JP2014013618A - Information processing apparatus and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing system capable of preventing leakage of information transmitted and received between a terminal and the information processing apparatus without imposing a burden on a user.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: a portable terminal 5 comprising a communication part 31 for performing communication with a multi function peripheral 4, and a data storage part 32 for storing data to be transmitted/received to/from the multi function peripheral 4; and the multi function peripheral 4 comprising a LAN communication part 21 for performing communication with the portable terminal 5, a Bluetooth communication part 41, a connection mode determination part 22 for determining a mode of connection with the portable terminal 5, and a data processing part 23 for processing data to be transmitted/received to/from the portable terminal 5 on the basis of the determined mode of the connection.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing system for processing data transmitted to and received from a terminal.

  In recent years, with the downsizing of information equipment, it has become possible for users to easily carry information equipment. In addition, with the development of communication technology, it is also possible to transfer data by freely connecting a portable information device to another information device temporarily.

  However, as the environment in which temporary connection can be freely made becomes widespread in this way, for example, there is a problem that information that is disadvantageous to a company is leaked from information equipment taken outside the company, and information transmitted / received There is a need for an information processing apparatus that ensures security.

  Whether this type of conventional information processing apparatus receives image data from a terminal via a network and outputs this image data based on information indicating copyright etc. added to the received image data. In some cases, the security of image data is ensured by determining (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, what is described in Patent Document 1 cannot secure security for image data to which the user has not added information representing copyright or the like. A work burden was necessary.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and an information processing apparatus and an information processing system capable of preventing leakage of information transmitted and received between the terminal and the information processing apparatus without imposing a burden on the user. The purpose is to provide.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a terminal, a connection type determination unit that determines a connection type with the terminal in the communication, and data that is transmitted and received between the terminals in the connection type. A data processing unit that performs processing based on whether the communication mode handled by the communication unit is based on whether the communication medium handled by the communication unit is Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or wireless LAN communication. It is determined whether or not the two devices are interconnects that perform direct data communication.

  The present invention can provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing system that can prevent leakage of information transmitted and received between the terminal and the information processing apparatus without imposing a burden on the user.

It is an image figure showing the structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a multifunction peripheral according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the information processing system concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data with which the superimposition data were superimposed in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen of the portable terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the operation screen of the portable terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure showing the structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a hardware configuration diagram of a multifunction peripheral according to a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the information processing system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure showing the structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 9 is a hardware configuration diagram of a multifunction peripheral according to a third embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the information processing system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is an image figure showing the structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the projection apparatus which concerns on the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the information processing system which concerns on the 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the information processing system which concerns on the 7th Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
In the first embodiment of the present invention, an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) having functions such as a copy, a facsimile, a printer, a scanner, and a document box is applied as the information processing apparatus of the present invention. An example in which a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a notebook PC (personal computer), or a digital camera is applied as the terminal will be described.

  The information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a multi-function peripheral, and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a printer apparatus having a printer function or another image forming apparatus having a printer function. .

  First, the configuration of an information processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a multifunction device 2 and a portable terminal 3, and the multifunction device 2 and the portable terminal 3 can communicate with each other by a wireless LAN (Wi-Fi). There are two types of wireless LAN connection modes: ad hoc mode and infrastructure mode. The ad hoc mode is a form of interconnection in which data communication is performed directly between two devices without using an access point, and the infrastructure mode is a general wireless LAN in which a plurality of devices communicate with each other through an access point. Connection form.

  The multifunction device 2 also includes communication means other than a wireless LAN such as a wired LAN (Local Area Network), and can communicate with a terminal such as a personal computer (not shown) connected by the wired LAN or the like.

  Next, the configuration of the multifunction device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the multifunction device 2 includes a controller 201 that controls the entire multifunction device 2, an operation panel 202, an FCU (Fax Control Unit) 203, a printer 204, a scanner 205, and a network interface 206. The controller 201, FCU 203, printer 204, scanner 205, and network interface 206 are connected by a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus 207.

The controller 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 211, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 212 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 213, a system memory 214, an NB (North Bridge) 215, an SB (South Bridge) 216, an ASIC ( Application Specific Integrated Circuit) 217, local memory 218, and hard disk drive 219, and NB 215 and ASIC 217 are connected by an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) bus 220.

  The CPU 211 controls each unit of the multifunction device 2 by reading the program stored in the ROM 212 and the hard disk drive 219 in advance into the RAM 213 and executing the program.

  The ROM 212 is a read-only memory, and stores data and a program for controlling the operation of the multifunction machine 2 in advance.

  The RAM 213 is a writable and readable memory, and is used as a program and data expansion memory when the program is executed by the CPU 211 and as a printer drawing memory.

  The NB 215 is a bridge that connects the CPU 211, the ROM 212, the RAM 213, the SB 216, and the AGP bus 220, and includes a memory controller that controls reading and writing to the ROM 212 and the RAM 213, a PCI master, and an AGP target.

  The SB 216 is a bridge that connects the NB 215 to the PCI bus 207 and a peripheral device (not shown).

The ASIC 217 is an integrated circuit (IC) having hardware elements for image processing, and functions as a bridge that connects the AGP bus 220, the PCI bus 207, the hard disk drive 219, and the local memory 218. The ASIC 217 includes a PCI target, an AGP master, an arbiter that arbitrates the bus control right, a memory controller that controls the local memory 218, a plurality of DMACs (Direct Memory Access Controller) that perform image processing such as image rotation, and the PCI bus 207. A PCI unit that performs the data transfer. The ASIC 217 performs high-speed image processing by directly accessing the ROM 212 and the RAM 213 through the AGP bus 220 with high throughput.

  The local memory 218 is a memory used as a copy image buffer and a code buffer.

  The hard disk drive 219 stores image data, various programs to be executed by the CPU 211, font data, and the like.

  The operation panel 202 includes operation buttons 221 such as push buttons and an operation screen 222 such as a touch panel. By operating the application switching key of the operation button 221, functions such as copying, facsimile, printer, scanner, and document box of the multifunction machine 2 can be switched via the controller 201.

  The FCU 203 executes facsimile transmission / reception in accordance with facsimile standards such as G3 and G4.

  The printer 204 is a recording medium such as a sheet of image data read by the scanner 205, image data stored in the local memory 218 or the hard disk drive 219, and image processing or layout processing performed on these image data. It prints on top.

  The scanner 205 reads an image of a document placed on the upper surface of a document table as image data using an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Devices). The scanner 205 may be provided with a mechanism for automatically feeding a document by installing an ADF (Auto Document Feeder).

  The network interface 206 is configured to perform wireless communication in accordance with a wireless LAN standard such as IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11n, or IEEE802.11g.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the multifunction device 2 includes a LAN communication unit 21, a connection form determination unit 22, a data processing unit 23, a data storage unit 24, an operation unit 25, a printing unit 26, and a reading unit 27. .

  The LAN communication unit 21 includes a network interface 206, and performs wireless communication according to the wireless LAN standard described above to connect to the mobile terminal 3 and transmit / receive data. The LAN communication unit 21 establishes communication with the mobile terminal 3 in either the ad hoc mode or the infrastructure mode. The LAN communication unit 21 constitutes a communication unit in the present invention.

