JP2002152439A - Communication equipment, information processing terminal, control method of them, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce traffic of radio communication by a method wherein a radio connection processing part is turned into a state of low power consumption without depending on an agreement or a command for shifting to the state of low power consumption. SOLUTION: This communication equipment is provided with a radio connection means for performing radio connection with an external information processing terminal. When communication with the processing terminal is not performed for at least a prescribed time, the state of communication with the processing terminal via the radio connection means is changed to the state of low power consumption. When an image to be transmitted from the communication equipment to the processing terminal is present, the state of the radio communication means is changed from the state of low power consumption to a state of communication where command data or image data can be delivered to the processing terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device and an information processing terminal which can be wirelessly connected to another device, a control method thereof, and a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image input / output device such as a facsimile device is connected to an information processing terminal via an interface, and a reading function of the facsimile device is used as a scanner, a recording function is used as a printer, or communication is performed. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 7-288625 / 1995-288630 describes a multi-function system for performing services such as facsimile transmission from an information processing terminal using functions.
JP, JP-A-7-288637 to JP-A-7-2886
No. 45, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 7-288671, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
No. 307702.

As disclosed in these publications, a conventional multifunction system has a serial interface such as RS232, a bidirectional parallel port (IEEE128) such as Centronics as an interface.
4 or Universal Serial Bus (Uni)
Versa1 This is a system that is connected by a cable such as Serial BUS (USB).

[0004] In such a facsimile apparatus,
The information processing terminal takes the initiative, and exchanges control / data in such a form that the facsimile device returns a response to a command from the information processing terminal.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, the length of the cable is limited. For example, a PC and a facsimile machine must be installed adjacent to each other. Cannot be installed.

Further, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine, depending on the function to be realized, it becomes necessary to constantly poll the state of the facsimile machine from the information processing terminal side.
It is necessary to periodically send and receive a command for polling the status of the facsimile apparatus and its response.

Therefore, the PC and the facsimile machine are
Consider solving the above problem by connecting and communicating with a standard wireless interface such as Bluetooth.

In this case, when the connection between the information processing terminal and the interface of the facsimile apparatus is changed from a wired interface to a wireless interface, a command for polling the above state and the response between the information processing terminal and the facsimile apparatus are transmitted. It will always be exchanged wirelessly. Therefore, there is a problem that power is consumed by occupying the wireless channel and transmitting and receiving the command and response.

[0009] When the transmission and reception of the image data and the command data is stopped after the connection state for temporarily transmitting and receiving the image data and the command data to and from the external information processing terminal by performing the polling, the wireless channel Remains occupied. On the other hand, when the connection is not a wired connection using a cable, it is necessary to release the wireless channel promptly. However, in the command system between the conventional information processing terminal and the facsimile apparatus, commands related to the control of the wireless channel are included. On the contrary, if a command system to which a control command of a wireless channel is added is adopted, there is a problem that compatibility with a wired connection cannot be obtained.

[0010] The above problem is a problem that occurs in an image forming apparatus other than the facsimile apparatus.

An object of the present invention is to enable a wireless connection processing unit to be in a low power consumption state and to reduce wireless communication traffic without depending on an agreement or a command for shifting to a low power consumption state. With the goal. It is another object of the present invention to reduce restrictions for performing other wireless services with other devices in the same piconet, and to reduce power consumption in a standby state. It is.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a communication device which can be connected to another device by wireless, wherein a wireless connection means for making a wireless connection with an external information processing terminal; And a change unit that changes a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the external information processing terminal to a low power consumption state when the communication in the communication unit is not performed for a predetermined time or more. When there is an image to be transmitted from the device to the external information processing terminal, the state of the wireless connection unit can be changed between the low power consumption state and the command data or image data can be exchanged with the external information processing terminal. Provided are a communication device as a means for changing to a connection state, a control method thereof, and a storage medium storing a program for controlling the communication device.

In an information processing terminal wirelessly connectable to another device, a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of communicating via a public line, and a communication between the communication device and the communication device. If the communication is not performed for a predetermined time or more, the communication state with the communication device by the wireless connection means, changing means for changing to a state of low power consumption,
When there is an image to be transmitted from the communication device to the information processing terminal, the change unit changes the state of the wireless connection unit from the state of low power consumption to the communication device based on a request from the communication device. The present invention provides an information processing terminal as a means for changing to a connection state in which command data or image data can be transmitted and received between the information processing terminal and a control method thereof, and a storage medium storing a program for controlling the information processing terminal.

In a communication device wirelessly connectable to another device, a wireless connection means for making a wireless connection with an external information processing terminal and communication with the external information processing terminal are performed for a predetermined time or more. A communication unit having a change unit that changes a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the external information processing terminal to a state of low power consumption, a control method thereof, and a program for controlling the communication device. Provide a storage medium.

In an information processing terminal wirelessly connectable to another device, a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of communication via a public line, and a communication between the communication device and the communication device. And a control method for controlling an information processing terminal having a change unit that changes a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the communication device to a state of low power consumption when the operation is not performed for a predetermined time or more. Storage medium storing a program for storing the program.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus 201 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

The facsimile apparatus 201 is an example of an image forming apparatus.

In the facsimile apparatus 201, the CPU
Reference numeral 101 denotes a system control unit, and the facsimile apparatus 2
01 is controlled entirely. The ROM 102 is a CPU 101
Control programs and operating systems (OS)
It stores programs and the like. RAM 103 is
It is composed of an SRAM or the like and stores program control variables and the like. Also, the set values registered by the operator, the management data of the apparatus, and various work buffers are stored in the RAM 1.
03 is stored. The image memory 104 includes a DRAM or the like, and stores image data.

In the above embodiment, the control programs stored in the ROM 102 are controlled by software such as scheduling and task switches under the control of an OS (operating system) stored in the ROM 102. The operation unit 108 includes various keys, LEDs, and LCs.
D, etc., for performing various input operations by the operator, displaying the operation status of the image forming apparatus, and the like.

A reading control unit 106 optically reads a document by a CS image sensor (contact image sensor) in the reading unit 107 and binarizes an image signal converted into electric image data by an image processing control unit. It performs various image processing such as processing and halftone processing, and outputs high-definition image data. Note that the reading control unit 106 in the above-described embodiment is compatible with both sheet reading control for performing reading while transporting a document and book reading control for scanning a document placed on a document table.

The recording control unit 113 includes a color printer 11 such as a laser beam printer or an ink jet printer.
The image data to be recorded in step 4 is subjected to various image processing such as smoothing processing, recording density correction processing, and color correction by an image processing control unit, converted into high-definition image data, and output to a color printer.

The communication control unit 109 includes a MODEM (modulator / demodulator), an NCU (network controller), and the like. The communication control unit 109 in the above embodiment is connected to an analog communication line (PSTN) 203,
It performs communication control according to the standard T30 protocol, and performs line control such as outgoing and incoming calls on a communication line. The answering machine control unit 110 includes a voice IC, a voice recording / playback control unit, and the like, and provides an answering machine function.

The code decoding processing unit 112 performs a code decoding process and a scaling process of image data handled by the image forming apparatus. The resolution conversion processing unit 111 performs resolution conversion control such as millimeter-inch resolution conversion of image data. Note that the resolution conversion unit 111 can also perform image data scaling processing. further,
The data conversion unit 105 performs conversion of image data, such as analysis of a page description language (PDL), CG expansion of character data, and the like.

The Bluetooth control unit 115 controls the BL
It performs Bluetooth communication control and performs Bluetooth communication.
Of the Bluetooth control task of the CPU 101 into packets, and the Bluetooth base band processing unit 116
Or, on the contrary, a packet from the Bluetooth base band processing unit 116 is sent to the CPU as a command.

Bluetooth baseband processing section 1
Reference numeral 16 performs Bluetooth frequency hopping processing and frame assembly / disassembly processing. Further, a 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 117 for transmitting and receiving radio waves is provided.

The expansion slot 118 is a slot for inserting an option board into the facsimile apparatus 201 as an image forming apparatus, and can be used to mount various option boards such as an expansion image memory, a SCSI interface board, and a video interface board.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the above embodiment.

In this system, the facsimile machine 20
1, an information processing terminal 202 such as a PC (personal computer), and P
A communication line 203 such as an STN and a partner terminal 204 are provided.

The facsimile apparatus 201 is connected to the communication line 20
3 and can perform facsimile communication, and can be wirelessly connected to the information processing terminal 202. In the above embodiment, since the wireless part is Bluetooth, the information processing terminal 202
th unit for communication is built in or B
The unit for the Bluetooth communication is the information processing terminal 20.
2 is connected to the information processing terminal 202,
You can also send and receive images and exchange data and programs.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an image forming apparatus such as a scanner or a multi-function apparatus having a printer function may be provided instead of the facsimile apparatus 201, or an image forming apparatus having a scanner or print function. -Another image forming apparatus such as a mail terminal may be provided.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a software hierarchy in the facsimile apparatus 201.

Scanner control task 301, Pri
inter control task 302, Fax control task 303,
MMI (Man-Machine Interface) control task 3
04, a Phone control task 305 is a control task of the highest layer of the facsimile apparatus 201, and controls a facsimile device control and a user operation portion.

The job control task 306 analyzes and distributes a job from the event control task 307, which is a lower layer, and queues the job in the uppermost layer control task.

The event control task 307 analyzes an event received from the lower-level Bluetooth control task 308, and queues a command for a corresponding control task in the uppermost layer.

When the Bluetooth control task 308 receives information to be transmitted to the information processing terminal 202 from the upper event control task 307,
The information is transferred to the lower-level Bluetooth controller 309.

When information addressed to the upper layer is received from the lower Bluetooth controller 309, the information is transferred to the upper event control task 307. Thus, the Bluetooth control task 308
When receiving information from the higher-level event control task 307, it passes the information to the lower-level Bluetooth controller 309, and when receiving information from the lower-level Bluetooth controller 309, passes the information to the upper-level event control task 307. Hereinafter, the command through mode is set.

Further, the Bluetooth control task 30
8, even if the information to be transmitted to the information processing terminal 202 is received from the upper event control task 307, if the task itself determines that a response can be immediately returned to the upper layer, the task returns to the lower layer. A response can be returned to the upper layer without passing information. This operation mode is hereinafter referred to as a command return mode.

Regarding the Bluetooth controller 309 and the Bluetooth driver 310,
The information received from the upper layer of the Bluetooth controller 309 is stored in the Generic A of Bluetooth.
access Profile and its subordinate concept Se
An air interface is formed as wireless information in accordance with the real port profile.

The OS 311 is an operating system embedded in the facsimile machine 201, and performs task switching, event management, and memory management of the software layer used in this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a software hierarchy as an embodiment in the information processing terminal 202.

Interface module 408, Blu
Bluetooth control task 409, Bluetooth controller 410, Bluetooth driver 411
Via the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile machine 20
1 shows an operation structure between the two.

Information processing terminal 202 and facsimile machine 2
The control information between the facsimile manager 401 and the printer application 40 in the upper layer
4. The interface module 408 exchanges information between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 via the inbox 402, the outbox 403, the printer driver 405, and the scanner driver 407 via the inbox 402, the outbox 403, and the like. Control.

Regardless of whether the control is performed by the facsimile manager 401 or one of the drivers, transfer of a file such as a facsimile image to be transmitted or an image to be scanned, reading of a facsimile reception image, The interface module 408 manages the transfer of the image to be printed.

When the Bluetooth control task 409 receives the information to be transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 201 from the upper interface module 408, the Bluetooth control task 409 sends the information to the lower Bluetooth controller 410.
Deliver that information. Also, the lower Bluetooth
From the controller 410 to the interface module 40
When receiving the information addressed to 8, the information is passed to the upper interface module 408. Hereinafter, this operation mode is referred to as a command through mode.

Also, the Bluetooth control task 40
In step 9, when the task itself determines that a response can be immediately returned to the upper layer even when information to be transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 201 is received from the upper interface module, the information is passed to the lower layer. Therefore, a response can be returned to the upper layer, and this operation mode is hereinafter referred to as a command return mode.

Regarding the Bluetooth controller 410 and the Bluetooth driver 411, the Bluetooth
The information received from the upper layer of the Bluetooth controller 410 is stored in the Generic A of Bluetooth.
access Profile and its subordinate concept Se
In accordance with the real port profile, an air interface is formed as wireless information.

The OS 412 is an operating system in the information processing terminal 202. The OS 412 is a basic part of the software hierarchy MMI and application control service used in the above embodiment.
2 to receive services for controlling MMI and applications.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation at the time of start-up of the above-described embodiment. When the power of the information processing terminal 202 is turned on, initialization with the facsimile apparatus 201 and transition to a standby state are performed. FIG.

At this time, the facsimile apparatus 201
It is assumed that the power has already been started.

When the power of the information processing terminal 202 is turned on, the Bluetooth compatible facsimile manager 401 is activated and performs processing for connecting to the facsimile apparatus 201.

In order to confirm that the connected facsimile apparatus 201 is in a communicable state, Bluetooth
The th control task 409 sends an inquiry sending request,
Transmit to the Bluetooth controller 410. At this time, Class o in the Inquiry command
f Device information is transmitted as a serial communication terminal. When receiving an inquiry transmission request, the Bluetooth
The Bluetooth controller 410 performs an inquiry procedure in accordance with the Bluetooth connection procedure, and transmits the result (Inquiry Result) to the Bluetooth.
Notify the h control task 409.

[0052] The Bluetooth control task 409 includes:
When the inquiry result is received, it is determined whether or not it is possible to connect to the facsimile apparatus 201 from the contents thereof.
And a connection request is made to the Bluetooth controller 410. Inquiry Re
If the connection fails or the connected facsimile machine is not found from the contents of the “sult”, a message indicating the fact is displayed on the display unit of the information processing terminal 202.

The Bluetooth controller 410
Receives the connection request, the B of the facsimile
Bluetooth controller 309 and Bluetooth
th Serial Port Pr
Establish a connection using the file and form a piconet.

When the connection is established, the result is
Notify the Bluetooth control task 409. Bl
When detecting that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has been established from the connection result, the Bluetooth control task 409 notifies the facsimile manager 401 of a Ready signal, and passes the command from the facsimile manager 401 to the Bluetooth controller 410 as it is. Transitions the state to the mode.

Further, the Bluetooth control task 40
9 receives a message indicating that connection establishment has failed from the connection result,
Is displayed on the display section.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th controller 309 notifies the Bluetooth control task 308 of the result of the procedure for establishing a connection with the information processing terminal 202. When the Bluetooth control task 308 confirms that a connection has been established from the result of the connection establishment procedure, the Bluetooth
In order to pass the command from the terminal 2 directly to the event control task 307, the system enters the command through mode and waits for a command from the information processing terminal 202. When the connection fails, the Bluetooth control task 308 enters a waiting state until a connection is established.

The facsimile manager 401 is a Blu-ray
When a Ready signal is received from the Bluetooth control task 409, a command for transferring data such as the date of the information processing terminal 202 and the name registered in the facsimile manager 401 to the facsimile apparatus 201 is transmitted to the Bluetooth device.
Send to tooth control task 409.

[0058] The Bluetooth control task 409 includes:
The received command is transferred to the Bluetooth controller 410 as it is, and the Bluetooth controller 41
“0” is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 201 using the Serial Port Profile.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The controller 309 transmits the command transmitted from the information processing terminal 202 to the Bluetooth control task 30
8, and the Bluetooth control task 308 passes the command to the event control task 307 as it is. The event control task 307 analyzes the received command and sends the result to the Bluetooth control task 308.

When the initialization process is completed, the facsimile manager 401 issues a reception information acquisition command to check whether or not the facsimile apparatus 201 has a received image. The event control task 307 that has received the reception information acquisition command searches the image management record stored in the RAM 103 for a received image.

If there is a received image, Bluetooth
In response to the reception information acquisition command issued by the h control task 308, a response of “image present” is returned, and when there is no received image, a response of “image no” is returned.

When the facsimile manager 401 determines that there is an image in response to the received information acquisition command, the facsimile manager 401 performs a received image transfer process according to the process of FIG.

If there is no received image, the facsimile manager 401 issues a status information acquisition command to store the status of the facsimile apparatus 201. The event control task 307 that has received the status information acquisition command checks the status of the facsimile apparatus 201 such as the status of the printer, the status of the scanner, and the status of the memory, and returns a response to that effect.

If the facsimile manager 401 determines from the response to the status information acquisition command that an error has occurred, it displays a message indicating the error status on the display unit of the information processing terminal 202, and displays the received information until the error is corrected. An acquisition command and a status information acquisition command are issued to the event control task 307 periodically.

There is no received image and facsimile apparatus 201
Is normal, there is no need to connect the communication between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 until the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the data.
The facsimile machine 201 shifts to the Park mode. “Park mode” is a Park mode that is a low power consumption mode based on the Bluetooth standard,
Facsimile machine 20 which is a slave terminal of information processing terminal 202 which is a master based on the Bluetooth standard
Reference numeral 1 denotes a mode in which a signal from the master is received at regular intervals and the synchronization within the piconet is maintained. Also, Pa
During the transition to the rk mode, data communication between the master and the slave cannot be performed.
It is necessary to release the rk mode and shift to the Active mode.

Next, the facsimile machine 201
The operation for shifting to the mode (low power consumption mode) will be described. This operation is shown in the latter half of FIG.

First, the Blue of the facsimile machine 201
The tooth control task 308 requests the Bluetooth controller 309 to shift to the Park mode.
The Bluetooth controller 309 that has received the Park mode shift request, together with the Bluetooth controller 410, according to the Bluetooth standard,
Perform the Park mode transition procedure.

When the Park mode transition procedure is completed, B
The Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410 notify that the facsimile apparatus 201 has shifted to the Park mode.
Bluetooth control tasks 308, 40, respectively
Notify 9.

Upon receiving the transition to the Park mode, the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409
Each becomes the command return mode.

The Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 in the command return mode
A process similar to the process in the event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201 connected by wire, such as a serial interface such as RS232C or a parallel interface such as Centronics (standard interface defined by IEEE1284 or the like), is performed. Blue
The tooth control task 409 responds to the information acquisition command and the received information acquisition command periodically issued from the facsimile
Based on the facsimile status information stored in the AM 103, “image presence / absence information” and “normal / abnormal state”
Etc. is returned.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 is a function of the facsimile manager 4 in the information processing terminal 202 when it is connected by wire.
01 performs the same operation as the operation at 01. The Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 obtains reception information by the event control task 307 in order to constantly monitor a change in the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 and whether or not an image has been received from another facsimile apparatus via the communication line 203. Commands and status information acquisition commands are issued periodically. Event control task 30
7 receives the reception information acquisition command and the status information acquisition command from the Bluetooth control task 308,
The reception information (for example, the image “absent”) and the status information (for example, “normal status”) are returned as a response.

At the time of initialization processing, or when the information processing terminal 20
When the registration data is changed in the facsimile apparatus 201 and the received image is transferred to the facsimile
02 is set not to be forwarded to the facsimile manager 401 and the Bl of the facsimile apparatus 201.
The Bluetooth control task 308 does not issue the reception information acquisition command and the status information acquisition command.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a communication operation in a received image transfer process in which the facsimile apparatus 201 receives an image from another facsimile apparatus through the communication line 203 and transfers the image data to the information processing terminal 202.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 is in a command return mode during standby, that is, in the Park mode. In order to monitor the status of the facsimile apparatus 201, a status information acquisition command and a reception information acquisition command are periodically controlled by an event control. Issued to task 307. The event control task 307 searches the image management record stored in the RAM 103 for a received image. When there is a received image,
In response to the reception information acquisition command issued by the Bluetooth control task 308, a response of “image present” is returned.

When a response of “image present” is received, B
The Bluetooth control task 308 is the information processing terminal 2
02, in order to transfer the received image data, Par
The k mode is released, a piconet is formed again, and communication between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 is restored.

In order to resume communication, Bluetooth
An active return request is sent to the th controller 309. Bluetooth receiving Active return request
The controller 309 follows the Bluetooth communication return procedure and executes the Bluetooth of the information terminal process 202.
It communicates with the controller 410. When communication is restored,
The Bluetooth controller 309 is a Bluetooth controller.
The mode control task 308 is notified of a mode change. Bluetooth control task 3 receiving the mode change notification
08 determines from the content that communication has been restored,
Shift from command return mode to command through mode. If it is determined that communication cannot be restored, the state of the command return mode is maintained.

As described above, Bl of the information processing terminal 202
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
A mode change notification is sent to the th control task 409. Bluetooth control task 409 receiving the mode change notification
When it is determined from the contents that the communication has been restored, the mode shifts from the command return mode to the command through mode. If it is determined that the communication cannot be restored, the state of the command return mode is maintained and the information processing terminal 202
A message to that effect is displayed on the display section.

Communication is restored, and each Bluetooth
When the th control tasks 308 and 409 enter the command through mode, communication between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 is performed based on the Bluetooth standard, and transfer processing of received image data is performed. The command interface at this time may be a serial interface such as RS232C or Centronics (IEEE128).
The received image data transfer processing is performed by the same command interface as that when a wired connection such as a parallel interface such as a standard interface (e.g., 4) is used.

When the reception image data transfer processing is completed, the facsimile manager 401 issues a reception information acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201 to check whether there is a reception image. The event control task 307 that has received the reception information acquisition command stores in the RAM 1
A search is performed to determine whether or not the received image exists in the image management record stored in 03. If there is a received image, a response of “image present” is returned, and if there is no received image, a response of “no image” is returned.

When the facsimile manager 401 determines that there is an image in the response to the received information acquisition command,
The received image transfer process is executed again.

