Image processing apparatus and image processing system

The image processing apparatus according to claim

• wherein the template data is capable of including:
• fixed information to be included in the metadata;
• and
• a first reserved word indicating that the parameter corresponding to the first setting item is included in the metadata, and wherein, in the generation processing, the controller executes:
• a second determination processing of determining whether the template data includes the first reserved word;
• a first reading processing of reading the parameter corresponding to the first setting item from the memory, in response to the determination of the second determination processing that the template data includes the first reserved word;
• and
• a first replacing processing of replacing the first reserved word included in the template data with the parameter read by the first reading processing to generate the metadata including the fixed information and the parameter.

The image processing apparatus according to claim I,

• wherein in the acquisition processing, the controller executes:
• a third transmission processing of transmitting template request information for transmission request of the template data to the server through the communication interface;
• and
• a second reception processing of receiving the template data, which is transmitted by the server in response to the template request information, from the server through the communication interface, and
• wherein, in the generation processing, the controller generates the metadata according to the template data received by the second reception processing.

An image processing system comprising:

• an image processing apparatus;
• and
• one or more servers,
• wherein the image processing apparatus includes:
• a scanner that executes a scanning action of reading an original document and generating scan data;
• a first communication interface;
• a display;
• an input interface;
• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a first controller, when executing the instructions, causing the image processing apparatus to execute:
• a first transmission processing of transmitting transmission request information to request for transmission of instruction data to a server through the first communication interface;
• a first reception processing of receiving the instruction data, which is transmitted from the server in response to the transmission request information, from the server through the first communication interface;
• a first determination processing of determining whether the instruction data received by the first reception processing is either one of screen instruction data and action instruction data;
• wherein, in response to the determination of the first determination processing that the instruction data is the screen instruction data, the first controller causes the image processing apparatus to execute:
• a display processing of displaying a setting screen instructed by the screen instruction data on the display, the setting screen being a screen on which a parameter corresponding to a first setting item is designated by a user,
• an acceptance processing of accepting a user operation designating the parameter corresponding to the first setting item instructed by the screen instruction data, after displaying the setting screen on the display, through the input interface;
• a first storage processing of storing the parameter designated by the acceptance processing in the memory in association with the first setting item instructed by the screen instruction data;
• and
• the first transmission processing of transmitting the transmission request information to request for transmission of a next instruction data instructed by the screen instruction data to the server through the first communication interface, the transmission request information including the parameter indicating an execution condition of the scanning action when the parameter is designated by the acceptance processing,
• wherein, in response to the determination of the first determination processing that the instruction data is the action instruction data, the first controller causes the image processing apparatus to execute:
• a scan instruction processing of causing the scanner to execute the scanning action according to the parameter included in the action instruction data, wherein the action instruction data is data, which is generated by the sever, based on a parameter included in the transmission request information to request for transmission of a next instruction data;
• an acquisition processing of acquiring template data, the template data being information indicating the first setting item corresponding to the parameter to be included in metadata,
• a generation processing of generating the metadata, with using the parameter stored in the memory, in association with the first setting item represented by the template data acquired by the acquisition processing;
• and
• a second transmission processing of transmitting the scan data and the metadata to the server through the first communication interface.
• wherein the server includes:
• a second communication interface;
• a second controller, and
• the second controller executes:
• a second reception processing of receiving the transmission request information from the image processing apparatus through the second communication interface;
• a third transmission processing of transmitting the instruction data represented by the transmission request information received by the second reception processing to the image processing apparatus through the second communication interface;
• and
• a third reception processing of receiving the scan data and the metadata from the image processing apparatus through the second communication interface.