  The connection form determination unit 22 is configured by the CPU 211, determines whether or not the communication between the LAN communication unit 21 and the mobile terminal 3 is an interconnection that performs direct communication between two devices, and the determination result is used as a data storage unit. 24 is stored. Here, if the LAN communication unit 21 is connected to the mobile terminal 3 in the ad hoc mode, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the connection is an interconnection, and if the LAN communication unit 21 is connected in the infrastructure mode, determines that the connection is not an interconnection. . The connection form determination unit 22 constitutes a connection form determination unit in the present invention.

  The data processing unit 23 includes a CPU 211 and an ASIC 217, and performs processing for dividing the data received by the LAN communication unit 21 into format data and document data. Further, the data processing unit 23 performs a process of superimposing superimposition data described later on the divided document data or the image data read by the reading unit 27.

  Here, the format data is data representing print settings such as the number of copies, double-sided, aggregation, scaling, and finishing. For example, when the document data is PDF (Portable Document Format), the format data is a PDF header. Information is described in PJL (Printer Job Language) data corresponding to the PDF format. In the present embodiment, the format data is generated by the portable terminal 3.

  Further, the data processing unit 23 switches whether to perform printing by the printing unit 26 when interconnected with the portable terminal 3 based on processing content information described later. The data processing unit 23 constitutes a data processing unit in the present invention.

  The data storage unit 24 includes a hard disk drive 219, a ROM 212, and a RAM 213, and stores data handled by the multifunction device 2. For example, the data storage unit 24 stores image data read by the reading unit 27, data received from the portable terminal 3 by the LAN communication unit 21, and the like.

  The data storage unit 24 stores reading setting information when the reading unit 27 reads a document. This reading setting information is set by the user inputting via the operation unit 25.

  The data storage unit 24 stores character string image data in advance as superimposition data used by the data processing unit 23. The character string image data is image data representing a character string such as “handling attention”, for example, and is image data for alerting the user to information leakage by being superimposed on the data. FIG. 4 is an example of data on which character string image data is superimposed. The superimposition data is not limited to character string image data, but may be image data that alerts the user to information leakage.

  In addition, the data storage unit 24 stores processing content information indicating processing content when interconnected with the mobile terminal 3. The processing content information at the time of interconnection is information indicating either “printing” or “not printing”, and is set by an administrator of the multifunction device 2 through the operation unit 25.

  The data storage unit 24 constitutes a data storage unit in the present invention.

  The operation unit 25 is configured by an operation panel 202, and by pressing a key displayed on the operation button 221 or the operation screen 222, reading setting information, processing content information at the time of interconnection, reading start instruction, or printing A start instruction or the like is input. In addition, the operation screen 222 displays input information, a process being executed, and the like.

  The printing unit 26 performs printing according to control by the data processing unit 23. When printing, the printing unit 26 prints data processed by the data processing unit 23 based on print setting information obtained from the format data divided by the data processing unit 23. The printing unit 26 constitutes a printing unit in the present invention.

  The reading unit 27 includes a scanner 205, and reads an image of a document as image data in accordance with reading setting information stored in the data storage unit 24. The reading unit 27 constitutes a reading unit in the present invention.

  Next, the configuration of the mobile terminal 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The portable terminal 3 includes a storage medium such as a CPU, RAM, ROM, and flash memory, a network interface, a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, and operation buttons such as a keyboard. A LAN communication unit 31, a data storage unit 32, an operation A unit 33 and a data processing unit 34 are provided.

  The LAN communication unit 31 is configured by a network interface that handles the same wireless LAN standard communication protocol as the MFP 2, and is connected to the MFP 2 in an infrastructure mode or an ad hoc mode to transmit and receive data. .

  The data storage unit 32 is configured by a storage medium such as a flash memory, and stores data that can be handled by the multifunction device 2. The data that can be handled by the multifunction device 2 is, for example, document data to be printed by the multifunction device 2 or data that has been received by the multifunction device 2.

  The data storage unit 32 stores print setting information for causing the multifunction device 2 to print document data. The print setting information will be described later.

  The operation unit 33 includes a display screen such as a liquid crystal display and operation buttons such as a keyboard, and is used to input a document data selection instruction and print setting information.

  An example of selecting document data with the operation unit 33 will be described with reference to FIG. A list of document data stored in the data storage unit 32 is displayed on the display screen, and the document data to be transmitted to the multifunction device 2 is selected by an operation button. In the example of FIG. 5, a list of “document A” to “document D” is displayed, and “document B” is selected. When the “set” button is selected with the operation button for such a display screen, an input screen for print setting information as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display screen.

  An example of inputting print setting information with the operation unit 33 will be described with reference to FIG. The print setting information is information set for each document data to be printed. For example, the print setting information includes information indicating the number of copies to be printed, the presence / absence of double-sided printing, the presence / absence of aggregate printing, the presence / absence of finishing printing, and the setting of scaling. Yes. On the display screen, the setting contents stored in advance in the data storage unit 32 are first displayed as print setting information relating to the selected document data. In the example shown in FIG. 6, a screen is displayed indicating that the number of copies is “1”, double-sided printing is “present”, consolidated printing is “none”, finishing printing is “none”, and scaling is “none”. ing. By operating the operation button on such a display screen, the setting contents of each item can be input in a changeable manner. Further, when the “document selection” button is selected with the operation button on this display screen, the screen returns to the document selection screen shown in FIG.

  The data processing unit 34 performs processing according to print setting information input by the operation unit 33 on the document data selected by the operation unit 33. The data processing unit 34 generates format data in accordance with the print setting information, and performs processing for processing the document data into data for printing. For example, when document data is PDF, format data is generated from print setting information as PJL data corresponding to PDF, and the generated format data is combined with document data as header information to generate print data. Yes.

  The operation of the information processing system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, the flowchart on the right side shows the operation of the multifunction device 2, the flowchart on the left side shows the operation of the mobile terminal 3, and the broken line connecting the left and right indicates that communication is performed between the multifunction device 2 and the mobile terminal 3. Represents. In FIG. 7, it is assumed that document data has already been selected and print setting information has been input in the mobile terminal 3.

  The multifunction device 2 and the portable terminal 3 start the following operation when the print button is selected on the operation unit 33 of the portable terminal 3.

  First, the LAN communication unit 21 of the multifunction device 2 and the LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 3 establish wireless LAN communication (steps S1 and S2).

  Next, the data processing unit 34 of the portable terminal 3 generates format data of the selected document data based on the input print setting information (step S3).

  Next, the data processing unit 34 of the portable terminal 3 combines the generated format data with the selected document data to generate print data (step S4).

  Next, the LAN communication unit 31 of the mobile terminal 3 transmits the generated print data to the multifunction machine 2 (step S5), and the mobile terminal 3 ends its operation.

  Next, the LAN communication unit 21 of the multifunction device 2 starts receiving print data transmitted from the mobile terminal 3 (step S6).

