JP2019220989A - Image processing apparatus, registration method, program and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an image processing apparatus enabling easy registration of a meeting material.SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus, which performs print processing according to a print request received from a terminal device, includes: print request reception means for receiving from the terminal device the print request which includes electronic data; print processing means for executing the print processing based on the electronic data included in the print request; and registration processing means for executing registration processing which associates conference information, on which the display of the electronic data is shared among a plurality of terminal devices which participate in the conference, with the electronic data. According to the received print request, the print processing means executes print processing when printing based on the electronic data. When sharing the display of the electronic data, the registration processing means registers the electronic data, included in the print request, in association with conference information related to a user i.e. a request source of the print request.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing device, a registration method, a program, and an information processing system.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent conferences, for example, the number of participants who view materials used for a conference or the like on a portable terminal such as a notebook PC or a tablet terminal instead of printing them as in the past has been increasing. A participant in a meeting acquires the electronic data of the material from a server device or the like in which the electronic data of the material is registered, and displays the material on a portable terminal to hold the meeting.

  For example, there is a display screen sharing system used in a conventional conference in which a participating terminal acquires a material from a server device and shares the display screen using the material. In a display screen sharing system used in a conventional conference, for example, a conference organizer or a presenter registers materials in a server device in advance from a registration terminal before sharing a display screen using the materials ( See, for example, Patent Document 1.

  In a conventional display screen sharing system used for a conference, a conference organizer or a presenter operates a registration terminal to access a conference registration screen of a server device, and registers materials to the server device from the conference registration screen. I was going. By using the display screen sharing system in this way, the user does not need to print materials. On the other hand, depending on the situation of the user, there is still a case in which materials are printed using a printing system separately from the display screen sharing system. Therefore, it is necessary for the user to selectively use the operation of registering the material via the conference registration screen and the operation of printing the material via the print screen according to the situation. However, it is not always easy for a user to use a procedure for registering materials from the conference registration screen to the server device in addition to a procedure for printing materials from the print screen according to circumstances.

  Such a problem is not limited to the use of a conference, but a display screen sharing system used for presentations and education, in which a participant's terminal device such as a mobile terminal acquires electronic data such as image data and document data. Exists in the same manner.

  Embodiments of the present invention have been made in view of the above points, and in addition to a printing operation of printing electronic data of a material, a registration operation of electronic data when sharing a display screen using the electronic data of the material is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing device that allows a user to easily use the image processing device according to the situation.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that performs a printing process in accordance with a print request received from a terminal device, the print request receiving a print request including electronic data from the terminal device. Accepting means, print processing means for executing a printing process based on the electronic data included in the print request, and associating the electronic data with information of a meeting in which the display of the electronic data is shared among a plurality of terminal devices participating in the meeting Registration processing means for performing registration processing, and in response to the received print request, when performing printing based on the electronic data, performing printing processing by the print processing means, When the display is shared, the registration processing unit associates the electronic data included in the print request with information of a conference relating to a user who has requested the print request. And registers Te.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to embodiment of this invention, a user can easily perform the pre-registration of electronic data at the time of printing of electronic data and sharing a display screen using electronic data according to a situation. .

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a conference system according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of a computer according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the multifunction peripheral according to the embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of an example of a registration terminal. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an example of the multifunction peripheral. It is a functional block diagram of an example of a display terminal. It is a lineblock diagram of an example of meeting information. It is a lineblock diagram of an example of participant information. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an example of device information. It is a lineblock diagram of an example of meeting material information. It is a flowchart of an example of the upload processing of a meeting material. It is a flowchart of an example of the conference registration process of a conference material. It is an image figure showing an example of login operation using an IC card. FIG. 9 is an image diagram of an example of a print job information display screen. It is an image figure of an example of the meeting information list screen of a login user. It is a flow chart of an example of electronic distribution processing of meeting materials. It is an image figure of another example of the meeting information list screen of a login user. 9 is a flowchart of an example of a conference material printing process. It is a flow chart of an example of deletion processing of meeting material. It is a flowchart of an example of the automatic deletion processing of a meeting material. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of another example of the conference system according to the first embodiment. It is a lineblock diagram of an example of a conference system concerning a 2nd embodiment. FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of another example of the multifunction peripheral. It is a functional block diagram of an example of a conference management device. It is a lineblock diagram of an example of a conference system concerning a 3rd embodiment.

Next, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail. In the following embodiment, a conference system 1 as an example of an information processing system will be described.
[First Embodiment]
<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a conference system according to the first embodiment. The conference system 1 of FIG. 1 shows, as an example, a configuration in which a multifunction peripheral (MFP) 11, a registration terminal 12, and one or more display terminals 13 are connected to a network 19 such as a LAN.

  The multifunction peripheral 11 is an example of an image processing device. The image processing device may be any electronic device having a printing function, such as a printer or a multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral 11 has a conference management function in addition to a printing function. The multifunction peripheral 11 receives a request for creating a conference, and stores conference information and the like to be described later. Further, the multifunction peripheral 11 stores electronic data (hereinafter referred to as material data) of conference materials registered as described later. The material data includes not only electronic document files but also image files.

