发明名称 Image reading device and image reading-transmitting method
摘要 An image reading device allows an image transmission destination terminal to be designated from a console. The communication unit of the image reading device receives verification data from terminals via a network. The storage unit stores each of the received verification data in association with the terminal which had transmitted the verification data. The user inputs authentication data to the console after setting the document in place. When the authentication data is input, a list of terminals associated with the verification data matching the authentication data is displayed. The user may select from the displayed list, via the console, the transmission destination terminal to which the image is to be transmitted. When the user selects the transmission destination terminal, the reading control unit reads out an image and transmits the image to the selected terminal. The number of terminals displayed as candidates for the image transmission destination can be limited.
申请公布号 US9071706(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.06.30
申请号 US200812198440 申请日期 2008.08.26
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Nogawa Hideki
分类号 H04N1/00;H04N1/44 主分类号 H04N1/00
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. An image reading device comprising: a reader unit configured to read an image on a document; a communication unit configured to be connected with a network; a data storage; an operating unit; a display; a processing unit; and memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the image reading device to: receive first verification data and a first IP address of a first terminal from the first terminal, which is one of a plurality of terminals connected to the network, via the communication unit and the network, in a state where each of the image reading device and the first terminal is establishing a connection with the network, the state of establishing the connection with the network being a state in which the image reading device and the first terminal are capable of communicating via the network, the first verification data being a first character string which is inputted by a first user in the first terminal, before the first verification data is sent from the first terminal to the image reading device, in the state where each of the image reading device and the first terminal is establishing the connection with the network;receive second verification data and a second IP address of a second terminal from the second terminal, which is another one of the plurality of terminals connected to the network, via the communication unit and the network, in a state where each of the image reading device and the second terminal is establishing a connection with the network, the state of establishing the connection with the network being a state in which the image reading device and the second terminal are capable of communicating via the network, the second verification data being a second character string which is inputted by a second user in the second terminal, before the second verification data is sent from the second terminal to the image reading device, in the state where each of the image reading device and the second terminal is establishing a connection with the network;store the first verification data and the second verification data in the data storage, wherein the first verification data is stored in the data storage and is associated with the first IP address of the first terminal and a first terminal name of the first terminal, and wherein the second verification data is stored in the data storage and is associated with the second IP address of the second terminal and a second terminal name of the second terminal;allow a user to input authentication data, which is a character string, through the operating unit after storing the first verification data and the second verification data in the data storage;determine whether the authentication data inputted through the operating unit matches the first verification data stored in the data storage;when determined that the inputted authentication data matches the first verification data, determine whether the inputted authentication data also matches the second verification data stored in the data storage;specify the first terminal name, which is associated with the first verification data stored in the data storage, when determined that the inputted authentication data matches the first verification data;specify the second terminal name, which is associated with the second verification data stored in the data storage, when determined that the inputted authentication data matches the second verification data;generate a list including the first terminal name and the second terminal name once the first terminal name and the second terminal name are specified;display the list including the first terminal name and the second terminal name in the display;allow the first user or the second user to designate one terminal name from the first terminal name and the second terminal name in the displayed list;determine one of the first terminal and the second terminal in accordance with the designated one terminal name;determine the first terminal when determining that the inputted authentication data matches the first verification data and the inputted authentication data does not match the second verification data, without generating and displaying a list including the first terminal name and not including the second terminal name;transmit the read image to the determined one of the first terminal and the second terminal via the communication unit and the network; anddelete one of the first verification data and the second verification data stored in the data storage after transmitting the read image to the determined one of the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the deleted one of the first verification data and the second verification data corresponds to the determined one of the first terminal and the second terminal.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP