JP2012222536A - Image transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image transmitter which is capable of getting approval of an approver corresponding to a transmission destination.SOLUTION: Two or more importances are associated with a transmission destination candidate and an approver and held in an importance table holding part 25, and an importance selection part 24 selects one of the importances as the importance of image data. Furthermore, an approval request transmission part 28 transmits an approval request signal to the approver associated with the importance of the image data. A response reception part 29 receives a response signal to the approval request signal, and an image data transmission part 30 transmits the image data to a selected transmission destination, on the basis of the response signal.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image transmission apparatus, and more particularly to an improvement of an image transmission apparatus that requests approval by an approver during facsimile transmission.

  2. Description of the Related Art An image transmission apparatus that performs facsimile transmission on the condition that approval by an approver is received during facsimile transmission is known (for example, Patent Document 1). When this image transmission apparatus is used by a plurality of users, the work burden on the approver increases. For this reason, Patent Document 1 describes storing a user and an approver in association with each other.

  Patent Document 2 describes a facsimile apparatus that stores a facsimile transmission destination and an approver in association as an approver database. Further, it is described that an approver corresponding to the transmission destination selected by the user is searched from the approver database, and an e-mail requesting approval for facsimile transmission is transmitted to the corresponding approver.

JP 2007-295294 A JP 2010-114489 A

  In the facsimile apparatus described in Patent Document 2, since each approver is associated with a transmission destination, an appropriate approver can be selected according to the transmission destination. In addition, it is necessary to re-register the approver for each transmission destination. In particular, when a number of destinations are associated with the same approver and a part of these destinations is changed to correspond to another approver, it is necessary to determine whether or not there is a change for each destination. Therefore, there is a problem that the changing operation is complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image transmission apparatus that can receive approval from an approver according to a transmission destination. It is another object of the present invention to provide an image transmission apparatus that can improve convenience when changing a part of transmission destinations associated with the same approver.

  The image transmission apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an importance table holding unit that holds two or more importance levels in association with transmission destination candidates and approvers, and any one of the above importance levels as the importance level of image data. Correspondence to importance level selection means for selecting, transmission destination selection means for selecting a transmission destination of the image data from among the transmission destination candidates associated with importance levels of the image data, and importance levels of the image data An approval request transmitting means for transmitting an approval request signal, a response receiving means for receiving a response signal to the approval request signal, and a transmission destination selected based on the response signal. Image data transmitting means for transmitting image data.

  According to such a configuration, since the transmission destination candidate and the approver are associated with each other, the approval of the approver according to the transmission destination can be received. Moreover, since the importance level and the approver are associated with each other, the approver can be changed for each importance level of the image data. For this reason, when changing the part of the transmission destination matched with the same approver so that it may match with another approver, the complexity of change work can be suppressed.

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the image transmission apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention allows the transmission destination selection unit to select two or more transmission destinations as the transmission destination of the image data, and includes the importance table holding unit. The transmission destination candidates stored in the transmission destination candidates, which are associated with a lower importance level, are also associated with a higher importance level.

  According to such a configuration, by selecting a high importance level, a transmission destination corresponding to a low importance level can also be selected. Therefore, when performing facsimile transmission to a plurality of transmission destinations, it is not necessary to select an importance level of 2 or higher. Therefore, it is not necessary to receive approval from two or more approvers, which is highly convenient.

  In addition to the above configuration, the image transmission apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention is configured such that the importance level selection unit selects the importance level based on a user operation input.

  In addition to the above configuration, an image transmission apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention further includes user specifying means for specifying a user, and the importance table holding means holds the importance in association with the user, and selects the importance level. The means is configured to select any one of the importance levels from among the importance levels associated with the designated user.

  According to such a configuration, since the approval request signal is transmitted to the approver associated with the user, it is possible to suppress an excessive burden on some approvers.

  In addition to the above configuration, an image transmission apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention includes attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of the image data input externally, and the importance level selection means is based on the attribute information, It is configured to select the importance.

  According to such a configuration, since the importance level is selected based on the attribute information of the image data, it is not necessary for the user to select the importance level during facsimile transmission, and the complexity of the operation can be suppressed.

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the image transmission apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention is configured so that the transmission destination selection unit is configured based on a user operation input from among the transmission destination candidates associated with the importance of the image data. It is configured to select a destination.

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the image transmission apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the present invention is configured so that the approval request transmission unit is configured to respond to two or more approvers associated with the same importance based on a user operation input. The approval request signal can be transmitted, and the image data transmitting means is configured to transmit the image data to the selected transmission destination based on the first response signal to the approval request signal.

  According to such a configuration, since the image data is transmitted based on the first response signal to the approval request signal, the time required for approval can be shortened. Further, the user can select an appropriate approver in consideration of the status of the approver. Furthermore, since any one of the approvers who have received the approval request signal may perform the approval work, the burden on the approver can be reduced and the convenience is high.

  The image transmission apparatus according to the present invention can receive the approval of the approver according to the transmission destination because the transmission destination candidate and the approver are associated with each other. Moreover, since the importance level and the approver are associated with each other, the approver can be changed for each importance level of the image data. For this reason, when changing the part of the transmission destination matched with the same approver so that it may match with another approver, the complexity of change work can be suppressed.

  Further, by selecting a high importance level, a transmission destination corresponding to a low importance level can also be selected. Therefore, when performing facsimile transmission to a plurality of transmission destinations, it is not necessary to select an importance level of 2 or higher. Therefore, it is not necessary to receive approval from two or more approvers, which is highly convenient.

1 is a system diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image transmission system 100 including an image transmission device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the block diagram which showed the structural example of the image transmission apparatus 1 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an approver table 251 in an importance level table holding unit 25 in the image transmission apparatus 1 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a transmission destination candidate table 252 in an importance level table holding unit 25 in the image transmission apparatus 1 of FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation during facsimile transmission processing in the image transmission apparatus 1 of FIG. 1. It is the block diagram which showed the structural example of the image transmission apparatus 2 by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is the figure which showed the structural example of the transmission destination candidate table 252 in the importance degree table holding | maintenance part 25 in the image transmission device 3 by this Embodiment 3. FIG. It is the figure which showed the structural example of the approver table 251 in the importance level table holding | maintenance part 25 in the image transmission apparatus 4 of this Embodiment.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration example of an image transmission system 100 including an image transmission apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image transmission system 100 is a communication system in which an image transmission device 1 and a plurality of approval terminal devices 10 are connected via a LAN 11. The image transmission device 1 includes an operation key 21 for key input and a display unit 22 that displays operation information based on the key input on the screen.

  The image transmission apparatus 1 is connected to a PSTN (public telephone switching network), and can send and receive document information (facsimile transmission / reception) to and from other facsimile apparatuses (not shown). As an example of the image transmission apparatus 1, there is an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) that has a scanner function, a printer function, a facsimile function, a copying function, and an e-mail transmission / reception function, and can selectively execute these functions. is there.

  In this image transmission apparatus 1, facsimile transmission is performed on condition that the approval of the approver is received at the time of facsimile transmission. Specifically, when the user instructs facsimile transmission, an approval request signal that prompts approval of facsimile transmission is transmitted to the approval terminal device 10. In response to this approval request signal, if a response signal for approving facsimile transmission is received, facsimile transmission is performed.

  The approval request signal includes, for example, image data to be transmitted and a destination facsimile number. Here, it is assumed that the approval request signal is transmitted from the image transmission apparatus 1 via the LAN 11 and received by the resident application of the approval terminal apparatus 10.

  The approval terminal device 10 is an information processing device that approves facsimile transmission based on the operation input of the approver. Specifically, in response to the approval request signal received from the image transmission apparatus 1, an operation of transmitting a response signal indicating whether or not to approve facsimile transmission to the image transmission apparatus 1 is performed. Here, it is assumed that the response signal is transmitted to the image transmission device 1 by the resident application of the approval terminal device 10.

  In this image transmission apparatus 1, a transmission destination candidate consisting of two or more transmission destinations is associated with an approver. For this reason, the approval of the approver according to the transmission destination can be received.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the image transmission device 1 of FIG. The image transmission apparatus 1 includes a user designation unit 23, an importance level selection unit 24, an importance level table holding unit 25, a scanner unit 26, a transmission destination selection unit 27, an approval request transmission unit 28, a response reception unit 29, and an image data transmission unit. 30 and a table correction unit 31.

  The user specifying unit 23 performs an operation of specifying a user. Specifically, based on the user's operation input to the operation key 21, the identification information corresponding to one of the users is specified from the identification information of two or more users held in the importance table holding unit 25. It is operating. For example, a user name is specified as identification information. Alternatively, the user and password may be associated with each other in advance in the importance table holding unit 25, and when a password is input, the user specifying unit 23 may specify the corresponding user.

  The importance level table holding unit 25 is a storage unit that holds an importance level table in which two or more levels of importance are associated with transmission destination candidates and approvers. The importance level table includes an approver table 251 in which importance is associated with an approver, and a transmission destination candidate table 252 in which importance is associated with a transmission destination candidate. The destination candidate is a group composed of two or more destinations, for example, a group of facsimile numbers such as an in-house destination, an outside destination, or a business partner. The approver is a third party who determines whether or not to perform facsimile transmission in order to suppress erroneous transmission, and is determined in advance. For example, as an approver, the IP address of the approval terminal device 10 of the approver is held in the importance level table holding unit 25.

  Further, the importance level table holding unit 25 holds importance levels and users in association with each other. Therefore, in the approver table 251, the approver is associated with the combination of the user and the importance. On the other hand, in the transmission destination candidate table 252, transmission destination candidates are associated with a common importance regardless of the user.

  The importance level selection unit 24 performs an operation of selecting one of the importance levels held in the importance level table holding unit 25 as the importance level of the image data. For example, the importance level is selected based on a user operation input to the operation key 21. More specifically, one of the importance levels is selected from the importance levels associated with the user specified by the user specifying unit 23.

  The scanner unit 26 is a document reading unit that generates image data by optical reading of a document, and includes a light source device that irradiates light on the document and an image that receives reflected light from the document and generates image data corresponding to the amount of received light. A sensor and a scanning device that scans the reading position in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction are configured.

  The transmission destination selection unit 27 acquires a transmission destination candidate associated with the selected importance and performs an operation of selecting a transmission destination of image data from the transmission destination candidate. For example, an operation for selecting one of the facsimile numbers of the business partners is performed. The transmission destination of the image data is selected based on, for example, a user operation input on the operation key 21. Here, it is assumed that the transmission destination selection unit 27 can select two or more transmission destinations as the transmission destination of the image data.

  The approval request transmission unit 28 transmits an approval request signal that prompts the approver associated with the selected importance to approve facsimile transmission. Specifically, an approval request signal is transmitted to the approval terminal device 10 of the approver via the LAN 11. This approval request signal is received by the resident application of the approval terminal device 10. It is assumed that the approval request signal includes the image data read by the scanner unit 26 and the destination facsimile number selected by the destination selection unit 27.

  The response receiving unit 29 performs an operation of receiving a response signal for the approval request signal. The response signal is a signal indicating an approval result indicating whether or not to approve facsimile transmission, and is transmitted from, for example, a resident application of the approval terminal device 10.

  The image data transmission unit 30 performs an operation of transmitting the image data read by the scanner unit 26 to a selected transmission destination. In this case, the image data transmission unit 30 transmits image data based on the response signal received by the response reception unit 29. Specifically, if a response signal indicating approval of facsimile transmission is received, facsimile transmission is performed. On the other hand, if a response signal indicating that the facsimile transmission is not approved is received, the facsimile transmission is not performed.

  The table correction unit 31 performs an operation of changing the approver associated with the importance in the importance table holding unit 25. The table modification unit 31 changes the approver on condition that the administrator password is input by the operation key 21. For this reason, only the administrator of the image transmission apparatus 1 can change the approver.

