JP2000315180A - Image processing system on network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing system in which a user processes an image and displays the processed image on a www browser without being conscious of a connected destination of an image input device and using an application for image processing. SOLUTION: A device connection judging processing part 21 judges whether an image input device 1 is connected to a client side image processor 2 or a server side image processor 3. An image input part 23 is started by the processing part 21 and inputs image data from the device 1. A file transfer part 24 sends the image data to the processor 3. An image storing processing part 31 stores received image data. An image processing part 25 executes image processing for the image data received from the processor 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an image processing system on a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to display an image captured from an image capturing device such as a scanner on a WWW browser, the image is manually captured as an image file at a place where the image capturing device is connected. If the computer is a WWW server, the image file may be stored in a predetermined image storage location. If the computer is a WWW server, the image file may be stored in a predetermined location.
It is necessary to use a file transfer application or the like to store the image in an image storage location of the WW server. In addition, when attempting to display an image on which processing such as enlargement / reduction and filtering has been performed on a WWW browser, it is necessary to directly process the image file before displaying it using an image processing application.

[0003]

A first problem is that when an image file is stored on a computer disk, it must be manually operated. The reason is that to capture an image, go to the place where the image capture device is connected, operate the image capture device yourself,
This is because a procedure for storing the image file on the computer disk is required.

[0004] The second problem is that image files need to be transferred to a WWW server. The reason is that to display images on a WWW browser, the WWW
The image file needs to be stored in a predetermined location of the server, and when the image capturing device is connected to the computer of the WWW client, the image file needs to be transferred using a file transfer application. It is.

A third problem is that when an image is processed and displayed on a WWW browser, the image file must be processed in advance. The reason is,
This is because, when an image file is subjected to processing such as enlargement / reduction and filtering and displayed on a WWW browser, a procedure of directly editing the image file using an image processing application is required.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to process an image without requiring a user to be aware of the connection destination of the image capturing device and without using an image processing application.
It is to provide an image processing system for displaying on a browser.

[0007]

An image processing system on a network according to the present invention includes a client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device is configured such that an image capturing device is connected to the client-side device. A connection determination processing unit that determines whether the image capturing device is connected to the client device or the connection determination processing unit that determines whether the image capturing device is connected to the server device or the server device. An image capturing unit that captures image data from an image capturing device; a file transfer processing unit that transmits the captured image data to the server device via the network; and a file transfer processing unit that transmits the image data from the server device via the network. An image processing unit for performing image processing on the processed image data, and the image processed image An image display processing unit for displaying the over data,
Wherein the server-side device includes an image storage unit that stores the image data sent from the client-side device in a storage unit.

An image processing system on a network according to the present invention includes a client device and a server device connected via a network, wherein the client device has an image capturing device connected to the client device. A connection determination processing unit that determines whether the image data has been transmitted or connected to the server-side device; an image processing unit that performs image processing on image data transmitted from the server-side device via a network; An image display processing unit that displays image data, wherein the server-side device is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the server-side device, and the image is received from the image capturing device. An image capturing unit that captures data, and an image storage that stores the captured image data in a storage unit Characterized in that it comprises a.

Further, an image processing system on a network according to the present invention includes a client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device has an image capturing device connected to the client-side device. A connection determination processing unit that determines whether the image capturing device is connected to the server-side device, and is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the client-side device. An image capturing unit that captures image data, a file transfer processing unit that transmits the captured image data to the server device via the network, and performs image processing before transmitting the image data to the server device. Sent from the image processing unit and the server side device via a network. It said image display processing unit for displaying the image data, wherein the server-side apparatus, characterized by comprising an image storage unit for storing the image data transmitted from the client device in a storage means.

Further, an image processing system on a network according to the present invention includes a client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device has an image capturing device connected to the client-side device. A connection determination processing unit that determines whether the connection is performed or connected to the server-side device, and an image display processing unit that displays image data sent from the server-side device via a network, An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the server-side device and captures image data from the image capturing device; An image processing unit for processing, and an image storage for storing the image processed image data in a storage unit Characterized in that it comprises a.

[0011] A computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention includes a client-side computer, a connection judging section for judging whether the image capturing device is connected to the client-side computer or the server-side computer, An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the client-side computer and captures image data from the image capturing device; and the server stores the captured image data via a network. A file transfer processing unit for sending to the side computer, an image processing unit for performing image processing on image data sent from the server side computer via a network, and an image display processing unit for displaying the image processed image data. ,
A program for causing the server-side computer connected to the client-side computer via the network to function as an image storage unit for storing the image data sent from the client-side computer in a storage unit. It is recorded.

Further, the computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention includes a client-side computer, a connection determination processing unit for determining whether the image capturing device is connected to the client-side computer or the server-side computer. An image processing unit that performs image processing on image data sent from the server-side computer via a network, and an image display processing unit that displays the image-processed image data,
A server-side computer connected to the client-side computer via the network is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the server-side computer, and transmits image data from the image capturing device. An image capturing section to be captured and a program for functioning as an image storage section for storing the captured image data in storage means are recorded.

Further, the computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium comprising: a client-side computer having a connection judging section for judging whether the image capturing device is connected to the client-side computer or the server-side computer. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the client-side computer, and captures image data from the image capturing device; and stores the captured image data via a network. A file transfer processing unit for sending to the server-side computer; an image processing unit for performing image processing before sending the image data to the server-side computer; and the image sent from the server-side computer via the network. Show data An image display processing unit that functions as an image storage unit that stores the image data sent from the client-side computer in a storage unit, the server-side computer being connected to the client-side computer via the network. A program for functioning as a program is recorded.

Further, a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium, comprising: a client-side computer having a connection judging unit for judging whether the image capturing device is connected to the client-side computer or the server-side computer. An image display processing unit that displays image data sent from the server-side computer via a network, and causes the server-side computer connected to the client-side computer via the network to acquire the image. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the device is connected to the server-side computer and captures image data from the image capturing device, and an image processing unit that performs image processing on the captured image data.
A program for functioning as an image storage unit for storing the image-processed image data in a storage unit is recorded.

[0015]

[First Embodiment] Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment 1 includes an image capturing device 1, a client-side image processing device 2 for performing image processing on a WWW client side, and a server side for storing an image file captured from the image capturing device 1. It includes an image processing device 3, a display device 4 such as a console for displaying an image on a WWW browser, and an input terminal device 5 capable of designating an image capturing method and an image file processing method.

The client-side image processing device 2
A device connection determination processing unit 21 for determining a connection destination of the image capturing device 1, a manual / automatic switching processing unit 22 for specifying an image capturing method, an image capturing unit 23 for capturing an image according to the capturing method, A file transfer processing unit 24 that transfers the image to the image storage processing unit 31 of the server-side image processing device; an image processing unit 25 that receives an image from the server-side image processing device via the Internet and converts the display state of the image; And an image display processing unit 26 to be displayed above.

Further, the server-side image processing device 3 includes an image storage processing unit 31 for storing an image transferred from the client-side image processing device 2.

FIG. 2 differs from FIG. 1 only in the location of each processing unit and can be regarded as a modification of FIG.

Each processing unit of the client-side image processing device 2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 executes a program stored in a recording medium connected to the server-side image processing device by using the client-side image processing device 2 or the server-side image processing. Each processing unit of the server-side image processing apparatus 3 is realized by the execution of the apparatus 3, and the server-side image processing apparatus 3 executes a program stored in a recording medium connected to the server-side image processing apparatus 3. Is realized by:

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a portion corresponding to the device connection determination processing section 21 shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. Using software attached to the image capturing device 1, it is determined whether the computer to which the image capturing device 1 is connected is a WWW client or a WWW server (step A).
1) If the connection destination is a WWW client, the processing of the manual / automatic switching processing section 22 on the client side is performed (step A2). If the connection destination is a WWW server, the manual / automatic switching on the server side in FIG. The processing of the automatic switching processing unit 32 is performed (step A3).

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a portion corresponding to the manual / automatic switching processing section 22 and the image capturing section 23 shown in FIG. In the case of FIG. 2, the manual / automatic switching unit 32
4 is a flow chart of a portion corresponding to the image capturing unit 33.

When a method of capturing an image is designated from the terminal 5 (step B1), and when the method of capturing is manual, the capturing method is saved in a setting file (step B3), and the timing at which a button displayed on the console 4 is pressed is pressed. To capture an image from the image capturing device 1 (step B
4). Next, when the capturing method is automatic, the capturing method and the capturing interval are saved in a setting file (step B).
5) The image capturing device 1 according to the specified capturing interval
(Step B6).