When there is no received image, the facsimile manager 401 issues a status information acquisition command to store the status of the facsimile apparatus 201. The event control task 307 that has received the status information acquisition command checks the status of the facsimile apparatus 201 such as the status of the printer, the status of the scanner, and the status of the memory, and returns a response to that effect.

If the facsimile manager 401 determines that an error has occurred based on the response to the status information acquisition command, it displays a message indicating the error status on the display unit of the information processing terminal 202 until the error is corrected. , And periodically issues a reception information acquisition command and a status information acquisition command to the event control task 307. If it is determined that the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 is normal, the Park in the low power consumption mode
Until shifting to the mode, a status information acquisition command and a reception information acquisition command are issued periodically.

When the facsimile apparatus 201 determines that the state is normal, the facsimile apparatus 201 returns to the low power consumption mode Pa
Shift to rk mode.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 issues the above-described Park mode shift request to the Bluetooth controller 309. P
The Bluetooth controller 309 that has received the ark mode transition request, according to the Bluetooth specification,
Pa between the Bluetooth controller 410
Execute the rk mode transition procedure.

When the Park mode transition procedure is completed, each of the Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410
In the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409, Par
Each is notified that the mode has shifted to the k mode.

Upon receiving the transition to the Park mode, the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409
Each becomes the command return mode.

The command return mode is maintained until the user starts a service such as facsimile transmission, scanning, or printing at the information processing terminal 202 or the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic operation for controlling the transfer of commands and data between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 in the received image data transfer processing.

In the operation of the received image data transfer service,
First, the file ID acquisition command is
Sent from 2 When the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the file ID acquisition command, the facsimile apparatus 201 examines the RAM 103, sets a reception number for the received image data as a parameter as a file ID from the management information stored in the RAM 103, and returns an OK response to the information processing terminal 202. Send with.

If the file ID is set in the response parameter of the file ID acquisition command, the information processing terminal 2
02 sets a file ID to be transferred and sends a file information acquisition command. Upon receiving the file information acquisition command, the facsimile apparatus 201 sets the file attribute of the designated file ID and the number of pages as parameters, and sends the parameters to the information processing terminal 202 together with a response of OK. If the designated file ID does not exist, a reply of NG is returned.

Next, when the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the page information acquisition command in which the file ID and the page number are specified, the facsimile apparatus 201 uses information such as the main / sub-scanning resolution of the specified page from the management information in the RAM 103 as a parameter. Set and send OK response. The specified file ID,
If there is no page, a reply of NG is sent.

When receiving an OK response from the page information acquisition command, the information processing terminal 202 sends a page transfer request command, and then sends a parameter in which a file ID and a page number to be transferred are set. If the page of the designated file ID is stored in the image memory 104, the facsimile apparatus 201 sends an OK response,
If not in the image memory 104, a reply of NG is sent.

Upon receiving an OK response to the page transfer request command, the information processing terminal 202 sends a request page designation command, and then changes the main / sub-scanning resolution and data format acquired by the page information acquisition command. The set parameters are sent to the facsimile apparatus 201. The facsimile apparatus 201 checks whether or not the received parameters match the contents of the management information in the RAM 103. If the contents match, the facsimile apparatus 201 sends a response of OK, and if not, returns a reply of NG. Send.

Thereafter, the information processing terminal 202 issues an image data transfer request. The facsimile apparatus 201 transfers image data of a predetermined size from the image memory 104 to the information processing terminal 202, and also sends an OK response.

After the transfer of one page is completed, the information processing terminal 202 places the transferred received image data in the inbox 402, and displays an image so that the transfer of the received image is completed and the content of the received image can be recognized. Display.

Then, a page erase command is issued.
Facsimile machine 20 receiving page erase command
1 stores image data of a designated page in an image memory 1
04, the management information in the RAM 103 is corrected,
Send K's reply.

The above operation is repeated until the received image data of all pages is transferred. When the received image data of all pages is transferred, a file delete instruction command is received, and the management information of the designated file is deleted. The process ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart when the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on.

Referring to FIG. 8, when the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on, in step S701, the Blu
The initialization process of the Bluetooth control task 308 is performed. Here, the operation mode is set to the “command through mode”.
Also, the variable for storing the presence / absence of the received image managed by the Bluetooth control task 308 is set to no image.

The "command through mode" is a mode in which the
When the Bluetooth control task 409 receives a command from the facsimile manager 401, the command is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 410, and when a response is received from the Bluetooth controller 410, the facsimile manager 40
1 is an operation mode to be sent.

The above processing is performed, and the startup of the information processing terminal 202 is waited.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the power ON process of the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 in the above embodiment.

When the information processing terminal 202 is turned on,
The facsimile manager 401 is started, and step S
At 801, the Bluetooth control task 409
The inquiry is sent to the facsimile apparatus 201 via the Bluetooth controller 410.

In S802, it is determined whether or not the facsimile apparatus 201 has responded to the transmitted inquiry. If the facsimile apparatus 201 has normally responded, the process proceeds to S804. If not, the process proceeds to S803.

In step S803, the fact that there is no connectable facsimile machine is displayed on the display device of the information processing terminal 202 to notify the user, and the process ends.

In S804, a connection request is issued to the Bluetooth controller 410, and the flow advances to S805.

In step S805, the system waits for a response to the connection request, and, via the Bluetooth controller 410,
If the facsimile apparatus 201 notifies the user that the connection request has failed, the process advances to step S806.
Proceed to 7.

In step S806, the fact that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has failed is reported on the display device of the information processing terminal 202, and the process ends.

In S807, Ready indicating that a connection with the facsimile apparatus has been established is transmitted to the Bluetooth device.
The ooth control task 409 notifies the facsimile manager 401, and shifts to “command through mode” in S808.

The “command through mode” is, as described above, when the Bluetooth control task 409 receives a command from the facsimile manager 401, the command is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 4.
10 and the Bluetooth controller 410
This is an operation mode in which a response is received from the facsimile manager 401 when a response is received from the facsimile manager 401.

The facsimile manager 401 uses the R
When receiving the ready signal, the Serial Port P
The facsimile manager 40 using the file
1 is performed between the event control task 307 and the event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201.

When the initialization process is completed, the facsimile manager 401 periodically sends a reception information acquisition command
Bluetooth control task 409, Bluetooth
facsimile machine 20 via the th controller 410
1 and monitors whether the facsimile apparatus 201 has a received image. In step S809, it is determined whether a response to the received information acquisition command has been received.
Bluetooth control task 409, Bluetooth
The facsimile machine 20 via the h controller 410
When a response is received from S1, in S810,
The information on the presence / absence of the received image in it is
It is stored inside the oot control task 409.

In S811, as described in the latter half of FIG. 5, the notification that the facsimile apparatus 201 has shifted to the Park mode under the initiative of the facsimile apparatus 201 is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 410.
It is determined whether or not the notification has been received. If the notification has not been received, the process proceeds to S809 to continue the command through mode. If the notification has been received, the process proceeds to S812 to shift to the command return mode and execute the power ON process. finish.

Next, “Bluetooth control task 4
09 command return mode ".

FIG. 10 shows the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 in the above embodiment.
9 is a flowchart showing a received image upload process of FIG.

[0116] The Bluetooth control task 308
When there is no received image, the mode is the command return mode.

At S901 in the command return mode,
Event control task 3
07, and a response from the event control task 307 is received in S902. Upon receiving the response, in step S <b> 903, the received information (image present / absent) stored in the response is stored in the Bluetooth control task 308.

In S904, it is determined whether or not the received information includes an image. If there is an image, the process advances to S906, and
Shift from command return mode to command through mode. If there is no image, in step S905, a wait is performed to periodically transmit the reception information acquisition command.
Return to 1.

In S906, an active return request is sent to B
S90 to the Bluetooth controller 309,
At 7, it is determined whether or not a command has been received. This command is an operation instruction command from the facsimile manager 401 to the event control task 307 as described with reference to FIG. If a command is received,
Proceeding to step 908, the received command is sent to the event control task 307.
Proceed to 11.

In S911, it is determined whether a response has been received. This response is a response (response) from the event control task 307 to the facsimile manager 401 as described in FIG. If not received, the process proceeds to S907, and if received,
In step S912, it is determined whether the received response is a response to the received information acquisition command. If the received response is a response to the received information acquisition command, the received information (image present / absent) is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 308 in step S913. To memorize.

At S914, the received response is set to Bl
Send to the Bluetooth controller 309 and S915
Then, the Bluetooth control task 308 determines whether or not the received information stored in the image does not include an image. If there is no image, the process proceeds to step S916, the process proceeds to the command return mode. If the image exists, the process returns to step S907. Continue command through mode.

In S916, a Park mode shift request is sent to the Bluetooth controller 309, and
Move to command return mode.

In step S917, when a mode shift notification is received from the information processing terminal 202, the mode shifts to the command return mode.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a received image upload process of the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 in the above embodiment.

[0125] The Bluetooth control task 409 includes:
When there is no received image, the mode is the command return mode.

In S1001 of the command return mode, it is determined whether or not a reception information acquisition command has been received from the facsimile manager 401.
The process proceeds to 1002, and if not received, proceeds to S1003.

In step S1002, the received information (image present / absent) stored in the Bluetooth control task 409 is used as a response, and the facsimile manager 40
Send to 1.

In S1003, the facsimile apparatus 201
Active return procedure by initiative (Active shown in FIG. 6)
ve return procedure) is executed, and a Mode transfer notification from the Bluetooth controller 410 is transmitted to the Bluetooth device.
It is determined whether or not the th control task 409 has received it. If it has not been received, the process proceeds to S1001, and if it has been received, the process proceeds to S1004 to shift to the command through mode.

In S1004, the facsimile machine 201
Initiated Park mode transition is performed, and Bluetooth
Notification of Mode transfer from Bluetooth
It is determined whether or not the other control task 409 has received it. If it has not been received, the process proceeds to S1005. If it has been received, the process proceeds to S1001 to shift to the command return mode.

At S1005, it is determined whether a command has been received. This command is an operation instruction command from the facsimile manager 401 to the event control task 307 as described with reference to FIG. If the command has been received, the process advances to step S1006 to send the received command to the Bluetooth controller 410. If the command has not been received, the process advances to step S1009. In step S1009, it is determined whether a response has been received. If a response has been received, the process advances to step S1010. If a response has not been received, the process advances to step S1004. This response is a response (response) from the event control task 307 to the facsimile manager 401 as described in FIG.
It is.

In S1010, it is determined whether or not the response is a response to a reception information acquisition command.
If it is a response to the received information acquisition command, S1
The process proceeds to S11, otherwise proceeds to S1012.
In step S1011, the reception information (image presence / absence) included in the response is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 409.
The response is sent to the facsimile manager 401 in step S1012.

At S1013, if there is no valid data within a predetermined time in the command through mode, a timeout occurs. At S1014, a Park Mode shift request is transmitted to the facsimile machine.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of transmission processing of a transmission image. In this sequence, image data stored in the information processing terminal 202 is transferred to the facsimile apparatus 201, and the facsimile Device 201
Shows a case where facsimile transmission is performed to the designated partner terminal 204.

That is, the Blue of the information processing terminal 202
The tooth control task 409 is in the command return mode H during standby in the Park mode, and although not shown, replies to a reception information acquisition command and a status information income command periodically transmitted from the facsimile manager 401. It is carried out.

Similarly, Blu of the facsimile machine 201
In the standby mode of the Park mode, the Bluetooth control task 308 is also in the command return mode J.
A status information acquisition command is periodically issued to the event control task 307 to monitor the reception information acquisition command and the status of the facsimile apparatus 201.

When the user operates the operation unit of the information processing terminal 202 to select a transmission service, the facsimile manager 401 transmits the transmission instruction command and the parameter specifying the facsimile number of the partner terminal 204 to the Bluetooth control task 409. Send to

Next, the Bluetooth receiving the transmission instruction command and the parameter (facsimile number)
The control task 409 returns the mode between the facsimile machine 201 and the information processing terminal 202 to the Active mode (normal operation mode) in which data communication can be performed to perform the transmission service.

That is, the Blue of the information processing terminal 202
The Bluetooth control task 409 sends an Active return request command to the Bluetooth controller 410, and the Bluetooth control task 409 receives the Active return request command.
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
h with the h controller 309 to execute an Active return procedure conforming to the Bluetooth standard.
Return to e-mode. And after this, Bluetooth
th controllers 309 and 410 are Bluetooth
A mode change notification is sent to the control tasks 308 and 409, respectively, and the operation mode is shifted from the command return modes H and J to the command through modes I and K.

If communication cannot be restored, Bl
Bluetooth controller 309, 410 is Blue
It notifies the tooth control tasks 308 and 409 that they could not return. At this time, Bluetooth
The control tasks 308 and 409 maintain the state of the command return mode. Further, the Bluetooth control task 409 transmits an NG response to the facsimile manager 401, and upon receiving the NG response, the facsimile manager 401 displays a message indicating that the transmission service cannot be performed.

When the communication is restored, the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202
The transmission instruction command and the parameter (facsimile number) received from the facsimile manager 401 are directly transmitted to the event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201.

When the event control task 307 that has received the transmission instruction command and the parameter confirms that the facsimile apparatus 201 is not currently communicating and the transmission reservation is not full, the event control task 307 sends a response of “OK” to the information processing terminal 202. Facsimile manager 401
Send to Note that when the facsimile apparatus 201 is communicating or the transmission reservation is full, a response of “NG” is sent to the facsimile manager 401.

Next, the facsimile manager 401
Receives the “OK” response from the event control task 307, performs the transmission image data transfer processing G using the same command interface as the wired I / F.

When the transmission image data transfer processing G is completed, the facsimile manager 401 issues a transmission result acquisition command and a parameter in which a reception number is specified to the facsimile apparatus 201 to know the transmission result. Next, the event control task 307 that has received the transmission result acquisition command searches the management information stored in the RAM 103 and checks the transmission result of the designated reception number. Then, the event control task 30
7 sends to the facsimile manager 401 a response indicating that the transmission has been completed, together with the transmission result.

Note that the facsimile manager 401 issues a transmission result acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201 until it is determined from the response to the transmission result acquisition command that transmission has been completed.

Then, the Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202
When the ooth control task 409 determines that the transmission has been completed, the wireless communication line goes into the Park mode again.

That is, the Bluetooth control task 409 sends the Bluetooth
An rk mode shift request command is sent. Upon receiving the Park mode shift request command, the Bluetooth controller 410 sends the request to the Bluetooth controller 30.
9, the Park mode transition procedure is executed, and when the transition procedure is completed, the Bluetooth controller 30
9, 410 are Bluetooth control tasks 308,
At 409, a notification of transition to the Park mode is made.

Then, the Bluetooth control task 3
When 08 and 409 receive the shift notification to the Park mode, the operation mode is changed to the command return modes H and J again. That is, the command return modes H and J are continued until the user starts services such as facsimile transmission, image reading processing, or printing processing at the information processing terminal 202 or the facsimile apparatus 201 receives image data. . In the command return mode, the facsimile manager 401 and the Bluetooth
th control task 409, and the Bluetooth control task 308 and the event control task 30
Command and response are exchanged only between 7
No command and response are exchanged between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of the transmission redial processing of the transmission image. This sequence shows an operation at the time of the transmission service redial processing.

That is, similarly to FIG. 12, the received image data transfer processing G is performed by shifting the operation mode from the command return modes J and H to the command through modes K and I.

When the transmission image data transfer processing G is completed, the facsimile manager 401 issues a transmission result acquisition command and a parameter designating a reception number to the facsimile apparatus 201 to know the transmission result.
The event control task 307 that has received the transmission result acquisition command and the parameters retrieves the management information stored in the RAM 103, acquires the transmission result of the designated reception number, and sends out a response. This response is notified to the facsimile manager 401 of the information processing terminal 202. Facsimile manager 401
When it is determined from the response that it is in the redial standby state, it is displayed to notify the user of that.

Also, the Bluetooth control task 30
8 determines that it is in the redial standby state based on the response from the event control task 307 sent to the facsimile manager 401,
A shift request command to the Park mode is sent to the th controller 309. Next, the Bluetooth controller 309 which has received the command to shift to the Park mode, the Bluetooth controller 410
A Park mode transition procedure is performed between the Bluetooth controller 309 and the Bluetooth controller 309 when the transition procedure ends.
410 is a Bluetooth control task 308, 409
To the Park mode, respectively.
After the mode shift, the operation mode shifts to the command return modes J and H.

Thereafter, the facsimile manager 401 periodically sends a transmission result acquisition command and parameters to the Bluetooth control task 409,
The Bluetooth control task 409 sends a response to the facsimile manager 401 indicating that it is waiting for redialing.

Also, the Bluetooth control task 30
8 periodically sends a transmission result acquisition command and parameters to the event control task 307, and stores the transmission result. Then, the event control task 307 sends a response indicating that the redial is waiting for Bl.
Send to the Bluetooth control task 308.

After that, when the transmission image waiting for redialing is normally sent to the other party, the event control task 307 sets the Bluetooth control task 30
8, the transmission end is returned as a response to the transmission result acquisition command and the parameter from the transmission end. Bluetooth
The h control task 308 is the event control task 30
7 is determined to be normally completed based on the response from the information processing terminal 202, the communication with the information processing terminal 202 is performed.
Return to the mode, and wait until a transmission result acquisition command and parameters from the facsimile manager 401 are received.

At this time, the Bluetooth control task 3
08, the Bluetooth control task 409 is
It recognizes that it has returned to the live mode, and shifts to the command through mode. Bluetooth control task 30
8 receives the transmission result acquisition command and parameter from the facsimile manager 401 and transmits the transmission result acquisition command and parameter to the event control task 307. The event control task 307 receives the transmission result acquisition command and the parameter, and if the transmission result acquisition command includes a parameter indicating the transmission result of the transmission process waiting for redial, the transmission process has been completed normally. Returns a response.

When the facsimile manager 401 recognizes from the response from the event control task 307 that the transmission process waiting for redial has been completed normally, the fact is displayed to notify the user.

Also, the Bluetooth control task 30
When recognizing from the response sent from the event control task 307 that the transmission process that has been waiting for redial has ended normally, the control unit 8 shifts again to the Park mode with the information processing terminal 202. Then, the Bluetooth control task 308, the Bluetooth
The ooth control task 409 shifts to the command return mode.

As an operation during the transfer redial processing of the transmission image shown in FIG. 13, after the transfer processing, the facsimile apparatus 201 requests the information processing terminal 202 to shift to the Park mode. From the information processing terminal 202 to the facsimile
A request to shift to the rk mode may be made.

Hereinafter, a case will be described with reference to FIG. 30 in which the information processing terminal 202 requests the facsimile apparatus 201 to shift to the Park mode after the transmission image redial processing is completed.

In FIG. 30, similarly to FIG. 12, the received image data transfer processing G is performed by shifting the operation mode from the command return modes J and H to the command through modes K and I.

When the transmission image data transfer processing G is completed, the facsimile manager 401 issues a transmission result acquisition command and a parameter designating a reception number to the facsimile apparatus 201 to know the transmission result.
The event control task 307 that has received the transmission result acquisition command and the parameters retrieves the management information stored in the RAM 103, acquires the transmission result of the designated reception number, and sends out a response.

Then, the Bluetooth control task 4
09 determines that it is in the redial standby state based on the response from the event control task 307, and sends the Bluetooth controller 410
A command to request transition to the rk mode is sent. Then
Blue that has received the command to switch to Park mode
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
After executing the Park mode transition procedure with the controller 309, when the transition procedure is completed, the Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410 notify the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 respectively of transition to the Park mode, and after the transition to the Park mode, , The operation mode shifts to the command return modes J and H.

Thereafter, the facsimile manager 401 periodically sends a transmission result acquisition command and parameters to the Bluetooth control task 409, and
The Bluetooth control task 409 sends a response to the facsimile manager 401 indicating that it is waiting for redialing.

The Bluetooth control task 30
8 periodically sends a transmission result acquisition command and parameters to the event control task 307, and stores the transmission result in the RAM 103. Then, the event control task 307 sends a response to the Bluetooth control task 308 indicating that a redial is waiting.

If the transmission image that has been in the redial standby state can be transmitted normally, the process is the same as that described above.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a processing procedure of the transmission image data transfer processing G of FIGS. 12, 13 and 30.

First, the information processing terminal 202 transmits a reception number acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201 (S1).
401). Upon receiving the reception number acquisition command, the facsimile apparatus 201 sends the reception number stored in the RAM 103 to the information processing terminal 202 together with a response of “OK” (S1402).

Next, the information processing terminal 202 transmits a page information instruction command to the facsimile apparatus 201, and further transmits to the facsimile apparatus 201 parameters for setting main / sub-scanning resolution and image size information of the image data to be transmitted. (S1403). The facsimile apparatus 201 determines whether transmission is possible based on the received parameters, and if transmission is possible, sets each parameter in the management information of the RAM 103 and sends a response of “OK” to the information processing terminal 202 (S1404). On the other hand, when transmission is not possible, a response of “NG” is sent to the information processing terminal 202.

[0169] When the information processing terminal 202 receives a response of "OK" to the page information instruction command, it sends the image data transfer instruction command, the image data, and the image data size to the facsimile apparatus 201 (S140).
5).

Next, the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the image data according to the image data transfer instruction command, stores the image data in the image memory 104, and transmits a response of "OK" to the information processing terminal 202 (S1406). In this case, if there is no free space in the image memory 104, a response of "NG" is sent and the process is terminated.

Next, the information processing terminal 202 transmits the image data of one page to the facsimile apparatus 2 while receiving the response of “OK” to the image data transfer instruction command.
Send to 01. When receiving a response of "OK" to the image data transfer instruction command, transmission of the image data is stopped and abnormal termination is displayed on the display unit.

