JP2013045270A - Information processing device, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of easily specifying and editing a file to be edited when editing a file stored in a memory and re-registering the file in the memory. .
A code including information for specifying a file stored in a memory is created, and a sheet image including the code is printed on a sheet by a printing apparatus. Then, based on the above code included in the read image of the sheet, the file to be edited is specified from the file stored in the memory, and a predetermined editing process is executed on the file to be edited. The editing target file that has been subjected to the editing process is stored in the memory.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for editing a file to be edited.

  2. Description of the Related Art In a multi-function peripheral having a reading device, a function is known in which an original is sequentially read by the reading device, a file including a plurality of page images is created, and stored in a storage device such as an HDD built in the device. Conventionally, in an MFP having such a function, when an image file is edited, an operation screen which is a part of the apparatus is used.

  The following technique is known as a method for finding a file to be edited from a storage device having a plurality of image files. That is, a technique is known in which a file list indicating the file names of files stored in a storage device is displayed, and a user selects a file to be edited in accordance with the display (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-82073 A

  In the above conventional example, the user must specify the file to be edited according to the file name. However, in a file such as an image file, all or part of the file name is composed of numbers, and the file name may be assigned so that the number increases by one in accordance with the file creation order. In this case, the file name has only information on the order of file creation, and it may be difficult for the user to guess the contents of the image file from the file name.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can easily specify a file to be edited stored in a memory.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present invention generates a code including information for specifying a file stored in a memory, causes a printing apparatus to print a sheet image including the code on a sheet, and the printing Based on the acquisition unit that acquires the read image obtained by reading the sheet printed by the control unit by the reading device and the code included in the read image acquired by the acquisition unit, A specifying means for specifying a file to be edited from the stored files, and a file to be edited in which the predetermined editing process is executed on the file to be edited specified by the specifying means. And an execution means for storing in the memory.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily specify a file to be edited stored in a memory.

1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of an image processing apparatus 101 that is Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing apparatus 101. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the image addition sheet | seat 301. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by the image processing apparatus 101 when reading an image. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed when reading an image addition sheet 301. It is a figure which shows the file list 601. FIG. It is a figure which shows the file list. It is a figure which shows the image addition sheet | seat 801 to a user designation | designated page. It is a figure which shows the deletion sheet | seat 901 for deleting a page image. It is a figure which shows the edit sheet 1001 for editing a page image.

  The relative arrangement of components, the display screen, and the like described in the following embodiments are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention only to those unless otherwise specified.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of an image processing apparatus 101 that is Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  The image processing apparatus 101 is an apparatus that reads a document on a document table 102 and prints the image using a recording unit that is an inkjet printer. The image processing apparatus 101 also has a function of storing an image read by a user instruction as an image file in a file storage unit inside the image processing apparatus without printing. The generated image file is stored in a nonvolatile storage device in the image processing apparatus 101.

  The image processing apparatus 101 includes a document table 102 on which a document to be read is placed, a document lid 103 that holds the document and prevents images other than the document from being read, and a printing paper insertion port 104 in which printing paper is placed. In addition, the image processing apparatus 101 has a printing discharge port 105 through which printing paper is output after printing, a display unit 106 that displays the status of the image processing apparatus 101, and the user inputs an instruction to the image processing apparatus 101. And an input unit 107.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the image processing apparatus 101.

  The image processing apparatus 101 includes a CPU 202 that controls the entire image processing apparatus 101, a RAM 203 that operates as a storage device for the operation of the CPU 202, and a ROM 204 that stores a program executed by the CPU 202. The CPU 202 controls the image processing apparatus 101 by executing a program stored in the ROM 204 using the RAM 203 as a working memory. The image processing apparatus 101 also includes a reading unit 205 that reads an image placed on the platen 102, a printing unit 206 that performs printing, a display unit 106, an input unit 107, and data and the like in the image processing apparatus 101. And a bus 209 for communication.

  When the original is read by the reading unit 205, the read image of the original is stored in the RAM 203. When the printing unit 206 prints an image, the image to be printed is expanded on the RAM 203.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the reading unit 205, the printing unit 206, the display unit 106, and the like are examples included in the image processing apparatus 101. However, it may be a case where a reading device, a printing device, or a display device outside the image processing apparatus 101 executes reading, printing, or display.

