JP2022135460A - Image reading device - Google Patents

Abstract

To save time and effort for operations when a user uses an image reading device.SOLUTION: In an image reading system in which a portable terminal, an image reading device, an authentication server, and a settlement server can be connected via a network, an image reading device 3 comprises: a communication unit 31 that performs short-range radio communication with the portable terminal whose portable terminal identification information 33 is stored in a storage unit 32, and via an application program that is started up upon establishment of connection of the short-range radio communication and installed in the portable terminal, transmits and receives data to and from the portable terminal; a control unit 37 that causes the communication unit 31 to receive a scan setting profile registered in the portable terminal; and an image reading unit 38 that reads a document according to the scan setting profile and generates image data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an image reading device.

Patent Document 1 discloses a system for registering an image forming apparatus in a search list.

When a user uses an image forming device, the user first accesses the policy manager server that manages the image forming device connected to the network from the user's mobile terminal, and then accesses the image forming device from the policy manager server. Get a search list for . Next, the user selects a desired image forming apparatus by referring to the model name and IP (Internet Protocol) address of the image forming apparatus displayed in the search list. The mobile terminal accesses the image forming apparatus using the IP address or the like of the image forming apparatus selected by the user.

JP 2015-5195 A

When the user uses an image reading device, as in the case where the user uses the image forming device, the user himself/herself operates the portable terminal to obtain the search list and selects the desired image reading device from the search list. There is a need. In this way, it took time and effort for the user to operate the image reading apparatus.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to save the trouble of operation when a user uses an image reading apparatus.

An image reading apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage section, a communication section, a control section, and an image reading section. The storage unit stores identification information of the mobile terminal. The communication unit performs short-range wireless communication with a mobile terminal whose identification information is stored in the storage unit, and executes an application program installed in the mobile terminal, which is activated when a connection of the short-range wireless communication is established. Data is transmitted/received to/from the mobile terminal via the mobile terminal. The control unit causes the communication unit to receive a scan setting profile registered in the mobile terminal. The image reading unit reads a document according to the scan setting profile and generates image data.

According to the present invention, it is possible for the user to save the trouble of operation when using the image reading apparatus.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an image reading system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a scan setting profile registration screen displayed by the mobile terminal according to the first embodiment; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an image reading apparatus according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the image reading apparatus according to the first embodiment; 4 is a diagram showing an example of a scan screen displayed by the image reading device according to the first embodiment; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a review screen displayed by the image reading device according to the first embodiment; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a scan setting profile change screen displayed by the image reading apparatus according to the first embodiment; FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated.

<Embodiment 1>
An image reading system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration example of an image reading system 1 according to the first embodiment. The image reading system 1 includes at least one or more mobile terminals 2 and one or more image reading devices 3 . The image reading system 1 may include an authentication server 4 or a payment server 5 in addition to the mobile terminal 2 and the image reading device 3 .

The mobile terminal 2 and the image reading device 3 can be connected by short-range wireless communication. Near field communication is Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LAN (Local Area Network), NFC (Near Field Communication), or the like.

Mobile terminal 2 , image reading device 3 , authentication server 4 , and settlement server 5 can be connected via network 6 . The network 6 is LAN, the Internet, or the like.

The mobile terminal 2 is a smart phone, a tablet, a personal computer, or the like. The image reading device 3 has at least an image reading function of reading a document and generating image data. The image reading device 3 may be an image reading device with an image forming function that forms an image on a sheet. In addition to the image reading function, the image reading device 3 may be a multi-function device having an image forming function, a facsimile transmission/reception function, an e-mail transmission function, and the like.

The authentication server 4 has a function of authenticating a user who owns the mobile terminal 2 . Further, the authentication server 4 may manage the authority related to the functions of the image reading device 3 that can be used by the user who owns the portable terminal 2 .

The payment server 5 has a function of paying for the use of the image reading device 3 by the user who owns the portable terminal 2 .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile terminal 2 according to the first embodiment. The mobile terminal 2 includes a communication section 21 , a storage section 22 , a display section 25 , an input section 26 and a control section 27 .

The communication unit 21 performs short-range wireless communication with the image reading device 3 . Also, the communication unit 21 communicates with the authentication server 4 and the settlement server 5 via the network 6 as necessary. The communication unit 21 is a communication circuit compatible with various communication standards.