When a predetermined amount of transmission image data is stored in the image memory 104, the facsimile apparatus 201
A call is made to the destination facsimile number received by the transmission instruction command, and facsimile transmission is performed. Each time one page of facsimile transmission is completed, the corresponding area of the image memory 104 is deleted.

Next, it is determined whether the transmission of the image data of one page has been completed (S1407).
It is determined whether the image data transmission for all pages has been completed (S1408). If the answer is negative (No), the process returns to step S1403 to repeat the above processing, and the answer becomes affirmative (Yes). The process ends.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram showing another embodiment of the operation procedure at the time of transmission image transmission processing. In this embodiment, when transmission image data transfer processing G is completed, the information processing terminal 202 Bluetooth control task 409
Is storing the reception number and the transmission result of "transmitting" without inquiring of the facsimile apparatus 201 about the transmission result, and immediately shifts to the Park mode.

That is, as in FIG. 12, after the operation mode is shifted from the command return mode J, H to the command through mode K, I, the transmission image data transfer processing G similar to that in FIG. 14 is executed.

Then, when the transmission image data transfer processing G is completed, the Bluetooth control task 409 sets the Bluetooth
A Bluetooth mode transition request command is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 410, and the Bluetooth controller 410 that has received the Park mode transition request command
Is P with the Bluetooth controller 309
ark mode transition procedure, and when the transition procedure ends, the Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410
P control for the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409
Each of them is notified that the mode has shifted to the ark mode, and the operation modes are command return modes J and H.

When the command return mode is set to J or H, the Bluetooth control task 409 reads out transmission information (transmission result acquisition command, reception number, etc.) stored in a RAM (not shown) of the information processing terminal 202, and performs facsimile. A response is sent to the manager 401.

The Blue of the facsimile apparatus 201
The tooth control task 308 periodically sends to the event control task 307 a transmission result acquisition command and a parameter specifying the reception number of the transmission result to be acquired. Then, the event control task 307 sets R
The transmission result of the corresponding reception number is searched from the management information stored in the AM 103 and returned as a response. Blu
This process continues until the transmission process of the image data is determined to be completed.

Then, the Bluetooth control task 3
When the Bluetooth control task 308 receives a transmission end response indicating the end of the image data transmission processing from the event control task 307, the Bluetooth control task 308 returns the Bluetooth control task 308 to resume communication with the information processing terminal 202.
An active return request command is sent to the tooth controller 309.

The Bluetooth that has received the Active return request
The Bluetooth controller 309 executes an Active recovery procedure with the Bluetooth controller 410, and when the active communication recovers, the Bluetooth controller 309 performs a Bluetooth recovery procedure.
The controllers 309 and 410 notify the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 of the mode change, respectively, and shift to the command through modes K and I.

Thus, the command through mode K,
I, the Bluetooth control task 409
Transmits the transmission result acquisition command from the facsimile manager 401 and the parameter specifying the reception number of the transmission result to be acquired as it is to the Bluetooth controller 41
0, transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 309 via the Bluetooth controller 410, and transmitted to the event control task 307 via the Bluetooth control task 308. Further, the event control task 307 transmits the transmission result of the designated reception number to the facsimile manager 401 as a response, and ends the processing.

Next, the processing procedure for transmitting the transmission image will be described separately for the information processing terminal 202 as the transfer source and the facsimile apparatus 201 as the transfer destination.

FIG. 16 shows the information processing terminal 20 as the transfer source.
2 is a flowchart showing a transfer-time processing procedure of FIG.
This program is executed by the Bluetooth control task 409.

[0184] The Bluetooth control task 409 determines whether there is no received image or the facsimile manager 401.
When no transmission instruction command has been received from the device, the mode is the command return mode H.

Upon receiving a command from the facsimile manager 401 in step S1601, it is determined in step S1602 whether the received command is a transmission instruction command. If the answer is negative (No), the flow advances to step S1603. , According to the command received,
A necessary response is sent from the information stored in the RAM to the facsimile manager 401, and the process proceeds to step S16.
01 and waits for a command from the facsimile manager 401.

On the other hand, if the command from facsimile manager 401 is a transmission instruction command, step S1
The answer to 602 is affirmative (Yes) and step S160
4, after storing the transmission instruction command and the parameters received from the facsimile manager 401 in the RAM, and transmitting the Active return request command to the Bluetooth.
h controller 410. Then, in a succeeding step S1615, the mode change notification is received and the Active
It is determined whether or not e-return was successful, and if the answer is negative (No), an “NG” response is sent to the facsimile manager 401 and the process returns to step S1601 to execute the above-described command return mode.

If the answer to step S1615 is affirmative (Y
In the case of es), that is, when the mode can be returned to the Active mode and the mode shift notification is received, the operation mode shifts to the command through mode I, and the process proceeds to step S1605.

Next, in step S1605, a transmission instruction command and parameters from the facsimile manager 401 stored in the RAM are transmitted to the Bluetooth.
The information is transmitted to the controller 410, and the process proceeds to step S1606.

In step S1606, it is determined whether or not a command has been received. If a command has been received, the flow advances to step S1607 to make the Bluetooth controller 4
After sending the command to S10, the process returns to step S1606 to repeat the above-described processing. On the other hand, if no command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1610, and the Bluetooth
It is determined whether a response has been received from the th controller 410 or not. If the answer is negative (No), the process returns to step S1606 to repeat the above-described processing, while if the answer is affirmative (Yes), step S16
In step S1612, it is determined whether the received response is a response to the transmission result acquisition command. If the answer is negative (No), the process returns to step S1606 to repeat the above-described processing. If the answer is affirmative (Yes), the response is stored in the RAM, and the flow advances to step S1613.

Then, in step S1613, the RAM
It is determined from the transmission result stored in the storage device whether the transmission state is redial standby or transmission end, and the answer is negative (N
In the case of o), the process returns to step S1606 to continue the command through mode I, while if the answer is affirmative (Yes), the process proceeds to step S1614 to send the Park mode shift request command to the Bluetooth controller 41.
0, and then returns to step S1601 to shift to command return mode H.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of transfer of the facsimile apparatus 201 which is the transfer destination. This program is executed by the Bluetooth control task 30.
8 is performed.

[0192] The Bluetooth control task 308 is in the command return mode J when there is no received image and there is no transmission instruction request from the information processing terminal 202.

That is, in step S1701, it is determined whether or not the transmission result has already been notified to the information processing terminal 202. If the answer is affirmative (Yes), step S1 is executed.
If the answer is negative (No), the process proceeds to step S1702, where a transmission information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307, and the process proceeds to step S1.
In step 703, a response to the transmission information acquisition command from the event control task 307 is stored in the RAM 103, and the content of the response is analyzed to determine whether the transmission state has changed to transmission end. If the transmission state has not changed, the process advances to step S1705 to shift to the Active mode led by the information processing terminal 202, and determines whether or not a notification of the mode shift has been given. If the answer is negative (No), the process waits for a predetermined time in order to periodically send a command such as a transmission information acquisition command or a reception information acquisition command to the event control task 307, and thereafter, returns to step S1701.
And the command return mode J is continued. on the other hand,
If the answer is affirmative (Yes), the flow advances to step S1707 to shift to the command return mode K.

If the answer to step S1703 is affirmative (Y
es), if the transmission state changes, step S
Proceed to 1704, the Bluetooth controller 309
An active return request command is sent to the information processing terminal 202 to restore the connection with the information processing terminal 202, and the flow advances to step S1707 to shift to the command return mode K.

That is, in step S1707, it is determined whether or not a notification of transition to the Park mode led by the information processing terminal 202 has been made. If the answer is negative (No), the flow advances to step S1708 to determine whether or not a command has been received. Is determined, and when a command is received, step S1709 is performed.
After transmitting the command to the event control task 307 and returning to step S1707, the above-described processing is repeated. On the other hand, if no command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1710, and the event control task 3
It is determined whether or not the response from 07 has been received. If the answer is negative (No), step S170
7 and repeat the above process. If the answer is affirmative (Yes), the process proceeds to the subsequent step S1711.
In step S1711, the received response is stored in RAM
103, and sends it to the Bluetooth controller 309, and proceeds to step S1712.

In step S1712, by checking the transmission result state stored in RAM 103, it is determined whether or not the transmission is in the redial standby state. If the transmission is not in the redial standby state, the flow returns to step S1707 to repeat the above processing. In this case, for example, at the end of the transmission, a transition procedure to the Park mode led by the information processing terminal 202 is executed, and the Bluetooth control task 308 includes
The transition to the Park mode is made from the tooth controller 309, so the answer in step S1707 is affirmative (Yes), and the process returns to step S1701.
The operation mode shifts to the command return mode J.

If the answer to step S1712 is affirmative (Y
es), that is, if it is determined that the state is the redial standby state, the process proceeds to step S1713, and the facsimile machine 20
1 transmits a Park mode transition request command to the Bluetooth controller 309 in order to execute the transition to the Park mode, and when it is confirmed that the Park mode has been entered, returns to step S1701 and sets the operation mode to the command return mode J. Transition.

In FIG. 17, the case where the transmission result information of facsimile apparatus 201 is obtained has been described.
Facsimile device 2 from information processing terminal 202 using
A process for transferring a transmission image to the image No. 01 will be described.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing processing when a transmission image is transferred from the information processing terminal 202 to the facsimile apparatus 201.
This is executed by the oot control task 308.

[0200] The Bluetooth control task 308 is in the command return mode J when there is no received image and there is no transmission instruction request from the information processing terminal 202.

That is, in step S3101, a received information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307, and in step S3102, a response from the event control task 307 is received. In step S3103, received image information (image presence / absence information) in the response is received. Is stored in the RAM 103, and step S3104
Proceed to.

At step S3104, information processing terminal 20
The transition to the Active mode led by 2 is executed,
It is determined whether or not such a mode transition notification has been made.
If the answer is negative (No), the process waits for a predetermined time to periodically send a command such as a transmission information acquisition command or a reception information acquisition command to the event control task 307, and then returns to step S3101 to return to the command. Mode J is continued. On the other hand, step S31
If the answer to 04 is affirmative (Yes), step S3106
To the command through mode K.

That is, in step S3106, it is determined whether or not a notification of transition to the Park mode led by the information processing terminal 202 has been made. If the answer is negative (No), the flow advances to step S3107 to determine whether or not a command has been received. Is determined, and when a command is received, step S3108 is performed.
After transmitting the command to the event control task 307 and returning to step S3106, the above-described processing is repeated. On the other hand, if no command has been received, the process proceeds to step S3109, and the event control task 3
It is determined whether or not the response from 07 has been received. If the answer is negative (No), step S310
6, while repeating the above-described processing, if the answer is affirmative (Yes), the response received in the subsequent step S3110 is stored in the RAM 8 and the Bluetooth
out to the other controller 309, and step S310
Return to 6.

[0204] Thereafter, for the reason that there is no transmission image, for example, the information processing terminal 202 takes the initiative in executing a transition procedure to the Park mode, and as a result, the Bluetooth controller 309 notifies the transition to the Park mode. The answer to S3106 is affirmative (Yes), the process returns to step S3101, and the operation mode shifts to the command return mode J.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The radio state in the command return mode is not the Park mode, but a standby state in which the radio link is released, or the Snif in the Bluetooth standard.
Other low power consumption modes such as f mode and Hold mode may be used.

Further, instead of the facsimile apparatus, another image forming apparatus such as a personal computer having an image communication function may be applied to the above embodiment.

Further, for example, the image processing apparatus may have an electronic mail transmitting / receiving function in addition to the above functions.

According to the above embodiment, in the standby state, power is not consumed by transmitting and receiving a command for polling the state of an image forming apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus and its response, and furthermore, the wireless channel is occupied. Disappears.

[0209] In addition, since the low power consumption state is automatically set when the service is not performed, the wireless connection processing unit can operate in the low power consumption state without depending on the rules or commands for shifting to the low power consumption state. And can reduce wireless communication traffic, reduce restrictions for performing other wireless services with other devices, and reduce power consumption in a standby state. To play.

[Second Embodiment] The configuration of a facsimile apparatus in this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration according to this embodiment.

Note that the same components as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the system according to the present embodiment includes a facsimile apparatus 201 and a plurality (3 in the present embodiment) represented by a personal computer (PC).
The information processing terminals 202a to 202c, the communication line 203, and a partner terminal (for example, a facsimile machine or a PC) 204 connected to the communication line 203.

[0214] The facsimile apparatus 201 is connected to the communication line 20.
3 and can perform facsimile communication with the partner terminal 204. Also, the facsimile machine 20
1 can also be wirelessly connected to each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c. In this embodiment, the wireless part is Blu
Since each of the information processing terminals 202a
To 202c each have a built-in unit for Bluetooth communication or a Bluetooth communication unit.
h unit for communication is each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202
c, each information processing terminal 202a-20
2c, image data can be transmitted and received, and various data and programs can be exchanged. Further, in this embodiment, a facsimile apparatus is employed as the image processing apparatus 201, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a multifunction apparatus having a scanner function and a printer function may be used. E added
-Even other image processing apparatuses such as a mail terminal do not depart from the essence of the present invention.

Also, the software hierarchical structure of the facsimile apparatus 201 in this embodiment and the information processing terminal 202
The hierarchical structure of the software a to 202c is the same as the hierarchical structure of the software described with reference to FIGS.

Further, the information processing terminals 202a to 202c
Are also the same as those in the above-described embodiment, since the processing when the power is turned on and the processing when the facsimile apparatus 201 turns on the power are the same as those in the above-described embodiment.

In the following description, the information processing terminal 202
It is assumed that the processing at the time of turning on the power supplies of the terminals a to 202c is completed, and each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c is in the Park mode.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a communication flow at the time of scan data transfer processing in which a user sets a document in the facsimile apparatus 201, presses a scan key, and transfers the scanned document to the information processing terminal 202a.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 is in a command return mode during standby, and periodically issues a status information acquisition command to the event control task 307 in order to monitor the status of the facsimile machine 201.

The event control task 307 checks whether or not the state of the facsimile machine has changed. In the facsimile apparatus 201, if the reading unit 107
When a document is set on the scanner and the scan key is pressed, a display for selecting a transfer destination for uploading the scanned image is displayed, and the user is requested to input a transfer destination. The user sets the transfer destination, for example, to PC (a) (information processing terminal 2).
02a), a flag indicating that there is an image to be scanned and a PC as the upload destination of the scanned image
(A) is stored in the RAM 103. The event control task 307 checks this area and
It recognizes that there is an image to be transferred to (a), and returns a response indicating that there is a scanned document and parameters to the status information acquisition command.

Upon receiving a response indicating that a scanned document is present, the Bluetooth control task 308 restores communication between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a in order to transfer the scanned image data to the information processing terminal 202a. At this time, the information processing terminal 202
b, commands such as an Active return request from 202c are ignored.

[0222] The Bluetooth control task 308
An Active return request is sent to the Bluetooth controller 309 in order to recover the communication. Act
The Bluetooth controller 309 that has received the request to return to live communicates with the Bluetooth controller 410 of the information terminal process 202a in accordance with the Bluetooth communication return procedure. When communication is restored, Blu
The Bluetooth controller 309 is a Bluetooth controller.
A mode change notification is sent to the h control task 308. Bluetooth control task 308 receiving the mode change notification
Determines that communication has been restored from the content,
If it is determined that communication cannot be restored while shifting from command return mode to command through mode,
The state of the command return mode is maintained as it is.

Similarly, the Blue of the information processing terminal 202a
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
The mode change is notified to the control task 409. Bluetooth control task 409 that has received the mode change notification
Determines that communication has been restored from the content,
If it is determined that communication cannot be restored while shifting from command return mode to command through mode,
The command return mode is maintained as it is, and a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit of the information processing terminal 202a.

When the communication is restored and each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 enters the command through mode, the same command interface as when connected by a wire such as a paraless interface such as Centronics (a standard interface defined by IEEE1284 or the like) is used. Then, a scan image data transfer process is performed. The scan image data transfer processing will be described later.

When the scan image data transfer processing is completed, the facsimile manager 401 issues a status information acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201. Event control task 3 that received the status information acquisition command
In step 07, a search is performed as to whether or not there is a scan image based on a flag or the like stored in the RAM 103, and when there is a scan image, a response of “scan image present” is returned.

When the facsimile manager 401 determines from the response to the status information acquisition command that there is a scan image, the facsimile manager 401 performs the scan image transfer process again in accordance with the scan image data transfer process described later.

If there is no scan image, the event control task 307 receives the status information acquisition command.
Checks the status of the facsimile apparatus 201, such as the status of the printer, the status of the scanner, and the status of the memory, and returns a normal status response.

When the facsimile manager 401 determines that an error has occurred from the response to the status information acquisition command, it displays a message indicating the error status on the display unit of the information processing terminal 202a, and the error status is resolved. The reception information acquisition command and the status information acquisition command are periodically issued to the event control task 307 until the reception of the command. On the other hand, the facsimile manager 40
1 determines that the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 is normal, and periodically issues a state information acquisition command and a reception information acquisition command until the facsimile apparatus 201 shifts to the Park mode, which is a power consumption mode.

When the facsimile apparatus 201 determines that the state is normal, the facsimile apparatus 201 returns to the power consumption mode Par
Shift to k mode.

Then, the Blu of the facsimile apparatus 201
The Bluetooth control task 308 is a Bluetooth
It issues a Park mode shift request to the controller 309.
The Bluetooth controller 309, which has received the request for transition to the Park mode, communicates with the Bluetooth controller 410 and the Park in accordance with the Bluetooth specification.
Perform the mode transition procedure.

When the migration procedure is completed, each Bluetooth
Each of the oot controllers 309 and 410
Park in the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409
Notifies that the mode has been changed.

Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Park mode, each Bluetooth control task 308, 40
9 are in command return mode.

Then, again, the information processing terminals 202a to 202a-2
02c, the user starts a service such as facsimile transmission, scan instruction, or print,
The command return mode is maintained until the facsimile apparatus 201 performs a scanning operation and a facsimile reception.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an outline of command and data transfer control between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a in the scan image data transfer processing of FIG.

In the facsimile apparatus 201, when a document to be scanned is set in the reading unit 107 and the scan key is pressed, a flag indicating that there is a document to be scanned is set. Then, a display for selecting a transfer destination to be uploaded is displayed on the display unit of the operation unit 108, and the user is requested to select a transfer destination. When a transfer destination is selected, the transfer destination is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 103, like the flag.

When it is determined that there is a scanned document from the area in response to the status information acquisition command from the information processing terminal 202a, a response of “scanned document present” is returned.

Next, a scan instruction command is transmitted from the information processing terminal 202a, and the facsimile apparatus 201 having received this command returns a “OK” response when the reading unit 107 is in an operable state, Sometimes, a response of “NG” is transmitted. When the response to the scan instruction command is “OK”, the information processing terminal 2
02a transmits a scan setting instruction command, and subsequently transmits setting parameters such as reading main / sub-scanning resolution. The facsimile apparatus 201 that has received this transmits a response of “OK” if reading control according to the parameter is possible, and transmits a response of “NG” if reading control according to the parameter is not possible. Reply.

If a response of “OK” is transmitted, facsimile apparatus 201 reads the original by reading section 107, stores the encoded data in image memory (DRAM) 104, and transmits the image data from information processing terminal 202 a. If there is a transfer request, image data of a predetermined size is stored in an image memory (D
(RAM) 104 to the information processing terminal 202 together with a response of “OK”. During this time, if an interruption by a stop key (not shown) or a reading error such as a document jam occurs from the operation unit 108, the facsimile apparatus 201 transmits a response of "NG". Then, the facsimile apparatus 201 transfers one page of the original read image data, and after the transfer of one page, checks whether or not there is the next original to be read.
And if there is a next original, the information processing terminal 20
Wait for a scan setting instruction command from 2a. On the other hand, if there is no next original to be read, the process is terminated.

FIG. 21 shows the Bl of the facsimile apparatus 201.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image upload process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308. The facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 20
Park mode is set between 2a and Bluetooth mode
It is assumed that the other control task 308 is in the command return mode.

In the figure, in step S2101,
By the mode change notification from the Bluetooth controller 309, the Pic with the information processing terminal 202a is
It is determined whether or not onet has been resolved. If Pico
If the net has been resolved, the transmission of the command to the event control task 307 is stopped, and the main scan image upload processing ends.

On the other hand, if Piconet has not been resolved, the flow advances to step S2102 to execute Bluetooth.
Based on the mode change notification from the th controller 309, it is determined whether or not there is an Active shift request. A
If there is an active return request, the process advances to step S2110 to shift to a command through mode process to be described later.
If there is no Active return request, step S2103
Proceed to.

At step S2103, a status information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307, and
In step S2104, a response is received.

When the response is received, the process proceeds to step S21.
The status information included in the response in Bluetooth 05
It is stored inside the th control task 308.

In step S2106, it is determined whether or not there is a scan request from the stored state information. If there is no scan request, the flow advances to step S2107 to wait to periodically send an information acquisition command. Thereafter, the process returns to step S2101. On the other hand, if there is a scan request, the process proceeds to step S2108, where the information processing terminal (for example, the information processing terminal 202a) of the transfer destination is read from the stored state information, and in step S2109,
In order to make an Active return request to the information processing terminal of the transfer destination, the Active return request is set to Blue.
Send it to the tooth controller 309. Then, the process proceeds to step S2110 to shift from the command return mode to the command through mode.

In step S2110, it is determined whether a command has been received. If a command has been received, the flow advances to step S2116 to execute event control task 30.
7, and if not received, the process proceeds to step S2111.

In the step S2111, it is determined whether or not an image has been received.
Proceeding to 117, the image is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 309. If the image has not been received, the process proceeds to step S2.
Proceed to 112.

