JP5151797B2 - Image output device, image output control method, image output control program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image output apparatus, an image output control method, an image output control program, and a recording medium, and more particularly, performs user authentication and performs image output such as print output and transmission for threatening image output operations. The present invention relates to an image output apparatus, an image output control method, an image output control program, and a recording medium that appropriately deal with the problem.

  In recent years, with the improvement in image quality of image output devices such as full-color copiers, forgery of confidential documents (hereinafter referred to as “specific documents”) and the leakage of confidential documents that are prohibited from being copied such as banknotes and securities. The risk is increasing.

  On the other hand, in recent years, with the spread of ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines), techniques for dealing with crimes using ATMs, in particular, withdrawing or transferring cash by the user's operation due to threats, have been proposed. For example, a technique for discriminating whether or not the operation is based on a threat or the like based on the card slide direction (see Patent Document 1), after performing personal authentication, a plurality of transaction approval passwords are generated and presented, and one password Has proposed a technique (see Patent Document 2) in which a legitimate transaction can be made and the other one password is processed by judging that the customer is threatened to withdraw cash.

  Further, threatening operation problems such as those occurring in ATMs may also occur in the image output apparatus, and an appropriate solution is desired.

JP-A-5-195660 JP 2006-518518 A

  However, the above prior art is an ATM technology, and in response to threatening operations, the card slide direction is changed from the normal direction, and multiple transaction approval passwords are presented. To enter the transaction authorization password assigned to a transaction with a threatening action that is different from the legitimate transaction, so to properly respond to those in a threatening situation, It is difficult, and the technical object is ATM, and it cannot be applied as it is to an image output apparatus that outputs a specific document, and there is a need for improvement.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides an image output apparatus, an image output control method, an image output control program, and a recording medium that provide appropriate processing in response to an image output request due to threat or the like.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention registers user authentication information for authenticating a user who is permitted to use in the authentication information registration means, and the user authentication information input by the user who requests use and the authentication. The user authentication information registered in the information registration means is compared to control whether or not to use, and at least image output processing is executed according to the image output instruction of the user permitted to use, and predetermined threat information When receiving threatening information indicating that an image output instruction is being given due to the threat of someone other than the user from the input means, the received image output instruction is preset differently from the content of the image output instruction. executes predetermined threatened during processing operations have to register the image data in a predetermined image data registration unit, registration threatened during processing operations to be executed upon receiving the threatening information to the image data registration means Intimidation processing registered in the threat processing content registration means in association with the image data being registered, and as threat processing processing, registered in the threat processing content registration means in association with the image data instructed to output the image It is characterized by executing an operation .

  Furthermore, the present invention registers the threatening processing operation for each designated image attribute in the threatening processing content registration unit, and associates the image data with the designated image attribute in the image data registration unit. Registered and registered as the threatening processing content registration unit corresponding to the image attribute registered in the image data registration unit for the image data corresponding to the received output instruction as the processing processing at the time of the threat It may be characterized by executing a threatening processing operation.

  According to the present invention, when a user who has authority to use performs an image output operation due to a threat or the like, the image output operation due to the threat or the like is recognized in an appropriate and difficult-to-understand manner by the threatened person, As the output operation, the processing operation at the time of threat different from the normal image output operation is executed, so that appropriate processing can be performed in response to the image output request due to threat, etc., and the confidentiality of the image data is ensured while ensuring the safety of the user. Can be held appropriately.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, since the Example described below is a suitable Example of this invention, various technically preferable restrictions are attached | subjected, However, The range of this invention is unduly limited by the following description. However, not all the configurations described in the present embodiment are essential constituent elements of the present invention.

  1 to 19 are diagrams showing an embodiment of an image output apparatus, an image output control method, an image output control program, and a recording medium according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an image output apparatus and an image output control according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a first embodiment to which an embodiment of a method, an image output control program, and a recording medium are applied.

  In FIG. 1, the composite apparatus 1 has a contact glass 3 disposed on the upper surface of a main body housing 2, and is mounted on a first carriage (not shown) inside the main body housing 2 below the contact glass 3. A scanner engine unit 10 comprising a lamp 4 and a first mirror 5, a second mirror 6 and a third mirror 7 mounted on a second carriage (not shown), a lens 8 and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) 9 is disposed. .

  In the scanner engine unit 10, the first carriage and the second carriage are driven by a motor (not shown) to move in the sub-scanning direction, which is the left-right direction in FIG. 1, and the document set on the contact glass 3 is fixed. The image of the original is read by main scanning and sub scanning.

  In the composite apparatus 1, an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) 20 is attached to the upper portion of the main body housing 2 so that the upper surface of the contact glass 3 can be opened and closed. By opening the ADF 20, a document can be set on the contact glass 3. Thus, it has a function of a pressure plate that presses the original against the contact glass 3 when the original is set on the contact glass 3 and is closed.

  The ADF 20 includes a document table 21, a feeding roller 22, a feeding belt 23, a plurality of conveying rollers 24 provided along the feeding belt 23, a discharge roller 25, a discharge table 26, a document set detection sensor 27, and the like. It is arranged.

  When the start key 64 (see FIG. 2) on the operation unit 60 (see FIG. 2) is pressed while the ADF 20 is in a state where a document bundle is set on the document table 21 with the image side facing up, The feeding roller 22 separates the original bundle one by one from the lowermost document set on the document table 21, feeds it to the feeding belt 23, and moves the document fed to the feeding belt 23 by the conveying roller 24. The sheet is fed to a predetermined position on the contact glass 3 by the sheet feeding belt 23.