  Further, the multifunction peripheral 11 performs holding of a conference, participation control, and the like. The multifunction device 11 provides the display terminal 13 with the conference information and the conference material information. The multifunction peripheral 11 distributes the material data of the conference in which the participant participates to the display terminal 13.

  The registration terminal 12 is a terminal device operated by a registrant such as a conference organizer or a presenter for registering material data. When the registration terminal 12 receives an instruction to print material data from the registrant, the registration terminal 12 transmits a print job generated from the material data to the multifunction device 11 and stores the print job in the multifunction device 11. The registration terminal 12 is a mobile terminal such as a PC, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a PDA, and a terminal device such as a wearable terminal or an electronic whiteboard.

  The conference application is activated on the display terminal 13. The display terminal 13 has a function of acquiring meeting information and meeting material information from the multifunction peripheral 11, downloading material data, and participating in a meeting. The participants of the conference can participate in the conference from the display terminal 13. Note that the display terminal 13 may be a PC, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a mobile terminal such as a PDA, a wearable terminal, an electronic whiteboard, an electronic device such as a projector or a video conference device.

  For example, while participating in the conference, the display terminal 13 displays the same material data as the other display terminals 13 participating in the same conference. In addition, the display terminal 13 receives, from the multifunction peripheral 11, information on input operations (page turning, pointing by a pointer, input of handwritten strokes, etc.) performed by another display terminal 13 such as a presenter while participating in the conference. I do. The display terminal 13 reflects the input operation performed by the other display terminal 13 on the material data displayed on the own terminal based on the received information of the input operation, thereby allowing the display terminal 13 to communicate with the other display terminal 13. Screen sharing can be performed. The information on the input operation includes, for example, the page number of the material data and the coordinate information of the pointer or the handwritten stroke input.

  In the conference system 1, the multifunction peripheral 11, the registration terminal 12, and the display terminal 13 can perform data communication via the network 19. The network 19 may be the Internet or a dedicated line other than the LAN, or may be a wired or wireless network. In FIG. 1, the registration terminal 12 and the display terminal 13 are distinguished from each other, but a portable terminal or an electronic device having both the function of the registration terminal 12 and the function of the display terminal 13 is not necessarily distinguished. It is not necessary.

<Hardware configuration>
The registration terminal 12 and the display terminal 13 are realized by, for example, a computer having a hardware configuration illustrated in FIG. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the computer according to the present embodiment.

  The computer 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 includes an input device 101, a display device 102, an external I / F 103, a RAM 104, a ROM 105, a CPU 106, a communication I / F 107, an HDD 108, and the like, and each of them is mutually connected by a bus B. . The input device 101 and the display device 102 may be connected and used when necessary.

  The input device 101 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like, and is used by a user to input each operation signal. The display device 102 includes a display and the like, and displays a processing result by the computer 100.

  The communication I / F 107 is an interface for connecting the computer 100 to various networks. Thereby, the computer 100 can perform data communication via the communication I / F 107.

  The HDD 108 is an example of a non-volatile storage device that stores programs and data. The stored programs and data include an OS that is basic software for controlling the entire computer 100 and an application that provides various functions on the OS. Note that the computer 100 may use a drive device (for example, a solid state drive: SSD) using a flash memory as a storage medium instead of the HDD 108.

  The external I / F 103 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 103a and the like. Thereby, the computer 100 can read and / or write on the recording medium 103a via the external I / F 103. The recording medium 103a includes a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, and the like.

  The ROM 105 is an example of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. The ROM 105 stores programs and data such as a BIOS executed when the computer 100 is started, OS settings, and network settings. The RAM 104 is an example of a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that temporarily stores programs and data.

  The CPU 106 is an arithmetic device that reads out programs and data from a storage device such as the ROM 105 and the HDD 108 onto the RAM 104 and executes processing to realize control and functions of the entire computer 100. The registration terminal 12 and the display terminal 13 can realize various processes described later by executing a program on the computer 100 having the above-described hardware configuration, for example.

  1 is realized by a computer having a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. 3, for example. FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of an example of the multifunction peripheral according to the present embodiment. The multifunction peripheral 11 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a controller 201, an operation panel 202, an external I / F 203, a communication I / F 204, a printer 205, a scanner 206, and the like.

  The controller 201 includes a CPU 211, a RAM 212, a ROM 213, an NVRAM 214, an HDD 215, and the like. The ROM 213 stores various programs and data. The RAM 212 temporarily stores programs and data. The NVRAM 214 stores, for example, setting information and the like. The HDD 215 stores various programs and data.

  The CPU 211 reads out programs, data, setting information, and the like from the ROM 213, the NVRAM 214, the HDD 215, and the like onto the RAM 212, and executes the processing to realize control and functions of the entire MFP 11.

  The operation panel 202 includes an input unit that receives an input from a user, and a display unit that performs display. The external I / F 203 is an interface with an external device. The external device includes a recording medium 203a and the like. Thus, the multifunction peripheral 11 can read and / or write on the recording medium 203a via the external I / F 203. The recording medium 203a includes an IC card, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, and the like.

