JP2002171371A - Image forming device, information processor, method for controlling image forming device, method for controlling information processor, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device, an information processor, a method for controlling the image forming device, a method for controlling the information processor and a storage medium, which can prevent power consumption in transmitting/receiving a command for polling state of devices between the devices and its response and can prevent occupying of a radio channel between the devices. SOLUTION: A facsimile equipment 201 is provided with an event control task 307 for returning information on the prescribed function of the facsimile equipment in response to a request from an information processing terminal 202 and a Bluetooth control task 308 selectively carrying out the first processing for informing the task 307 of the request from the terminal 202 and the second processing for informing the task 307 of the request instead of the terminal 202. The task 308 carries out the second processing in accordance with the mode of a Bluetooth control part 115.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, an information processing apparatus, a control method for an image forming apparatus, a control method for an information processing apparatus, and a storage medium. The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, an information processing apparatus, a method for controlling an image forming apparatus, a method for controlling an information processing apparatus, and a storage medium suitable for eliminating power consumption and occupation of a wireless channel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an information processing terminal such as a personal computer is connected via an interface, a reading function is used as a scanner, a recording function is used as a printer, and information processing is performed using a communication function. 2. Description of the Related Art An image processing apparatus that performs facsimile transmission from a terminal is known (for example, JP-A-7-288625, JP-A-7-288625).
288630, JP-A-7-288637,
JP-A-7-288645, JP-A-8-307702
No.).

In these conventional image processing apparatuses, a serial interface such as RS-232C or an IEEE (Institute of El) is used as an interface.
electrical and Electronics
(Engineers) 1284, a bidirectional parallel interface such as a Centronics interface, or a universal serial bus (Universal).
A wired interface (hereinafter, referred to as “wired I / F”) such as sal Serial Bus (USB) is used, and connected to the information processing terminal via the wired I / F.

[0006] Conventionally, between the image processing apparatus and the information processing terminal, the information processing terminal has taken the initiative, and has exchanged control data in such a manner that the image processing apparatus returns a response to a command from the information processing terminal. Has been done.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned image processing apparatus, it is necessary to constantly poll the state of the image processing apparatus (facsimile apparatus) from the information processing terminal depending on the functions to be realized. It is necessary to periodically send and receive a command for polling the status of the server and its response.

On the other hand, in the field of such image processing apparatuses, it has been considered to wirelessly connect the image processing apparatus and the information processing terminal wirelessly from the viewpoint of pursuing further convenience. Bluetooth (Bluetooth)
A wireless communication protocol called a standard has been published.

However, in the conventional image processing apparatus, a wireless I / F is used instead of the wired I / F (interface), and the information processing terminal and the image processing apparatus are connected via the wireless I / F. In this case, a command for polling the device state and a response between the information processing terminal and the image processing device are always transmitted and received wirelessly,
For this reason, the wireless channel is occupied, and power is consumed due to the transmission and reception of control data between the information processing terminal and the image processing apparatus, so that there is a problem that the power consumption increases.

[0008] The above problem is a problem that also occurs in an image forming apparatus other than the facsimile apparatus.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to prevent power consumption when transmitting and receiving a command for polling a device state between devices and its response, and to occupy a wireless channel between devices. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus, an information processing apparatus, a control method of an image forming apparatus, a control method of an information processing apparatus, and a storage medium, which can prevent the occurrence of an image.

[0010]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, the image forming apparatus having a plurality of modes and wirelessly connecting to another apparatus. A first control unit that returns information on the predetermined function in response to a request from another device, a first process of notifying the first control unit of a request from the other device, A second control means for selectively executing a second process of notifying the request to the first control means instead of another device, and the second control means,
The second processing is executed according to a mode of the wireless connection unit.

In the image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, the image forming apparatus has a plurality of modes, and wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to another apparatus, and relates to the predetermined function in response to a request from the other apparatus. First control means for returning information, first processing for notifying the first control means of a request from the other device, and the first control means for transmitting the request on behalf of the other device. And a second control unit for selectively executing a second process for notifying the wireless connection unit, wherein the second control unit executes the first process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. It is characterized by.

