Patent ID: 8131798
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing system comprising a workflow server, a template server, and an image processing apparatus, the workflow server comprising a first storage unit that stores a workflow in which a plurality of processes are defined, and a management unit that manages a processing status of the workflow stored in the first storage unit; the image processing apparatus comprising a reading unit that reads a document and outputs digital data, and a transmission unit that transmits the digital data output from the reading unit to the template server; and the template server comprising a second storage unit that stores templates each indicating a feature of a document in association with specific processes included in the workflow managed by the workflow server, a generation unit that generates feature information from the digital data transmitted by the transmission unit, a specifying unit that specifies a process which is defined in the workflow stored in the first storage unit, based on the feature information generated by the generation unit and the templates stored in the template server, a judging unit that judges, based on a processing status, managed by the management unit, of the workflow which defines the process specified by the specifying unit, whether or not to execute the process, and a processing unit that processes, in a case where the judging unit judges that the process specified by the specifying unit is to be executed, the digital data output from the reading unit.