In step S2112, it is determined whether a response has been received. If no response has been received, the process returns to step S2110.
Proceed to 2113.

Upon receiving the response, step S21
In step 14, the status information included in the response is
It is stored inside the th control task 308. Then, in step S2115, the event control task 3
07 is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 309.

Next, it is determined in step S2118 whether or not the upload of the scanned image has been completed.
If not, the process returns to step S2110; if completed, the process proceeds to step S2119.

In step S2119, Bluetooth
The h mode controller 309 sends a Park mode shift request to the h controller 309, shifts to the Park mode, shifts to the command return mode, and returns to step S2101.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a scan process executed by the CPU 101 of the facsimile apparatus 201 when an image is scanned in response to a scan request from the facsimile apparatus 201 side.

In the figure, first, in step S2201,
Then, it is detected whether or not there is a document in the reading unit 107. If there is no document, step S2201 is repeated. If there is a document, the process proceeds to step S2202.

In step S2202, it is determined whether or not a scan key (not shown) on operation unit 108 has been pressed.
Returning to 2201, if it has been pressed, step S2203
Proceed to.

[0254] In step S2203, from the connection destination list stored in the RAM 103, the current Bluetooth
It is determined whether there is an information processing terminal connected at th. If there is no connection destination, the process proceeds to step S2204, and the message “Cannot transfer” is displayed on the LCD of the operation unit 108.
This is performed on the display unit (not shown), and the main image scanning process ends. The display indicating that there is no connection destination is not limited to the display on the LCD display unit, and may be, for example, lighting of an error lamp.

If it is determined in step S2203 that there is a connection destination, the flow advances to step S2205 to determine whether there is only one connection destination. Step S2 if there are multiple connection destinations
Proceeding to 207, the current connection destination is displayed on the LCD display unit of the operation unit 108, and the user is prompted to select which information processing terminal to transfer the scanned image to.

Then, in step S2208, it is confirmed whether or not the information processing terminal of the transfer destination has been selected by the operation on operation unit 108. If the information processing terminal of the transfer destination has not been selected, the process returns to step S2207, while the transfer is performed. If the previous information processing terminal has been selected, step S22
In step 09, the information processing terminal of the selected transfer destination is registered as the transfer destination.

Then, in step S2210, Blu
Waiting for the status information acquisition command from the Bluetooth control task 308, if the status information acquisition command is received, the process proceeds to step S2211, and as a response to the status information acquisition command, “scan request is received” and information of the information processing terminal of the transfer destination are sent. It returns to the Bluetooth control task 308 to perform the above-described FAX scan service processing (scan image data transfer processing).

If there is only one connection destination in step S2205, the flow advances to step S2206 to register the information processing terminal of the current connection destination as a transfer destination without performing processing such as display of the connection destination. Proceeding to step S2210, the aforementioned processing is performed.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram of the Blu of the information processing terminal 202a.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image upload process executed by an Ethernet control task 409.
Note that the Bluetooth control task 409 executes the command return mode (S230) when there is no received image.
1 to S2303).

In the figure, in step S2301,
It is determined whether or not a status information acquisition command has been received from the facsimile manager 401. If the command has been received, the process proceeds to step S2302. If not, the process proceeds to step S2303.

In step S2302, Bluetooth
The status information stored in the th control task 409 is sent to the facsimile manager 401 as a response.

In step S 2303, the mode is switched to the Active mode led by the facsimile machine 201, and it is determined whether or not a mode change notification has been received. If not, the process returns to step S 2301. Proceeds to step S2304, and shifts to the command through mode.

In step S2304, the mode is shifted to the Park mode led by the facsimile apparatus 201, and it is determined whether or not a mode shift notification has been received. If not, the process proceeds to step S2305. Returns to step S2301, and shifts to the command return mode.

At step S2305, it is determined whether or not a command has been received.
06, the Bluetooth controller 410
Is sent, and if not received, the process proceeds to step S2307.

In step S2307, it is determined whether an image has been received. If an image has been received, step S2308 follows.
Then, the image is sent to the facsimile manager 401. If the image has not been received, the process proceeds to step S2309.

At step S2309, it is determined whether or not a response has been received.
Proceed to 310, if not received, step S23
Return to 04.

In step S2310, it is determined whether or not the response is a response to the status information acquisition command. If the response is a response to the status information acquisition command, the flow advances to step S2311; otherwise, to step S2312. Proceed to.

[0268] In step S2311, status information contained in the response is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 409.
It is stored internally, and the process proceeds to step S2312.

In step S2312, a response is sent to facsimile manager 401.

FIG. 24 shows the facsimile apparatus 201 and Bl
Among the information processing terminals 202a to 202c that are connected by Bluetooth and have established a Piconet, the Piconet between the information processing terminal 202b and the information processing terminal 202b is turned off or out of the service area of the wireless communication. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a communication flow in a case where the communication is canceled due to a factor such as movement.

When shifting to the Park mode,
The facsimile apparatus 201 maintains piconet synchronization by receiving beacons transmitted from each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c as master terminals.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 is in a command return mode during standby, and periodically issues a status information acquisition command and a reception information acquisition command to the event control task 307 to monitor the status of the facsimile apparatus 201. The event control task 307, which has received the status information acquisition command, sets the status of the facsimile apparatus 201 such as the status of the printer, the status of the scanner,
Check the status of, and return a response to that effect. In response to the reception information acquisition command issued by the Bluetooth control task 308, the event control task 307 searches the received image in the image management record stored in the RAM 103, and returns a response.

Similarly, the facsimile manager 401 of the information processing terminal 202b is in the command return mode during standby, and periodically transmits the status information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command to the Bluetooth control task 40.
9 B that has received the status information acquisition command
The Bluetooth control task 409 returns the stored state of the facsimile apparatus 201 as a response. In response to the received information acquisition command, the stored image management record is searched for a received image, and a response is returned.

When the beacon cannot be received and the Park mode cannot be maintained due to factors such as the power of the information processing terminal 202b being turned off or moving out of the service area of radio communication, the facsimile apparatus 201 Bl
The Bluetooth controller 309 is a Piconet
A cancellation mode change notification is sent to the Bluetooth control task 308.

[0275] The Bluetooth control task 308
Upon receiving this, the information processing terminal 202b is stored in the RAM 103
Delete from the list of contacts. At this time, if there is another connection destination information processing terminal (in this embodiment, the information processing terminal 202a or 202c), the status information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command are continuously issued to the event control task 307 periodically. On the other hand, the information processing terminal 202
If the connection destination disappears due to b being deleted from the connection destination, the Bluetooth control task 308 stops sending the status information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command.

[0276] Bluetooth on the information processing terminal side
The h controller 410 also sends a Piconet cancellation mode change notification to the Bluetooth control task 409, and thereafter stops sending the status information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command. However, Piconet
This processing is not performed (cannot be performed) if the cancellation of the processing is due to the power-off of the information processing terminal.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
Instead of the rk mode, other modes such as a standby state in which a wireless link is released, a Sniff mode in Bluetooth, and a Hold mode may be used.

[Third Embodiment] In each of the above embodiments, the Park mode is set when no command is exchanged between the facsimile apparatus and the information processing terminal. An example in which the standby mode is set when no command is exchanged with the terminal will be described. In the Standby mode, the clock synchronization between the master and the slave is not maintained, so that it is no longer possible to maintain Piconet. Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The image processing apparatus, the configuration of the image processing system, and the hierarchical structure of the control software constituting the image processing system of the present embodiment are the same as those of the above embodiment, so that the description will be omitted.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a communication flow when the image processing system according to the present embodiment is activated. FIG. 25 shows a plurality of information processing terminals 202a to 202 of FIG.
c, when the power of one of the information processing terminals (for example, the information processing terminal 202a) is turned on, the information processing terminal 202a and the facsimile apparatus 201 cooperate to perform initialization processing and shift to a standby state. The processing up to this point is shown. Only differences from FIG. 5 will be described.

[0281] The process is the same as that shown in Fig. 5 until the power of the information processing terminal 202a is turned on and the process of connecting to the facsimile apparatus 201 is performed. After connection, there is no received image,
When the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 is also normal, the facsimile apparatus 201 shifts to the Standby mode. That is, first, the Blu of the facsimile machine 201
The Bluetooth control task 308 issues a request to the Bluetooth controller 309 to shift to the Standby mode. Bluetooth receiving a request to switch to Standby mode
The Bluetooth controller 309 sends a Detach message to the Bluetooth controller 410 of the information processing terminal 202a, shifts to the Standby mode, and transmits the Standby mode to the Bluetooth control task 308.
Notify that the mode has shifted to the by mode.

[0282] In addition, B receiving the Detach message
Bluetooth controller 410 is also Standby
Mode, and the Bluetooth control task 409
To the Standby mode.

[0283] Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Standby mode, each Bluetooth control task 308,
409 are respectively in the command return mode.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a communication flow at the time of scan data transfer processing.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 is in a command return mode during standby, and periodically issues a status information acquisition command to the event control task 307 in order to monitor the status of the facsimile machine 201.

The event control task 307 checks whether or not the state of the facsimile machine has changed. In the facsimile apparatus 201, if the reading unit 107
When a document is set on the scanner and the scan key is pressed, a display for selecting a transfer destination for uploading the scanned image is displayed, and the user is requested to input a transfer destination. The user sets the transfer destination, for example, to PC (a) (information processing terminal 2).
02a), a flag indicating that there is an image to be scanned and a PC as the upload destination of the scanned image
(A) is stored in the RAM 103. The event control task 307 checks this area and
It recognizes that there is an image to be transferred to (a), and returns a response indicating that there is a scanned document as a parameter to the status information acquisition command.

[0287] Upon receiving the response indicating that there is a scanned document, the Bluetooth control task 308 transmits the received image data to the information processing terminal 202a.
The communication between the facsimile machine 201 and the information processing terminal 202a is restored. At this time, the information processing terminals 202b, 2
Commands from 02c will be ignored.

In order to restore communication, Bluetooth
th Inquiry sending request is sent to the controller 309. Bluetooth that has received the Inquiry transmission request
The Bluetooth controller 309 performs the inquiry procedure according to the Bluetooth connection procedure, and notifies the Bluetooth control task 308 of the result. Bl
The Bluetooth control task 308 is “Inquiry
When "Result" is received, it is determined whether or not the content can be connected to the information processing terminal 202a. When the connection is possible, the address of the information processing terminal 202a is designated and the Blue is designated.
A connection request is made to the tooth controller 309.

When the Bluetooth controller 309 receives the connection request, the Bluetooth controller 309
Bluetooth controller 410
th Serial Port Pro
A connection using "file" is established. When the connection is established, the Bluetooth
The controller 309 outputs the result to Bluetooth.
Notify the h control task 308.

When the Bluetooth control task 308 detects that the connection has been established from the connection result, the Bluetooth control task 308 shifts to the command through mode.

[0291] Bluetooth of information processing terminal 202a
h controller 410 also transmits the connection result to Bluetooth.
The control task 409 is notified. When the Bluetooth control task 409 confirms that the connection has been established from the connection result, the Bluetooth control task 409 shifts to the command through mode.

When the communication is restored and each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 enters the command through mode, the scan data transfer processing is performed as described above.

When the scan data processing is completed and it is determined that the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 is normal, the facsimile apparatus 201 returns to the Sta, as described with reference to FIG.
The mode shifts to the ndby mode, and the information processing terminal 202a
Shift to the andby mode. When receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Standby mode, each Bluetooth
The control tasks 308 and 409 are each in the command return mode.

[0294] Command and data transfer control between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a in the scan image data transfer process is the same as the transfer control process described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The processing when the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, and the description is omitted.

FIG. 27 is a block diagram of the Blu of the information processing terminal 202a.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by an Ethernet control task 409.

[0297] The process is the same as that of Fig. 9 except that it is determined in step S2711 whether or not a notification of transition to the Standby mode has been received instead of a notification of transition to the Park mode.

FIG. 28 shows the Bl of the facsimile apparatus 201.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image upload process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308. The facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 20
During 2a, the mode is in the Standby mode.
It is assumed that the Bluetooth control task 308 is in the command return mode.

[0299] In step S2801, Bluet is selected.
It is determined whether or not there is a notification that “Inquiry” has been received from the oot controller 309. Bluet
If the Bluetooth controller 309 has received “Inquiry”, the process advances to step S2807 to execute “Inquiry” based on the Bluetooth standard as described above.
ry ”is connected to the other party. And
In step S2808, it is determined whether or not the other party that has sent “Inquiry” is on the connection destination list.
The destination that has sent “iry” is added to the connection destination list, and the process proceeds to the command through mode described below. If it is already in the connection destination list, step S2809 is skipped and the processing shifts to the command through mode described later. On the other hand, in step S2801, Bluetooth
If there is no notification from the controller 309 that “Inquiry” has been received, the process proceeds to step S2802.

At step S2802, a status information acquisition command is sent to event control task 307, and
In step S2803, a response is received.

Upon receiving the response, step S28
In 04, the status information included in the response is
It is stored inside the th control task 308.

[0302] In step S2805, it is determined whether or not there is a scan request from the stored state information. If there is no scan request, the flow advances to step S2806 to wait for periodically transmitting an information acquisition command. Thereafter, the process returns to step S2801.

On the other hand, if there is a scan request, the flow advances to step S2810 to read the information processing terminal of the transfer destination (for example, the information processing terminal 202a) from the stored state information. In order to send "Inquiry" to the terminal,
An inquiry transmission request is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 309. Then, it is determined in step S2812 whether the connection has been established. If the connection is established, the flow advances to step S2813 to shift from the command return mode to the command through mode.

If the connection is not received in step S2812 and the connection fails, the process proceeds to step S2812.
Proceeding to 2822, a connection failure is notified and step S28
In step 23, the information processing terminal of the transfer destination to be connected is deleted from the connection destination list, and the process returns to step S2801.

Processing Step S in Command Through Mode
Steps 2813 to S2821 are the same as steps S2110 to S2118 in FIG.

In step S2821, step S282
It is determined whether or not the upload of the scanned image has been completed as in 2118. If the upload has not been completed, the process returns to step S2813. If the upload has been completed, the process returns to step S282.
Proceed to 4.

[0307] In step S2824, Bluetooth is used.
The controller sends a Standby mode shift request to the h controller 309, shifts to the Standby mode, shifts to the command return mode, and returns to step S2801.

The procedure of the scanning process executed by the CPU 101 of the facsimile apparatus 201 when scanning an image in response to a scan request from the facsimile apparatus 201 is the same as that shown in FIG.

[0309] Fig. 29 is a flowchart showing the operation of the Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202a.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image upload process executed by an Ethernet control task 409.
Note that the Bluetooth control task 409 is in a command return mode when there is no received image.

[0310] In the figure, in step S2901,
It is determined whether or not a status information acquisition command has been received from the facsimile manager 401, and if it has been received, the process proceeds to step S2902, whereas if it has not been received, the process proceeds to step S2903.

In step S2902, the Bluetooth
The status information stored in the th control task 409 is sent to the facsimile manager 401 as a response.

[0312] In step S2903, the Bluetooth
The controller 410 determines whether or not “Inquiry” has been received.
Return to step 2901 and, if received, step S2904
Then, the connection procedure for establishing the connection is performed based on the Bluetooth standard, and the mode shifts to the command through mode.

At step S2905, the Bluetooth
the controller 410 instructs a transition from the facsimile apparatus 201 to the Standby mode.
It is determined whether or not a command has been received. If it has not been received, the process advances to step S2906; if it has been received, the process returns to step S2901 and shifts to the command return mode.

The following step S2906 and subsequent steps are performed as shown in FIG.
Step 3 is the same as Steps S2305 to S2312.

As described above, according to the second and third embodiments, when a plurality of information processing apparatuses are connected to an image processing apparatus by wireless and transfer a scanned image to the information processing apparatus, It is possible to select to which information processing apparatus the scanned image is to be transferred.

Further, when one information processing device is wirelessly connected to the image processing device, this is detected and the scan image is automatically transferred to this information processing device. It is possible to immediately transfer a scanned image without performing any operation.

Further, when there is no information processing device wirelessly connected to the image processing device, this is detected and it is displayed that there is no information device to be transferred before scanning an image. Unnecessary scanning can be eliminated.

After the instruction to scan an image and the selection of the information processing device to be transferred are determined, the connection mode with the information processing device in the Bluetooth Piconet can be communicated from the power consumption mode or the state where the Piconet is canceled. Since the state is restored, even when the connection with the information processing apparatus is in the state in which the power consumption mode or Piconet has been canceled, it is possible to transfer the scanned image to the specified information processing apparatus without delay. In addition, since the connection with the information processing apparatus can be set in a state in which the power consumption mode and the Piconet are eliminated, wireless traffic can be suppressed and power consumption can be reduced.

Further, Pi between a plurality of information processing apparatuses is
In the conet, if the Park mode is maintained with at least one information processing apparatus, the exchange of commands with the pseudo information processing apparatus side in the image processing apparatus is continued, but the communication with all the information processing apparatuses is continued. Piconet in between
Is eliminated, the exchange of commands with the pseudo information processing device in the image processing device is stopped, so that unnecessary processing can be prevented and the load on the image processing device can be reduced. Becomes

[Fourth Embodiment] In this embodiment, various states are displayed on the facsimile apparatus 201 in order to make the facsimile apparatus 201 described in the above embodiment easier to use. The description of the same operations as those in the above embodiments will be omitted, and different operations will be described below.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the operation unit 108 of the facsimile apparatus 201.

The operation unit 108 includes various keys, LED, LC
D, etc., for performing various input operations by the operator, displaying the operation status of the image processing apparatus, and the like.

In other words, the operation unit 108 controls the time (dial number), the mode of the facsimile apparatus 201 in the Bluetooth piconet (Standby, Park,
Active) and the like, a numeric keypad 3202 for inputting a dial number, etc., a “start key” 3203 for starting transmission and copying, and forcibly printing out, and forcibly terminating communication. Key 3204 for registration, a "registration key" 3205 for various types of registration, a "one-touch key" 3206 also used for data registration in the registration mode, and a "memory lamp" that lights when an image is present in the image memory. 3207
And

[0324] When the facsimile apparatus 201 is in the command through mode, for example, when the facsimile apparatus 201 is in the command through mode, the LCD 3201 performs Active as Bluetooth communication.
Since the e-mode is set, the display indicates that the mode is the Active mode, and when the mode is changed from the command through mode to the command return mode, the display is switched from the Active mode to the Park mode.

In the above embodiment, the facsimile apparatus is in the standby state (there is no original in the reading unit, no transmission / reception,
Start key 3 during scanning, printing, dialing and registration information input.
203 operates as a forced printout key. In standby, if the start key 3203 is input while the memory lamp 3207 is lit, that is, the image is stored in the image memory, the image in the image memory can be printed out.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart when the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on.

Referring to FIG. 33, facsimile apparatus 201
Is turned on, in step S3301, B
An initialization process of the Bluetooth control task 308 is performed. Here, the operation mode is set to the “command through mode”.

Then, the Bluetooth control task 3
08, the variable for storing the presence / absence of the received image is set to no image. Further, when the power is turned on, the facsimile apparatus 201 is still in the Bluetooth Picone.
Since no t has participated, the facsimile machine Blue
The tooth control unit 115 is in a standby mode. Therefore, the fact that the apparatus is in the standby mode is displayed on the LCD 3201 of the operation unit 108.

The above processing is performed, and the startup of the information processing terminal 202 is waited.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the received image uploading process of the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 in this embodiment. Hereinafter, only processing different from FIG. 10 will be described.

As described with reference to FIG.
To S906, and in S906, Active
When the e-return request is sent to the Bluetooth controller 309, in S3401, it is checked whether or not the Bluetooth controller 309 has received a mode change notification in response to the Active return request. If the mode change notification is received, in S3402, Active
The mode is displayed on the LCD 3201 and S907
Move on to Conversely, if the mode change notification is not received, the transition to the Active mode could not be made for some reason, so that the next process is performed with the image stored in the image memory. Therefore, in S3403, the memory lamp 3207 is turned on, and the process returns to S901.

Thereafter, the processing from S907 to S915 is performed in the same manner as in FIG. 10, and in S915, Bluetooth is executed.
It is determined whether the received information stored in the control task 308 is an image or not.
The rk mode is displayed on the LCD 3201 and the memory lamp 3
After turning off the light 207, the process proceeds to S916 and shifts to the command return mode. If there is an image in S915, the Mod
If there is no e transition notification, the process returns to S907 to continue the command through mode. If there is an image in S915 and if there is a Mode transition notification, the process returns to S901.

According to the present embodiment, the mode of the radio section of the facsimile apparatus is displayed, so that the user can easily understand the reason why the radio channel cannot be used.

When an image to be transferred to the information processing terminal remains in the facsimile machine for some reason, this state can be displayed in an easily understandable manner.

[0335] Further, when it is found from the display that an image to be transferred to the information processing terminal remains in the facsimile for some reason, this image can be forcibly printed out.

[Fifth Embodiment] Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.

The facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 2
02 and the software configuration are the same as those of the first embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 when the power of the information processing terminal 202 is turned on.
A transition of each operation state of each of the devices 201 and 202 from a time when each of the devices 201 and 202 shifts to a standby state from the initialization process is illustrated. At this time, it is assumed that the power supply of the facsimile apparatus 201 has already been started.

[0339] When the power of the information processing terminal 202 is turned on, the Bluetooth compatible facsimile manager 401 starts up and performs processing for connecting to the facsimile apparatus 201.

That is, the connection destination facsimile machine 20
1 to confirm that it is ready to communicate.
The Bluetooth control task 409 transmits an Inquiry transmission request to the Bluetooth controller 410. At this time, “Cla” in the Inquiry command
“ss of Device” information is transmitted as “serial communication terminal”.