In the image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, the image forming apparatus has a plurality of modes and wirelessly connects to another apparatus, and relates to the predetermined function in response to a request from the other apparatus. First control means for returning information, first processing for notifying the first control means of a request from the other device, and the first control means for transmitting the request on behalf of the other device. And a second control means capable of executing a second process of notifying the second control means, wherein the second control means,
The first processing and the second processing are selectively executed according to a mode of the wireless connection unit.

In the information processing apparatus, a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication apparatus having a plurality of modes and having a predetermined function, and inquiring the communication apparatus for information on the predetermined function. A control means;
Storage means for storing a response to an inquiry by the first control means; and first processing for transmitting an inquiry from the first control means to the communication device and notifying the first control means of the response. And a second process of notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first control unit and notifying the first control unit of information stored in the storage unit. And the second control means executes the second processing in accordance with the mode of the wireless connection means.

In the information processing apparatus, a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication apparatus having a plurality of modes and having a predetermined function, and inquiring the communication apparatus for information on the predetermined function. A control means;
Storage means for storing a response to an inquiry by the first control means; and first processing for transmitting an inquiry from the first control means to the communication device and notifying the first control means of the response. And a second process of notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first control unit and notifying the first control unit of information stored in the storage unit. And the second control means executes the first processing according to a mode of the wireless connection means.

Also, in the information processing device, a wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to a communication device having a plurality of modes and having a predetermined function, and inquiring the communication device for information on the predetermined function. A control means;
Storage means for storing a response to an inquiry by the first control means; and first processing for transmitting an inquiry from the first control means to the communication device and notifying the first control means of the response. And a second process of notifying the first control unit of information stored in the storage unit without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first control unit. Possible second control means, wherein the second control means selectively executes the first processing and the second processing according to a mode of the wireless connection means. I do.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, first to ninth embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment. The facsimile apparatus 201 is an example of the image forming apparatus of the present invention, and includes a CPU 101, a RO
M102, RAM 103, image memory 104, data conversion unit 105, reading control unit 106, reading unit 107, operation unit 108, communication control unit 109, answering machine control unit 110, resolution conversion processing unit 111, code decoding processing unit 112, Recording control unit 113, color printer 114, Bluetooth
h (Bluetooth) control unit 115, Bluetooth
Baseband processing unit 116, 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 11
7. An expansion slot 118 is provided. In the figure, reference numeral 202 denotes an information processing terminal. In each of the following embodiments of the first embodiment, terms such as Bluetooth, which will be described later, are described in English including drawings.

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. The RAM 103 also stores setting values registered by the operator, management data of the apparatus, and various work buffers. The image memory 104 includes a DRAM or the like, and stores image data. In the present 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.

A reading control unit 106 reads an image signal optically read from a document by a CS image sensor (contact type image sensor) in the reading unit 107 and converts the image signal into electrical image data by an image processing control unit (not shown). Various image processes such as a binarization process and a halftone process are performed to output high-definition image data. Note that the reading control unit 106 according to the present embodiment supports both sheet reading control for performing reading while transporting a document and book reading control for scanning a document placed on a document table. Reading unit 1
07 is a CS image sensor (contact type image sensor)
, Optically read from the original and converted into electrical image data. The operation unit 108 includes various keys, LEDs, and LCDs.
And the like, for performing various input operations by the operator, displaying the operation status of the facsimile apparatus 201, and the like.

The recording control unit 113 includes the color printer 11
In step 4, the image data to be recorded on the recording paper is subjected to various image processing such as smoothing processing, recording density correction processing, and color correction by an image processing control unit (not shown), and is converted into high-definition image data. Output to the printer 114. The color printer 114 is configured as a laser beam printer, an inkjet printer, or the like.
Based on the image data output from the recording control unit 113,
An image is formed on recording paper.

The communication control unit 109 includes a MODEM (modulator / demodulator), an NCU (network controller), and the like. The communication control unit 109 according to the present embodiment includes an analog communication line (PSTN: Public Switch).
d Telephone Network) 203, which performs communication control according to the T30 protocol recommended by the ITU-T, 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 resolution conversion processing section 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 enlargement / reduction processing. Code decoding processing unit 11
Reference numeral 2 denotes a code decoding process and a scaling process for image data handled by the image forming apparatus. Data conversion unit 105
Is a page description language (PDL)
analysis such as Ption Language), CG (Computer Graphics) of character data
It performs conversion of image data such as expansion.

