JP6781938B2 - Image reading system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image reading system.

A certain image forming apparatus (a) issues a password when accepting a reservation, (b) is in a prohibited state when the reserved time arrives, and (c) is in a prohibited state when a password is entered in the prohibited state. It has been released (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, a certain image forming apparatus has a transmission function (so-called scan-to-send function) such as ScanToSMB and ScanToFTP.

JP-A-2015-196253

However, in the above-mentioned device, the user needs to carry the password issued at the time of reservation until the reservation time, which is inconvenient.

In addition, the scan-to-send function described above generally requires the user to specify a data destination (folder), and when multiple users use the device, it corresponds to multiple users, and each other. Different folders are often used for data destinations.

When making a reservation and using the scan-to-send function, the user needs to enter a password on the device and further specify a data destination. Therefore, it takes a long time to start using the device, and the occupancy time is prolonged. Therefore, it is necessary to lengthen the reservation time, and the utilization efficiency of the device is lowered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an image reading system that improves the utilization efficiency of the image reading device.

The image reading system according to the present invention includes an image reading device that reads an image and generates image data of the read image, and a management server. When the management server receives the reservation registration request based on (a) user operation, the management server determines the user, the image reading device, the network identifier of the destination of the image data transmission, and the reservation period specified by the reservation registration request. When reservations are registered in association with each other and (b) a scan instruction for pull-type scan-to-send processing is received during the reservation period, the network identifier of the image reader reserved by the user who issued the scan instruction and The network identifier of the destination is specified, and a scan instruction indicating the network identifier of the specified image reading device is transmitted to the terminal device designated by the specified network identifier of the destination. The terminal device receives the scan instruction indicating the network identifier of the image reading device, causes the image reading device designated by the received network identifier to perform image reading, and obtains the image data from the image reading device. Get and store.

According to the present invention, an image reading system that improves the utilization efficiency of the image reading device can be obtained.

The above or other object, feature and superiority of the present invention will be further clarified from the following detailed description with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus 1a according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the user data 13a in FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 3a according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server 4 in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the reserved data 71 in the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the image reading system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus 1a according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 3a according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the reserved data 71 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the image reading system according to the second embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the system shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of image forming devices 1a and 1b are connected to a network 2, and a plurality of terminal devices 3a and 3b are connected to the network 2. Further, the management server 4 is connected to the network 2. Each of the image forming devices 1a and 1b is a multifunction device, but may be another image reading device having an image reading function such as a scanner or a copier. The network 2 may be a local area network such as an in-house LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network) such as the Internet.

The image forming devices 1a and 1b read an image and generate image data of the read image.

The terminal devices 3a and 3b access the specific image forming devices 1a and 1b, and acquire the image data generated by image reading by the image forming devices 1a and 1b.

The management server 4 manages reservations for the image forming devices 1a and 1b.

Here, the configurations of the image forming devices 1a and 1b, the terminal devices 3a and 3b, and the management server 4 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus 1a according to the first embodiment. The image forming apparatus 1b has the same configuration as the image forming apparatus 1a. As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 1a includes an image reading unit 11, an operation panel 12, a storage device 13, a communication device 14, and a controller 15.

The image reading unit 11 optically reads the original image and generates image data of the read image.

Further, the operation panel 12 is arranged on the surface of the housing of the image forming apparatus 1a, and has a display device for displaying various information to the user and an input device for detecting the user operation. As the display device, for example, a liquid crystal display is used. As the input device, a key switch, a touch panel, or the like is used.

Further, the storage device 13 is a device capable of storing various data and programs. As the storage device 13, a non-volatile large-capacity storage medium such as a non-volatile memory or a hard disk drive is used.

Further, the communication device 14 is, for example, a network interface connected to the network 2 and is a circuit that performs data communication with other devices (terminal devices 3a, 3b, management server 4, etc.) connected to the network 2. ..

Further, the controller 15 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, loads an application program from the ROM, the storage device 13, and the like into the RAM, and loads the application program. By executing it in the CPU, it operates as various processing units. In this embodiment, the controller 15 operates as a login processing unit 21, a reservation processing unit 22, and a scan control unit 23.

The login processing unit 21 performs a login process when a predetermined user operation is performed on the operation panel 12. In the login process, the login processing unit 21 identifies the user ID of the user being operated based on the user operation on the operation panel 12, and determines whether or not the user can log in based on the user data 13a. When the login processing unit 21 permits the user to log in, the login processing unit 21 permits the user to use the image forming apparatus 1a until there is a log-out operation.

The reservation processing unit 22 accepts a user operation for a reservation registration request. Then, the reservation processing unit 22 includes the user who performed the user operation (that is, the user ID of the user), the image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a and 1b), and the image data generated by the image reading device. The network identifier of the destination (that is, the client side of the pull-type scan to send process) and the reservation registration request indicating the reservation period are transmitted to the management server 4.

Further, the reservation processing unit 22 adds the reservation data described later corresponding to the reservation registration request to the user data 13a, and when the reservation period comes, the image reading device other than the user (here, the image forming devices 1a and 1b). Prohibit the use of. At that time, the reservation processing unit 22 specifies the network identifier of the destination of the image data corresponding to the user based on the user data 13a.

Further, the reservation processing unit 22 transmits a scan instruction to the management server 4 according to a user operation during the reservation period. As a result, the scan instruction is transferred from the management server 4 to the terminal devices 3a and 3b to which the above-mentioned image data is transmitted, and the terminal devices 3a and 3b perform scan-to-send processing to the image forming devices 1a and 1b. To acquire image data.

When the communication device 14 receives the scan start instruction from the terminal devices 1a and 1b, the scan control unit 23 controls the image reading unit 11 to cause the image reading unit 11 to read the image, and the image reading unit 11 causes the image to be read. The communication device 14 transmits the image data to the terminal devices 1a and 1b that have acquired the data and transmitted the scan start instruction, and when the image reading is completed, the scan completion notification is transmitted to the terminal devices 1a and 1b by the communication device 14. To do.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the user data 13a in FIG.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the user data 13a has a user ID and a password used for login processing for each registered user. Further, the user data 13a includes a client network identifier such as an IP address of an image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a and 1b) associated with the user ID and reserved for use.

Further, when a user makes a reservation for using the image reading device, the user data 13a includes the reservation data associated with the user ID. The reservation data includes a reservation status, a reservation period (a period during which the user can exclusively use the image reading device), and the like.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 3a according to the first embodiment. The terminal device 3b has the same configuration as the terminal device 3a. The terminal device 3a is, for example, a personal computer having a network communication function in which an operating system, an application program, and the like are installed. The terminal device 3a includes a communication device 31, a display device 32, an input device 33, a storage device 34, and an arithmetic processing unit 35.

The communication device 31 is a device that is connected to the network 2 and performs data communication with other devices (image forming devices 1a, 1b, management server 4, etc.) via the network 2 using a predetermined communication protocol. As the communication device 31, a network interface, a modem, or the like is used. The display device 32 is a device such as a liquid crystal display that displays various screens to the user. The input device 33 is a device such as a keyboard or a mouse that detects a user operation by the user.

Further, the storage device 34 is a device capable of storing various data and programs. As the storage device 34, a non-volatile large-capacity storage medium such as a non-volatile memory or a hard disk drive is used.

Further, the arithmetic processing device 35 is a computer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., and operates as various processing units by loading a program from the storage device 34, ROM, etc. into the RAM and executing the program on the CPU. ..

After the terminal device 3a is started, the application program is appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing unit 35, and the arithmetic processing unit 35 operates as a processing unit such as a login processing unit 51, a reservation confirmation unit 52, and a scanning processing unit 53.

The login processing unit 51 executes the login process based on the user operation on the input device 33, and identifies the user ID of the user being operated.

The reservation confirmation unit 52 sends a reservation confirmation request for designating the user who performed the user operation to the management server 4 according to the user operation on the input device 33, and the management server 4 sends the reservation registration information (reserved) of the user. The image reader, the destination of the image data, and the reservation period) are received and displayed on the display device 32.

