Patent ID: 8705065

Claim:
An image scanning system, comprising: an image scanning device which includes: an input unit configured to acquire an operational instruction by receiving a user operation; an image scanner configured to scan an image and generate image data representing the scanned image; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the image scanner via a network; and a display lock judging unit configured to judge whether a display lock is necessary based on whether a predetermined instruction is acquired by the input unit of the image scanning device; and a data processing device which includes: a first reception unit configured to receive the image data transmitted by the transmitting unit of the image scanning device via the network; a first display unit configured to display the image data received by the first reception unit; and a display control unit configured to control the first display unit so as not to display the image data received from the image scanning device via the network if the display lock judging unit judges that the display lock is necessary in response to the predetermined instruction acquired by the input unit of the image scanning device, wherein the input unit is configured to receive a scanning start instruction from the data processing device, the image scanner operating to generate the image data in response to reception of the scanning start instruction from the data processing device, wherein the image scanning device further includes a data analyzing unit configured to analyze the image data to determine whether prescribed keywords are contained in the image data if the image data is generated in response to the scanning start instruction from the data processing device, and wherein the display lock judging unit is further configured to judge that the display lock is necessary if the prescribed keywords are contained in the image data as a result of analyze by the data analyzing unit.