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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Daisuke Fujita, Saitama, JP;
Hirokazu Higuchi, Saitama, JP;
Minoru Okawara, Saitama, JP;
Nozomi Masao, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Komuro, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Fujita, Saitama, JP;
Hirokazu Higuchi, Saitama, JP;
Minoru Okawara, Saitama, JP;
Nozomi Masao, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Komuro, Saitama, JP;
Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
An image scanner device connected to a general information processing apparatus can be used on a network at a low cost, and further, the firmware of hardware for this purpose can be a maintenance-free firmware, thus user's convenience can be improved. A scanner/network connection apparatusto connect a scannerto a networkhas an LCD server to drive a LCD as a display unit, a touch panel task to transmit a touch position on a touch panel, and a SCSI server to connect the scannerto the network. A PCto control the scanner has a virtual LCD driver, a virtual touch panel driver, and a virtual SCSI driver, operating to provide an environment as if the LCD, the touch panel and the image scanner of the scanner/network connection apparatusare connected to the PC. The virtual LCD driver draws a screen image as a user interface for various operations, and the result of drawing is displayed on the LCD of the scanner/network connection apparatus. Thus an interactive operation environment can be provided to the user.