JP4840389B2 - Information processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and a program.

There is a technique of reading an image by an image reading unit such as a scanner and transmitting image data obtained by the reading to the outside (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). As a method of transmitting such image data, there is a method of transmitting as so-called form data using a Web browser.
JP-A-2005-149320 JP 2005-269250 A

  An object of the present invention is to transmit image data acquired by an image reading unit to the outside with a simpler operation.

The first aspect of the invention is a first screen for accepting a first operation for transmitting image data in the information processing apparatus, the first screen corresponding to the first application, and reading the image, a second screen for receiving the second operation for acquiring the image data I by the image reading means to generate image data representing the read image, the second screen according to the second application one, a display control means for performing control to display on the display unit as an operation reception screen for accepting an operation in the case where the second screen is displayed on the display unit as the operation acceptance screen, the second when operation is accepted, the acquisition control means for controlling to acquire image data via the image reading means by said second application, the acquisition control A first storage unit that stores the image data acquired by the stage, and the image data acquired by the acquisition control unit is stored in the first storage unit by the second application. Acquisition means for acquiring location information representing the location in the first storage means, and image data indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition means is transferred from the second application to the first application and transmitted. In the case where the setting unit configured as image data and the second screen are displayed on the display unit as the operation reception screen, when the second operation is received, the operation reception is performed according to the operation. a first switching means for switching the screen from the second screen to the first screen, the first screen is the first switching means When the first operation is accepted when the screen is switched to the operation acceptance screen and displayed on the display means, the image data set by the setting means is transmitted by the first application. And a means comprising the means .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, an image acquisition unit that acquires image data stored in advance in the second storage unit or received via the communication unit, and the image reading unit or Selecting means for selecting any one of the image acquisition means, and the acquisition control means via the image acquisition means instead of the image reading means when the selection means selects the image acquisition means. And controlling to acquire image data.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the second aspect , the display control unit causes the display unit to display a third screen for receiving selection by the selection unit as the operation reception screen, and Is displayed on the display means as the operation acceptance screen, and when the selection by the selection means is performed, the operation acceptance screen is switched from the third screen to a screen corresponding to the selection. Two switching means are provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an image reading apparatus includes the image reading unit according to the first aspect and the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects .
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in a computer-executable program, the computer is a first screen that accepts a first operation for transmitting image data, and the first screen corresponds to the first application. When reading an image, a second second screen for accepting an operation for acquiring the image data I by the image reading means to generate image data representing the read image, according to a second application Display control means for controlling the display means to display any one of the second screens as an operation acceptance screen for accepting an operation, and when the second screen is displayed as the operation acceptance screen on the display means in, when the second operation is received by the second application to acquire image data via the image reading means An acquisition control means for controlling for, first memory means for storing the image data acquired by the acquisition control section, when the image data acquired by the acquisition control means is stored in said first storage means The second application obtains location information indicating the location of the image data in the first storage unit, and the image data indicated by the location information obtained by the acquisition unit from the second application. The second operation is accepted when the setting means for setting as image data to be transmitted and transmitted to the first application and the second screen are displayed on the display means as the operation acceptance screen when a first switching means for switching the operation reception screen from the second screen according to the operation on the first screen In the case where the first screen is switched to the operation acceptance screen by the first switching means and displayed on the display means, the first operation is set by the setting means when accepted. It is made to function as a transmission means which transmits image data by said 1st application .

According to the configuration of the first, fourth, and fifth aspects of the invention, it is possible to transmit the image data acquired by the image reading means to the outside with a simpler operation than when the configuration is not provided.
According to the configuration of the second aspect of the invention, it is possible to select a more appropriate one of the image reading unit or the image acquiring unit and use it for acquiring the image data as compared with the case where the configuration is not provided.
According to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the image data by the image reading unit or the image obtaining unit with a simpler operation compared to the case where the configuration is not provided.

[Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system 10 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a client device 100, a server device 200, and a network 300. The information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment is a system used for a certain business and is a system for exchanging transmission data including image data. The client device 100 transmits transmission data, and the server device 200 receives the transmission data transmitted by the client device 100. At this time, the server device 200 functions as a Web server that provides services related to the business, analyzes the received transmission data, and performs processing such as processing so as to be used for business. The network 300 is a network that enables communication between the client device 100 and the server device 200, and is the Internet in the present embodiment. A plurality of client devices 100 may be provided in the information processing system 10.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the client device 100. The client apparatus 100 is an image reading apparatus connected to the network 300 in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the client device 100 includes a control unit 110, an image reading unit 120, a storage unit 130, a display unit 140, an operation unit 150, and a communication unit 160.

