Image processing system, image processing apparatus, mobile terminal, and program for transmission of image data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9785394-B2
Application number	US-201615215096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

An image processing system where an image processing apparatus that includes an image data transmitting function and a mobile terminal that includes an electronic mail transmitting function operate to link with each other, the image processing apparatus including: a startup instruction transmitting unit; an image data acquiring unit; a transmission destination designation information acquiring unit; and an image data transmitting unit, and the mobile terminal including: an electronic mail function starting unit that starts up the electronic mail transmitting function and causes a predetermined display unit to display address information; a transmission destination designation information transmitting unit that receives an operation of designating a transmission destination address among the address information and transmit the transmission destination designation information to the image processing apparatus; and an attached file output unit that outputs the image data as an attached file of an electronic mail.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing system comprising:
an image processing apparatus having an image data transmitting function; and
a mobile terminal that links with the image processing apparatus and that includes an electronic mail transmitting function,
wherein the image processing apparatus comprises:
a startup instruction transmitter that transmits a startup instruction of the electronic mail transmitting function to the mobile terminal and displays address information managed by the electronic mail transmitting function in the mobile terminal when the image data transmitting function is selected;
a controller that:
acquires image data that is a transmission target in the image data transmitting function;
acquires transmission destination designation information that represents that a transmission destination address of the image data is designated from the mobile terminal after the startup instruction is transmitted by the startup instruction transmitter; and
transmits the image data to the mobile terminal when the transmission destination designation information is acquired from the mobile terminal, and

wherein the mobile terminal comprises:
an electronic mail function starting circuit that, accompanying reception of the startup instruction from the image processing apparatus, starts up the electronic mail transmitting function and causes a predetermined display to display address information managed by the electronic mail transmitting function;
a transmission destination designation information transmitter that receives an operation to designate a transmission destination address among the address information displayed by the display and transmits the transmission destination designation information to the image processing apparatus; and
a processor that outputs the image data as an attached file of an electronic mail generated by the electronic mail transmitting function when the image data is received from the image processing apparatus.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises an image storage that stores the image data, and
wherein, when the image data is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the controller converts a data format of the image data stored in the image storage into a data format that can be processed by the mobile terminal and then transmits the converted image data to the mobile terminal.

3. The image processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises an image storage that stores the image data, and
when the image data is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the controller converts an image size of the image data stored in the image storage and then transmits the converted image data to the mobile terminal.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further manages history information where a transmission history of the image data is recorded, and, after the image data is transmitted to the mobile terminal, records information that represents that the image data is transmitted through the mobile terminal in the history information together with identification information of the mobile terminal.

5. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises:
an address storage that stores address registration information in which a plurality of addresses are registered; and
an address operation receiver that receives a selection operation of an address that is a transmission destination of the image data among the plurality of addresses registered in the address registration information, and
the controller, when the selection operation of the address that is the transmission destination of the image data is received by the address operation receiver, further transmits the image data to the address received by the address operation receiver.

6. The image processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the controller further notifies a user that the plurality of addresses overlap with each other when the address received by the address operation receiver and the transmission destination address included in the transmission destination designation information are the same.

7. The image processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the controller further:
acquires mail information that relates to the electronic mail generated by the electronic mail transmitting function from the mobile terminal, and
when the selection operation of the address that is the transmission destination of the image data is received by the address operation receiver, generates an electronic mail to be transmitted to the address received by the address operation receiver based on the acquired mail information and attaches the acquired image data to the electronic mail.

8. The image processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing apparatus simultaneously communicates with a plurality of mobile terminals, and wherein each of the plurality of mobile terminals comprises the electronic mail transmitting function.

9. The image processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the controller further notifies the user that a plurality of addresses overlap with each other when a same address is included in a plurality of pieces of transmission destination designation information acquired from each of the plurality of mobile terminals.

10. The image processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the controller further:
acquires mail information that relates to an electronic mail generated by the electronic mail transmitting function from one of the plurality of mobile terminals; and
transmits the acquired mail information to other mobile terminals among the plurality of mobile terminals.

11. An image processing apparatus that performs an operation to be linked with a mobile terminal having an electronic mail transmitting function, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a startup instruction transmitter that transmits a startup instruction of an electronic mail transmitting function to the mobile terminal and displays address information managed by the electronic mail transmitting function in the mobile terminal when the image data transmitting function transmitting image data is selected;
a controller that:
acquires image data that is a transmission target in the image data transmitting function;
acquires transmission destination designation information that represents that a transmission destination address of the image data is designated from the mobile terminal after the startup instruction is transmitted by the startup instruction transmitter; and
transmits the image data to the mobile terminal when the transmission destination designation information is acquired from the mobile terminal.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:
an image storage that stores the acquired image data,
wherein, when the image data is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the controller converts a data format of the image data stored in the image storage into a data format that can be processed by the mobile terminal and then transmits the converted image data to the mobile terminal.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:
an image storage that stores the image data acquired by the controller,
wherein, when the image data is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the controller converts an image size of the image data stored in the image storage and then transmits the converted image data to the mobile terminal.

14. The im

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Takehisa
• Minami Takeshi
• Otake Toshihiko
• Nakano Daisuke
• Ito Yasutaka
• Ohshima Atsushi

Classifications

• G06F3/1236

  Connection management · CPC title

• G06F3/1203

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management · CPC title

• G06F3/1292 Primary

  Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing · CPC title

• G06F3/1268

  Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself · CPC title

• H04N1/00127 Primary

  Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture · CPC title