  Since the table modification unit 31 changes the approver associated with the importance, the table corrector 31 can change the approver for each importance of the image data. Therefore, when changing a part of the destination associated with the same approver to associate with another approver, for example, compared with the case where the destination and the approver are associated with each other, The complexity of the change work can be suppressed.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the approver table 251 in the importance level table holding unit 25 in the image transmission apparatus 1 of FIG. 2, and shows the correspondence between the user name, the importance level, and the approver name. Yes. The importance levels are “importance level A”, “importance level B”, and “importance level C” in descending order. In the approver table 251, the importance level and the approver name are associated with each user. For example, when the user name is “user 1”, “importance A” is associated with the approver name “approver 1”, and “importance B” is associated with the approver name “approver 2”. It has been. When the user name is “user 2”, “importance A” and the approver name “approver 4” are associated with each other.

  In this approver table 251, if a user name is specified by the user specifying unit 23 and an importance level is selected by the importance level selection unit 24, an approver corresponding to the combination of the user name and the importance level is specified. For this reason, when the table correction part 31 changes an approver, an approver can be changed for every combination of a user name and importance.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the transmission destination candidate table 252 in the importance level table holding unit 25 in the image transmission apparatus 1 of FIG. 2, and shows a correspondence relationship between the transmission destination candidate name and the importance level. Yes. The importance levels are “importance level A”, “importance level B”, and “importance level C” in descending order.

  Here, the transmission destination candidate name “transmission destination candidate 1” and “importance A” are associated with each other. Further, the transmission destination candidate name “transmission destination candidate 2” and “importance C” are associated with each other, and the transmission destination candidate name “transmission destination candidate 3” and “importance B” are associated with each other.

  Here, each transmission destination candidate is associated with one importance level. For example, by adopting a configuration in which the importance level for confidential documents is associated with a destination candidate consisting of only a small number of confidential document destinations, the confidential document is erroneously transmitted to a destination different from the destination of the confidential document. It can be suppressed.

  Steps S101 to S108 in FIG. 5 are flowcharts showing an example of an operation during facsimile transmission processing in the image transmission apparatus 1 in FIG. First, when facsimile transmission of image data is instructed by the user, the user designation unit 23 designates one of the user identification information held in the importance level table holding unit 25 based on the user's operation input. (Step S101). Next, the importance level selection unit 24 selects the importance level of the image data from the importance levels corresponding to the designated user (step S102).

  In addition, the transmission destination selection unit 27 acquires transmission destination candidates associated with the selected importance, and selects a transmission destination from the transmission destination candidates based on a user operation input (step S103). Further, a transmission job for facsimile transmission of the image data to the selected transmission destination is reserved, and the approval request transmission unit 28 transmits a facsimile to the approval terminal device 10 of the approver associated with the selected importance. An approval request signal for urging transmission approval is transmitted (steps S104 and S105).

  When the response signal indicating the approval result is received from the approval terminal device 10, the approval result is determined (step S106). When a response signal for approving facsimile transmission is received, a transmission job is executed, facsimile transmission of image data is performed, and the process ends (step S107). On the other hand, when a response signal indicating that the facsimile transmission is not approved is received, the transmission job is discarded and the image data is not transmitted (step S108).

  According to the present embodiment, the importance level table holding unit 25 holds the destination candidate and the approver in association with each other. For this reason, when performing facsimile transmission of image data, approval by the approver according to the transmission destination can be obtained. Moreover, since the approval request transmission part 28 transmits an approval request signal to the approver matched with the user, it can suppress that an excessive burden is applied to a part of approver.

  In the present embodiment, the user's operation input to the operation key 21 specifies the user identification information by the user specifying unit 23, the importance level is selected by the importance level selecting unit 24, and the transmission is performed by the transmission destination selecting unit 27. An example in which the previous selection is performed has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to a configuration in which an operation input is performed on the operation key 21. For example, an operation signal is externally input from a terminal device connected to the image transmission device 1 via the LAN 11, and based on this operation signal, designation of user identification information by the user designation unit 23 and importance by the importance level selection unit 24 are performed. It may be configured such that selection of the degree or selection of the transmission destination by the transmission destination selection unit 27 is performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which an approval request signal that prompts an approver to approve facsimile transmission is transmitted and received by a resident application of the approval terminal device 10. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration in which the approval request signal is received by the resident application. For example, an e-mail is transmitted to the approver as the approval request signal and is received by the mail receiving application of the approval terminal device 10. It may be configured. Further, when the approval terminal device 10 fails to receive the approval request signal by the resident application, the configuration may be such that the facsimile transmission is approved by e-mail or telephone.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which an approval request signal is transmitted to one approval terminal device 10 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the approval terminal apparatus 10 fails to receive the approval request signal because the resident application is not activated, the other approval terminal apparatus is used. The approval request signal may be transmitted to 10.