  Further, the image processing apparatus 101 includes a file name determination unit 210 that determines a file name of a newly generated file, and a file name storage unit 211 that stores the file name determined by the file name determination unit 210. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus 101 includes a barcode image creation unit 212 that creates a barcode image (a barcode 313 indicating a file name) according to information, and an image addition sheet by reducing the image included in the image file. And an image reduction unit 213 for arranging the image at 301.

  A barcode identification unit 214 that identifies a barcode included in the read image when the image addition sheet 301 is read is provided. Further, it has a file name recognition unit 215 that recognizes the file name indicated by the barcode identified by the barcode identification unit 214. In addition, the image processing apparatus 101 includes a file search unit 216 that searches a file having a file name identified by the file name recognition unit 215 from files stored in a file storage unit 219 described later. Further, the file search unit 216 includes a final page search unit 217 for searching for a writing position corresponding to the final page in the file searched for. Further, the image processing apparatus 101 includes a file system unit 218 that newly generates an image file, and a file storage unit 219 that stores the generated file. Details of the file generation processing by the file system unit 218 will be described later.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, an example is illustrated in which the components indicated by 210 to 219 are provided separately from the CPU 202 and the ROM 204. However, the processing performed by the above-described 210 to 219 can also be realized by storing a program corresponding to each of 210 to 219 in the ROM 204 and causing the CPU 202 to execute the program.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the image addition sheet 301. In this embodiment, the user causes the user to confirm the content of an image included in an image file that can be specified as an editing target by using the image addition sheet 301. Further, by reading the image addition sheet 301, an image file corresponding to the sheet is specified as a file to be edited, and an image is newly added to the specified image file. Hereinafter, the image addition sheet 301 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The image addition sheet 301 corresponds to the image file to be edited, and the user can check the contents of the image file to be edited by using this sheet. In addition, the image processing apparatus 101 can specify a file to be edited corresponding to a sheet and add an image to the image file. In particular, the image addition sheet 301 shown in FIG. 3 is an image addition sheet for a predetermined page, that is, a sheet for adding an image to a predetermined page in the image file to be edited. Details of the file editing process using this sheet will be described later.

  The image processing apparatus 101 causes the printing unit 206 to print the image addition sheet in FIG. 3 when the image file is generated. Specifically, the image processing apparatus 101 reads a plurality of pages of a document by the reading unit 205 according to a user instruction, generates an image file, and stores the generated image file in the image processing apparatus 101. Then, in accordance with the end of the image file generation process, the image adding sheet 301 corresponding to the generated image file is printed by the printing unit 206.

  Further, the image processing apparatus 101 can add the read image of the original to a file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 by reading the image addition sheet 301 and the original by the reading unit 205. Specifically, the image processing apparatus 101 reads the image addition sheet 301 first, and then reads the original document, whereby the read image of the original document is updated to a file specified by the barcode 313 of the image addition sheet 301. Add as a simple page image.

  Further, page images 302 to 312 of the image addition sheet 301 shown in FIG. 3 indicate images of each page constituting the image file corresponding to the image addition sheet. The page images 302 to 312 are created by reducing the read image of each original read when creating the image file by the image reduction unit 213, and are printed on the image addition sheet 301. By viewing the page images 302 to 312 of the image addition sheet 301, the user can confirm the content of the image included in the image file corresponding to the sheet.

  The barcode 313 is an image generated by the barcode image creation unit 212 when the image file is generated, and indicates the storage location where the image file is stored and the file name of the image file. When the image processing apparatus 101 reads the image addition sheet 301, the image processing apparatus 101 specifies the storage location of the image file corresponding to the sheet by the barcode included in the read image, and specifies the image file at the storage location. be able to. The bar code indicates a memory or a folder in which an image file to be edited is stored. However, when an image file generated by the image processing apparatus 101 is transferred to an apparatus outside the image processing apparatus 101, or when an image file is generated in the external apparatus, the barcode accesses the external apparatus. Access information may be included. As such access information, for example, information described in the URL system is included in the barcode.

  The file name 314 is a file name of an image file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301, and is printed on the sheet so that the user can identify an image file that can be specified by the barcode 313. Therefore, the user can easily select a sheet corresponding to a desired file to be edited by confirming the file name printed on the image addition sheet 301 and the page images 302 to 312. The image addition sheet 301 shown in FIG. 3 is added as a page image of the last page when an image is newly added to the image file, but the image is added to the first page or a page with a predetermined page number. You may make it do.