  Next, the connection form determination unit 22 of the multifunction device 2 determines whether or not the connection form with the portable terminal 3 that is transmitting the printing data being received is an interconnection, and the determination result is used as a data storage unit 24 (step S7).

  Next, when the reception of the print data by the LAN communication unit 21 is completed, the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction device 2 divides the received print data into format data and document data (step S8).

  If the determination result in step S7 indicates that the connection is not interconnected (No in step S9), the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction device 2 causes the printing unit 26 to print the document data according to the format data (step S12). The multifunction device 2 ends the operation.

  On the other hand, when the determination result in step S7 indicates that the connection is an interconnection (Yes in step S9), the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction device 2 refers to the processing content information at the time of interconnection stored in the data storage unit 24. Then, it is determined whether “print” or “not print” is set (step S10).

  If “print” is set in step S10, the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction device 2 performs processing for superimposing character string image data on the document data (step S11), and the processed document data. Is printed on the printing unit 26 according to the format data (step S12), and the multifunction device 2 ends the operation.

  On the other hand, if “not print” is set in step S10, the multifunction device 2 ends the operation.

  As described above, the MFP 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention changes the processing content when printing the print data received from the mobile terminal 3 based on the connection form with the mobile terminal 3. If the mobile terminal 3 is interconnected, it is likely that this terminal is not under the control of the organization, and it is necessary to ensure the security of the data to be transmitted / received. Print the image data superimposed.

  As a result, the information processing system 1 according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention pays attention to the printed information even if the owner of the mobile terminal 3 does not add information for ensuring security to the printing data. Attention can be given to the owner of the portable terminal 3 to handle it, and leakage of information received from the portable terminal 3 can be prevented without placing a burden on the owner of the portable terminal 3 and the administrator of the multifunction device 2.

  Further, the multifunction device 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is configured so that when the administrator of the multifunction device 2 sets the processing content at the time of mutual connection to “do not print”, the interconnected mobile terminals 3 Since the received printing data is not printed, security management can be performed in consideration of the confidentiality level of the printing data only by a simple setting by the administrator of the multifunction device 2.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention, the LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 3 and the LAN communication unit 21 of the multifunction device 2 are described as performing communication based on the wireless LAN standard, but the communication is performed using a wired LAN. You may go.

  In this case, the connection form determination unit 22 determines whether the communication between the LAN communication unit 21 and the LAN communication unit 31 is via a cross cable for interconnection or via a straight cable, and thereby via the cross cable. If so, it may be determined that they are interconnected.

  For example, if the data is received via the third and sixth pins of the wired LAN port of the LAN communication unit 21, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the connection is via the cross cable. On the other hand, if the data is received via the first pin and the second pin, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the network connection is made from the straight cable through the hub and is not the mutual connection.

  In addition, the connection form determination unit 22 has an Auto MDI / MDI-X function for automatically determining whether the communication partner port is an MDI (Medium Dependent Interface) or MDI-X (Medium Dependent Interface Crossover). May be. In this case, when the LAN communication unit 21 and the communication partner port are MDIs or MDI-Xs, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the connection is made by a cross cable, and MDI and MDI- If it is X, it is determined that it is connected by a straight cable and is not interconnected.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment of the present invention, an information processing system that determines whether or not an interconnection is based on whether the connection mode between the MFP and the mobile terminal is an ad hoc mode or an infrastructure mode explained.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, an information processing system that determines whether or not the connection is based on the type of communication medium handled by the communication established between the MFP and the portable terminal will be described. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the information processing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a multifunction machine 4 as an information processing apparatus of the present invention and a portable terminal 5 as a terminal of the present invention. The device 4 and the portable terminal 5 can communicate with each other by wireless LAN communication via an access point and Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication in the communication range a.

  The configuration of the multifunction machine 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 10, the same components as those of the MFP 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the multifunction device 4 has the same hardware configuration as the multifunction device 2 shown in FIG. 2, and further includes a Bluetooth interface 406 such as a Bluetooth (registered trademark) transceiver.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the multi-function device 4 includes a Bluetooth communication unit 41 in addition to the functional block configuration similar to that of the multi-function device 2 shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the LAN communication unit 21 is set to perform communication in the infrastructure mode, and is connected to the mobile terminal 5 via an access point.

  The Bluetooth communication unit 41 is configured by a Bluetooth interface 406 and performs communication within a radius of 10 to 100 meters using a 2.4 GHz band radio wave in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard.

  In addition, the Bluetooth communication unit 41 establishes wireless communication based on the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard by exchanging communication setting information with a communication destination device. As the communication setting information, unique address information (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Device Address) assigned to the Bluetooth interface 406 is used.

  The Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard wireless communication is an interconnection for performing direct communication between two devices with a communication destination device, and the Bluetooth communication unit 41 is connected to a communication partner device. In addition, the Bluetooth communication part 41 comprises the communication part of this invention with the LAN communication part 21. FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the connection form determination unit 22 determines whether or not the connection form with the mobile terminal 5 is based on the type of communication medium through which data exchanged with the mobile terminal 5 is transmitted. The determination result is stored in the data storage unit 24. That is, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the connection is established when the Bluetooth communication unit 41 transmits and receives data, and determines that the connection is not established when the LAN communication unit 21 transmits and receives data.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the mobile terminal 5 includes a Bluetooth communication unit 51 in addition to the configuration of the mobile terminal 3 shown in FIG. 3.

  In the present embodiment, the LAN communication unit 31 is set to perform communication in the infrastructure mode, and is connected to the multifunction device 4 via an access point.

  Similarly to the Bluetooth communication unit 41, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 is connected to a communication destination device by wireless communication based on the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard.

  The operation of the information processing system including the multifunction device 4 and the portable terminal 5 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 7 as in the first embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment of the present invention in the operations in steps S1, S2 and S7 of FIG.

  In steps S <b> 1 and S <b> 2, the multi-function device 4 and the portable terminal 5 are configured to perform wireless LAN communication by the LAN communication unit 21 and the LAN communication unit 31, or wireless communication by the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard by the Bluetooth communication unit 41 and the Bluetooth communication unit 51. Establish communication.

  In step S <b> 7, the connection type determination unit 22 of the multifunction device 4 determines that the print data being received is an interconnection if it is via the Bluetooth communication unit 41, and if the data is via the LAN communication unit 21, the connection is determined. Is determined, and the determination result is stored in the data storage unit 24.

  In other steps, the multifunction device 4 and the portable terminal 5 operate in the same manner as the multifunction device 2 and the portable terminal 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, the multifunction device 4 according to the second embodiment of the present invention transmits the processing contents when printing data received from the portable terminal 5 via the Bluetooth communication unit 41 for interconnection. If the printing data is received via the Bluetooth communication unit 41, the terminal is highly likely not to be under the management of the organization. Since there is a need to ensure security, image data that alerts the user to information leakage is superimposed on the received print data and printed.