  The multifunction apparatus 1 reads the document information on the contact glass 3 by the scanner engine unit 10 and then discharges the original on the sheet discharge table 26 by the feeding belt 23 and the discharge roller 25.

  The ADF 20 has a count function that counts up the number of documents every time a document is fed.

  When the document set detection sensor 27 detects that the next document is on the document table 21, the copying apparatus 1 uses the feeding roller 22 and the feeding belt 23 as the lowermost document on the document table 21 as described above. Then, the image information of the original on the contact glass 3 is read by the scanner engine unit 10, and then is fed onto the discharge table 26 by the feeding belt 23 and the discharge roller 25. Discharge. The feeding roller 22, the feeding belt 23, and the discharging roller 25 are driven by a conveyance motor (not shown).

  In the copying apparatus 1, a plotter engine unit 30 is disposed below the scanner engine unit 10 in the main body housing 2. The plotter engine unit 30 includes a photoconductor (for example, photoconductor drum) 31 and a writing unit 32. , Developing unit 33, conveyance belt 34, fixing unit 35, conveyance switching sheet discharge unit 36, duplex paper conveyance path 37, reverse sheet ejection conveyance path 38, reversing unit 39, duplex conveyance unit 40, paper feed unit group 41, conveyance A unit 42, a paper discharge tray 43, and the like are disposed.

  The plotter engine unit 30 uniformly charges the surface of the photoreceptor 31 that is driven to rotate clockwise in FIG. 1 by a main motor (not shown) by a charger (not shown), and the scanner engine unit 10 is placed on the surface of the photoreceptor 31. Is written by the writing unit 32 on the basis of the image data read in step S1 or data sent from an external device (not shown) (for example, a personal computer) to form an electrostatic latent image. The plotter engine unit 30 supplies toner from the developing unit 33 to the photosensitive member 31 on which the electrostatic latent image is formed, visualizes it as a toner image, and transfers the visualized toner image on the photosensitive member 31. Is transferred to the paper P fed from one of the paper feed unit groups 41 and transported by the transport unit 42. The plotter engine unit 30 transports the paper P on which the toner image has been transferred to the fixing unit 35 by the transport belt 34, performs the fixing process by the fixing unit 35, and then sends it to the transport switching paper discharge unit 36 for transport. The switching paper discharge unit 36 switches the conveyance path. The transport switching paper discharge unit 36 discharges the paper P onto the paper discharge tray 43 provided on the side surface of the main body housing 2 when discharging the paper P as it is. The plotter engine unit 30 cleans the transferred photoreceptor 31 with a cleaning unit (not shown), removes residual toner, removes electricity with a neutralization unit (not shown), and then uniformly charges again with a charging unit. For image formation. The writing unit 32 includes a laser output unit 32a, an imaging lens 32b, and a mirror 32c. Inside the laser output unit 32a, a rotating polygon mirror that rotates at a constant speed at a high speed by a laser diode that is a laser light source and a motor. (Polygon mirror) is provided. The writing unit 32 polarizes laser light irradiated from the laser diode of the laser output unit 32a and modulated by image data with a polygon mirror that rotates at a constant speed, passes through the imaging lens 32b, and irradiates the mirror 32c. Then, the light is condensed on the photoconductor 31 by the mirror 32c to form an image.

  A reversing unit 39 for reversing the front and back surfaces of the paper P by a double-sided paper feeding conveying path 37 and a reverse paper discharging conveying path 38 and a paper P reversed by the reversing unit 39 are again conveyed to the conveyance switching paper discharging unit 36 by the conveying unit 42. A double-sided conveyance unit 40 is connected between the photosensitive member 31 and the conveyance belt 34 via the transfer belt. When the reverse discharge or the double-sided recording is selected, the conveyance switching paper discharge unit 36 selects an image on one side. The sheet P on which fixing has been completed is sent to the reversing unit 39 via the reversing discharge conveyance path 38.

  When the reverse discharge is selected, the reversing unit 39 temporarily pulls in the paper P sent from the transport switching paper discharge unit 36 and inverts the front and back surfaces of the paper P and reverses the paper discharge conveying path 38. To the conveyance switching paper discharge unit 36, and the conveyance switching paper discharge unit 36 discharges the paper P whose front and back surfaces are reversed by the reversing unit 39 onto the paper discharge tray 43.

  When double-sided recording is selected, the duplex transport unit 40 pulls in the paper P that is once pulled by the reversing unit 39 and reverses the front and back surfaces, and sends the paper P to the transport unit 42. And the conveying belt 34 are used for image formation on the back surface.

  The sheet feeding unit group 41 includes three sheet feeding units, a first sheet feeding unit 51 to a third sheet feeding unit 53, and each sheet feeding unit 51 to 53 has a first sheet feeding tray 51a to a third sheet feeding unit, respectively. A paper tray 53 a and paper feed roller portions 51 b to 53 b for separating the paper P in the paper feed trays 51 a to 53 a one by one and feeding them to the transport unit 42 are provided. The sheet feeding unit group 41 drives the sheet feeding roller units 51b to 53b of the selected sheet feeding units 51 to 53, and the sheets P in the sheet feeding trays 51a to 53a of the selected sheet feeding units 51 to 53 are driven. Are separated one by one and sent to the transport unit 42.

  The transport unit 42 transports the paper P sent from the paper feed units 51 to 53 of the paper feed unit group 41 between the photosensitive member 31 and the transport belt 34.