  In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which a response signal indicating an approval result indicating whether or not to approve facsimile transmission is transmitted from the resident application of the approval terminal device 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. Is not to be done. For example, a configuration in which an e-mail is transmitted as a response signal from a mail transmission application of the approval terminal device 10 may be used, and a configuration in which a call signal is transmitted as a response signal via a telephone line may be employed.

  Moreover, although this Embodiment demonstrated the example in case a transmission destination candidate is matched with the importance common to a user, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the transmission destination candidate may be associated with a combination of the user and the importance, and may be associated with a different importance for each user.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, an example in which importance is selected based on a user operation input and image data read by the scanner unit 26 is transmitted by the image data transmission unit 30 has been described. In contrast, in the present embodiment, an example will be described in which image data is externally input and importance is selected based on attribute information of the image data.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the image transmission device 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Compared to the case of FIG. 2, the difference is that an image storage unit 40 and an attribute information acquisition unit 41 are provided instead of the scanner unit 26. About the same structure as FIG. 2, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The image storage unit 40 is a storage unit that holds externally input image data, and receives image data from a terminal device connected via the LAN 11. The image data transmission unit 30 performs an operation of transmitting the image data to the transmission destination based on the response signal received by the response reception unit 29, and is otherwise the same as the transmission destination selection unit 27 in FIG. is there.

  The attribute information acquisition unit 41 performs an operation of acquiring attribute information of image data held in the image storage unit 40. This attribute information refers to, for example, a character string described in a file name or a header of image data.

  The importance level selection unit 24 performs an operation of selecting the importance level based on the attribute information acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit 41. For example, when the file name includes a character string indicating that it is addressed to the company, the importance level associated with the transmission destination candidate addressed to the company is designated.

  According to the present embodiment, since the importance level is selected by the importance level selection unit 24 based on the attribute information of the image data acquired by the attribute information acquisition unit 41, the user selects the importance level during facsimile transmission. This is unnecessary, and the complexity of the operation can be suppressed.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the first embodiment, an example in which each transmission destination candidate is associated with one importance level has been described. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, an example will be described in which some transmission destination candidates are associated with two or more importance levels.

  In the importance level table holding unit 25 according to the present embodiment, some transmission destination candidates are associated with two or more levels of importance. That is, the transmission destination candidate associated with the lower importance is held so as to be associated with the higher importance. Therefore, a large number of transmission destination candidates are associated with a high importance level as compared with a low importance level.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the transmission destination candidate table 252 in the importance level table holding unit 25 in the image transmission apparatus 3 of the present embodiment, and shows the correspondence between the transmission destination candidate name and the importance level. Has been. The importance levels are “importance level A”, “importance level B”, and “importance level C” in descending order. In this transmission destination candidate table 252, some transmission destination candidates are associated with an importance level of 2 or higher, and transmission destination candidates associated with a lower importance level have a higher importance level. Is also associated.

  Specifically, since the transmission destination candidate name “transmission destination candidate 2” is associated with “importance C” that is the lowest importance, “importance A” that is higher than “importance C”. ”And“ importance B ”. Further, since the transmission destination candidate name “transmission destination candidate 3” is associated with “importance B”, it is also associated with “importance A”, which is an importance higher than “importance B”. On the other hand, since the transmission destination candidate name “transmission destination candidate 1” is associated with “importance A” which is the highest importance, it cannot be associated with other importance.

