Patent ID: 7827220

Claim:
An image log recording system comprising: an image recording unit configured to generate an image log; an image processing server configured to perform image processing on image logs transferred from said image recording unit; a database configured to cumulatively store the image logs subjected to image processing by said image processing server; and a transfer management server, wherein said image recording unit comprises: a transfer settings-receiving unit configured to receive from said transfer management server, transfer settings for transferring the image log to said image processing server; an image log transfer unit configured to transfer the image log to said image processing server according to the transfer settings; a per-unit time recording amount-recording unit configured to record a per-unit time recording amount; a per-unit time recording amount-notifying unit configured to notify said transfer management server of the recorded per-unit time recording amount; and a recordable amount-notifying unit configured to notify said transfer management server of a currently recordable amount, wherein said transfer management server comprises: a transfer settings-notifying unit configured to notify said image recording unit of the transfer settings; a load monitoring unit configured to monitor load on the image log recording system; a transfer settings-changing unit configured to change the transfer settings based on the system load monitored by said load monitoring unit; and a recording amount-recording unit configured to receive and record the per-unit time recording amount and the recordable amount transmitted from said image recording unit, wherein said transfer settings-changing unit determines the transfer settings for transferring the image log from said image recording unit, based on the per-unit time recording amount and the recordable amount of said image recording unit.