  In addition, the composite apparatus 1 includes an operation unit (instruction means) 60 at the upper part of the main body housing 2 as shown in a plan view in FIG. 2, and the operation unit 60 includes a liquid crystal touch panel (liquid crystal display) 61. , Numeric key 62, clear / stop key 63, start key 64, reset / authentication release key 65, preheat key 66, initial setting key 67, copy key 68, fax key 69 and the like, and a non-contact IC card reader A unit 70, a threatening switch 71, and the like are provided. The liquid crystal touch panel 61 has various information such as a function key, the number of copies, a number of copies, a message indicating the status of the composite apparatus 1, such as information on occurrence of a paper jam (jam) in the apparatus main body 2, door covers, and the like. Open information etc. are displayed. A copy key 68 and a fax key 69 are used to switch applications of the printer apparatus 1, and an LED (Light) that lights and clearly indicates the application selected by the copy key 68 and the fax key 69 is displayed on the operation unit 60. Emitting Diode) indicators 68a and 69a are provided.

  For example, when the copy key 68 is pressed by a user permitted to log in, the liquid crystal touch panel 61 displays a copy mode screen G0 as shown in FIG. In the upper left of the display area of the touch panel 61, a message area for displaying messages such as “Ready to copy” and “Please wait” is displayed. On the right side, a copy number display area for displaying the set number of sheets is displayed. Automatic paper selection key to select automatically, sort key to specify processing to arrange copies one by one in page order, stack key to specify processing to sort copies by page, processing to bind the sorted one part at a time The staple key to set, the same magnification key to set the magnification to the same magnification, the scaling key to set the enlargement / reduction magnification, both Double-sided key to set the mode, editing key to set the binding margin mode or the like, cover / slip sheet key for setting the cover / slip sheet mode is displayed. Further, the liquid crystal touch panel 61 displays the mode key in a shaded manner (black reverse display) for the selected mode.

  Then, when the user touches a function key displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel 61, the liquid crystal touch panel 61 inverts the function key indicating the selected function in black. Further, the liquid crystal touch panel 61 displays a detailed function setting screen when the function key is touched when the details of the function are designated (for example, if the magnification is changed, a scaling value or the like). Thus, since the liquid crystal touch panel 61 uses the dot display, the optimal display at that time can be performed graphically.

  The preheat key 66 is used to shift the multifunction apparatus 1 from the standby state to the power reduction state to lower the fixing temperature or turn off the display of the operation unit 60. The preheating state means the low power state in the International Energy Star Program. In order to cancel the preheating state, the off state / sleep state, and shift to the standby state, the preheating key 66 is pressed again.

  The initial setting key 67 is pressed when the initial state of the multifunction apparatus 1 is arbitrarily customized, and is set when the paper size stored in the multifunction apparatus 1 is set or when the mode clear key of the copy function is pressed. Set the application status to be selected preferentially when there is no operation for a certain period of time, set the transition time to low power according to the International Energy Star Plan, and set the auto The time for shifting to the off / sleep mode can be set. In particular, the initial setting key 67 registers and changes countermeasures for threatening image output requests (contents of threatening automatic processing) for each image data attribute (cash, confidential, etc.) in the image output control processing of the present invention described later. Used to do deletion.

  The copy key 68 is pressed when copying the original image, and the fax key 69 is pressed when the multifunction apparatus 1 executes facsimile transmission or facsimile reception.

  The IC card reader unit 70 communicates with, for example, an IC card (authentication information recording medium) possessed by a user located within a predetermined distance range from the IC card reader 70, and the user authentication recorded on the IC card. Information such as a PIN (Personal Identity Number) code, login name, password, etc. is received.

  The threat switch (threat information input means) 71 is provided at the corner of the operation unit 60 and is preferably disposed in a place where it is difficult to see from the threatening person, but in FIG. It is drawn as it is. The threat switch 71 is used to notify that the user who has the operation authority of the printer apparatus 1 is intimidated and operates when the user who is intimidated does not have the operation authority and performs an image output operation. This is the switch used.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the multifunction apparatus 1 is configured as a block, and includes a main controller 100, an IPU (Image Processing Unit) 101, the fixing unit 35, an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) 20, and an ADF 20. Transport motor 102, document set detection sensor 27 for detecting document set on the document table of ADF 20, main motor 103, intermediate clutch 104, first to third sheet feed clutches 105 to 107, operation unit 60, operation unit 60 liquid crystal touch panel 61, key input unit 108 that collectively refers to the fax key 69 from ten key 62, threat switch 71, IC card reader unit 70, NIC (Network Interface Card) 109, FCU (Facsimile Control Unit) 110, and the like. . The ADF 20, the operation unit 60, and the IPU 101 are connected to the main controller 100 as a distributed control unit, and the respective distributed control units and the main controller 100 exchange device states and operation instructions as necessary. . The main controller 100 is directly connected to the main motor 103, the intermediate clutch 104, the first to third paper feed clutches 105 to 107, the fixing unit 35, and the IC card reader unit 70.

  A network to which network terminals such as other composite devices and host devices are connected is connected to the NIC 109, and the NIC 109 communicates with network terminals such as other composite devices and host devices via the network.

  A telephone line is connected to the FCU 110, and the FCU 110 automatically picks up a call from the line by capturing the line, sending a selection signal as a destination telephone number, detecting an incoming call, and the like. Then, the automatic call processing to the line is performed, and the facsimile control signal is exchanged with the partner facsimile apparatus, and the G3 and G4 facsimile communication procedures are executed.