The scan processing unit 53 receives a scan instruction described later and a network identifier of the image reading device from the management server 4, and reads the image into an image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a and 1b) designated by the received network identifier. Is executed, image data is acquired from the image reading device, and stored in a storage device 34 or the like.

For example, by executing the TWAIN driver, the arithmetic processing unit 35 operates as the scanning processing unit 53.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server 4 in FIG. The management server 4 is, for example, a server computer having a network communication function in which an operating system, a server program, and the like are installed.

The management server 4 includes a communication device 61, a storage device 62, and an arithmetic processing unit 63.

The communication device 61 is a device that is connected to the network 2 and performs data communication with other devices (image forming devices 1a, 1b, terminal devices 3a, 3b, etc.) via the network 2 using a predetermined communication protocol. As the communication device 61, a network interface, a modem, or the like is used.

Further, the storage device 62 is a device capable of storing various data and programs. As the storage device 62, a non-volatile large-capacity storage medium such as a non-volatile memory or a hard disk drive is used. Reservation data 71 is stored in the storage device 62.

Further, the arithmetic processing device 63 is a computer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., and operates as various processing units by loading a program from the storage device 62, ROM, etc. into the RAM and executing the program on the CPU. .. After the management server 4 is started, various programs are appropriately executed by the arithmetic processing unit 63, and the arithmetic processing unit 63 operates as an operating system (not shown), a reservation management unit 81.

When the reservation management unit 81 receives (a) a reservation registration request based on a user operation, the reservation management unit 81 receives the user, the reserved image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a, 1b), and the image specified by the reservation registration request. The network identifier (IP address, etc.) of the transmission destination (here, terminal devices 3a, 3b) of the image data generated by the forming devices 1a and 1b and the reservation period are reserved and registered in association with each other, and (b) the reservation period. When the scan instruction is received in, the network identifier of the image reader reserved by the user who issued the scan instruction and the network identifier of the destination are specified, and the terminal devices 3a and 3b specified by the network identifier of the specified destination are specified. , Sends a scan instruction indicating the network identifier of the identified image reader. When the reservation management unit 81 receives a plurality of reservation registration requests based on user operations by each of the plurality of users, the user, the image reading device, and the destination of the image data specified by each of the reservation registration requests The network identifier and the reservation period are associated with each other and registered for reservation.

In the first embodiment, the reservation management unit 81 receives the reservation registration request from the image forming devices 1a and 1b, and the user and the reserved image reading device (image forming device 1a, designated by the received reservation registration request). 1b), the network identifier of the destination of the image data, and the reservation period are associated with each other and registered for reservation. Specifically, the reservation management unit 81 adds the user, the reserved image reading device (image forming devices 1a, 1b), the network identifier of the destination of the image data, and the reservation period to the reservation data 71 in association with each other.

Further, when the reservation management unit 81 receives the reservation confirmation request from the terminal devices 3a and 3b, the reservation management unit 81 searches for the reservation registration of the user specified by the reservation confirmation request, and the image reading device, the transmission destination, and the image reading device in the found reservation registration. Notify the terminal devices 3a and 3b of the reservation period.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the reserved data 71 in the first embodiment.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, in the reservation data 71, for each registered image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a and 1b), a machine network identifier such as the IP address of the image reading device and a reservation record. Are included in association with each other. The machine network identifier is specified as a network identifier (IP address or the like) of the source of the reservation registration request based on the communication protocol of the network 2.

One reservation record is generated in response to one reservation registration request, and one reservation record includes a user ID, a client network identifier, a reservation status, and a reservation period specified by the reservation registration request.

Next, the operation of the image reading system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the image reading system according to the first embodiment.

When the image forming devices 1a and 1b accept the user operation for login, the login processing unit 21 executes the above-mentioned login process (step S1).

After logging in, when the user performs a user operation for reservation registration on the image forming devices 1a and 1b, the reservation processing unit 22 receives the data necessary for the above-mentioned reservation registration (step S2), and the above-mentioned The reservation registration request is transmitted to the management server 4, and the reservation data is added to the user data 13a (step S3).

