Mobile apparatus, image scan apparatus and method for performing a scanning operation and generating a scan image

An image scan apparatus, comprising:

• a communication interface to receive a scan command from a mobile apparatus and to receive time information and position information of the mobile apparatus from the mobile apparatus;
• a scanner to scan a source material to a plurality of pieces of image data;
• a controller to reflect the received time information and the received position information of the mobile apparatus into the plurality of pieces of image data, and to control the communication interface to transmit the plurality of pieces of image data, having the time information and position information of the mobile apparatus reflected therein, to the mobile apparatus via a streaming method;
• and
• a scan buffer to store each piece of image data output by the scanner,
• wherein when a piece of image data output by the scanner fills the scan buffer, the controller is to:
• control the scanner to stop scanning the source material,
• to control the communication interface to transmit an event message to the mobile apparatus while the scanner is stopped indicating the scan buffer is full and the piece of image data is ready for retrieval,
• in response to receiving a request from the mobile apparatus to retrieve the piece of image data, to control the communication interface to transmit the piece of image data stored in the scan buffer having the time information and position information of the mobile apparatus reflected therein to the mobile apparatus, and
• to control the scanner to re-start scanning the source material when the scan buffer is empty.

A job performing method of a mobile apparatus, comprising:

• receiving a selection of an image scan apparatus to perform scanning of a document;
• transmitting a scan command to the selected image scan apparatus;
• transmitting position information and time information of the mobile apparatus to the selected image scan apparatus;
• receiving a plurality of pieces of image data having the position information and time information of the mobile apparatus from the selected image scan apparatus via a streaming method, the plurality of pieces of image data corresponding to the document having been scanned by the image scan apparatus;
• and
• generating a scan image using the plurality of pieces of image data having the position information and time information of the mobile apparatus,
• wherein the receiving the plurality of pieces of image data includes:
• for each of the plurality of pieces of image data, receiving an event message from the image scan apparatus while a scanning operation of the image scan apparatus is stopped indicating a scan buffer of the image scan apparatus is full and a respective piece of image data among the plurality of pieces of image data is ready for retrieval, and
• in response to receiving the event message, transmitting a request to the image scan apparatus to retrieve the respective piece of image data,
• wherein a size of each of the plurality of pieces of image data is limited by a size of the scan buffer of the image scan apparatus.