  The IPU 101 performs predetermined image processing on the image data from the scanner engine unit 10, stores the image data after the image processing in an image memory (not shown), and also performs image processing necessary for the image data read from the image memory For example, image processing such as resolution adjustment, image rotation, and image enlargement / reduction is performed, and the image data after the image processing is passed to the main controller 100.

  The main controller 100 includes an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 120, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 121, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 122, an NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory) 123, and the like.

  The ROM 122 is a program for controlling data processing and management and peripheral modules, specifically an image output for executing a basic processing program as the composite apparatus 1 and an image output control method for controlling a threatening image output to be described later. Various programs such as a control program are stored, and various data necessary for executing these programs are stored.

  That is, the composite apparatus 1 includes a ROM, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), an EPROM, a flash memory, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a CD-RW (Compact Disc Rewritable), a DVD ( An image output control program for executing the image output control method of the present invention recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a digital video disk (SD), a secure digital (SD) card, or an MO (Magneto-Optical Disc) is read. By being installed in the ROM 122 or a hard disk (not shown), it is constructed as an image output device that executes an image output control method for appropriately processing a threatening image output described later. This image output control program is a computer-executable program written in a legacy programming language such as assembler, C, C ++, C #, Java (registered trademark) or an object-oriented programming language, and is stored in the recording medium. And can be distributed.

  An MPU (authentication control means, control means) 120 controls each part of the composite apparatus 1 and executes basic processing as the composite apparatus 1 while using the RAM 121 as a work memory based on a program in the ROM 122. Then, an image output control process for appropriately controlling the threatening image output described later is executed.

  NVRAM (authentication information registration means, image data registration means, threatening process content registration means) 123 is a memory that retains stored contents even when the power of the composite apparatus 1 is turned off. Data that needs to be retained even when turned off, in particular, various data and setting information used in image output control, which will be described later, image data, user authentication information relating to a user who is permitted to use the multifunction device 1, and the threat switch 71 The control data of the image output control process (the threatening process content) when is pressed is stored under the control of the MPU 120.

  The main controller 100 controls the operation of the ADF 20 by controlling the driving of the transport motor 102 and the like based on the detection result of the document set detection sensor 27 that detects the setting of the document on the document table 21 of the ADF 20. 103, the intermediate clutch 104, the first to third paper feed clutches 105 to 107, etc. are controlled, and the scanner engine unit 10 and the plotter engine unit 30 are controlled to read the document (scanner operation) and image forming operation (printing). Operation), a copy operation is controlled, and a facsimile unit (not shown) is controlled to execute a facsimile operation process or the like.

  As described above, the IC card reader unit 70 communicates with an IC card (authentication information recording medium) possessed by a user located within a predetermined distance from the IC card reader unit 70 by a known method, and the IC card. The user authentication information recorded in is received. In addition, the IC card to be communicated with the IC card reader unit 70 is formatted according to a predetermined format method, and the user who is required to specify the user who possesses the IC card and requests authentication from the composite apparatus 1. Authentication information such as a PIN (Personal Identity Number) code is recorded.

  As will be described later, the main controller 100 uses a user authentication process using the IC card reader unit 70 (for example, a PIN code read from the user's IC card is registered in advance in the NVRAM 123 as a user whose use is permitted. A process that confirms that the user's PIN code matches, and permits the use of the composite apparatus 1 such as image output to a user who conforms to the user authentication. In particular, in the case of image output, when the user is forced to output an image by threat or the like, and the threatened person who intercepts the output image is forced to output (intimidating) the threat When a user having the authority to use the switch 71 to threatenly output an image operates the threatening image output control process (intimidation process) set in advance. Row.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The composite apparatus 1 of the present embodiment requires user authentication for its use, but appropriately copes with threatening use.

  First, user authentication processing will be described with reference to FIG. At the time of standby, the multifunction apparatus 1 is in a standby state by displaying, for example, an authentication standby screen G1 as shown in FIG. 6 on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 of the operation unit 60 (step S101). In the authentication standby screen G1 of FIG. 6, a display requesting an operation necessary for user authentication such as “Please bring the IC card closer to the authentication device” is performed.

  When the IC card reader unit 70 detects the IC card (step S102), the multifunction apparatus 1 checks whether the IC card reader unit 70 has the PIN code in the IC card (step S103). The PIN code is notified to the main controller 100, and the controller 100 displays, for example, a PIN code input screen G2 as shown in FIG. 7 on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 of the operation unit 60 to request the input of the PIN code ( Step S104). A PIN code input request message and an input field are displayed on the PIN code input screen G2 of FIG.

  When the PIN code is input on the PIN code input screen G2, the main controller 100 displays the registered PIN code in which the PIN code that matches the input PIN code is registered in the NVRAM 123 as the PIN code of the user whose operation is permitted. It is checked whether they match (step S105). If the PIN codes do not match (not OK), an authentication error screen G3 for notifying the PIN code authentication error as shown in FIG. After displaying (seconds) (step S106), the process returns to step S101 again to display the authentication standby screen G1 on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 (step S101).

  If the PIN codes match in step S105, the main controller 100 reads the user authentication information (login name, password, etc.) in the IC card and registers it in advance in the NVRAM 123 corresponding to the PIN code of the available authenticator. The user authentication information such as the login name and password that have been verified is collated (step S108), and it is determined whether they match (step S109). In step S109, when the user authentication information of the IC card does not match the user authentication information registered in the NVRAM 123, if the authentication is NG, the main controller 100 operates the authentication error screen G3 shown in FIG. After displaying on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 of the unit 60 (step S106), the process returns to step S101 and the same processing as described above (steps S101 to S109).

