Patent ID: 8576415
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing system, comprising: an image processing apparatus; and an external terminal device connected to said image processing apparatus through a network; said image processing apparatus including a connector to which a removable external storage device, having an application program recorded thereon, is attachable, a determination unit for determining whether the application program recorded on a removable external storage device attached to said connector is recognizable by said image processing apparatus based on information output from said removable external storage device, a display, an operation portion for accepting a user's operation input, an emulation control unit for causing, when said determination unit determines that the application program recorded on the removable external storage device is not recognizable by said image processing apparatus because of a difference between an operating system to which said external storage device is adapted and an operating system of said image processing apparatus, said display and said operation portion to emulate a display function and an operation function of said external terminal device in order to remotely operate said external terminal device capable of recognizing said application program recorded on the removable external storage device, a scanner for obtaining image data by scanning a document, and a write control unit capable of performing processing for writing data in said external storage device, said emulation control unit including an emulation mode transition unit for switching to an emulation mode in which said display and said operation portion are caused to emulate the display function and the operation function of said external terminal device when said determination unit determines that the application program recorded on the removable external storage device is not recognizable by said image processing apparatus because of the difference between the operating system to which said external storage device is adapted and the operating system of said image processing apparatus, and a data input and output control unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from said external terminal device, and said data input and output control unit outputting information output from said removable external storage device to said external terminal device, outputting said image data obtained by said scanner to said external terminal device, and outputting image data input via said external terminal device to said write control unit for performing processing for writing data in said removable external storage device.