The file of the captured image data is
In the case of the client-side image processing apparatus, it is stored in a memory (not shown) or a disk, and in the case of the server-side image processing apparatus, it is stored in a disk.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a portion corresponding to the file transfer processing section 24 of the client side image processing apparatus 2 and the image storage processing section 31 of the server side image processing apparatus 3 shown in FIG.

The client-side image processing apparatus 2 reads an image data file on a memory or a disk to transfer an image file (step C1), and transfers the file to the server using the Internet (step C2). ). The server-side image processing device 3 stores the transferred image data file in a predetermined location on the disk (step C3).

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a portion corresponding to the image processing section 25 of the client side image processing apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. The image processing unit 25 processes an image data file sent from the server-side image processing device via the Internet. An image processing method is designated from the terminal 5 (step D1). If the processing method is enlargement / reduction, the height and width of the image are changed according to the specified magnification (step D3). Then, filter processing is performed on the image in accordance with the designated filter method (step D4). Next, if the processing method is graphic drawing, the image is drawn by mouse operation or the like. For example, a straight line is drawn up to a position separated from the position clicked by the mouse operation (step D5). Finally, the processed image is displayed (step D6).

[Embodiment 2] Next, Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
Will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 7, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the image processing unit 25 is configured as a pre-process of the file transfer processing unit 24 in the first embodiment shown in FIG.
And different.

Note that based on the configuration of FIG. 7, the client-side image processing device 2 is connected to the device connection determination processing unit 2 of FIG.
1, manual / automatic switching processing unit 22, image capturing unit 2
By adding 3, a system for reading image data from the image capturing device 1 connected to the image capturing unit 23 can be constructed. In this case, the image processing unit 25 is inserted between the image capturing unit 23 and the file transfer processing unit 24.

Further, based on the configuration of FIG. 7, the client-side image processing device 2 is connected to the device connection determination processing unit 21 of FIG.
Manual / automatic switching processing unit 3 in server side image processing device 3
2. By adding the image capturing unit 33 and moving the image processing unit 25 to the server-side image processing device 3, a system for reading image data from the image capturing device 1 connected to the image capturing unit 33 can be constructed. In this case, the image processing unit 25 is inserted between the image capturing unit 33 and the image storage processing unit 31.

The image processing unit 25 processes the image, and the file transfer processing unit 24 transfers the image file to the WWW server. The image is transferred from the WWW server to the image display processing unit 26, and the WWW of the console is
Displayed on the browser. By using the second embodiment, the processed image can be transferred to the WW of a computer other than the user.
It can be displayed on a W browser. Further, by using the second embodiment, the user and the computer other than the user can transfer the mutually processed screens and display them on the WWW browser. In the second embodiment, not only image files but also audio files can be transferred to each other.

In the above embodiment, the client-side image processing device 2 and the server-side image processing device 3 are connected via the Internet. However, the connection form is not limited to this, and TCP / IP is used. transport·
IPX / SPX, NetBEUI, App as other networks such as an intranet having a protocol and an internetwork protocol, and a transport protocol and an internetwork protocol.
Another network having another protocol such as leTalk may be used.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

The first effect is that an image can be captured without the user being aware of the connection destination of the image capturing device, and the image file can be stored on a disk. As a result,
The work efficiency of the user is improved. The reason is that it is not necessary for the user to go to the place where the image capturing device is connected, manually operate the image capturing device to capture the image, and store the image file on the disk.

A second effect is that when an image file is transferred to a WWW server, the image file can be transferred automatically without using a file transfer application. As a result, the work efficiency of the user is improved. The reason is that the user does not need to start the file transfer application and transfer the captured image file to a predetermined location on the WWW server.

A third effect is that when an image file is displayed on a WWW browser, it can be processed and displayed without using an image processing application. As a result, the work efficiency of the user is improved. This is because the user does not need to start an image processing application and directly edit an image file.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a processing unit that functions when an image capturing device is connected to a client-side image processing device in an image processing system on the Internet according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a processing unit that functions when the image capturing device is connected to the server-side image processing device in the image processing system on the Internet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a device connection determination processing unit illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;