  The control unit 110 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU and a memory, and controls the operation of each unit of the client device 100 by executing a stored program. The control unit 110 controls acquisition of image data via the image reading unit 120 and display control by the display unit 140. The control unit 110 generates display data that defines an image to be displayed on the display unit 140 and supplies the display data to the display unit 140.

  The image reading unit 120 includes a so-called scanner, reads an image, and generates image data representing the read image. The image data generated by the image reading unit 120 may be either single color or multicolor depending on the application, and the number of gradations and resolution are also arbitrary. It is assumed that the image reading unit 120 according to the present embodiment can generate monochrome or color image data and switch the resolution in accordance with a user instruction.

  The storage unit 130 includes a recording medium such as a hard disk, and stores the image data generated by the image reading unit 120. The storage unit 130 stores image data as a file in a predetermined format using a predetermined file name. The location of the image data storage unit 130 can be specified by the location information. The location information is, for example, a file path specified by a file name and a directory name.

  The display unit 140 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and displays an image corresponding to display data supplied from the control unit 110 in a predetermined display area. When new display data is supplied from the control unit 110, the display unit 140 switches an image to be displayed according to the new display data.

  The operation unit 150 includes a plurality of operators such as keys and buttons, and accepts user operations. The operation unit 150 may include other input devices such as a mouse and a touch panel. When the operation unit 150 includes a touch panel, the touch panel is overlaid on the display area of the display unit 140. Furthermore, the operation unit 150 may include a dedicated input device for inputting authentication information. For example, such an input device may read an IC card or the like, or may read so-called biometric information such as fingerprint information.

  The communication unit 160 includes an interface that communicates with the network 300 and mediates transmission / reception of data with the server device 200. The communication unit 160 transmits the transmission data supplied from the control unit 110 to the server device 200, receives the data transmitted from the server device 200, and supplies the data to the control unit 110.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server device 200. As shown in the figure, the server device 200 of the present embodiment includes a control unit 210, a storage unit 220, and a communication unit 230. The control unit 210 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU and a memory, and controls the operation of each unit of the server device 200 by executing a stored program. In addition, the control unit 210 transmits data in response to a request (request) from the client device 100. The storage unit 220 stores transmission data transmitted from the client device 100, and the communication unit 230 communicates with the network 300.

  The data that the control unit 210 transmits to the client device 100 includes markup data. Here, the markup data refers to data described in a predetermined markup language. The markup data is data that defines the display content of the screen, and is described in, for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) or XML (Extensible Markup Language).

  The configuration of the information processing system 10 of this embodiment is as described above. Under this configuration, the client device 100 communicates with the server device 200 and transmits transmission data. The client device 100 acquires image data before transmitting the transmission data, and includes this image data in the transmission data.

  The client device 100 executes a browser application and a scan application according to the stored program. Here, the browser application refers to an application that realizes a so-called Web browser, and the scan application refers to an application that reads an image by the image reading unit 120 and stores image data. The client device 100 interprets the content of the markup data and transmits the transmission data by executing the browser application. Each of the browser application and the scan application has a unique screen and is displayed on the display unit 140.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by the client device 100 during execution of the browser application and the scan application. The processing shown in FIG. 11 is executed when the control unit 110 of the client device 100 executes a browser application and accesses a Web site assigned to a service provided by the server device 200. Access to a Web site is performed, for example, by designating a predetermined URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) corresponding to the Web site.

  First, the control unit 110 displays a screen for user authentication on the display unit 140 (step S1). This screen is hereinafter referred to as a “login screen”. The login screen is a screen that is displayed when the browser application interprets the markup data transmitted from the server device 200. When receiving a user operation, the control unit 110 acquires and transmits authentication information (step S2).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a login screen. The login screen shown in the figure is an example when the authentication information is a pair of a user ID and a password. In this example, the user selects the text field I51 and inputs the user ID, selects the text field I52, and inputs the password. Here, the text field is an image that the user can select and input a character string. When the user ID and password are entered, the user ID and password pair entered by the user is sent as so-called form data by selecting the send button I53. Here, the transmission button is an image that can be selected by the user.