Upon receiving the inquiry transmission request, Bl
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
Perform the "Inquiry" procedure according to the connection procedure of th.
The result (“Inquiry Result”) is set to Bl
Notify the Bluetooth control task 409. Blue
The tooth control task 409 uses “InquiryRe
When "sult" is received, it is determined whether or not connection is possible with the facsimile apparatus 201 based on the content.
While making a connection request to the Bluetooth controller 410, if the connection fails or the facsimile device to be connected cannot be found from the contents of "Inquiry Result", a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit of the information processing terminal 202 (FIG. (Not shown).

[0342] Bluetooth controller 410
Receives the connection request, the B of the facsimile
For the Bluetooth controller 309, the Bluetooth
"Serial Port" based on the standard of
A connection using "Profile" is established. Then, when the connection is established, Blu
The Bluetooth controller 410 transmits the result to the Bluetooth
Notify the eth control task 409.

[0343] The Bluetooth control task 409 is
When it is detected from the connection result that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has been established, a Ready signal is transmitted to the facsimile manager 401, the command from the facsimile manager 401 is passed to the Bluetooth controller 410 as it is, and the state shifts to the command through mode. I do.

Also, the Bluetooth control task 40
9 receives a message indicating that connection establishment has failed from the connection result,
Is displayed on the display unit.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th controller 309 notifies the Bluetooth control task 308 of the result of the procedure for establishing a connection with the information processing terminal 202. When the Bluetooth control task 308 confirms that the connection has been established from the result of the connection establishment procedure, the Bluetooth control task 308
In order to pass the command from the information control task 307 to the event control task 307 as it is, a command through mode is entered, and a command from the information processing terminal 202 is waited for. On the other hand, when the connection fails, the Bluetooth control task 308 waits until a connection is established.

The facsimile manager 401 is a Blu-ray
When a Ready signal is received from the Bluetooth control task 409, a command for transferring data such as date information of the information processing terminal 202 and data registered in the facsimile manager 401 to the facsimile apparatus 201 is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 409. .

[0347] The Bluetooth control task 409 is
The received command is transferred to the Bluetooth controller 410 as it is, and the Bluetooth controller 410 reads “Serial Port Profile”.
e), the data is transferred to the facsimile machine 201.

[0348] Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th controller 309 transmits the command transmitted from the information processing terminal 202 to the Bluetooth control task 308, and the Bluetooth control task 308
Passes the command to the event control task 307 as it is.

[0349] The event control task 307 analyzes the received command, and outputs the result to the Bluetooth.
h control task 308.

[0350] When the initialization process is completed as described above, the Bluetooth control task 409 transmits a status information acquisition command for acquiring the status of the facsimile apparatus 201 to the facsimile apparatus 201. Upon receiving this status information acquisition command, the event control task 307 checks the status of the facsimile apparatus 201, such as whether there is a received image, the status of the printer, the status of the scanner, and the status of the memory. Information processing terminal 2 as information corresponding to
Return to 02 side. Bluetooth control task 409
Upon receiving a response to the status information acquisition command, the status information is stored in, for example, a RAM (not shown).

When status information is stored, Bluetooth
The h control task 409 issues a Park mode transition request to the Bluetooth controller 410 to enter the Park mode, which is one of the low power consumption modes. Pa
The Bluetooth controller 410, which has received the rk mode transition request, transmits the Bk according to the Bluetooth standard.
Par with Bluetooth controller 309
Perform the k-mode transition procedure. When the migration procedure is completed, each B
The Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410 notify the respective Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 of the transition to the Park mode. When receiving the notification of the transition to the Park mode, each Bluetooth
The control tasks 308 and 409 are each in the command return mode.

In this embodiment, the Park mode is selected as the low power consumption mode. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Another low power consumption mode, that is, one of the Sniff mode, the Hold mode, and the mode in which Piconet is released may be selected.

In the command return mode, the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202
Performs the same processing as the event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201 when connected by a wire such as a serial interface such as RS40132C or a parallel interface such as Centronics (standard interface such as IEEE1284). That is, the Bluetooth control task 409
Returns a response to the status acquisition command periodically issued from the facsimile manager 401 based on the status information stored in the RAM of the information processing terminal 202.

The Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 is a function of the facsimile manager 40 of the information processing terminal 202 when the above described wired connection is made.
The same operation as in 1 is performed. Bl of facsimile machine 201
The Bluetooth control task 308 periodically sends a status information acquisition command to the event control task 307 in order to constantly monitor the status change of the facsimile machine 201 and whether an image has been received from another facsimile machine via the communication line 203. Issued

FIG. 36 shows that the operation state of the facsimile apparatus 201 changes when the image is received by the facsimile apparatus 201, and the change in the operation state is determined by the Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 when notifying the control task 409.

In the figure, the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile machine 201 is in the command return mode during standby, and the facsimile machine 2
In order to monitor the status No. 01, a status acquisition command is periodically issued to the event control task 307. The event control task 307 is stored in the RAM 10
3 for the image management record stored in the facsimile apparatus 201, and detects the use status and abnormality of the facsimile apparatus 201, and determines whether or not there is a received image, whether or not reception is possible, and whether or not transmission is possible. , The status information such as whether or not scanning is possible is returned to the Bluetooth control task 308 as a response to the status information acquisition command. The Bluetooth control task 308 determines from the received response whether the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 has changed. If there is no change, Bl
The Bluetooth control task 308 periodically issues a status information acquisition command and continues monitoring the facsimile machine 201. On the other hand, when there is a change, for example, when the received image changes from “none” to “present” by receiving the image, the Bluetooth control task 308
To notify the information processing terminal 202 of the status information,
The communication between the facsimile machine 201 and the information processing terminal 202 is restored.

[0357] The Bluetooth control task 308
An Active return request is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 309 to recover communication. Act
The Bluetooth controller 309 that has received the request to return to the active state communicates with the Bluetooth controller 410 of the information processing terminal 202 in accordance with the Bluetooth communication return procedure. When communication is restored, Blu
The Bluetooth controller 309 is a Bluetooth controller.
A mode change notification is sent to the h control task 308. Bluetooth control task 308 receiving the mode change notification
Determines that communication has been restored from the content,
If it is determined that communication cannot be restored while shifting from command return mode to command through mode,
The state of the command return mode is maintained as it is.

Similarly, the Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202
The oooth controller 410 notifies the Bluetooth control task 409 of a mode change. Upon receiving the mode change notification, the Bluetooth control task 409 shifts from the command return mode to the command through mode when it determines that the communication has been recovered from the contents, and when it determines that the communication cannot be recovered, it immediately switches to the command return mode. Maintain state. Upon receiving the status information acquisition command from the facsimile manager 401, the Bluetooth control task 409 that has shifted to the command through mode transfers the status information acquisition command to the Bluetooth controller 410 and sends it to the facsimile apparatus 201. The event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201 that has received the status information acquisition command searches the image management record stored in the RAM 103 for the presence or absence of the received image, and also checks the usage status and abnormality of the facsimile apparatus 201. Is detected, the presence or absence of a received image,
Status information such as transmission permission / prohibition / scanning permission is transmitted as a response to the status information acquisition command via Bluetooth.
Reply to the th control task 409. The Bluetooth control task 409 that has received the response to the status information acquisition command stores the received status information in a temporary area (for example, the work area of the RAM). Bluetooth control task 409 receiving status information
Sends a Park mode shift request to the Bluetooth controller 410 in order to shift to the Park mode which is a low power consumption mode, and receives the Park mode shift request from the Bluetooth controller 410.
Is a Bluetooth controller 309 and Park
Perform the mode transition procedure. Each of the Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410 has its own Bluetooth
The control tasks 308 and 409 are notified of the transition to the Park mode. Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Park mode, the Bluetooth control task 308 shifts to the command return mode, periodically sends a reception information acquisition command to the event control task 307 again, and monitors the state of the facsimile apparatus 201. .

[0359] Further, the Bluetooth controller 410, which has been notified that the mode has shifted to the Park mode, writes the status information stored in the temporary area to the normal area, and updates the status information of the facsimile apparatus 201.

[0360] In the example shown in the figure, the state changes that an image has been received. At this point, the Bluetooth control task 4
09, the received image portion of the status information stored is updated from “no image” to “image present”. The subsequent received image portion of the response to the status information acquisition command from the facsimile manager 401 is “image present”.

[0361] FIG. 37 shows the Blue of the information processing terminal 202.
In the state information of the tooth control task 409, when the received image changes from “absent” to “present”, the facsimile apparatus 201 and the facsimile apparatus 201 during the received image transfer process of transferring the received image data to the information processing terminal 202. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a communication flow between information processing terminals 202.

As described with reference to FIG. 36, after the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the image, the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 is notified that the received image is present, and is stored. 2
When the Bluetooth control task 409 of 02 receives the status information acquisition command from the facsimile manager 401, the Bluetooth control task 409 returns the stored status information to the facsimile manager 401 as a response. If the facsimile manager 401 receives the information indicating “there is a received image” from the Bluetooth control task 409 and is set to upload the received image, the facsimile manager 401 starts the Bluetooth upload process of the received image.
A reception upload command is sent to the control task 409.

[0363] The Bluetooth control task 409 is
When the reception upload command is received, it is determined from the stored state information of the facsimile apparatus 201 whether the reception upload is possible. If the received image portion of the status information is “no image”, the Bluetooth control task 409 determines that the reception upload is not possible, and sends the command to the facsimile manager 401 without transmitting a command to the facsimile apparatus 201. A response “NG” is returned. On the other hand, when the received image portion of the state information is “image present”, Bluetooth
The control task 409 determines that the reception upload is possible,
In order to enable communication with the facsimile apparatus 201, the communication mode is changed from the low power consumption mode Park mode to the communicable A mode.
It requests the Bluetooth controller 410 to return to the active mode.

[0364] Upon receiving the request to return to the Active mode, the Bluetooth controller 410 receives the request.
Bluetooth controller 309 and Bluetooth
The communication return procedure of th is executed. When communication is restored, B
The Bluetooth controller 309 is a Bluetooth controller.
The Bluetooth control task 30 sends a mode change notification to the other control task 308, and receives the mode change notification.
8 shifts to the command through mode. Also, Blu
The Bluetooth controller 410 is also a Bluetooth
h control task 409, and a Bluetooth control task 409 receiving the mode change notification.
Shifts to the command through mode, and sends the received upload command received from the facsimile manager 401 to the facsimile apparatus 201.

[0365] The event control task 307 that has received the receive upload command returns a response "OK" to the information processing terminal 202 because there is a received image.

As described above, when each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 is in the command through mode, a connection is made through a wired interface such as a serial interface such as RS40132C or a parallel interface such as Centronics (a standard interface which is a default interface such as IEEE1284). "Ser" based on the Bluetooth standard with the same command interface as
ial Port Profile "to perform the received image data transfer processing. Note that the command and data transfer control between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing apparatus 202 in the received image data transfer processing is the same as in FIG. 7 described above.

When the received image data transfer processing ends, B
The Bluetooth control task 409 sends a status information acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201 in order to synchronize with the operation state of the facsimile apparatus 201. The event control task 307 that has received the status information acquisition command checks status information such as the presence / absence of a received image and whether transmission / reception / scanning is possible and sends it to the information processing terminal 202 as a response.

[0368] The Bluetooth control task 409 is
The received state information is stored. Bl that received status information
The Bluetooth control task 409 determines that a series of processes has been completed, and switches to the Park mode, which is a low power consumption mode, to return to the steady state.
Request to controller 410. Upon receiving the Park mode shift request, the Bluetooth controller 410
According to the Bluetooth specification, Bluetooth
A Park mode transition procedure is performed with the controller 309.

When the transfer procedure is completed, each Bluetooth
th controllers 309 and 410 respectively
It notifies the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 of the transition to the Park mode.

[0370] Upon receiving the notification that the mode has been shifted to the Park mode, each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 is notified.
Are respectively in the command return mode.

FIG. 38 shows a case where image data stored in the information processing terminal 202 is transferred to the facsimile apparatus 201,
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a communication flow between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 when the facsimile apparatus 201 performs facsimile transmission to a designated destination.

In the illustrated example, the facsimile apparatus 201 is in a transmittable state, and by the processing described with reference to FIG. 36, the transmission enable / disable portion of the state information stored in the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 can be transmitted. Has become. Here, the facsimile manager 40
1 is performed, the facsimile manager 401 sends the Bluetooth control task 40
9 is transmitted to the transmission instruction command.

[0373] The Bluetooth control task 409 is
Upon receiving the transmission instruction command, which is an operation instruction request, it is determined from the stored state information whether or not execution is possible. When the transmission permission / prohibition portion of the status information is “impossible”, Blue
The tooth control task 409 is for the facsimile machine 20
1 without transmitting a command to the facsimile manager 401, and sends a response "NG" directly to the facsimile manager 401. When the facsimile manager 401 receives the response "NG", it displays "transmission impossible". When the transmission permission / prohibition portion of the state information is “possible”, the Bluetooth control task 409 performs communication with the facsimile
Active to the Bluetooth controller 410
Send a return request.

[0374] Bluet receiving Active return request
In accordance with the Bluetooth communication recovery procedure, the Bluetooth controller 410 controls the Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201.
The communication with the Bluetooth controller 309 is performed. When the communication is restored, the Bluetooth controller 410
Sends a mode change notification to the Bluetooth control task 409. Bluetooth that received the mode change notification
When the other control task 409 determines that the communication is restored from the content, it sends a transmission instruction command to the facsimile apparatus 201, and thereafter shifts from the command return mode to the command through mode.

When it is determined that communication cannot be restored from the contents of the mode change notification, or when the Bluetooth
If there is no response from the Bluetooth controller 410, the Bluetooth control task 409 maintains the command return mode state and transmits a "NG" reply to the facsimile manager 401. Upon receiving the reply “NG”, the facsimile manager 401 displays a message indicating that the transmission service cannot be performed on the display unit.

Similarly, the Blu of the facsimile apparatus 201
The Bluetooth controller 309 is a Bluetooth controller.
A mode change notification is sent to the h control task 308. Bluetooth control task 30 receiving the mode change notification
In step 8, when it is determined that the communication has been restored from the contents, the mode shifts from the command return mode to the command through mode, and the apparatus enters a state of waiting for a command from the information processing terminal 202. On the other hand, when it is determined that the communication cannot be restored, the Bluetooth control task 308 maintains the command return mode as it is.

[0377] When the event control 307 receives the transmission instruction command and confirms that the facsimile apparatus 201 is not currently communicating and the transmission reservation is not full, the event control 307 sends an "OK" response to the information processing terminal 202. When these conditions are not satisfied, a response of "NG" is transmitted.

Upon receiving a response of “OK” from the facsimile apparatus 201, the facsimile manager 401
Performs transmission image data transfer processing using the same command interface as when wired, such as a serial interface such as RS40132C, or a parallel interface such as Centronics (standard interface such as IEEE1284). The transmission image data transfer processing is the same as that in FIG.

[0379] Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202
When the control task 409 determines that the transmission has been completed, the control task 409 sends a state information acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201 and stores the state information included in the response, so that the state change of the facsimile apparatus 201 after the operation instruction is performed. The stored state information is followed. When this response is received, the Bluetooth control task 4
09 is to shift the communication with the facsimile apparatus 201 to the Park mode which is a low power consumption mode again.
A request for transition to the Park mode is made to the Bluetooth controller 410. B receiving Park mode shift request
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
according to the specification of the facsimile machine 201
A Park mode transition procedure is performed with the Bluetooth controller 309. When the migration procedure is completed, each Bluetooth
th controllers 309 and 410 respectively
It notifies the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 of the transition to the Park mode. Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Park mode, each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 shifts to the command return mode.

[0380] The command return mode is maintained until the user starts a service such as facsimile transmission, scanning, or printing at the information processing terminal 202 or the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 changes.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the power-on process executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 in this embodiment.

When the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on, the processing of FIG. 39 is started, and the Bluetooth control task 308 is initialized (S3901). This initialization processing also includes processing for shifting the operation mode to the command through mode. Facsimile machine 20
No. 1 ends this initialization process, and waits for the startup of the information processing terminal 202 with the operation mode in the command through mode.

[0383] Fig. 40 shows the information processing terminal 202's Blue.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by a tooth control task 409.

[0384] When the power of the information processing terminal 202 is turned on, the facsimile manager 401 is started, and step S4 is executed.
001, the Bluetooth control task 409
"Inquire" is displayed on the Bluetooth controller 410.
y ".

[0385] In step S4002, the transmitted "In"
It is determined whether or not the facsimile machine 201 has responded to “query”.
If it does not respond normally to step S4, step S4
Proceed to 003.

[0386] In step S4003, after notifying the display device of the information processing terminal 202 that there is no facsimile device that can be connected, this processing ends.

In step S4004, the Bluetooth
A connection request is sent to the th controller 410, and the process proceeds to step S4005.

[0388] In step S4005, a response to the connection request is waited, and the Bluetooth controller 410
Is notified of "connection request failure" from step S
The process advances to step S4007, and when “connection succeeded” is notified, the process advances to step S4007.

[0389] In step S4006, after notifying the display device of the information processing terminal 202 that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has failed, the process ends.

[0390] In step S4007, "Rea" indicating that a connection with facsimile apparatus 201 has been established has been established.
dy ”to the facsimile manager 401, and the process proceeds to step S4008. In step S4008, the mode shifts to the command through mode. Here, the command through mode means that the Bluetooth control task 409
When a command is received from the facsimile manager 401, the command is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 41.
0, and when a response is received from the Bluetooth controller 410, this is an operation mode in which this is transmitted to the facsimile manager 401.

The facsimile manager 401 uses the above R
When receiving the ready signal, “Serial Port
Using the “Profile”, an initialization process between the facsimile manager 401 and the event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201 is performed.

[0392] In step S4009, the process waits for the end of the initialization process.
Go to 0.

At step S4010, the Bluetooth
The th control task 409 sends out a reception information acquisition command, and in step S4011, receives the response and stores the state information included in the response. Step S
In 4012, the Bluetooth controller 410 sends a Park message to the Bluetooth controller 410 so that communication with the facsimile apparatus 201 is shifted to the Park mode which is a low power consumption mode.
Make a mode change request. In step S4013, Pa
It is determined whether or not a transition notification to the rk mode has been received. If no transition notification has been received, step S4012 is performed.
Then, the request to shift to the Park mode is made again. At this time, after several retries, an error message may be displayed and the processing may be terminated.

If a transition notification to the Park mode is received, the flow advances to step S4014 to transition to the command return mode, and the main power-on process is notified.

[0395] Note that the Bluetooth control task 40
The command return mode of No. 9 will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 41 shows the Bl of the facsimile apparatus 201.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308. According to this flowchart, the operations of “notification of state change” in FIG. 36, “upload of received image” in FIG. 37, and “transmission service” in FIG. 38 can all be described.

In FIG. 41, in the standby state, the Bluetooth control task 308 is in the command return mode, and the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 are in the Park mode of the low power consumption mode. In the command return mode, step S4106 is executed for each wait interval in step S4106.
At step 101, a status information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307. At step S4102, this response is waited for.
At 103, the state information is stored.

First, the “state change notification” will be described.

In order to know whether or not the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 has changed, it is determined whether or not the stored state information has changed from the previously stored state information (S4).
104) If there is a change, the information processing terminal 202
The process proceeds to step S4106 to notify the status information. In step S4106, a request to return to the Active mode is issued to the Bluetooth controller 309 so that communication with the information processing terminal 202 can be performed.

[0400] When communication with the information processing terminal 202 becomes possible, the mode shifts to the command through mode, and step S410 is performed.
8. Each check of step S4110 and step S4114 is repeated. In the command through mode, as the name implies, the command or data received from the Bluetooth controller 310 in step S4108 is sent to the event control task 307 (S4109), and the response or data received from the event control task 307 is sent to the Bluetooth controller 310. (S4113).

[0401] Active from facsimile machine 201
There is a return request only in the case of “notification of status change”, and the information processing terminal 202 sends a status information acquisition command in response thereto. When the facsimile machine 201 returns a response to this command, the process proceeds to step S4111.
Then, after detecting this, the state information included in the response is stored (S4112), and then sent to the information processing terminal 202. When the information processing terminal 202 receives a response to this command, the information processing terminal 202 sets the communication mode to Pa
Request to transition to rk mode. When the transition to the Park mode is completed, a mode change notification is sent to the Bluetooth
Since the notification is sent to the th control task 308, step S4
This is detected at 114, and the process returns to the command return mode to enter the standby state.

The above is the "notification of state change" processing of the facsimile apparatus 201. When there is a state change in the facsimile apparatus 201, the Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
oo control task 308 and Bl of information processing terminal 202
The status change is notified to both the Bluetooth control tasks 409.

[0403] Next, the case where "received image upload" and "transmission instruction command", that is, "operation instruction request command" are transmitted from the information processing terminal 201 will be described.

Before transmitting the “operation instruction request command”,
The information processing terminal 201 issues an Active return request. When the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the Active return request, the Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410
An Active return procedure is executed between the two. Active
Upon returning to the mode, the Bluetooth controller 309 sends a mode change notification to the Bluetooth control task 308. Bl of facsimile machine 201
The Bluetooth control task 308 is in a standby state,
That is, when a mode change notification is received in the command return mode, this is detected in step S4105, and the process proceeds to step S4107 to shift to the command through mode.

After shifting to the command through mode, the command and data transmitted from the information processing terminal 202 are received from the Bluetooth controller 309 in step S4108, and transmitted to the event control task 307 in step S4109, and the response thereto. And data from the event control task 307 in step S4110,
At 113, the data is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 309. As a result, a series of commands and data of the requested operation can be exchanged between the facsimile manager 401 of the information processing terminal 202 and the event control task 307 of the facsimile apparatus 201.

