WO2017101455A1

WO2017101455A1 - Cloud print method and cloud print system based on two-dimensional code

Info

Publication number: WO2017101455A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/092200
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李学聪; 曾昭兴
Original assignee: 广州市沃希信息科技有限公司
Priority date: 2015-12-15
Filing date: 2016-07-29
Publication date: 2017-06-22
Also published as: CN105573684A; WO2017101550A1

Abstract

The present invention provides a cloud print method based on a two-dimensional code, comprising the steps: a mobile terminal uploading a print file and print information to a cloud server and obtaining file extraction information, and extracting information according to said file to generate an extracted two-dimensional code; a print terminal scanning said extracted two-dimensional code to obtain file extraction information, and downloading said print file and printing according to said print information; the print information being generated by the print file according to user requirements. The method is simple to implement, reduces user operating time, and is such that a file that the user needs to print may be pre-stored on a print terminal, saving time. The present invention also provides a cloud print system based on a two-dimensional code.

Description

Cloud printing method based on two-dimensional code and cloud printing system

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of cloud storage, and in particular to a cloud printing method based on two-dimensional code and a cloud printing system.

[0002] The traditional printing service requires the customer to take a storage medium such as a USB flash drive, a mobile hard disk, etc. to print in the store for printing, which is laborious and laborious, and brings a lot of troubles, such as carrying a storage medium and occasionally infecting a virus, a file. There is no guarantee of security. The long queues in the print shop will be very anxious. The print shop owner has no time to consider printing different needs, and it is difficult to pay for change.

[0003] Chinese patent No. 201410798034.X, published a "Cloud Printing Service System", which discloses a cloud printing service system, including a printing platform, a client, a merchant, and a cloud server, which needs to be printed. The file information and the merchant information are stored in the printing platform, and the client uploads the required print file to the cloud server through the client and encrypts it, adds the file to be printed and completes the online payment, and the merchant downloads the file to be printed from the cloud server through the merchant end. Print it.

technical problem

[0004] The conventional print mode mainly requires the print terminal to connect to the cloud server and download the file from the cloud server for printing. On the one hand, the printing terminal must be able to connect to the wide area network. The customer needs to click to select the cloud server content, and then operate the corresponding information to the printer for printing operation. The operation steps are more inconvenient to use; on the other hand, the file is downloaded to print. The terminal needs a certain amount of time, which may cause the customer to wait and consume more time.

Problem solution

Technical solution

Based on the above situation, the present invention provides a cloud printing method and a cloud printing system, which store files and printing information that need to be printed through a cloud server, and then enable the customer to simplify printing by utilizing the characteristics of the two-dimensional code. The operation improves the convenience of operation; the peer can upload the print file and the print information to the corresponding printing terminal in advance, which reduces the waiting time for the customer to download the file from the cloud. [0006] A cloud printing method based on a two-dimensional code, comprising the steps of:

[0007] the mobile terminal uploads the print file and the print information to the cloud server and obtains the file extraction information, and generates a two-dimensional code according to the file extraction information; the printing terminal scans the extracted two-dimensional code to obtain the file extraction information, and downloads the print. The file is printed according to the print information; the print information is generated by the print file according to user requirements.

[0008] the mobile terminal uploads first geographic location information, and the plurality of printing terminals upload corresponding second geographic location information, and select a distance between the plurality of the second geographic locations and the first geographic location. The print file and the print information are sent to the nearest print terminal in advance from the nearest print terminal.

[0009] generating a navigation route according to location information of the mobile terminal and the printing terminal closest to the distance.

[0010] The mobile terminal uploads first geographic location information, and the plurality of printing terminals upload corresponding second geographic location information, and the distance between the distances of the plurality of the second geographic locations and the first geographic location Obtaining the distance between the two times; obtaining print waiting time consumption by using the printing information; selecting a printing terminal that is least consumed between the printing terminal and the mobile terminal, and pre-printing the print file and the printing information Sending to the printing terminal that consumes the least amount of time during the day; the consumption of the day = the consumption of the distance between the daytimes and the consumption of the printing waiting for the daytime.

[0011] generating a two-dimensional code according to the file extraction information; the step of the printing terminal scanning the extracted two-dimensional code acquiring file extraction information instead of generating an extraction code according to the file extraction information; inputting the The step of extracting the code.

[0012] If the printing terminal acquires one or more pieces of printing information, the paper-out direction of the printing file corresponding to each piece of the printing information is rotated and adjusted, so that the printing paper-out direction can distinguish different printing files.