  When the transmitted authentication information is appropriate, the server device 200 accepts input of transmission data from the client device 100. When receiving input of transmission data, the server apparatus 200 transmits markup data representing a screen for inputting transmission data to the client apparatus 100. This screen for inputting transmission data is hereinafter referred to as a “data input screen”. That is, if the transmitted authentication information is appropriate, the control unit 110 of the client device 100 displays a data input screen on the display unit 140 (step S3). The data input screen is an example of a first screen in the present invention.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data input screen. As shown in the figure, the data input screen includes a file path field I61, a reference button I62, a send button I63, and a reset button I64 as images. The file path field I61 is an image provided for displaying a file path, that is, location information. The reference button I62 is an image that accepts an operation for selecting image data to be transmitted. The transmission button I63 is an image for accepting an operation for transmitting transmission data, and the reset button I64 is an image for accepting an operation for canceling input transmission data.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of markup data representing the data input screen illustrated in FIG. 6, and illustrates a case where a markup language compliant with HTML is used. In the figure, a FORM element and an INPUT element are elements related to transmission of transmission data. For example, the tag T72 is a tag corresponding to the transmission button I63, and the tag T73 is a tag corresponding to the reset button I64. A tag T71 is a tag corresponding to the file path field I61 and the reference button I62. A tag T71 shown in the figure is described so as to perform processing different from the normal processing described later by setting the value attribute to a predetermined value. Here, the predetermined value is, for example, a file path of a setting file for switching to the scan application, and is described as “xxxx” in FIG.

  6 and 7, only image data is shown as transmission data for convenience of explanation, but the transmission data may include other character strings. That is, the data input screen may include a text field (text), a radio button (radio), a check box (checkbox), and the like. The transmission data may include data that does not require input by the user.

  When the control unit 110 displays a data input screen and accepts input of transmission data and receives an operation for selecting image data from the user (step S4), the control unit 110 displays a screen to be displayed on the display unit 140 of the browser application. The screen (data input screen) is switched to the scan application screen (step S5). That is, the control unit 110 performs a process of switching a screen for accepting a user operation from the data input screen to another screen. This process can be said to be a process of switching the application that receives the user's operation from the browser application to the scan application. This process is the above-described “unusual process”. Note that the screen assigned to the scan application displayed at this time is hereinafter referred to as a “scan operation screen”. The scan operation screen is an example of a second screen in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a scan operation screen. As shown in the figure, the scan operation screen includes a status display area I81 and a start button I82 as images. The status display area I81 is an area for displaying the state (status) of the image reading unit 120. The control unit 110 acquires information from the image reading unit 120. For example, when the image reading unit 120 can read the image, the control unit 110 displays “can scan”, and the image reading unit 120 reads the image. If it is not possible, “Please wait” is displayed. The start button I82 is an image that accepts an operation for starting image reading (that is, acquisition of image data) by the image reading unit 120. The user selects the start button I82 when starting to read an image.
Note that the scan operation screen may be configured to accept an operation for setting image quality and the like in addition to an operation for starting image reading.

  When the image reading unit 120 can read an image and receives an operation for reading an image from the user (step S6), the control unit 110 causes the image reading unit 120 to read the image (step S7). ). That is, at this time, the control unit 110 controls the image reading unit 120 so as to generate image data. When the image data is generated, the image reading unit 120 stores the image data in the storage unit 130, and thus the control unit 110 acquires location information of the generated image data (step S8).

  The control unit 110 passes the acquired location information value to the browser application. That is, the control unit 110 passes the value acquired by the scan application to the browser application. The control unit 110 switches the screen to be displayed on the display unit 140 from the scan operation screen to the data input screen when receiving the location information (step S9). Thereafter, when receiving an operation for transmitting transmission data from the user (step S10), the control unit 110 transmits the transmission data as form data (step S11). Here, the transmission data refers to data described to be transmitted by the FORM element, and includes at least image data generated by the image reading unit 120. Form data refers to data representing an image, characters, etc. represented by transmission data in accordance with a predetermined rule. Each data included in the form data is described by information (for example, value of name attribute or value attribute) that can identify each data. The service providing side (that is, the server device 200) can recognize images and characters by interpreting this information, and can arrange them in a document in a predetermined format at a desired position and size. Further, the service receiving side (that is, the client device 100) can easily transmit data via the Web by transmitting the transmission data using such form data. The document here is, for example, a document for application of various public institutions.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the data input screen switched from the scan operation screen in step S9. The data input screen shown in the figure is different from the data input screen shown in FIG. 6 in that a file path (that is, location information) is input in the file path field I61. In the figure, “DirName” represents a directory name, and “FileName” represents a file name. The control unit 110 displays the location information value acquired by the scan application on the data input screen in this way. At this time, the control unit 110 sets the image data stored in the storage area represented by the location information as image data to be transmitted as form data. Here, “setting” refers to setting location information for acquiring image data, for example. More specifically, the location information displayed in the file path field I61 is passed to the browser application. At this time, it is more desirable to automatically enter the location information in the file path field I61.