[0406] When this process ends, a status information acquisition command is sent from the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 to update the status information. When the event control task 307 sends a response to this to the Bluetooth control task 308, this is detected in step S4111, and stored in step S4112. With this processing, Bluet
The ooth control task 308 can store the latest state information after the requested operation.

[0407] Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202
Upon receiving a response to the status information acquisition command, the control task 409 issues a Park mode shift request to the Bluetooth controller 410, and
Park mode transition processing is performed between the oot controllers 309 and 410. When the transition to the Park mode is completed, the Bluetooth controller 309 sends B
A mode change notification is sent to the Bluetooth control task 308. The Bluetooth control task 308 detects this in step S4114, returns to the command return mode, and enters the standby state.

[0408] FIG. 42 is a block diagram of the information processing terminal 202.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by a tooth control task 409. According to this flowchart,
The operations of “notification of state change” in FIG. 36, “upload of received image” in FIG. 37, and “transmission service” in FIG.

In FIG. 42, in the standby state, the Bluetooth control task 409 is in the command return mode, and the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 are in the Park mode of the low power consumption mode. Commands sent from the facsimile manager 401 in the standby state include a “status information acquisition command” for acquiring status information of the facsimile apparatus 201, a “received image upload command” for instructing the facsimile apparatus 201 to operate, and a “transmission instruction”. And “operation instruction command” such as “command”.

[0410] When the "status information acquisition command" is received in step S4204, the Bluetooth control task 4
In step S4205, a response is generated to the facsimile manager 401 in step S4205.

[0411] The status information used here is stored in the facsimile apparatus 20 when the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 is restored.
This is what was notified from 1 and stored. When the status of the facsimile apparatus 201 changes, an active return request is issued from the facsimile apparatus 201 to notify the change. When returning to the "Active" state,
The mode change notification is sent to the Bluetooth controller 41.
0 is sent to the Bluetooth control task 409.

[0412] The Bluetooth control task 409 is
Upon receiving the Active return request from the facsimile apparatus 201, in order to check whether or not the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 has changed, if a mode change notification is detected in step S4206, a state state acquisition command is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 410 in step S4207. I do. In step S4208, the facsimile machine 20
Waiting for a response from 1 and upon receiving the response, state information is stored in step S4209. When the update of the state information is completed, a request to shift to the Park mode is made in step S4210, and the state shifts to the standby state.

[0413] Next, a case where an "operation instruction command" such as a "received image upload command" or a "transmission instruction command" is transmitted from the facsimile manager 401 will be described.

[0414] When the "operation instruction command" is received in step S4201, the Bluetooth control task 40
No. 9 determines in step S4202 whether or not the designated operation can be executed based on the stored state information of the facsimile apparatus 201. If you decide that it is not feasible,
In step S4203, an "NG" response is sent to the facsimile manager 401 without sending the "operation instruction command" to the facsimile apparatus 201. on the other hand,
If it is determined that execution is possible, A is determined in step S4211.
An active return request is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410, and when returning to “Active”, the mode shifts to the command through mode.
An operation instruction command is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410.

In the command through mode, step S4
The series of commands and data of the instruction operation received from the facsimile manager 401 in step 213 are transmitted to step S4.
In step S4215, the response and the data received from the Bluetooth controller 410 are sent to the facsimile manager 401 in step S4216.

Here, when the exchange of a series of commands, responses, and data of the instruction operation is completed, this completion is detected in step S4217, and step S4207 is detected.
Proceed to.

[0417] In step S4207, a status information acquisition command is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410, a response is received in step S4208, and status information is stored in step S4209.
At 10 the Pa is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410.
An rk mode shift request is made, the mode shifts to the command return mode, and the system returns to the standby state.

As described above, when the power is turned on, the status information of the facsimile apparatus 201 is stored in each Bluetooth control task 3 by the processing described with reference to FIGS.
When the status of the facsimile apparatus changes, for example, when an image is received or a scan button is pressed, each Bluetooth control task is executed by the processing described with reference to FIGS. 41 and 42. When the status information stored in the status information 308 and 409 is updated and the “status information acquisition command” is transmitted from the facsimile manager 401 to the Bluetooth control task 409, the facsimile is performed by the processing described with reference to FIG. A response is returned with the stored state information without sending a command to the apparatus 21, and an “operation instruction command” such as a “received image upload command” or a “transmission instruction command” is transmitted from the facsimile manager 40 to the Bluetooth control task 409.
Is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 201 without sending a command to the facsimile apparatus 201 if the operation cannot be executed by the processing described with reference to FIGS. 41 and 42.
A "G" response is returned to the facsimile manager 401, and when operation is possible, an operation instruction command is sent to the facsimile apparatus 201, so that the wireless channel is not occupied and power consumption can be reduced.

As described above, also in this embodiment, it is possible to reduce power consumption by transmitting and receiving a command for polling the state of the image processing apparatus and its response without occupying the radio channel.

[Sixth Embodiment] <Overall Configuration of Apparatus> FIG. 43 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus FS1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 44 is a perspective view showing the facsimile machine FS1.

[0422] The facsimile apparatus FS1 comprises a cordless hand scanner 430 and a main body B.
It has a function that satisfies the ITU-T Recommendation G3 standard, is capable of color reading and color recording, and has a color copy function and a color image transmission / reception function. The cordless hand scanner 430 is a detachable scanner.

[0423] The cordless hand scanner 430 is a cordless hand scanner that can be read completely separately from the main part B.

In the facsimile apparatus FS1, FIG.
As shown in (1), the paper guide 4401 has a guide mechanism that is set according to the width of the recording paper. Paper entrance 44
02, the recording paper is inserted, and the document guide 4403
The document is set in accordance with the width of the document, and a position sensor is added to the document guide 4403 to detect the size of the document according to the set position of the document.

The upper cover 4405 can be opened upward when an original is inserted through the original entrance 4404 and the original or recording paper conveyed and retained in the apparatus is taken out or when the cartridge of the printer section is replaced. The upper cover section includes a main body operation panel and a handset table.

[0426] Handset 4318 is used during a call. Contact type color image sensor CIS (Contact Image) in the cordless hand scanner 430
(geSensor) 4303 is a reading width B4 for outputting each color of RGB in a line-sequential manner, and a reading resolution of 8 pe in the main scanning direction.
It is a contact type color image sensor of 1 / mm, and can be taken out of the main body B when the upper cover is opened.

The document discharge port 4409 discharges a document read in a sheet in the main body B. The paper discharge port 4410 discharges the recording paper printed by the printer unit 4325.

FIG. 45 is a plan view showing the main body operation panel 4324 in this embodiment.

On the main operation panel 4324, a function button 4501 is a button used to start setting and registration, a record button 4502 is a button used to record a voice memo, and a play button 4503 is used , Buttons for listening to voice memos. An erase button 4504 is a button used to delete an answering machine, a voice memo, and a fax from the memory. A telephone directory / set button 4505 is a button used to confirm settings when dialing with the telephone directory.

A left / right button 4506 is a button used for entering a character when selecting a function item, and an up / down button 4507 is used for displaying a function item, searching for a telephone directory, or The speakerphone button 4509 is a button used when the user speaks without picking up the handset.
Is a microphone used when speaking without picking up the receiver.

[0431] A stop button 4511 is a button used to stop operations such as facsimile transmission / reception, copying, reproduction, setting, and the like, or to stop the operation halfway. A copy button 4512 is a button used to execute copying. Yes, the image quality button 4513 is a button used when transmitting small characters and photos. A receive / print button 4514 is a button used to receive or print a fax, a send button 4515 is a button used to send a fax, and a color / black and white button 4516 is a color button for copying or faxing. These buttons are used to switch modes.

[0432] The color lamp 4517 is turned on when the color mode is selected. The display 4518 displays the current state of the apparatus, a registration menu, and the like, and usually displays the date, time, and the number of answering machines.

FIG. 46 is a top view of the cordless hand scanner 430 in a state where the cordless hand scanner 430 is taken out of the main body B of the facsimile machine FS1.

When the cordless hand scanner 430 is used, the surface shown in FIG.
When mounted, it will be on the bottom.

The cordless hand scanner 430 has a scanner operation panel 4307. On the scanner operation panel 4307, a “liquid crystal LCD” 4601 displays various information of the hand scanner 430. Note that various information of the hand scanner 430 may include a remaining memory amount, a reading width, a Bluetooth link state, a reading speed, image color information, and the like.

A “start / decision” button 4602 is a button used to start or stop reading (determination end), and is selected by a function menu and used at the time of decision.

[Stop / Cancel] button 4603
Is a button used to stop reading and cancel selection in the function menu. A “function” button 4604 is used to shift from a standby state to a function menu for executing image deletion, facsimile transmission, copying, and the like. "Up / Down / Left / Right Cursor" button 4
A button 605 is used for a selection operation in the function menu.

FIG. 47 shows the cordless hand scanner 430 taken out of the main part B of the facsimile machine FS1.
FIG.

The surface shown in FIG. 47 is a lower surface when used, and becomes an upper surface when the main body B is mounted.

In the cordless hand scanner 430, when the surface shown in FIG.
701 rotates, and a rotary encoder (not shown)
The mechanism detects rotation information. The contact sensor glass surface 4702 comes into close contact with the original, and the glass surface 4702
The image information is optically read by an image sensor arranged on the back of the camera.

Next, the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile machine FS1 will be described.

The cordless hand scanner 430, together with the main part B, constitutes a facsimile machine FS1.

[0443] The cordless hand scanner 430 is the same as that shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a first CPU having a function of JPEG compression / decompression of digital image data by middleware
4300, a first ROM 4301 storing various programs and fixed data of the first CPU 4300, and a first C
A first RAM 4302 used as a work memory for various programs of the PU 4300, a storage memory for image data and the like in the cordless hand scanner 430, and a contact-type color image sensor CIS (Contact Image Sen) for reading image data line by line.
sor) 4303.

The contact type color image sensor CIS430
Reference numeral 3 incorporates red (R), green (G), and blue (B) LED arrays, and when a read timing signal is input, a video signal is output in synchronization with the timing signal.

The image processing unit 4304 outputs a read timing signal to the CIS 4303,
A / D-converts the video signal output by, and performs shading correction and gamma conversion of luminance / density to convert it into digital multi-valued / binary data, or to perform image scaling / resolution conversion. It is. The image data converted to digital data is stored in the first RAM 4302,
Thereafter, it is transmitted to the main unit B via a wireless line as needed.

The main unit interface 4305 is provided in the main unit B
Battery 43
08 is charged through this connector.

The detection output unit 4306 is a detection output unit of a rotary encoder that monitors the rotation state of the reading roller of the cordless hand scanner 430. At the time of reading, the first CPU 4300 calculates the moving distance data of the cordless hand scanner 430 from the detection output. (Rotational encoder rotation speed information) is calculated, and the image processing unit 4304 executes image reading.

The scanner operation panel 4307 includes a liquid crystal display for displaying the state of the cordless hand scanner 430 and various data, selection of a reading mode,
It comprises a key input unit for performing various settings such as erasing an image in a memory.

[0449] The battery 4308 is a storage battery for driving the entire system of the cordless hand scanner 430 when the cordless hand scanner 430 is taken out of the main unit B and used alone, and the cordless hand scanner 430 is connected to the main unit B. In the mounted state, the main body B constantly supplies power and is charged.

The wireless interface unit is a Bluetooth
a wireless interface unit between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B, and a Bluetooth interface between the main unit B and the cordless hand scanner 430. It transmits and receives packets by executing wireless communication based on the standard. It also has a command / response interface that specifies the operation mode and exchanges state information, and an image data interface that exchanges image data in both directions. Composed,
The main body B becomes a master, and the cordless hand scanner 430 becomes a slave.

[0451] Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4
Reference numeral 309 denotes Bluetooth that performs Bluetooth frequency hopping processing and frame assembling / disassembling processing.
This is a baseband processing unit. The 2.4 GHz band high frequency unit 4310 transmits and receives radio waves.

Next, the main body B in this embodiment will be described.

[0453] The main unit B has a second CPU as its control unit.
4311, a second ROM 4312 for storing various programs and fixed data of the second CPU 4311, and an SRAM 4313 for registering and recording registration data (various software switches, communication destination data, telephone numbers of devices, and ID information such as abbreviations) necessary for the system. Having. The SRAM 4313 is
The data is backed up by a primary battery 4326 so that the data is not lost due to a main power failure.

The printer image processing unit 4314 performs image processing required on the main unit B side, such as binarization processing for converting multi-valued image data into a binary image, image enlargement / reduction, and the like. Is converted to a resolution of 360 dpi of the printer 4325, and the print data is transferred to the color printer. The second RAM 4315 is
It is used as a work memory for various programs of the second CPU 4311 and a storage memory for storing audio data, image data, and the like on the main body B side. 2nd RAM 4315
Here, a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory is assumed.

[0455] The modem 4316 is a modem for performing facsimile communication in a known G3 mode or the like. 29, V.I. 21, V.I. In addition to 27ter, D
It has a TMF signal recognition function and an audio codec function for recording audio in the second RAM 4315 and reproducing audio from the second RAM 4315.

At the time of facsimile communication, a maximum of 9600b
At a transmission speed of ps, a monochrome image and a color image are communicated in accordance with the ITU-T recommendation G3 standard. Regarding color image communication, in addition to the G3 standard (hereinafter referred to as “ITU-T color mode”), “unique mode”
Can perform color image communication.

The “unique mode” here means, for example,
BFT (Binary File Tran) as described below
sfer). In the color communication according to the G3 standard, the main and sub 200
A resolution of dpi and JPEG encoding in a Lab color space are required. In the color communication in the unique mode, the resolution of the main and sub 90 dpi and the RGB
It has a function of DPCM encoding in a color space.

The main body operation panel 4324 is composed of a key input unit for performing dial operations, various operation instructions, and various settings, a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the status of the apparatus and various data, and an LED. ing. The speaker 4319 outputs various alarm sounds, ringing sounds, and audio signals on the line. The NCU 4320 manages an interface between an analog telephone line and a device. Handset 4
Reference numeral 318 has a voice input / output unit for making a call using the present apparatus. The analog signal connection switch (crosspoint switch) 4317 is a known circuit that freely switches connections of analog signals among the handset, speaker, NCU, and modem according to settings from the second CPU 4311.

A color printer 4325 is a known color printer of an ink ejection system which is a printer unit of the apparatus, and moves a cartridge in which an ink tank and an ink ejection unit are integrated in a main scanning direction of a recording paper. While recording binary data on recording paper at a recording resolution of 360 dpi.

There are a color cartridge combining an ink tank of each color of CMYK and an ink ejection section, and a monochrome cartridge combining an ink tank of only monochrome ink and an ink ejection section. Either the color cartridge or the monochrome cartridge is mounted. The second CPU 4311 can determine whether the operation is performed by the configuration of the electrical contacts of the cartridge.

The maximum recording width for monochrome recording is up to B4, and the maximum recording width is A4 for color recording when a color cartridge is mounted.

The primary battery 4326 is a primary battery for backing up data registered in the SRAM 4313 and the operation of the clock IC 4327. RTC 4327 is 1
It is a clock IC that can measure time in seconds and can operate even when the main power is turned off.
30 and a hand scanner 4
This is a scanner interface connector for detecting whether or not 30 is mounted.

The wireless interface unit is a Bluetooth
and a wireless interface unit between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B, and a Bluetooth interface between the main unit B and the cordless hand scanner 430. It performs wireless communication based on the standard to transmit and receive packets. Further, it comprises a command / response interface for designating an operation mode and exchanging state information.

[0464] Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4
Reference numeral 321 denotes Bluetooth that performs Bluetooth frequency hopping processing and frame assembly / disassembly processing.
This is a baseband processing unit. The 2.4 GHz band high frequency unit 4322 transmits and receives radio waves.

<Initializing Operation of Cordless Hand Scanner 430> Next, an initializing operation of the cordless hand scanner 430 in this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 48 shows a cordless hand scanner 43.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an initialization operation when the power supply of the power supply 0 is turned on.

First, the work area in the first RAM 4302 shown in FIG. 43 is initialized (S4801), and then the peripheral hardware is initialized (S4802). afterwards,
The tasks controlled by the OS are initialized (S4803), the image memory in the first RAM 4302 is initialized (S4804), the Bluetooth control task is initialized (S4805), and a Bluetooth link establishment wait state is set. (S4806).

[0468] In this state, the Bluetooth connection is performed from the main body B.
When the Inquiry command based on the th standard is received, the ID number of the main unit B in the command (Bluetooth)
(S4807) and the ID number (Bluetooth device address) of the connectable main body B stored in advance is compared (S4807). If the comparison results match, an Inquiry Response containing the Inquiry access code of the hand scanner is transmitted to the main part B (S4808).

Next, from the main body B, the hand scanner 43
When a Paging message (wireless connection request signal) containing a device access code of 0 is received (S480)
9) The wireless connection response signal is transmitted to the main part B (S48).
10) A wireless link is established. The link type used in the present embodiment is an asynchronous connectionless link (ACL). If a valid command is not received from the main unit B within a certain period of time after the establishment of the wireless link, the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309,
The 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4310 enters the Park mode (S4811).

[0470] Note that the "Park mode" is
This is a low power consumption standby state in which the other connection is still established.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart for explaining the Park mode transition operation of the hand scanner 430 in the above description.

[0472] As described with reference to FIG.
After the wireless link is established between the main unit B and the main unit B, the hand scanner 430 must receive a valid command from the main unit B for a certain period of time (30 seconds in this embodiment) (S490).
1, S4902), transmits a Park_req message to the main part B to shift to the Park mode (S4902).
4903). Not_a indicating transfer prohibition from main part B
When the accepted message is received (S490)
4) Return to the command waiting state (S4901). Also,
Upon receiving a Park message indicating permission to transfer from the main part B (S4905), the mobile terminal shifts to the Park mode (S4906).

<Initializing Operation of Main Unit B> Next, the initializing operation of the main unit B in this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing the initialization operation of the main part B.

When the power of the main part B is turned on, the power is turned on in the following procedure.

When the main power supply is turned on (S5001), the work RAM is initialized (S5002), and peripheral hardware is initialized (S5003). Thus, the display on the main body operation panel 4324 is initialized.

Next, the backup data in the SRAM 4313, the image memory and the audio memory in the second RAM are checked (S5004). Then, Bluetooth
The th control task is initialized (S5005), and an Inquiry command including an Inquiry access code of the main part B is transmitted to establish a Bluetooth link with the cordless hand scanner 430 (S5006).

Here, the cordless hand scanner 430
Is waiting for a Bluetooth link to be established, the Inquiry of the cordless hand scanner 430
Inquiry Response with access code
se is transmitted. Inquiry Re within a predetermined time
When the response is received (S5007 to S500)
8) The main unit B compares the previously stored Inquiry access code of the connectable hand scanner with the received ID number (S5009), and if the comparison result matches, shifts to the Paging mode. .

That is, the cordless hand scanner 430
Specify the device access code of the Bluetooth
th Serial Port P
A wireless connection request using the file is made (S501).
0).

When a response signal to the wireless connection request is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S 5011), Bluetooth is transmitted between the main part B and the hand scanner 430.
Since the link (Piconet) has been established, FIG.
(Step S5012). After executing the scanner interface initialization procedure, a Park message is transmitted to initialize the cordless hand scanner 430 as a slave in a low power consumption standby state (the Park mode) while the Bluetooth connection is being established, and initialization is performed. The operation ends (S5013).

If no response to the connection request is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 after a predetermined period of time, a message indicating that a wireless link cannot be established is displayed on the display unit.

Also, when the inquiry response cannot be received for a predetermined time after transmitting the inquiry command (NO in S5008),
Inquiry Response from unreachable partner
Is received (NO in S5009), the flow returns to S5006, and the inquiry command is retransmitted.

<Operation of Interface Between Main Unit B and Hand Scanner> First, the structure of a packet exchanged between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B will be described.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing the structure of a packet exchanged between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main part B in this embodiment.

According to the Bluetooth standard, one packet is divided into an access code part, a header part, and a payload part.
Used for Bluetooth communication, the payload part is
Used for an interface command / response between the main unit B and the hand scanner unit. The payload part is
Further, a MAIL_ID part, a MAIL part, DATA_S
It is composed of an ISE section and a DATA section.

The MAIL_ID section is used to manage the consistency of interface commands / responses, such as the MAIL name and version information of interface commands / responses described later. The MAIL unit includes information (image number, color, command / response validity waiting time, etc.) required for a predetermined interface command / response between the main unit B and the hand scanner unit,
A detailed command / response instruction (instruction such as what and what to do) is stored.

[0487] The DATA_SIZE portion is a D
Used to manage the size of the ATA section. For example, when there is no DATA, NULL (zero) is stored in the DATA_SIZE section. In the DATA section,
It is used to store data (for example, image data) not included in the MAIL section.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing an example of a packet which is an interface which does not include image data generated when the memory image of the cordless hand scanner 430 is erased by the operation unit of the main unit B in this embodiment.

In FIG. 52, Version is a management version of interface command / response, P
ix_clear is the MAIL_ID for image erasure, Total_size is the total size of the payload section, and Command indicates that it is a request command (a request and a response are a pair). Mail_size
Is the information size included in MAIL, and No1, N
o2 and No3 are management numbers of images to be deleted specified by the operation of the main unit B, and NULL is zero.
Since the packet shown in FIG. 52 does not include image data or the like, the DATA portion is zero.

FIG. 53 is a diagram showing an example of a packet which is an interface including image data generated when image line data read from the hand scanner unit is transferred to the main unit B in this embodiment.