[0013] In addition, the present invention also discloses a cloud printing system using the above method.

[0014] A cloud printing system, the system comprising: a mobile terminal, a cloud server, and a printing terminal, each terminal and a server network connection;

[0015] The mobile terminal includes a printing information module and a two-dimensional code generating module;

[0016] the print information module is configured to select a print file and generate print information, upload the print file and the print information to a cloud server, and obtain file extraction information; [0017] The two-dimensional code generating module is configured to generate, according to the file extraction information, the extracted two-dimensional code according to the file extraction information; [0018] the cloud server is configured to receive the print file and the print information of the mobile terminal, and according to the request of the mobile terminal The file is sent to the printing terminal;

[0019] the printing terminal includes a scan connection module and a print module;

[0020] the scan connection module is configured to scan the extracted two-dimensional code, parse the two-dimensional code and obtain file extraction information, and obtain a print file and print information from the cloud server according to the file extraction information; The server sends a print file and print information for printing.

Advantageous effects of the invention

Beneficial effect

Compared with the prior art, the cloud printing method provided by the present invention is simple to operate, and the payment means such as cloud storage and two-dimensional code can be used to provide the equipment in the general store or the public place to the user, without going to the traditional Print shop, providing users with great convenience. At the same time, the print information can be pre-stored to the nearest or the shortest-consuming print terminal according to the location information, which greatly reduces the waste of the user.

Brief description of the drawing

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a two-dimensional code-based cloud printing method according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a cloud printing system.

Embodiments of the invention

[0024] The solution of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the preferred embodiments thereof.

[0025] FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a cloud printing method of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the method in this embodiment includes the following steps:

[0027] S101: The mobile terminal uploads the print file and the print information to the cloud server, and obtains the file extraction information, and generates and extracts the two-dimensional code according to the file extraction information.

[0028] The user generally selects a file to be printed by using a mobile phone or a computer (for example, selecting a file such as doc, pdf, etc.)

Then, according to your needs, select the print information you need to print the file (such as 3 copies, or select a page or a few pages for printing, etc.). After all the files that need to be printed are selected, they can be generated. A print message is uploaded to the cloud server. At this time, the information such as the link address and the extraction code of the cloud server is generated to extract the two-dimensional code. If the cloud server keeps connecting with the printing terminal, the two-dimensional code can also be generated only by using the extraction code. When the user is using, it is only necessary to input the extraction code at the printing terminal.

[0029] Generally, as an operating platform, when a user selects a print file to generate print information, the system can generate a related service fee based on the print information.

[0030] S102: The printing terminal scans the extracted two-dimensional code to obtain file extraction information, and connects to the cloud server by using the file extraction information;

[0031] The printing terminal installs the scanning device to scan the two-dimensional code, obtains the link address and the extraction code of the cloud server by scanning the two-dimensional code, and connects to the cloud server through the information;

[0032] The printing terminal herein may be disposed in a print shop, an office or a canteen, and some public places having printing requirements; the printing terminals are connected to respective local area networks or wide area networks, and are assigned a network address (IP) connected to the printing terminal or Connection password, etc.

[0033] Generally, after the mobile terminal generates the print information to generate the request payment information according to the print file; if the user accepts the request for the payment information and pays, the print terminal prints the print file according to the print information. Specifically, the mobile terminal generates a related service fee according to the print information, and displays the payment determination to the user. After the user determines the payment, the mobile terminal transmits the payment information (including the print terminal access point information) to the cloud server. The special description is that the file to be printed and the print information can also be generated after scanning the two-dimensional code, and then uploaded to the cloud server or stored to the mobile terminal.

[0034] As a preferred implementation example, each of the mobile terminals (mobile phones) of the present invention can actually transmit its own geographical location information as the first geographical location information. The printing terminal set at each location may be the second geographical location information in the system or service identification location according to its network address or actual address. That is, each printing terminal has a specific geographical location information, and multiples may have a plurality of different first geographical location information. Of course, if the distance is particularly close, a plurality of printing terminals can use a geographic location information.

[0035] S103: Download the print file and print according to the print information.

[0036] After the print terminal is connected to the cloud server, the print file may be downloaded to the user according to the file extraction information and printed according to the print information according to the print information. [0037] Since the customer has to print more or relatively large files each time, it is obviously wasteful to transfer the files from the mobile phone or the cloud server to the printing terminal after printing the scene, and the customer will choose to compare himself. Convenient print terminal for printing. Therefore, the printing terminal can be selected first by the mobile terminal, and the file is first transmitted to the printing terminal through the cloud server.

