# US 7,612,904 B2 · Data processing method in network system connected with image processing apparatus

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- Number: US 7,612,904 B2
- Document ID: US7612904B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/555,499
- Filed: 2006-11-01
- Published: 2007-03-08
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 1997-06-20
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Toshihiro Kadowaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7612904B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/0035: {User-machine interface; Control console (input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00)}
- H04N 1/00352: {Input means (H04N1/00411 takes precedence; input arrangements for computers G06F3/00)}
- H04N 1/00395: {Arrangements for reducing operator input (input arrangements for job or mode instructions or parameters H04N1/00962; intelligent menu interfaces H04N1/00437)}
- H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen}
- H04N 1/00498: {Multi-lingual facilities}
- H04N 1/00503: {Customising to a particular machine or model, machine function or application}
- H04N 1/00514: {for individual users}
- H04N 1/00517: {involving favourite or frequently used settings}
- H04N 1/00962: {Input arrangements for operating instructions or parameters, e.g. updating internal software (program loading in general G06F9/445; network-specific protocols involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34)}
- H04N 1/00973: {from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal}
- H04N 1/32122: {in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data}
- H04N 1/32561: {using a programmed control device, e.g. a microprocessor}
- H04N 2201/0081: Image reader (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence)
- H04N 2201/0082: Image hardcopy reproducer (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence)
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N 2201/3205: of identification information, e.g. name or ID code (H04N2201/3209 takes precedence)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

When an ID card (41, 81) including user ID stored therein is set in an image processing apparatus (1, 71), the user ID is read out of the IC card. Upon depression of a key instructing individual setting, ID information including the user ID and apparatus ID is transmitted to a computer terminal (3; 3-1, 3-2) which stores a plurality of user ID's and setting information corresponding to the apparatus. Responding to the ID information transmitted, the computer terminal transmits individual setting information stored therein for each user back to the image processing apparatus, whereupon the apparatus stores the individual setting information in a memory and realizes the individual setting for each user, which corresponds to the set user ID, in a control panel (8) of the apparatus.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing apparatus connected to a server via a network comprising:
a reading unit configured to read an image on an original document;
a transmitting unit configured to transmit the image read by said reading unit;
a setting unit configured to set a parameter relating to the reading of the image by said reading unit or the transmission of the image by said transmitting unit;
an input unit configured to input user information;
a sending unit configured to send the user information input by said input unit to the server;
a receiving unit configured to receive setting information from the server, the setting information being stored in the server and corresponding to the user information sent by said sending unit; and
a control unit configured to control said setting unit to set the parameter based on the setting information received by said receiving unit and control said reading unit or said transmitting unit in accordance with the parameter set by said setting unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said setting unit sets resolution relating to the reading of the image by said reading unit as the parameter.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said setting unit sets destination information relating to the transmission of the image by said transmitting unit as the parameter.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said setting unit sets information indicating a transmitter whose user information is input as the parameter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first memory configured to store default setting information not identified by the user information,
wherein said setting unit sets the parameter based on the received setting information instead of the parameter set based on the default setting information when said receiving unit receives the setting information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a second memory configured to store the setting information received by said receiving unit temporarily, said second memory being a volatile memory.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a display unit configured to display the information indicating the parameter set by said setting unit,
wherein said display unit displays information indicating the parameter based on the default setting information and information indicating the parameter based on the received setting information selectively.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a request unit configured to request the server to update the setting information.

### Claim 9

An image processing method comprising the steps of:
reading an image on an original document;
transmitting the read image;
setting a parameter relating to the reading or the transmission of the image;
inputting user information;
sending the input user information to a server via a network;
receiving setting information from the server, the setting information being stored in the server and corresponding to the sent user information; and
controlling to set the parameter based on the setting information received by said receiving unit and the reading or the transmission in accordance with the set parameter.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

A computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon for causing a computer to perform the method according to claim 9.