The storage unit 22 stores various data such as the mobile terminal identification information 23 and the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation. The storage unit 22 is, for example, a storage medium such as a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), RAM (Random Access Memory), or ROM (Read Only Memory).

The mobile terminal identification information 23 is information for identifying the mobile terminal 2 . The mobile terminal identification information 23 is, for example, a passcode used for Bluetooth (registered trademark) pairing.

The portrait orientation scan setting profile 24 is an example of a scan setting profile registered by the user who owns the portable terminal 2 .

The display unit 25 is a display. The input unit 26 is a physical button, a touch panel, or the like. The touch panel may be attached to the surface of the display, which is the display unit 25 . In the following description, it is assumed that a touch panel is attached to the surface of the display, that is, a configuration in which the display section 25 and the input section 26 are integrated.

The control unit 27 controls the operation of each function provided in the mobile terminal 2 . For example, when the communication unit 21 establishes a short-range wireless communication connection with the image reading device 3 , the control unit 27 activates an application program installed in the mobile terminal 2 . Then, the control unit 27 causes data to be transmitted and received between the communication unit 21 and the image reading device 3 according to the application program. Also, for example, the control unit 27 causes the user to perform a scan setting profile registration operation according to an application program.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the scan setting profile registration screen 25a displayed by the mobile terminal 2 according to the first embodiment. The control unit 27 causes the display unit 25 to display the scan setting profile registration screen 25a when allowing the user to register the scan setting profile. Setting items such as document orientation, resolution, color mode, document type, file format, and show-through prevention are displayed on the scan setting profile registration screen 25a. For example, when the user operates the setting item "document orientation", the setting content is changed to "portrait" or "landscape". The orientation of the document is the orientation of the document set by the user on the document feeder of the image reading device 3 or the document placement surface such as the platen glass. On the scan setting profile registration screen 25a, the document orientation is set to portrait, the resolution is 600×600 dpi, the color mode is full color, the document type is document, the file format of the image data read from the document is PDF, and the show-through prevention function is set to OFF. ing. Further, when the user operates the "other setting items" button, the control unit 27 displays other setting items that are not displayed on the scan setting profile registration screen 25a. When the input unit 26 receives the user's operation on the "Register" button, the control unit 27 stores the setting items and setting contents shown on the scan setting profile registration screen 25a as the scan setting profile for portrait orientation 24 in the storage unit 22. Memorize.

The control unit 27 has, for example, a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and memories such as ROM and RAM. For example, the control unit 27 executes various processes specified by the application program when the processor executes the application program stored in advance in the memory.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the image reading device 3 according to the first embodiment. The image reading device 3 includes a communication section 31 , a storage section 32 , a display section 35 , an input section 36 , a control section 37 , an image reading section 38 and an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing section 39 .

The communication unit 31 performs short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal 2 . Also, the communication unit 31 communicates with the authentication server 4 and the settlement server 5 via the network 6 as necessary. The communication unit 31 is a communication circuit compatible with various communication standards.

The storage unit 32 stores various data such as the mobile terminal identification information 33 and the scan setting profile 34 for landscape orientation. The storage unit 32 is, for example, a storage medium such as HDD, SSD, RAM, or ROM.

The mobile terminal identification information 33 is information for identifying the mobile terminal 2 . The mobile terminal identification information 33 is, for example, a passcode used for Bluetooth (registered trademark) pairing. When the mobile terminal 2 and the image reading device 3 are already paired, the mobile terminal identification information 23 stored in the storage unit 22 of the mobile terminal 2 and the mobile terminal identification information 23 stored in the storage unit 32 of the image reading device 3 The terminal identification information 33 is the same.

The horizontal orientation scan setting profile 34 is an example of a scan setting profile registered in advance in the image reading device 3 . The landscape scan setting profile 34 may be registered by the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 by operating the input unit 36 in the past, or may be an initial profile or the like pre-registered by the manufacturer or the like. may Note that the storage unit 32 may store both the scan setting profile 24 for vertical placement and the scan setting profile 34 for horizontal placement instead of storing the scan setting profile in the storage unit 22 of the mobile terminal 2 .

The display unit 35 is a display. The input unit 36 is a physical button, a touch panel, or the like. The touch panel may be attached to the surface of the display, which is the display unit 35 . In the following description, it is assumed that the display unit 35 and the input unit 36 are integrated.