[Modification]
The embodiment described above is an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in other modes. The following modifications are examples of other embodiments of the present invention. In addition, these modifications may be implemented by appropriately combining each as required.

(1) Modification 1
Switching from the second screen (scan operation screen) to the first screen (data input screen) may be performed after an operation for obtaining image data is accepted. It does not have to be after the data has been generated. For example, if the storage area and file name for storing the image data are determined before the image data is generated, the location information is acquired even after the image data is not generated, It can be displayed on the screen. If the location information of the image data can only be acquired after the image data is generated, the location information may not be displayed on the first screen, or after the image data is generated, The display may be updated (so that location information is displayed).

(2) Modification 2
In the present invention, the screen for receiving an operation, that is, the switching of the operation receiving screen can be performed in a plurality of modes. For example, when the operation reception screen is displayed on the entire display area of the display means, the operation reception screen is switched by hiding one screen and displaying the other screen. Further, when the operation reception screen is displayed in a part of the display area of the display means, that is, when the operation reception screen is a so-called window-like screen and a plurality of windows can be displayed simultaneously in the display area, Switching of the operation reception screen can be realized by switching a window for giving focus (input focus). In addition, when multiple windows are displayed in the display area and one window can be displayed over another window, the window corresponding to the operation reception screen is displayed in front of other windows. May be.

(3) Modification 3
When the operation reception screen is switched from the second screen (scan operation screen) to the first screen (data input screen), information representing the acquired image data is displayed on the first screen. desirable. This information may be a character representing location information as in the above-described embodiment, or may be only a character representing a file name. Further, the image represented by the image data may be displayed on the first screen so that the user can more intuitively confirm the image data. In this case, the image represented by the image data does not have to be exactly the same as the original image, but is reduced in size or the number of colors and gradations, as in a so-called thumbnail (thumbnail image). There may be.

(4) Modification 4
When the image data is generated by the image reading means (image reading unit 120), the location information of the image data may be determined according to a predetermined rule, or the information determined by the user is used. Also good. When the location information is determined according to a predetermined rule, for example, a new directory is defined in the storage unit 130 when the reference button is selected or when the image data is generated, and the image data is stored in the directory. To be stored. At this time, the directory name and the file name may include a character string representing time, or may include the above-described user ID. Such an operation may be performed by the control unit 110 or the image reading unit 120.

(5) Modification 5
The “selection” in the present invention can be performed by various operations. For example, an operation of clicking with a mouse, an operation of touching (contacting) on a touch panel, and an operation of pressing an operation element are examples of “selection” in the present invention. In short, the “selection” in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as an appropriate one can be selected from a plurality of selection targets.

(6) Modification 6
The scan application described above is an example of an image reading unit that acquires an image. Further, the image reading unit can be regarded as being realized by the cooperation of the above-described scan application and the image reading unit 120.

  Further, the apparatus including the information processing apparatus according to the present invention may have a configuration in which another means different from the image reading means is provided as an image obtaining means for obtaining an image. In such a case, the image acquisition unit may include a unit that reads out image data stored in advance in a predetermined storage unit and a unit that receives image data via a communication unit (Internet, telephone line, etc.).

When there is an image acquisition unit, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention preferably includes a configuration for selecting whether to acquire image data from the image reading unit or the image acquisition unit. Here, this configuration will be described using the client device 100 described above as an example.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting a means for acquiring an image (hereinafter referred to as “selection screen”). The selection screen is an example of a third screen of the present invention. In the figure, selection buttons I01, I02, and I03 are images that accept an operation of selecting an image reading unit or an image acquisition unit. The selection button I01 is an image that is selected when image data is acquired via a scan application. The selection button I02 is an image selected when acquiring image data through an application that reads image data (local file) already stored in the storage unit 130. For example, this application identifies a user who performs an operation of reading an image, stores image data in a storage area assigned to each user, and reads out the image data. The selection button I03 is an image selected when acquiring image data via an application that receives image data from the external device connected to the network 300 via the communication unit 160. For example, this application allows a user to specify a URI and downloads image data to which the specified URI is assigned.