  The communication I / F 204 is an interface for connecting the multifunction peripheral 11 to the network 19. Thus, the multifunction peripheral 11 can perform data communication via the communication I / F 204. The printer 205 is a printing device that prints print data on a transported object. For example, the transported object is not limited to paper, such as paper, coated paper, cardboard, OHP, plastic film, prepreg, and copper foil. The scanner 206 is a reading device that reads image data (electronic data) from a document.

<Software configuration>
The MFP 11, the registration terminal 12, and the display terminal 13 of the conference system 1 according to the present embodiment are realized by, for example, the following functional blocks.

《Registered terminal》
The registration terminal 12 is realized by, for example, functional blocks as shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an example of the registration terminal. The registration terminal 12 realizes a display control unit 21, an operation reception unit 22, a print request unit 23, and a job generation unit 24 by executing a program.

  The display control unit 21 controls various screens displayed on the display device 102. The operation receiving unit 22 receives a user operation on the input device 101. The print request unit 23 receives a print instruction from a user based on a user operation on the input device 101. For example, a registrant such as a conference organizer or a presenter issues a print instruction of material data using a print function of an application mounted on the registration terminal 12. Then, the print request unit 23 transmits a print job of the material data, for which the print instruction has been received from the user, to the multifunction peripheral 11, and makes a print request. The job generation unit 24 generates a print job according to a print instruction from a user.

  In this way, the registrant can send a print job of the material data to the MFP 11 by giving an instruction to print the material data from the registration terminal 12.

《Multifunction machine》
The multifunction peripheral 11 is realized by, for example, functional blocks as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of an example of the multifunction peripheral.

  By executing the program, the multifunction peripheral 11 executes the operation panel control unit 31, the print request reception unit 32, the login processing unit 33, the print job information display unit 34, the conference management unit 35, the conference information display unit 36, and the material registration processing unit. 37, a material distribution processing unit 38, a print processing unit 39, and a material deletion processing unit 40 are realized.

  Further, the multifunction peripheral 11 has a print job information storage unit 51, a material information storage unit 52, an account information storage unit 53, a conference information storage unit 54, a participant information storage unit 55, and a device information storage unit 56.

  The operation panel control unit 31 performs control of various screens displayed on the operation panel 202 and control of accepting a user operation on the operation panel 202. The print request receiving unit 32 receives a print job from the registration terminal 12 and stores the print job. Further, the print request receiving unit 32 registers the print job information of the stored print job in the print job information storage unit 51.

  The login processing unit 33 performs a login process when a login operation on the operation panel 202 is received from the user. The login processing unit 33 may receive, for example, a login operation using an IC card or a terminal from the user. The print job information display unit 34 displays print job information of a user who has successfully logged in (login user) on the operation panel 202.

  The conference management unit 35 manages information about the conference and controls the conference. The conference information display unit 36 displays a list of conference information on the operation panel 202. The conference information includes a conference ID and a conference name for identifying the conference. When receiving the operation of registering the print job as the conference material from the login user, the material registration processing unit 37 registers the material data included in the print job selected by the login user as the conference material in the conference selected by the login user. Further, the material registration processing unit 37 registers the meeting material information of the registered meeting material in the material information storage unit 52.

  The material distribution processing unit 38 performs a process of distributing material data of the conference selected by the login user to the display terminal 13. The print processing unit 39 performs a process of printing the material data of the conference selected by the login user. Further, the material deletion processing unit 40 performs a process of deleting the material data stored in the multifunction peripheral 11 by a material data deletion operation by the login user.

  The print job information storage unit 51 stores print job information. The material information storage unit 52 stores meeting material information. For example, by recording the storage destination of the material data in the meeting material information, the material data may be stored in a file server device other than the MFP 11 or the like.

  The account information storage unit 53 stores account information (user ID, password, and the like) of a user who is permitted to log in to the MFP 11. The conference information storage unit 54 stores the conference information. The participant information storage unit 55 stores the participant information of the participants participating in the conference. The device information storage unit 56 stores device information of the display terminal 13.

  As described above, the MFP 11 according to the present embodiment temporarily stores the print job received from the registration terminal 12. Then, when receiving the operation of printing the stored print job from the login user, the multifunction peripheral 11 prints the print job. Further, when the MFP 11 receives an operation of registering a print job as meeting material data from a login user, the multifunction device 11 registers material data included in the print job as meeting material data as described later.

《Display terminal》
The display terminal 13 is realized by, for example, the functional blocks shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of an example of the display terminal. The display terminal 13 implements a login request unit 61, a conference information acquisition unit 62, a material acquisition unit 63, and a conference processing unit 64 by executing a program. The program executed on the display terminal 13 is, for example, an application mounted on the display terminal 13.

  The login request unit 61 issues a login request to the multifunction peripheral 11. The conference information acquisition unit 62 acquires conference information that is a candidate for a conference in which the login user participates from the multifunction peripheral 11 and displays a list of the conference information on the display device 102. When receiving the operation of selecting the electronic distribution of the material data from the login user, the material obtaining unit 63 obtains the material data from the MFP 11.

