JPH09205512A - Image processing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To omit troublesome entry operation such as a user name or a password for accessing by collating user information described on an original having a prescribed format with user information managed in advance so as to allow the user to use an information recording and reproducing device. SOLUTION: A large capacity recording disk 14 is connected to a computer 11 and in order to access the recording disk 14, it is required to register a user name and a password corresponding to the user name. In the case of log-in, the right of access to the large capacity recording disk 14 is obtained by entering the correct user name and the correct password. That is, the user uses the large capacity recording disk 14 quickly without troublesome key entry of the user name or the like for the access by allowing the large capacity recording disk 14 to read a long-in sheet on which the user name and the password or the like for access are described.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, such as a compound copying machine, capable of accessing an information recording / reproducing apparatus on a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a compound copying machine apparatus, in addition to the original function of a copying machine for copying and printing an original, a FAX function of using a copying machine as a FAX terminal, a printer function of using a copying machine as a printer terminal, and An apparatus having a filing function for electronically filing a document has been proposed.

[0003]

However, when accessing the information recording device on the network with the above-mentioned conventional device, a user name for accessing and a password for the user name must be input from the keyboard. A keyboard of a copying machine for inputting a user name and a password is generally relatively small, and cannot be said to have excellent operability for inputting characters.

Further, the copier device is generally operated by an operator standing up, and it is not comfortable for the user to operate for a long time in such a state.
Further, since one user uses one copying apparatus, if one user occupies the copying machine for a long time, there is a problem that other users cannot use the copying machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to omit an operation of inputting a user name, a password, etc. on a keyboard for accessing an information recording / reproducing apparatus on a network, An object is to provide an image recording apparatus with improved operability.

Another object of the present invention is to improve the probability that a target user can be searched from registered users without accessing the information recording / reproducing device on the network without keyboard input. An object is to provide an image recording device.

Further, according to the present invention, when a third party views a manuscript on which a user name and a password for accessing the information recording / reproducing apparatus on the network are written, the user name,
An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus having a confidentiality keeping function that makes it impossible to determine information such as a password at first glance.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image processing apparatus in which a plurality of users access an information recording / reproducing apparatus on a network,
Means for managing user information for using the information recording / reproducing apparatus, means for recognizing an original having a predetermined format, extracting means for extracting user information from the described information on the recognized original, A unit for collating the extracted user information with the managed user information, and a unit for retrieving a user who can access the information recording / reproducing apparatus from the result of the collation are provided. The above information recording / reproducing apparatus can be used.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
The reader unit 1 reads an image of a document (not shown), and outputs image data corresponding to the document image to the printer unit 2 and the image input / output control unit 3. The printer unit 2 records an image according to the image data from the reader unit 1 and the image input / output control unit 3 on recording paper. The image input / output control unit 3 is connected to the reader unit 1 via a signal line, and includes a facsimile unit 4, a file unit 5, a computer interface unit 7, a formatter unit 8, an image memory unit 9, and a core unit, which will be described later. It consists of 10 mag.

The facsimile unit 4 expands the compressed image data received via the telephone line 13 and transfers the expanded image data to the core unit 10. The facsimile unit 4
Compresses the image data transferred from the core unit 10 and transmits the compressed compressed image data via the telephone line 13. A hard disk 12 is connected to the facsimile unit 4, and the received compressed image data can be temporarily stored.

A magneto-optical disk drive unit 6 is connected to the file unit 5, and the file unit 5 compresses the image data transferred from the core unit 10 and retrieves the compressed data from the image data. The keyword is stored in the magneto-optical disk set in the magneto-optical disk drive unit 6. Also, the file section 5
Retrieves the compressed image data stored in the magneto-optical disk based on the keyword transferred via the core unit 10, reads out the retrieved compressed image data and decompresses the decompressed image data. Transfer to the core unit 10.

The computer interface section 7 is an interface circuit between the computer 11 and the core section 10. This interface is composed of TCP / IP communication protocol.
The workstations are connected by LAN.

A large capacity recording disk 14 is connected to the computer 11, and in order to access the recording disk 14, it is necessary to register a user name and a password corresponding to the user name in the computer 11. Then, if the correct user name and password are entered at the time of login, the right to access the large capacity recording disk 14 is obtained.

