Image Sharing Control with Prelinked Chat Destinations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems require users to separately specify the talk room and notification destination user for sharing image data in a chat service, which is burdensome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that integrates a reading unit, registration unit, and transmission unit to automatically associate a talk room and notification destination user with image data, allowing for seamless sharing via a chat service.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user specifies the talk room and notification destination user separately for sharing image data, then the image data can be shared in the chat service, but the operation becomes burdensome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the specification of talk room and notification destination user into a single integrated operation. When the user specifies a talk room, the system automatically retrieves and associates the notification destination user information linked to that talk room, merging two separate specification steps into one unified action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary association between talk rooms and notification destination users in advance. The notification destination user information is pre-linked to each talk room, so when sharing occurs, the system can automatically retrieve the notification destination without requiring real-time user input, thus saving time during the actual sharing operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the image processing apparatus transmits image data to a file server using SMB communication, then the image data can be stored on the network, but it cannot be shared in the talk room of the chat service
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus is equipped with multi-functionality to support both traditional file server communication (SMB) and chat service communication protocols. This allows the device to adapt to different communication environments and share image data across multiple platforms including chat service talk rooms while maintaining backward compatibility with file server systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary communication layer that bridges between traditional file server protocols and chat service protocols. This intermediary mechanism enables seamless transmission of image data from the image processing apparatus to both file servers and chat service platforms without requiring complex protocol conversion at the source device.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server which controls displaying of received image data in a talk room of a chat service provided by the chat server, based on received information about the talk room, and controls transmission of a notification, based on received user information on a notification destination user, the image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data based on the image, a registration unit configured to register the talk room of the chat service and the notification destination user in association with an object, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by reading of the reading unit, the information about the talk room, and the user information on the communication destination user to the chat server, in response to selection of the object.