[0038] As a better implementation example, the customer compares the first geographic location information of the mobile terminal with the second geographic location information of each print terminal, and if the distance between the first geographic location information and the second geographic location information is the shortest, Then, the printing terminal corresponding to the second geographical location information is set as the optimal printing terminal, and the file to be printed and the printing information are sent to the printing terminal for pre-storing. In this way, the customer can directly print the QR code of the printing terminal, which saves the printing terminal from downloading the file on the spot. Since the first geographical location information of the mobile terminal can be changed, the server can also send the file corresponding to the nearest printing terminal according to the actual situation. In addition, in actual applications, there may be some printer files waiting for printing in front of the nearest printer, while the relatively distant printer is idle, then the server can roughly calculate the waiting time for printing and go farther. When the printer needs to spend time, choose a printer that can print out the file faster. That is, the mobile terminal acquires the first geographical location information to the time consumption of the plurality of printing terminals, where the daytime consumption=distance consumption/print waiting time consumption, for example, the user is 0.5 km away from the print shop, and the walking speed is 5 km/ h, the distance between the two is 0. lh; and the print waiting information is obtained by the printing information; if the user prints 10,000 pages and can print 2 pages per second, the print waits. The consumption is 1000/2=500s; if there are other users waiting, you must join the print waiting time of other users. In this way, you can get the daytime consumption = distance between the daytime consumption and the print waiting time. A plurality of printing terminals that are least consumed between the printing terminal and the mobile terminal are selected and prompted, and the print file and the printing information are also sent to the printing terminal with the least consumption among the first time.

[0039] Since the printing terminal can be very many, the printing terminal that is far away from the customer does not need to prompt the customer to know, so it is only necessary to provide the printing terminal in the near range of the customer. Therefore, after the mobile terminal uploads the first geographic location information and the print terminal uploads the second geographic location information, if the distance between the first geographic location and the second geographic location is within a preset range, the mobile terminal displays The location information of the printing terminal. This can filter out some useless information for customers and provide more convenient operations.

[0040] When the customer prints in a different place, since many people need to ask people, this will waste a lot of time. At this time, the navigation route map can be generated by the first geographical location information and the second geographical location information.

[0041] There is also a special case: a printing terminal is in a section, it is possible to obtain print files of several users and then print in advance. At this time, all the documents will be printed out in one direction, and when the user comes to pick up their own files, they need to sort the printed paper to find their own printed documents. Therefore, if the printing terminal acquires one or more pieces of print information, the paper-out direction of the print file corresponding to each of the print information is rotated and adjusted so that the print-out direction can distinguish different print files. It is possible to make a complete print file have a corresponding paper orientation, reducing the user's time.

[0042] The method mentioned in this embodiment can be applied to an electronic device having a touch function and a network connection function.

[0043] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a cloud printing system of the present invention.

[0044] A cloud printing system, the system comprising: a mobile terminal, a cloud server, and a printing terminal, each terminal and a server network connection;

[0045] the mobile terminal includes a printing information module and a two-dimensional code generating module;

[0046] the print information module is configured to select a print file and generate print information, upload the print file and the print information to a cloud server, and obtain file extraction information;

[0047] The two-dimensional code generating module is configured to generate, according to the file extraction information, the extracted two-dimensional code according to the file extraction information; [0048] the cloud server is configured to receive the print file and the print information of the mobile terminal, and according to the request of the mobile terminal The file is sent to the printing terminal;

[0049] the printing terminal includes a scan connection module and a printing module;

[0050] the scan connection module is configured to scan the extracted two-dimensional code, parse the two-dimensional code and obtain file extraction information, and obtain a print file and print information from the cloud server according to the file extraction information; The server sends a print file and print information for printing.

[0051] The mobile terminal further includes a first location acquiring module, configured to acquire first geographic location information of the mobile terminal; the printing terminal further includes a second location acquiring module, configured to acquire second geographic location information of the printing terminal; Using the first geographical location information of the mobile terminal, comparing with the second geographical location information of each printing terminal, if the distance between the first geographical location information and the second geographical location information is the closest, printing the corresponding second geographical location information The terminal is set as the optimal printing terminal, and the file to be printed and The print information is sent to the print terminal for pre-existing. In this way, the customer can directly print the two-dimensional code scanned to the printing terminal, which can save the printing terminal from downloading the file on the spot.

[0052] The printing terminal further includes a paper exit direction rotation module, configured to: when the printing terminal acquires one or more print information, rotate the paper output direction of the print file corresponding to each of the print information to make a print The paper exit direction can distinguish between different print files. It is possible to make a complete print file have a corresponding paper orientation, reducing the user's time.

