management apparatus 2 is used.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the image forming apparatus 101 in FIG.

  The image forming apparatus 101 includes a printer 111, a scanner 112, a facsimile machine 113, an operation panel 114, a communication device 115, a storage device 116, and an arithmetic processing device 117.

  The printer 111, the scanner 112, the facsimile device 113, the operation panel 114, the communication device 115, the storage device 116, and the arithmetic processing device 117 are the printer 11, the scanner 12, the facsimile device 13, the operation panel 14, the communication device 15, and the storage device 16. In addition to the instruction information table 121, the storage device 116 includes a management table 151 that is the same as the management table 51, an application program 152 that is the same as the application program 52, and the processing unit described above. A program (not shown) for realizing is stored.

  After the image forming apparatus 101 is activated, various programs are appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing unit 117. In the third embodiment, an operating system (not shown), a controller 131, a communication processing unit 132, an instruction information adding unit 133, a job control unit 134, a panel control unit 135, an instruction information detecting unit 136, and an image are processed by the arithmetic processing unit 117. Processing units such as the analysis unit 162, the instruction information processing unit 163, the application control unit 164, and the application 165 are realized.

  The controller 131, the communication processing unit 132, the instruction information adding unit 133, the job control unit 134, the panel control unit 135, the instruction information detection unit 136, the image analysis unit 162, the instruction information processing unit 163, the application control unit 164, and the application 165 , Controller 31, communication processing unit 32, instruction information addition unit 33, job control unit 34, panel control unit 35, instruction information detection unit 36, communication processing unit 61, image analysis unit 62, instruction information processing unit 63, application control unit 64 and the same processing unit as the application 65.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 101 will be described.

(1) Processing when an instruction information image is added to a document image generated by the image forming apparatus 101

  In the image forming apparatus 101, when the panel control unit 135 detects a job request accompanying image reading such as a copy job by a user operation on the operation panel 114, the panel control unit 135 instructs the job control unit 134 to execute the job. The job control unit 134 executes the job according to the request, reads the document image, and generates image data of the document image.

  Next, the instruction information adding unit 133 refers to the instruction information table 121, selects instruction information to be combined with the image data of the document image, generates image data of the instruction information image from the instruction information, and Composite to image data.

  The instruction information adding unit 133 supplies the image data of the original image obtained by synthesizing the instruction information image to the image analysis unit 162.

  If the image data of the document image includes the image data of the instruction information image, the image analysis unit 162 extracts the image data of the instruction information image from the received image data, and further extracts the instruction information image. Instruction information is extracted from the image data.

  Then, the instruction information processing unit 163 refers to the management table 151, specifies the application program 152 corresponding to the extracted instruction information, and causes the application control unit 164 to execute the application program 152.

  The application control unit 164 reads the application program 152 and causes the arithmetic processing unit 117 to execute it. Thereby, the application 165 is realized. The application 165 executes processing described in the application program 52 on the image data of the original image.

  In this manner, in the image forming apparatus 101, the image data of the designated information image is synthesized with the image data of the document image, and the process designated by the instruction information is executed.

(2) Processing when the instruction information image is added to the generated document image and the document image with the instruction information image is printed in the image forming apparatus 101

  In the image forming apparatus 101, when the panel control unit 135 detects a job request accompanied by image output (printing, facsimile transmission, etc.) such as a copy job, a print job, and a facsimile transmission job by a user operation on the operation panel 114, job control is performed. The unit 134 is instructed to execute the job. The job control unit 134 executes a job according to the request, and first generates image data of a document image for image output.

  Next, the instruction information adding unit 133 refers to the instruction information table 121, selects instruction information to be combined with the image data of the original image, generates image data of the instruction information image from the instruction information, and outputs the image information. To the original image data.

  Then, the job control unit 134 generates image data of a document image for image output after synthesis, performs image processing corresponding to the job on the image data, and then performs the job on the controller 131. The image output corresponding to is executed.

  Thereby, for example, in the case of a copy job, an image in which an instruction information image is superimposed on a document image is printed.

(3) Processing when an instruction information image is included in a document image generated by the image forming apparatus 101

  In the image forming apparatus 101, when the panel control unit 135 detects a job request accompanying image reading such as a copy job by a user operation on the operation panel 114, the panel control unit 135 instructs the job control unit 134 to execute the job. The job control unit 134 executes the job according to the request, reads the document image, and generates image data of the document image. As described above, when the original image on which the instruction information image is superimposed is printed, the instruction information image is included in the original image.