  Next, processing for causing the image processing apparatus 101 to print the image addition sheet 301 and processing for editing an image file using the image addition sheet 301 will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing for causing the image processing apparatus 101 to print the image addition sheet 301. In FIG. 4, an example in which the image adding sheet 301 is created when the reading unit 205 reads a document and generates an image file including the read image will be described.

  In the image processing apparatus 101, when the user operates the input unit 107 and is instructed to generate an image file, the process proceeds to S401. In step S <b> 401, the file name determination unit 210 is used to determine a file name to be newly generated based on the state of the file stored in the file storage unit 219. Specifically, the file list of the file stored in the file storage unit 219 is used to check the file name of the file already stored in the file storage unit 219, and a new file name is created so as not to overlap the file name. Determine the file name. The file list will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The file name determined by the file name determination unit 210 is stored in the file name storage unit 211, and the process proceeds to S402. In step S <b> 402, the CPU 202 causes the reading unit 205 to read a document placed on the document table 102. Then, the read image stored in the RAM 203 is stored as one page image in the file storage unit 219 using the file system unit 218.

  In step S <b> 403, the CPU 202 displays on the display unit 106 a display screen for the user to select whether to read the next document or end reading, and to input an instruction using the input unit 107. To request. If an instruction for reading the next original is input in S403, the CPU 202 returns to S402 and repeats reading of the image. Thus, when a plurality of originals are read by the reading unit 205, the read images are sequentially added to the file storage unit 219.

  On the other hand, when a reading end instruction is input in S403, the process proceeds to S404. In step S404, the CPU 202 uses the file system unit 218 to generate an image file. The generation of the image file includes information such as header information including the file name stored in the file name storage unit 211 in S401 and file end information for at least one page image stored in the file storage unit 219. Execute by adding. If the image file having the file name determined in S401 including the read image stored in the file storage unit 219 in S402 is generated by the process in S404, the process proceeds to S405.

  In step S <b> 405, the CPU 202 creates a sheet image corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 and causes the printing unit 206 to print the created sheet image. In creating the sheet image, a barcode image creation unit 212 is used to create a barcode 313. The bar code 313 indicates the file name stored in the file name storage unit 211 in S401 and the storage location where the file is stored in the file storage unit 219. Then, each page image of the image file stored in the file storage unit 219 is reduced using the image reduction unit 213 to create a reduced page image. Then, the barcode 313 and the reduced page image are laid out on the RAM 203 in accordance with predetermined layout information stored in the ROM 204, and a sheet image of the image addition sheet 301 is created.

  Note that the image reduction processing by the image reduction unit 213 may be performed when a document is read, and the reduced image may be developed on the RAM 203. In this case, there is no need to read the image of each page of the image file again. Therefore, for example, when the read image is compressed and included in the image file, a reduced image can be created without developing the compressed image when performing the above reduction processing.

  The image addition sheet 301 shown in FIG. 3 can be printed by the processing shown in FIG. As described above, when the file name is determined in S401, the file list is used so that the file name is not duplicated with the file already stored in the file storage unit 219. Here, the file list will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the file list 601. As described above, the file list 601 is referred to when a new file name is determined in S401. The file list 601 is a list indicating files already stored in the file storage unit 219 when a new file is generated, and the file names 602 to 605 are file names of image files. This file list is created when the CPU 202 analyzes a file stored in the file storage unit 219 and acquires a file name. The CPU 202 may create a file list at an arbitrary timing. For example, when the image file generation processing shown in FIG. 4 is instructed, the CPU 202 creates the file list.

  In S404, when a file is generated and added to the files having the file names 602 to 605 already stored in the file storage unit 219, in S401, the numerical part of SCN0004 is incremented by one, and SCN0005 is newly generated. Determined as file name. In step S <b> 404, the CPU 202 generates a new file in the file storage unit 219 with the file name determined by the file name determination unit 210.

  Next, a process for reading the image addition sheet 301 and newly adding an image to the image file will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by the image processing apparatus 101 when reading the image addition sheet 301.

  When the addition of an image file using the image addition sheet 301 is input via the input unit 107, the CPU 202 causes the reading unit 205 to read the document placed on the document table 102 in S501. In step S <b> 502, it is determined whether the read image is the image addition sheet 301. If it is determined that the read image is not the image addition sheet 301, the process is terminated.