The control unit 37 controls the operation of each function provided in the image reading device 3 . For example, the control unit 37 selects the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation registered in the mobile terminal 2 or the storage unit 24 according to the orientation of the document set in the image reading unit 38 by the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 . 32 is acquired. When acquiring the vertical installation scan setting profile 24 registered in the mobile terminal 2 , the control unit 37 acquires the vertical installation scan setting profile 24 from the mobile terminal 2 via the communication unit 31 . The image reading section 38 is notified of the scanning setting profile 24 for the application. Further, the control unit 37 may request the authentication server 4 to authenticate the user who owns the mobile terminal 2 . Further, the control unit 37 may request the payment server 5 to make a payment when the user who owns the portable terminal 2 uses the image reading device 3 .

The image reading unit 38 uses the scan setting profile notified from the control unit 37 to perform image reading processing on the document set on the document feeder or the document placement surface, and generates image data.

The OCR processing section 39 performs OCR processing on the image data generated by the image reading section 38 . The OCR processing unit 39 determines whether or not the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than a predetermined quality based on the OCR processing result. The OCR processing unit 39 determines the quality of image data based on the character recognition rate or the like. The OCR processing unit 39 determines that the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than a predetermined quality when the character recognition rate of the image data is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold.

The control unit 37 and the OCR processing unit 39 have, for example, a processor such as a CPU and memories such as ROM and RAM. For example, the control unit 37 and the OCR processing unit 39 execute various processes defined by the computer program when the processor executes a computer program stored in advance in the memory.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the image reading device 3 according to the first embodiment. The image reading device 3 repeats the operation shown in the flowchart of FIG.

Here, it is assumed that the user moves within the short-range wireless communication range of the image reading device 3 while carrying the portable terminal 2 . The communication unit 31 establishes connection with the communication unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 that has entered the short-range wireless communication range. When the short-range wireless communication connection is established, the control unit 27 of the mobile terminal 2 automatically activates the installed application program. Then, the control unit 27 transmits the mobile terminal identification information 23 stored in the storage unit 22 to the image reading device 3 through the communication unit 21 according to the application program. The communication unit 31 of the image reading device 3 receives the mobile terminal identification information 23 transmitted by the mobile terminal 2 .

In step S<b>1 , the control unit 37 checks whether or not the mobile terminal identification information 33 that matches the mobile terminal identification information 23 received from the mobile terminal 2 exists in the storage unit 32 . If the mobile terminal identification information 33 that matches the mobile terminal identification information 23 exists in the storage unit 32 (step S1; Yes), that is, if the registered mobile terminal 2 exists within the short-range wireless communication range of the image reading device 3 , the processing of the control unit 37 proceeds to step S2. If the mobile terminal identification information 33 that matches the mobile terminal identification information 23 does not exist in the storage unit 32 (step S1; No), that is, if the registered mobile terminal 2 does not exist within the short-range wireless communication range of the image reading device 3 , the processing of the control unit 37 ends.

Note that if a mobile terminal 2 that has not been registered exists within the short-range wireless communication range (step S1; No), the control unit 37 performs the process of step S2 after performing the registration process for this mobile terminal 2. good.

In step S<b>2 , the control unit 37 authenticates the user who owns the registered portable terminal 2 . For example, the control unit 37 notifies the authentication server 4 of information that can identify the user, such as the mobile terminal identification information 33, via the communication unit 31, and requests authentication of the user possessing the mobile terminal 2. . The control unit 37 receives the user authentication result from the authentication server 4 via the communication unit 31 . In addition to the result of user authentication, the control unit 37 may receive from the authentication server 4 via the communication unit 31 whether or not the user has permission to use the image reading function of the image reading device 3 . If the user authentication is successful, or if the user has the authority to use the image reading function (step S2; Yes), the processing of the control section 37 proceeds to step S3. If the user authentication fails, or if the user does not have the authority to use the image reading function (step S2; No), the processing of the control section 37 ends.

In the above example, the user authentication is performed by the authentication server 4, but the image reading device 3 may perform the user authentication. For example, the user identification information is registered in advance in the storage unit 32 of the image reading device 3, and in step S2, the control unit 37 reads the user identification information from the IC card possessed by the user, and Determine whether the identification information matches the registered user identification information. Alternatively, the control unit 37 may determine whether or not the user identification information input by the user to the input unit 36 matches registered user identification information.

