JP5940017B2 - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having a function of saving a job log in a storage unit.

  In the following patent document, in a system that reads digital image data from a manuscript and audits the image data to be printed, which user has read what manuscript at what time and how much is retained as a record. It is disclosed that it can be traced.

JP-A-7-212602 JP 2006-217350 A

  However, what is saved as a record is input image data, and information on how to edit and output does not remain in the log. In order to make tracking easier later, it is necessary to leave a log that shows how the leak occurred.

  In view of such problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus capable of easily tracking information leakage based on a log.

In a first aspect of the present invention, an input unit, an image processing unit, and an image output unit, based on the storage unit and the control information inputted from the input unit has been stored temporarily in the storage unit, an input from the input unit in the image forming apparatus and a control unit for saving the job log in the storage unit together to output the image data from the image output unit by processing on the image processing unit, the job log, the input unit unrealized, the control information inputted image data, or image data output from the image output section as an image log from the at least includes an image log mode, a job log object selection information, the image editing information, When the image log mode is set to leave an image log, the control unit, based on the job log target selection information, the image data input from the input unit, or the previous The image data output from the image output unit is stored in the storage unit as the image log, and the job log target selection information is stored in the storage unit as the image data input from the input unit. The image editing information included in the control information also includes information on whether or not to save the job log in the storage unit, the image editing information includes color conversion, image quality adjustment, resolution conversion, image rotation, It includes at least one of image scaling information and image layout information.

In a second aspect of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, in a first aspect, the control information further includes a set resolution, the control unit further includes resolution of the image data as the image log, the set resolution If it exceeds, to save what the resolution of the image data is converted to the set resolution in the storage unit as the image log.

In a third aspect of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, in the first or second aspect, wherein the control unit further, when the control information indicates the own apparatus box in the image forming apparatus as the image output unit the job log object selection information, even though shown to stored in the storage unit the image data outputted from the image output section as an image log does not store the image logs in the storage unit.

  According to the configuration of the first aspect, since the image data output from the image output unit is included as an image log, when information leakage occurs, the tracking can be performed more easily.

Further , it is possible to save the image data input from the input unit or the image data output from the image output unit in the storage unit as the image log, and to save a log according to the purpose. Play. In the former case, it is possible to determine which secret information has been read without output.

In addition , when image data input from the input unit is used as the image log, image editing information can also be included in the job log, so information leakage occurs even when the image is edited and the image is not output. In this case, there is an effect that the tracking can be performed more easily.

According to the configuration of the second aspect, when the resolution of the target image data of the image log exceeds a set value, the storage unit converts the resolution of the image data into the set value as the image log. Therefore, the storage efficiency of the log can be improved.

According to the configuration of the third aspect, when the control information indicates the auxiliary storage device of the own device as the image output unit, the image log is not saved in the storage unit, and thus the useless use of the storage unit The effect that can be prevented.

  Other objects, characteristic configurations and effects of the present invention will become apparent from the following description read in connection with the appended claims and the drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an image forming apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram regarding a job log of the image forming apparatus of FIG. 1. 3 is a schematic flowchart illustrating processing related to a job log of the image forming apparatus in FIG. 1.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an image forming apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  The control unit 10 is coupled to the data storage unit 11 via a bus. The control unit 10 includes a processor and a program storage unit, and the program causes the processor to perform processing described below. The data storage unit 11 includes an image data storage area 12, a control information storage area 13, and a job log storage area 14. An input unit 15, an image processing unit 16, an image output unit 17 and a display unit 18 are also coupled to this bus.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram relating to the job log of FIG.

  The input image data 21 obtained from the image input unit 151 which is a part of the input unit 15 in FIG. 1 is processed based on the editing information 131 in the control information storage area 13 in FIG. 1 to generate output image data 22. This is output from the image output unit 17.

  The image input unit 151 includes a scanner, and the image output unit 17 includes a printer. The functions of a box which is a directory in a PC (personal computer), a USB interface, a facsimile modem, and an auxiliary storage device belong to both the image input unit 151 and the image output unit 17.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the control unit 10 stores the control information and image data input from the input unit 15 in the image data storage area 12 and the control information storage area 13, respectively. 2, the input image data 21 in the image data storage area 12 is processed by the edit information 131 to generate output image data 22, which is output from the image output unit 17, and the image log 141 and image of FIG. The editing information 142 is stored in the job log storage area 14.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the editing information 131 includes information such as a layout such as color conversion, image quality adjustment, resolution conversion, rotation, enlargement / reduction, and aggregation.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the job log storage area 14 includes an image log, an editing information log, an image confirmation date and time of a log target input image or output image, a login user ID, and a print, copy, and scan-to-box. And other job types are stored.

  Based on the job log target selection information in the control information storage area 13 in FIG. 1, one of these input image data 21 and output image data 22 in FIG. 2 is stored in the job log as the image log 141. Store in area 14.

  The job log target selection information is set from a PC via a communication interface of the input unit 15 or a local USB interface via an operation panel constituting the input unit 15. The job log target selection information also includes information on whether or not to store the image editing information 142 in the job log storage area 14 when the image log 141 is the input image data 21.

  When the control unit 10 stores the input image data 21 or the output image data 22 as the image log 141 in the job log storage area 14, the resolution of the input image data 21 or the output image data 22 is the set resolution in the control information storage area 13. For example, if it exceeds 300 dpi, the image output unit 17 converts the image resolution to the set resolution, and the image log 141 is generated, thereby improving the storage efficiency. This set resolution is set from a PC via a communication interface of the input unit 15 or a USB interface via an operation panel constituting the input unit 15.

  The control unit 10 also indicates that the job log target selection information stores the image log when the editing information in the control information storage area 13 indicates a box included in the storage unit as the image output unit 17. However, by not saving the image log 141 in the job log storage area 14, waste is eliminated.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart showing processing related to the job log of the image forming apparatus of FIG. In the following, the step identification codes in the figure are shown in parentheses.

  (S0) The job log target selection information and the set resolution of FIG. 1 are set in advance and stored in the control information storage area 13.

  (S1) Job editing information, for example, whether color, resolution, finishing information, etc. are set on the operation panel of the input unit 15 or set on the setting screen of the driver on the PC side, and the communication interface of the input unit 15 Etc. and temporarily stored in the control information storage area 13.

  (S2) An original is placed on the scanner or facsimile and image data is input from the input unit 15, or a file to be printed is input from the PC via the communication interface of the input unit 15, and an image data storage area 12 is temporarily stored.

  (S3) If the image log mode is set to leave an image log (ON), and the image log target is output image data, the process proceeds to step S4, and if it is input image data, the process proceeds to step S6.

  (S4) The input image data is processed by the image processing unit 16 based on the editing information 131, and the output image data 22 is generated.

  (S5) When the output destination is other than the box, the output image data 22 is directly or reduced in resolution, stored as the image log 141 in the job log storage area 14, and the process proceeds to step S8.

  (S6) The input image data 21 is directly or reduced in resolution and stored in the job log storage area 14 as an image log 141.

  (S7) The input image data is processed by the image processing unit 16 based on the editing information 131, and the output image data 22 is generated.

  (S8) If the job log target selection information is set to include the image editing information 142 in the log, the process proceeds to step S9; otherwise, the process of FIG. 3 ends.

  (S9) The image editing information 142 is stored in the job log storage area 14.

  The contents of the job log storage area 14 can be displayed on the display unit 18 by operating the input unit 15.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention includes various other modifications, and other configurations that would be conceived by those skilled in the art from the above configurations or functions are also possible. It is included in the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 11 Data storage part 12 Image data storage area 13 Control information storage area 14 Job log storage area 141 Image log 142 Image edit information 15 Input part 151 Image input part 16 Image processing part 17 Image output part 18 Display part 21 Input image Data 22 Output image data

Claims (3)

An input unit, an image processing unit, and an image output unit, a storage unit, the input from the input unit based on the control information is temporarily stored in the storage unit, the image processing the image data input from said input unit an image forming apparatus comprising a control unit for saving the job log in the storage unit together with the parts to by processed is output from the image output unit, and
The job log is viewed contains image data input from the input unit, or the image data output from the image output section as an image log,
The control information includes at least an image log mode, job log target selection information, and image editing information.
The control unit, when the image log mode is set to leave an image log, based on the job log target selection information, the image data input from the input unit or the image data output from the image output unit Is stored in the storage unit as the image log,
When the image data input from the input unit is stored in the storage unit as the image log, the image editing information included in the control information is also stored in the storage unit as the job log. Including information on whether to save,
The image forming apparatus , wherein the image editing information includes at least one of color conversion, image quality adjustment, resolution conversion, image rotation, image enlargement / reduction, and image layout information . The control information further includes a set resolution,
Wherein the control unit further resolution of the image data as the image log, if it exceeds the set resolution, thereby saving what the resolution of the image data is converted to the set resolution in the storage unit as the image log ,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1. The image data and the control unit further, the control information, if the show the self device box in the image forming apparatus as the image output unit, the job log object selection information, to be output from the image output unit even a not shown to store in the storage unit as an image log image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that does not store the image logs in the storage unit.

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