  The selection screen may be displayed between the operation reception screen and the data input screen when the operation reception screen is switched from the data input screen to the scan operation screen in step S5. That is, at this time, the control unit 110 first switches the operation reception screen from the data input screen to the selection screen, and when a scan application is selected on the selection screen, switches the operation reception screen from the selection screen to the scan operation screen. In addition, even when an application other than the scan application is selected on the selection screen, the control unit 110 similarly switches the operation reception screen to a screen corresponding to the selected application and displays the screen.

(7) Modification 7
As in step S5 described above, when switching an application that receives a user operation from one application (browser application or the like) to another application (scan application or the like), information is passed from the former application to the latter application. Also good. Here, the passed information is, for example, information that defines a mode of obtaining image data.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the markup data on the data input screen when information is passed to the subsequent application, and corresponds to the markup data shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, the underlined part is a part different from FIG. The attributes “reso” and “color” shown in FIG. 11 are attributes uniquely defined for this modification. Here, the reso attribute designates the resolution (resolution) of the image data, and here, designates the resolution designated as “600” dpi (dots per inch). The color attribute designates the color of the image data, and here, designates the color designated as “Black and White”. Upon receiving such information, the scan application sets image quality (color and resolution) at the time of reading based on this information.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of markup data on the data input screen when information is passed to a subsequent application. Similar to FIG. 11, parts different from FIG. 7 are underlined. Here, as described in the modification 4, it is assumed that there is an image acquisition unit different from the image reading unit. In the figure, “select” is illustrated as an attribute defined uniquely. The select attribute designates the selected image reading means or image acquisition means, and here, designates the selected means as “scanner”. In this case, the means for acquiring the image is selected by the value indicated by the select attribute.

Note that this select attribute does not have to be an aspect described in advance in the markup data as shown in FIG. 12, that is, an aspect defined by the service providing side (server apparatus 200). For example, when such an attribute is not particularly defined, the image data transmission side (client device 100) may define an appropriate attribute and acquire an image according to the definition. The attribute defined at this time may be determined in advance by the user, or may be determined according to the configuration of the image reading unit or the image acquiring unit.
In such a configuration, the service providing side does not need to define such attributes. Therefore, the service providing side can transmit markup data independent of the configuration and structure of the image data transmitting side.

  Further, such information exchanged between applications may be acquired in a form included in the markup data as in the examples of FIGS. 11 and 12, but only such information is acquired separately from the server device 200 or the like. It may be an embodiment.

(8) Modification 8
In the present invention, a plurality of image data to be transmitted may be selected.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data input screen when a plurality of image data is selected and transmitted. In the figure, the data input screen includes file path fields I61a, I61b and I61c, reference buttons I62a, I62b and I62c, a send button I63, and a reset button I64 as images. Unlike the data input screen shown in FIG. 6, this data input screen includes a plurality of file path fields and reference buttons. That is, according to this data input screen, a plurality of image data can be selected. In this case, every time an operation for selecting image data is performed, the operation reception screen is switched from the first screen to the second screen, and every time an operation for acquiring image data is performed, the operation reception screen is changed to the second screen. The screen is switched to the first screen. Note that the transmission of the image data is performed collectively by selecting the transmission button I63.

  Further, when a plurality of image data can be selected as in the present modification, if there is an image acquisition means different from the image reading means as in the modification 4, the image data is transmitted via a means corresponding to the reference button to be selected. May be obtained. For example, in the data input screen shown in FIG. 13, when the reference button I62a is selected, image data is acquired from the scanner, and when the reference button I62b is selected, image data that is a local file is acquired. When the reference button I62c is selected, the image data may be acquired from the external device.

(9) Modification 9
The present invention is not limited to the first screen (data input screen) described in HTML or XML. The first screen of the present invention is represented in any manner as long as it can transmit transmission data and can switch the operation reception screen from the screen to another screen. May be.

  In the present invention, the mode of operation is not limited to selecting an image such as a button displayed on the screen. For example, when a certain screen is displayed as an operation acceptance screen, when an operation of pressing a predetermined key is performed, the operation may be recognized as an operation for selecting or acquiring image data.