[0491] Version is a management version of the interface command / response.
p is MAIL_ID for uploading image data, Total_size is the total size of the payload section, and Response indicates that it is a response issued in response to a request command. Also, Re_
The command is a command for instructing the main unit B when there is any operation instruction or error in the hand scanner unit. For example, STOP (stop), CANCEL (stop), REPLAY (redo), PAUSE (interrupt), Instructions such as NULL (in particular, none).

[0492] Mail_size indicates the information size included in MAIL, and includes image number, image size, resolution,
The color / compression method indicates information of an image to be transferred, and 1_L
Ine_size indicates the data size of one line of the read image, and 1_line_data indicates the data of one line of the read image.

FIG. 54 is a chart showing the procedure for initializing the scanner interface in this embodiment, showing the relationship between the processing of the cordless hand scanner 430 and the processing of the main part B.

(54-1) and (54-2) correspond to an interface command / command from the main unit B to the hand scanner unit.
Confirm that the response can be exchanged. For example, by exchanging interface command / response version information and the like, mutual consistency is managed.

FIG. 55 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the chart shown in FIG.

In S5501, the connection request command (54-1) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 43.
0 and receives the connection confirmation response (54-2) from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S550).
2), the main part B confirms that the cordless hand scanner 430 is normally connected. Here, it is determined whether or not the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main part B based on the signal level input from the scanner interface connector 4323 (S5503).
If the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main part B, the pre-scan request command (54-3)
Sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S550
4).

[0497] Upon receiving the pre-scan request command, the cordless hand scanner 430 executes a pre-scan operation. Specifically, dimming is performed to determine the lighting time of the light source, and the determined lighting time of the light source and the shading data are stored in the first RAM 4302 (S5).
505). The execution result of the prescan is returned to the main part B as a prescan confirmation response (54-4) (S5506). This response is
OK if pre-scan can be performed normally, NG if failed
Is written in MAIL.

When the main part B receives the OK prescan confirmation response (54-4) (S5507), the hand scanner initialization procedure ends. In the case of NG, the process is re-executed and error processing is performed three consecutive NGs (S5508).

When the above processing is executed, the inside of the cordless hand scanner 430, the inside of the main unit B, and the scanner interface between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B are initialized. And various operations can be performed.

If the cordless hand scanner 430 is not attached to the main part B in S5503, a pre-scan confirmation command is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 in S5509. When the cordless hand scanner 430 receives the pre-scan confirmation command, the contents of the first RAM 4302 are confirmed, and if the normal pre-scan has been executed and the data is held correctly in the cordless hand scanner 430, MAIL indicating OK is written. Is returned to the main part B. On the other hand, if the pre-scan has not been performed or the data cannot be held correctly, the pre-scan confirmation response with the MAIL indicating NG (NG) is returned. 54-4) to the main part B (S
5510).

[0501] Upon receiving the OK, the main unit B terminates the process as it is (S5511). When the NG is received, the cordless hand scanner 43 performs prescanning.
In order to urge the user to attach 0 to the main unit B, the scanner non-attachment warning operation described below is performed (S551).
2).

Next, a specific operation will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 56 is a flow chart showing the scanner non-attachment warning operation in this embodiment.

A warning display urging the user to attach the cordless hand scanner 430 to the main part B is displayed on the main body operation panel 4324, the cross point switch 4317 is set, and a warning sound is emitted from the speaker 4319 (S5601). . Thereafter, the level of the signal input to the scanner interface connector 4323 is monitored, and when the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main part B (S5602), the sounding of the alarm sound and the warning display are stopped (S5603), and the operation is started. To end.

Returning to FIG. 55, when the scanner non-attachment warning operation is completed (S5512), a prescan request command (54-3) is transmitted to the cordless hand scanner 430 as in the operation of S5504. After that,
As described above.

[0506] As described with reference to Fig. 49, if the hand scanner unit B does not receive a valid command for 30 seconds, the hand scanner unit B shifts to the Park mode (a low power consumption standby state in which a Bluetooth connection is established). .

<Operation at the time of sheet copy> FIG. 57 is an interface chart at the time of sheet copy in the present embodiment, and shows the relationship between the processing of the cordless hand scanner 430, the processing of the main unit B, and the like.

FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of sheet copying in this embodiment.

When a copy instruction is received from main body operation panel 4324 (S5801), a sensor (not shown) at document entrance 4404 detects the presence or absence of a document (S580).
2) If a document exists, it is regarded as a sheet copy mode. Based on the level of the signal input from the scanner interface connector 4323, it is determined whether or not the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main body B (S5803), and the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main body B. Then, in order to establish a wireless link, the active mode transition procedure is executed to shift the cordless hand scanner 430 from the Park mode (low power consumption standby state) to the Active mode (S5804).

FIG. 59 is a flowchart showing a procedure for shifting the cordless hand scanner 430 from the Park mode (low power consumption standby state) to the Active mode in this embodiment.

[0511] In S5901, the Unpark_req command that is the request for transition to the Active mode is transmitted to the main body B.
Transmits to the cordless hand scanner 430. "Accept", which is a notification of completion of transition to the Active mode for a predetermined time.
Send the ted response to the cordless hand scanner 430
, And upon receiving the Accepted response (S5902), the cordless hand scanner 430
It is confirmed that the mode has shifted to the active mode (S590).
4), end. If the Accepted response cannot be received for a predetermined time (S5903), the processing proceeds to S5901.
And retransmit the Unpark_req command.

Referring back to FIG. 58, when the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed (S5804), the connection request command (5
7-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S5805). When the connection confirmation response (57-2) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S
5806), line read preparation request command (57-3)
Is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S5807).

[0513] In S5808, OK / NG is set to MAIL.
Read-ready confirmation response (57-4)
Is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S5808), the printer is prepared (S580).
9).

When the preparation of the printer is completed, S5810
, A reading start command (57-5) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430. Then, the conveyance of the document is started, the image data is transferred from the cordless hand scanner 430 to the main unit B, and the printer 4325 sequentially records the recording data on which the necessary image processing has been performed (S
5811). The image data is stored in the DATA unit,
The image data size for each interface command / response is stored in DATA_SIZE. Also, since the operation instruction is stored in the MAIL section every time,
For example, when the stop key is pressed on the main unit B side, the instruction is stored in the MAIL unit and sent to the hand scanner side.

[0515] When the conveyance of all the originals is completed, S581
2, a line read end request command (57-6)
Is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430. However, the line read end command may be stored in the MAIL section of the interface command / response to which the last print data is sent.

[0516] In step S5813, the line reading end confirmation response (57-7) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 43.
When it is received from 0, the sheet copy operation ends.

In step S5803, if the cordless hand scanner 430 is not mounted on the main body B, the user is prompted to mount the cordless hand scanner 430 on the main body B (S5814). Are as described in the description of FIG.

At S5802, if there is no original,
The operation of the hand scanner memory copy will be described later in detail.

<Operation at the Time of Sheet Transmission> FIG. 60 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of facsimile transmission of a sheet document by operating the main body B.

The interface chart at the time of this operation is the same as FIG. 57 used in the description of the sheet copy operation.

[0521] Using the keys on the main body operation panel 4324, S
When a destination is selected from the telephone directory stored in the RAM 4313 and a facsimile transmission instruction is issued (S6001), a sensor (not shown) provided at the document entrance 4404 detects the presence or absence of a document (S6002). If there is, it is regarded as the sheet transmission mode. Based on the level of the signal input from the scanner interface connector 4323, it is determined whether or not the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main body B (S6003). For example, in order to establish a wireless link, the cordless hand scanner 430 in Park mode (low power consumption standby state)
In order to shift to the active mode, an active mode shift procedure is performed (S6004). The specific procedure is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 59 in the section of sheet copy.

When the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed, a connection request command (57-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6005). Connection confirmation response from the cordless hand scanner 430 (57-
Upon receiving (2) (S6006), a line reading preparation request command (57-3) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6007).

In S6008, when a line reading preparation confirmation response (57-4) indicating OK / NG in MAIL is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S60).
08), perform a call operation to connect to the communication line (S
6009). When a connection is made to the communication line and a response is received from the destination of the fax transmission, in step S6010, the reading start command (57-5) is transmitted to the cordless hand scanner 430.
Send to Then, conveyance of the document is started, the image data is transferred from the cordless hand scanner 430 to the main part B, and the transferred image data is modulated by the facsimile modem 4316 and then transmitted to the communication line (S601).
1). The method of transferring the image data is as described in the section of the sheet copy.

[0524] When the conveyance of all the originals is completed, S601
2, the line reading end request command (57-6)
It is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430. However,
Interface command to send the last record data /
The line read end command may be stored in the MAIL part of the response.

[0525] In step S6013, the line reading completion confirmation response (57-7) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 43.
When receiving from 0, the communication line is disconnected (S6015),
The operation of facsimile transmission of the sheet document ends.

In S6003, if the cordless hand scanner 430 is not mounted on the main body B, the user is prompted to mount the cordless hand scanner 430 on the main body B (S6015). Is the same as that described in FIG.

If there is no original in S6002, the operation is a hand scanner memory transmission operation. This operation will be described later in detail.

<Operation during Hand Scanner Copy by Operating Main Unit B> FIG. 61 is a diagram showing an interface chart when an image read by the hand scanner is copied by operating the main unit B in this embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a relationship between processing of the cordless hand scanner 430, processing of the main body B, and the like.

FIG. 62 is a flow chart for explaining the above operation.

When a reading start instruction is given on the hand scanner operation panel 4307 (S6201), the image data read in accordance with the movement of the scanner is compressed and converted into the JPEG format and stored in the memory (S6202). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is issued on the hand scanner operation panel.

Next, when a copy instruction is received from the main body operation panel 4324 (S6203), a sensor (not shown) present at the document entrance 4404 detects the presence or absence of a document (S6203).
6204) If there is a document, it is regarded as the sheet copy mode described above. If there is no original, it is assumed that the image data stored in the hand scanner is to be printed.
In order to establish a wireless link for transferring image data to the main part B, as described with reference to FIG.
Activate k-mode cordless hand scanner 430
An active mode transition procedure is executed in order to transition to the vee mode (S6205).

[0532] When the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed, a connection request command (61-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6206). Connection confirmation response from cordless hand scanner 430 (6
When receiving (1-2) (S6207), in order to receive image information (monochrome / color, etc.) in the hand scanner, a hand scanner state request command (61-3) is issued.
Send to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S620
8).

The hand scanner status confirmation response (61)
Upon receiving (-4), the image transfer preparation request command (61-5) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6210). MAIL
When the image transfer preparation confirmation response (61-6) indicating OK / NG is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6211), the printer is prepared (S6211).
6212).

When the preparation of the printer is completed, an image transfer start request command (61-7) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6213). The image data stored in the memory of the cordless hand scanner 430 is
It is stored in the DATA part of the interface command. Further, the command data is transferred to a Bluetooth baseband processing unit, and passed through a 2.4 GHz high frequency unit.
It is transmitted to the main part B (S6214). The main unit B that has received the image data converts the received image data into 360 dpi.
Is converted to print data and color printing is performed (S62).
15).

[0535] When the image transfer completion confirmation command is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 and printing of all data is completed, the copying operation is completed.

[0536] When a certain period of time has elapsed since the end of the operation, the cordless hand scanner 430 sets the Park_r
The eq message is transmitted to the main part B, and the mode shifts to the Park mode.

<Operation at the Time of Hand Scanner / Facsimile Transmission by Operation of Main Unit B> FIG. 63 is a flowchart showing the operation of transmitting an image read by the hand scanner by facsimile operation of the main unit B in this embodiment. is there.

The interface chart at the time of this operation is the same as that in FIG.

When a reading start instruction is given on the hand scanner operation panel 4307 (S6301), the image data read according to the movement of the scanner is compressed and converted into the JPEG format and stored in the memory (S6302). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is issued on the hand scanner operation panel.

Next, when a facsimile transmission operation is performed using the telephone directory button 4324 on the main body operation panel (S6303), the presence or absence of a document is detected by a sensor (not shown) provided at the document entrance 4404 (S630).
4) If there is a document, it is regarded as the sheet transmission mode described above. If there is no original, it is assumed that the image data stored in the hand scanner is transmitted by facsimile, and a wireless link for transferring the image data to the main unit B is established, as described with reference to FIG. And P
Ac in cordless hand scanner 430 in ark mode
In order to shift to the active mode, an active mode shift procedure is performed (S6305).

When the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed, a connection request command (61-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6306). Connection confirmation response from cordless hand scanner 430 (61
-2) (S6307), in order to receive image information (monochrome / color, etc.) in the hand scanner,
The hand scanner status request command (61-3) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6308).

The hand scanner status confirmation response (61)
Upon receiving (-4), an image transfer preparation request command (61-5) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6310). MAIL
Transfer preparation confirmation response with OK / NG written in (6)
1-6) from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6311), an image transfer start request command (6
1-7) is transmitted (S6312).

The hand scanner that has received the image transfer start request command starts the operation of transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the main part B (S6313). Image data is interface command / status DATA
Stored in the department. Specifically, the JPE stored in the memory
The G-compressed image data is transferred to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit, and transmitted to the main unit B via the 2.4 GHz high-frequency unit.

[0544] The main unit B that has received the image data stores the received image data in the memory. When the image transfer end confirmation response (61-9) is received from the hand scanner (S6314), the calling operation to the destination set in the telephone directory is performed (S6315). When a response is received from the transmission partner, the image data stored in the memory is modulated by the facsimile modem and transmitted to the communication line (S631).
6). When all the image data has been transmitted, the communication line is released and the operation ends.

[0545] When a predetermined time has elapsed after the operation is completed, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends the P
An ark_req message is transmitted, and a transition is made to the Park mode.

<Operation during Hand Scanner Copy by Operating Hand Scanner 430> FIG. 64 is a diagram showing an interface chart when an image read by the hand scanner 430 is copied by operating the hand scanner 430 in this embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the processing of the cordless hand scanner 430, the processing of the main body B, and the like.

FIG. 65 is a flow chart for explaining the above operation.

FIG. 66 shows the operation of the above operation,
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display of a hand scanner 430.

Operation panel 430 of hand scanner 430
7, when there is a reading start instruction (S650)
1) The image data read in accordance with the movement of the scanner 430 is compression-converted into the JPEG format and stored in the memory (S6502). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is issued on the operation panel 4307 of the hand scanner 430 (S6503).

Next, when there is a copy instruction from the operation panel 4307 of the hand scanner 430 (S6504), the mode shift to the Active mode is established in order to establish a wireless link for transferring the stored image data to the main part B. The access request message to be requested is transmitted to the main part B (S6505). Upon receiving the Active mode transition notification response command (Unpark message), it is confirmed that the wireless link has been established.

Subsequently, a connection request command (64-1)
Is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6507). Cordless hand scanner 43
0 transmits a connection confirmation response (64-2) to the main part B. When the main part B receives this command and the connection confirmation response (S6508), it receives image information (monochrome / color etc.) in the hand scanner 430. To send a hand scanner status request command (64-3) to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6509). When the hand scanner status confirmation response (64-4) is received (S
6510), an image transfer preparation request command (64-5) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6511).

Upon receiving the image transfer preparation confirmation response (64-6) indicating OK / NG in MAIL from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6512), the printer prepares (S6513).
The operation of transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the main part B is started (S6514). The image data is stored in the interface command / status DATA section.
More specifically, the JPEG compressed image data stored in the memory is transferred to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309, and transmitted to the main unit B via the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit. The main unit B that has received the image data converts the received image data into print data of 360 dpi and performs color printing (S6515). When the transfer of the image data is completed, a transfer end request command (64-8) is sent from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6516).
When this is received (S6517) and printing of all data is completed, the copying operation is completed.

[0556] When a certain period of time has elapsed since the end of the operation, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends the P
An ark_req message is transmitted, and a transition is made to the Park mode. A series of operations up to this point is the same as the operation shown in FIG. 66, for example.

In the above operation, the hand scanner 43
It is assumed that a copy instruction operation is performed after the image is read at 0. However, a copy instruction operation may be performed prior to image reading. In particular, in this case, it is possible to transfer the read image data to the main part B and print it while reading the image. Specifically, when a copy instruction operation is performed by the hand scanner 430, an access request message requesting a transition to the Active mode is transmitted to the main unit B. Ac
Upon receiving the active mode shift notification response command (Unpark message), it is possible to confirm that the active mode has been shifted. Subsequently, an image data transmission request command is transmitted from the main part B.

[0555] Upon receiving the image data transmission permission command from the main part B, the hand scanner 430 performs a display permitting the start of image reading (display such as "Start reading."). By reading permission display,
When reading is started, the read image data is
It is JPEG compressed and stored in memory.

[0556] When the amount of image data stored in the memory exceeds a predetermined amount, the image data is transferred to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309, and the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4309 is transmitted.
The data is transmitted to the main unit B via the communication unit 310. The main unit B that has received the image data can convert the resolution of the received image data and start printing.

When the reading by the hand scanner 430 is completed and a reading end instruction is given, the hand scanner 43
0 transmits an image data transmission end notification command to the main part B. The main unit B transfers the image data received until the image data transmission end notification command is received to the printer unit for printing. When printing of all data is completed, a print completion notification command is transmitted to the hand scanner 430. The hand scanner 430 that has received the print end notification command displays “copy completed” on the display unit, and the copy operation in the hand scanner 430 ends.

When a certain period of time has elapsed since the end of the operation, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends the P
An ark_req message is transmitted, and a transition is made to the Park mode.

In the area of the memory 4302 in the hand scanner 430 which has stored the image data for which transmission has been completed, newly read image data can be stored. As described above, by simultaneously performing reading and transmission of image data, the amount of memory can be reduced and the copy time can be reduced.

<Operation at Hand Scanner / Facsimile Transmission by Operation of Hand Scanner 430> FIG. 67 is a flowchart showing an operation of facsimile transmission of an image read by the hand scanner 430 by operation of the hand scanner 430 in this embodiment. It is.

The interface chart in this operation is the same as that in FIG.

FIGS. 68 and 69 are views showing the operation of the above operation and the display on the display.

Operation panel 430 of hand scanner 430
7, when there is a reading start instruction (S670)
1) The image data read according to the movement of the scanner is compressed and converted into the JPEG format and stored in the memory (S).
6702). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is given on the operation panel 4307 of the hand scanner 430 (S6703).

[0564] Thereafter, in order to perform FAX transmission only by operating the hand scanner 430, it is necessary to notify and designate the telephone number of the other party to the main unit B side. If the telephone number data is stored in the DATA part of the interface command / status, it can be sent to the main part B side, but an operation for specifying the number itself by the hand scanner 430 occurs.

Next, an operation of designating a destination FAX number using the operation unit of the hand scanner 430 will be described with reference to FIG.
8 will be described.

First, FAX transmission is selected from the function menu, and the user arbitrarily specifies an image to be transmitted. Then, as shown in FIG. 69, the FA of the destination
Specify the X number. Here, the fax number is directly input using the cursor keys. When the image selection and the destination FAX number are determined, preparation for transmitting a FAX from the hand scanner 430 is completed.

Next, as described above, the hand scanner 430
Image and destination FA using the operation panel 4307 of the
When the X number is determined and a facsimile transmission operation is performed (S6704), an access request message requesting the transition to the Active mode is transmitted to the main part B (S6704).
6705). Upon receiving the Active mode transition notification response command (Unpark message), it is confirmed that the wireless link has been established (S6706). Acti
Upon completion of the ve mode transition procedure, a connection request command (64-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6707). Cordless hand scanner 43
0 indicates a connection confirmation response together with a facsimile transmission instruction and a transmission instruction command including a destination FAX number.
Send to The main part B is a cordless hand scanner 43
0 and a connection confirmation response (64
-2) (S6708), the hand scanner 4
A hand scanner status request command (64-3) for receiving the image information (monochrome / color, etc.) in 30 is sent to the hand scanner 430 (S6709).

The hand scanner 430 transmits the hand scanner status confirmation response (64-4) upon receiving the hand scanner status request command (64-3). The main unit B transmits the hand scanner status confirmation response (64
Upon receiving (-467) (S6710), an image transfer preparation request command (64-5) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6711).

When the image transfer preparation confirmation response (64-6) indicating OK / NG in MAIL is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6712), an image transfer start request command (64-7) is transmitted (S671).
3).

[0570] Upon receiving the image transfer start request command, the hand scanner 430 starts the operation of transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the main part B (S6714). The image data is the interface command / status DA
Stored in the TA section. Specifically, the J stored in the memory
The PEG compressed image data is transferred to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309, and the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4309
The data is transmitted to the main unit B via the communication unit 310.

In the main part B that has received the image data, the received image data is stored in the memory. Hand scanner 4
When the image transfer end confirmation response (64-9) is received from S30 (S6715), the cordless hand scanner 4
Then, an operation of transmitting to the fax number of the other party that has been received from the other party and received earlier is performed (S6716). When a response is received from the transmission partner, the image data stored in the memory is modulated by the facsimile modem and transmitted to the communication line (S671).
7). When all the image data has been transmitted, the communication line is released and the operation is terminated.

[0572] After a predetermined time has elapsed from the end of the operation, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends the P
An ark_req message is transmitted, and a transition is made to the Park mode.

The above operation is performed after the image data reading by the hand scanner 430 is completed.
The image data transmission is started in response to a transmission instruction on the operation panel 4307 of FIG. However, before the reading by the hand scanner 430 starts, the hand scanner 43
Alternatively, a transmission instruction may be issued on the operation panel 4307 of “0”. Especially in this case, while reading the image,
The read image data can also be transmitted to the partner terminal.

