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US 12,681,905 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus and data communication system
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsTakuma Fujikawa, Nobushiro Fujiwara, Shingo Ito
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a reading device generating scan data by reading a sheet, and a communication device capable of communicating with a data management apparatus managing a plurality of folders including a shared folder in a hierarchical structure. The communication device transmits the scan data and folder designation information designating the shared folder from the plurality of folders managed in the hierarchical structure by the data management apparatus to the data management apparatus.
Claims10
A data communication system including a data management apparatus and a plurality of image reading apparatuses, wherein
- the data management apparatus comprises:
- a first communication device capable of communicating with the plurality of image reading apparatuses via a network;
- a first storage device storing a plurality of shared folders managed in a hierarchical structure and shared among the plurality of image reading apparatuses;
- and
- a first controller including a processor and, through the processor executing a control program, storing, when the first communication device receives scan data and folder designation information from any of the plurality of image reading apparatuses, the scan data in the shared folder designated by the folder designation information, and
- each of the plurality of image reading apparatuses comprises:
- a reading device generating scan data by reading a sheet;
- a second communication device capable of communicating with the data management apparatus via a network;
- a second storage device;
- a recognition device recognizing character data included in the scan data;
- a display device;
- and
- a second controller including a processor and, through the processor executing a control program,
- storing, before generating the scan data, predetermined designation character data and identification information indicating one of the plurality of shared folders in association with each other in the second storage device;
- setting folder designation information such that a shared folder indicated by the identification information associated with the designation character data in the second storage device is designated when character data recognized by the recognition device includes the designation character data, and causing the display device to display a screen for notifying an operator the shared folder designated by the folder designation information;
- causing the display device to display a screen for requesting the operator to designate one of the plurality of shared folders when the character data recognized by the recognition device does not include the designation character data;
- and
- causing the second communication device to transmit the scan data and the folder designation information to the data management apparatus.
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A data communication system including a data management apparatus and a plurality of image processing apparatuses,
- wherein the data management apparatus comprises:
- a first communication device capable of communicating with the plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network;
- a first storage device storing a plurality of shared folders managed in a hierarchical structure and shared among the plurality of image processing apparatuses;
- and
- a first controller including a processor and, through the processor executing a control program, storing, when the first communication device receives scan data and folder designation information from any of the plurality of image processing apparatuses, the scan data in the shared folder designated by the folder designation information, and
- each of the plurality of image processing apparatuses comprises:
- a second communication device capable of communicating with the data management apparatus via a network;
- a second storage device;
- a recognition device recognizing character data included in scan data;
- a display device;
- and
- a second controller including a processor and, through the processor executing a control program,
- storing, before generating the scan data, predetermined designation character data and identification information indicating one of the plurality of shared folders in association with each other in the second storage device;
- setting folder designation information such that a shared folder indicated by the identification information associated with the designation character data in the second storage device is designated when character data recognized by the recognition device includes the designation character data, and causing the display device to display a screen for notifying an operator the shared folder designated by the folder designation information;
- causing the display device to display a screen for requesting the operator to designate one of the plurality of shared folders when the character data recognized by the recognition device does not include the designation character data;
- and
- causing the second communication device to transmit the scan data and the folder designation information to the data management apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.