JP2008236702A - Read-image transfer apparatus and system, read-image transfer method, program, sheet, and carrier sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a read-image transfer apparatus and system, a read-image transfer method, a program, a sheet, and a carrier sheet, which enables a user unfamiliar with computer operation to contribute to a weblog easily, to skip complicated operation procedures, and to register a freely prepared document in an arbitrary weblog. <P>SOLUTION: The read-image transfer apparatus is connected to an image reader and a weblog server apparatus via a network. The read-image transfer apparatus stores therein user setting information including at least destination address information for the weblog server apparatus, a transfer protocol for the weblog server apparatus, and user identification information for permitting the weblog server apparatus to identify a user. The read-image transfer apparatus controls the image reader so as to read image information from a document, stores the read image information in a memory, and transfer the stored image information to the weblog server apparatus based on the stored user setting information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a read image transfer device, a read image transfer system, a read image transfer method, a program, a sheet, and a carrier sheet, and in particular, a read that transfers an image read using the image reading device to a web log server device. The present invention relates to an image transfer apparatus, a read image transfer system, a read image transfer method, and a program.

  In recent years, web logs have been widely used through the WWW (World Wide Web). In the web log, a user usually has a browser interface for posting an article, creating a category, updating a content, and the like.

  Here, in general, it is difficult for a user who is unfamiliar with computer operations such as keyboard input and mouse input to perform work such as posting a weblog article or updating content.

  In addition, in order to post to a blog, in addition to the Internet connection, operation procedures such as (1) starting a browser, (2) inputting a URL, (3) inputting a user name and password, (4) inputting an article, etc. Necessary and cumbersome for users accustomed to computer operations.

  In addition, in the case of a web log compared to a normal web page, the article posting method and the image data registration method differ depending on the web log service and the web log system. Requires knowledge of differences in submission and registration methods.

  In addition, if you want to post an image such as a paper document in the weblog, you need to digitize the image, but the image information read by a digital camera or the like is taken into an information processing device such as a computer for posting. That is complicated.

  Here, Patent Document 1 exists as a technique that can easily register image information in a web log. The apparatus described in Patent Document 1 is a communication apparatus that controls to register image information received by a facsimile reception function in a web log.

  Further, Patent Document 2 exists as a document related to a medium for reading an image. The medium described in Patent Document 2 is a carrier sheet composed of two sheets, a transparent sheet and a mount, for conveying a document.

JP 2006-245981 A JP-A-8-256241

  However, the communication device described in Patent Document 1 has a fax device and a fax line as essential components, and uses a specific communication protocol to send image information received by facsimile to a pre-registered web log. Therefore, there is a problem that image information of a manuscript created freely by a user cannot be registered in an arbitrary web log because registration is performed in a specific markup language.

  Further, the medium described in Patent Document 2 has a problem that there is no device for posting the read image information to the web log, although it can be used for the purpose of conveying a document.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and even a user unfamiliar with computer operation can easily post a web log, and can omit complicated operation procedures for other users. It is an object to provide a read image transfer device, a read image transfer system, a read image transfer method, a program, a sheet, and a carrier sheet. Further, a read image transfer device, a read image transfer system, and the like, which can register a manuscript created freely by a user in an arbitrary web log without being aware of a difference in a posting method and a registration method between web logs. It is an object to provide a read image transfer method and a program.

  In order to achieve such an object, the read image transfer device according to claim 1 includes at least a storage unit and a control unit connected to the image reading device and the weblog server device via a network. The read image transfer device, wherein the storage unit controls the reading device of the weblog server device to read image information from a document, and stores the image information read by the image reading device. The image information stored by the read image storage means is transferred to the weblog server device based on the read image storage means stored in the section and the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means. Image transfer means.

  The read image transfer apparatus according to claim 2 is the read image transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the read image transfer apparatus further includes a display unit and an input unit, and the control unit includes the image reading unit. Read image display means for controlling the image information read by the means to be displayed on the display unit, and transfer the image information displayed by the read image display means to the weblog server device by the image transfer means. Transfer confirmation means for controlling the user to input via the input unit whether or not to transfer the image information. The image transfer means transfers the image information by the user using the transfer confirmation means. Then, when there is an input, the image information stored by the read image storage means is transferred to the weblog server device.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the read image transfer device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the storage unit stores the connection destination address information or the connection address information for each of the plurality of web log server devices. It further comprises environment setting storage means for various web logs storing the transfer protocol as environment setting information, and the control unit controls the user to input information of the web log server device via the input unit, Based on the environment setting information stored in the various web log environment setting storage means, the environment setting information corresponding to the web log server device is set in the user setting information and stored in the user setting information storage means. And a user setting editing means.

  The read image transfer apparatus according to claim 4 is the read image transfer apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the user setting information further includes an image posting format of the weblog server apparatus. The read image storage means has the image information read by the image reading means based on the image publication format information stored in the user setting information storage means, and the web log server device. The image is converted to be compatible with the image posting format and stored in the storage unit.

  The read image transfer apparatus according to claim 5 is the read image transfer apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control unit recognizes a character, a symbol, or a figure from the image information. And character recognition means for acquiring information such as characters.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the read image transfer apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the user setting information editing means is based on the character etc. information acquired by the character etc. recognition means. The user setting information is edited.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the read image transfer device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, further connected to an IC card reader, wherein the control unit includes the IC card. IC card charging control means for controlling charging of the IC card via the reading device, and the image transfer means is configured to store the read image storage means when charged from the IC card by the IC card charging control means. And transferring the image information stored in step 1 to the weblog server device.

  The read image transfer device according to claim 8 is the read image transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storage unit includes the mail address information of the user and the user identification. A mail notification list storage unit that stores information in association with each other, and the control unit determines whether the image information transferred by the image transfer unit has been successfully posted on the web log. And a mail notification means for transmitting a mail notifying the posting success / failure information with the mail address corresponding to the user identification information as a transmission destination. .

  A read image transfer apparatus according to claim 9 is the read image transfer apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further including a web log management server apparatus including at least a storage unit via the network. The storage unit of the weblog management server device stores the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, or the image publication format information as basic environment setting information for each of the plurality of weblog server devices. Web log management basic information storage means, wherein the user setting editing means refers to the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management basic information storage means, and stores it in the various web log environment setting storage means Updating the environment setting information.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a read image transfer system including a read image transfer device connected to an image reading device and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, and at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit. A read image transfer system configured to connect an information communication terminal device and a weblog server device via a network so that they can communicate with each other, wherein the storage unit of the read image transfer device includes the weblog server device A user setting information storage means having at least connection destination address information, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user. The control unit of the image transfer apparatus controls the image reading device to read image information from a document, and the image reading unit. The read image storage means for storing the read image information in the storage unit of the read image transfer apparatus, and the image information stored by the read image storage means is attached to the information communication terminal device by e-mail. The image information stored in the read image storage unit is transferred to the weblog server device based on the image attachment mail transmission unit to be transmitted and the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage unit. An image transfer unit, and the control unit of the information communication terminal device controls to display the image information transmitted by the image attached mail transmission unit on the display unit of the information communication terminal device. And the image information transferred by the image transfer means corresponding to the image information displayed by the display means and the read image display means. The posting confirmation means for controlling the user to input via the input unit whether or not to post it in the weblog, and when the image information is posted by the user by the posting confirmation means, there was an input. A posting instruction transmitting means for transmitting posting instruction information for controlling the weblog server device to the weblog server device so that the image information transferred by the image transferring means is posted on the weblog. It is characterized by having.

  The read image transfer system according to claim 11 is the read image transfer system according to claim 10, wherein the storage unit of the read image transfer device is connected to the connection destination for each of the plurality of weblog server devices. It further comprises environment setting storage means for various web logs storing address information or the transfer protocol as environment setting information, and the control unit of the read image transfer apparatus sends the user the web log server via the input unit. Control the input of device information, and set the environment setting information corresponding to the web log server device in the user setting information based on the environment setting information stored in the environment setting storage unit for various web logs And a user setting editing means for storing in the user setting information storage means.

  The read image transfer system according to claim 12 is the read image transfer system according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the image attached mail transmission means attaches the image information with a reduced image size to the mail. Is transmitted.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a read image transfer system including a read image transfer apparatus connected to an image reading apparatus and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, and at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit. A read image transfer system configured to connect an information communication terminal device and a weblog server device so that they can communicate with each other via a network, wherein the control unit of the read image transfer device includes the image reading device. An image reading unit that controls and reads image information from a document; a read image storage unit that stores the image information read by the image reading unit in the storage unit of the read image transfer device; and a read image storage unit. Image attachment mail transmission means for attaching the stored image information and transmitting an email to the information communication terminal device. The user setting unit includes at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify the user. User setting information storage means for storing information is provided, and the control section of the information communication terminal apparatus displays the image information transmitted by the image attached mail transmission means on the display section of the information communication terminal apparatus. The read image display means for controlling the image and the image information displayed by the read image display means are controlled to cause the user to input via the input section whether or not to transfer the image information to the weblog server device. Transfer confirmation means, and when there is an input to transfer the image information by the user by the transfer confirmation means, Image transfer means for transferring the image information stored by the read image storage means to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means. Features.

  The read image transfer system according to claim 14 is the read image transfer system according to claim 13, wherein the storage unit of the information communication terminal device is connected to the connection destination for each of the plurality of weblog server devices. It further includes environment setting storage means for various web logs storing address information or the transfer protocol as environment setting information, and the control unit of the information communication terminal device transmits the web log server to the user via the input unit. Control the input of device information, and set the environment setting information corresponding to the web log server device in the user setting information based on the environment setting information stored in the environment setting storage unit for various web logs And a user setting editing means for storing in the user setting information storage means.

  Further, the read image transfer system according to claim 15 is the read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the user setting information further includes an image posting format of the weblog server device. The read image storage means has the image information read by the image reading means based on the image publication format information stored in the user setting information storage means, and the web log server device. The image is converted to be compatible with the image posting format and stored in the storage unit.

  Further, the read image transfer system according to claim 16 is the read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the control unit of the read image transfer device reads characters, It further comprises character recognition means for recognizing symbols or figures to acquire information such as characters.

  The read image transfer system according to claim 17 is the read image transfer system according to claim 16, wherein the user setting information editing means is based on the character etc. information acquired by the character etc. recognition means. And controlling to edit the user setting information.

  The read image transfer system according to claim 18 is the read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the read image transfer device is further connected to an infrared communication device, The control unit of the image transfer apparatus controls the infrared communication device to perform infrared communication to acquire user ID information and / or mail address information, and the user acquired by the infrared communication unit. User information storage means for storing the ID information and / or the mail address information in the storage unit of the read image transfer device, wherein the image attached mail transmission means is obtained by the infrared communication means. The email address stored in the storage unit by the user information storage means corresponding to the user ID information, or The mail address acquired by the infrared communication means as a destination, it sends the mail to the information communication terminal apparatus, characterized by.