[0574] Specifically, when a facsimile transmission instruction operation is performed by the hand scanner 430, an access request message requesting a transition to the Active mode is transmitted to the main part B. When receiving the Active mode transition notification response command (UnPark message),
It is confirmed that the mode has shifted to the e-mode. Upon confirming the shift to the Active mode, the hand scanner 430 transmits a transmission instruction command including a facsimile transmission instruction and a destination FAX number to the main unit B. The main unit B returns a response to the transmission instruction command, and transmits an image data transmission request command to the cordless hand scanner 430. Upon receiving the image data transmission permission command from the main part B, the hand scanner 430 displays a display permitting the start of image reading (“Please start reading.”).
Etc.). When reading is started by the reading permission display, the read image data is stored in a JPEG format.
Compressed and stored in memory.

When the amount of image data stored in the memory exceeds a certain amount, the image data is transferred to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309, and the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4309
The data is transmitted to the main unit B via the communication unit 310.

[0576] Having received the image data of a certain amount or more, the main part B stores the image data in the memory, and transmits a call to the previously received destination FAX number. When there is a response from the transmission destination, the image data stored in the memory is modulated by the facsimile modem and transmitted to the communication line.

When the reading by the hand scanner 430 is completed and a reading end instruction is given, the hand scanner 43
0 transmits an image data transmission end notification command to the main part B. The main unit B transmits the image data received until the image data transmission end notification command is received to the communication line, and transmits a transmission end notification command to the hand scanner 430 when all data transmission is completed. The hand scanner 430 that has received the transmission end notification command displays “communication has ended” on the display unit, and the facsimile transmission operation ends.

[0578] When a predetermined time has elapsed after the operation is completed, the cordless hand scanner 430 sets the Park_r
The eq message is transmitted to the main part B, and the mode shifts to the Park mode.

[0579] Note that the main unit B is
The newly read image data can be stored in the memory area storing the image data whose transmission has been completed. As described above, by simultaneously performing the reading of the image data and the transmission through the communication line, the amount of memory can be reduced and the copy time can be reduced.

<Erasing Operation of Hand Scanner Image by Operation of Main Unit B> FIG. 70 is a flowchart showing an operation of erasing a memory image in the hand scanner 430 by operating the main unit B in this embodiment.

FIG. 71 is an interface chart showing the relationship between the processing of the cordless hand scanner 430 and the processing of the main part B in the above operation.

FIG. 72 is a diagram showing the operation of the above operation and the display on the display of the hand scanner 430.

[0583] When an image erasure instruction is given by the operation of the main body B (S7001), a wireless link for erasing image data in the hand scanner 430 is established in FIG.
As described with reference to No. 9, the Active mode transition procedure is executed in order to transition the Park mode cordless hand scanner 430 to the Active mode (S7002).

[0584] When the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed, a connection request command (71-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S7003). Connection confirmation response from cordless hand scanner 430 (7
Upon receiving (1-2) (S7004), the cordless hand scanner 4 sends a hand scanner state request command (71-3) for confirming the state of the hand scanner 430.
30 (S7005).

[0585] Hand scanner status confirmation response (71
When (-4) is received (S7006), an image erasure request command (71-5) indicating an image erasure instruction and information specifying an image to be erased is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S7007). O to MAIL
Image deletion confirmation response indicating K / NG (71-6)
Is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S
7008), a hand scanner status request command (71-3) for confirming the erased result is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S7009).

[0586] A hand scanner status confirmation response (71) including information indicating that the erasure of the designated image has been completed.
Upon receiving (-4) (S7010), it is confirmed that the image erasing operation has been completed.

[0587] When a certain period of time has elapsed since the end of the operation, the cordless hand scanner 430 sets the Park_r
The eq message is transmitted to the main part B, and the mode shifts to the Park mode.

<Operation at the time of battery voltage drop in hand scanner 430> FIG. 73 is a flowchart showing the battery voltage detecting operation of the hand scanner 430 in this embodiment.

[0589] As described above, the cordless hand scanner 430 includes the battery 43 charged by the main body B.
08. Therefore, when the voltage of the battery 4308 decreases, the cordless hand scanner 4
It is necessary to mount the battery 30 on the main body B and charge the battery. For this charging, the cordless hand scanner 430 is
A battery voltage detection circuit (not shown) reads the voltage of the battery 4308 by a task started every second (S7301). If the voltage is equal to or higher than a preset warning start voltage (1.9 V in this embodiment), it is regarded as normal (step S7301). S
7302), the warning flag is cleared, and the scanner operation unit 4
The warning display on the LCD 4601 on the LCD 307 is cleared (S7
303), end the operation.

[0590] In S7302, the battery 4308
If the voltage is equal to or lower than the warning start voltage, a battery warning flag is set (S7304), and the hand scanner 430 is set.
Is operating (S7305), the operation is once ended as it is. In step S7305, the hand scanner 430
Is not operating, the LC on the scanner operation unit 4307
A warning is displayed on D4601 (S7306). On this occasion,
The display is highlighted by blinking or inverting the display. And the wireless interface with the main part B is Act
If it is not in the active state (S7307), an access request message is transmitted to shift to the Active mode (S7308), and Unp from the main part B within a predetermined time.
When the ark message is received (S7309), the charge request message is input to the payload portion of the response packet,
It is transmitted (S7311). The main unit B that has received the charge request message performs the scanner non-attachment warning operation described with reference to FIG. 56 (S7312). Accordingly, an alarm also sounds from the speaker 4319 of the main body B, so that the effect of notifying the user is increased.

[0591] In addition, within a predetermined time, Un
If a park message cannot be received (S7310),
Returning to step S7308, the access request message is transmitted again. If the wireless interface with the main part B is in the active state in S7307, the mobile station immediately transmits a charge request message (S7311).

When the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main unit B for charging, the scanner operation unit 4
The warning displayed on the LCD 4601 on the 307 may be cleared.

In FIG. 56, when the cordless hand scanner 430 detects that the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main body B for charging (S5602), the warning display and the alarm sounding are stopped. Instead of stopping the ringing, it may be notified that charging is in progress. In this case, after the charging request message is transmitted from the cordless hand scanner 430 (S7312), when the battery voltage exceeds the warning voltage (S7302), the notification during charging may be stopped.

The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment also performs a receiving operation, but since this operation is performed by a known method, a description thereof will be omitted.

[Seventh Embodiment] In the sixth embodiment, a wireless connection is established between the main body B and the hand scanner 430 by exchanging an Inquiry command at the initial stage. That is, the ID number can be exchanged between Bluetooth devices by exchanging the Inquiry command. However, in a normal facsimile machine, the main unit B and the hand scanner 4
30 is manufactured and sold as a set.

Therefore, in the seventh embodiment, the ID number of the cordless hand scanner 430 is stored in advance in the nonvolatile memory of the main body B, and the ID number of the main body B is This is an embodiment in which data is stored in a nonvolatile memory in advance.
It is possible to omit the exchange with the iry command.

In this case, the main part B designates the ID number of the cordless hand scanner 430, and
h Based on the connection specifications, Serial Port Pr
A wireless connection request using the file is made. When the cordless hand scanner 430 confirms that its own ID number is included, it sends out a wireless connection response signal, and a wireless link (Piconet) is established.

By storing the hopping sequence at the time of the initial setting operation in the nonvolatile memory in advance, it is possible to establish a high-speed wireless link.

After that, the operation is performed in the same procedure as that in the sixth embodiment.

[Eighth Embodiment] In the sixth embodiment, the operation shifts to the Active mode when starting the operation, and shifts to the Park mode when the operation ends.

[0601] Even in the Park mode, electric power is consumed because periodic transmission and reception of radio waves are performed.

Therefore, the eighth embodiment is an embodiment in which transmission of radio waves is completely stopped when wireless data communication is not performed for a long time, thereby reducing power consumption. It becomes possible to reduce.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 74, after the copy or facsimile transmission operation is completed (S7401), a timer built in the first CPU 4300 or the second CPU 4311 is started (S7402), and five minutes or more elapse. However, if an operation that requires wireless data communication is not performed (S
In the third embodiment, a process of transmitting a Detach message (S7405), releasing Piconet, stopping radio wave transmission, and shifting to an idle mode is performed in the third embodiment. In this case, when an operation such as copying or facsimile transmission is detected, S
Piconet is newly established as shown after 4805 or after S5005 in FIG.

In FIG. 74, the operation mode is shifted directly to the idle mode after the operation is completed. However, as described in the first embodiment, the mode is shifted to the Park mode once, and further shifted to the idle mode after a predetermined time. Is also good.

Also, transmission of radio waves is stopped during a preset time period, such as at night, and Pi in the morning.
If the cone is re-established, power consumption can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the Park mode has been described as the low power consumption standby state. However, the power consumption can be similarly reduced in the Hold mode or the Sniff mode.

[Ninth Embodiment] In the above embodiment, when transmitting an image read by the hand scanner 430 to a communication line, only facsimile transmission is assumed.

In the ninth embodiment, the hand scanner 430
In the case of transmitting the image read by the hand scanner 430 to a communication line, the image read by the hand scanner 430 is converted into an e-mail format and transmitted as an e-mail. In this case as well, processing such as Bluetooth control timing is performed. Is exactly the same as the processing in each of the above embodiments.

As described above, according to the sixth to ninth embodiments, since the transmission timing of the radio wave is changed after the end of the wireless data transmission / reception operation, a certain period of time has elapsed since the end of the operation. Then, the communication within the Piconet or the like between the image communication device and the portable scanner is suppressed or stopped, and the transmission of the radio wave is suppressed or not emitted at all.
Therefore, it is possible to reduce power consumption, effectively use frequency resources, and reduce the possibility that interference occurs when another terminal communicates.

Also, since the transmission / stop of the radio wave is switched according to the time, when the possibility of using the wireless communication is high, a quick wireless connection can be realized. On the other hand, when the possibility of using the wireless communication is low, This has the effect of reducing power consumption as much as possible.

Also, the wireless mode can be changed according to a predetermined operation of the portable scanner such as selection of a copy operation or a transmission operation. Even if the type scanner is located away from the image communication device,
By operating only the portable scanner, it is possible to perform hand copying, and when it becomes necessary to transmit an image read by the portable scanner by facsimile, the portable scanner is separated from the image communication device. The facsimile transmission can be executed by operating only the portable scanner, even if it is located in a place where the user is located.

Incidentally, a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus by using a storage medium, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus stores the program code stored in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can be achieved by reading and executing the code.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

Examples of the storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, and C
A D-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used. Further, the program code may be supplied from a server computer via a communication network.

The functions of each of the above-described embodiments are implemented when the computer executes the readout program codes. In addition, the OS and the like running on the computer are executed based on the instructions of the program codes. It goes without saying that a part or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

[0617]

According to the present invention, when the service is not performed, the state of the low power consumption is automatically set. Therefore, the wireless connection processing can be performed without depending on the rules or commands for shifting to the low power consumption state. The unit enters a low power consumption state, which can reduce wireless communication traffic, reduce restrictions for performing other wireless services with other devices, and reduce power consumption in a standby state. The effect that it can be performed is produced.

Further, if there is an image or the like to be transmitted wirelessly after the transition to the low power consumption state, the low power consumption state can be promptly canceled, so that the apparatus can be shifted to the low power consumption state without impairing its usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a facsimile apparatus 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software hierarchy in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a software hierarchy in the information processing terminal 202 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a facsimile apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an operation when the information processing terminal 202 starts up.

FIG. 6 shows a facsimile apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a communication operation between an image processing terminal 1 and an information processing terminal 202 during image transfer.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reception image data transfer process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a schematic operation of controlling transfer of a command and data between the command and the command No. 01;

FIG. 8 shows a facsimile apparatus 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart when the power supply of the power supply No. 1 is turned on.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a power ON process of the Bluetooth control task 409 on the information processing terminal 202 side in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a received image upload process of a 01-side Bluetooth control task 308.

FIG. 11 is an information processing terminal 202 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a received image upload process of a Bluetooth control task 409.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of transmission image transmission processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of transfer redial processing of a transmission image in the embodiment of the present invention.

14 and FIG. 1 in an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a processing procedure of the transmission image data transfer processing of FIG. 30.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram of an operation procedure at the time of transmission processing of a transmission image in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure at the time of transfer of the information processing terminal 202 that is a transfer source in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure at the time of transfer of the facsimile apparatus 201 which is a transfer destination according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a communication flow at the time of scan data transfer processing for transferring a scanned document from the facsimile apparatus 201 to the information processing terminal 202a in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram schematically illustrating control of command and data transfer between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a in the scan image data transfer processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image upload process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308 of FIG.

FIG. 22 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scanning process executed by the CPU 101 of the facsimile apparatus 201 when scanning an image in response to a scan request from the 01 side.

FIG. 23 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 24 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a communication flow when Piconet with the facsimile apparatus 201 is canceled.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a communication flow when the image processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention is activated.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a communication flow at the time of scan data transfer processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 28 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image upload process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308 of FIG.

FIG. 29 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing processing when the information processing terminal 202 requests the facsimile apparatus 201 to shift to the Park mode after the redialing processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a process when a transmission image is transferred from the facsimile apparatus 201 to a facsimile apparatus 201.

FIG. 32 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation unit 108 of FIG.

FIG. 33 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart when the power supply of the power supply No. 01 is turned on.

FIG. 34 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a received image upload process of a 01-side Bluetooth control task 308.

FIG. 35 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 when the power supply of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on.

FIG. 36 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Facsimile apparatus 201 when the operating state of the device 01 changes
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the information processing terminal 202 and the information processing terminal 202.

FIG. 37 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 when the state information of the facsimile apparatus changes.

FIG. 38 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 when facsimile transmission is performed to a destination designated by 01.

FIG. 39 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308 of FIG.

FIG. 40 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart showing a power-on process performed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 41 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308 of FIG.

FIG. 42 is an information processing terminal 202 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 43 is a facsimile apparatus F according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a block diagram which shows S1.

FIG. 44 shows a facsimile apparatus F according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a perspective view which shows S1.

FIG. 45 is a plan view showing a main body operation panel 4324 of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 46 is a facsimile apparatus F according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a top view of the cordless hand scanner 430 in S1.

FIG. 47 is a facsimile apparatus F according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a bottom view which shows the cordless hand scanner 430 of S1.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing an initialization operation when the power of the cordless hand scanner 430 in the embodiment of the present invention is turned on.

FIG. 49 is a hand scanner 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a Park mode transition operation of 0.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing an initialization operation of the main unit B in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a packet exchanged between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating an example of a packet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating an example of a packet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 54 is a chart showing a scanner interface initialization procedure in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 55 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the chart shown in FIG. 54 in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing a scanner non-attachment warning operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 57 is an interface chart at the time of sheet copying in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of sheet copying in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 59 is a flowchart showing a procedure for shifting the cordless hand scanner 430 from the Park mode to the Active mode in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 60 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of facsimile transmitting a sheet document by operating the main body B according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 61 is a diagram showing an interface chart when an image read by a hand scanner is copied by operating the main body B according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 62 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of copying an image read by a hand scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention by operating a main body unit B;

FIG. 63 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of facsimile transmitting an image read by a hand scanner according to an embodiment of the present invention by operating a main body unit B;

FIG. 64 is a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an interface chart when an image read at 0 is copied by an operation of a hand scanner 430.

FIG. 65 illustrates a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when copying an image read at 0 by operating a hand scanner 430.

FIG. 66 is a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation operation when copying an image read at 0 by operating the hand scanner 430 and a display of the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 67 is a hand scanner 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart showing an operation of facsimile transmitting an image read at 0 by operating a hand scanner 430.

FIG. 68 is a hand scanner 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation operation and display display when an image read at 0 is transmitted by facsimile by operating the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 69 is a hand scanner 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation operation and display display when an image read at 0 is transmitted by facsimile by operating the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 70 is a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart showing an operation of deleting a memory image in 0 by operating a main unit B.

FIG. 71 is a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The operation of the cordless hand scanner 430 in the operation of deleting the memory image in 0 by operating the main unit B, the main unit B
6 is an interface chart showing the relationship of the processing of FIG.

FIG. 72 shows a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation operation when a memory image in 0 is deleted by an operation of a main body unit B and a display on a display of a hand scanner 430.

FIG. 73 is a hand scanner 43 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a battery voltage detection operation of 0.

FIG. 74 is a flowchart showing an operation between the facsimile apparatus and the hand scanner according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101: CPU, 102: ROM, 103: RAM, 104: Image memory, 105: Data changing unit, 106: Read control unit, 107: Read unit, 108: Operation unit, 109: Communication control unit, 110: Answering machine control 111, a resolution conversion processing unit, 112, a code decoding processing unit, 113, a recording control unit, 114, a color printer, 115, a Bluetooth control unit, 116, a Bluetooth baseband processing unit, 117, a 2.4 GHz high frequency unit, 118 ... Expansion slot.

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Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A communication device wirelessly connectable to another device, comprising: wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to an external information processing terminal; and communication with the external information processing terminal being performed for a predetermined time or more. And changing the state of communication with the external information processing terminal by the wireless connection unit to a state of low power consumption when there is no wireless connection unit. Means for changing the state of the wireless connection means from the low power consumption state to a connection state in which command data or image data can be exchanged with the external information processing terminal. A communication device, comprising: 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the change from the low power consumption state to the connection state by the change means is performed by requesting the external information processing terminal to change the state from the communication device. A communication device, comprising: 3. The connection according to claim 1, wherein the wireless connection means is capable of transmitting and receiving command data or image data to and from the external information processing terminal in response to power-on of the external information processing terminal. A communication device, which is a means for setting a state. 4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless connection unit is a unit that performs communication in compliance with the Bluetooth standard. 5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the low power consumption state is a state in which the external information processing terminal cannot acquire the state information of the communication device. 6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the low power consumption state is set to a connection state in which command data or image data can be exchanged with the communication device. A communication device in which a procedure is unnecessary. 7. The connection mode according to claim 1, wherein the connection state in which data can be exchanged with the communication device is the Bluetooth standard active mode, and the low power consumption state is the Bluetooth standard park mode. A communication device, comprising: 8. An information processing terminal wirelessly connectable to another device, a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of communicating via a public line; and communication between the communication device and the communication device. Changing the communication state of the wireless connection means with the communication device to a low power consumption state when the communication is not performed for a predetermined time or more. When there is an image to be transmitted to the information processing terminal, based on a request from the communication device, the state of the wireless connection unit is changed from the low power consumption state to the communication device with command data or image data. An information processing terminal, which is means for changing to a connection state capable of giving and receiving. 9. A communication device wirelessly connectable to another device, comprising: wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to an external information processing terminal; and communication with the external information processing terminal being performed for a predetermined time or more. Changing means for changing the state of communication with the external information processing terminal by the wireless connection means to a state of low power consumption when there is no communication device. 10. An information processing terminal wirelessly connectable to another device, a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of communication via a public line; and communication between the communication device and the communication device. Changing means for changing the state of communication with the communication device by the wireless connection unit to a state of low power consumption when the communication is not performed for a predetermined time or more. 11. A control method for a communication device having a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to an external information processing terminal, wherein when the communication with the external information processing terminal is not performed for a predetermined time or more, A first change step of changing a communication state of the connection means with the external information processing terminal to a state of low power consumption; and, when there is an image to be transmitted from the communication device to the external information processing terminal, the wireless connection A second changing step of changing a state of the means from the low power consumption state to a connection state in which command data or image data can be exchanged with the external information processing terminal. A communication device control method. 12. A method for controlling an information processing terminal having wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of performing communication via a public line, wherein the communication with the communication device is performed for a predetermined time or more. If not, a first change step of changing the communication state of the wireless connection means with the communication device to a low power consumption state; and when there is an image to be transmitted from the communication device to the information processing terminal, Based on the request from the communication device,
A second change step of changing the state of the wireless connection unit from the low power consumption state to a connection state in which command data or image data can be exchanged with the communication device;
A method for controlling an information processing terminal, comprising: 13. A control method for a communication device having a wireless connection means for making a wireless connection with an external information processing terminal, wherein the communication with the external information processing terminal is not performed for a predetermined time or more. A method of controlling a communication device, comprising: changing a communication state of the connection means with the external information processing terminal to a state of low power consumption. 14. A control method for an information processing terminal having a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of communicating via a public line, wherein the communication with the communication device is performed for a predetermined time or more. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: changing a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the communication device to a low power consumption state when there is no communication device. 15. A storage medium for storing a program for controlling a communication device having wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to an external information processing terminal, wherein communication with the external information processing terminal is performed for a predetermined time or more. A first change step of changing a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the external information processing terminal to a low power consumption state when not performed; an image transmitted from the communication device to the external information processing terminal A second change step of changing the state of the wireless connection unit from the low power consumption state to a connection state in which command data or image data can be exchanged with the external information processing terminal. A storage medium storing a program for executing the program; 16. A storage medium for storing a program for controlling an information processing terminal having wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of performing communication via a public line, comprising: A first change step of changing a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the communication device to a low power consumption state when communication in the communication device is not performed for a predetermined time or more; When there is an image to be transmitted, based on a request from the communication device,
A second change step of changing the state of the wireless connection unit from the low power consumption state to a connection state in which command data or image data can be exchanged with the communication device;
Storage medium storing a program for executing the program. 17. A storage medium for storing a program for controlling a communication device having wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to an external information processing terminal, wherein communication with the external information processing terminal is performed for a predetermined time or more. A storage medium storing a program for executing a step of changing a communication state of the wireless connection unit with the external information processing terminal to a low power consumption state when not performed. 18. A storage medium for storing a program for controlling an information processing terminal having wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device capable of communicating via a public line, comprising: A storage medium storing a program for executing a step of changing a state of communication with the communication device by the wireless connection unit to a state of low power consumption when the communication in is not performed for a predetermined time or more.