US 2017/0289401 A1 · IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND USER INFORMATION SHARING METHOD

Abstract

An image processing system comprises a master image processing apparatus provided with an image forming section for processing an image and a slave image processing apparatus provided with an image forming section for forming an image. The master image processing apparatus comprises a first user information storage section which stores user information, an acquisition section, a first user information update section which updates the user information stored in the first user information storage section according to the user information acquired by the acquisition section and a sending section which sends the user information acquired by the acquisition section to the slave image processing apparatus. A second user information storage section of the slave image processing apparatus stores the user information. A second user information update section updates the user information stored in the second user information storage section according to the user information received by a receiving section.

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Dependent claims

(canceled)

An image processing system, comprising:

a first image processing apparatus and a plurality of second image processing apparatuses, wherein:
the first image processing apparatus comprises:
a first storage section configured to store first user information;
a first acquisition section configured to acquire other user information;
a first update section configured to update the first user information stored in the first storage section according to the other user information to yield updated user information;
a first sending section configured to:
in response to a determination that the first acquisition section acquires the other user information in request information received from a second image processing apparatus of the plurality of second image processing apparatuses, send the other user information to the second image processing apparatus without sending the other user information to other second image processing apparatuses of the plurality of second image processing apparatuses, and
in response to a determination that the first acquisition section does not acquire the other user information in the request information received from the second image processing apparatus, send the other user information to the plurality of second image processing apparatuses;
a synchronization processing section configured to carry out a synchronization processing for the updated user information in response to a determination that the first update section directly updated the first user information;
a second storage section configured to store second user information;
a second receiving section configured to receive the other user information sent by the first image processing apparatus;
and
a second update section configured to update the second user information stored in the second storage section according to the other user information.

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A user information sharing method in an image processing system, comprising

storing, by a first image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor, first user information;
acquiring, by the first image processing apparatus, other user information;
updating, by the first image processing apparatus, the first user information stored according to the other user information to yield updated user information;
in response to determining that the other user information is acquired from request information received from a second image processing apparatus of a plurality of second image processing apparatuses, sending, by the first image processing apparatus, the other user information to the second image processing apparatus without sending the other user information to other second image processing apparatuses of the plurality of second image processing apparatuses;
in response to determining that the other user information is not acquired from the request information received from the second image processing apparatus, sending, by the first image processing apparatus, the other user information to the plurality of second image processing apparatuses;
carrying out a synchronization processing for the updated user information in response to a determination that the first update section directly updated the first user information;
storing, by the second image processing apparatus, second user information;
receiving, by the second image processing apparatus, the other user information sent from the first image processing apparatus;
and
updating, by the second image processing apparatus, the second user information stored according to the other user information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/627,625Filed 20 Jun 2017

Priority

22 Dec 2015

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04N 1/4413
Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity: involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
H04N 1/00347
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture…:…
H04N 1/36
Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g.…
H04N 2201/0031
Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability: where the still picture apparatus controls another apparatus

Image processing system and user information sharing method

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Image processing system and user information sharing method

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