  The read image transfer system according to claim 19 is the read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 18, wherein the read image transfer device is further connected to an IC card reader. The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus further includes IC card charge control means for performing charge control of the IC card via the IC card reader, and the image attached mail transmission means is controlled by the IC card charge control means. When charged from the IC card, the mail is transmitted to the information communication terminal device with the image information stored by the read image storage means attached.

  A read image transfer system according to a twentieth aspect is the read image transfer system according to any one of the tenth to twentieth aspects, further including a web log management server device including at least a storage unit. The web log management server device stores the connection log address information, the transfer protocol, or the image posting format information as basic environment setting information for each of the plurality of web log server devices. Basic information storage means, and the user setting editing means refers to the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management basic information storage means via the network, and stores the various web log environment setting memories. The environment setting information stored in the means is updated.

  Further, the read image transfer system according to claim 21 is the read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 20, wherein the storage unit of the read image transfer device stores the mail address of the user. Mail notification list storage means for storing information and the user identification information in association with each other, and the control unit has successfully posted the image information transferred by the image transfer means on the weblog Whether the posting success / failure information is received from the weblog server device, and the posting success / failure information is notified by using the mail address corresponding to the user identification information stored in the mail notification list storage means as a transmission destination. It further comprises mail notification means for transmitting mail.

  A read image transfer system according to a twenty-second aspect is the read image transfer system according to any one of the tenth to twenty-first aspects, wherein the control unit of the information communication terminal device transfers the image using the image transfer means. And a posting success / failure information output means for receiving the posting success / failure information indicating whether or not the posting of the image information performed successfully on the web log is received from the web log server device or the read image transfer device. It is characterized by.

  The read image transfer method according to claim 23 is executed in a read image transfer apparatus including at least a storage unit and a control unit connected to an image reading device and a weblog server device via a network. The read image transfer method, wherein the storage unit uses connection address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and uses the web log server device to identify a user. User setting information storage means having at least a user identification information, and an image reading step for reading the image information from the document by controlling the image reading device, which is executed in the control unit, and the image reading step A read image storage step for storing the image information read in the storage unit in the storage unit, and the user setting information storage means On the basis of the stored the user setting information, characterized in that the image information stored in the read image storage step; and a image transfer step of transferring to the weblog server.

  According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a read image transfer method including a read image transfer device connected to an image reading device and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, and at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit. A read image transfer method executed in a read image transfer system configured by connecting an information communication terminal device to a weblog server device via a network, wherein the storage unit of the read image transfer device User setting information having at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify the user is stored. User setting information storage means is provided, and controls the image reading device executed by the control unit of the read image transfer device. An image reading step for reading image information from a document, a read image storage step for storing the image information read in the image reading step in the storage unit of the read image transfer device, and a read image storage step. The attached image mail sending step for sending an email to the information communication terminal device with the image information attached, and the read image storing step based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means The image information transmitted in the image attachment mail transmission step executed in the control unit of the information communication terminal device is transferred to the image transfer step of transferring the image information stored in the web log server device. A read image display step for controlling to display on the display unit of the information communication terminal device; Whether the image information transferred in the image transfer step corresponding to the image information displayed in the read image display step is to be posted on a web log is input to the user via the input unit. The posting confirmation step for controlling the image information, and the image information transferred in the image transfer step is posted in the web log when the user inputs to post the image information in the posting confirmation step. A posting instruction transmitting step of transmitting posting instruction information for controlling the weblog server apparatus to the weblog server apparatus.

  The read image transfer method according to claim 25 includes a read image transfer apparatus connected to the image reading apparatus and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, and at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit. A read image transfer method executed in a read image transfer system configured by connecting an information communication terminal device to a weblog server device via a network, wherein the storage unit of the information communication terminal device User setting information having at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify the user is stored. User setting information storage means is provided, and controls the image reading device executed by the control unit of the read image transfer device. An image reading step for reading image information from a document, a read image storage step for storing the image information read in the image reading step in the storage unit of the read image transfer device, and a read image storage step. The image attachment mail transmission step for transmitting the mail to the information communication terminal device with the image information attached, and the image attachment mail transmission step executed in the control unit of the information communication terminal device. A read image display step for controlling image information to be displayed on the display unit of the information communication terminal device, and whether to transfer the image information displayed in the read image display step to the weblog server device. A transfer confirmation step for controlling the user to input via the input unit, and When there is an input to transfer the image information by the user in the transfer confirmation step, it is stored in the read image storage step based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means. An image transfer step of transferring the image information to the weblog server device.

  According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a read image transfer apparatus including at least a storage unit and a control unit connected to an image reading device and a weblog server device via a network to execute the program. The storage unit includes connection address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, user identification information for identifying the user to the web log server device, And a user setting information storage unit having at least an image reading step for controlling the image reading device to read image information from a document, and for reading the image information in the image reading step. A read image storage step for storing image information in the storage unit, and a user setting information storage means stored in the storage unit. Based on the serial user setting information, characterized in that the image information stored in the read image storage step; and a image transfer step of transferring to the weblog server.

  According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet for causing a read image transfer device connected to a weblog server device via a network to read image information via the image reading device. At least one of the connection address information of the blog server device, the transfer protocol for the web log server device, and the user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify the user is stored in the read image transfer device. It is characterized by displaying for reading.

  A sheet according to claim 28 is a sheet for causing a read image transfer apparatus connected to a weblog server apparatus via a network to read image information via an image reading apparatus provided with wireless communication means. And storing at least one of connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for making the web log server device identify the user. And storing and transmitting means for transmitting to the read image transfer apparatus via the wireless communication means.

  According to a 29th aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carrier sheet that reads a document for causing a read image transfer device connected to a weblog server device via a network to read image information via the image reading device. A carrier sheet conveyed to the apparatus, comprising a transparent sheet and a mount sheet, fixing at least one side of the transparent sheet and the mount sheet so that the original can be inserted, and connection destination address information of the weblog server apparatus, The transparent sheet and the above-described transfer sheet so that the read image transfer apparatus reads at least one of a transfer protocol for the web log server apparatus and user identification information for causing the web log server apparatus to identify a user. It is displayed on at least one of the mount sheets.

  A carrier sheet according to claim 30 is provided for causing a read image transfer device connected to a weblog server device via a network to read image information via an image reading device provided with wireless communication means. A carrier sheet for conveying a document to the image reading device, comprising a transparent sheet and a mount sheet, and fixing at least one side of the transparent sheet and the mount sheet so that the document can be inserted. At least one of connection destination address information, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user is stored, and the wireless communication unit stores the information. A storage transmission means for transmitting to the read image transfer apparatus is provided.

  The present invention also relates to a recording medium, wherein the program according to claim 26 is recorded.

  According to the present invention, even a user who is unfamiliar with computer operation can easily post a web log, and a complicated operation procedure can be omitted for other users. In addition, it is possible to register a manuscript freely created by a user in an arbitrary web log without being aware of the difference in the posting method and registration method between web logs. Moreover, according to the present invention, the establishment of a blog can be facilitated.

  In particular, according to the present invention, when a paper document (for example, a sales promotion advertisement, a catalog, a management message, a handwritten memo, etc.) is to be posted on a web log, the read image data is transferred from the image reading apparatus to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer. Since the transfer operation is not required and web log registration can be easily performed, the application of the image reading apparatus and the web log is expanded.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a read image transfer device, a read image transfer system, a read image transfer method, a program, a sheet, and a carrier sheet according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

[Outline of the present invention]
Hereinafter, the outline of the present invention will be described, and then the configuration and processing of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the basic principle of the present invention.

  The present invention generally has the following basic features. In other words, the read image transfer device of the present invention is connected to the image reading device and the weblog server device via a network, and includes at least a storage unit and a control unit, and the storage unit is a user. Store setting information.

  Here, the user setting information includes at least connection address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify the user. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the read image transfer apparatus reads the image information from the document by controlling the image reading apparatus (step SA-1).

  Here, a sheet (paper, film, OHP sheet, etc.) or the like may be used as a document medium. Further, as a medium for conveying the document to the image reading apparatus, a carrier sheet that includes a transparent sheet and a mount sheet and is fixed so that at least one side can be inserted into the document may be used. Further, the sheet or the carrier sheet may be displayed so that at least one of the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the user identification information is read by the read image transfer apparatus. The sheet or carrier sheet stores at least one of the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the user identification information, and transmits to the read image transfer apparatus via the wireless communication unit (for example, RFID etc.) may be provided.

  Then, the read image transfer apparatus stores the read image information in the storage unit (step SA-2).

  Then, the read image transfer device transfers the image information stored in the storage unit to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the storage unit (step SA-3).

  Thus, the read image is posted on the web log (step SA-4). Specifically, the weblog server device provides a weblog site on which the read image is posted to a terminal device connected to the weblog server device via a network. Here, the read image transfer apparatus stores the mail address information of the user and the user identification information in association with each other, receives the posting success / failure information from the weblog server apparatus, and receives the mail address corresponding to the user identification information. May be used as a transmission destination to send an e-mail for notifying the publication success / failure information.

  Here, “publishing success / failure information” is information regarding whether or not image information has been successfully posted on the weblog, for example, user identification information, posting success information, and error code (assigned to the user). An error code indicating insufficient storage capacity of the web log server device, an error code indicating that the transferred image information does not match the posting format of the web log server device, and user authentication based on user identification information For example, an error code indicating that was not successful.

  Here, the read image transfer apparatus may control to display the read image information on the display unit before the transfer.

  At this time, the read image transfer apparatus controls the user to input via the input unit whether or not to transfer the displayed image information to the weblog server apparatus.

  The read image transfer device transfers the image information stored in the storage unit to the weblog server device when there is an input when the user transfers the image information.

  Further, here, the read image transfer device stores connection destination address information or transfer protocol as environment setting information for each of the plurality of web log server devices, and allows the user to use the web log server device via the input unit. Control may be performed so that information is input, and environment setting information corresponding to the weblog server device may be set and stored in the user setting information based on the environment setting information.

  Further, the read image transfer device converts the image information read via the image reading device so as to conform to the image posting format of the weblog server device based on the image posting format information stored in the storage unit. Then, it may be stored in the storage unit.

  Further, the read image transfer apparatus may acquire information such as characters by recognizing characters, symbols or figures from the read image information. In this case, the read image transfer apparatus may edit the user setting information based on the acquired information such as characters. In addition, recognition of information such as characters may be realized by an OCR (Optical Character Reader) function or the like.

  Here, the character information is information such as a recognized character, symbol, figure, etc., and is, for example, information such as a barcode, a QR code, a seal impression, and a URL.

  The read image transfer device is further connected to the IC card reader, performs charge control of the IC card via the IC card reader, and when charged from the IC card, the image information is sent to the weblog server device. It may be configured to forward.

  Further, the read image transfer apparatus may be configured to be connected to a web log management server apparatus further including at least a storage unit via a network. The web log management server apparatus is provided for each of the plurality of web log server apparatuses. , Connection destination address information, transfer protocol, or image publication format information is stored as basic environment setting information. The read image transfer device refers to the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management server device, and various web logs The environment setting information stored in the use environment setting storage means may be updated.

  Here, the read image transfer apparatus may be configured to be further connected to an information communication terminal apparatus including at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit via a network.

  When configured as described above, the read image transfer apparatus reads the image information from the document by controlling the image reading apparatus.

  The read image transfer apparatus stores the read image information in the storage unit of the read image transfer apparatus.

  Then, the read image transfer device transfers the image information stored in the storage unit to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the storage unit. Here, in the case of this configuration, the read image is not yet posted on the web log.

  The read image transfer device then attaches the image information stored in the read image file and sends an e-mail to the information communication terminal device. Here, the read image transfer device is further connected to the infrared communication device, controls the infrared communication device to perform infrared communication, acquires user ID information and / or mail address information, and acquires the acquired user ID information and / Or mail address information is stored and the acquired mail address or the mail address attached to the stored mail address corresponding to the user ID information acquired by the infrared communication means is sent to the information communication terminal. It may be sent to the device.

  Then, the information communication terminal device controls to display the image information attached to the mail and transmitted on the display unit of the information communication terminal device.

  And this information communication terminal device makes a user input via an input part whether the image information transferred to the web log server apparatus corresponding to the displayed image information is published in a web log. Control.

  And this information communication terminal device, when there is an input to post the image information by the user, the posting instruction information for controlling the weblog server device to post the transferred image information on the weblog, Send to server device. The web log server device publishes and provides the read image on the web log by receiving the posting instruction information.

  The above is the outline of the present invention when the information communication terminal device is added. Here, in addition to the configuration in which the image information is transferred from the read image transfer device to the weblog server device, the image information may be directly transferred from the information communication terminal device to the weblog server device. This is the end of the summary of the present invention.

[Configuration of this scanned image transfer system]
First, the configuration of the read image transfer system will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the read image transfer system to which the present invention is applied, and conceptually shows only the portion related to the present invention. The read image transfer system schematically includes a read image transfer device 100, a web log server device 200 that executes a program such as a database related to a web log or a server application and provides a website, and an information communication terminal device 500. The network 300 is connected to be communicable.

  In FIG. 2, a network 300 has a function of mutually connecting a read image transfer device 100, a web log server device 200, and an information communication terminal device 500. For example, the Internet 300, a telephone line network (mobile phone line network, general Including a telephone network), an intranet, etc.

  In FIG. 2, a web log server device 200 is mutually connected to the read image transfer device 100 via a network 300, and executes a program such as a database on a web log or a server application for a user, etc. It has a function to provide a website.

  Here, the web log server device 200 stores information such as XML documents and images in a database, and transmits these information via the network 300 in response to a request from client software such as a WEB browser. . Further, the web log server device 200 may realize a dynamic page generation function that executes a program in response to a request and transmits the result to the client, a transaction processing function that cooperates with a database, and the like. Further, the hardware configuration of the weblog server device 200 may be configured by an information processing device such as a commercially available workstation or personal computer, and an accessory device thereof. Each function of the web log server device 200 is realized by a CPU, a disk device, a memory device, an input device, an output device, a communication control device, and the like in the hardware configuration of the web log server device 200 and a program for controlling them. Is done. Note that a plurality of web log server devices 200 may be connected to the network 300.

  In FIG. 2, the read image transfer apparatus 100 is schematically a communication unit (not shown) such as a control unit 102 such as a CPU that controls the entire read image transfer apparatus 100 and a communication line. ) Connected to the communication control interface unit 104, the input / output control interface unit 108, and the storage unit 106 for storing various databases and tables. These units are connected via an arbitrary communication path. It is connected so that it can communicate. Further, the read image transfer device 100 is communicably connected to the network 300 via a communication device such as a router and a wired or wireless communication line such as a dedicated line.

  Various databases and tables (user setting file 106a to mail notification list file 106e) stored in the storage unit 106 are storage means such as a fixed disk device, and various programs, tables, files, and databases used for various processes. And web pages are stored.

  Among these components of the storage unit 106, the user setting file 106 a corresponds to connection destination address information (for example, connection destination URL, endpoint, mail address, etc.) of the web log server device 200, and the web log server device 200. It is a user setting information storage means for storing transfer protocol, user identification information for allowing the web log server device 200 to identify a user as user setting information. The user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a defines, for each user, a connection name that defines the file name of the user setting information for each web log and an endpoint published by the web log. End point information, proxy information that mediates the connection between the read image transfer apparatus 100 and the web log server apparatus 200, image posting format information supported by the web log server apparatus 200, and the like. Further, the user identification information may include password information for the web log server device 200 to perform user authentication. Further, the endpoint information may be configured to include a connection destination address and a port number.

  The read image file 106b is a read image storage unit that controls the image reading device 112 to store image information read from a document.

  The user information file 106c is user information storage means for storing user ID information and / or mail address information. Here, the user information file 106c may store user ID information and mail address information in association with each other.

  The various web log environment setting files 106d include, for each of the plurality of web log server devices 200, environment setting information such as connection destination address information, transfer protocols, and image posting format information supported by the web log server device 200. As an environment setting storage means for various web logs in the form of a database. For example, various web log environment setting files 106d are HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), XML-RPC (Extensible Markup Language-Remote Procedure Call) as transfer protocols supported by the web log device 200. May be stored in association with each web log server device or each blog type. The various web log environment setting files 106d may store the environment setting information in association with the blog type, or may store each web log server device 200 in association with the blog type.

  The mail notification list file 106e is mail notification list storage means for storing user mail address information and user identification information in association with each other. Here, the mail notification list file 106e may be created based on the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a and the mail address information stored in the user information file 106c. The mail notification list file 106e may store a plurality of pieces of user mail address information in association with user identification information.

  In FIG. 2, the communication control interface unit 104 performs communication control between the read image transfer apparatus 100 and the network 300 (or a communication apparatus such as a router). That is, the communication control interface unit 104 has a function of communicating data with other terminals via a communication line.

  In FIG. 2, the input / output control interface unit 108 is connected to the image reading device 112, the input device 113, the display device 114, the infrared communication device 115, and the IC card reading device 116, and controls these. As the input device 113, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like can be used. The display device 114 is, for example, a monitor (including a home television). Further, as the infrared communication device 115, a technology such as IrDA (Infrared Data Association) may be used. Further, the IC card reader 116 may be configured using a non-contact IC card technique.

  In FIG. 2, an image reading device 112 is a device for reading image information from a document. Here, the image reading apparatus 112 may include a wireless communication unit. For example, the image reading apparatus 112 reads connection documents, connection destination address information, transfer protocol, and user identification information from a storage / transmission unit such as an RFID chip through a wireless communication unit (for example, an RFID sensor (sense coil)). Such information may be received.

  Here, the document medium will be described. As the original medium, a sheet (paper, film, OHP sheet, etc.) or the like may be used. Further, as a medium for conveying the document to the image reading device 112, a carrier sheet that includes a transparent sheet and a mount sheet and is fixed so that at least one side can be inserted into the document may be used. The sheet or carrier sheet may be displayed so that the read image transfer apparatus 112 reads at least one of the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the user identification information. For example, a figure such as a barcode or a two-dimensional barcode such as a QR code may be displayed on the sheet or carrier sheet (transparent sheet or mount sheet). That is, the sheet or the carrier sheet may display at least one of connection destination address information, transfer protocol, and user identification information as a graphic such as a barcode or a two-dimensional barcode. Further, the sheet or carrier sheet stores at least one of connection destination address information, transfer protocol, and user identification information, and is stored in the read image transfer apparatus 100 via the image reading apparatus 112 provided with wireless communication means. You may provide the memory | storage transmission means (for example, RFID etc.) to transmit.

  In FIG. 2, the control unit 102 has a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program defining various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing necessary data. Information processing for executing various processes is performed. The control unit 102 is functionally conceptually configured as an image reading unit 102a, a read image storage unit 102b, an image transfer unit 102c, a read image display unit 102d, a transfer confirmation unit 102e, an image attached mail transmission unit 102f, a character recognition unit 102g, A user setting editing unit 102h, an infrared communication unit 102i, an IC card charging control unit 102j, a user information storage unit 102k, and a mail notification unit 102m are provided.

  Among these, the image reading unit 102a is an image reading unit that controls the image reading device 112 to read image information from a document. Here, the image reading unit 102a controls the image reading device 112 having wireless communication means, and from the storage / transmission means of the original medium (sheet, carrier sheet, etc.), the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the use It may be configured to read at least one of the person identification information.

  The read image storage unit 102b is a read image storage unit that stores image information read by the image reading unit 102a in a read image file 106b. Here, the read image storage unit 102b adapts the image information read by the image reading unit 102a to the image posting format of the weblog server device 200 based on the image posting format information stored in the user setting file 106a. May be converted and stored. The image posting format refers to an image size, an image format format (JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.), etc., supported by the web log server device 200.

  Further, the image transfer unit 102c controls the communication control interface unit 104 based on the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a, so that the image information stored in the read image file 106b is added to the web log server. Image transfer means for transferring to the apparatus 200. Here, the image transfer unit 102c is configured to transfer the image information stored in the read image file 106b to the weblog server device 200 when charged from the IC card under the control of the IC card charging control unit 102j. Also good.

  The read image display unit 102d is a read image display unit that controls to display the image information read by the image reading unit 102a on the display device 114.

  Also, the transfer confirmation unit 102e allows the user to input via the input device 113 whether or not the image information displayed by the read image display unit 102d is to be transferred to the weblog server device 200 by the image transfer unit 102c. This is a transfer confirmation means for controlling the above.

  The image-attached mail transmission unit 102f is an image-attached mail transmission unit that attaches the image information stored in the read image file 106b and transmits a mail to the information communication terminal device 500. Here, the image-attached mail transmission unit 102f is the mail address acquired by the infrared communication unit 102i or the mail address stored in the user information file 106c corresponding to the user ID information acquired by the infrared communication unit 102i. May be transmitted to the information communication terminal device 500 as a transmission destination. Also, the image attached mail transmission unit 102f attaches the image information stored in the read image file 106b and transmits the mail to the information communication terminal device 500 when charged from the IC card by the IC card charging control unit 102j. You may comprise.