  When the conference processing unit 64 receives a request to participate in a conference included in the list of conference information from a logged-in user such as a presenter or a participant, the conference processing unit 64 requests the multifunction peripheral 11 to participate in the conference and participates in the conference. The conference processing unit 64 receives, for example, information necessary for sharing the display screen with the display terminal 13 of the presenter from the MFP 11. For example, the conference processing unit 64 shares the display screen by updating the display screen based on the input operation information of the presenter distributed from the MFP 11.

<Data structure>
《Meeting information》
FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of an example of the conference information. The conference information shown in FIG. 7 stores a conference ID, a conference name, a start date and time, a location, a participant list, etc. in association with each other. The conference ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying a conference. The meeting name is the name of the meeting. The start date and time is the date and time when the conference starts. The place is identification information of a place where the meeting is held. The participant list is a list of presenters participating in the conference and participant IDs of the participants.

《Participant information》
FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of an example of participant information. The participant information shown in FIG. 8 stores a participant ID, a participant name, a device ID, and the like in association with each other. The participant ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying a presenter or a participant who participates in the conference. The participant name is the name of the presenter or participant. The device ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying the display terminal 13 used by the presenter or the participant.

《Device information》
FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of an example of the device information. The device information in FIG. 9 is stored in association with a device ID, an IP address, a distribution destination, and the like. The device ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying the display terminal 13. The IP address is an example of address information of the display terminal 13 identified by the device ID. The distribution destination indicates the distribution destination (storage location) of the material data of the display terminal 13 identified by the device ID.

《Conference material information》
FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of an example of the conference material information. The meeting material information shown in FIG. 10 stores a meeting material ID, a meeting ID, a storage location, a participant list, a receiving state, and the like in association with each other.

  The meeting material ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying material data of a meeting. The conference ID is an example of identification information for uniquely identifying a conference. The storage location indicates a storage location where the material data is stored. The participant list is a list of participant IDs of presenters and participants who participate in the conference identified by the conference ID.

  The receiving state indicates, for each participant ID included in the participant list, whether the material data has been received by electronic distribution or printing, “Done”, or not received, “Notyet”.

<Details of processing>
Hereinafter, details of the processing of the conference system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described. Here, a description will be given assuming that the conference information in FIG. 7, the participant information in FIG. 8, and the device information in FIG. 9 have been registered.

《Upload of meeting materials》
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example of a conference material upload process. For example, a registrant such as a conference organizer or a presenter operates the registration terminal 12, selects a printer driver of the MFP 11, and instructs printing of conference material data.

  In step S11, the operation receiving unit 22 of the registration terminal 12 receives an instruction to print material data from the registrant. In step S12, the job generation unit 24 generates a print job from the material data. The generated print job includes material data converted into a format such as a PDF (Portable Document Format) document. The format is not limited to the PDF document, and may be another electronic document or image format.

  In step S13, the print request unit 23 sends a print request to the multifunction peripheral 11 by transmitting the generated print job to the multifunction peripheral 11. In step S <b> 14, when receiving the print request from the registration terminal 12, the print request reception unit 32 of the MFP 11 stores the print job received from the registration terminal 12. The print request receiving unit 32 stores print job information that associates the stored print job with the registrant in the print job information storage unit 51.

  According to the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, the registrant can upload a print job including the material data of the conference to the multifunction peripheral 11 in the same procedure as when printing on paper or the like.

《Meeting registration of meeting materials》
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an example of a conference registration process for conference materials. For example, the registrant performs a login operation on the multifunction peripheral 11. In step S21, the login processing unit 33 of the MFP 11 receives a login operation by inputting a user ID and a password from a registrant or a login operation using an IC card, and performs a login process.

  The login operation by inputting the user ID and the password is, for example, an authentication process performed by the registrant inputting the user ID and the password on the operation panel 202. The log-in operation using the IC card is performed, for example, as shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is an image diagram showing an example of a login operation using an IC card.

  For example, the registrant performs a login operation by holding the registered IC card 502 over the IC card reader 501 of the MFP 11. The login operation using the IC card 502 is an authentication process performed by reading a card ID from the IC card 502. Note that the card ID may be the user ID itself, or may be identification information for specifying the user ID. If the card ID is identification information for specifying the user ID, the user ID is obtained by searching a database that stores the user IDs associated with the card IDs. The database may be inside the multifunction peripheral 11 or on a network outside the multifunction peripheral 11. The IC card does not necessarily have to be in the form of a card, but may be in another form. For example, a terminal such as a portable terminal or a wearable terminal having identification information corresponding to a card ID may be used. In this case, the multifunction device 11 and the terminal are provided with a communication function such as a short-range wireless communication, so that information necessary for a login operation can be exchanged.

  Proceeding to step S22, the print job information display unit 34 of the multifunction peripheral 11 displays information on the print job associated with the login user who has successfully logged in, for example, on the operation panel 202 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 14 is an image diagram of an example of the print job information display screen. The print job information display screen 1000 in FIG. 14 has print job information 1002, a delete button 1004, a material registration button 1006, and a print button 1008.

  The print job information 1002 is information of a print job uploaded from the registration terminal 12 by the login user. The login user selects a print job from the print job information 1002, and presses any one of a delete button 1004, a material registration button 1006, and a print button 1008 to delete the selected print job, register the material, or print. be able to.