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, sending a packet from the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 116 to the CPU as a command. The Bluetooth baseband processing unit 116 performs a Bluetooth frequency hopping process and a frame assembling / disassembling process. 2.4GH
The z high frequency unit 117 transmits and receives radio waves between the facsimile machine 201 and the information processing terminal 202.

An expansion slot 118 is a slot for inserting an option board into the facsimile apparatus 201 as an image forming apparatus.
(Small Computer System In
Various optional boards such as an interface board and a video interface board can be attached.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a system configuration according to the first embodiment. The system according to the first embodiment includes a facsimile apparatus 201, an information processing terminal 202 such as a PC (personal computer), a PST
A communication line 203 such as N and a partner terminal 204.

The facsimile apparatus 201 is connected to the communication line 20
3 and can perform facsimile communication with the partner terminal 204 and can be wirelessly connected to the information processing terminal 202. In this embodiment, the wireless part is Bl
Since it is assumed that the terminal is the Bluetooth terminal, the information processing terminal 202
If a unit for Bluetooth communication is built in, or the unit for Bluetooth communication is connected to the information processing terminal 202, transmission and reception of images and data between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 are performed. And exchange programs.

In this embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 2
Instead of 01, for example, an image forming apparatus such as a scanner or a multi-function apparatus having a printer function may be provided, or another image forming apparatus such as an E-Mail terminal having a scanner or a print function may be provided. You may do so.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a software layer in the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Scanner control task 301, Pri
inter control task 302, Fax control task 303,
An MMI (Man-Machine Interface) control task 304 and a Phone control task 305 are control tasks of the highest layer of the facsimile apparatus 201, and perform device control of the facsimile apparatus 201 and control of 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 a lower Bluetooth control task, and queues a command for a corresponding control task in the uppermost layer.

[0032] The Bluetooth control task 308 includes:
When the information to be transmitted to the information processing terminal 202 is received from the upper event control task 307, the information is transferred to the lower Bluetooth controller 309. Also, the Bluetooth control task 30
8 receives the information addressed to the upper layer from the lower Bluetooth controller 309, and passes the information to the upper event control task 307. As described above, when the Bluetooth control task 308 receives information from the upper event control task 307, the information is transferred to the lower Bluetooth controller 3
09 and the lower Bluetooth controller 3
The operation mode in which the information is received from the upper-level event control task 307 upon receiving the information from the
This is called “command through mode” on the facsimile machine side.

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 “command return mode” on the facsimile machine side.

The Bluetooth controller 309 and the Bluetooth driver 310 are compatible with the Bluetooth
The information received from the upper layer of the other controller 309 is transmitted to the Bluetooth Generic Acc.
ess Profile and its subordinate concept Seri
An air interface for transmitting to the information processing terminal 202 as wireless information is configured according to al Port Profile.

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

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a software hierarchy in the information processing terminal 202 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the interface module 408, Blue
The information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 via the Bluetooth control task 409, the Bluetooth controller 410, and the Bluetooth driver 411.
3 shows an operation structure between the two.

Information processing terminal 202 and facsimile machine 2
The control information is transmitted and received between the facsimile manager 401, the printer application 404, and the scanner application 406, which are upper layers, via the inbox 402, the outbox 403, the printer driver 405, and the scanner driver 407. In this way, it is controlled by the interface module 408. That is, the interface module 408
Controls the exchange of information between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile machine 201.

Regardless of whether the control is performed by the facsimile manager 410 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 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 controller 410 to interface module 4
When the information addressed to the address 08 is received, the information is transferred to the upper interface module 408. This operation mode is hereinafter referred to as “command through mode” on the information processing terminal side.
Call.

Further, the Bluetooth control task 40
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. No response can be returned to the upper layer. This operation mode is hereinafter referred to as “command return mode” on the information processing terminal side.

The Bluetooth controller 410 and the Bluetooth driver 411 are connected to the Bluetooth controller 410 and the Bluetooth driver 411.
The information received from the upper layer of the other controller 410 is transmitted to the Bluetooth Generic Acc.
ess Profile and its subordinate concept Seri
An air interface for transmitting to the facsimile apparatus 201 as wireless information is configured in accordance with al Port Profile.

The OS 412 is an operating system in the information processing terminal 202. In the basic part of the software layer MMI and application control service used in the present embodiment, the information processing terminal 20
2 to receive services for controlling MMI and applications.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation when the power of the information processing terminal 202 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is turned on. When the power of the information processing terminal 202 is turned on, the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an initialization process of FIG. At this time, it is assumed that the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 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.