  If the authentication result of the user authentication information is OK in step S109, the main controller 100 turns off (releases) the threatening flag (flag indicating that the image output operation is being performed threateningly) (step S110). ), Log-in is permitted, the login screen G1 is deleted, the use screen of the designated application, for example, in the copy mode, the copy mode screen G0 display as shown in FIG. 3 and in the scanner mode, as shown in FIG. In the scanner mode screen G4 and print mode, the print mode screen G5 as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the user authentication process is terminated.

  In order to cancel the login state (usable state) to the multifunction apparatus 1, the logged-in user presses the reset / authentication release key 65 of the operation unit 60. That is, when the reset / authentication cancellation key 65 is pressed while login is permitted, the main controller 100 cancels the use permission of the user who is permitted to log in.

  In the above description, user authentication is performed by comparing user authentication information such as a login name and password read from an IC card with user authentication information in NVRAM 123. In user authentication, for example, Rather than reading user authentication information such as a login name and password from an IC card, for example, input of user authentication information from a hard key of the operation unit 60 or input of user authentication information from a soft key of the liquid crystal touch panel 61 For example, the authentication process may be performed.

  When the login is completed, processing in the selected operation mode is executed next. First, as shown in FIG. 11, the image reading / accumulating process will be described with reference to FIG. In the image reading / accumulating process, the scanner mode screen G4 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 of the operation unit 60, and the main controller 100 checks whether the start key 64 is pressed in this state. (Step S201) If the start key 64 is not pressed, the process is terminated and the scanner mode screen G4 is displayed. If the start key 64 is pressed, the document table of the ADF 20 based on the detection result of the document set detection sensor 27 is displayed. It is checked whether a document is set on 21 or a document is set on the contact glass 3 (step S202). In the following description, it is assumed that a document is conveyed from the ADF 20.

  When no document is set in step S202, the main controller 100 displays a document setting request screen (not shown) for prompting document setting for a predetermined time (several seconds or the like), and then returns to step S201 to perform the same as described above. To process.

  When a document is set in step S202, the main controller 100 controls driving of the transport motor 102 and the like to feed the document from the document table 21 of the ADF 20 onto the contact glass 3 (step S203). The original on the contact glass 3 is scanned by the scanner engine unit 10 (step S204), and the image data of the read original is stored in an image memory such as the RAM 121 (step S205).

  When the main controller 100 accumulates the read image data in the image memory, the main controller 100 checks whether or not the next document remains on the document table 21 of the ADF 20 (step S206), and returns to step S203 if it remains. The original is read in the same manner as described above from the conveyance of the original, and the image data of the read original is stored in the image memory (steps S203 to S206).

  In step S206, when there is no next original, the main controller 100 waits for completion of input of a registration attribute setting screen G6 as shown in FIG. 12, for example (step S208). In the registration attribute setting screen G6 in FIG. 12, a message for setting the registration data attribute is displayed, an input field for the registration data name (registration data n), an attribute setting field (in FIG. 12, “cash voucher” and “confidential”), An OK button is displayed.

  When the input is completed by pressing the OK button in step S208, the main controller 100 registers the set attribute data in association with the image data in the image information memory such as the NVRAM 123 and ends the process (step S208). S209).

  In this state, registration is performed in a state in which the image attribute of the cash voucher or confidential image data is associated with the image data.

  As for the detailed setting for the image attribute, the detailed setting of the registered data attribute can be performed by shifting to the attribute setting mode by pressing the initial setting key 67 of the operation unit 60. That is, when the initial setting key 67 of the operation unit 60 is pressed and the registration data attribute detailed setting mode is selected, the main controller 100 displays the registration decoder attribute detailed setting screen G7 as shown in FIG. Various attributes are displayed on the touch panel 61 for each attribute of image data such as a cash voucher, confidential information, etc. In FIG. 13, “Yes” or “No” for printing suppression at the time of threat, “Yes” or “No” for transmission suppression at the time of threat. Setting and change fields and an OK button are provided, and in the event of a threat, whether to suppress printing of the image data with the attribute, whether to execute printing, or to suppress transmission to other devices It is possible to set whether to prevent transmission or to execute transmission. In addition, as the image attributes, “Cash voucher” and “Confidential” are described in the above description, but the present invention is not limited to these, and the image processing (image formation and transmission) is suppressed as threatening processing content. (Deterrence) is selected from “Yes” and “No”. However, the threat processing is not limited to the controller rare.

  Next, image output control processing when a user who has a use authority threateningly operates the composite apparatus 1 in a state where image data such as a cash voucher or confidential information is stored in the NVRAM 123 or the hard disk will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 will be described.

  First, threat switch check processing in which the threat switch 71 checks on / off will be described with reference to FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 14, the multifunction apparatus 1 checks whether the main controller 100 is logged in by a user having the use authority (whether the user is logged in) at every predetermined timing (step S <b> 301). When the user is not logged in, it is not necessary to control the threatening image output, and the threatening switch check process is terminated as it is.

  In step S301, when the user is logged in, that is, when the user is logged in, the main controller 100 polls the threat switch 71 at predetermined time intervals to determine whether or not the threat switch 71 is turned on. It is checked by processing or the like (step S302), and when it is off, it is determined that threatening image output is not performed, and the threatening switch check processing is terminated.

  If the threat switch 71 is turned on in step S302, the main controller 100 turns on the threat flag indicating that the user having the authority to use is performing the image output operation threateningly, and the threat switch The check process ends (step S303). Then, once the main controller 100 turns on the threatening flag, the main controller 100 maintains the threatening flag on until the user logs off.

  In this case, not only the threatening flag is turned on and image output control processing such as whether or not to perform image output to be described later is performed, but also processing that pretends to be a malfunction of the composite device 1 is performed as shown in FIG. Also good.

  In the description of FIG. 15, the same step numbers are assigned to the same processing steps as in FIG. 14, and the description is simplified.

  That is, in FIG. 15, the main controller 100 checks whether the user is logged in. If the user is logged in, the main controller 100 checks whether the threat switch 71 is on (step S302). If the threat switch 71 is on, When the threat flag is turned on (step S303), a pseudo service call screen G8 as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 of the operation unit 60, and a failure occurs in the multifunction device 1 for the threatened person. A display that makes it appear as if it is present is performed, and the threatening switch check process is terminated (step S304).

  If it does in this way, the time when a user is forced to perform threatening operation by a threatening person can be shortened.

  Then, the multifunction apparatus 1 performs an image output control process in response to an image output request by the logged-in user as illustrated in FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 17, the main controller 100 performs an execution target selection control process by a logged-in user. In this execution target selection control process, the main controller 100 waits for the start key 64 to be pressed (step S401). When the start key 64 is pressed, the main controller 100 checks whether image data to be processed has been selected. (Step S402) If not checked, the process returns to Step S401 and the same processing is performed (Steps S401 and S402). At this time, display for prompting selection of image data to be processed may be performed on the liquid crystal touch panel 61 of the operation unit 60.

  If image data to be processed is selected in step S402, the main controller 100 checks whether the processing content is a printing process or a transmission process (step S403), and the printing process is selected. If so, the print control process is executed (step S404), and as long as the user is logged in, the process returns to step S401 and performs the same process as described above.

  In step S403, when the processing content of the image data is transmission processing, the main controller 100 executes transmission control processing (step S405), and as long as the user is logged in, returns to step S401 and performs the same processing as above. Do.

  Then, the main controller 100 executes the print control process in step S404 as shown in FIG. That is, when the main controller 100 proceeds to the print control process of step S404 in the execution target selection control process of FIG. 17, the main controller 100 checks whether the threatening flag is set (ON) for the selected image data (step S501). When the threat flag is off, it is determined that the print request is not threatening, the printing process of the selected image data is executed as it is, and the process is terminated (step S504).

  When the threatening flag is set for the selected image data in step S501, the main controller 100 determines whether attribute 1 for the image data is valid, attribute 2 is valid, It is checked whether the attribute set for the image data is attribute 1 (cash voucher) or attribute 2 (confidential) (steps S502 and S503). When attribute 1 is valid, that is, the image of the voucher. If it is set and registered as data, it is checked whether printing suppression (suppression) is set for the image data (step S505). When printing suppression (suppression) is not set in step S505, the main controller 100 proceeds to step S503 to check whether attribute 2 is valid (step S503), and in step S505, the image data is added to the image data. On the other hand, when printing suppression (suppression) is set, an invalid image is printed out and the process is terminated (step S506). As this invalid image, for example, a blank paper, an image that is meaningless for the user or the threatened person, a specific image that can be understood by the user but cannot be understood by the threatened person, and the like can be used, and stored in the NVRAM 123 or the like in advance. Has been.

  If the attribute 2 is valid in step S503, that is, if it is set and registered as confidential image data, the main controller 100 checks whether printing suppression (suppression) is set for the image data ( In step S507), when print suppression (suppression) is not set, it is determined that the print request is not threatening, print processing of the selected image data is executed, and the processing is terminated (step S504). .

  If printing suppression (suppression) is set for the attribute 2 image data (non-confidential image data) in step S507, an invalid image is printed out and the process ends (step S506).

  Further, the main controller 100 executes the transmission control process in step S405 of FIG. 17 as shown in FIG. That is, when the main controller 100 proceeds to the transmission control process of step S405 in the execution target selection control process of FIG. 17, it checks whether the threatening flag is set (ON) for the selected image data (step S601). When the threat flag is off, it is determined that the transmission request is not threatening, waits for the destination to be input (step S604), and transmits the selected image data to the input destination. For example, a data transmission process is performed in which facsimile transmission is performed to the input facsimile telephone number or data transmission is performed to the network address input to the address, and the process is terminated (step S605).

  When the threatening flag is set for the selected image data in step S601, the main controller 100 determines whether attribute 1 for the image data is valid, attribute 2 is valid, It is checked whether the attribute set for the image data is attribute 1 (cash voucher) or attribute 2 (confidential) (steps S602 and S603). When attribute 1 is valid, that is, the image of the voucher. If it is set and registered as data, it is checked whether transmission suppression (suppression) is set for the image data (step S606). When printing suppression (suppression) is not set in step S606, the main controller 100 proceeds to step S603 to check whether attribute 2 is valid (step S603), and in step S606, the image data is added to the image data. On the other hand, when transmission suppression (suppression) is set, the processing ends without performing transmission processing. In this case, it is possible to execute a pseudo-transmission process as if the transmission process was performed, an invalid image, for example, a blank paper, an image that is meaningless to the user or the threatened person, can be understood by the user, but cannot be understood by the threatened person Image data indicating that threatening transmission is being sent to a designated destination, or to the administrator of the multifunction device 1 or to a destination set in advance as a report destination such as the police You may send it.