[0053] As a better implementation example, the mobile terminal of the present invention further includes a request payment module, configured to generate request payment information according to generating print information according to the print file;

[0054] The printing terminal or the cloud server may include a payment response module for controlling the printing terminal to print the file to be printed according to the printing information after the user accepts the request for payment information and pays.

[0055] In this embodiment, the working principle of each module or terminal is similar to the method embodiment of the present invention, and is not repeated here.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that various modifications and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

[0057] The present invention provides a network connection by connecting a mobile terminal, a cloud server, and a printing terminal; so that the user can send the print content to the printing terminal in advance through the mobile terminal, so that the user can conveniently print, and has industrial applicability.

Claims

Claim

[Claim 1] A method for cloud printing based on a two-dimensional code, comprising the steps of:

The mobile terminal uploads the print file and the print information to the cloud server and obtains the file extraction information, and generates a two-dimensional code according to the file extraction information; the printing terminal scans the extracted two-dimensional code to obtain the file extraction information, and extracts the information according to the file extraction information. The printing file is printed according to the printing information; the printing information is generated by the printing file according to user requirements.

[Claim 2] The cloud printing method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal uploads the first geographical location information, and the plurality of printing terminals upload the corresponding plurality of second geographical location information, and select a plurality of The printing terminal closest to the first geographic location in the distance of the second geographic location transmits the print file and the printing information to the nearest printing terminal in advance.

[Claim 3] The cloud printing method according to claim 2, wherein the navigation route is generated based on the location information of the mobile terminal and the printing terminal closest to the distance.

[Claim 4] The cloud printing method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal uploads first geographic location information, and the plurality of printing terminals upload corresponding plurality of second geographic location information, by using a plurality of Obtaining a distance between the distance of the second geographic location and the first geographic location; obtaining print waiting time consumption by using the printing information; selecting a plurality of the printing terminals and the mobile terminal The print terminal and the print information are sent to the print terminal that consumes the least amount of time in the print terminal with the least consumption; the time consumption = distance between daytime consumption and print wait time.

[Claim 5] The cloud printing method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the extracting the two-dimensional code is generated according to the file extraction information; and the printing terminal scanning the extracted two-dimensional code to obtain a file extraction The step of information is replaced by a step of generating an extracted code based on the file extraction information; and inputting the extracted code at the printing terminal.

[Claim 6] The cloud printing method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein, if the printing terminal acquires two or more pieces of print information, printing corresponding to each of the print information Rotate the paper output direction of the document so that the printout direction can be different Print file.

[Claim 7] A cloud printing system, comprising: a mobile terminal, a cloud server, and a printing terminal, each terminal and a server network connection;

The mobile terminal includes a printing information module and a two-dimensional code generating module; the printing information module is configured to select a printing file and generate printing information, upload the printing file and the printing information to the cloud server, and obtain the file extraction information;

The two-dimensional code generating module is configured to generate, according to the file extraction information, an extracted two-dimensional code;

a cloud server, configured to receive a print file and print information of the mobile terminal, and send the file to the print terminal according to the request of the mobile terminal;

The printing terminal comprises a scanning connection module and a printing module;

The scan connection module is configured to scan the extracted two-dimensional code, parse the two-dimensional code, and obtain file extraction information, and obtain a print file and print information from the cloud server according to the file extraction information; the print module is configured to send according to the cloud server Print the print file and print information.

[Claim 8] The cloud printing system according to claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal uploads the first geographical location information, and the plurality of printing terminals upload the corresponding plurality of second geographical location information, and select a plurality of The printing terminal whose distance from the second geographic location is closest to the first geographic location transmits the print file and the print information to the nearest printing terminal in advance.

[Claim 9] The cloud printing system according to claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal uploads first geographic location information, and the plurality of printing terminals upload corresponding plurality of second geographic location information, by using a plurality of Obtaining a distance between the distance of the second geographic location and the first geographic location; obtaining print waiting time consumption by using the printing information; selecting a plurality of the printing terminals and the mobile terminal The print terminal and the print information are sent to the print terminal that consumes the least amount of time in the print terminal with the least consumption; the time consumption = distance between daytime consumption and print wait time.

[Claim 10] The cloud printing system according to any one of claims 7-9, wherein When the printing terminal acquires two or more pieces of printing information, the paper-out direction of the printing file corresponding to each piece of the printing information is rotated and adjusted, so that the printing paper-out direction can distinguish different printing files.