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.

Once the connection is established, the result is
Notify the Bluetooth control task 409. Bl
When detecting from the connection result that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has been established, the Bluetooth control task 409 notifies the facsimile manager 401 of a Ready signal, and passes a 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 Bluetooth
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.

[0052] 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 in accordance with the following 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.

When the facsimile manager 401 determines from the response to the status information acquisition command that the status is an error status, 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 the 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 synchronization within the piconet is maintained. Also, Par
During the transition to the k mode, data communication between the master and the slave is not possible.
It is necessary to release the k mode and shift to the Active mode.

Next, the facsimile apparatus 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 apparatus 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,
Perform the ark 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.

When 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. B
The Bluetooth control task 409 responds to the information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command periodically issued from the facsimile manager 401 by the information processing terminal 20.
2 based on the facsimile status information stored in the RAM (not shown), “image presence / absence information” and “normal /
A response such as "abnormal state" 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,
Received information (for example, image "No") and status information (for example,
"Normal status") is 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 shows a reception image transfer process in which facsimile apparatus 201 according to the first embodiment of the present invention receives an image from another facsimile apparatus via communication line 203 and transfers the image data to information processing terminal 202. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a communication operation at the time.

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, Bl
In response to the reception information acquisition command issued by the Bluetooth control task 308, a response “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 restore 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, the 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 (IEEE1).
The received image data transfer processing is performed by the same command interface as that when a wired interface such as a parallel interface such as 284 is used as a parallel interface.

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.

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

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 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. When the facsimile manager 401 determines that the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 is normal, the facsimile manager 401 periodically issues a state information acquisition command and a reception information acquisition command until the facsimile machine 201 shifts to the Park mode, which is a low power consumption mode. .

When the facsimile apparatus 201 determines that the state is normal, it again sets 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, 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 of controlling transfer of commands and data between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 in the received image data transfer processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is.

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 with 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.

When the information processing terminal 202 receives an OK response to the page transfer request command, the information processing terminal 202 sends a request page designation command, and subsequently, 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, an OK reply is sent. 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 has been completed and the content of the received image can be understood. 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 for all pages is transferred. When the received image data for all pages is transferred, a file delete instruction command is received, and the management information of the specified file is deleted. The process ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart when the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is turned on.

When the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on, an initialization process of the Bluetooth control task 308 is performed in step S701. Here, the operation mode is set to the “command through mode”. Also, Blue
The variable for storing the presence / absence of the received image managed by the tooth 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 system waits for the information processing terminal 202 to start up.

FIG. 9 shows a Bluetooth control task 4 on the information processing terminal 202 side according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a power-on process of the power supply control unit 09.

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 step S802, the transmitted Inqu
It is determined whether or not the facsimile machine 201 has responded to the iry. If the response is normal, the process proceeds to step S804. If the response is not normal, the process proceeds to step S803.

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

In step S804, Bluetooth
A connection request is issued to the h controller 410, and step S8
Go to 05.

In step S805, the process waits for a response to the connection request. When the connection request is notified from the facsimile apparatus 201 via the Bluetooth controller 410, the process proceeds to step S806. When the connection is notified, the process proceeds to step S807. move on.

In step S806, the display of the information processing terminal 202 notifies that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has failed, and the process ends.

In step S807, Ready indicating that the connection with the facsimile apparatus has been established is set to B
The Bluetooth control task 409 notifies the facsimile manager 401, and shifts to “command through mode” in step 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 above 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 or not a response to the received information acquisition command has been received, and the Bluetooth control task 409, Blue
When a response is received from the facsimile apparatus 201 via the tooth controller 410, information on the presence / absence of a received image in the response is stored in the Bluetooth control task 409 in step S810.

In step S811, as described in the second half of FIG.
It is determined whether or not the notification that has shifted to the k mode has been received from the Bluetooth controller 410. If the notification has not been received, the process proceeds to step S809, the command through mode is continued, and if the notification has been received,
The process proceeds to step S812, shifts to the command return mode, and ends the power ON process.

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

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a received image uploading process of the Bluetooth control task 308 on the facsimile apparatus 201 side according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0110] The Bluetooth control task 308 includes:
When there is no received image, the mode is the command return mode.