  As a result, the information processing system as the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention pays attention to the printed information even if the owner of the mobile terminal 5 does not add information for ensuring security to the printing data. Attention can be given to the owner of the portable terminal 5 to handle it, and leakage of information received from the portable terminal 5 can be prevented without placing a burden on the owner of the portable terminal 5 and the administrator of the multifunction device 4.

  Also, the MFP 4 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication when the administrator of the MFP 4 sets the processing contents at the time of mutual connection to “do not print”. Since the printing data received from the mobile terminal is not printed, the administrator of the multifunction device 4 can perform security management in consideration of the security level of the printing data only by making simple settings.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, the multifunction device 4 and the portable terminal 5 have been described as including the Bluetooth communication unit 41 and the Bluetooth communication unit 51, respectively, and performing Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless communication. As long as it is a communication unit that performs communication by interconnection, a communication unit that handles communication media according to other communication standards may be provided instead of the Bluetooth communication unit 41 and the Bluetooth communication unit 51.

  For example, the multifunction device 4 and the portable terminal 5 can communicate at 480 Mbps equivalent to a wired USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 if the distance between the devices is within 3 meters in the UWB (Ultra Wide Band) communication method. A wireless USB communication unit that performs communication in accordance with the wireless USB standard may be provided. Note that the WirelessUSB communication unit is configured by a UWB device. Further, the multifunction device 4 and the portable terminal 5 may include a USB communication unit that performs communication according to the wired USB standard.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, the LAN communication unit 21 of the multifunction machine 4 and the LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 5 have been described as performing communication according to the wireless LAN standard. You may go. In this case, the LAN communication unit 21 of the multifunction device 4 and the LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 5 are each connected to a hub via a straight cable, and are configured to communicate with each other via a hub instead of an access point. The

(Third embodiment)
In the third embodiment of the present invention, another example of the information processing system that determines whether or not the connection is based on the type of the communication medium is described as in the second embodiment of the present invention. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the information processing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes a multifunction machine 6 as an information processing apparatus of the present invention and a portable terminal 7 as a terminal of the present invention. The device 6 and the portable terminal 7 can communicate with each other via wireless LAN communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, and NFC (Near Field Communication) communication described later. In FIG. 11, a communication range a indicates a range where Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication is possible, and a communication range b indicates a range where NFC communication is possible.

  The configuration of the multifunction machine 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 13, the same components as those of the multifunction machine 4 according to the second embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 9 to 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the multi-function device 6 has a hardware configuration similar to that of the multi-function device 4 shown in FIG. 9, and further includes an NFC reader / writer 606 that performs near field communication according to the NFC standard.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the multifunction machine 6 includes an NFC communication unit 61 in addition to the functional block configuration similar to that of the multifunction machine 4 shown in FIG. 10.

  The NFC communication unit 61 includes an NFC reader / writer 606, and transmits and receives data to and from a communication destination device by non-contact wireless communication within a communication distance of 0 to several tens of centimeters in accordance with the NFC standard. . Since the NFC communication unit 61 performs communication at a close distance, the operator establishes communication with a communication destination device based on an operator's intention display, for example, the devices are touched by the operator.

  The NFC standard data transfer rate is 100 to 400 kbps, which is slower than the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard data transfer rate of 1 to 10 Mbps. Therefore, the NFC communication unit 61 performs communication of a relatively small amount of data. It has become.

  When the mobile terminal 7 is within the communication range b of the NFC communication unit 61, the NFC communication unit 61 establishes communication with the mobile terminal 7 according to the NFC standard, and exchanges communication setting information with the mobile terminal 7. It is like that. This communication setting information is initial setting information necessary for establishing communication by the Bluetooth communication unit 41. The NFC communication unit 61 and the LAN communication unit 21 and the Bluetooth communication unit 41 constitute a communication unit of the present invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13, the mobile terminal 7 includes an NFC communication unit 71 in addition to the configuration of the mobile terminal 7 illustrated in FIG. 10.

  The NFC communication unit 71 includes an NFC tag and an NFC chip in which a communication control program for transmitting and receiving data according to the NFC standard is built, and communication setting information of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 is stored in the NFC tag. The NFC communication unit 71 establishes communication with the multi-function device 6 in accordance with the NFC standard when the multi-function device 6 is within the communication range b of the NFC communication unit 71, and transmits the communication setting information stored in the NFC tag to the multi-function device 6 The NFC communication unit 61 reads the communication setting information.

  The operation of the information processing system including the multifunction device 6 and the portable terminal 7 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 14, the flowchart on the right side shows the operation of the multifunction device 6, the flowchart on the left side shows the operation of the mobile terminal 7, and the broken line connecting the left and right indicates that communication is performed between the multifunction device 6 and the mobile terminal 7. Represents. Further, in FIG. 14, steps that operate in the same manner as the multifunction machine 2 and the portable terminal 3 in FIG.

  It is assumed that document data is selected and print setting information is input in the mobile terminal 7.

  The multifunction device 6 and the portable terminal 7 start the following operation when the print button displayed on the operation unit 33 of the portable terminal 7 is selected or when the portable terminal 7 is brought close to the multifunction device 6.

  First, the data processing unit 34 of the portable terminal 7 generates format data of the selected document data based on the input print setting information (step S20).

  Next, the data processing unit 34 of the mobile terminal 7 combines the generated format data and the selected document data to generate print data (step S21).

  Next, the LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 7 determines whether or not wireless LAN communication is established with the multifunction device 6 via the access point (step S22).

  Here, when it is determined that the wireless LAN communication by the LAN communication unit 31 has not been established, the NFC communication unit 71 of the mobile terminal 7 determines whether NFC communication has been established with the multi-function device 6 (step). S23).

  Here, when it is determined that communication by the NFC communication unit 71 has not been established, the mobile terminal 7 waits until NFC communication is established.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the mobile terminal 7 is close to the multifunction device 6 and communication by the NFC communication unit 71 is established, the NFC communication unit 71 of the mobile terminal 7 is connected to the NFC communication unit 61 of the multifunction device 6. The communication setting information of Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication is exchanged with the communication device (step S24).

  Next, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 of the mobile terminal 7 determines whether Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication has been established with the multi-function device 6 (step S25).

  Here, when it is determined that the communication is established by the Bluetooth communication unit 51, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 transmits the printing data generated in step S21 to the multi function device 6 (step S26), and the portable terminal 7 ends the operation.

  Alternatively, when the wireless LAN communication by the LAN communication unit 31 is established (Yes in step S22) and the print button displayed on the operation unit 33 is selected, the LAN communication unit 31 is generated in step S21. The printing data is transmitted to the multi function device 6 (step S26), and the portable terminal 7 ends the operation.

  On the other hand, when the Bluetooth communication unit 51 determines that communication has not been established, the mobile terminal 7 terminates the operation assuming that neither wireless LAN communication nor Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication has been established.

  Next, the multifunction device 6 operates in the same manner as the portable terminal 7 in steps S22 to S25, performs communication by the Bluetooth communication unit 41 or the LAN communication unit 21 (steps S27 to S30), and is transmitted from the portable terminal 7. Reception of print data transmitted from the portable terminal 7 is started by either the LAN communication unit 21 or the Bluetooth communication unit 41 that handles the communication medium through which the print data is transmitted (step S31).