  In step S603, when the attribute 2 is valid, that is, when it is set and registered as confidential image data, the main controller 100 checks whether transmission suppression (suppression) is set for the image data ( In step S607), when transmission suppression (suppression) is not set, it is determined that the transmission request is not threatening, waits for the destination to be input (step S604), and the selected destination is selected. Data transmission processing is performed, for example, data transmission processing is performed to transmit the image data to the destination of the input facsimile telephone number, or to transmit data to the address of the input network address, and the processing ends (step S605).

  In step S607, when transmission suppression (suppression) is set for the attribute 2 image data (non-confidential image data), the main controller 100 ends the process without performing the transmission process. In this case, as in the case of attribute 1 above, pseudo transmission processing is performed as if transmission processing has been performed, or an invalid image, for example, a blank sheet, an image that is meaningless to the user or a threatened person, is understood by the user. A specific image that can be understood by the intimidator, but is sent to a specified destination, or sent to the administrator of the multifunction device 1 or to a destination that is set in advance as a report destination such as the police. You may transmit the image data to the effect.

  As described above, the multifunction apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment registers the user authentication information for authenticating the user who is permitted to use in the NVRAM 123, and is registered in the NVRAM 123 with the user authentication information input by the user who requests the use. The user authentication information is compared to control whether or not the user can be used, and at least the image output process is executed in response to the image output instruction of the user who has permitted the use. When threatening information indicating that an instruction is given from the operation unit 60 due to threatening is received, a predetermined threatening processing operation set in advance different from the content of the image output instruction is performed on the received image output instruction. Running.

  Therefore, when a user who has the authority to use an image is operated due to a threat, the image output operation is normally recognized as an image output operation by recognizing the image output operation due to the threat in an appropriate and difficult-to-understand manner. It can perform threatening processing operations that are different from the image output operations of the system, perform appropriate processing in response to image output requests due to threats, etc., and keep the confidentiality of image data appropriate for the safety of users be able to.

  Further, the multifunction apparatus 1 of the present embodiment registers image data in the NVRAM 123, registers in the NVRAM 123 the threatening processing operation to be executed when the threat information is received, in association with the image data registered in the NVRAM 123, As the threat processing operation, the threat processing operation registered in the NVRAM 123 in association with the image data instructed to output the image is executed.

  Therefore, the processing operation at the time of threat can be set according to the use environment, etc., and the registered processing can be executed at the time of threat, so that the usability can be further improved and more appropriate processing at the time of the threat. It can be carried out.

  Furthermore, the multifunction apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment registers the threatening processing operation in the NVRAM 123 for each image attribute (such as a cash voucher or an internal secret) designated by the operation unit 60, and is designated by the image data and the operation unit 60. In addition, the image attribute is registered in association with each other, and the threatening processing operation registered as the image attribute registered in the NVRAM 123 is executed for the image data corresponding to the received output instruction. doing.

  Therefore, it is possible to set the processing operation at the time of the threat more finely according to the usage environment, etc., and execute the registered processing at the time of the threat, so that the usability can be further improved and more appropriate at the time of the threat. Can be processed.

  The invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to that described in the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

  The present invention relates to an image output apparatus, an image output control method, an image output control program, and a recording medium, such as a copying apparatus, a printer apparatus, a facsimile apparatus, and a composite apparatus, which perform an image output control process for appropriately processing a threatening image output. Can be used.

1 is a schematic front view of a composite apparatus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The top view of the operation part of the composite apparatus of FIG. The figure which shows an example of the copy mode screen of the liquid crystal touch panel of the operation part of FIG. The principal part block block diagram of the compound apparatus of FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing user authentication processing by the composite apparatus of FIG. 1. The figure which shows an example of the authentication waiting screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. The figure which shows an example of the PIN code input screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. The figure which shows an example of the authentication error screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. The figure which shows an example of the scanner mode screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. The figure which shows an example of the printing mode screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. 3 is a flowchart showing image reading / accumulating processing by the composite apparatus of FIG. The figure which shows an example of the registration data attribute setting screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. The figure which shows an example of the registration data attribute detailed setting screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. The flowchart which shows the threatening switch check process by the compound apparatus of FIG. The flowchart which shows the threatening switch check process accompanied by the service call display by the composite apparatus of FIG. The figure which shows an example of the pseudo service call screen of a liquid crystal touch panel. 3 is a flowchart showing execution target selection control processing by the multifunction apparatus of FIG. 1. 18 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of the print control processing of FIG. The flowchart which shows the detailed process of the transmission control process of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Composite apparatus 2 Main body housing | casing 3 Contact glass 4 Lamp 5 1st mirror 6 2nd mirror 7 3rd mirror 8 Lens 9 CCD
10 Scanner engine unit 20 ADF
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Document stand 22 Feed roller 23 Feed belt 24 Transport roller 25 Paper discharge roller 26 Paper discharge table 27 Document set detection sensor 30 Plotter engine unit 31 Photoconductor 32 Writing unit 32a Laser output unit 32b Imaging lens 32c Mirror 33 Development unit 34 Conveying Belt 35 Fixing Unit 36 Conveyance Switching Discharge Unit 37 Double-sided Input Conveying Route 38 Reversed Discharge Conveying Route 39 Reverse Unit 40 Double-sided Conveying Unit 41 Paper Feed Unit Group 42 Conveying Unit 43 Paper Discharge Tray 51-53 ~ 53a Paper tray P Paper 51b ~ 53b Paper feed roller section 60 Operation section 61 LCD touch panel 62 Numeric keypad 63 Clear / stop key 64 Start key 65 Reset / authentication release key 66 Preheat key 67 Initial setting key 68 Copy key 69 Fax Chromatography 68a, 69a LED indicators 70 IC card reader unit 71 threatened switch 100 main controller 101 IPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 102 Conveyance motor 103 Main motor 104 Intermediate clutch 105-107 1st-3rd paper feed clutch 108 Key input part 109 NIC
110 FCU
120 MPU
121 RAM
122 ROM
123 NVRAM
G0 Copy mode screen G1 Authentication standby screen G2 PIN code input screen G3 Authentication error screen G4 Scanner mode screen G5 Print mode screen G6 Registration attribute setting screen G7 Registration decoder attribute detailed setting screen G8 Pseudo service call screen