The formatter unit 8 expands the code data representing the image transferred from the computer 11 into image data which can be recorded by the printer unit 2, and the image memory unit 9 stores the data transferred from the computer 11. It is to be stored temporarily. The core portion 10
As will be described later, the core unit 10 includes a reader unit 1, a facsimile unit 4, a file unit 5, a computer interface unit 7, a formatter unit 8, and an image memory unit 9.
Control the flow of data between each of the.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a sectional configuration of the reader unit 1 and the printer unit 2 of the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the document feeder 10 of the reader unit 1
1 indicates that the originals (not shown) are fed one by one from the last page onto the platen glass 102, and after the operation of reading the originals is completed,
The original document on the platen glass 102 is ejected. Then, when the document is conveyed onto the platen glass 102, the lamp 1
03 is turned on, the scanner unit 104 starts moving, and the document is exposed and scanned. The reflected light from the document at this time is reflected by the mirrors 105, 106, 107 and the lens 10.
It is guided to a CCD image sensor (hereinafter referred to as CCD) 109 by 8.

As described above, the image of the scanned original is C
The image data read by the CD 109 and output from the CCD 109 is subjected to predetermined processing, and then transferred to the printer unit 2 and the core unit 10 of the image input / output control unit 3.

The laser driver of the printer section 2 drives the laser emitting section 201 to cause the laser emitting section 201 to emit a laser beam corresponding to the image data output from the reader section 1. Then, the laser light is applied to the photosensitive drum 202, and a latent image corresponding to the laser light is formed on the photosensitive drum 202. In the latent image portion of the photosensitive drum 202,
The developer is attached by the developing device 203.

Recording paper is fed from either the cassette 204 or the cassette 205 at a timing synchronized with the start of laser light irradiation, and the recording paper is conveyed to the transfer section 206 to remove the developer adhering to the photosensitive drum 202. Transfer to recording paper.
The recording paper on which the developer is carried is conveyed to the fixing unit 207, and the developer is fixed on the recording paper by the heat and pressure in the fixing unit 207.

The recording paper which has passed through the fixing section 207 is discharged outside the apparatus by a discharge roller 208, and the sorter 220 is
The ejected records are stored in the respective pins to sort the recording paper. If the sorting is not set, the sorter 220 stores the recording paper in the uppermost pin.

When double-sided recording is set,
After the recording paper is conveyed to the discharge roller 208, the rotation direction of the discharge roller 208 is reversed and the recording paper is flapped by the flapper 209.
To the re-feeding conveyance path. Further, when multiplex recording is set, the recording paper is guided to the re-feeding conveyance path by the flapper 209 so that the recording paper is not conveyed to the discharge roller 208. Then, the recording sheet guided to the re-feeding conveyance path is fed to the transfer unit 206 at the timing described above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the reader unit 1 according to this embodiment. In FIG.
Image data output from the A / D / SH unit 11
At 0, analog / digital conversion is performed and shading correction is performed. This A / D SH part 1
The image data processed by 10 is then transferred to the printer unit 2 via the image processing unit 111, and also transferred to the core unit 10 of the image input / output control unit 3 shown in FIG. 1 via the interface unit 113. To be done.

The CPU 114 controls the image processing unit 111 and the interface 113 according to the setting contents set by the operation unit 115. For example, when the copy mode in which the trimming process is performed to perform copying is set by the operation unit 115, the CPU 114 causes the image processing unit 111 to perform the trimming process and transfers the result to the printer unit 2. When the facsimile transmission mode is set by the operation unit 115, the interface 113 transfers the image data and the control command according to the set mode to the core unit 10.

Such a control program for the CPU 114 is stored in the memory 116, and the CPU 114
The above control is performed with reference to the memory 116. The memory 116 is also used as a work area (work) of the CPU 114.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the core portion 10 according to this embodiment. In the figure, the image data from the reader unit 1 is transferred to the data processing unit 121 via the interface 122, and the control command from the reader unit 1 is transferred to the CPU 123.
The data processing unit 121 performs image processing such as image rotation processing and scaling processing, and the data processing unit 121 transfers data from the reader unit 1 to the data processing unit 121.
The image data transferred to the facsimile unit 4, the file unit 5, and the computer interface unit 7 are transferred via the interface 120 according to the control command transferred from the reader unit 1.