When the management server 4 receives the reservation registration request, the reservation management unit 81 executes the reservation registration process and adds the reservation record corresponding to the reservation registration request to the reservation data 71 (step S4). When the reservation registration process is completed, the reservation management unit 81 transmits a registration completion notification to the image forming devices 1a and 1b of the transmission source of the reservation registration request (step S5). In the image forming devices 1a and 1b, when the reservation processing unit 22 receives the registration completion notification, the reservation processing unit 22 displays a message indicating that the reservation registration is completed on the operation panel 12.

After that, when the image forming devices 1a and 1b accept the user operation for logout, the login processing unit 21 executes the logout process (step S6), and the user operation for logging in of another user can be accepted. Set the image forming devices 1a and 1b in (for example, a login screen for entering a user ID, password, etc. is displayed).

It should be noted that the same user can similarly perform reservation registration using the same image forming devices 1a and 1b or different image forming devices 1a and 1b. Further, another user can similarly perform reservation registration using the same image forming apparatus 1a, 1b or another image forming apparatus 1a, 1b. That is, a plurality of users can make reservations for the plurality of image forming devices 1a and 1b.

After the reservation registration is performed in this way, the user can confirm the reservation by using the terminal devices 3a and 3b.

When the user operation for reservation confirmation is accepted in the terminal devices 3a and 3b after the user login process (step S11), the reservation confirmation unit 52 transmits the reservation confirmation request for the user to the management server 4 (step S11). Step S12).

On the management server 4, when the reservation management unit 81 receives the reservation confirmation request, the reservation management unit 81 searches for the reservation record in the reservation data 71 with the user ID specified by the reservation confirmation request, and finds the reservation record of the user ( Step S13), the found reservation record is transmitted as a search result to the terminal devices 3a and 3b (step S14).

In the terminal devices 3a and 3b, the reservation confirmation unit 52 receives the search result and displays it on the display device 32 (step S15).

As a result, each user can confirm the reserved image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a and 1b), the reservation period, the destination of the image data generated by the image reading, and the like.

Then, within the reservation period, the reserved user logs in to the image forming devices 1a and 1b (step S21), and performs a user operation for image reading (so-called scan-to-send processing) by the image forming devices 1a and 1b. This is performed for the image forming devices 1a and 1b. When this user operation is accepted (step S22), the reservation processing unit 22 transmits a scan instruction indicating the user ID of the user to the management server 4 according to the user operation (step S23).

When the management server 4 receives the scan instruction, the reservation management unit 81 searches the reservation data 71 for the reservation record of the user ID specified by the scan instruction, and the client network identifier (that is, the client network identifier in the found reservation record). The network identifiers of the terminal devices 3a and 3b that are the clients of the scan-to-send process are specified (step S24), and the reserved image reading device (here, the image forming devices 1a and 1b) is addressed to the network identifier. A scan instruction indicating the network identifier of the above is transmitted (step S25).

In the terminal devices 3a and 3b that are clients of the scan-to-send process, when the scan processing unit 53 receives the scan instruction, the scan processing unit 53 of the image reading device (here, the image forming devices 1a and 1b) designated by the scan instruction. A scan start instruction is transmitted to the network identifier, and the image reading device (here, image forming devices 1a and 1b) is made to execute image reading (step S26). As a result, pull-type scan-to-send processing is executed.

In the image forming devices 1a and 1b, which are the destinations of the scan start instructions, when the scan control unit 23 receives the scan start instruction, the scan control unit 23 controls the image reading unit 11 to cause the image reading unit 11 to read the image and image. The image data is acquired from the reading unit 11, the image data is transmitted to the terminal devices 1a and 1b that have transmitted the scan start instruction (step S27), and when the image reading is completed, the scan completion notification is sent to the terminal devices 3a and 3b. Transmit (step S28).

In the terminal devices 3a and 3b, when the scan processing unit 53 receives the scan completion notification, the scan to send process is completed and the scan completion notification is transmitted to the management server 4 (step S29).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the management server 4 receives the reservation registration request based on (a) user operation, the user and the image reading device (here, here) designated by the reservation registration request. , Image forming devices 1a, 1b), network identifier of the destination of image data generated by the image reading device, and reservation period are associated with each other for reservation registration, and (b) when a scan instruction is received during the reservation period, scanning is performed. The network identifier of the image reader and the network identifier of the destination reserved by the user who issued the instruction are specified, and the network of the specified image reader is sent to the terminal devices 3a and 3b specified by the network identifier of the specified destination. Send a scan instruction indicating the identifier. The terminal devices 3a and 3b receive the scan instruction, cause the image reading device designated by the network identifier in the scanning instruction to perform image reading, and acquire and store the image data from the image reading device.

As a result, when the image reading device (here, the image forming devices 1a and 1b) is logged in at the time of reservation, the pull-type scan-to-send process can be executed immediately, so that the utilization efficiency of the image reading device is improved.

Further, since there are users with a long occupancy time and users with a short occupancy time, and the reservation valid time is appropriately adjusted according to the occupancy time of the user, the utilization efficiency of the image reading device by a plurality of users does not decrease. Further, since it is not necessary to connect the terminal device to the image reading device before using the scan-to-send function, the user operation after login is reduced in the occupied time, and the utilization efficiency of the image reading device is improved.

Embodiment 2.

In the second embodiment, the terminal devices 3a and 3b accept the user operation for the reservation registration request.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus 1a according to the second embodiment. The image forming apparatus 1b has the same configuration as the image forming apparatus 1a. As shown in FIG. 8, in the second embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1a includes a login processing unit 91 similar to the login processing unit 21 and a scan control unit 92 similar to the scan control unit 23. In the second embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1a does not particularly need the reservation processing unit 22.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal device 3a according to the second embodiment. The terminal device 3b has the same configuration as the terminal device 3a. As shown in FIG. 9, in the second embodiment, the terminal device 3a has a login processing unit 101 similar to the login processing unit 51, a reservation confirmation unit 102 similar to the reservation confirmation unit 52, and a scan similar to the scan processing unit 53. It includes a processing unit 103 and a reservation processing unit 104 similar to the reservation processing unit 22.

However, in the second embodiment, the storage device 34 stores the same user data 34a as the user data 13a, and the login processing unit 101 executes the login process using the user data 34a.

In the second embodiment, since the reservation registration request is transmitted from the terminal devices 3a and 3b that are the clients of the scan-to-send process to the management server 4, the image reading device (image forming devices 1a and 1b) that executes the scan-to-send process. Is specified by the reservation registration request. The image reading device (image forming devices 1a, 1b) for executing the scan-to-send process is, for example, selected by a user operation from the machine list.

The reservation processing unit 104 of the terminal devices 3a and 3b determines the user who performed the user operation, the image reading device specified by the user operation, the network identifier of the transmission destination of the image data generated by the image reading device, and the reservation period. The indicated reservation registration request is transmitted to the management server 4.

In the second embodiment, the reservation management unit 81 of the management server 4 receives the reservation registration request from the terminal devices 3a and 3b, and transmits the user, the image reading device, and the image data specified by the received reservation registration request. Reservation registration is performed by associating the destination network identifier and reservation period with each other. Further, the reservation management unit 81 transfers the reserved record to the reserved image reading device (here, the image forming devices 1a and 1b), and the image reading device is based on the reserved record as in the first embodiment. Similarly, the reservation operation (prohibition of use by other users during the reservation period) is performed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the reserved data 71 according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, as described above, the image readers (image forming devices 1a, 1b) for executing the scan-to-send process are designated, and the machine ID of the designated image reading devices (image forming devices 1a, 1b) is specified. Is used instead of the machine network identifier.

Next, the operation of the image reading system according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the image reading system according to the second embodiment.

When the terminal devices 3a and 3b accept the user operation for login, the login processing unit 101 executes the above-mentioned login process (step S41).

After logging in, when the user performs a user operation for reservation registration on the terminal devices 3a and 3b, the reservation processing unit 102 receives the data required for the reservation registration described above (step S42), and the reservation described above is made. The registration request is transmitted to the management server 4, and the reservation data is added to the user data 34a (step S43).