  Next, the connection form determination unit 22 of the multifunction machine 6 is based on the type of communication medium through which the printing data being received from the mobile terminal 7 is connected, and the connection form with the mobile terminal 7 is an interconnection. Is determined, and the determination result is stored in the data storage unit 24 (step S32). That is, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the connection is made when the Bluetooth communication unit 41 receives print data from the portable terminal 7 and determines that the connection is not made when the LAN communication unit 21 receives the print data. To do.

  Thereafter, the multifunction device 6 operates in the same manner as the multifunction device 4 described with reference to FIG.

  As described above, the multi-function device 6 according to the third embodiment of the present invention transmits the processing contents when printing data received from the mobile terminal 7 through the Bluetooth communication unit 41 for interconnection. The terminal is changed based on whether or not the printing data has been received, and if it is received via the Bluetooth communication unit 41, it is highly likely that this terminal is not under the control of the organization. Therefore, the received print data is overlaid with an image that calls attention to information leakage.

  As a result, the information processing system as the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention pays attention to the printed information even if the owner of the mobile terminal 7 does not add information for ensuring security to the printing data. Attention can be given to the owner of the portable terminal 7 to handle it, and leakage of information received from the portable terminal 7 can be prevented without imposing a burden on the owner of the portable terminal 7 and the administrator of the multifunction device 6.

  Further, the multifunction device 6 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication when the administrator of the multifunction device 6 sets the processing content at the time of mutual connection to “do not print”. Since the printing data received from the mobile terminal 7 is not printed, the administrator of the multifunction device 6 can perform security management in consideration of the security level of the printing data only by making simple settings.

  The mobile terminal 7 according to the third embodiment of the present invention establishes Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication with the multi-function device 6 by exchanging communication setting information of the Bluetooth communication unit 51 by the NFC communication unit 71. Therefore, the work burden for connecting to the information processing apparatus for preventing information leakage is not applied to the owner of the portable terminal 7.

  In the third embodiment of the present invention, a tag storing communication setting information is provided in the NFC communication unit 71 and the NFC communication unit 61 is configured as a reader / writer. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The NFC communication unit 71 may be configured as a reader / writer, and the NFC communication unit 61 may be configured as a tag. In this case, communication setting information is stored in the NFC communication unit 61, and the NFC communication unit 71 is brought close to the NFC communication unit 61 to establish NFC communication. Further, both the NFC communication unit 61 and the NFC communication unit 71 may be configured to have both tag and reader / writer functions.

  Furthermore, in the third embodiment of the present invention, instead of the NFC communication unit 61 of the multifunction machine 6 and the NFC communication unit 71 of the portable terminal 7, a communication unit that performs wireless communication at a short distance according to another communication standard is provided. Each may be provided. Any other communication standard may be used as long as wireless communication is performed at a shorter distance than the communication distance of Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication. For example, an IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard may be applied.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the information processing system according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention described above, the character string image data for calling attention to information leakage is included in the print data received from the portable terminals interconnected to the multifunction peripheral. By overlapping and printing, information leakage could be prevented. As a fourth embodiment of the present invention, an example of an information processing system capable of preventing information leakage without alerting the owner of the mobile terminal will be described.

  The fourth embodiment of the present invention is realized by changing the superimposition data and the superimposition processing in the first embodiment of the present invention.

  Since the fourth embodiment of the present invention has the same hardware configuration and functional block configuration as the first embodiment of the present invention, the information processing apparatus system 1 and the multifunction peripheral shown in FIGS. 2 and a portable terminal 3 will be used to describe a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

  The data storage unit 24 of the MFP 2 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is different from the data storage unit 24 according to the first embodiment of the present invention in the stored superimposed data. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the data storage unit 24 stores a copy prohibiting dot pattern as superimposed data.

  This copy prohibiting dot pattern is, for example, a dot pattern in which dots of a certain size are arranged at a constant interval, and has a predetermined feature amount to indicate that copying is prohibited.

  The data processing unit 23 of the MFP 2 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention detects the dot pattern superimposed on the background or foreground of the image data read by the reading unit 27, and the detected dot pattern and copy prohibition. The identity with the dot pattern for use is determined. In addition, the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction machine 2 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention performs processing for prohibiting printing by the printing unit 26 on the image data in which the copy prohibiting dot pattern is detected, or graying out. A process of destroying an image such as filling and printing is performed.

  The operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 7 as in the case of the first embodiment of the present invention. The fourth embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment of the present invention in the operation of step S11 in FIG.

  In step S11, the data processing unit 23 of the MFP 2 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention repeatedly superimposes the dot pattern stored in the data storage unit 24 by the amount corresponding to the background of the document data or the entire foreground. To do.

  In the other steps, the information processing system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention operates in the same manner as the information processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, the information processing system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention has the copy prohibition dot as the data to be superimposed on the print data received from the portable terminal 3 interconnected to the multifunction device 2. By superimposing the pattern information or the dot pattern information that destroys the document data, even if the printed matter printed on the multifunction device 2 is illegally copied without paying attention to the owner of the portable terminal 3, information leakage is prevented. Can be prevented.

  Note that the superimposition data and the superimposition processing in the second and third embodiments of the present invention may be changed in the same manner as in the above-described fourth embodiment of the present invention.

(Fifth embodiment)
In the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention described above, an example of an information processing system that prevents information leakage when the multifunction device prints print data received from a portable terminal has been described. As a fifth embodiment of the present invention, an example of an information processing system capable of preventing information leakage when image data read by a multifunction peripheral is transmitted to a mobile terminal will be described.

  Note that the information processing apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a multifunction peripheral, and can be applied to an information processing apparatus such as a scanner apparatus having a scanner function or other image forming apparatus having a scanner function. .

  Since the fifth embodiment of the present invention has the same hardware configuration and functional block configuration as the first embodiment of the present invention, the information processing apparatus system 1 and the multifunction peripheral shown in FIGS. 2 and the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described using the portable terminal 3.

  The data storage unit 24 of the multi-function device 2 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is configured in the same manner as the first embodiment of the present invention, and is further determined to be interconnected by the connection mode determination unit 22. As the processing content information representing the processing content in the case of the above, information representing either “send image data” or “do not send image data” is stored. The processing content information at the time of the interconnection is set by the administrator of the multifunction device 2 being input via the operation unit 25.

  The data processing unit 23 of the MFP 2 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment of the present invention, and also for image data read by the reading unit 27. A process for superimposing the superimposition data is performed.

  The operation of the information processing system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 15, the flowchart on the right side shows the operation of the multifunction device 2, the flowchart on the left side shows the operation of the mobile terminal 3, and the broken line connecting the left and right indicates that communication is performed between the multifunction device 2 and the mobile terminal 3. Represents. In the MFP 2, it is assumed that processing content information at the time of mutual connection has already been set via the operation unit 25, and reading setting information has been input.

  The multifunction device 2 and the portable terminal 3 start the following operation in response to the input of the reading start instruction to the operation unit 25 of the multifunction device 2.