  The character recognition unit 102g is a character recognition unit that recognizes characters, symbols, or figures from the image information stored in the read image file 106b and acquires character information. Here, the character recognition unit 102g may be realized by an OCR function. As an example, the character recognition unit 102g recognizes a barcode or a two-dimensional code figure from image information, and uses at least one of connection destination address information, transfer protocol, and user identification information as character information. You may get it.

  Further, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to input information of the web log server device 200 via the input device 113, and based on the environment setting information stored in the various web log environment setting files 106d. The environment setting information such as the transfer protocol, the connection destination address information, and the image publication format information corresponding to the input information of the weblog server device 200 is set in the user setting information and stored in the user setting file 106a. Person setting editing means. Here, the user setting editing unit 102h controls to select a blog type (web log type) as information of the weblog server device 200, and based on the environment setting information, environment setting information that matches the blog type. May be set in the user setting information. The user setting editing unit 102h may edit the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a based on the character information acquired by the character recognition unit 102g. For example, when the connection setting address information such as URL information is obtained as character information, the user setting editing unit 102h edits the connection destination address information of the user setting information and stores it in the user setting file 106a. Also good. In addition, the user setting editing unit 102h sets at least one of the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the user identification information read by the image reading unit 102a and recognized by the character etc. recognition unit 102g. Information may be set and stored in the user setting file 106a.

  The infrared communication unit 102i is an infrared communication unit that controls the infrared communication device 115 to perform infrared communication to acquire user ID information and / or mail address information. Here, the infrared communication unit 102 i may be configured to perform infrared communication with the information communication terminal device 500 via the infrared communication device 515 of the information communication terminal device 500.

  The IC card charging control unit 102j is an IC card charging control unit that performs IC card charging control via the IC card reader 116. Here, the IC card charging control unit 102j may be configured using a non-contact IC card technology.

  The user information storage unit 102k is a user information storage unit that stores user ID information and / or mail address information acquired by the infrared communication unit 102i in the user information file 106c.

  In addition, the mail notification unit 102m receives the posting success / failure information indicating whether or not the transfer of the transferred image information on the web log is successful from the web log server device 200, and is stored in the mail notification list file 106e. Mail notification means for transmitting a mail for notifying the publication success / failure information with the mail address corresponding to the person identification information as a transmission destination. Here, the mail notification unit 102m includes, as the publication success / failure information, in addition to the user identification information and the publication success information, an error code indicating that the storage unit of the web log server device 200 allocated to the user has insufficient capacity, image information, and the like. Receives an error code indicating that it does not conform to the posting format of the web log server device 200, an error code indicating that user authentication based on the user identification information has not been successful, and the like. You may send an email.

  In FIG. 2, an information communication terminal device 500 is connected to a network 300 and has a mail transmission / reception function and the like. The hardware configuration of the information communication terminal device 500 may be configured by an information processing device such as a commercially available workstation or personal computer and its associated devices. For example, a mobile phone terminal device or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) ), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a pager, a notebook personal computer, or the like. Here, the configuration of the information communication terminal device 500 will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information communication terminal device 500 in the read image transfer system.

  In FIG. 3, the information communication terminal device 500 generally includes communication control connected to a control unit 502 such as a CPU that controls the entire information communication terminal device 500 and a communication device (not shown) such as a router. An interface unit 504, an input / output control interface unit 508 connected to the input device 513, the display device 514, and the infrared communication device 515, and a storage unit 506 for storing various databases and tables are configured. Each unit is communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path. Further, the information communication terminal device 500 is communicably connected to the network 300 via a wireless communication line such as a communication device such as a router.

  Various databases and tables (user setting file 506a to various web log environment setting files 506c) stored in the storage unit 506 are storage means such as a fixed disk device, and various programs and tables used for various processes, Stores files, databases, web pages, etc.

  Among these components of the storage unit 506, the user setting file 506 a is connected to the connection destination address information (for example, connection destination URL, end point, mail address, etc.) of the web log server device 200, and to the web log server device 200. This is user setting information storage means for storing user setting information such as a transfer protocol and user identification information for allowing the web log server device 200 to identify the user. The user setting information stored in the user setting file 506a defines the connection name that defines the file name of the user setting information for each web log for each user, and the endpoint published by the web log. End point information, proxy information that mediates the connection between the read image transfer apparatus 100 and the web log server apparatus 200, image posting format information supported by the web log server apparatus 200, and the like. Further, the user identification information may include password information.

  The read image file 506b is a read image storage unit that stores image information received by being attached to a mail by the image attachment mail receiving unit 502a.

  The various web log environment setting files 506c are for various web logs in which connection destination address information, transfer protocol, image publication format information, and the like are databased as environment setting information for each of the plurality of web log server devices 200. Environment setting storage means. For example, various web log environment setting files 506c are HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), XML-RPC (Extensible Markup Language-Remote Procedure Call) as transfer protocols supported by the web log device 200. Are stored in association with each web log server device 200 or each blog type.

  In FIG. 3, the communication control interface unit 504 performs communication control between the information communication terminal device 500 and the network 300 (or communication device). That is, the communication control interface unit 504 has a function of communicating with other terminals connected to the network 300.

  In FIG. 3, the input / output control interface unit 508 controls the input device 513, the display device 514, and the infrared communication device 515. Here, the display device 514 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. As the input device 513, a push button, a touch panel, a microphone, or the like can be used. Here, the input / output control interface unit 508 may control the infrared communication device 515. Further, the input / output control interface unit 508 may perform control to transmit a user ID, mail address information, and the like by controlling the infrared communication device 515.

  In FIG. 3, the control unit 502 has a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing necessary data. Information processing for executing various processes is performed. The control unit 502 has an image attachment mail receiving unit 502a, a read image storage unit 502b, an image transfer unit 502c, a read image display unit 502d, a transfer confirmation unit 502e, a publication confirmation unit 502f, a publication instruction transmission unit 502g, in terms of functional concept. A user setting editing unit 502h and a publication success / failure information output unit 502i are provided.

  Among these, the image-attached mail receiving unit 502 a is an image-attached mail receiving unit that controls the communication control interface unit 504 to receive a mail with image information attached from the network 300.

  The read image storage unit 502b is a read image storage unit that stores the image information attached to the mail received by the image attachment mail reception unit 502a in the read image file 506b. Here, the read image storage unit 502b converts the image information received by the image attachment mail receiving unit 502a into the image posting format of the web log server device 200 based on the image posting format information stored in the user setting file 506a. It may be converted and stored so as to conform to.

  Further, the image transfer unit 502c controls the communication control interface unit 504 based on the user setting information stored in the user setting file 506a, so that the image information stored in the read image file 506b is transferred to the weblog server. Image transfer means for transferring to the apparatus 200.

  The read image display unit 502d is a read image display unit that controls the display device 514 to display the image information stored in the read image file 506b.

  Also, the transfer confirmation unit 502e causes the user to input via the input device 513 whether or not the image information displayed by the read image display unit 502d is to be transferred to the weblog server device 200 by the image transfer unit 502c. This is a transfer confirmation means for controlling the above.

  Also, the posting confirmation unit 502f determines whether or not to post the image information transferred by the image transfer unit 102c corresponding to the image information displayed by the read image display unit 502d on the web log. This is a posting confirmation means for controlling the input via the.

  Further, the posting instruction transmission unit 502g posts the corresponding image information transferred by the image transfer unit 102c in the web log when there is an input from the user to post the image information under the control of the posting confirmation unit 502f. It is a posting instruction transmission means for transmitting posting instruction information for controlling the web log server device 200 to the web log server device 200 via the network 300. Here, the “posting instruction information” may be link information of image information transferred from a web log to a database and stored, for example.

  Further, the user setting editing unit 502h controls the user to input information of the web log server device 200 via the input device 513, and based on the environment setting information stored in the various web log environment setting files 506c. This is user setting editing means for setting environment setting information corresponding to the web log server device 200 in the user setting information and storing it in the user setting file 506a. Here, the user setting editing unit 502h controls the user to select a blog type (web log type) via the input device 513, and a transfer protocol (XML-RPC, SMTP, etc.) suitable for the blog type. , You may set the image publication format.

  Further, the posting success / failure information output unit 502i receives posting success / failure information indicating whether or not the image information transferred by the image transfer unit 502c has been successfully posted on the weblog from the weblog server device 200, and displays it. It is a publication success / failure information output means for outputting to 514. Here, the posting success / failure information output unit 502i receives, from the read image transfer apparatus 100, an email notifying the posting success / failure information as to whether or not the posting of the image information transferred by the image transfer unit 102c has succeeded. Then, it may be output to the display device 514. Here, the output destination output by the publication success / failure information output unit 502i is not limited to the display device 514, and may be another output device such as a speaker, a printer, or an external storage device.

[Processing of this scanned image transfer apparatus]
Next, an example of processing of the read image transfer apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

[Scanned image transfer processing]
First, details of the read image transfer process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a read image transfer process of the read image transfer apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. 5 to 8 are diagrams illustrating examples of a processing screen, a confirmation screen, a character recognition screen, and a web log screen for the read image transfer process.

  First, the image reading unit 102a controls the input / output control interface unit 108 to read image information from a document via the image reading device 112 (step SB-1). Here, the image reading unit 102a controls the image reading device 112 having wireless communication means, and from the storage / transmission means of the original medium (sheet, carrier sheet, etc.), the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the use At least one of the person identification information may be read.

  Next, the read image storage unit 102b stores the image information read by the image reading unit 102a in the read image file 106b (step SB-2). Here, the read image storage unit 102b adapts the image information read by the image reading unit 102a to the image posting format of the weblog server device 200 based on the image posting format information stored in the user setting file 106a. May be converted and stored. Here, the processing screen of the read image transfer processing of FIG. 5 includes a file storage completion page display screen MA-1, a cancel button MA-2, and various setting display screens MA-3. As shown in FIG. 5, the file storage completion page display screen MA-1 indicates the number of document pages of image information stored in the read image file 106b by the process of the read image storage unit 102b. Here, the read image storage unit 102b may be configured to stop the storage of the image information by controlling the user to input a cancel button MA-2. Here, as shown in the various setting display screen MA-3 in FIG. 5, the read image transfer apparatus 100 is a user stored in the user setting file 106a by the processing of the image reading unit 102a or the read image storage unit 102b. Based on the setting information etc., the image is processed by performing the set processing such as double-sided / single-sided, color / monochrome, format (JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.), automatic size determination, blank page deletion, orientation correction, tilt correction, compression, etc. Information may be stored.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the read image display unit 102d controls the display device 114 to display the image information read by the image reading unit 102a via the input / output control interface unit 108 (step SB-). 3). Here, the confirmation screen of FIG. 6 includes a read image display screen MB-1, a connection name display screen MB-2, a setting button MB-3, a title display screen MB-4, an article display screen MB-5, and an OCR read button MB. -6, posting option button MB-7, blog confirmation button MB-8, posting button MB-9, close button MB-10. In step SB-3, the read image display unit 102d controls to display image information on the read image display screen MB-1 as shown in FIG. 6, for example.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the character recognition unit 102g may acquire information such as characters by recognizing characters, symbols, or figures from the image information stored in the read image file 106b. Specifically, the character recognition unit 102g controls the user to click on the OCR reading button MB-6 in FIG. 6 via the input device 113, so that the character recognition unit 102g detects the character from the image information. And so on (FIG. 7). Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the character recognition unit 102g sets the head part of the character string recognized by OCR as a title (title display screen MB-4), and sets the part after the head as an article (article display screen). MB-5). The user can correct the automatically entered title and article as necessary. Here, the user setting editing unit 102h edits the user setting information so as to set the connection destination address and the like based on information such as URL, QR code, barcode, and shadow among the read character information and the like. May be.

