Image processing apparatus, charging system, charging method, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhide Hasegawa
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus may include a generation unit, a calculation unit, and a storing unit. The generation unit generates, from job data, image data independent of a model of the image processing apparatus. The calculation unit calculates charging information about contents included in the image data and charging information about additional information added to the image data. The storing unit stores the charging information about the contents and the charging information about the additional information for each charging destination stored in a storage unit.
Claims7
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate, from job data, image data independent of a model of the image processing apparatus;
- a calculation unit configured to calculate charging information about contents included in the image data and charging information about additional information added to the image data;
- and
- a storing unit configured to store the charging information about the contents and the charging information about the additional information for each charging destination stored in a storage unit.
A charging system comprising:
- an image processing apparatus;
- and
- an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus includes:
- a transmission unit configured to calculate charging information about additional information added to image data independent of a model of the image processing apparatus and transmit to the image processing apparatus of the charging system job data used for generating the image data by adding the charging information about the additional information thereto, and
- wherein the image processing apparatus includes:
- a reading unit configured to read the charging information about the additional information from the job data,
- a generation unit configured to generate the image data from the job data,
- a calculation unit configured to calculate charging information about contents included in the image data, and
- a storing unit configured to store the charging information about the contents and the charging information about the additional information in a storage unit for each charging destination.
A method for charging executed in an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating, from job data, image data independent of a model of the image processing apparatus;
- calculating charging information about contents included in the image data and charging information about additional information added to the image data;
- and
- storing the charging information about the contents and the charging information about the additional information for each charging destination stored in a storage unit.
A method for charging executed in a charging system having an information processing apparatus and an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- calculating, in the information processing apparatus, charging information about additional information added to image data independent of a model of the image processing apparatus;
- transmitting, from the information processing apparatus to the image processing apparatus of the charging system, job data used for generating the image data by adding the charging information about the additional information thereto;
- reading, in the image processing apparatus, the charging information about the additional information from the job data;
- generating, in the image processing apparatus, the image data from the job data;
- calculating, in the image processing apparatus, charging information about contents included in the image data;
- and
- storing, in the image processing apparatus, the charging information about the contents and the charging information about the additional information stored in a storage unit for each charging destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.