  Note that whether or not the sheet read in S502 is an additional sheet can be determined by the barcode 313 printed on the sheet. That is, in the processing in S405 described above, the barcode image creation unit 212 includes information for specifying the sheet type in the barcode 313 indicating the file name. When the sheet is read in step S <b> 501, the barcode identification unit 214 determines the sheet type based on the information acquired by recognizing the barcode 313.

  If it is determined in S502 that the sheet is the image addition sheet 301, the process proceeds to S503. In step S503, the barcode identification unit 214 recognizes the barcode included in the read image, and uses the file name recognition unit 215 to identify the file name based on the recognized barcode content. If the specified file name is an appropriate file name, it is stored in the file name storage unit 211.

  In step S504, the CPU 202 searches for a file to be edited. In other words, the file name stored in the file name storage unit 211 and the file search unit 216 are used to edit the image corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 read in S501 from the file stored in the file storage unit 219. Search for the target file. If there is no file stored in the file name storage unit 211 in S505, the CPU 202 ends the process.

  That is, when a new page image is added to the image file, the image file to which the image is newly added can be specified by reading the image addition sheet 301. In S504 and S505, in order to identify the file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301, a file list is created when the image addition sheet 301 is read, and the file to be edited corresponding to the sheet is determined according to the file list. Identify.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a file list 701 indicating the entire files stored in the file storage unit 219 when the image addition sheet 301 is read. File names 702 to 708 are file names of image files. In particular, the file with the file name 314 (SCN0005) is the file generated in S404 of FIG.

  The file list 701 is a list showing the configuration of files stored in the file storage unit 219 when an additional sheet is read. As the file list 701 indicates, a file having the same file name as the file name 314 (SCN0005) of the file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 in FIG. 8 is stored in the file storage unit 219. For this reason, in S505, the CPU 202 succeeds in the file search by the file search unit 216, and proceeds to S506. As described above, when a file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 is specified in S501 to S505, the process proceeds to S506.

  In step S506, the CPU 202 uses the file name stored in the file name storage unit 211 and the file system unit 218 to store the contents of the image file specified in step S504 stored in the file storage unit 219. refer. At this time, the CPU 202 uses the final page search unit 217 to search for the final page of the referenced file. That is, since a new page is added immediately after the last page of the file, the last page of the file is searched. In step S506, the writing position in the image file when adding the next page after the current last page is searched.

  In step S <b> 507, the CPU 202 displays a display screen for the user to select whether to read and add a document or end the addition process, and requests the user to input for this display. When the end of the addition process is input in S507, the process ends. If addition of an image is input in S507, the process proceeds to S508. In step S508, the CPU 202 causes the reading unit 205 to read the document, similar to step S501. In step S <b> 509, the CPU 202 uses the file system unit 218 to add the read image acquired in step S <b> 508 as a page image of the next page of the last page of the image file in the file storage unit 219. The “page image” is an image corresponding to a page. In step S509, the read image of the document is written at the writing position in the image file searched in step S506. In addition, the number of pages included in the image file increases due to the addition of page images. Therefore, when information indicating the number of pages is stored in the header of the image file, the header information of the file is updated so that the number of pages is increased in S509.

  In step S509, when a page image is added, the process returns to step S507. The user is again inquired about whether to read the additional page or end the addition process. When the end of the addition process is input, the process ends.

  In this manner, in the processing of S506 to S509, the user causes the reading unit 205 to read the image addition sheet 301 and further read the document. As a result, the read image corresponding to the original can be added to the next page of the last page of the file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301.

  Therefore, the user can easily add the read image of the document to the file by causing the reading device to read the image addition sheet 301.

  The image file to which the read image is added is continuously stored in the file storage unit 219. Thus, in order to store in the file storage unit 219, when adding a page image in step S509, the processing may be performed on the file storage unit 219. Alternatively, the file may be read out to the RAM 203 and a page addition process may be performed on the RAM 203 and then stored in the file storage unit 219 again. At this time, when the file is read from the file storage unit 219, the storage location where the file is stored is stored, and after adding the page image, the file with the page added is stored in the storage location.

  As described above, in S504 and S505, the file to be edited is specified based on the file name indicated by the barcode 313 included in the image addition sheet 301. Therefore, even if the user does not store the file name of the desired file, the file to be edited corresponding to the sheet can be appropriately specified by reading the image addition sheet 301. Therefore, for example, by adding a file to the file storage unit 219, the file “SCN0005” corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 can be appropriately specified from the file configuration at the time of file generation indicated by the file list 601. That is, even when the file configuration indicated by the file list 701 changes, the file “SCN0005” corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 can be appropriately identified.

  Further, not only when a file is added but also when a file is deleted. That is, since the file is searched by the file name, even if the file is deleted from the memory, the file to be edited can be acquired if the file name of the file corresponding to the image addition sheet 301 can be specified.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the image addition sheet 301 is printed when a new image file is generated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a user inputs an instruction to the input unit 107, a file to be edited is selected from the files already stored in the file storage unit 219, and the image addition sheet 301 corresponding to the selected file is printed. You may do it.

  In addition, when the user selects a file already stored in the file storage unit 219 using the input unit 107 as described above, the file configuration does not change between printing and reading of the image addition sheet 301. There is also. Therefore, as described above, the file need not be specified based on the file name. For example, each file may be numbered when the image addition sheet 301 is printed, and the file may be specified according to the number when the sheet is read.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an image addition sheet 801 for a user designated page. This image addition sheet 801 is an image addition sheet for a user-specified page, that is, a sheet for a user to specify a page to which an image is added using the sheet and to add an image to the page specified by the user. .

  The image addition sheet 801 includes page images 802 to 812 in which images included in the image file are reduced, a barcode 813 indicating a file name, a file name 814 for the user, and a check box for designating an additional position. 815-824.

  However, in the second embodiment, when the user's mark added to any of the check boxes 815 to 824 is recognized after the image addition sheet 801 is read, a page image is displayed between the pages as in the first embodiment. Add That is, a page image is added between the pages sandwiching the marked check box, as in the first embodiment. As a result, the user can add a read image of the document to a desired page.

  To realize the second embodiment, when the additional sheet is read in S501 of FIG. 5, the position in the sheet marked by the user is specified based on the read image, and the insertion position of the page selected by the user based on the position is specified. Determine. In S506, a writing position corresponding to the insertion position selected by the user in the image file is specified, and in S509, the read image is written in the writing position.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8, the image addition sheet 801 is a mode for adding an image between pages, but in addition to the page, an image is added to the first page or the last page. You may be able to do it.

  Further, the number of check boxes that can be marked by the user is not limited to one, and a plurality of check boxes may be marked so that a plurality of locations for adding an image can be designated. At this time, when one original is read as an addition target original, the read image of the one original is added to a plurality of locations designated by the user. When a plurality of originals are read, a plurality of read images corresponding to each of the plurality of originals may be added to a plurality of locations designated by the user according to a predetermined order. For example, in accordance with the order in which the originals are read, the read images of the originals may be sequentially added from the first page to a location designated by the user.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the deletion sheet 901. This deletion sheet 901 is a sheet for deleting a page image. The deletion sheet 901 includes reduced page images 902 to 912, a barcode 913 indicating a file name, a file name 914, and check boxes 915 to 925 for marking the deletion page. In the third embodiment, the image of the page corresponding to the check box marked by the user is deleted from the image file.

  In order to implement the third embodiment, the deletion sheet 901 is printed in the same procedure as in the first embodiment, and the deletion sheet 901 is read in the same manner as the image addition sheet 301 in the first embodiment. After the deletion sheet 901 is read, it is determined whether any of the check boxes 915 to 925 has a mark by the user. When the user recognizes the mark, the page corresponding to the check box corresponding to the recognized mark is deleted from the file using the file system unit 218.

  Accordingly, the user can select the pages to be deleted individually from a plurality of pages included in the file by causing the reading device to read the deletion sheet, and easily delete the pages. Note that not only one page to be deleted but also a plurality of pages can be designated.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the edit sheet 1001. The editing sheet 1001 is a sheet for editing a page image, and is a sheet that can be designated by the user for any processing such as image addition, deletion, and rotation.

  The edit sheet 1001 describes page images 1002 to 1012, a barcode 1013 indicating a file name, a user file name 1014, and check boxes 1015 to 1025 for the user to mark a page to be edited. ing. Page images 1002 to 1012 are page images obtained by reducing the read image of the document.

  The edit sheet 1001 also includes a check box 1026 for instructing deletion of the page image and a character string 1027 indicating to the user that the page is a deletion check box. Furthermore, the edit sheet 1001 describes a check box 1028 for instructing addition of a page image and a character string 1029 indicating to the user that the check sheet is for instructing addition. The edit sheet 1001 also includes a check box 1030 for instructing rotation of the page image and a character string 1031 indicating to the user that the check sheet is for instructing rotation.