Further, the computer interface section 7
The code data representing the image input via the is transferred to the data processing unit 121, then transferred to the formatter unit 8 and expanded into image data, and this image data is further transferred to the data processing unit 121. After that, it is transferred to the facsimile unit 4 and the printer unit 2.

The image data from the facsimile section 4 is transferred to the data processing section 121 and then to the printer section 2, the file section 5 and the computer interface section 7. The image data from the file unit 5 is transferred to the data processing unit 121 and then to the printer unit 2, the facsimile unit 4, and the computer interface unit 7.

The CPU 123 performs the above-described control according to the control program stored in the memory 124 and the control command transferred from the reader unit 1. The memory 124 is also used as a work area of the CPU 123. As described above, the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment mainly performs functions such as reading an original image, printing an image, transmitting and receiving an image, storing an image, and inputting / outputting data from a computer, centering on the core unit 10. Perform combined processing. .

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a mark sheet used in the apparatus according to this embodiment.

For example, if "login sheet print" is selected on the operation unit 115 of FIG.
The image data shown in FIG. 5 is created. This image data is printed by the printer unit 2 via the core unit 10,
Emitted outside the machine. On the other hand, when this document is read by the reader unit 1, the document data is read into the file unit 5 via the core unit 10. The file section 5 processes this document as follows.

The mark (3
01 to 306) are marks indicating that this sheet is a mark sheet for performing a special operation, unlike a normal document. Further, in the mark column 307, information indicating that this sheet is a login sheet, the IP address of the computer 11 that logs in, disk information of the recording disk 14 that is an information recording medium, and the like are entered.

Therefore, when the reader unit 1 detects these marks (301 to 306), it performs an operation of reading the mark column 307. At this time, this sheet is set on the platen 102 by the document feeding apparatus 101, or the user of the apparatus directly sets this sheet on the platen 102 by hand, so that the reading position Some deviation from the origin occurs. Therefore, unless the deviation amount is corrected, the data in the mark column 307 cannot be accurately read because they are adjacent to each other.

Therefore, in this apparatus, the marks (301 to
306) is detected, a shift amount indicating how much the position where this sheet is read is shifted from the origin, and a rotation amount indicating how much the position is rotated from the reference point is calculated. These calculated deviations,
The position of reading the information in the mark column 307 is corrected using the rotation amount.

For the marks (301 to 306) or the mark column 307, the number of black pixels in a certain area is calculated, and if they are equal to or more than a certain value, it is judged as black. Then, from this determination result, the information indicating the login sheet and the information of the disc to be logged, which are entered in the mark column 307, are read.

The mark entry field 308 in FIG. 5 is an entry field for entering a name for logging in to the information recording medium (recording disk 14). For example, the user name "AB
If you want to log in with "C", click "A" on the sheet,
Even if you fill in the marks with "W" and "C" on the "B" and "C" points and use "CBA" to log in,
Fill in the three marks "B" and "C". Even if marked in this way, for the third party, the user name written on this sheet is "ABC" or "C".
I can't judge if it is "BA".

The mark entry field 309 is an entry field for marking the character string length of the user name. As described above, when logging in with the user name “ABC”, the mark “3” is filled with a writing tool, and when logging in with “ROOT”, the mark “4” is added.
Although it is possible to log in without entering the mark in the mark entry field 309, in that case, the probability of successful login decreases.

The mark entry field 310 is an entry field for entering the password corresponding to the user name. For example, when logging in with the password "PASWD", "A",
If you want to log in with "ROOT" and fill in the marks on "D", "P", "S", and "W" in five places, you can use "O", "R", and "T". Fill the mark. Even in this case, even if a third party looks at this sheet, it is difficult to imagine the password accurately from the written mark.

