Computer system and method for image processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9454547-B2
Application number	US-201414554292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Nov 28, 2013
Publication date	Sep 27, 2016
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016

Abstract

A computer system for image processing has a first working environment with a first program for image processing, as well as a second working environment, logically separated from the first working environment, with a second program for image processing. The first working environment is implemented on a first server. Furthermore, the first working environment is designed to receive a first command to execute the first program and a second command to execute the second program, and to send the second command to the second working environment. The second working environment is designed to send an image processed by the second program to the first working environment. The communication of a user with the first and second program thus occurs via a uniform platform in the form of the first working environment, and the integration of the second program for image processing into the workflow is facilitated.

First claim

We claim as our invention:

1. A computer system for image processing, comprising:
a server configured to form a first working environment, comprising a first program for image processing, and to form a second working environment, logically separated from the first working environment, comprising a second program for image processing;
said server being configured to receive, from at least one client of said server, a first command to execute the first program, and to receive a second command in said first working environment from said at least one client to execute the second program, and to send the second command from the first working environment to the second working environment;
said server in said second working environment being configured to process an image according to said second command and to send said image processed by the second program according to said second command to the first working environment; and
said server being configured to emit, in electronic form from said first working environment, said image processed by the second program according to said second command.

2. A computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one client of said server comprises a user interface configured to send the first command and the second command to the first working environment.

3. A computer system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said server is configured, in said first working environment, to process an image according to said first command, and to send said image processed by the first program, and the image processed by the second program according to said second command, to said at least one client, and wherein said at least one client is configured to present said first and second client at said user interface.

4. A computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said server in said first working environment is configured to receive image data from said at least one client and to send said image data to said second working environment.

5. A computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said server is configured to access a network to receive an update to update the second program in said second working environment.

6. A computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said server is configured to embody a marking in said image processed by said second program that designates said image processed by said second program as having been processed by said second program.

7. A computer system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said server is configured in said second working environment to provide a third program that controls an imaging apparatus and wherein said server through said second working environment is directly connected with said imaging apparatus and is configured to control the imaging apparatus using said third program.

8. A computer system for image processing, comprising:
a first server configured to form a first working environment comprising a first program for image processing;
a second server, separate from said first server, configured to form a second working environment that is logically separated from said first working environment, and that comprises a second program for imaging processing;
said first server in said first working environment being configured to receive a first command, from at least one client of said server, to execute said first program and to receive a second command in said first working environment from said at least one client to execute the second program, and to send the second command from the first working environment to the second working environment at said second server;
said second server in said second working environment being configured to send an image processed by the second program to said first working environment at said first server, and said first server being configured to emit, in electronic form from said first working environment, said image processed by the second program according to said second command.

9. A computer system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said at least one client comprises a user interface configured to send the first command and the second command to the first working environment.

10. A computer system as claimed in claim 9 wherein said first server is configured, in said first working environment, to process an image according to said first command, and to send said image processed by the first program, and the image processed by the second program according to said second command, to said at least one client, and wherein said at least one client is configured to present said first and second client at said user interface.

11. A computer system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said first server in said first working environment is configured to receive image data from said at least one client and to send said image data to said second working environment.

12. A computer system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said second server is configured to access a network to receive an update to update the second program in said second working environment.

13. A computer system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said second server is configured to embody a marking in said image processed by said second program that designates said image processed by said second program as having been processed by said second program.

14. A computer system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said second server is configured in said second working environment to provide a third program that controls an imaging apparatus and wherein said second server through said second working environment is directly connected with said imaging apparatus and is configured to control the imaging apparatus using said third program.

15. A method for image processing, comprising:
configuring at least one server with a first working environment to execute a first program for image processing, and a second working environment, logically separated from said first working environment, to execute a second program for image processing;
via said first working environment, receiving a first command to execute said first program and receiving a second command to execute said second program;
sending the second command from the first working environment to the second working environment;
processing an image in said second program and sending the image processed by said second program from the second working environment to the first working environment; and
from said server, emitting, from said first working environment, the image processed by said second program, as an electronic output from said server.

16. A method as claimed in claim 15 comprising forming a user interface as a client of said at least one server, and sending said first command and said second command from said user interface to said first working environment at said at least one server.

17. A method as claimed in claim 16 comprising sending an image process by the first program or the image process by the second program to the client, and displaying the image sent to said client at said user interface.

18. A method as claimed in claim 15 comprising receiving image data through said first working environment, and sending the image data from the first working environment to the second working environment.

19. A method as claimed in claim 15 comprising placing said server in communication with network and updating said program stored in said second working environment via said network.

20. A method as claimed in claim 15 comprising, in said server, embodying a marking in said image process by said second program tha

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Huber Peter
• Huwer Kerstin
• Lu Jing
• Scheuering Michael
• Soza Grzegorz
• Thesen Stefan
• Wang Wei

Classifications

• G06F16/51 Primary

  Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures · CPC title

• G06F17/3028 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic