JPH1083444A - Image input controller and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image input controller which can designate a specific page of a document and continuously read only designated pages. SOLUTION: When a scan request accepting part 22 accepts a scan request 20, page designating information in the request 20 is stored in a page designation storing part 24 and the other information is stored in a scan request processing controlling part 26. The part 26 instructs an image input device controlling part 28 to acquire the image information of a specific page based on the page designating information. The part 28 controls an image input device 18, acquires the image information of a designated specific page and stores it in an image information restoring part 30. The image information is converted into a prescribed format by an image information processing part 32 and outputted as an image information output 36 from an image information output controlling part 34.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an image input control device,
In particular, the present invention relates to an image input control device for controlling an image input device to execute a continuous reading process of image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image input control device for controlling an input device such as a scanner, continuously reading each page of a document, and acquiring image information for each page has been used. An example of such an image input control device is disclosed in JP-A-8-70.
No. 71 discloses this.

In this conventional example, the number of pages of a document having a plurality of pages is designated, a plurality of such documents are successively read, the read image information is stored, and the designated document is designated for each document. The document is divided and registered for each document based on the number of pages. As a result, a plurality of documents can be read continuously, and it is not necessary to perform a document registration process every time one document is read, so that page images of a plurality of documents can be stored at high speed. Therefore, the processing time for document registration can be reduced.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, it is possible to specify the number of pages of one document and continuously read page images of a document having a plurality of pages. Specify only specific pages within
There is a problem that image information of only that page cannot be obtained.

That is, for example, a specific page in a document,
Alternatively, when only odd or even pages are desired, it has conventionally been necessary for the user to extract these desired pages from the document in advance, and to have only the extracted pages read by the image input device. Therefore, the user has to perform very troublesome work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image input control device capable of designating a specific page of a document and continuously processing only the designated page. is there.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image input control device for controlling an image input device and outputting desired image information. A page designating unit that designates a specific page, an image acquiring unit that causes an image input device to read a specific page designated by the page designating unit, and acquires only image information of the page, and stores the acquired image information. An image information storage means and an image information output means for outputting the image information stored in the image information storage means are provided, and are capable of outputting image information of a specific page of a multi-page document.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image input control device according to the first aspect, the image obtaining means skips a page other than the specific page specified by the page specifying means with respect to the image input apparatus. The process is executed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image input control device according to the second aspect of the invention, the process of skipping a page is either a process of discarding the acquired image information or a paper feeding process in the image input device. It is characterized by.

According to a fourth aspect, in the image input control device according to the first aspect, the image information output means converts the image information stored in the image information storage means into a predetermined format and outputs the converted information. It is characterized by.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image input control device for controlling an image input device and outputting desired image information. The image input control device includes: a scan request receiving unit for receiving a scan request from a user; A scan request processing control unit that controls the processing of a scan request, and a page specification storage unit that stores page specification information included in the scan request as a page from which image information is to be acquired among pages included in the document to be processed, An image input device control unit that controls the image input device to acquire image information of a page stored in the page designation storage unit based on an instruction of the scan request processing control unit, and an image information acquired by the image input device control unit. Image information storage means for storing, and image information stored in the image information storage means An image information processing unit that converts the image information into a format, and an image information output control unit that outputs the image information converted by the image information processing unit to a predetermined output destination. It can be output.

According to each of the above-described configurations, the specific page specified by the page specifying unit is read by the image input device, and only the image information of the page is output. There is no need to perform any processing.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image input control method for controlling an image input device and outputting desired image information. The method receives a specification of a specific page of a document to be processed and specifies the page by specifying the page. It is possible to skip image information other than the specified page, obtain and store only the image information of the specific page, output the stored image information, and thereby output the image information of the specific page of a multi-page document. And

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image input control method for controlling an image input apparatus and outputting desired image information. The image input control method receives a scan request from a user, and receives a scan request from a user. Of these, the page specification information included in the scan request is stored as the page for which image information is to be obtained, and based on the instruction of the scan request, the image information of the page corresponding to the stored page specification information is obtained, and the obtained image is obtained. Storing information, converting the stored image information into a predetermined format, outputting the converted image information to a predetermined output destination, and thereby outputting image information of a specific page of a multi-page document. And

According to the above configuration, only the image information of the specific page specified by the page specification can be output.
There is no need for the user to extract only necessary pages in advance and execute the reading process.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an image information acquisition system using an image input control device according to the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a scanner operation application 14 is connected to an image input control device 10 via an image input control device interface 12. In addition, the interface
An image input device 18 is also connected via a controller 16.

The image input device 18 includes, for example, a digital copier, a desk-top flatbed type scanner with an automatic paper feeder, and the like. Further, as the automatic paper feeder, for example, ADF, ADH, DADF, etc. can be considered.