A user who is successfully authenticated sets a document on the document feeder or the document table of the image reading device 3 . At this time, the control unit 37 may generate a screen that guides the user to set the document, and cause the display unit 35 to display the screen.

In step S3, the control section 37 instructs the image reading section 38 to determine the orientation of the document. Upon receiving an instruction from the control unit 37, the image reading unit 38 determines the orientation of the set document. The image reading unit 38 notifies the control unit 37 of the result of determining the orientation of the document.

In step S<b>4 , the control unit 37 acquires from the mobile terminal 2 via the communication unit 31 a scan setting profile corresponding to the orientation of the document notified from the image reading unit 38 .

For example, when the orientation of the document notified by the image reading unit 38 is portrait orientation, the control unit 37 requests the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation from the portable terminal 2 via the communication unit 31 . In response to this request, the control unit 27 of the mobile terminal 2 acquires the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation stored in the storage unit 22 and transmits it to the image reading device 3 via the communication unit 21 .

Further, for example, when the orientation of the document notified by the image reading unit 38 is landscape orientation, the control unit 37 requests the scan setting profile 34 for landscape orientation from the portable terminal 2 via the communication unit 31 . In response to this request, the control unit 27 of the mobile terminal 2 acquires the landscape scan setting profile 34 stored in the storage unit 22 and transmits it to the image reading device 3 via the communication unit 21 .

If the vertical installation scan setting profile 24 or the horizontal installation scan setting profile 34 requested by the image reading device 3 does not exist in the storage unit 22 , the control unit 27 sends a response to that effect via the communication unit 21 . Send to the image reading device 3 . In the configuration example of FIG. 2 , the landscape scan setting profile 34 does not exist in the storage unit 22 . Therefore, when the horizontal installation scan setting profile 34 is requested from the image reading device 3 , the control unit 27 transmits a response to the effect that the horizontal installation scan setting profile 34 does not exist to the image reading device 3 .

Alternatively, the control unit 37 may determine whether or not to acquire the scan setting profile from the mobile terminal 2 based on the document orientation notified from the image reading unit 38 . In the configuration example of FIG. 4 , when the document is oriented vertically, the control unit 37 determines that the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation does not exist in the storage unit 32 and is acquired from the mobile terminal 2 . Then, the control unit 37 requests the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation from the portable terminal 2 via the communication unit 31 . In response to this request, the portable terminal 2 transmits the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation to the image reading device 3 . On the other hand, when the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation exists in the storage unit 32 , the control unit 37 determines to acquire the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation from the storage unit 32 .

Note that when the vertical installation scan setting profile 24 does not exist in the storage unit 22 of the mobile terminal 2 or the storage unit 32 of the image reading device 3, the control unit 37 allows the user to register the scan setting profile. In that case, for example, the control unit 37 generates a registration screen such as the scan setting profile registration screen 25a (FIG. 3) and causes the display unit 35 to display it. The input unit 36 accepts user operations on the registration screen. The control unit 37 generates the portrait orientation scan setting profile 24 based on the user operation received by the input unit 36 .

In step S5, the control section 37 notifies the image reading section 38 of the scan setting profile acquired in step S4. The image reading unit 38 uses the scan setting profile notified from the control unit 37 to perform image reading processing on the set document and generate image data.

Note that, in step S5, the control unit 37 may first generate a scan screen showing the setting contents of the scan setting profile and cause the display unit 35 to display it. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the scan screen 35a displayed by the image reading device 3 according to the first embodiment. The control unit 37 uses the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation acquired from the portable terminal 2 to generate the scan screen 35a. The user confirms the setting contents of each setting item before the image reading process, and operates the "start" button if there is no problem with the setting contents. The input unit 36 accepts a user's operation on the "start" button. The control unit 37 instructs the image reading unit 38 to start image reading processing according to the user's operation received by the input unit 36 .

If the user wants to change the settings displayed on the scan screen 35a, the user performs an operation to change the settings. The input unit 36 accepts a user operation for changing setting contents. The control unit 37 changes the scan setting profile 24 for vertical placement according to the user operation received by the input unit 36 . The control unit 37 transmits the changed vertical installation scan setting profile 24 to the mobile terminal 2 via the communication unit 31, and changes the vertical installation scan setting profile 24 registered in the mobile terminal 2 to the changed vertical installation scan setting profile 24. The user scan setting profile 24 may be updated.

