Patent ID: 7707243
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An image processor, comprising: a service process portion for performing a process for providing a service concerning an image to a user by linking a computer; a function status determination portion for determining a function that is available in the image processor; a function status inquiry portion for inquiring of the computer about a function that is available in the computer; a service provision appropriateness determination portion for determining a service that is able to be provided in accordance with the determination result by the function status determination portion and the inquiry result by the function status inquiry portion; and a display portion for displaying identification information of the service that was determined to be able to be provided by the service provision appropriateness determination portion; wherein the service process portion starts a process for providing the service when the service is selected by the user; and one of functions installed in the image processor is an image data producing function for reading an image of an original and producing data thereof, one of functions installed in the computer is a character recognition function for recognizing characters in an image, one of provided services is a text data producing service for generating text data of a character string in an original image read by the image processor and storing them in the computer, the service provision appropriateness determination portion determines that the text data producing service can be provided when the determination result by the function status determination portion indicates that the image data producing function is available and the inquiry result indicates that the character recognition function is available, and the service process portion sends data of an original image read by the image reader portion to the computer and gives an instruction indicating that a character recognition process should be performed for the image so as to store the generated text data to the computer when the text data producing service is selected.