  In step S23, the print job information display unit 34 receives an operation for selecting a print job from the login user. The print job information display unit 34 displays the print job selected by the login user differently from the non-selected print jobs.

  In step S24, the material registration processing unit 37 accepts a press of the material registration button 1006 from the login user. The material registration processing unit 37 starts the material registration process of the print job selected by the login user.

  In step S25, the conference information display unit 36 requests information necessary for displaying the list of conference information from the conference management unit 35. In step S26, the conference management unit 35 searches for information necessary for displaying a list of conference information of the login user. For example, the conference management unit 35 searches the conference information storage unit 54 for a conference included in the participant list for the logged-in user, and reads the conference information of the conference hosted or joined by the logged-in user.

  In step S27, the conference management unit 35 responds to the conference information display unit 36 with information necessary for displaying a list of conference information of the login user as a search result. In step S28, the conference information display unit 36 displays a conference information list screen 1300 of the login user as shown in FIG. 15, for example.

  FIG. 15 is an image diagram of an example of a list screen of the conference information of the login user. A conference information list screen 1300 in FIG. 15 displays a conference information list 1302 of conferences that are candidates for a conference hosted or joined by the login user. The conference information list screen 1300 in FIG. 15 has a material registration execution button 1304.

  The login user selects a conference from the conference information list 1302 and presses the material registration execution button 1304, whereby the material data of the conference included in the print job selected in step S23 can be registered in the conference selected by the login user. . At this time, in step S29, the material registration processing unit 37 stores the conference material information as shown in FIG. 10 in the material information storage unit 52 as the information of the conference material registered in the conference.

  By the processing of the flowchart in FIG. 12, the registrant can register the conference material data uploaded to the multifunction peripheral 11 as the conference material of the conference selected from the conference information list 1302 hosted or participated by the registrant. By uploading a new conference material to a conference in which the conference material has already been registered, the multifunction peripheral 11 automatically saves the new conference material on the conference material registered in the conference. You may.

<< Electronic distribution of meeting materials >>
FIG. 16 is a flowchart of an example of electronic distribution processing of meeting materials. For example, a presenter or a participant of the conference performs a login operation on the display terminal 13. In step S41, the login request unit 61 of the display terminal 13 receives a login operation from a presenter or a participant of the conference, and issues a login request to the multifunction peripheral 11.

  In step S42, the login processing unit 33 of the MFP 11 performs a login process based on a login request from the display terminal 13. If the login is successful, in step S43, the conference information display unit 36 of the MFP 11 requests the conference management unit 35 for information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the login user.

  In step S44, the conference management unit 35 searches for information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the logged-in user. In step S45, the conference management unit 35 responds to the conference information display unit 36 with information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the logged-in user as a search result. In step S46, the conference information display unit 36 transmits information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the logged-in user to the display terminal 13.

  In step S47, the conference information acquisition unit 62 of the display terminal 13 receives information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the login user from the multifunction peripheral 11, and displays, for example, a conference information list screen 1300a of the login user as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 17 is an image diagram of another example of the conference information list screen of the login user. The conference information list screen 1300a in FIG. 17 displays a conference information list 1302 of a conference hosted or joined by the login user. The conference information list screen 1300a in FIG. 17 has a material distribution execution button 1306, a material printing execution button 1308, and a material deletion execution button 1310.

  The login user selects a conference from the conference information list 1302, and presses a material distribution execution button 1306, thereby instructing electronic distribution of the material data registered in the selected conference.

  In step S48, the material acquisition unit 63 receives an instruction for electronic distribution of the material data for which the meeting has been selected. The material acquisition unit 63 requests the MFP 11 to electronically distribute the material data of the meeting selected by the login user. In step S49, the material distribution processing unit 38 of the multifunction peripheral 11 searches the material information storage unit 52 for material data of the meeting selected by the login user.

  In step S50, the material distribution processing unit 38 of the multifunction device 11 transmits the material data of the conference selected by the login user to the display terminal 13. In step S51, the material acquisition unit 63 of the display terminal 13 receives the material data of the meeting selected by the login user. After receiving the conference material data, the conference processing unit 64 can display the received material data.

  By the processing of the flowchart in FIG. 16, the login user can receive the electronic distribution of the material data of the conference in which he or she participates as the presenter or participant of the conference.

《Printing meeting materials》
FIG. 18 is a flowchart of an example of a conference material printing process. For example, a presenter or a participant of the conference performs a log-in operation on the MFP 11. In step S61, the login processing unit 33 of the MFP 11 receives a login operation using a user ID and a password or a login operation using an IC card from a presenter or a participant of the conference, and performs a login process.

  If the login is successful, the conference information display unit 36 of the MFP 11 requests the conference management unit 35 for information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the login user in step S62. In step S63, the conference management unit 35 searches for information necessary for displaying the list of conference information of the logged-in user. In step S64, the conference management unit 35 responds to the conference information display unit 36 with information necessary for displaying the conference information list of the logged-in user as a search result.

  In step S65, the conference information display unit 36 of the multifunction peripheral 11 receives information necessary for displaying the login user's conference information list from the conference management unit 35, and displays, for example, the login user's conference information list screen 1300a in FIG.