In step S<b>6 , the control unit 37 receives image data obtained by reading the document from the image reading unit 38 and outputs the data to the OCR processing unit 39 . Upon receiving image data from the control unit 37, the OCR processing unit 39 performs OCR processing on the image data. The OCR processing unit 39 determines whether or not the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than a predetermined quality based on the OCR processing result. The OCR processing unit 39 notifies the control unit 37 of the quality determination result.

In step S<b>7 , the control unit 37 receives the quality determination result of the image data from the OCR processing unit 39 . If the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than the predetermined quality (step S7; Yes), the processing of the control section 37 proceeds to step S8. If the quality of the image data is less than the predetermined quality (step S7; No), the process of the control section 37 proceeds to step S9.

Note that the control unit 37 may generate a review screen of the image data and cause the control unit 37 to display it in step S7. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the review screen 35b displayed by the image reading device 3 according to the first embodiment. Image data generated by the image reading unit 38 is displayed as a scan result on the review screen 35b. The review screen 35b also displays an "OK" button, a "retry" button, and a "review only when an error is detected" button.

When the user operates the "OK" button, the process of the control section 37 proceeds to step S8. When the user operates the "retry" button, the process of the control section 37 proceeds to step S9. When the user operates the "review only when an error is detected" button, the control unit 37 displays the review screen 35b only when the quality of the image data is less than the predetermined quality after the next image reading process. If the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than the predetermined quality, the control section 37 performs the process of step S8 without displaying the review screen 35b.

In step S<b>8 , the control section 37 transmits the image data generated in step S<b>5 to the mobile terminal 2 via the communication section 31 .

In step S9, the control unit 37 generates a screen for changing the scan setting profile acquired in step S4. The control unit 37 causes the display unit 35 to display the generated change screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the scan setting profile change screen 35c displayed by the image reading apparatus 3 according to the first embodiment. The user operates the input unit 36 to change the setting contents of each setting item while viewing the scan setting profile change screen 35 c displayed on the display unit 35 . The input unit 36 accepts an operation for changing setting contents. The control unit 37 changes the scan setting profile according to the operation accepted by the input unit 36 and notifies the image reading unit 38 of the changed scan setting profile. In subsequent step S5, the image reading unit 38 performs image reading processing again using the changed scan setting profile.

After transmitting the image data to the portable terminal 2, the control unit 37 may request the payment server 5 to process the payment for the image reading process. Alternatively, the control unit 37 may transmit to the portable terminal 2 information about the price of the image reading process in addition to the image data. In this case, the control unit 27 of the mobile terminal 2 may request the payment server 5 to process the payment after receiving the image data. The timing of payment is not limited to after image data transmission.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8, the image reading device 3 includes the storage section 32, the communication section 31, the control section 37, and the image reading section . The storage unit 32 stores mobile terminal identification information 33 . The communication unit 31 performs short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal 2 whose mobile terminal identification information 33 is stored in the storage unit 32, and is installed in the mobile terminal 2, which is activated when the connection of the short-range wireless communication is established. Data is transmitted/received to/from the mobile terminal 2 via the application program. The control unit 37 causes the communication unit 31 to receive the scan setting profile registered in the mobile terminal 2 . The image reading unit 38 reads a document according to the scan setting profile and generates image data. In this manner, the image reading device 3 is configured to automatically acquire the scan setting profile from the mobile terminal 2 with which the short-range wireless communication connection has been established, and read the document. Therefore, the image reading device 3 requires an operation by the user to select the image reading device 3 from the search list displayed on the display unit 25 of the mobile terminal 2 and an operation by the user to set the scan setting profile for the image reading device 3. can save the trouble of

Further, the control section 37 causes the image data generated by the image reading section 38 to be transmitted from the communication section 31 to the portable terminal 2 . In this manner, the image reading device 3 is configured to automatically transmit the read image data to the portable terminal 2 with which the short-range wireless communication connection has been established. Therefore, the image reading device 3 can save the user the trouble of selecting the mobile terminal 2 as the data transmission destination from the operation screen displayed on the display unit 35 of the image reading device 3 .