The mark entry field 311 is an entry field for marking the character string length of the password. If you want to log in with the password "PASWD" above, fill in the mark on the "5" part with a writing instrument, and then enter the password "ROO
When logging in with "T", the mark is filled in at the portion of "4." Although it is possible to log in without entering this mark entry field 311, the probability of successful login also decreases in this case. .

The operation of reading the data in the mark entry fields 308 to 311 is performed in the mark fields 306 and 307.
Is the same as By using the shift amount and the rotation amount obtained from the marks 301 to 306, the position information of the mark entry fields 308 to 311 is corrected. Then, from the corrected position information, the number of black pixels in a certain area is calculated, and if it is a certain value or more, it is determined as black. The marked character is judged from this judgment result.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing usable users registered in the computer 11 and their passwords. The registered user shown in FIG.
4 can be accessed. This information is sent from the computer 11 via the computer interface unit 7,
It is read in the file section 5.

In FIG. 6, the password of the user name ABD whose registration number (user number) is 1 is ABC, the password of the user name BAC whose registration number is 2 is ABD, the password of the user name AABC whose registration number is 3 is CBA, The password for the user name ABC whose registration number is 4 is ABC,
The password of the user name CBA whose registration number is 5 is AACB.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a login sheet reading processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

As described above, the user with the registration number 1 (AB
In D), the respective marks "A", "B", and "D" are filled in the login name field of the mark entry field 308. In the password field of the mark entry field 310, marks "A", "B", and "C" are filled in and read. The character string length fields of the mark entry fields 309 and 311 are left blank.

In this case, in step S400 of FIG.
As the process of reading the user name, the mark entry field 308
Determine the characters that are marked in the login name field of. As a result, it can be determined that the markings are “A”, “B”, and “D”. Step S401 is a processing part for searching for a corresponding person.
In this case, it is only the registration number 1 that the user name is composed of only the letters “B” and “D”.

In step S402, the number of applicable persons is determined,
In this case, since it is not 0, the processing is performed in step S4.
Proceed to 03. In step S403, reading of the user name character string length, that is, marking of the character string length of the login name in the mark entry field 309 is determined. As a result,
Here, it can be determined that nothing is marked. Therefore, in step S404, it is determined that the character string length is blank, and the process proceeds to step S407.

In step S407, the mark entry field 31
Judge the characters marked in the 0 password field. Here, it can be determined that the markings are "A", "B", and "C". In the following step S408, the relevant person is searched again, and the password of the registration number 1 is made up of only the characters "A", "B", and "C", so the registration number 1 becomes the relevant person. Then, in step S409, it is determined that the corresponding person is not 0, and thus the process proceeds to step S410.

In step S410, the mark entry field 31
Judge the password character string length of 1. Here, as described above, it is determined that nothing is marked. Therefore, in step S411, since the character string length has not been entered, the process proceeds to step S414. In step S414, since the relevant person is only the registration number 1, the determination is YES, and the process proceeds to step S418. Then, the login is executed on the computer 11 with the user name ABD and the password ABC of the registration number 1, and this processing is ended.

User with registration number 2 (user name BAC)
Is "A" in the login name field of the mark entry field 308,
Fill each mark of "B" and "C". Also,
Mark entry field 310 In the password field,
Fill the "A", "B", and "D" marks. In addition,
The character string length fields of the mark entry fields 309 and 311 are left blank.

In this case, in step S400, it is determined that user names "A", "B", and "C" are marked, and in step S401, "A",
It is searched that four users with registration numbers 2 to 5 correspond to the user name formed by using only the three characters "B" and "C". Therefore, in step S402, since the number of applicable persons is not 0, the process proceeds to step S403. After the reading process in step S403, step S403
In 404, it is determined that nothing is marked in the user name character string length field. Therefore, since the character string length has not been entered, the process proceeds to step S407.

As a result of the reading in step S407, it is judged that "A", "B", "D" are marked in the password column. Continued Step S40
When the re-search for the corresponding person in 8 is performed, it is found that among the users having the registration numbers 2 to 5, the password is composed of only the characters “A”, “B”, and “D”. Only users of. Therefore, in step S409, it is determined that the corresponding person is not 0, and the process proceeds to step S410. After reading the password character string length (nothing is marked) in step S410,
In step S411, since the character string length has not been entered,
The process proceeds to step S414.

