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US 8,508,780 B2Granted
Scanner apparatus capable of optimal transmission and saving of image data
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKimie Mishima, Yoshiki Tokimoto, Yoshiyuki Tamai, Masami Yamada
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Abstract
When a PC as a transmission destination and a shared folder as a saving destination are designated and start of scanning is instructed, a scanner apparatus scans an original, confirms state of activation of the PC and stores the scan data temporarily in a storage unit until the PC is activated. When the PC is activated and transmission becomes possible, the scan data that has been stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the PC and saved in the designated shared folder.
Claims21
A scanner, comprising:
- a storage device;
- an image processing unit for receiving scan data obtained from a reading unit;
- a transmission destination registering unit registering information related to one or more shared folders on a network;
- a designating unit designating a saving destination for saving said scan data among said one or more shared folders registered by the transmission destination registering unit;
- a state detecting unit detecting, before transmission of the scan data through the network, whether an external apparatus having the shared folder designated as said saving destination is in a state in which communication is possible or in a state in which communication is impossible;
- a passing unit automatically passing, before transmission of the scan data through the network, said scan data from the image processing unit to the storage device without intervening processing when communication with said external apparatus is impossible, and passing said scan data to said external apparatus without storing said scan data in the storage device, when communication with said external apparatus is possible;
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- a transmitting unit transmitting through the network said scan data when it is detected by said state detecting unit that said external apparatus having the shared folder is in a state in which communication is possible, and said transmitting unit transmitting through the network said scan data stored in said storage device when said external apparatus having the shared folder which was in a state in which communication was impossible, is detected by said state detecting unit as being in a state in which communication is possible.
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A scanner, comprising:
- a storage device;
- an image processing unit for receiving scan data obtained from a reading unit;
- a transmission destination registering unit registering information related to one or more shared folders on a network;
- a designating unit designating a saving destination for saving said scan data among said one or more shared folders registered by the transmission destination registering unit;
- a state detecting unit detecting, before transmission of the scan data through the network, whether an external apparatus having the shared folder designated as said saving destination is in a state in which communication is possible or in a state in which communication is impossible;
- a passing unit automatically passing, before transmission of the scan data through the network, said scan data from the image processing unit to the storage device without intervening processing when communication with said external apparatus is impossible, and not storing said scan data in the storage device when it is detected by said state detecting unit that said external apparatus having the shared folder is in a state in which communication is possible;
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- a transmitting unit transmitting through the network said scan data when it is detected by said state detecting unit that said external apparatus having the shared folder is in a state in which communication is possible, and said transmitting unit transmitting through the network said scan data stored in said storage device when said external apparatus having the shared folder which was in a state in which communication was impossible, is detected by said state detecting unit as being in a state in which communication is possible.
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A scanner, comprising:
- a storage device;
- an image processing unit for receiving scan data obtained from a reading unit;
- a transmission destination registering unit registering destination information related to one or more external devices in a network, and one or more shared folders of the one or more external devices;
- a transmission destination storage unit storing the registered destination information;
- a designating unit designating, from the registered destination information stored in the transmission destination storage unit, one of the one or more shared folders of the one or more external devices, registered by the transmission destination registering unit, as a saving destination for saving said scan data;
- a state detecting unit detecting whether said one or more external devices is in a state in which communication is possible or in a state in which communication is impossible;
- a passing unit automatically passing, before transmission of the scan data through the network, said scan data from the image processing unit to the storage device without intervening processing when communication with said one or more external devices is impossible, and not storing said scan data in the storage device when it is detected that said one or more external devices is in a state in which communication is possible;
- a transmitting unit transmitting said scan data to the saving destination after detecting whether communication with said one or more external devices is possible or impossible;
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- a control unit that controls the transmitting unit to transmit said scan data to the saving destination, wherein the control unit performs an operation to transmit the scan data to the saving destination, and repeats said operation if the previous operation did not result in the scan data being received at the saving destination.
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A method of data transmission, comprising:
- receiving at an image processing unit scan data obtained from a reading unit;
- transmission destination registering step of registering information related to one or more shared folders on a network;
- designating step of designating a saving destination for saving said scan data among said registered folders registered in the transmission destination registering step;
- state detecting step of detecting, before transmission of the scan data through the network, whether an external apparatus having the shared folder designated as said saving destination is in a state in which communication is possible or in a state in which communication is impossible;
- passing step of automatically passing, before transmission of the scan data through the network, said scan data from the image processing unit to a storage device without intervening processing when communication with said external apparatus is impossible, and passing said scan data to said external apparatus without storing said scan data in the storage device, when communication with said external apparatus is possible;
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- transmission step of transmitting through the network said scan data when it is detected in said state detecting step that said external apparatus having the shared folder is in a state in which communication is possible, and said transmitting step transmitting through the network said scan data stored in said storage device when said external apparatus having the shared folder which was in a state in which communication was impossible, is detected in said state detecting step as being in a state in which communication is possible.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a data transmission program stored thereon to make a computer execute an image data transmitting process comprising the steps of:
- receiving at an image processing unit scan data obtained from a reading unit;
- transmission destination registering step of registering information related to one or more shared folders on a network;
- designating step of designating a saving destination for saving said scan data among said registered folders registered in the transmission destination registering step;
- state detecting step of detecting, before transmission of the scan data through the network, whether an external apparatus having the shared folder designated as said saving destination is in a state in which communication is possible or in a state in which communication is impossible;
- passing step of automatically passing, before transmission of the scan data through the network, said scan data from the image processing unit to a storage device without intervening processing when communication with said external apparatus is impossible, and passing said scan data to said external apparatus without storing said scan data in the storage device, when communication with said external apparatus is possible;
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- transmission step of transmitting through the network said scan data when it is detected in said state detecting step that said external apparatus having the shared folder is in a state in which communication is possible, and said transmitting step transmitting through the network said scan data stored in said storage device when said external apparatus having the shared folder which was in a state in which communication was impossible, is detected in said state detecting step as being in a state in which communication is possible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.