Step S90 in Command Return Mode
In step 1, a reception information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307, and in step S902, a response from the event control task 307 is received. Upon receiving the response, in step S903, the received information (image presence / absence) stored in the response is
It is stored inside the Bluetooth control task 308.

In step S904, it is determined whether or not the received information includes an image. If there is an image, the flow advances to step S906 to shift from the command return mode to the command through mode. If there is no image, in step S905, a wait is performed to periodically transmit the reception information acquisition command, and the process returns to step S901.

In step S906, an Active return request is sent to the Bluetooth controller 309, and in step S907, 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 a command has been received, the process advances to step S908 to send the received command to the event control task 307; otherwise, the process advances to step S911.

In step 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.
It is. If it has not been received, the process proceeds to step S907. If it has been received, it is determined in step S912 whether or not the received response is a response to the received information acquisition command. In step S913, the received information (with / without image) is stored in the Bluetooth control task 308.

In step S914, the received response is sent to the Bluetooth controller 309,
In step S915, the Bluetooth control task 3
08 determines whether there is no image in the received information. If there is no image, the flow advances to step S916 to shift to the command return mode. If there is an image, the flow returns to step S907 to return to the command through mode. To continue.

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

At step S917, the information processing terminal 20
When a Mode transition notification is received from the second side, 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 on the information processing terminal 202 side according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0119] The Bluetooth control task 409 includes:
When there is no received image, the mode is the command return mode.

Step S10 in Command Return Mode
In step 01, it is determined whether a reception information acquisition command has been received from the facsimile manager 401. If the command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1002; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1003.

In step S1002, the Bluetooth
The received information (image present / absent) stored in the th control task 409 is sent to the facsimile manager 401 as a response.

In step S1003, an Active return procedure (Active return procedure shown in FIG. 6) led by the facsimile apparatus 201 is executed, and the Bluetooth
Mode transition notification from the other controller 410 to B
It is determined whether the Bluetooth control task 409 has received the command. If the command has not been received, the process proceeds to step S1001. If the command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1004 to shift to the command through mode.

In step S1004, a shift to the Park mode led by the facsimile apparatus 201 is executed.
Mode transition notification from Bluetooth 410 to Bl
It is determined whether the Bluetooth control task 409 has received the message. If the command has not been received, the process proceeds to step S1005. If the command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1001 to shift to the command return mode.

In step 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 it has been received, the process proceeds to step S1006 and Bl
The received command is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410, and if not, the process proceeds to step S1009. In step S1009, it is determined whether a response has been received. If a response has been received, the process proceeds to step S1010. If a response has not been received, the process proceeds to step S1004. This response is sent to the event control task 307 described in FIG.
To the facsimile manager 401.

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

In step S1013, if there is no valid data within a predetermined time in the command through mode, a timeout occurs, and in step S1014, the Park Mod
e Send a transfer request to the facsimile machine.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of transmission image transmission processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This sequence shows a case where image data stored in the information processing terminal 202 is transferred to the facsimile apparatus 201, and the facsimile apparatus 201 performs facsimile transmission to the designated terminal 204.

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

Similarly, the Blu of the facsimile apparatus 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 control task 409 that has received the transmission instruction command and the parameter (facsimile number) performs an active mode (normal operation) in which data communication can be performed between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 in order to perform a transmission service. Mode).

That is, the Bluetooth of the information processing terminal 202
The other 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.
An Active return procedure conforming to the Bluetooth standard is executed with the controller 309, and the Active
Return to mode. And after this, Bluetooth
The h controllers 309 and 410 notify the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 of the mode change, respectively, and shift the operation mode from the command return modes H and J to the command through modes I and K.

When 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 having 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 When the facsimile apparatus 201 is communicating or when 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.

The facsimile manager 401 issues the transmission result acquisition command to the facsimile apparatus 201 until it is determined from the response to the transmission result acquisition command that the transmission is 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 40
9 is Park to Bluetooth controller 410
Sends a mode change request command. Upon receiving the Park mode shift request command, the Bluetooth controller 410 executes the Park mode shift procedure with the Bluetooth controller 309, and when the shift procedure ends, the Bluetooth controller 309,
10 is a Bluetooth control task 308, 409
To the Park mode.

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 this command return mode, commands and responses are exchanged only between the facsimile manager 401 and the Bluetooth control task 409 and between the Bluetooth control task 308 and the event control task 307, and between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201. No command and response are exchanged.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of the transmission redial processing of the transmission image according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This sequence shows the operation at the time of redial processing of the transmission service.

That is, in FIG. 13, as in FIG.
When the operation mode shifts from the command return modes J and H to the command through modes K and I, the received image data transfer processing G is performed.

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 sent to the facsimile manager 40 of the information processing terminal 202.
1 is notified. When the facsimile manager 401 determines from the response that it is in the redial standby state,
Displayed to notify the user of the fact.

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, and
The ethoth 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 Blu-ray.
Send to the eth control task 308.

After that, when the transmission image waiting for redial 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 Step 8. Blue
When the tooth control task 308 determines that the transmission processing has been normally completed based on the response from the event control task 307, the communication between the information processing terminal 202 and Ac is performed.
Return to the active mode and set the facsimile manager 4
It waits for the transmission result acquisition command and parameters from 01 to be received.

At this time, the Bluetooth control task 3
08, the Bluetooth control task 409 is
It recognizes that it has returned to the ive mode, and shifts to the command through node. 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. Event control task 3
07 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 redialing, returns a response indicating that the transmission process has ended normally. .

When the facsimile manager 401 recognizes from the response from the event control task 307 that the transmission process waiting for redial has ended 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.

In the transfer redial process of the transmission image in FIG. 13, after the transfer process, the facsimile apparatus 201 sends a Park message to the information processing terminal 202.
Although the request for shifting to the mode has been made, as shown in FIG.
May be requested to shift to the Park mode.

Hereinafter, a case will be described with reference to FIG. 30 where 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, 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 as in FIG.

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.

After that, the facsimile manager 401 periodically sends a transmission result acquisition command and parameters to the Bluetooth control task 409,
The ethoth 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 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 waiting for redialing 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 shown in FIGS. 12, 13 and 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, the information processing terminal 202 transmits a reception number acquisition command to the facsimile machine 201 (step S1401). When the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the reception number acquisition command, the facsimile apparatus 201 sets the reception number stored in the RAM 103 together with a response of “OK” to the information processing terminal 2.
02 (step 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. (Step S1403). Facsimile machine 20
1 determines whether or not 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.
(Step S1404). On the other hand, when transmission is not possible, a response of “NG” is sent to the information processing terminal 202.

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 (step S1).
405).

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

Next, the information processing terminal 202 transmits the image data for 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
Transmits a facsimile to the destination facsimile number received by the transmission instruction command. Each time one page of facsimile transmission is completed, the corresponding area of the image memory 104 is deleted.

Next, it is determined whether transmission of one page of image data has been completed (step S1407), and if completed, it is determined whether transmission of image data of all pages has been completed (step S1408), The answer is negative (NO)
In the case of, the process returns to step S1403 to repeat the above process, and when the answer is affirmative (YES), the process ends.

FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure during transfer processing of a transmission image according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention. In the modification of the first embodiment, when the transmission image data transfer processing G is completed, the information processing terminal 20
The Bluetooth control task 409 stores the reception number and the transmission result indicating that the transmission is in progress without inquiring the facsimile apparatus 201 of the transmission result, and then immediately stores the P
The mode has shifted to ark mode.

That is, in FIG. 15, as in FIG.
After shifting the operation mode from the command return modes J and H to the command through modes K and I, the transmission image data transfer processing G similar to that of 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 a 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
An active return request command is sent to the tooth controller 309.

Bluet receiving 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 at the time of transmitting the transmission image will be described.
The information processing terminal 202 as the transfer source and the facsimile machine 201 as the transfer destination will be described separately.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of transfer of the information processing terminal 202 as the transfer source according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This program is Bluet
This is executed by an oot control task 409.

[0178] The Bluetooth control task 409 includes:
If there is no received image, or facsimile manager 4
In a state in which the transmission instruction command from No. 01 is not received, the mode is the command return mode H.

Upon receiving a command from 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, the transmission instruction command and the parameters received from the facsimile manager 401 are stored in the RAM, and then the Active return request command is transmitted to the Bluetooth.
h controller 410. Then, in a succeeding step S615, a mode transition notification is received and Active
It is determined whether or not it is possible to return to the original state. 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 Active recovery is possible and a mode transition notification is received, the operation mode transits to the command through mode I and 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 controller 410, and the flow advances to step S1606.