  Then, the transfer confirmation unit 102e causes the user to input via the input device 113 whether or not the image information displayed by the read image display unit 102d is to be transferred to the weblog server device 200 by the image transfer unit 102c. The input / output control interface unit 108 is controlled (step SB-4). Specifically, the transfer confirmation unit 102e controls the user to click the posting button MB-9 via the input device 113 as shown in FIG. Here, the transfer confirmation unit 102e may control the connection name already registered on the connection name display screen MB-2 to be selected before the user clicks the posting button MB-9. You may control to set user information with button MB-3. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the transfer confirmation unit 102 e controls the user to click the close button MB-10 via the input device 113, so that the image transfer unit does not transfer to the weblog server device 200. 102c may be controlled.

  The image transfer unit 102c performs communication control based on the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a when there is an input from the user to transfer the transfer information by the processing of the read image display unit 102d. The image information stored in the read image file 106b is transferred to the web log server device 200 by connecting to the web log server device 200 via the interface unit 104 and the network 300 (step SB-5).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the web log server device 200 has the read image (read image display screen MC-1) posted on the terminal device connected to the web log server device 200 via the network 300. Weblog site MC-2 is provided (step SB-6). Here, the read image transfer device 100 controls the user to click the blog confirmation button MB-8 in FIG. 6 via the input device 113, and controls the display device 114, as shown in FIG. You may comprise so that a weblog site can be confirmed via a browser.

  Then, the mail notification unit 102m controls the communication control interface unit 104 to determine whether the image information transferred by the processing of the image transfer unit 102c has been successfully posted on the web log, and controls the web log server. An e-mail notifying the user of the publication success / failure information is transmitted using the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information received from the apparatus 200 and stored in the e-mail notification list file 106e as the transmission destination (step SB-7). Here, the mail notification unit 102m may receive user identification information, posting success information, an error code, and the like as the posting success / failure information, and send the posting success / failure information by mail. This completes the read image transfer process.

[User setting edit processing]
Here, the details of the user setting editing process by the process of the user setting editing unit 102h will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed by the process of the user setting editing unit 102h in the present embodiment. Note that the processing of the user setting editing unit 502h is the same as the following, and thus the description thereof is omitted. 9 and 10 are a connection name setting screen MD-1, a blog type setting screen MD-2, a user identification information setting screen MD-3, a password setting screen MD-4, and an endpoint setting screen. MD-5, Proxy setting screen MD-6, Proxy acquisition button MD-7, Delete button MD-8, Add button MD-9, Registration button MD-10, Close button MD-11, Posting success / failure notification destination mail address setting screen It consists of MD-12.

  When the user uses the read image transfer apparatus 100 for the first time, such as immediately after installation of the program, the connection destination is set and user setting information is input. Specifically, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to click the setting button MB-3 on the confirmation screen illustrated in FIG. 6 via the input device 113, and the setting is performed as illustrated in FIG. Control to display the screen.

  Then, the user setting editing unit 102h inputs the connection name to the connection name setting screen MD-1 and the blog type (web log type) to the blog type setting screen MD-2 via the input device 113 to the user. To control.

  Then, the user setting editing unit 102h sets the environment setting information corresponding to the input blog type as the user setting information based on the environment setting information stored in the various web log environment setting files 106e. Store in the setting file 106a. Here, the user setting editing unit 102h may control the user to select the web log server device 200 from the list via the input device 113.

  Here, in this embodiment, the blog type is roughly divided into two types, and in the MobileType web log, the image transfer unit 102c transfers using XML-RPC as a transfer protocol, and posts by mail. In the web log that enables the image transfer, the image transfer unit 102c uses SMTP as the transfer protocol.

  When the MobileType blog type is input as the user setting information, the user setting editing unit 102h gives the user the user identification information setting screen MD-3 via the input device 113 as shown in FIG. The user identification information is set, the password is set on the password setting screen MD-4, the endpoint is set as the connection destination address on the endpoint setting screen MD-5, and the proxy is set on the proxy setting screen MD-6. The user setting editing unit 102h may perform control so that the proxy is automatically set by causing the user to click the proxy acquisition button MD-7.

  On the other hand, when a blog type that enables posting by e-mail is set, the user setting editing unit 102h sends the user's e-mail address (destination) and connection destination address to the user via the input device 113. The mail address (sender), mail server (SMTP), top page URL, etc. are controlled to be input.

  Then, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to click the registration button MD-10 via the input device 113, and the user setting file uses the various setting information input by the user as the user setting information. It is stored in 106a.

  Thus, the setting process is completed. In addition, since the user setting information is stored in the user setting file 106a, it is not necessary to set again for the second and subsequent uses. Each input described above may be configured to be automatically input. For example, the user setting editing unit 102h may be configured to automatically recognize the protocol.

  Here, the user setting editing unit 102h may be controlled to add user setting information by controlling the user to click the add button MD-9 via the input device 113. . The user setting editing unit 102h may delete the user information by controlling the user to click the delete button MD-8 via the input device 113.

  Here, the mail notification unit 102m controls the user to input the posting success / failure notification destination mail address on the posting success / failure notification destination mail address setting screen MD-12 via the input device 113. The received mail address may be associated with the user identification information and stored in the mail notification list file 106e.

  Here, the user setting editing unit 102h may control the user to input a posting option. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a posting option input screen. Here, the input screen of FIG. 11 includes a category selection screen ME-1, an article state selection screen ME-2, a publication time setting screen ME-3, a comment reception selection screen ME-4, a trackback reception selection screen ME-5, and a trackback. It consists of a destination setting screen ME-6 and an OK button ME-7.

  As illustrated in FIG. 11, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to select the category of the article in the web log on the category selection screen ME-1 via the input device 113. Here, the read image transfer apparatus 100 may be configured to automatically acquire the category and the like from the weblog server apparatus 200. Further, the user setting editing unit 102h selects the article state on the article state selection screen ME-2 via the input device 113, for example, “publish now” or “publish later” to the user. To control. The user setting editing unit 102h inputs the publication time on the publication time setting screen ME-3 to the user via the input device 113 when “publish later” is selected on the article state selection screen ME-2. You may control to do. Further, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to select whether or not to accept a comment on the comment acceptance selection screen ME-4 via the input device 113. Also, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to select whether or not to accept a trackback on the trackback acceptance selection screen ME-5 via the input device 113. In addition, when the user setting editing unit 102h is selected to accept a trackback on the trackback reception selection screen ME-5, the user setting editing unit 102h sets the trackback destination URL on the trackback destination setting screen ME-6 to the user via the input device 113. Control input. Then, the user setting editing unit 102h causes the user to click the OK button ME-7 via the input device 113, thereby storing each posting option in the storage unit 106 (for example, the user setting file 106a). Control to do.

  Here, the user setting editing unit 102h may control the user to input the operating environment setting. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operating environment setting input screen. Here, the operation environment setting input screen of FIG. 12 includes a connection destination address input screen MF-1, a user identification information input screen MF-2, a password input screen MF-3, a blog type selection screen MF-4, and a self-diagnosis button. MF-5, title input screen MF-6, category input screen MF-7, add / delete button MF-8, public / private radio button MF-9, comment reception radio button MF-10, trackback reception radio button MF- 11, an expiration date input screen MF-12, an OK button MF-13, and a cancel button MF-14.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the user setting editing unit 102h uses the connection destination address on the connection destination address input screen MF-1 and the user identification information input screen MF-2 via the input device 113. The user identification information is controlled so that the password is input on the password input screen MF-3 and the blog type is input on the blog type selection screen MF-4. Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to click the self-diagnosis button MF-5 via the input device 113, and performs test posting as self-diagnosis processing. The HTTP parameter may be finely adjusted.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the user setting editing unit 102h gives the user the title on the title input screen MF-6 and the category of the web log article on the category input screen MF-7 via the input device 113. Then, control is performed to input whether to add or delete the setting information with the add / delete button MF-8. In addition, the user setting editing unit 102h accepts a comment with the comment reception radio button MF-10 whether or not to publish the web log with the public / private radio button MF-9 via the input device 113 to the user. Whether or not to accept the trackback with the trackback reception radio button MF-11 is controlled to input the expiration date of the web log posting on the expiration date input screen MF-12.

  Then, the user setting editing unit 102h controls the user to click the OK button MF-13 via the input device 113, and when the OK button MF-13 is clicked, the user setting editing unit 102h sets the various settings. Store in the setting file 102a. On the other hand, when the cancel button MF-14 is clicked, the user setting editing unit 102h ends the setting process without updating the user setting. This completes the description of the setting process.

  This is the end of the description of the processing of the read image transfer apparatus according to the present embodiment. With the configuration described above, the description of the processing of the read image transfer system in the present embodiment is finished. According to the above embodiment, even a user who is unfamiliar with computer operation can easily post a web log, and can omit complicated operation procedures. In addition, a manuscript freely created by the user can be registered in an arbitrary web log.

  In addition, there is an effect that complicated keyboard input is not required. In particular, a complicated operation procedure can be omitted at the second and subsequent uses, and an article can be posted on a blog by a few operations (for example, reading start, posting confirmation, etc.). In addition, each web log server device is equipped with various web log environment setting files that store environment setting information for connecting, transferring, or posting to the web log. The number of setting items can be reduced, and the time / procedure to start using can be reduced. Also, differences in blog posting methods (transfer protocols, etc.) can be absorbed.

  This completes the description of the processing of the read image transfer apparatus 100.

[Processing of this scanned image transfer system]
Next, an example of processing of the read image transfer system according to the present embodiment configured with the information communication terminal device will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14 below.

[Read Image Transfer Processing (Posting Instruction) of this Read Image Transfer System]
First, details of the read image transfer process (posting instruction) in the read image transfer system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a read image transfer process (posting instruction) of the read image transfer system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 13, first, the read image transfer apparatus 100 controls the image reading apparatus 112 by the processing of the image reading unit 102a to read image information from a document (step SC-1).

  Next, the read image transfer apparatus 100 stores the image information read by the image reading unit 102a in the read image file 106b by the processing of the read image storage unit 102b (step SC-2).

  Then, the read image transfer device 100 attaches the image information stored in the read image file 106b by the read image storage unit 102b and transmits a mail to the information communication terminal device 500 by the processing of the image attachment mail transmission unit 102f ( Step SC-3). Here, the image-attached mail transmission unit 102f may send the mail by attaching image information (for example, a thumbnail image) with a reduced image size. Also, the image attached mail transmission unit 102f attaches the image information stored in the read image file 106b and transmits the mail to the information communication terminal device 500 when charged from the IC card by the IC card charging control unit 102j. You may comprise.

  Here, the infrared communication unit 102i controls the infrared communication device 115 to perform infrared communication to acquire user ID information and / or mail address information. The image-attached mail transmission unit 102f is connected to the infrared communication unit 102i. The information communication terminal device 500 uses the mail address acquired by the process or the mail address stored in the user information file 106c corresponding to the user ID information acquired by the process of the infrared communication unit 102i as the transmission destination. May be sent to. Here, the user information storage unit 102k may be configured to store the user ID and / or mail address in the user information file 106c when the infrared communication unit 102i obtains the user ID and / or mail address.

  Then, the read image transfer apparatus 100 performs web log processing via the network 300 via the communication control interface unit 104 based on the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a by the processing of the image transfer unit 102c. Connect to the server device 200 and transfer the image information stored in the read image file 106b to the weblog server device 200 (step SC-4). Here, the image transfer unit 102c is configured to transfer the image information stored in the read image file 106b to the weblog server device 200 when charged from the IC card under the control of the IC card charging control unit 102j. Also good. Here, step SC-3 and step SC-4 may be configured with either one first. Further, in the read image transfer system according to the present embodiment, the web log server device 200 stores the image information transferred from the read image transfer device 100 in a database and stores the read image until the posting instruction information is received. There is no control over posting to the blog.

  Subsequently, the information communication terminal device 500 stores the image information attached to the mail received from the read image transfer apparatus 100 by the process of the image attachment mail receiving unit 502a in the read image file 506b by the process of the read image storage unit 502b. Then, the image information stored in the read image file 506b is controlled to be displayed on the display device 514 by the process of the read image display unit 502d.

  Then, the information communication terminal device 500 receives the image information transferred to the weblog server device 200 by the image transfer unit 102c corresponding to the image information displayed by the read image display unit 502d by the processing of the posting confirmation unit 502f. Control is made to allow the user to input via the input device 513 whether or not to post in the web log (step SC-5).

  Then, the information communication terminal device 500 uses the image transfer unit 102c to input the web log server device 200 when there is an input to post image information from the user under the control of the posting confirmation unit 502f by the processing of the posting instruction transmission unit 502g. Is sent to the web log server device 200 to control the web log server device 200 to post the image information transferred to the web log (step SC-6).

  Then, the web log server device 200 that has received the posting instruction information provides the web log site on which the read image is posted to the terminal device connected to the web log server device 200 via the network 300 (step SC-). 7). Specifically, the weblog server device 200 that has received the posting instruction information may control to form a link to the image information stored in the database from the website.

  Then, the web log server device 200 transmits to the read image transfer device 100 posting success / failure information indicating whether or not the image information transferred by the image transfer unit 102m has been successfully posted on the web log. The read image transfer apparatus 100 that has received the publication success / failure information notifies the publication success / failure information by using the mail address corresponding to the user identification information stored in the mail notification list file 106e as a transmission destination by the processing of the mail notification unit 102m. A mail is transmitted (step SC-8). As a result, the information communication terminal device 500 of the user controls the communication control interface unit 504 to receive mail by the processing of the publication success / failure information output unit 502i, and controls the display device 514 to receive the publication success / failure information. To present. Here, the information communication terminal device 500 may receive the posting success / failure information directly from the weblog server device 200 by the processing of the posting success / failure information output unit 502i.

[Scanned image transfer process of this scanned image transfer system (direct posting from mobile phone)]
Next, details of the read image transfer process (direct posting from the mobile phone) in the read image transfer system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of read image transfer processing (direct posting from a mobile phone) of the read image transfer system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 14, first, the read image transfer apparatus 100 controls the image reading apparatus 112 by the processing of the image reading unit 102a to read image information from a document (step SD-1).

  Next, the read image transfer apparatus 100 stores the image information read by the image reading unit 102a in the read image file 106b by the processing of the read image storage unit 102b (step SD-2).

  Then, the read image transfer device 100 attaches the image information stored in the read image file 106b by the read image storage unit 102b and transmits a mail to the information communication terminal device 500 by the processing of the image attachment mail transmission unit 102f ( Step SD-3). Here, the image-attached mail transmission unit 102f may send the mail by attaching image information (for example, a thumbnail image) with a reduced image size. Also, the image attached mail transmission unit 102f attaches the image information stored in the read image file 106b and transmits the mail to the information communication terminal device 500 when charged from the IC card by the IC card charging control unit 102j. You may comprise.

  Here, the infrared communication unit 102i controls the infrared communication device 115 to perform infrared communication to acquire user ID information and / or mail address information. The image-attached mail transmission unit 102f is connected to the infrared communication unit 102i. The information communication terminal device 500 uses the mail address acquired by the process or the mail address stored in the user information file 106c corresponding to the user ID information acquired by the process of the infrared communication unit 102i as the transmission destination. May be sent to. Here, the user information storage unit 102k may be configured to store the user ID and / or mail address in the user information file 106c when the infrared communication unit 102i obtains the user ID and / or mail address.

  Subsequently, the information communication terminal device 500 stores the image information attached to the mail received from the read image transfer apparatus 100 by the process of the image attachment mail receiving unit 502a in the read image file 506b by the process of the read image storage unit 502b. Then, control is performed so that the image information stored in the read image file 506b is displayed on the display device 514 by the process of the read image display unit 502d.

  Then, the information communication terminal device 500 determines whether or not to transfer the image information displayed by the read image display unit 502d to the web log server device 200 through the input device 513 by the processing of the transfer confirmation unit 502e. (Step SD-4).

  Then, the information communication terminal device 500 stores the user stored in the user setting file 506a when there is an input to transfer image information from the user under the control of the transfer confirmation unit 502e by the processing of the image transfer unit 502c. Based on the setting information, the web log server device 200 is connected, and the image information stored in the read image file 506b is transferred to the web log server device 200 (step SD-5).

  As a result, the web log server device 200 provides the web log site on which the read image is posted to the terminal device connected to the web log server device 200 via the network 300 (step SD-6). Here, the web log server device 200 transmits to the information communication terminal device 500 information on whether or not the image information transferred by the image transfer unit 502m has been successfully posted on the web log.

  The information communication terminal device 500 receives the posting success / failure information by controlling the communication control interface unit 504 by the processing of the posting success / failure information output unit 502i, and controls the display device 514 via the input / output control interface unit 508. The posting success / failure information is notified to the user (step SD-7). Here, the publication success / failure information output unit 502i may receive the publication success / failure information via the read image transfer apparatus 100 by the processing of the mail notification unit 102m. Here, the information communication terminal device 500 receives the user identification information, the successful posting information, the error code, etc. as the posting success / failure information by the processing of the posting success / failure information output unit 502i, and displays the posting success / failure information as a display device. You may output to 514.

  This is the end of the description of the processing of the read image transfer system according to the present embodiment. According to the above embodiment, even a user who is unfamiliar with computer operation can easily post a web log, and can omit complicated operation procedures. In addition, a manuscript freely created by the user can be registered in an arbitrary web log.

  In addition, there is an effect that complicated keyboard input is not required. In particular, a complicated operation procedure can be omitted at the second and subsequent uses, and an article can be posted on a blog by a few operations (for example, reading start, posting confirmation, etc.). In addition, since each web log server device 200 has various web log environment setting files that store connection destination address information or transfer protocol environment setting information, differences in blog posting methods (transfer protocols, etc.) are absorbed. can do.

[Other embodiments]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention can be applied to various different embodiments in addition to the above-described embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. May be implemented. Here, FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a system that further includes the web log management server device 600 and its processing.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the system according to another embodiment schematically includes a read image transfer device 100, a web log server device 200, an information communication terminal device 500, and a web log management server device 600. Are communicably connected via the network 300. In addition, the storage unit of the web log management server device 600 stores a web log management master file 606 that stores connection destination address information, transfer protocol, or image publication format information as basic environment setting information for each of the plurality of web log server devices 200. Is provided.

  In this system, as shown in FIG. 15, the user setting editing unit 102h refers to the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management master file 606, and the environment stored in the various web log environment setting files 106d. Update configuration information. That is, the read image transfer device 100 controls the communication control interface unit 104 by the processing of the user setting editing unit 102h, connects to the web log management server device 600, and stores the basic information stored in the web log management master file 606. Control is performed to download the environment setting information and update the environment setting information stored in the environment setting file 106d for various web logs.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 15, the user setting editing unit 102h may be configured to upload the environment setting files stored in the various web log environment setting files 106d to the web log management server device 600. In other words, the user setting editing unit 102h connects various web log server devices 200 from the plurality of read image transfer devices 100 or the information communication terminal devices 500 to the web log management server device 600 by uploading the environment setting file. You may control to collect environment setting files, such as destination address information, a transfer protocol, and image publication format information. For example, the control unit 602 of the web log server apparatus 600 uploads environment setting information stored in various web log environment setting files (106d or 506c) to the plurality of read image transfer apparatuses 100 or the information communication terminal apparatus 500. The uploaded environment setting information is collected and stored as basic environment setting information in the web log management master file 606, and the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management master file is read and transferred to the image transfer apparatus 100. Alternatively, the information communication terminal device 500 is controlled to be downloaded. In this system according to the other embodiment, the user setting editing unit 502h that functions in the control unit 502 of the information communication terminal device 500 is similar to the function of the user setting editing unit 102h, and thus the description thereof is omitted. .

  Here, an original medium for causing the read image transfer apparatus 100 to read image information via the image reading apparatus 112 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sheet on which a barcode is displayed as a document medium. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sheet on which a QR code is displayed as a document medium. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of use of a carrier sheet provided with an RFID chip as a document medium.