4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the manual / automatic switching processing unit 22 and image capturing unit 23 shown in FIG. 1 or the manual / automatic switching processing unit 32 and image capturing unit 33 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a file transfer processing unit 24 and an image storage processing unit 31 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the image processing unit 25 shown in FIG. 1 or the image processing unit 25 shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing system on the Internet according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image reading apparatus 2 Client side image processing apparatus 3 Server side image processing apparatus 4 Console 5 Terminal 21 Device connection judgment processing part 22, 32 Manual / automatic switching processing part 23, 33 Image taking part 24 File transfer part 25 Image processing part 26 Image display processing unit 31 Image storage processing unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device has an image capturing device connected to the client-side device or connected to the server-side device. A connection judging unit for judging whether or not the image capturing device is connected to the client-side device; an image capturing unit which is started by the connection determining unit and captures image data from the image capturing device; A file transfer processing unit for transmitting the received image data to the server device via the network; an image processing unit for performing image processing on image data transmitted from the server device via the network; An image display processing unit for displaying the image data obtained, wherein the server-side device comprises: The image processing system on a network, characterized in that it comprises an image storage unit for storing the image data transmitted from the serial client device in a storage means. 2. A client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device has an image capturing device connected to the client-side device or connected to the server-side device. A connection determination processing unit that determines whether the image processing unit performs image processing on image data sent from the server-side device via a network, an image display processing unit that displays the image-processed image data, Wherein the server-side device is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image-capturing device is connected to the server-side device, and captures image data from the image-capturing device. An image storage unit for storing image data stored in a storage means. Temu. 3. A client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device has an image capturing device connected to the client-side device or connected to the server-side device. A connection judging unit for judging whether or not the image capturing device is connected to the client-side device; an image capturing unit which is started by the connection determining unit and captures image data from the image capturing device; A file transfer processing unit that sends the received image data to the server-side device via the network; an image processing unit that performs image processing before sending the image data to the server-side device; And an image display processing unit that displays the image data sent via the Serial server-side apparatus, an image processing system on a network, characterized in that it comprises an image storage unit for storing the image data transmitted from the client device in a storage means. 4. A client-side device and a server-side device connected via a network, wherein the client-side device has an image capturing device connected to the client-side device or connected to the server-side device. A connection determination processing unit that determines whether or not the image data has been sent from the server-side device via a network, and an image display processing unit that displays image data sent from the server-side device via a network. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when connected to a side device and captures image data from the image capturing device; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the captured image data; and An image storage unit for storing image data stored in a storage means. Temu. 5. A connection determination processing unit for determining whether an image capturing device is connected to the client computer or a server computer, wherein the image capturing device is connected to the client computer. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when connected and captures image data from the image capturing device, and a file transfer processing unit that sends the captured image data to the server-side computer via a network And an image processing unit that performs image processing on image data sent from the server-side computer via a network, and an image display processing unit that displays the image-processed image data. And the network A computer-readable recording, which records a program for causing a server-side computer connected via a computer to function as an image storage unit that stores the image data sent from the client-side computer in a storage unit. Medium. 6. A connection determination processing unit for determining whether the image capturing device is connected to the client computer or the server computer, and transmitting the client computer via the network from the server computer. A server-side computer connected to the client-side computer via the network, the image-processing section performing image processing of the obtained image data; and an image display processing section displaying the image-processed image data. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when the image capturing device is connected to the server-side computer and captures image data from the image capturing device, and stores the captured image data in a storage unit. Functions as an image storage unit to store A computer-readable recording medium characterized by recording a because the program. 7. A connection determination processing unit for determining whether an image capturing device is connected to the client computer or a server computer, wherein the image capturing device is connected to the client computer. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit when connected and captures image data from the image capturing device, and a file transfer processing unit that sends the captured image data to the server-side computer via a network An image processing unit that performs image processing before sending the image data to the server-side computer, and an image display processing unit that displays the image data sent from the server-side computer via the network. Let the client work A program for causing a server computer connected to the computer via the network to function as an image storage unit for storing the image data sent from the client computer in a storage unit is recorded. Computer readable recording medium. 8. A connection judgment processing unit for judging whether the image capturing device is connected to the client computer or the server computer, and transmitting the client computer via the network from the server computer. An image display processing unit for displaying received image data, wherein the server-side computer connected to the client-side computer via the network is connected to the server-side computer. An image capturing unit that is activated by the connection determination processing unit and captures image data from the image capturing device; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the captured image data; and a storage unit that stores the image processed image data. Image storage unit to store A computer-readable recording medium characterized by recording a program for causing.