In step S414, since the relevant person is only the registration number 2, the determination is YES, and the process proceeds to step S418. As a result, the user is logged in to the computer 11 with the user name BAC with the registration number 2 and the password ABD, and this processing ends.

User with registration number 3 (user name AAB
In C), the marks "A", "B", and "C" in the login name field of the mark entry field 308 are filled in. In the mark entry field 310 and the password field, the marks "A", "B", and "C" are filled. The character string length fields of the mark entry fields 309 and 311 are left blank.

In this case, in step S400, it is determined that the user names "A", "B", and "C" are marked, and in step S401,
It is searched that four users with registration numbers 2 to 5 are included in the user name composed of only the letters “A”, “B”, and “C”. Therefore, in step S402, the number of applicable persons is not 0, and thus the process proceeds to step S403.

As a result of the reading of the user name character string length in step S403, since the character string length is not entered in step S404, the determination is YES, and the process proceeds to step S407. In step S407, it is determined that the passwords "A", "B", and "C" are marked. Then, in step S408, among the users having the registration numbers 2 to 5, the password is composed of only the characters “A”, “B”, and “C”. Is searched for. Therefore, in step S409, it is determined that the corresponding person is not 0, and the process proceeds to step S410.

In step S410, the password character string length column (no marking is performed) is read, and in step S411, it is determined that this character string length is unfilled, so the process is executed. S414
Proceed to Then, in step S414, the corresponding person is not 1, so the process proceeds to step S415.

In step S415, the three corresponding user numbers 3 (AABC), 4 (ABC) and 5 (CBA) are displayed on the operation unit 115. In a succeeding step S416, the user of the present apparatus operates the operation unit 11
In step 5, AABC of user number 3 is selected. Then, in step S417, the user inputs the password CBA on the operation unit 115.

In step S418, the information in the mark column 307, the user name AABC of the registration number 3 and the password CBA input from the operation unit 115 are logged in to the computer 11, and this processing ends.

The entry field 30 for the character string length of the login name
If the character string length “4” of the user number 3 (AABC) is marked in 9, the character string length 4 is read in step S403, and in the subsequent step S404, the character string length is entered. Proceed to step S405. Then, in step S405, a re-search for the corresponding person is executed from the users having the registration numbers 2 to 5 on the condition that the character string length is 4.

As a result, the pertinent person is the user number 3 (AAB
C) only, and the corresponding person becomes 1 in step S414, the login process in step S418 is directly performed, and the mark column 307 is the same as above.
With the information of, the user name AABC, and the password CBA, the computer 11 is logged in, and this processing ends.

On the other hand, the user (CBA) with the registration number 5 is
“A” in the login name field of the mark entry field 308,
Fill "B" and "C" respectively. In the password field of the mark entry field 310, “A”,
Fill in the "B" and "C" marks. The character string length fields of the mark entry fields 309 and 311 are left blank.

In step S400, it is read that "A", "B", "C" are marked as user names, and in step S401, "A", "B",
The user name is composed of only the letter "C".
In this case, it is searched that four persons with registration numbers 2 to 5 correspond. Therefore, in step S402, since the number of applicable persons is not 0, the process proceeds to step S403.

In step S403, the user name character string length (no marking is done) is read, and in step S404, the character string length is not entered.
The process proceeds to step S407. This step S
In 407, the password is "A", "B", "C"
It is judged that it is marked. In the subsequent step S408, among the registration numbers 2 to 5, the password is composed of only the characters "A", "B", "C" corresponds to the three persons with the registration numbers 3 to 5. Then it will be searched. Therefore, in step S409, since the number of applicable persons is not 0, the process proceeds to step S410.

In step S410, the password character string length (no marking is performed) is read, and in the following step S411, the judgment is YES because the character string length is not entered, so the process is executed. Proceed to step S414. In this step S414, the number of applicable persons is not 1, so the process proceeds to step S415.

In step S415, the three corresponding user numbers 3 (AABC), 4 (ABC) and 5 (CBA) are displayed on the operation unit 115. In step S416, the user selects the CBA of user number 5 on the operation unit 115. Then, step S417
Then, the user inputs the password AABC on the operation unit 115.