  Then, the user can designate a desired editing process by marking the check boxes 1026, 1028, and 1030.

  After the editing sheet 1001 is read by the reading unit 205, the user's mark added to any of the check boxes 1015 to 1025 is recognized, and the page selected by the user is specified. Similarly, the user's mark added to any of the check boxes 1026, 1028, and 1030 is recognized, and the editing process designated by the user is specified.

  Then, with respect to the designated page designated by the user, the file system unit 218 is used to execute the editing process designated by the user. In the example shown in FIG. 10, any one of page image deletion, addition, and rotation is executed.

  When a new image is added, the image may be added to the next page after the page designated by the user, or may be added to the previous page. The location to be added may be determined according to a predetermined setting, but a guide may be printed on the sheet so that the user can recognize which location is added.

  Further, not only one editing process can be specified by the user, but a plurality of editing processes may be specified. For example, when both deletion and addition are specified, the image of the page specified by the user may be deleted and a new image may be added to the page. In addition, when addition and rotation are designated, the image may be rotated and added.

  Note that the image processing apparatus 101 in each of the above embodiments is not limited to a printing apparatus, but includes an apparatus that performs processing by a computer such as a PC that does not have a reading apparatus or a printing apparatus.

  According to the embodiment described above, the user identifies the file to be edited from the files stored in the memory by adding information to the sheet (additional sheet, deletion sheet, editing sheet) and causing the reading device to read the information. . Then, the editing process can be executed by designating a page to be edited among the page images included in the file. In addition, the edited file can be registered again in the memory.

  Further, according to the above embodiment, since the page image included in the file corresponding to the sheet and the file name of the file are printed on the sheet, the user can edit the sheet corresponding to the desired file. Can be easily determined. That is, even when there are a plurality of sheets, the user can easily determine a sheet corresponding to a desired file as an editing target.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, an image file has been described as an example of a file to be edited. However, the file type is not limited to an image, and may be various files such as a text file.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the editing process is performed on the file stored in the memory (file storage unit 219) inside the image processing apparatus has been described. That is, the image processing apparatus may be provided with a mounting unit for mounting an external memory such as a memory card, and a file stored in the external memory mounted in the mounting unit may be an editing target.

  The contents described in the above embodiments can also be realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, or the like) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed. In addition, the above processing is not limited to being executed by a single processor, but may be executed by a plurality of processors.

101: Image processing apparatus,
301 ... image addition sheet,
302-312 ... Page image,
313: Bar code indicating file name,
601, 701... File list.

Claims (7)

Print control means for creating a code including information for specifying a file stored in the memory and causing the printing apparatus to print a sheet image including the code on the sheet;
Obtaining means for obtaining a read image obtained by reading the sheet printed by the print control means with a reading device;
Specifying means for specifying a file to be edited from files stored in a memory based on the code included in the read image acquired by the acquiring means;
Execution means for executing a predetermined editing process on the file to be edited specified by the specifying means and storing the file to be edited on which the predetermined editing process has been executed in the memory; Information processing device. Claim 1 wherein
Generating means for generating a file including a read image obtained by reading a document by the reading device;
The information processing apparatus, wherein the print control unit creates a code including information for specifying the file generated by the generation unit. Claim 1 or 2,
The execution means includes an addition process for adding an image to the file, a deletion process for deleting an image stored in the file, and a rotation for rotating the image stored in the file as the predetermined editing process. An information processing apparatus that executes at least one editing process. Claim 3.
The information processing apparatus characterized in that the execution means adds an image to be added to a predetermined page of the file when executing the addition process. Claim 3.
The execution unit specifies a page to which an image to be added is added based on the read image of the sheet acquired by the acquisition unit when executing the addition process, An information processing apparatus that adds an image to be added. A printing control step of creating a code including information for specifying a file stored in the memory and causing the printing apparatus to print a sheet image including the code on the sheet;
An acquisition step of acquiring a read image obtained by reading the sheet printed in the print control step by a reading device;
A specifying step of specifying a file to be edited from files stored in a memory based on the code included in the read image acquired in the acquiring step;
An execution step of executing a predetermined editing process on the editing target file specified in the specifying step;
A storage control step of storing, in the memory, the file to be edited that has undergone the predetermined editing process in the execution step;
An information processing method characterized by comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 6.

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