  Next, the instruction information detection unit 136 analyzes the image data of the document image read by the scanner 112 in the job, and detects the instruction information image if the instruction information image exists in the document image.

  When the instruction information image is detected, the instruction information detection unit 136 supplies the image data of the document image read by the scanner 112 to the image analysis unit 162.

  When the image data of the original image includes image data of the instruction information image, the image analysis unit 162 extracts the image data of the instruction information image from the image data of the original image, and further, the instruction information image Instruction information is extracted from the image data.

  Then, the instruction information processing unit 163 refers to the management table 151, specifies the application program 152 corresponding to the extracted instruction information, and causes the application control unit 164 to execute the application program 152. The application control unit 164 reads the application program 152 and causes the arithmetic processing unit 117 to execute it. Thereby, the application 165 is realized. The application 165 executes processing described in the application program 152 for the image data of the document image.

  In this way, when the instruction information image is included in the document image read by the image forming apparatus 101, the process specified by the instruction information is executed.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the image forming apparatus 101 has the same function as the management apparatus 2 in the first embodiment. Thus, as in the first embodiment, since the process specified by the instruction information is executed, an appropriate process is performed on the image data of the document image without the user specifying the process.

  Each embodiment described above is a preferred example of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is.

  For example, in each of the above embodiments, one or a plurality of instruction information images may be superimposed on the document image.

  In each of the above embodiments, even when the instruction information image is included in the document image read by the scanners 12 and 112, another instruction information image may be superimposed.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the instruction information image is superimposed at a position (for example, a blank portion) that does not overlap content (such as text) in the document image.

  In each of the above embodiments, the management table 51 and the application program 52 are stored in the management apparatus 2, but instead, the management table 51 and the application program 52 are stored in an external server, and the management table 51 and the application program 52 are stored via the network. The management table 51 of the external server may be referred to, or the application program 52 may be downloaded from the external server. The same applies to the management table 151 and the application program 152.

  The present invention is applicable to, for example, an image forming apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 Image forming apparatus 2 Management apparatus 12,112 Scanner 32 Communication processing part (an example of 1st communication processing part)
33, 133 Instruction information adding unit 41, 116 Storage device 52, 152 Application program 61 Communication processing unit (an example of a second communication processing unit)
62, 162 Image analysis unit 63, 163 Instruction information processing unit 64, 164 Application control unit 132 Communication processing unit

Claims (7)

In an image forming system including an image forming apparatus and a management apparatus,
The image forming apparatus includes a first communication processing unit that transmits image data of a document image to the management apparatus,
The management device
A storage device for storing application programs;
A second communication processing unit for receiving image data of the document image from the image forming apparatus;
An image analysis unit that identifies the instruction information from an instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data received by the second communication processing unit;
An instruction information processing unit that identifies the application program corresponding to the instruction information identified by the image analysis unit;
An application control unit that causes the application program specified by the instruction information processing unit to be selected and executed, and to execute the process specified by the instruction information on the image data;
An image forming system. The image forming apparatus includes an instruction information adding unit that combines the instruction information image with the document image,
The first communication processing unit transmits image data of the document image combined with the instruction information image to the management device;
The image forming system according to claim 1. The image forming apparatus includes a scanner that reads a document image including an instruction information image and generates image data of the document image.
The first communication processing unit transmits image data of the document image including the instruction information image to the management device;
The image forming system according to claim 1. A storage device for storing application programs;
A communication processing unit for receiving image data of an original image;
An image analysis unit that identifies the instruction information from an instruction information image included in the document image based on the image data received by the communication processing unit;
An instruction information processing unit that identifies the application program corresponding to the instruction information identified by the image analysis unit;
An application control unit that selects and executes the application program specified by the instruction information processing unit, and executes the process specified by the instruction information on the image data;
A management apparatus comprising: A storage device for storing application programs;
An image analysis unit that identifies the instruction information from an instruction information image included in the document image based on image data of the document image;
An instruction information processing unit that identifies the application program corresponding to the instruction information identified by the image analysis unit;
An application control unit that selects and executes the application program specified by the instruction information processing unit, and executes the process specified by the instruction information on the image data;
An image forming apparatus comprising: An instruction information adding unit for combining the instruction information image with the document image;
The image analysis unit specifies the instruction information from an instruction information image included in the document image based on image data of the document image obtained by combining the instruction information image;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 5. A scanner that reads a document image including an instruction information image and generates image data of the document image;
The image analysis unit identifies the instruction information from an instruction information image included in the document image based on image data of the document image generated by the scanner;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 5.

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