Patent ID: 8280689
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device in which predetermined image processing is carried out on image data, and the image data that has been processed is saved as processing history information, comprising: a) at least one memory storing an instruction set, the image data and processing information thereof and user authority information; and b) a processor for running the instruction set, the processor being in communication with the memory, wherein the processor creates: a format determination unit that determines whether or not the image data is in a specified document format; a saving unit that, when the image data determined by the format determination unit is in the specified document format, saves format information of the specified document format together with the image data and the processing information thereof in the memory as the processing history information and that, when the image data determined by the format determination unit is not in the specified document format, does not save the format information but saves the image data and the processing information thereof in the memory as the processing history information; an authority determination unit that determines whether or not a processing user of the processing information of the image data saved by the saving unit is a person of higher authority than a user indicating output of the image data; and a deciding unit that, when the processing user is determined not to be the person of higher authority by the authority determination unit, decides to output the image data, and that, when the processing user is determined to be the person of higher authority by the authority determination unit and the format information corresponding to the image data indicated to be outputted is in the memory, then decides to output only the format information, and that, when the processing user is determined to be the person of higher authority by the authority determination unit and the format information corresponding to the image data indicated to be outputted is not in the memory, then decides to output the image data.