Claims (8)

Authentication information registration means for registering user authentication information for authenticating a user who is permitted to use, user authentication information input by a user who requests use, and user authentication registered in the authentication information registration means An authentication control means for comparing the information to control whether or not to use, an image output means for executing at least an image output process in response to a request of a user permitted by the authentication control means, and at least various images related to image output In response to an image output instruction from the instruction means for instructing output, threat information input means for inputting threat information indicating that the instruction means is instructed by a threat from someone other than the user When the image output means outputs the image and the threat information is input from the threat information input means, the image output instruction is received in response to the image output instruction from the instruction means. Performing a that control means to perform a predetermined threatened during processing operations are set different in advance, and the image data registration means for registering the image data, when the threat information is input from the threat information input means and Threatening processing content registration means for registering the threatening processing operation in association with the image data registered in the image data registration means, and the control means outputs the threatening processing operation by the instruction means in association with the designated image data an image output apparatus characterized that you run the intimidation during processing operations registered in the threatened during processing content registering means. The threatening processing content registration unit stores the threatening processing operation for each image attribute instructed by the instruction unit, and the image data registration unit associates image data with the image attribute instructed by the instruction unit. The control means, as the threatening processing operation, corresponds to the threatening processing contents corresponding to the image attributes registered in the image data registration means for the image data instructed to be output by the pointing means. 2. The image output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a threatening processing operation registered in the registration unit is executed. 3. The image output according to claim 1, wherein the threatening processing operation includes, as the processing operation, a processing operation that suppresses output of image data designated to be output in the presence of an abnormality such as a failure. apparatus. The threatened during processing operation, as the processing operation, according to claim 1 or claim 2 Symbol placing an image output apparatus characterized in that it comprises a processing operation for outputting a null data. An authentication information registration processing step for registering user authentication information for authenticating a user permitted to use in the authentication information registration means, user authentication information input by a user who requests use, and registration in the authentication information registration means. An authentication control processing step for controlling whether or not the user can be used by comparing user authentication information, and an image output processing for executing at least an image output process in response to a request from a user permitted to use the authentication control processing step An instruction receiving process step for receiving various image output instructions relating to at least image output from a predetermined instruction means, and instructions from the instruction means by threats of others other than a user from a predetermined threat information input means A threat information receiving process step for receiving threat information indicating that the image has been received, and an image output instruction received in the instruction receiving process step. And outputting the image in the force processing step, and receiving the threat information from the threat information input means in the threat information receiving processing step, the image output instruction in response to the image output instruction received in the instruction receiving processing step. Threatening in a control processing step for executing a predetermined threatening processing operation set in advance different from the content, an image data registration processing step for registering image data in a predetermined image data registration means, and the threatening information reception processing step A threatening process content registration processing step for registering in the threatening process content registering means in association with the image data registered in the image data registering means, the threatening processing operation to be performed when the information is received, In the control processing step, the image output instruction received in the instruction reception processing step is performed as the threatening processing operation. Images output control how to and executes threats during processing operation in association with the data registered in the threatened during processing content registering means. In the threatening process content registration processing step, the threatening process content registration unit registers the threatening processing operation for each image attribute instructed by the instruction unit, and the image data registration processing step includes the image data registration step. The image data and the image attribute instructed by the instructing means are registered in association with each other, and the control processing step includes, as the threatening processing operation, image data corresponding to the output instruction received in the instruction accepting processing step. image output according to claim 5, characterized that you run the intimidation during processing operation corresponding to the image attribute registered in the image data registration unit are registered in the threatened during processing content registering means for Control method. Authentication information registration processing for registering in the authentication information registration means user authentication information for authenticating a user permitted to use in the computer, user authentication information input by the user requesting use, and the authentication information registration means Authentication control processing for controlling whether or not to use by comparing registered user authentication information, and image output processing for executing at least image output processing in response to a request from a user permitted to use the authentication control processing And instruction receiving processing for receiving various image output instructions relating to at least image output from the predetermined instruction means, and instructions from the instruction means by threats of other persons than the user from the predetermined threat information input means. In response to the threat information receiving process for receiving the threat information to be displayed and the image output instruction received in the instruction receiving process, the image output process outputs an image, When threatening information is received from the threatening information input means in the threatening information receiving process, a predetermined threat processing process set in advance different from the image output instruction content for the image output instruction received in the instruction receiving process Control processing for performing image processing, image data registration processing for registering image data in predetermined image data registration means, and processing processing at the time of threat executed when threatening information is received in the threatening information reception processing. Intimidation processing content registration processing that is registered in the threat processing content registration means in association with the image data registered in the image processing instruction is executed, and the image output instruction received in the instruction acceptance processing is performed as the threat processing operation in association with the image data to execute the threatened during processing operations registered in the threatened during processing content registering means you wherein Rukoto images output control program A computer-readable recording medium on which the image output control program according to claim 7 is recorded .

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