  First, the LAN communication unit 21 of the multifunction device 2 and the LAN communication unit 31 of the mobile terminal 3 establish communication (steps S40 and S41).

  Next, the reading unit 27 of the multifunction device 2 reads an image of the document as image data (step S42).

  Next, the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction device 2 converts the read image data based on the reading setting information (step S43).

  Next, the connection form determination unit 22 of the multifunction device 2 determines whether or not the connection form with the mobile terminal 3 is an interconnection, and stores the determination result in the data storage unit 24 (step S44).

  Here, when the determination result in step S44 indicates that it is an interconnection (Yes in step S45), the data processing unit 23 refers to the processing content information at the time of interconnection stored in the data storage unit 24, and “ It is determined whether the setting is “transmit image data” or “do not transmit image data” (step S46).

  If “transmit image data” is set in step S46, the data processing unit 23 of the multifunction device 2 performs a process of superimposing character string image data on the image data converted in step S43 ( In step S47), the processed image data is transmitted to the portable terminal 3 by the LAN communication unit 21 (step S48), and the multifunction device 2 ends the operation.

  On the other hand, if “no image data transmission” is set in step S46, the multifunction machine 2 ends the operation.

  If the determination result in step S44 indicates that the connection is not interconnected (No in step S45), the data processing unit 23 of the MFP 2 sends the image data converted in step S43 to the LAN communication unit 21 to the portable terminal 3. After transmitting (step S48), the multifunction device 2 ends the operation.

  The LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 3 receives the image data transmitted from the multifunction machine 2 (step S49), and the portable terminal 3 ends its operation.

  As described above, in the information processing system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the information leaked to the image data read by the multifunction device 2 is not transmitted to the portable terminal 3 interconnected to the multifunction device 2. Since the character string that calls attention is superimposed and transmitted, it is possible to alert the owner of the mobile terminal 3 that the read data may be handled outside the office. Information leakage can be prevented without burdening the user with character string composition operations or the like.

  Note that the MFP 2 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is interconnected when the processing content information at the time of mutual connection is set to “do not transmit image data” by the administrator of the MFP 2. Since the image data read by the reading unit 27 is not transmitted to the mobile terminal 3, the administrator of the multifunction device 2 performs security management in consideration of the confidential level of the read image data only by performing simple settings. Can do.

  Further, the fifth embodiment of the present invention may be realized by configuring the data processing unit 23 and the data storage unit 24 in the second embodiment of the present invention as described above. In this case, in step S44 of FIG. 15, the connection form determination unit 22 determines whether or not the connection is based on which of the LAN communication unit 21 and the Bluetooth communication unit 41 has established communication with the mobile terminal 3. Is determined. Further, in steps S48 and S49 of FIG. 15, in the case of mutual connection, the Bluetooth communication units 41 and 51 transmit and receive the image data subjected to the superimposition processing.

(Sixth embodiment)
In the sixth embodiment of the present invention, as in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, other information processing systems that can prevent information leakage when transmitting image data read by a multifunction peripheral to a portable terminal are provided. An example will be described.

  Since the sixth embodiment of the present invention has the same hardware configuration and functional block configuration as those of the third embodiment of the present invention, the multi-function device 6 shown in FIGS. 7 is used to explain the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

  The data storage unit 24 of the multifunction machine 6 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention is configured in the same manner as the third embodiment of the present invention, and is further determined to be interconnected by the connection type determination unit 22. In this case, information representing either “send image data” or “do not send image data” is stored as the processing content information. The processing content information at the time of mutual connection is set by an administrator of the multifunction machine 6 through the operation unit 25.

  The data processing unit 23 of the multifunction machine 6 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention is configured in the same manner as the third embodiment of the present invention, and also for image data read by the reading unit 27. A process for superimposing the superimposition data is performed.

  The operation of the information processing system according to the sixth embodiment of this invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 16, the flowchart on the right side shows the operation of the multifunction device 6, the flowchart on the left side shows the operation of the mobile terminal 7, and the broken line connecting the left and right indicates that communication is performed between the multifunction device 6 and the mobile terminal 7. Represents. In FIG. 16, steps that operate in the same manner as the information processing system in FIGS. 14 and 15 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the multi-function device 6, it is assumed that processing content information at the time of mutual connection has already been set via the operation unit 25 and reading setting information has been input.

  The multifunction device 6 and the portable terminal 7 start the following operation when an instruction to start reading is input to the operation unit 25 of the multifunction device 6 or when the portable terminal 7 is brought close to the multifunction device 6.

  First, the multifunction device 6 and the portable terminal 7 operate in the same manner as in the third embodiment of the present invention from step S22 to step S25 and from step S27 to step S30, and perform wireless LAN communication or perform NFC communication. If it is, the communication setting information of Bluetooth (registered trademark) is exchanged to establish Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication.

  Next, the multifunction device 6 operates in the same manner as in the fifth embodiment of the present invention from step S42 to step S48, and if the connection form with the portable terminal 7 is interconnected, the image data read from the document is read. Whether character string image data is superimposed and transmitted to the portable terminal 7 is switched based on processing content information at the time of mutual connection. If not, the image data read from the original is transmitted and the operation is performed. finish.

  The portable terminal 7 ends the operation when the LAN communication unit 31 or the Bluetooth communication unit 51 completes the reception of the image data in step S49.

  As described above, the information processing system according to the sixth exemplary embodiment of the present invention alerts an information leak to the image data read by the multi-function device 6 to the mobile terminals 7 connected to each other. Since the character string is superimposed and transmitted, the owner of the mobile terminal 7 interconnected by a simple operation such as bringing it close to the multifunction device 6 can be alerted to the handling of the read data. Information leakage can be prevented without placing a burden on the owner of the terminal 7.

  In the information processing system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, since the mobile terminal 7 is brought close to the multi-function device 6, the scanner function use instruction and the interconnection use instruction for the multi-function device 6 are provided. 7 can omit the operation of pressing the reading button of the multi-function device 6 and can use an information processing system that prevents information leakage only by a simple operation.

(Seventh embodiment)
In the seventh embodiment of the present invention, an example in which a projection device such as a so-called projector that projects image data in an enlarged manner is applied as the information processing device of the present invention will be described.

  First, the configuration of an information processing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIGS. 17 to 19, the same components as those in the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the information processing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention includes a projection device 8 and a portable terminal 7, and wireless LAN communication and Bluetooth (registration) are performed between the projection device 8 and the portable terminal 7. (Trademark) communication and NFC communication can communicate with each other. In FIG. 17, a communication range a indicates a range in which Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication is possible, and a communication range b indicates a range in which NFC communication is possible.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the projection device 8 has the same hardware configuration as that of the multifunction device 6 shown in FIG. 12, but includes a projector 804 connected to the NB 215 instead of the FCU 203, the printer 204, and the scanner 205. ing. Here, the NB 215 in the seventh embodiment of the present invention has a VGA (Video Graphics Array) circuit.

  Note that the projector 804 may include a network interface and be connected to the network interface 206 instead of being connected to the NB 215. Further, the projector 804 and the projection device 8 may each include a USB interface and these may be connected to each other.

  The projector 804 includes a light source, a lens, various video signal input units, and the like, and enlarges and projects image data represented by the input video signal onto a screen or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the projection device 8 includes a functional block configuration similar to that of the multifunction machine 6 illustrated in FIG. 13, but includes a projection unit 86 instead of the printing unit 26 and the reading unit 27. .

  The projection unit 86 is configured by a projector 804, and is configured to enlarge and project image data that has been subjected to conversion processing such as screen resolution by the data processing unit 23. The projection unit 86 constitutes the projection unit in the present invention.

  The data processing unit 23 performs processing for converting the image resolution and the like of the video signal input to the projection unit 86 according to projection setting information described later. The resolution of the video signal input to the projection unit 86 is NTSC (National Television System Committee), SECAM used for a video signal from a computer such as a portable terminal, general television broadcasting, video / DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), etc. (Sequentiel couleur a memoire), PAL (Phase Alternating Line), or HDTV, etc., because it is wide-ranging depending on the type of connected device, so there is also a process to improve the difference caused by screen resolution conversion (for example, unnatural image jaggedness) To do.

  The data storage unit 24 stores projection setting information used by the projection unit 86. The projection setting information is, for example, information representing settings related to brightness and contrast.

  Further, the data storage unit 24 stores information representing either “project” or “do not project” as process content information representing the process content at the time of interconnection. The processing content information at the time of this interconnection is set by the administrator of the projection device 8 being input via the operation unit 25.

  The operation unit 25 displays a screen for inputting various setting information and instructions for the projection device 8 on the operation screen 222, and accepts inputs such as processing content information at the time of interconnection, projection setting information, and a projection start instruction. It has become.

  The operation unit 25 displays a screen for switching the type of the input video signal on the operation screen 222, and accepts an input for specifying the type of the video signal.

  The data storage unit 32 of the portable terminal 7 stores, for example, document data of presentation materials as data to be projected on the projection device 8. This document data is data that can be handled by a general document processing application installed in the mobile terminal 7.

  The operation unit 33 of the portable terminal 7 displays a presentation material page and a document processing menu processed by the document processing application on the operation screen. Further, the operation unit 33 is configured to accept instructions for functions of the document processing application, such as page switching and screen enlargement / reduction, via operation buttons and a display screen.

  The data processing unit 34 of the portable terminal 7 controls the screen according to the function of the document processing application.

  The operation of the information processing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 20, the flowchart on the right side shows the operation of the projection device 8, the flowchart on the left side shows the operation of the mobile terminal 7, and the broken line connecting the left and right indicates that communication is performed between the projection device 8 and the mobile terminal 7. Represents. In the projection device 8, it is assumed that processing content information and projection setting information at the time of interconnection are already input via the operation unit 25, and presentation materials are already displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal 7.

  The projection device 8 and the portable terminal 7 start the following operations when the projection start button displayed on the operation unit 33 of the portable terminal 7 is selected or when the portable terminal 7 is brought close to the projection device 8.

  First, the LAN communication unit 31 of the portable terminal 7 determines whether or not wireless LAN communication via an access point is established with the projection device 8 (step S60).

  Here, when it is determined that the wireless LAN communication by the LAN communication unit 31 has not been established, the mobile terminal 7 determines whether communication by the NFC communication unit 71 has been established with the projection device 8 (step S61). ).

  Here, when it is determined that communication by the NFC communication unit 71 has not been established, the mobile terminal 7 waits until NFC communication is established.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the mobile terminal 7 is close to the multifunction peripheral 6 and communication by the NFC communication unit 71 is established, the NFC communication unit 71 of the mobile terminal 7 is connected to the NFC communication unit 61 of the projection device 8. Communication setting information is exchanged between the two (step S62).

  Next, the portable terminal 7 determines whether or not the communication by the Bluetooth communication unit 51 is established with the projection device 8 (step S63).

  Here, when it is determined that the communication by the Bluetooth communication unit 51 has been established, the Bluetooth communication unit 51 of the mobile terminal 7 transmits image data representing the page of the presentation material to the projection device 8 (step S64). ) The mobile terminal 7 ends the operation.

  Alternatively, if wireless LAN communication has been established (Yes in step S60) and the projection start button displayed on the operation unit 33 of the mobile terminal 7 has been selected, the LAN communication unit 31 displays the presentation material page. The represented image data is transmitted to the projection device 8 (step S64), and the portable terminal 7 ends the operation.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the communication by the Bluetooth communication unit 51 has not been established, the mobile terminal 7 terminates the operation assuming that neither wireless LAN communication nor Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication has been established.

  Next, the projection device 8 operates in the same manner as the portable terminal 7 in steps S60 to S63, performs communication by the Bluetooth communication unit 41 or the LAN communication unit 21 (step S65 to step S68), and is transmitted from the portable terminal 7. Reception of the image data transmitted by the portable terminal 7 is started by either the LAN communication unit 21 or the Bluetooth communication unit 41 that handles the communication medium through which the image data is transmitted (step S69).

  Next, the connection form determination unit 22 determines whether or not the connection form with the mobile terminal 7 is an interconnection based on the type of the communication medium through which the image data being received is passed, and the determination result Is stored in the data storage unit 24 (step S70). That is, the connection form determination unit 22 determines that the connection is made when the Bluetooth communication unit 41 receives image data from the portable terminal 7, and determines that the connection is not made when the LAN communication unit 21 receives the image data. .

  Here, when the reception of the image data by the Bluetooth communication unit 41 or the LAN communication unit 21 is completed, if the determination result in step S70 indicates that the connection is not interconnected (No in step S71), the data processing unit 23 of the projection device 8 The image data is projected on the projection unit 86 (step S73).

  On the other hand, when the determination result in step S70 indicates that the connection is an interconnection (Yes in step S71), the projection device 8 refers to the processing content information at the time of interconnection stored in the data storage unit 24, and “projects”. "Is set (Yes in step S72), the image data is projected on the projection unit 86 (step S73).

  If the processing content information at the time of interconnection is set to “do not project” (No in step S72), the projection device 8 ends the operation.

  As described above, the information processing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention uses the processing content when projecting the image data representing the page of the presentation material received from the mobile terminal 7 as the Bluetooth for interconnection. Change based on whether this image data is received via the communication unit, and if it is received via the Bluetooth communication unit, it is highly possible that this terminal is interconnected and not under the control of the organization Since it is necessary to ensure the security of the data to be received, whether or not the received image data is projected is switched, so that information leakage is prevented without placing a burden on the owner of the portable terminal 7 and the administrator of the projection device 8 can do.

  In the information processing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, since the use of the projector function for the projection device 8 and the use instruction for the interconnection are given to the projection device 8 to bring the portable terminal 7 close to the projection device 8, the portable terminal 7 7 can omit the operation of pressing the operation button of the projection device 8, and can use an information processing system that prevents information leakage by a simple operation.