In step S1606, it is determined whether a command has been received. If a command has been received, the flow advances to step S1607 to send the command to the Bluetooth controller 410, and then 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 or not a response has been received from the oot controller 410.

If the answer is negative (NO),
Returning to step S1606, the above processing is repeated, 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 process proceeds to step S1613.

Then, in step S1613, the RAM
It is determined whether the transmission state is in the state of waiting for redial or the end of transmission from the transmission result stored in step S1606. If the answer is negative (NO), the process returns to step S1606 to continue the command through mode I. Answer is affirmative (YE
In the case of S), the process proceeds to step S1614 to send a Park mode shift request command to the Bluetooth controller 410, and then returns to step S1601 to shift to the 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 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This program is Blu
The process is executed by the Bluetooth control task 308.

[0187] 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 S170
On the other hand, 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 subsequent step S170
In step 3, the 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.

[0189] If the transmission state has not changed, the flow advances to step S1705 to shift to the Active mode led by the information processing terminal 202, and it is determined whether or not notification of such a mode shift has been made. If the answer is negative (NO), the system 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 S1701 to return to 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 in step S1703 is affirmative (Y
ES), and if the transmission state changes, step S
Proceed to 1704, the Bluetooth controller 309
Sends an Active return request command to the server, and restores the connection with the information processing terminal 202. Then, the process proceeds to step S1707 and shifts 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. If the command has been received, the process proceeds to step S1709 to send the command to the event control task 307, and then returns to step S1707 to repeat the above processing.

On the other hand, if no command has been received, the flow advances to step S1710 to execute 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-described processing. On the other hand, when the answer is affirmative (YES), the flow 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 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, when the transmission is completed, a procedure for transitioning to the Park mode led by the information processing terminal 202 is executed, and the Bluetooth control task 308
The transition to the Park mode is notified from the Ethernet controller 309. Therefore, 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 to be in the redial standby state, the process proceeds to step S1713, and the facsimile machine 20
In order to execute the transition to the Park mode under the initiative of the
A mode transition request command is transmitted, and when it is confirmed that the mode has been switched to the Park mode, the process returns to step S1701.
The operation mode shifts to the command return mode J.

In FIG. 17, the facsimile apparatus 201
A description has been given of a case where the transmission result information is acquired. Hereinafter, a process when the transmission image is transferred from the information processing terminal 202 to the facsimile apparatus 201 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a process when transferring a transmission image from the information processing terminal 202 to the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This program is a Bluetooth control task 30
8 is performed.

[0197] 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 S 3101, a reception information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307, and when a response from the event control task 307 is received in step S 3102, the following step S 3101 is executed.
In step 3103, the received image information (image presence / absence information) in the response is stored in the RAM 103, and the flow advances to step S3104.

In step S3104, the 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 returns to step S3101 after waiting 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. Command return mode J is continued. On the other hand, if the answer to step S3104 is affirmative (YES),
The process proceeds to 3106 and shifts 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 if a command is received, the process proceeds to step S3108 to send a command to the event control task 307, and then returns to step S3106 to repeat the above processing.

On the other hand, if no command has been received, the flow advances to step S3109 to execute 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, when 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.

Then, for the reason that there is no transmission image, the procedure for shifting to the Park mode is executed under the initiative of the information processing terminal 202, and as a result, Bluetooth
When the controller 309 notifies the shift to the Park mode, the answer to step S3106 is affirmative (YES).
Returns to step S3101, and the operation mode shifts to the command return mode J.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described 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 forming apparatus may have an electronic mail transmission / reception function in addition to the above functions.

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in the standby state, power is 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 the wireless channel is not occupied.

[0207] Also, 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] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described. The configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention 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 the second embodiment of the present invention. The system according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes an image processing apparatus (facsimile apparatus) 201 and a plurality (three in this embodiment) of information processing terminals 202a to 202c represented by a personal computer (PC). , A communication line 203,
A communication terminal 203 (for example, a facsimile machine or a PC) connected to the communication line 203 is configured. In FIG. 18, the same components as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.

[0210] The facsimile apparatus 201 is connected to the communication line 20.
3 and can perform facsimile communication with the other terminal 204. Also, the facsimile machine 20
1 is wirelessly connected to each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c, and can perform wireless communication.