  The login user selects a conference from the conference information list 1302, and presses a material print execution button 1308, thereby instructing printing of the material data registered in the selected conference. In step S66, the print processing unit 39 searches the material information storage unit 52 for material data of the meeting selected by the login user.

  In step S67, the print processing unit 39 determines whether or not printing of the conference material data retrieved from the material information storage unit 52 is permitted. For example, whether or not printing is permitted can be determined based on, for example, the security level of a meeting or meeting material. The conference security level may be registered in, for example, the conference information shown in FIG. Further, the security level of the conference material may be selected by the registrant in the conference material conference registration process and registered in the conference material information of FIG.

  If printing is permitted, the print processing unit 39 of the multifunction peripheral 11 performs a process of printing material data of the conference selected by the login user in step S68. If the printing is not permitted, the print processing unit 39 of the multifunction peripheral 11 displays, for example, on the operation panel 202 that the conference data can only be electronically distributed (or the conference data cannot be printed).

  With the processing in the flowchart of FIG. 18, the login user can print material data of a conference in which he or she participates as a presenter or a participant of the conference by using the MFP 11.

《Process of deleting meeting materials》
FIG. 19 is a flowchart of an example of the conference material deletion process. The processing in steps S81 to S85 in FIG. 19 is the same as the processing in steps S61 to S65 in FIG.

  The login user can select a conference from the conference information list 1302 on the conference information list screen 1300a in FIG. 17 and press a material deletion execution button 1310 to instruct deletion of the material data registered in the selected conference. In step S86, the material deletion processing unit 40 searches the material information storage unit 52 for material data of the meeting selected by the login user.

  In step S87, the material deletion processing unit 40 determines whether or not the material data of the meeting selected by the login user has been deleted. For example, whether or not the conference material data has been deleted can be determined based on whether or not the conference material information of the conference material data selected by the login user is stored in the material information storage unit 52.

  If not deleted, the material deletion processing unit 40 of the multifunction peripheral 11 performs a process of deleting the material data of the conference selected by the login user in step S88. If the data has been deleted, the material deletion processing unit 40 of the multifunction peripheral 11 displays, for example, on the operation panel 202 that the material data of the conference has been deleted.

  With the processing in the flowchart of FIG. 18, the login user can delete the material data of the conference in which he or she participates as the presenter or participant of the conference from the multifunction peripheral 11. The login user who can delete the material data of the meeting from the multifunction peripheral 11 may be limited to the registrant who registered the material data.

  Further, the multifunction peripheral 11 may automatically delete the conference material data from the multifunction peripheral 11 according to the procedure shown in FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart of an example of a process for automatically deleting meeting materials.

  In step S101, the material deletion processing unit 40 refers to the conference information stored in the conference information storage unit 54 and searches for a conference that has passed a predetermined time from the end date and time. If there is a conference that has passed a predetermined time from the end date and time, the material deletion processing unit 40 deletes the conference material of the conference that has passed a predetermined time from the end date and time in step S102.

  Further, in step S103, the material deletion processing unit 40 refers to the participant list and the reception state of the conference material information of FIG. "Done". If there is a meeting in which the receiving status of all the participants in the participant list is “Done”, the material deletion processing unit 40 deletes the meeting materials of the meeting in which the receiving status of all the participants in the participant list is “Done” in step S104.

  By the processing of the flowchart in FIG. 20, the multifunction peripheral 11 can automatically delete the material data registered in the conference.

《Other system configuration》
FIG. 21 is a configuration diagram of another example of the conference system according to the first embodiment. The conference system 1a of FIG. 21 is configured by adding a schedule management system 15 to the configuration of the conference system 1 of FIG. The schedule management system 15 is an example of a system that manages employee schedules in a company, for example. Therefore, in the conference system 1a of FIG. 21, the conference information registered in the multifunction peripheral 11 is also reflected in the schedule managed by the schedule management system 15.

  Further, the conference system 1a of FIG. 21 uses the conference management unit 35 of the multifunction peripheral 11 to use the schedule of the employee managed by the schedule management system 15 when the organizer of the conference registers the conference. Is also good. As described above, in the conference system 1a according to the first embodiment, the conference management unit 35 of the MFP 11 and the schedule management system 15 may cooperate.

<Summary>
In the conference system 1 according to the first embodiment, the document data of the conference is uploaded from the registration terminal 12 to the multifunction peripheral 11 using a mechanism for uploading a print job to the multifunction peripheral 11 in the authentication printing. Then, in the conference system 1 according to the first embodiment, the registrant can register the material data uploaded to the multifunction peripheral 11 in the conference on the operation panel 202 of the multifunction peripheral 11.

Therefore, according to the conference system 1 according to the first embodiment, the registrant easily registers the conference material data to be acquired by the plurality of display terminals 13 by operating the registration terminal 12 and the multifunction peripheral 11. be able to.
[Second embodiment]
In the conference system 1 according to the first embodiment, the multifunction peripheral 11 has a conference management function. The second embodiment is an example of a configuration in which the conference management function provided in the multifunction peripheral 11 of the first embodiment is provided in a place other than the multifunction peripheral 11. Note that the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except for a part, and thus the description will be appropriately omitted.

  FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of an example of the conference system according to the second embodiment. The conference system 1b in FIG. 22 has a configuration in which a conference management device 16 having a conference management function is added to the configuration of the conference system 1 in FIG. The conference management device 16 receives the request to create a conference and stores the above-described conference information and the like. Furthermore, the conference management device 16 performs holding of a conference, participation control, and the like.

  In the second embodiment, the multifunction peripheral 11 is realized by the functional blocks shown in FIG. FIG. 23 is a functional block diagram of another example of the multifunction peripheral. 23 has a configuration in which the conference management unit 35, the conference information storage unit 54, the participant information storage unit 55, and the device information storage unit 56 are removed from the configuration of the multifunction device 11 of FIG. The configuration removed from the multifunction peripheral 11 is provided in the conference management device 16 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 24 is a functional block diagram of an example of the conference management device. The conference management device 16 realizes a conference management unit 35, a conference information storage unit 54, a participant information storage unit 55, and a device information storage unit 56 by executing a program. Note that the processing of the conference system 1b of the second embodiment can be described by replacing the conference management unit 35 with the conference management apparatus 16 provided outside the multifunction peripheral 11 in the flowcharts of FIGS. Good.

According to the conference system 1b according to the second embodiment, the same effect as the conference system 1 according to the first embodiment can be obtained by linking the MFP 11 and the conference management device 16.
[Third Embodiment]
In the conference system 1b of the second embodiment, the conference management device 16 is provided on the same network 19 as the multifunction device 11, the registration terminal 12, and the display terminal 13. The third embodiment is an example of a configuration in which the conference management device 16 of the second embodiment is provided other than the network 19 such as the Internet. The network 19 is a private network such as a company LAN.

  FIG. 25 is a configuration diagram of an example of a conference system according to the third embodiment. The conference system 1c in FIG. 25 has a configuration in which the conference management device 16 connected to the network 19 in the conference system 1b in FIG. 22 is connected to a network 20 such as the Internet. The conference management device 16 of the conference system 1c in FIG. 25 can be realized by, for example, a cloud server.

  According to the conference system 1c of FIG. 25, by providing the conference management device 16 on the public network 20, the user can use the conference management function from other than the private network 19. Further, in the conference system 1c of FIG. 25, since the conference material information and the material data are managed by the multifunction peripheral 11, the security level can be maintained.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment specifically disclosed, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims. For example, in the present embodiment, a conference system is described as an example of the use of the information processing system. However, the present invention is also applicable to an information processing system for registering materials for use in seminars and education. In addition, the meeting in the present embodiment is a word including a class, a lecture, a seminar, a presentation, and other general communication in an educational institution, in addition to gathering and discussing to determine something. In the method of distributing material data in the present embodiment, video data based on the material data may be streamed in real time during a meeting.

  The registration terminal 12 and the display terminal 13 are examples of a terminal device. The multifunction peripheral 11 is an example of an image processing device. A print job is an example of a print request. The print request receiving unit 32 is an example of a print request receiving unit. The print processing unit 39 is an example of a print processing unit. The material registration processing unit 37 is an example of a registration processing unit.

  The print job information display unit 34 is an example of a print request information display unit. The conference information display unit 36 is an example of a conference information display unit. The operation panel control unit 31 is an example of a selection receiving unit. The material distribution processing unit 38 is an example of a material distribution processing unit. Note that the conference system 1 having the multifunction peripheral 11, the registration terminal 12, and the display terminal 13 is merely an example, and it goes without saying that there are various system configuration examples according to applications and purposes.

1, 1a, 1b, 1c Conference system 11 MFP 12 Registration terminal 13 Display terminal 15 Schedule management system 16 Conference management device 19, 20 Network 21 Display control unit 22 Operation accepting unit 23 Print request unit 24 Job generation unit 31 Operation panel control Unit 32 print request receiving unit 33 login processing unit 34 print job information display unit 35 conference management unit 36 conference information display unit 37 document registration processing unit 38 document distribution processing unit 39 print processing unit 40 document deletion processing unit 51 print job information storage unit 52 Document information storage unit 53 Account information storage unit 54 Meeting information storage unit 55 Participant information storage unit 56 Device information storage unit 61 Login request unit 62 Meeting information acquisition unit 63 Document acquisition unit 64 Conference processing unit 101 Input device 102 Display device 103 , 203 External I / F
103a, 203a Recording media 104, 212 RAM (Random Access Memory)
105, 213 ROM (Read Only Memory)
106, 211 CPU (Central Processing Unit)
107, 204 Communication I / F
108, 215 HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
201 controller 202 operation panel 205 printer 206 scanner 214 NVRAM
501 IC card reader 502 IC card 1000 Print job information display screen 1002 Print job information 1004 Delete button 1006 Document registration button 1008 Print button 1300, 1300a Meeting information list screen 1302 Meeting information list 1304 Document registration execution button 1306 Document distribution execution button 1308 Document Print execution button 1310 Material deletion execution button B bus

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Claims (14)

