Image Processing Apparatus User Authentication Job Queue
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems face issues with executing document scan/transmission jobs in a shared environment, as they are inhibited by the state of use of the image processing apparatus by another user, and may result in erroneous transmissions due to simultaneous job submissions from different clients.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a reception unit for receiving document scan/transmission jobs, a determination unit for authenticating user information, a setting screen display unit for user settings, and an execution unit for executing jobs based on user authentication, ensuring that only authorized users can initiate and execute document scans and transmissions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the fax apparatus determines whether a new document scan/transmission job can be executed based on the state of use by another user, then the scanner unit is protected from concurrent access conflicts, but the user convenience deteriorates as new jobs cannot be received during ongoing operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication of the user before accepting the document scan/transmission job. The determination unit verifies whether the user is authorized to use the fax apparatus, and only after successful authentication does the system check the operational state and accept the job. This preliminary action separates the authentication phase from the operational state check, allowing users to initiate jobs without being blocked by ongoing scanner operations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If document scan/transmission jobs are received from different client computers simultaneously, then the system accepts multiple user requests, but image data may be transmitted to the wrong destination specified by another client computer
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the job processing by creating separate job queues for each authenticated user. The determination unit assigns incoming document scan/transmission jobs to specific user-based queues, ensuring that each user's image data is processed and transmitted only to the destination specified in their own job parameters. This segmentation prevents cross-contamination of transmission destinations while maintaining the ability to serve multiple clients simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The determination unit acts as an intermediary between multiple client computers and the fax transmission system. It receives job requests from different clients, authenticates each user, and mediates the assignment of jobs to appropriate processing queues based on user identity. This intermediary layer ensures that even when multiple jobs arrive simultaneously, each job is correctly associated with its originating user and transmitted to the intended destination.
3Ease of operation
If the fax apparatus accepts document scan/transmission jobs without user authentication, then the ease of operation is improved, but security deteriorates as unauthorized users can initiate jobs
Solution Approach 1:
The determination unit performs preliminary authentication of the user before accepting the document scan/transmission job. The system verifies whether the user is authorized to use the fax apparatus through authentication information verification. Only after successful authentication does the system proceed to accept and process the job, ensuring security is maintained while keeping the job acceptance process simple for authorized users.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus is provided to receive from an information processing apparatus, a document scan/transmission job for causing the reading unit to read a document to generate image data and transmit the image data to a specified destination, in a case where the document scan/transmission job is received. The image processing apparatus determines whether authentication information of a user of the information processing apparatus and authentication information of a user of the image processing apparatus match each other, in a case where the authentication information of the user of the information processing apparatus and the authentication information of the user of the image processing apparatus match each other, displays a setting screen for receiving a setting regarding execution of the document scan/transmission job, and executes the document scan/transmission job according to an instruction received through the displayed setting screen.