In the present system, when a scan request 20 is given from the scanner operation application 14, the image input control device 10 controls the image input device 18 and, in response to the scan request 20, the image information of a specific page in the document. To get. The acquired image information
The data is transferred to the scanner operation application 14 via the image input control device interface 12.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image input control device 10 according to the present invention. 2, when a scan request 20 is input to the image input control device 10 from the scanner operation application 14 shown in FIG. 1 via the image input control device interface 12,
The scan request receiving unit 22 receives the request. This scan request includes the resolution, scan size,
In addition to specification of an output format, an output destination, and the like, page specification information for specifying a specific page to be output in a document is also included.

The page designation information is sent from the scan request receiving unit 22 to the page designation storage unit 24 via the internal bus 38 and stored therein. The contents of the scan request 20 other than the page designation information are sent to the scan request processing control unit 26 and stored. The scan request processing control unit 26 controls the image input device control unit 28 via the internal bus 38 based on the scan request 20.
Is instructed to acquire image information. This instruction also includes the page designation information stored in the page designation storage unit 24.

The image input device controller 28 is connected to the image input device 18 via the interface controller 16 based on an instruction from the scan request processing controller 26.
Get image information from. That is, the image input device 18
When a scanner with an automatic paper feeder is connected, a user places a document having a plurality of pages on the automatic paper feeder, Documents are sent to the scanner one page at a time. The content of the sent page is read by a scanner. Image information of each page read by the scanner is acquired by the image input device control unit 28 via the interface controller 16.

As described above, since the instruction of the scan request processing control unit 26 includes the page designation information stored in the page designation storage unit 24, the image input device control unit 28 acquires Only the specified page will be displayed. The image information of only the designated page obtained in this way is transferred to the image information storage unit 3 via the internal bus 38.
0 and stored.

Note that pages other than the designated page are skipped. The skipping process is performed, for example, by discarding the image information acquired by the image input device control unit 28,
This is executed by causing the automatic sheet feeding device to perform a sheet feeding process.

The image information stored in the image information storage unit 30 is converted by the image information processing unit 32 into a format specified by the scan request processing control unit 26.
This format includes, for example, a TIFF format and a BMP format. The image information converted into the predetermined format is output from the image information output control unit 34 to the output destination designated by the scan request processing control unit 26 as the image information output 36 via the image input control device interface 12. The output destination specified by the scan request processing control unit 26 includes, for example, display display, writing to a disc,
File transfer via a network is conceivable.

With the above-described configuration, a document composed of a plurality of pages is set on a scanner or the like as the image input device 18 and operated, and based on the page designation information included in the scan request 20, the document in the document is read. Image information of only a specific page can be output. In this case, it is not necessary to extract necessary pages in advance before the continuous reading process of the document, and the workability of the user can be improved.

The page designation storage unit 24 and the scan request processing control unit 26 constitute a page designation unit of the present invention. Further, the image input device control unit 28 corresponds to the image acquisition unit of the present invention, and the image information storage unit 30 corresponds to the image information storage unit of the present invention. Further, the image information processing unit 32 and the image information output control unit 34 constitute an image information output unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a flow of the operation of the image input control device 10 shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, when the image input control device 10 starts the process of receiving a scan request (S1), the scanner operation application 1
It is determined whether or not the scan request 20 sent from the server 4 has been received (S2).

When the scan request 20 is received in S2, it is determined whether or not the image input control device 10 is processing the scan request (S3).

In S3, when the image input control device 10 is not performing the scan request processing, the scan request processing is started (S4).

On the other hand, when the image input control device 10 has already executed the processing of the scan request, it does not accept a new scan request 20 until the processing is completed, and Is notified, and a scan request error occurs (S5).

Next, if no scan request has been received in S2, if the scan request processing has been completed in S4, or if a scan request error has been issued in S5, whether or not to continue the scan request reception processing is determined. Is determined (S6).
If the scan request acceptance process continues,
Returning to S2, the processes from S2 to S6 are repeated. On the other hand, when ending the scan request receiving process, the image input control device 10 stops operating. FIG. 4 shows a flow of the content of the scan request process shown in FIG. 4, when the scan request process is started (S10), the scan request process control unit 26 acquires the page designation information in the scan request 20 accepted by the scan request accepting unit 22, and stores it in the page designation storage unit 24. (S1
1).

Next, the scan request processing control unit 26
Sets the value 1 to a variable N stored therein (S12).
Next, it is checked whether the variable N matches the page specification stored in the page specification storage unit 24 (S13).

If the variable N matches the page designation (S14), a page reading process is executed (S1).
5).

On the other hand, if the variable N does not match the page specification (S14), it is checked whether the variable N is out of the range of the page specification stored in the page specification storage unit 24 (S16). In S16, if the variable N is within the range of page designation, a page skipping process is executed (S17).

After the page reading process is completed in S15,
Alternatively, after the page skipping process is completed in S17, 1 is added to the variable N (S18), and the steps from S13 are repeated.

On the other hand, if the variable N is out of the page specification range in S16, the scan request processing is completed (S19).

FIG. 5 shows a flow of the contents of the page reading process shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, when the page reading process is executed (S20), the image input device control unit 28 controls the image input device 18 and acquires one page of image information from the document set in the image input device 18. (S21).

The acquired image information is sent from the image input device control unit 28 to the image information storage unit 30 via the internal bus 38, and stored therein (S22).

The image information processing unit 32 executes a process of converting the image information stored in the image information storage unit 30 into a format designated at the time of the scan request process. The specification of this format is performed by the scan request processing control unit 26 based on the scan request 20 (S23).

The image information stored in the image information storage unit 30 and converted into a predetermined format by the image information processing unit 32 is output by the image information output control unit 34 by the scan request processing control unit 26 at the time of a scan request. The data is output to the specified output destination (S24).

When the above operation is completed, the page reading process is completed (S25).

FIG. 6 shows a flow of the content of the page skipping process shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, when the page skipping process is executed (S30), the image input device control unit 28 determines whether or not the paper feeding process of the document on the automatic sheet feeding device such as the ADF of the image input device 18 is possible. (S31).

If the paper feeding process is not possible (S3
2) The image input device controller 28 controls the image input device 18
Then, a reading process for one page is executed to acquire image information for one page (S33). The image input device control unit 28 discards the acquired image information (S34).

On the other hand, if the paper feeding process is possible (S3
2) The image input device control unit 28 causes the image input device 18 to execute a paper feed process for one page of the document on the automatic paper feeder (S35). The page that has been fed is not subjected to page reading processing by the scanner.

When the above steps are completed, the page skipping process is completed (S36).

As described above, in the document composed of a plurality of pages, the image information of only the odd or even pages, or only the specific pages such as the third and fifth pages in the document is obtained. If it is desired to input a scan request including such page designation information to the image input control device 10, the scan request processing control unit 2
According to the instruction of 6, the image input device control unit 28 acquires image information of only a desired page, executes a predetermined format conversion on the image information, and outputs it as an image information output 36.
Therefore, an operation of extracting a page from which image information is to be obtained in advance is not required, and the workability of the user can be improved.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When performing a continuous reading process of a document having a plurality of pages, among the pages of the document, by simply specifying a specific page for which image information is to be obtained, image information of the page can be obtained, User operability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image information acquisition system using an image input control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of an image input control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the image input control device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of a scan request process shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the contents of a page reading process shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the content of a page skipping process shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 image input control device, 12 image input control device interface, 14 scanner operation application, 1
6 interface controller, 18 image input devices, 20 scan requests, 22 scan request receiving units, 24 page designation storage units, 26 scan request processing control units, 28 image input device control units,
30 image information storage unit, 32 image information processing unit, 34
Image information output control unit, 36 Image information output, 38 Internal bus.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An image input control device for controlling an image input device and outputting desired image information, comprising: a page designating unit for designating a specific page of a document to be processed; An image acquisition unit that causes the image input device to read the specified page, and acquires only image information of the page; an image information storage unit that stores the acquired image information; and an image stored in the image information storage unit. An image input control device comprising: image information output means for outputting information; and capable of outputting image information of a specific page of a multi-page document. 2. The image input control device according to claim 1, wherein the image acquisition unit executes a process of skipping a page other than a specific page specified by the page specification unit with respect to the image input device. An image input control device characterized in that the control is performed. 3. The image input control device according to claim 2, wherein the process of skipping the page is one of a process of discarding the acquired image information and a process of feeding the image in the image input device. Image input control device. 4. The image input control device according to claim 1, wherein said image information output means converts the image information stored in said image information storage means into a predetermined format and outputs it. Image input control device. 5. An image input control device that controls an image input device and outputs desired image information, the scan request receiving unit receiving a scan request from a user, and processing of the scan request based on the scan request. A scan request processing control unit for controlling the scan request processing; a page specification storage unit for storing page specification information included in the scan request as a page from which image information is to be obtained, among the pages included in the processing target document; An image input device control unit that controls the image input device based on an instruction from the control unit and obtains image information of a page stored in the page designation storage unit, and stores the image information obtained by the image input device control unit. Image information storage means for storing the image information stored in the image information storage means. An image information processing unit that converts the image information into a predetermined format; and an image information output control unit that outputs the image information converted by the image information processing unit to a predetermined output destination. An image input control device capable of outputting image information. 6. An image input method for controlling an image input device and outputting desired image information, wherein a specific page of a document to be processed is specified, and a specific page other than the specific page specified by the page specification is received. Image input, wherein only the image information of the specific page is obtained and stored, the stored image information is output, and the image information of the specific page of the document including a plurality of pages can be output. Control method. 7. An image input control method for controlling an image input device and outputting desired image information, wherein a scan request from a user is received, and image information is acquired from pages included in a document to be processed. Storing the page designation information included in the scan request as a desired page, acquiring image information of a page corresponding to the stored page designation information based on an instruction of the scan request, and acquiring the acquired image information. Storing, converting the stored image information into a predetermined format, outputting the converted image information to a predetermined output destination, and thereby outputting image information of a specific page of a multi-page document. Image input control method.