  The information processing program of the present invention is provided by being incorporated in advance in the ROM or the like of the above-described multifunction peripheral or projection apparatus of the first to seventh embodiments of the present invention. Alternatively, the information processing program of the present invention may be provided or distributed by being recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a compact disc or DVD in a file in an installable or executable format. Alternatively, the information processing program of the present invention may be stored in a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided or distributed by downloading via the network.

  The information processing program of the present invention includes a communication step, a connection form determination step, and data as a module corresponding to each functional block included in the multifunction machine or the projection apparatus of the first to seventh embodiments of the present invention described above. It is configured including processing steps, and these modules are realized by being read out and executed by the CPU of the multifunction peripheral or the projection apparatus.

1 Information processing system 2, 4, 6 MFP (Information processing device)
3, 5, 7 Mobile terminal (terminal)
8 Projection device 21, 31 LAN communication unit (communication unit)
22 Connection type determination unit 23, 34 Data processing unit 24, 32 Data storage unit 25, 33 Operation unit 26 Printing unit 27 Reading unit 41, 51 Bluetooth communication unit 61, 71 NFC communication unit 86 Projection unit 201 Controller 202 Operation panel 203 FCU
204 Printer 205 Scanner 206 Network Interface 207 PCI Bus 211 CPU
212 ROM
213 RAM
215 NB
216 SB
217 ASIC
218 Local memory 219 Hard disk drive 220 AGP bus 221 Operation button 222 Operation screen 406 Bluetooth interface 606 NFC reader / writer 804 Projector

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Claims (17)

A communication unit for communicating with the terminal;
A connection form determination unit for determining a connection form with the terminal in the communication;
A data processing unit that processes data transmitted to and received from the terminal based on the connection form;
The connection type determination unit is an interconnection that performs direct data communication between two devices based on whether the communication medium handled by the communication unit is via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or wireless LAN communication. An information processing apparatus characterized by determining whether or not. The communication unit includes a LAN communication unit and a Bluetooth communication unit,
The connection form determination unit determines whether the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or the wireless LAN communication is performed based on whether the communication unit transmits or receives the data using the LAN communication unit or the Bluetooth communication unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus determines whether it is interposed. A data storage unit for preliminarily storing superimposition data to be superimposed on the reception data received from the terminal by the communication unit;
A printing unit for printing the received data;
The data processing unit causes the printing unit to print the received data when the connection form determination unit determines that the connection form is not the interconnection, and the connection form determination unit determines that the connection form is the interconnection. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the received data is superposed, the superimposition data is superimposed on the received data and is printed on the printing unit. The data storage unit stores in advance processing content information indicating whether to print the received data as processing content at the time of the interconnection,
The data processing unit is configured to switch whether or not to cause the printing unit to print based on the processing content information when the connection form determining unit determines that the connection form is the interconnection. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3. A reading unit for reading image data from a document;
A data storage unit that preliminarily stores superimposition data to be superimposed on the image data;
The data processing unit causes the communication unit to transmit the image data to the terminal when the connection form determining unit determines that the connection form is not the interconnection, and the connection form determining unit determines the connection form. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the connection is made, the superimposition data is superimposed on the image data and transmitted to the terminal by the communication unit. The data storage unit stores in advance processing content information indicating whether to transmit the image data to the terminal as processing content at the time of the interconnection,
Whether the data processing unit causes the communication unit to transmit the image data to the terminal based on the processing content information when the connection form determining unit determines that the connection form is the interconnection. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information processing apparatus is switched. A projection unit for projecting received data received by the communication unit from the terminal;
A data storage unit that stores in advance processing content information indicating whether or not to project the received data as processing content at the time of the interconnection;
The data processing unit projects the received data onto the projection unit when the connection form determining unit determines that the connection form is not the interconnection, and the connection form determining unit determines that the connection form is the interconnect. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the received data is projected, the information processing apparatus switches whether to project the received data on the projection unit based on the processing content information. A communication step for communicating with the terminal;
A connection form determination step for determining a connection form with the terminal in the communication;
A data processing step for processing data to be transmitted to and received from the terminal based on the connection form;
In the connection form determination step, the connection form performs direct data communication between two devices based on whether the communication medium handled in the communication step is via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or wireless LAN communication. An information processing program characterized by determining whether or not.   In the connection form determination step, either the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or the wireless LAN communication is used based on whether the communication unit has a LAN communication unit or a Bluetooth communication unit to transmit and receive the data. The information processing program according to claim 8, further comprising:   In the data processing step, when it is determined in the connection form determination step that the connection form is not the interconnection, the received data received from the terminal is printed on a printing unit, and the connection form is determined in the connection form determination step. 10. The information processing program according to claim 8, wherein, when it is determined that the connection is made, the superimposition data stored in a storage medium in advance is superimposed on the reception data and printed by the printing unit. .   The data processing step stores in advance a storage medium to indicate whether or not to print the received data as the processing content at the time of the interconnection when the connection type is determined to be the interconnection in the connection type determination step The information processing program according to claim 10, wherein whether or not to cause the printing unit to perform printing is switched based on processing content information stored in the information processing unit.   In the data processing step, when the connection form determining step determines that the connection form is not the interconnection, the reading unit transmits image data read from the document to the terminal, and the connection form determining step includes the connection form determining step. The information processing according to claim 8 or 9, wherein when it is determined that the form is the interconnection, superimposition data stored in a storage medium in advance is superimposed on the image data and transmitted to the terminal. program.   The data processing step represents whether or not to transmit the image data to the terminal as the processing content at the time of the interconnection when the connection configuration is determined to be the interconnection in the connection configuration determination step. 13. The information processing program according to claim 12, wherein whether to transmit the image data to the terminal is switched based on processing content information stored in advance in a storage medium.   In the data processing step, when it is determined in the connection form determination step that the connection form is not the interconnection, the reception data received from the terminal is projected onto a projection unit, and the connection form is determined in the connection form determination step. When it is determined that it is the interconnection, the reception data is stored on the basis of the processing content information stored in advance in the storage medium so as to indicate whether or not the reception data is projected as the processing content at the time of the interconnection. The information processing program according to claim 8, wherein the information processing unit switches whether to project onto the projection unit.   15. A recording medium on which the information processing program according to claim 8 is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. An information processing system comprising a terminal and an information processing device,
The terminal
A communication unit that communicates with the information processing apparatus;
A data storage unit for storing data to be transmitted to and received from the information processing apparatus,
The information processing apparatus includes:
A communication unit for communicating with the terminal;
A connection form determination unit for determining a connection form with the terminal in the communication;
A data processing unit that processes data transmitted to and received from the terminal based on the connection form;
The connection form determination unit is an interconnection that performs direct data communication between two devices based on whether the communication medium handled by the communication unit is Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or wireless LAN communication. An information processing system characterized by determining whether or not. An information processing system comprising a terminal and an information processing apparatus is an information processing method for processing data transmitted and received between the terminal and the information processing apparatus,
Communication between the terminal and the information processing device,
Based on whether the communication medium used for the communication is Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or wireless LAN communication, the information processing apparatus performs direct data communication between the two devices with the communication terminal. An information processing method comprising: determining whether or not to perform interconnection, and processing the data based on the connection form.