Networked Image Processing System Centralized User Rights
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses require users to be registered on each device for function usage, leading to inefficiencies and increased administrative burdens as network size grows, especially when users need to access functions available on other apparatuses without proper registration.
Innovation Solution
An image processing system where a first apparatus stores user usage rights and requests processes from a second apparatus, which acquires and verifies user rights, controlling execution of processes based on those rights, allowing sharing of functions across apparatuses while maintaining security without increasing administrative management hours.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are registered on each image processing apparatus individually, then security control is improved, but administrative management burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal user registration system where a user registered on one image processing apparatus can access functions on other apparatuses in the network. The system allows a single user registration to serve multiple apparatuses, eliminating the need for separate registrations on each device while maintaining security through centralized authentication and permission management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network-based authentication system that acts as an intermediary between users and multiple image processing apparatuses. Instead of direct registration on each apparatus, the system uses network authentication to verify user identities and manage permissions centrally, reducing administrative burden while maintaining security control.
2Reliability
If guest account restrictions are applied to unregistered users, then security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements differentiated permission settings where registered users and unregistered users can have different access levels on the same apparatus. Registered users receive full permissions while unregistered users receive appropriate restricted access, allowing each user type to receive tailored security measures rather than applying uniform restrictions to all users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes permission parameters based on user registration status. When a user is registered, the system grants appropriate permissions; when unregistered, the system applies guest account restrictions. This dynamic parameter adjustment allows the system to maintain security while accommodating different user types with appropriate access levels.
3Reliability
If all users are registered on each apparatus in a large network, then function access control is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal user profile system that works across multiple image processing apparatuses in the network. A single user registration creates a universal profile that can be recognized by any apparatus on the network, eliminating the need for separate registration systems on each device and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the registration systems of multiple image processing apparatuses into a single centralized system. Instead of maintaining separate registration databases on each apparatus, the system combines them into a unified network-wide registration system, reducing complexity while maintaining comprehensive access control.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes a request information reception portion that receives a request to execute an image-related process relating to an image from another image processing apparatus and obtains limited functions information from another image processing apparatus relating to a right of a user that specified the request to use a function, a substitute allowance determining portion determining whether the user has the right to use the function necessary to execute the image-related process of the request, based on the obtained limited functions information, and a substitute process command portion controlling each portion of the image processing apparatus to execute the image-related process when it is determined that the user has the right, and not to execute that image-related process when it is determined that the user does not have such right.