  If such a configuration is adopted, destination candidates associated with a lower importance level are also associated with a higher importance level, so by selecting a higher importance level, a lower importance level can be accommodated. The transmission destination can also be selected. For this reason, even when two or more transmission destinations are selected as the transmission destination of the image data by the transmission destination selection unit 27 and facsimile transmission to a plurality of transmission destinations is performed, it is necessary to select an importance level of two or more. There is no. Therefore, it is not necessary to receive approval from two or more approvers, which is highly convenient.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the first embodiment, the example in which the approval request transmission unit 28 transmits an approval request signal to the approver associated with the selected importance has been described. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, an example in which the approval request transmission unit 28 transmits an approval request signal to an approver associated with the selected importance based on a user operation input. explain.

  In the importance level table holding unit 25 of the present embodiment, two or more approvers are associated with some importance levels. Here, when the importance level associated with two or more approvers is selected by the importance level selection unit 24, the approval request transmission unit 28 corresponds to the selected importance level based on the user's operation input. Assume that an approval request signal is transmitted to any one of the approvers. Moreover, the structure which can transmit an approval request signal with respect to two or more approvers may be sufficient.

  When the approval request signal is transmitted to two or more approvers, the image receiving unit 29 receives the response signal for approving the facsimile transmission from any one approver. 30 transmits the image data to the transmission destination selected by the transmission destination selection unit 27. Specifically, an operation of transmitting image data is performed based on the first response signal to the approval request signal. That is, if the response signal received first from the approver who sent the approval request signal is a response signal for approving facsimile transmission, facsimile transmission is performed, and the first received response signal does not approve facsimile transmission. If it is a response signal to that effect, facsimile transmission is not performed.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the approver table 251 in the importance level table holding unit 25 in the image transmission apparatus 4 of the present embodiment, and shows the correspondence between the user name, the importance level, and the approver name. Has been. Compared with the example of FIG. 3, it differs in that some importance levels are associated with a plurality of approvers.

  In this approver table 251, the importance level and the approver name are associated with each user, and some importance levels are associated with approvers with 2 or more. For example, when the user name is “user 1”, “importance A” is associated with two approver names “approver 1” and “approver 2”. Similarly, the “importance C” is associated with the approver names “approver 4” and “approver 5”.

  According to the present embodiment, since the image data transmission unit 30 transmits the image data based on the response signal received first, the time required for the approval can be shortened. Further, the user can select an appropriate approver in consideration of the status of the approver. Furthermore, since any one of the approvers who have received the approval request signal may perform the approval work, the burden on the approver can be reduced and the convenience is high.

1-3 Image transmission device 10 Approval terminal device 21 Operation key 22 Display unit 23 User designation unit 24 Importance selection unit 25 Importance table holding unit 26 Scanner unit 27 Destination selection unit 28 Approval request transmission unit 29 Response reception unit 30 Image Data transmission unit 31 Table correction unit 40 Image storage unit 41 Attribute information acquisition unit 100 Image transmission system 251 Approver table 252 Destination candidate table

Claims (7)

An importance level table holding means for holding two or more levels of importance in association with destination candidates and approver;
Importance selection means for selecting one of the above importance as the importance of the image data,
A transmission destination selection means for selecting a transmission destination of the image data from the transmission destination candidates associated with the importance of the image data;
An approval request transmitting means for transmitting an approval request signal to the approver associated with the importance of the image data;
Response receiving means for receiving a response signal to the approval request signal;
An image transmission apparatus comprising: image data transmission means for transmitting the image data to the selected transmission destination based on the response signal. The transmission destination selection means can select two or more transmission destinations as the transmission destination of the image data,
The transmission destination candidate held in the importance level table holding means and associated with a lower importance level is also associated with a higher importance level. The image transmission apparatus according to 1.   The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the importance level selection unit selects the importance level based on a user operation input. A user specifying means for specifying a user is provided.
The importance table holding means holds the importance in association with the user,
The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the importance level selection unit selects any one of the importance levels from the importance levels associated with a designated user. Attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of the image data input externally,
The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the importance selection unit selects the importance based on the attribute information.   The said transmission destination selection means selects a transmission destination from the said transmission destination candidate matched with the importance of the said image data based on a user's operation input. Image transmission device. The approval request transmitting means can transmit the approval request signal to two or more approvers associated with the same importance based on a user operation input,
2. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data transmission unit transmits the image data to the selected transmission destination based on the first response signal to the approval request signal.

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