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US 8,804,159 B2Granted
Apparatus, system, and method of image processing, and recording medium storing image processing program
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShinya Mori
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Abstract
An image input apparatus determines whether an image input apparatus that has sent image data is an authorized sender when storing of the image data to a specific storage area is detected. According to a determination result indicating that the image input apparatus is the authorized sender, the image input apparatus applying one or more processes to the image data.
Claims12
A method of distributing image data, comprising:
- detecting image data newly stored in a designated storage area, the image data being received via a network;
- controlling a distribution system so as to cause the distribution system to process the newly stored image data using a function of a plurality of functions of the distribution system, the function being previously associated with the designated storage area in which the image data is stored, the image data being automatically processed by the function when the image data is detected and a match exists between sender information of the received image data and authorized sender information indicating a sender authorized to use a distribution function of the distribution system;
- obtaining a charge fee that depends on the previously associated function that is used to process the image data stored in the designated storage area;
- storing, in a memory, association information that associates sender information of the authorized sender with the authorized sender information indicating the authorized sender;
- and
- determining whether the sender information of the received image data matches the authorized sender information, based on the association information and the sender information of the received image data to generate a determination result,
- wherein the match between the sender information of the received image data and the authorized sender information is based on the determination result.
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A distribution processing apparatus, comprising:
- a processor to cause a distribution system to distribute image data, wherein the processor is configured to
- detect image data newly stored in a designated storage area, the image data being received via a network;
- process the newly stored image data using a function of a plurality of functions of the distribution system, the function being previously associated with the designated storage area in which the image data is stored, the image data being automatically processed by the function when the image data is detected and a match exists between sender information of the received image data and authorized sender information indicating a sender authorized to use a distribution function of the distribution system;
- obtain a charge fee that depends on the previously associated function that is used to process the image data stored in the designated storage area;
- store, in a memory, association information that associates sender information of the authorized sender with the authorized sender information indicating the authorized sender;
- and
- determine whether the sender information of the received image data matches the authorized sender information, based on the association information and the sender information of the received image data to generate a determination result,
- wherein the match between the sender information of the received image data and the authorized sender information is based on the determination result.
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A distribution system, comprising:
- one or more processors to cause the distribution system to distribute image data, wherein the one or more processors are configured to
- detect image data newly stored in a designated storage area, the image data being received via a network;
- process the newly stored image data using a function of a plurality of functions of the distribution system, the function being previously associated with the designated storage area in which the image data is stored, the image data being automatically processed by the function when the image data is detected and a match exists between sender information of the received image data and authorized sender information indicating a sender authorized to use a distribution function of the distribution system;
- obtain a charge fee that depends on the previously associated function that is used to process the image data stored in the designated storage area;
- store, in a memory, association information that associates sender information of the authorized sender with the authorized sender information indicating the authorized sender;
- and
- determine whether the sender information of the received image data matches the authorized sender information, based on the association information and the sender information of the received image data to generate a determination result,
- wherein the match between the sender information of the received image data and the authorized sender information is based on the determination result.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.