In step S418, the information in the mark column 307, the user name CBA of the registration number 5 and the password AACB input from the operation unit 115 are used to log in to the computer 11, and this processing ends.

The password character string length column 311
If the character string length “4” of the password (AACB) of the user number 5 is marked in, the character string length 4 is read in step S410, and the character string length is written in step S411. , Process step S
Proceed to 412. In step S412, a re-search for the corresponding person is executed from the users having the registration numbers 2 to 5 on condition that the character string length is 4.

As a result, the applicable person is only the user number 5 (user name CBA). Since the applicable person determines 1 in step S414, the process of step S418 is performed. Then, the computer 11 is logged in using the information in the mark column 307, the user name CBA, and the password AACB, and this processing ends.

After logging in to the computer 11 as described above, the file unit 5 can also record / reproduce the data recorded / reproduced on / from the magneto-optical disc on the large-capacity recording disc 14. Alternatively, the electronic mail information can be received via the computer 11, converted into image information by the formatter unit 8, and then printed by the printer unit 2.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image input / output control unit is made to read the login sheet in which the user name, password, etc. for accessing the information recording / reproducing apparatus on the network are written. As a result, the user can quickly use the information recording / reproducing apparatus without performing a troublesome KEY input operation such as a user name for accessing the information recording / reproducing apparatus.

In addition to entering the user name, password, etc. on the login sheet, by writing the character string length of the user name, password, etc., it is possible to register already without inputting the user name, password, etc. from the keyboard. It is possible to improve the probability that a target user can be searched for from among a plurality of registered users.

Further, the user name, password, etc. for accessing the information recording / reproducing apparatus on the network are not limited to the actual user name, password, etc.
By filling in only the minimum current constituent characters on the login sheet, the third party cannot easily judge the user information by just looking at the filled-in user name, password, etc.
User information can be kept confidential.

In the above example, the large-capacity recording disk 12 is connected to the computer 11. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the large-capacity recording disk 12 may be connected in parallel with the magneto-optical disk. The effect of is obtained. Also,
The image of the login sheet shown in FIG.
You may read from.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case of being implemented by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus. In this case, the storage medium storing the program according to the present invention constitutes the present invention. Then, by reading the program from the storage medium into the system or device, the system or device operates in a predetermined manner.

[0074]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The user information entered in the manuscript having a predetermined format is collated with previously managed user information, and based on the collation result, the information recording / reproducing apparatus is provided to a user who can access the information recording / reproducing apparatus on the network. By making it possible to use the information recording / reproducing apparatus, it is possible to omit the troublesome input operation of the user name, password, etc. for access.

According to another aspect of the invention, the probability of being able to find the target user from the registered users is improved by performing the user search based on the user name, the characters of the password and the character string length. To do.

[0076]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cross-sectional configuration of a reader unit and a printer unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a reader unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a core unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a login sheet according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a user name and password according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a login sheet reading processing procedure in the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 reader unit 2 printer unit 3 image input / output control unit 4 facsimile unit 5 file unit 7 computer interface unit 8 formatter unit 9 image memory unit

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display area G06K 19/00 G06K 19/00 X

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An image processing apparatus for accessing an information recording / reproducing apparatus on a network by a plurality of users, means for managing user information for using the information recording / reproducing apparatus, and an original having a predetermined format. Recognizing means, an extracting means for extracting user information from the described information on the recognized document, a means for collating the extracted user information and the managed user information, and a result of the collation, An image processing apparatus comprising means for searching for a user who can access the information recording / reproducing apparatus, and enabling the searched user to use the information recording / reproducing apparatus. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user information includes at least a user name and a password corresponding to the user name. 3. The extraction means extracts the user information based on the characters forming the user name and password, or the characters and the character string length of the characters. Image processing device. 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the original is a mark sheet original, and the original contains information indicating that the original is a mark sheet. 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the original is a login sheet of the information recording / reproducing apparatus. 6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the user information based on the user name and password is represented by the minimum number of characters forming the user name and password on the original.