An image processing apparatus that performs print processing according to a print request received from a terminal device,
A print request receiving unit that receives a print request including electronic data from the terminal device,
Print processing means for performing a print process based on the electronic data included in the print request,
Registration processing means for performing a registration process for associating electronic data with information of a conference that shares the display of electronic data among a plurality of terminal devices participating in the conference;
Has,
When printing based on the electronic data is performed in response to the received print request, print processing is performed by the print processing unit, and when the display of the electronic data is shared, the print processing is performed by the registration processing unit. An image processing apparatus for registering electronic data included in a request in association with information of a conference relating to a user who has requested the print request. Print request information display means for displaying print request identification information for identifying the print request received and stored from the requesting user on a display unit,
Conference information display means for displaying conference identification information for identifying a conference relating to the user on the display unit,
Further having
Receiving the registration request that selected the displayed print request identification information and the displayed conference identification information from the user,
The registration processing means registers electronic data included in a print request corresponding to the selected print request identification information in association with information of a conference corresponding to the selected conference identification information. 2. The image processing device according to 1. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the print request information display unit displays print request identification information of the user authenticated by an authentication processing unit that authenticates the user. 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the conference information display unit displays conference identification information of the user authenticated by an authentication processing unit that authenticates the user. Further comprising a selection receiving unit that receives from the user a selection of execution of a printing process based on the electronic data included in the print request or execution of a registration process of registering the electronic data included in the print request in association with a conference,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print processing unit and the registration processing unit execute processing in accordance with a selection result received by the selection reception unit. A material for receiving the material distribution request that has selected the conference identification information from the terminal device, and distributing the electronic data registered in association with the information of the conference corresponding to the selected conference identification information to the terminal device. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a distribution processing unit. The print processing unit includes:
A material printing request in which the meeting identification information is selected is received from the user, and printing processing of the electronic data registered in association with meeting information corresponding to the selected meeting identification information is performed. The image processing device according to claim 6. When the print processing unit receives from the user a material print request in which the meeting identification information is selected, the electronic data registered in association with the meeting information corresponding to the selected meeting identification information is printed. It is determined whether or not printing is permitted. If it is determined that printing is permitted, the printing process of the electronic data is performed.If it is determined that printing is not permitted, the printing process of the electronic data is performed. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a display indicating that the image processing cannot be performed is performed. Material deletion processing means for receiving, from the user, a material deletion request that has selected the meeting identification information, and for deleting the electronic data registered in association with the information of the meeting corresponding to the selected meeting identification information. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: The material deletion processing unit deletes the electronic data registered in association with the information of the conference in which a predetermined time has elapsed from the end of the conference or the information of the conference in which the distribution of the materials to the terminal device has ended. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing is performed. A method of registering an image processing apparatus that performs a print process according to a print request received from a terminal device,
A print request receiving step of receiving a print request including electronic data from the terminal device,
A print processing step of performing a print processing based on the electronic data included in the print request,
A registration processing step of performing registration processing for associating electronic data with information of a conference in which the display of electronic data is shared among a plurality of terminal devices participating in the conference;
Has,
When printing based on the electronic data is performed in response to the received print request, the printing process is performed by the printing process step, and when the display of the electronic data is shared, the printing process is performed by the registration processing step. A registration method of registering electronic data included in a request in association with information of a conference relating to a user who has requested the print request. An image processing device that performs print processing according to a print request received from a terminal device,
A print request receiving unit that receives a print request including electronic data from the terminal device,
Print processing means for executing a print process based on the electronic data included in the print request,
Registration processing means for performing registration processing for associating electronic data with information of a conference in which the display of electronic data is shared among a plurality of terminal devices participating in the conference;
Function as
When printing based on the electronic data is performed in response to the received print request, print processing is performed by the print processing unit, and when the display of the electronic data is shared, the print processing is performed by the registration processing unit. A program for registering electronic data included in a request in association with information on a conference relating to a user who has requested the print request. An information processing system comprising: a plurality of terminal devices; and an image processing device that performs print processing according to a print request received from the terminal device,
A print request receiving unit that receives a print request including electronic data from the terminal device,
Print processing means for performing a print process based on the electronic data included in the print request,
Registration processing means for performing a registration process for associating electronic data with information of a conference that shares the display of electronic data among a plurality of terminal devices participating in the conference;
Has,
When printing based on the electronic data is performed in response to the received print request, print processing is performed by the print processing unit, and when the display of the electronic data is shared, the print processing is performed by the registration processing unit. An information processing system for registering electronic data included in a request in association with information of a conference relating to a user who has requested the print request. A registration method executed in an information processing system having a plurality of terminal devices and an image processing device that performs a print process according to a print request received from the terminal device,
A print request receiving step of receiving a print request including electronic data from the terminal device,
A print processing step of performing a print processing based on the electronic data included in the print request,
A registration processing step of performing registration processing for associating electronic data with information of a conference in which the display of electronic data is shared among a plurality of terminal devices participating in the conference;
Has,
When printing based on the electronic data is performed in response to the received print request, the printing process is performed by the printing process step, and when the display of the electronic data is shared, the printing process is performed by the registration processing step. A registration method of registering electronic data included in a request in association with information of a conference relating to a user who has requested the print request.

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