  As illustrated in FIG. 16, a sheet on which a barcode is displayed may be used as a document medium that is read by the read image transfer apparatus 100 via the image reading apparatus 112. Further, as shown in FIG. 17, a sheet on which a QR code is displayed may be used as the document medium. Here, the bar code or the QR code is displayed so that the read image transfer apparatus 100 can read at least one of the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, and the user identification information. Accordingly, the character recognition unit 102g acquires information such as connection destination address information, transfer protocol, and user identification information from the image information read by the processing of the image reading unit 102a. Then, since the user setting editing unit 102h updates the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a based on the acquired connection destination address information and the like, the user performs setting work such as the connection destination. The read image can be posted on the web log without the need to do so.

  As shown in FIG. 18, a carrier sheet may be used as a medium for conveying a document for reading image information to the image reading device 112 via the image reading device 112 provided with wireless communication means. That is, as shown in FIG. 18, the present carrier sheet is a carrier sheet that includes a transparent sheet and a mount sheet, and at least one side of which is fixed so that a document can be inserted. Connection destination address information, transfer protocol, and user identification An RFID chip is provided that stores at least one of the information and transmits the information to the read image transfer device 100 via the image reading device 112 provided with a wireless communication unit. As a usage method, first, a user inserts a document between a transparent sheet of a carrier sheet and a mount sheet (see FIG. 18A), and installs the carrier sheet in a reading port of the image reading device 112 (see FIG. 18). 18 (2)). Next, the read image transfer apparatus 100 controls the image reading apparatus 112 including the wireless communication unit by the processing of the image reading unit 102a, so that the image information, the connection destination address information stored in the RFID chip, and the like. Information is read (see FIG. 18 (3)). Accordingly, the read image transfer apparatus 100 updates the user setting information stored in the user setting file 106a based on the acquired connection destination address information and the like by the processing of the user setting editing unit 102h. The user can post the read image on the web log without setting the connection destination or the like.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the read image transfer apparatus 100 performs processing in a stand-alone form has been described as an example. You may comprise so that a process may be performed according to a request | requirement. In particular, in the case where the apparatus having at least the image reading unit and the apparatus having at least the transfer confirmation unit are configured as separate housings, the transfer confirmation unit receives the image reading process of the device having the image reading unit. It may be configured such that the transfer confirmation unit of the apparatus provided with is activated. With this configuration, it is possible to eliminate the need for an operation of a device (for example, a computer) provided with a transfer confirmation unit.

  In the above embodiment, the blog type (web log type) has been described as being one type for each web log server device 200, but a plurality of blog types may be provided. In this case, the various web log environment setting files 106d and the various web log environment setting files 506c have connection destination address information, transfer protocols, and the like for each type of the web log server device 200 composed of a plurality of types of blog types. Remember.

  In addition, among the processes described in the embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, information including registration data and parameters of each processing, screen examples, and database configuration shown in the above documents and drawings are arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. can do.

  In addition, regarding the read image transfer apparatus 100 and the information communication terminal apparatus 500, the constituent elements shown in the drawings are functionally schematic, and need not be physically configured as illustrated.

  For example, the processing functions provided in each of the read image transfer device 100 and the information communication terminal device 500, particularly the processing functions performed by the control unit 102 and the control unit 502, are all or any part of the processing functions. (Central Processing Unit) and a program interpreted and executed by the CPU, or can be realized as hardware by wired logic. The program is recorded on a recording medium to be described later, and is mechanically read by the read image transfer apparatus 100 as necessary. That is, the storage unit 106 such as the ROM or the HD, the storage unit 506, and the like store computer programs for giving instructions to the CPU and performing various processes in cooperation as an OS (Operating System). This computer program is executed by being loaded into the RAM, and constitutes a control unit in cooperation with the CPU.

  The computer program may be stored in an application program server connected to the scanned image transfer apparatus 100 or the information communication terminal apparatus 500 via an arbitrary network 300, and all or one of them may be stored as necessary. It is also possible to download a part.

  The program according to the present invention can also be stored in a computer-readable recording medium. Here, the “recording medium” refers to any “portable physical medium” such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM, a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD, or a LAN, WAN, or Internet. It includes a “communication medium” that holds the program in a short period of time, such as a communication line or a carrier wave when the program is transmitted via a network represented by

  The “program” is a data processing method described in an arbitrary language or description method, and may be in any format such as source code or binary code. The “program” is not necessarily limited to a single configuration, but is distributed in the form of a plurality of modules and libraries, or in cooperation with a separate program represented by an OS (Operating System). Including those that achieve the function. Note that a well-known configuration and procedure can be used for a specific configuration for reading a recording medium, a reading procedure, an installation procedure after reading, and the like in each device described in the embodiment.

  Various databases (user setting file 106a to mail notification list file 106e, user setting file 506a to various web log environment setting files 506c) stored in the storage unit 106 and the storage unit 506 are RAM, ROM, and the like. A storage device such as a memory device, a fixed disk device such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, or an optical disk, and stores various programs, tables, databases, web page files, and the like used for various processes and website provision.

  Further, the read image transfer apparatus 100 is connected to an information processing apparatus such as a known personal computer or workstation, and software (including a program, data, etc.) for realizing the method of the present invention is installed in the information processing apparatus. May be realized.

  Furthermore, the specific form of distribution / integration of the devices is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof is configured to be functionally or physically distributed / integrated in an arbitrary unit according to various additions. can do.

  As described above in detail, according to the present invention, even a user who is unfamiliar with computer operation can easily post a web log, and can omit complicated operation procedures. Can provide a read image transfer device, a read image transfer program, a read image transfer method, a program, a sheet, and a carrier sheet that can register a manuscript created freely by any web log. It can be used in the field, information communication field, and the like.

  In particular, the use of web logs can be expanded to increase the number of web log users. At the same time, the application of the image reading apparatus such as a scanner and the user layer are expanded.

It is a flowchart which shows the basic principle of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of this read image transfer system to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of this information communication terminal device 500 in this read image transfer system. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a read image transfer process of the read image transfer apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the process screen of a read image transfer process. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen of a read image transfer process. It is a figure which shows an example of the character recognition screen of a read image transfer process. It is a figure which shows an example of the web log screen of a read image transfer process result. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed by the process of the user setting edit part 102h in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed by the process of the user setting edit part 102h in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of posting option. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of operating environment setting. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a read image transfer process (posting instruction) of the read image transfer system according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the read image transfer process (direct posting from a mobile telephone) of this read image transfer system in this Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the system further provided with the web log management server apparatus 600, and its process. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sheet on which a barcode is displayed as a document medium. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sheet on which a QR code is displayed as a document medium. It is a figure which shows the usage example of the carrier sheet provided with the RFID chip as a manuscript medium.

Explanation of symbols

100 Scanned image transfer device
102 Control unit
102a Image reading unit
102b Read image storage unit
102c Image transfer unit
102d read image display unit
102e Transfer confirmation unit
102f Image attached mail transmission part
102g Character recognition unit
102h User setting editing section
102i infrared communication unit
102j IC card charging control unit
102k user information storage
102m Mail notification part
104 Communication control interface unit
106 Storage unit
106a User setting file
106b Read image file
106c User information file
106d Environment setting files for various web logs
106e Email notification list file
108 Input / output control interface
112 Image reading apparatus
113 Input device
114 Display device
115 Infrared communication device
116 IC card reader 200 Weblog server 300 Network 500 Information communication terminal
502 control unit
502a Image attached mail receiver
502b Read image storage unit
502c Image transfer unit
502d Read image display unit
502e Transfer confirmation unit
502f Posting confirmation section
502g Posting instruction transmitter
502h User setting editing section
502i Publication success / failure information output section
504 Communication control interface unit
506 storage unit
506a User setting file
506b Scanned image file
506c Environment setting files for various web logs
508 I / O control interface
513 input device
514 display device
515 Infrared communication device
600 Web log management server device
606 Weblog management master file

Claims (30)