When the management server 4 receives the reservation registration request, the reservation management unit 81 executes the reservation registration process and adds the reservation record corresponding to the reservation registration request to the reservation data 71 (step S44). When the reservation registration process is completed, the reservation management unit 81 transmits a registration completion notification to the terminal devices 3a and 3b of the transmission source of the reservation registration request (step S45). In the terminal devices 3a and 3b, when the reservation processing unit 102 receives the registration completion notification, the reservation processing unit 102 displays a message indicating that the reservation registration is completed on the display device 32.

After that, when the terminal devices 3a and 3b accept the user operation for logout, the login processing unit 101 executes the logout process (step S46), and the user operation for logging in of another user can be accepted. Set the terminal devices 3a and 3b in (for example, a login screen for entering a user ID, password, etc. is displayed).

Note that the same user can similarly perform reservation registration using the same terminal devices 3a and 3b or different terminal devices 3a and 3b. Further, another user can similarly perform reservation registration using the same terminal device 3a, 3b or another terminal device 3a, 3b.

After the reservation registration is performed in this way, the user can confirm the reservation by using the terminal devices 3a and 3b as in the first embodiment.

Then, within the reservation period, the reserved user logs in to the image forming devices 1a and 1b and operates the reserved image forming devices 1a and 1b in the same manner as in the first embodiment (steps S21 to S29). A pull-type scan-to-send process is executed from the reserved terminal devices 3a and 3b to the image forming devices 1a and 1b (steps S51 to S59).

Since other configurations and operations of the image reading system according to the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

It should be noted that various changes and modifications to the above-described embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the intent and scope of the subject and without diminishing the intended benefits. That is, it is intended that such changes and amendments are included in the claims.

For example, in the first and second embodiments, the management server 4 may reject the scan instruction outside the reservation period.

The present invention is applicable to, for example, a network system including an image reader.

1a, 1b image forming apparatus (an example of an image reading apparatus)
3a, 3b Terminal device 4 Management server

Claims (5)

An image reading device that reads an image and generates image data of the read image,
Equipped with a management server
When the management server receives the reservation registration request based on (a) user operation, the management server determines the user, the image reading device, the network identifier of the destination of the image data transmission, and the reservation period specified by the reservation registration request. When reservations are registered in association with each other and (b) a scan instruction for pull-type scan-to-send processing is received during the reservation period, the network identifier of the image reader reserved by the user who issued the scan instruction and The network identifier of the destination is specified, and a scan instruction indicating the network identifier of the specified image reading device is transmitted to the terminal device designated by the specified network identifier of the destination.
The terminal device receives the scan instruction indicating the network identifier of the image reading device, causes the image reading device designated by the received network identifier to perform image reading, and obtains the image data from the image reading device. To get and store,
An image reading system characterized by. The image reading device receives the user operation and transmits the reservation registration request indicating the user who performed the user operation, the image reading device, the network identifier of the destination of the image data, and the reservation period to the management server. And
The management server receives the reservation registration request from the image reading device, and the user, the image reading device, the network identifier of the destination of the image data transmission, and the reservation period specified by the received reservation registration request. To make a reservation by associating with each other,
The image reading system according to claim 1. Further equipped with the terminal device
The terminal device accepts the user operation and requests the reservation registration indicating the user who performed the user operation, the image reading device specified by the user operation, the network identifier of the destination of the image data, and the reservation period. Send to the management server
The management server receives the reservation registration request from the terminal device, and determines the user, the image reading device, the network identifier of the destination of the image data transmission, and the reservation period specified by the received reservation registration request. Reservation registration in association with each other,
The image reading system according to claim 1. Further equipped with the terminal device
The terminal device transmits a reservation confirmation request specifying the user who performed the user operation to the management server according to the user operation.
When the management server receives the reservation confirmation request, the management server searches for the reservation registration of the user specified by the reservation confirmation request, and sets the image reading device, the destination, and the reservation period in the reservation registration as the terminal device. To notify,
The image reading system according to claim 1. When the management server receives a plurality of reservation registration requests based on user operations by each of the plurality of users, the network identifier of the user, the image reader, and the destination of the image data specified by the reservation registration request. The image reading system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reservation period is associated with each other and the reservation is registered.

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