The portrait orientation scan setting profile 24 and the landscape orientation scan setting profile 34 may be configurations registered in the mobile terminal 2 . In this configuration, the image reading unit 38 determines whether the document is placed vertically or horizontally. Based on the determination result of the image reading unit 38 , the control unit 37 causes the communication unit 31 to receive the scan setting profile 24 for portrait orientation or the scan setting profile 34 for landscape orientation registered in the portable terminal 2 . In this manner, the image reading device 3 is configured to automatically acquire the scan setting profile corresponding to the orientation of the document from the mobile terminal 2 . Therefore, the image reading device 3 can save the user the trouble of setting the scan setting profile for the image reading device 3 .

Note that the portrait orientation scan setting profile 24 may be registered in one of the mobile terminal 2 and the image reading device 3 , and the landscape orientation scan setting profile 34 may be registered in the other of the mobile terminal 2 and the image reading device 3 . . In this case, the image reading unit 38 determines whether the document is placed vertically or horizontally. Based on the determination result of the image reading unit 38, the control unit 37 determines whether or not to receive the scan setting profile from the mobile terminal 2. If it is determined to receive the scan setting profile from the mobile terminal 2, the scan setting profile is registered in the mobile terminal 2. The communication unit 31 is caused to receive the scan setting profile. In this manner, the image reading device 3 automatically acquires the scan setting profile corresponding to the orientation of the document from the mobile terminal 2 . Further, when the image reading device 3 determines not to acquire from the mobile terminal 2 , the scan setting profile registered in the image reading device 3 may be used. Therefore, the image reading device 3 can save the user the trouble of setting the scan setting profile for the image reading device 3 .

The image reading device 3 also includes a display section 35 . The display unit 35 displays image data generated by the image reading unit 38 . This configuration allows the user to check whether the reading was successful in the preferred state.

The image reading device 3 also includes an OCR processing section 39 . The OCR processing unit 39 performs OCR processing on the image data generated by the image reading unit 38 and determines whether the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than a predetermined quality. The display unit 35 displays an instruction to change the scan setting profile to the user when the quality of the image data is lower than the predetermined quality. This configuration allows the user to check whether the reading was successful in the preferred state.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings (FIGS. 1 to 8). However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in various aspects without departing from the gist of the present invention. Modification 1 will be described below.

<Modification 1>
In the above-described embodiment, there is a scan setting profile when the document is placed vertically and a scan setting profile when the document is placed horizontally, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, there may be a scan setting profile for A4 size documents and a scan setting profile for B5 size documents.

The image reading apparatus according to the present invention can be applied to various image reading apparatuses, whether for home use or business use. In particular, it is suitable for use in an image reading device shared by a plurality of users.

1 image reading system 2 mobile terminal 3 image reading device 4 authentication server 5 payment server 6 networks 21, 31 communication units 22, 32 storage units 23, 33 mobile terminal identification information 24 scan setting profiles for vertical installation 25, 35 display unit 25a scan Setting profile registration screens 26, 36 Input units 27, 37 Control unit 34 Scan setting profile for horizontal installation 35a Scan screen 35b Review screen 35c Scan setting profile change screen 38 Image reading unit 39 OCR processing unit

Claims (6)

a storage unit that stores identification information of the mobile terminal;
Through an application program installed in the mobile terminal, which performs near-field wireless communication with the mobile terminal whose identification information is stored in the storage unit and is activated when a connection of the near-field wireless communication is established, a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the mobile terminal;
a control unit that causes the communication unit to receive a scan setting profile registered in the mobile terminal;
An image reading device, comprising: an image reading unit that reads a document according to the scan setting profile and generates image data. 2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control section causes said communication section to transmit said image data generated by said image reading section to said portable terminal. The image reading unit determines whether the document is placed vertically or horizontally,
3. The control unit causes the communication unit to receive a portrait orientation scan setting profile or a landscape orientation scan setting profile registered in the portable terminal based on the determination result of the image reading unit. The image reading device according to . The image reading unit determines whether the document is placed vertically or horizontally,
The control unit determines whether or not to receive the scan setting profile from the mobile terminal based on the determination result of the image reading unit, and if it is determined to receive the scan setting profile from the mobile terminal, the scan setting profile is registered in the mobile terminal. 3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication unit receives a scan setting profile. 5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display section for displaying said image data generated by said image reading section. an OCR processing unit that performs OCR processing on the image data generated by the image reading unit and determines whether the quality of the image data is equal to or higher than a predetermined quality;
6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said display unit displays an instruction to change the scan setting profile to the user when the quality of said image data is lower than said predetermined quality.

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