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Image processing system for transferring electronic document and paper document as single mail

US5819040A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1996
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0081
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing system has a scanner for reading image information of a sheet, on which a first instruction for transferring image information of an electronic document and image information of a paper document to an arbitrary program at a first terminal as a single transferred document and a second instruction for starting an arbitrary second terminal for creating the electronic document, together with the image information of the paper document, a function for starting the program at the second terminal to create the image information of the electronic document on the basis of the second instruction, and a function for transferring the image information of the paper document and the image information of the electronic document as a single transferred document to the first terminal on the basis of the first instruction.

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