  The client apparatus 100 described above is an example of an information processing apparatus or an image reading apparatus according to the present invention. However, the information processing apparatus or the image reading apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the configuration described above. For example, the image reading apparatus according to the present invention may be a scanner, or a copying machine or a facsimile machine having a mechanism corresponding to the scanner. Further, a digital still camera or a video camera may be employed as the image reading means of the present invention. In such a case, the image data may represent a moving image instead of a still image. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus (such as a personal computer) that can communicate with a network and is connected to a scanner serving as an image reading unit and a display device serving as a display unit.

  The present invention can also be specified as a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. Such a program can be provided in a form in which the program is recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk or in a form in which the program is downloaded from a predetermined server device.

Block diagram showing configuration of information processing system Block diagram showing the configuration of a client device (information processing device) Block diagram showing the configuration of the server device Flow chart showing processing executed by client device Figure showing an example of the login screen The figure which shows an example of a data input screen (1st screen) The figure which shows an example of the markup data showing the data input screen The figure which shows an example of a scanning operation screen (2nd screen) Figure showing an example of the data entry screen The figure which shows an example of a selection screen (3rd screen) The figure which shows an example of the markup data showing the data input screen The figure which shows an example of the markup data showing the data input screen Figure showing an example of the data entry screen

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Information processing system, 100 ... Client apparatus, 110 ... Control part, 120 ... Image reading part, 130 ... Memory | storage part, 140 ... Display part, 150 ... Operation part, 160 ... Communication part, 200 ... Server apparatus, 210 ... Control Part, 220 ... storage part, 230 ... communication part, 300 ... network

Claims (5)

A first screen for receiving a first operation for transmitting image data , the first screen corresponding to the first application, and image reading for reading the image and generating image data representing the read image a second screen for receiving the second operation for acquiring the image data I by the means, one of the second screen corresponding to a second application, displayed as operation reception screen for receiving an operation Display control means for controlling the display on the means;
When the second screen is displayed on the display unit as the operation reception screen, the second application acquires image data via the image reading unit when the second operation is received. Acquisition control means for controlling so as to
First storage means for storing image data acquired by the acquisition control means;
When the image data acquired by the acquisition control unit is stored in the first storage unit, the second application acquires location information indicating the location of the image data in the first storage unit. Means,
Setting means for passing the image data indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition means from the second application to the first application and setting it as image data to be transmitted;
In the case where the second screen is displayed on the display unit as the operation reception screen, when the second operation is received, the operation reception screen is changed from the second screen according to the operation. First switching means for switching to the first screen ;
In the case where the first screen is switched to the operation acceptance screen by the first switching means and displayed on the display means, the first operation is set by the setting means when accepted. An information processing apparatus comprising: transmission means for transmitting image data by the first application . Image acquisition means for acquiring image data stored in advance in the second storage means or received via the communication means ;
Selecting means for selecting either the image reading means or the image acquisition means,
The acquisition control unit controls to acquire image data via the image acquisition unit instead of the image reading unit when the image acquisition unit is selected by the selection unit. Item 4. The information processing apparatus according to Item 1. The display control means causes the display means to display a third screen for accepting selection by the selection means as the operation acceptance screen;
When the third screen is displayed on the display unit as the operation reception screen, when the selection by the selection unit is performed, the operation reception screen is changed from the third screen to the screen corresponding to the selection. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising: a second switching unit that switches between the two. The image reading means according to claim 1;
An image reading apparatus comprising: the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 . Computer
A first screen for receiving a first operation for transmitting image data , the first screen corresponding to the first application, and image reading for reading the image and generating image data representing the read image a second screen for receiving the second operation for acquiring the image data I by the means, one of the second screen corresponding to a second application, displayed as operation reception screen for receiving an operation Display control means for controlling the display on the means;
When the second screen is displayed on the display unit as the operation reception screen, the second application acquires image data via the image reading unit when the second operation is received. Acquisition control means for controlling so as to
First storage means for storing image data acquired by the acquisition control means;
When the image data acquired by the acquisition control unit is stored in the first storage unit, the second application acquires location information indicating the location of the image data in the first storage unit. Means,
Setting means for passing the image data indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition means from the second application to the first application and setting it as image data to be transmitted;
In the case where the second screen is displayed on the display unit as the operation reception screen, when the second operation is received, the operation reception screen is changed from the second screen according to the operation. First switching means for switching to the first screen ;
In the case where the first screen is switched to the operation acceptance screen by the first switching means and displayed on the display means, the first operation is set by the setting means when accepted. A program for causing image data to function as transmission means for transmitting by the first application .

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