IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE

• Main Author: TOMIYASU KAZUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.04.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide an image processing device and a control method thereof that avoid delays in the start of management work and maintenance work by an administrator or a service engineer due to the execution of security measures such as virus scans.SOLUTION: In an image processing system, a control unit 110 of an image processing device 1 includes external storage detection means 111 for detecting attachment of an external storage, virus scan executing means 112 for automatically executing security measures for the external storage when the mounting of the external storage is detected, and virus scan deterrence means 113 for deterring the automatic execution when a condition for exemption from the execution of security measures is met.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】ウイルススキャンなどのセキュリティ対策の実行による、管理者やサービスエンジニアによる管理作業やメンテナンス作業の開始の遅延を回避する画像処理装置及びその制御方法を提供する。【解決手段】画像処理システムにおいて、画像処理装置１の制御部１１０は、外部ストレージの装着を検知するる外部ストレージ検知手段１１１と、外部ストレージの装着を検知したときに前記外部ストレージに対するセキュリティ対策を自動実行するウイルススキャン実行手段１１２と、セキュリティ対策実行の免除条件を満たす場合に前記自動実行を抑止するウイルススキャン抑止手段１１３と、を備える。【選択図】図２