A read image transfer apparatus including at least a storage unit and a control unit, connected to an image reading device and a weblog server device via a network,
The storage unit
User setting information having at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user is stored. User setting information storage means for
The control unit
Image reading means for controlling the image reading device to read image information from a document;
Read image storage means for storing the image information read by the image reading means in the storage unit;
Image transfer means for transferring the image information stored by the read image storage means to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means;
A read image transfer apparatus comprising: The read image transfer apparatus according to claim 1.
The read image transfer apparatus includes:
In addition, it has a display and an input unit,
The control unit
Read image display means for controlling the image information read by the image reading means to be displayed on the display unit;
Transfer confirmation means for controlling the user to input via the input unit whether the image information displayed by the read image display means is transferred to the weblog server device by the image transfer means. When,
Further comprising
The image transfer means
Transferring the image information stored by the read image storage means to the weblog server device when there is an input to transfer the image information by the user by the transfer confirmation means;
A read image transfer apparatus. In the read image transfer apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The storage unit
For each of a plurality of the web log server devices, further comprising various web log environment setting storage means for storing the connection destination address information or the transfer protocol as environment setting information,
The control unit
The user is controlled to input information of the web log server device via the input unit, and the web log server device is controlled based on the environment setting information stored in the environment setting storage unit for various web logs. User setting editing means for setting the corresponding environment setting information in the user setting information and storing it in the user setting information storage means;
A read image transfer apparatus, further comprising: The above user setting information
Furthermore, it has image publishing format information of the weblog server device,
The read image storage means includes
The image information read by the image reading unit is converted based on the image posting format information stored in the user setting information storage unit so as to conform to the image posting format of the weblog server device. Storing in the storage unit,
The read image transfer apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The control unit
Character etc. recognizing means for recognizing characters, symbols or figures from the image information and obtaining information such as characters,
The read image transfer apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The user setting information editing means is
Editing the user setting information based on the character etc. information acquired by the character etc. recognition means;
The read image transfer apparatus according to claim 5. The read image transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further connected to an IC card reader,
The control unit
IC card charging control means for controlling charging of an IC card via the IC card reading device,
Further comprising
The image transfer means
Transferring the image information stored by the read image storage means to the weblog server device when charged from the IC card by the IC card charging control means;
A read image transfer apparatus. In the read image transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The storage unit
Mail notification list storage means for storing the user's mail address information and the user identification information in association with each other;
Further comprising
The control unit
The posting success / failure information indicating whether or not the image information transferred by the image transfer means has been successfully posted on the weblog is received from the weblog server device, and the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information is transmitted. First, an email notification means for sending an email notifying the success / failure information,
A read image transfer apparatus, further comprising: The read image transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further connected to a web log management server device including at least a storage unit via the network.
The storage unit of the web log management server device includes:
For each of the plurality of weblog server devices, comprising web log management basic information storage means for storing the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, or the image publication format information as basic environment setting information,
The user setting editing means
Referring to the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management basic information storage means, and updating the environment setting information stored in the various web log environment setting storage means;
A read image transfer apparatus. A read image transfer device connected to the image reading device and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, an information communication terminal device including at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit, and a weblog server device A read image transfer system configured to be communicably connected via
The storage unit of the read image transfer apparatus is
User setting information storage means having at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify the user. With
The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus includes:
Image reading means for controlling the image reading device to read image information from a document;
Read image storage means for storing the image information read by the image reading means in the storage unit of the read image transfer device;
An image attachment mail transmission means for attaching the image information stored by the read image storage means and transmitting an email to the information communication terminal device;
Image transfer means for transferring the image information stored by the read image storage means to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means;
With
The control unit of the information communication terminal device is
Read image display means for controlling the image information transmitted by the image attached mail transmission means to be displayed on the display unit of the information communication terminal device;
Let the user input via the input unit whether or not to post the image information transferred by the image transfer means corresponding to the image information displayed by the read image display means on a web log. Posting confirmation means to control,
The web log server device is controlled so that the image information transferred by the image transfer means is posted in the web log when the user inputs that the image information is posted by the user by the posting confirmation means. Posting instruction transmitting means for transmitting posting instruction information to the weblog server device;
A read image transfer system comprising: The read image transfer system according to claim 10.
The storage unit of the read image transfer apparatus is
For each of a plurality of the web log server devices, further comprising various web log environment setting storage means for storing the connection destination address information or the transfer protocol as environment setting information,
The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus includes:
The user is controlled to input information of the web log server device via the input unit, and the web log server device is controlled based on the environment setting information stored in the environment setting storage unit for various web logs. User setting editing means for setting the corresponding environment setting information in the user setting information and storing it in the user setting information storage means;
A read image transfer system, further comprising: The image attached mail transmission means
Sending the email with the image information reduced in size,
The read image transfer system according to claim 10 or 11. A read image transfer device connected to the image reading device and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, an information communication terminal device including at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit, and a weblog server device A read image transfer system configured to be communicably connected via
The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus includes:
Image reading means for controlling the image reading device to read image information from a document;
Read image storage means for storing the image information read by the image reading means in the storage unit of the read image transfer device;
An image attachment mail transmission means for attaching the image information stored by the read image storage means and transmitting an email to the information communication terminal device;
With
The storage unit of the information communication terminal device is
User setting information having at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user is stored. User setting information storage means for
The control unit of the information communication terminal device is
Read image display means for controlling the image information transmitted by the image attached mail transmission means to be displayed on the display unit of the information communication terminal device;
Transfer confirmation means for controlling the user to input via the input section whether or not to transfer the image information displayed by the read image display means to the weblog server device;
When there is an input to transfer the image information by the user by the transfer confirmation unit, the image is stored by the read image storage unit based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage unit. Image transfer means for transferring the image information to the weblog server device;
A read image transfer system comprising: The read image transfer system according to claim 13.
The storage unit of the information communication terminal device is
For each of a plurality of the web log server devices, further comprising various web log environment setting storage means for storing the connection destination address information or the transfer protocol as environment setting information,
The control unit of the information communication terminal device is
The user is controlled to input information of the web log server device via the input unit, and the web log server device is controlled based on the environment setting information stored in the environment setting storage unit for various web logs. User setting editing means for setting the corresponding environment setting information in the user setting information and storing it in the user setting information storage means;
A read image transfer system, further comprising: The above user setting information
Furthermore, it has image publishing format information of the weblog server device,
The read image storage means includes
The image information read by the image reading means is converted based on the image posting format information stored in the user setting information storage means so as to conform to the image posting format of the weblog server device. Storing in the storage unit,
The read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 14. The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus includes:
Character etc. recognizing means for recognizing characters, symbols or figures from the image information and obtaining information such as characters,
The read image transfer system according to claim 10, further comprising: The user setting information editing means is
Controlling to edit the user setting information based on the character information acquired by the character recognition means,
The read image transfer system according to claim 16, further comprising: The read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 17,
The read image transfer device is further connected to an infrared communication device,
The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus includes:
Infrared communication means for controlling the infrared communication device to perform infrared communication to obtain user ID information and / or mail address information;
User information storage means for storing the user ID information and / or the mail address information acquired by the infrared communication means in the storage unit of the read image transfer device;
Further comprising
The image attached mail transmission means
The e-mail address stored in the storage unit by the user information storage unit corresponding to the user ID acquired by the infrared communication unit or the e-mail address acquired by the infrared communication unit as a transmission destination Sending the e-mail to the information communication terminal device;
A read image transfer system. The read image transfer device is further connected to an IC card reader,
The control unit of the read image transfer apparatus includes:
IC card charging control means for controlling charging of an IC card via the IC card reading device,
Further comprising
The image attached mail transmission means
Sending the mail to the information communication terminal device with the image information stored by the read image storage means attached when the IC card charge control means charges the IC card;
The read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 18. The read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 19, further comprising a web log management server device including at least a storage unit,
The storage unit of the web log management server device includes:
For each of the plurality of weblog server devices, comprising web log management basic information storage means for storing the connection destination address information, the transfer protocol, or the image publication format information as basic environment setting information,
The user setting editing means
Referencing the basic environment setting information stored in the web log management basic information storage means via the network, and updating the environment setting information stored in the various web log environment setting storage means;
A read image transfer system. The read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 20,
The storage unit of the read image transfer apparatus is
Mail notification list storage means for storing the user's mail address information and the user identification information in association with each other;
Further comprising
The control unit
The use information received from the web log server device for the success or failure of posting the image information transferred by the image transfer means on the web log, and stored in the mail notification list storage means E-mail notification means for sending an e-mail notifying the success / failure information with the e-mail address corresponding to the user identification information as a destination,
A read image transfer system, further comprising: The read image transfer system according to any one of claims 10 to 21,
The information communication terminal device further includes an output unit,
The control unit of the information communication terminal device is
The output unit receives the posting success / failure information as to whether or not the posting of the image information transferred by the image transfer means has succeeded in the weblog from the weblog server device or the read image transfer device. Publishing success / failure information output means,
A read image transfer system, further comprising: A read image transfer method that is executed in a read image transfer device that includes at least a storage unit and a control unit, and is connected to an image reading device and a weblog server device via a network,
The storage unit includes at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user. Person setting information storage means,
Executed in the control unit,
An image reading step for controlling the image reading apparatus to read image information from a document;
A read image storing step of storing the image information read in the image reading step in the storage unit;
An image transfer step of transferring the image information stored in the read image storage step to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means;
A read image transfer method comprising: A web log server connected via a network to a read image transfer device connected to the image reading device and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, and an information communication terminal device including at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit A read image transfer method executed in a read image transfer system configured to be connected to an apparatus,
The storage unit of the read image transfer device includes connection address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user. And user setting information storage means for storing user setting information having at least
Executed in the control unit of the read image transfer apparatus;
An image reading step for controlling the image reading apparatus to read image information from a document;
A read image storing step of storing the image information read in the image reading step in the storage unit of the read image transfer device;
An image-attached email transmission step for sending an email to the information communication terminal device with the image information stored in the read image storage step;
An image transfer step of transferring the image information stored in the read image storage step to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means;
Executed in the control unit of the information communication terminal device;
A read image display step of controlling to display the image information transmitted in the image attached mail transmission step on the display unit of the information communication terminal device;
Let the user input via the input unit whether or not to post the image information transferred in the image transfer step corresponding to the image information displayed in the read image display step in a web log. A posting confirmation step to control,
The web log server device is controlled so that the image information transferred in the image transfer step is posted in the web log when the user inputs to post the image information in the posting confirmation step. A posting instruction transmitting step of transmitting posting instruction information to the weblog server device;
A read image transfer method comprising: A web log server connected via a network to a read image transfer device connected to the image reading device and including at least a storage unit and a control unit, and an information communication terminal device including at least a storage unit, a control unit, a display unit, and an input unit A read image transfer method executed in a read image transfer system configured to be connected to an apparatus,
The storage unit of the information communication terminal device includes connection address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user. And user setting information storage means for storing user setting information having at least
Executed in the control unit of the read image transfer apparatus;
An image reading step for controlling the image reading apparatus to read image information from a document;
A read image storing step of storing the image information read in the image reading step in the storage unit of the read image transfer device;
An image-attached email transmission step for sending an email to the information communication terminal device with the image information stored in the read image storage step;
Executed in the control unit of the information communication terminal device;
A read image display step of controlling to display the image information transmitted in the image attached mail transmission step on the display unit of the information communication terminal device;
A transfer confirmation step for controlling the user to input via the input unit whether to transfer the image information displayed in the read image display step to the weblog server device;
When there is an input to transfer the image information by the user in the transfer confirmation step, it is stored in the read image storage step based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means. An image transfer step of transferring the image information to the weblog server device;
A read image transfer method comprising: A program for causing a read image transfer apparatus including at least a storage unit and a control unit, connected to an image reading device and a weblog server device via a network, to execute the program,
The storage unit includes at least connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for causing the web log server device to identify a user. Person setting information storage means,
Executed in the control unit,
An image reading step for controlling the image reading apparatus to read image information from a document;
A read image storing step of storing the image information read in the image reading step in the storage unit;
An image transfer step of transferring the image information stored in the read image storage step to the weblog server device based on the user setting information stored in the user setting information storage means;
The program characterized by including. A sheet for causing a read image transfer device connected to a weblog server device via a network to read image information via the image reading device,
At least one of the connection destination address information of the web log server device, the transfer protocol for the web log server device, and the user identification information for identifying the user to the web log server device is transferred to the read image. A sheet that is displayed to be read by a device. A sheet for causing a read image transfer device connected to a weblog server device via a network to read image information via an image reading device provided with wireless communication means,
Storing at least one of connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for identifying the user to the web log server device; A sheet comprising storage transmission means for transmitting to the read image transfer apparatus via a communication means. A carrier sheet that conveys a document for causing a read image transfer device connected to a weblog server device via a network to read image information via the image reading device, to the image reading device,
It has a transparent sheet and a mount sheet,
Fixing at least one side of the transparent sheet and the mount sheet so that the original can be inserted;
At least one of the connection destination address information of the web log server device, the transfer protocol for the web log server device, and the user identification information for identifying the user to the web log server device is transferred to the read image. A carrier sheet which is displayed on at least one of the transparent sheet and the mount sheet so as to be read by an apparatus. A carrier sheet that conveys a document for causing the read image transfer device connected to the weblog server device via the network to read image information via the image reading device provided with wireless communication means to the image reading device. Because
It has a transparent sheet and a mount sheet,
Fixing at least one side of the transparent sheet and the mount sheet so that the original can be inserted;
Storing at least one of connection destination address information of the web log server device, a transfer protocol for the web log server device, and user identification information for identifying the user to the web log server device; A carrier sheet comprising storage transmission means for transmitting to the read image transfer apparatus via a communication means.

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