IMAGE CREATING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CREATING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: MORIOKA NAOKI, HATTA IKUKO, SUMINAGA MASANORI, TAKAHASHI MISA, NISHIKAWA RIE, KUSHIMA KAZUYA, HIDA HITOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 31.10.2019
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CHECKING-DEVICES; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

To suppress an adverse effect of selecting a notification method on a management device.SOLUTION: The image creating apparatus includes: a user information acquisition unit 251 for acquiring determination information for determining user attributes; a token presence and absence determination unit 253 for determining the attribute of the user using the determination information; and a determination processing unit 316 for determining a notification method of requesting the user to save an image in a management device and instructing the management device to notify using the determined method.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】通知方法の選択を管理装置で行う場合の弊害を抑制する。【解決手段】ユーザの属性を判定するための判定情報を取得するユーザ情報取得部２５１と、判定情報を用いて、ユーザの属性を判定するトークン有無判定部２５３と、判定したユーザの属性に基づいて、管理装置における画像の保存操作を当該ユーザに要求する通知の方法を決定し、決定した方法で管理装置に通知を指示する判定処理部３１６と、を備える。【選択図】図１