Image reading system

Abstract

A system obtains image data from reading a document by means of a scanning function; creates positional information indicating an area of a particular article included in the image data; creates meta data including bibliographic information of the article, information identifying the article and the positional information; stores the thus-created meta data; delivers to a terminal at least the bibliographic information and the information identifying the article; delivers to the terminal the image data of the article in response to a request; and carries out display control of the article image based on the positional information when the meta data has the positional information of the article, while, when the meta data does not have the positional information of the article, carries out display control of the article image as a result of obtaining the positional information of the article from the information identifying the article.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application is based on Japanese Priority Applications No. 2006-113288 filed on April 17, 2006 and No. 2007-96755 filed on April 2, 2007, respectively, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to an image reading system for storing a document image obtained from scanning, which can be read from a terminal. Background technique [0004] FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an image reading system in the prior art, in which a document is scanned and input to a scanner device 10 such as an MFP (Multifunction Printer) (step S1), and is then is specified, the document is registered in the document management server 20 (step S2). As a result, the document is transferred from the document management server 20 to a terminal 30 such as a PC (Personal Computer) (step S3). Furthermore, as a result of the terminal 30 accessing the document managem...

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Problems solved by technology

As a result, when an image that the user does not wish to read may also be transmitted, the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or such a terminal 30 may thus be used uselessly, and the load on the network is increased

[0006] Also, when the document image corresponds to a document with a large page size (such as a newspaper) or to a document with many pages (such as a book including many articles), it may be difficult to know where the target article is actually located

Especially for mobile terminals with small display area, this problem will become more significant

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