In this embodiment, the wireless part is a Bluetooth part.
oth, the information processing terminals 202a to 202a
2c has a built-in unit for Bluetooth communication, or if the unit for Bluetooth communication is connected to each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c, the image data can be exchanged with each of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c. Transmission and reception and exchange of various data and programs can also be performed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the image processing device 20
Although a facsimile apparatus is adopted as 1, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a multifunction apparatus having a scanner function and a printer function may be used, or an E-Mail terminal having a scanner or printer function may be used. Other image processing apparatuses do not depart from the essence of the present invention.

Note that the software hierarchical structure of the facsimile apparatus 201 in this embodiment and the information processing terminal 202
The hierarchical structure of the software of FIGS.
Since the structure is the same as the hierarchical structure of the software described with reference to FIG. 4, the description is omitted. Further, the information processing terminals 202a to 202a
The processing when each of the power supplies 202c is turned on and the processing when the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on are the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore the description is omitted.

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 shows a scan in which the user sets a document in the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, presses the scan key, and transfers the document scanned by the reading unit 107 to the information processing terminal 202a. It is a figure showing the communication flow at the time of 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 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 to, for example, PC (a) (the information processing terminal 20).
If 2a) is selected, 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 a parameter to the status information acquisition command.

Upon receiving the response indicating that there is a scanned document, 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.

[0219] The Bluetooth control task 308 includes:
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 the command return mode to the 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 control task 409 is notified of the mode change. 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 the command return mode to the 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 the respective Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 enter the command through mode, respectively, 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 if there is a scan image, a response indicating “there is a scan image” 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 scanned 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.

If 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 Park mode shift request, communicates with the Bluetooth controller 410 and the Park in accordance with the Bluetooth specification.
Perform the mode transition procedure.

When this transfer procedure is completed, each Bluetooth
Each of the oot controllers 309 and 410 has a B
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 of the Bluetooth control tasks 308, 40
9 are in command return mode.

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

FIG. 20 is a diagram schematically showing control of command and data transfer between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a in the scan image data transfer processing of FIG. 19 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. .

In the facsimile apparatus 201, when a document to be scanned is set on the reading unit 107 and the scan key is pressed, a flag indicating that there is a document to be scanned is set. Then, the facsimile apparatus 201 performs display for selecting a transfer destination to be uploaded on the display unit of the operation unit 108, and requests the user 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, the facsimile apparatus 201 returns a response of "scan document exists".

Next, a scan instruction command is transmitted from the information processing terminal 202a. When the facsimile apparatus 201 receives the command, the facsimile apparatus 201 returns a "OK" response when the reading unit 107 is in the operable state, and returns to the inoperable state. Sometimes, a response of "NG" is transmitted. When the response to the scan instruction command is “OK”, the information processing terminal 202a
Transmits a scan setting instruction command, and subsequently transmits setting parameters such as a 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 returns a response of “NG” if reading control according to the parameter is not possible. Reply.

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

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is assumed that the Park mode is between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a, and the Bluetooth control task 308 is in the command return mode.

In step S2101, the Bluetooth
It is determined whether or not Piconet with the information processing terminal 202a has been canceled by the mode change notification from the th controller 309. If Piconet 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 select 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.

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

When a 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 there is a scan request from the stored state information. If there is no scan request, the flow advances to step S2107 to wait for an information acquisition command to be sent periodically. 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, the information processing terminal of the transfer destination is In order to make an Active return request, the Active return request
and sends it to the oot 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.

At 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, 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 response received from the event control task 307 is
Send it to the controller 309.

Next, in step S2118, it is determined 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 is used.
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 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is.

First, in step S2201, the reading unit 1
07, it is detected whether or not there is a document. If there is no document, step S2201 is repeated.
Proceed to 202.

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

[0251] In step S2203, the current Bluetooth is read from the connection destination list stored in the RAM 103.
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, but 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.

In step S2208, it is confirmed whether or not the information processing terminal of the transfer destination has been selected by the operation on the operation unit 108. If the information processing terminal of the transfer destination has not been selected, the process returns to step S2207, while 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 flowchart showing a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202a according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In addition, Bluetooth
When there is no received image, the control task 409 executes the command return mode (steps S2301 to S2303).
It has become.

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.
Proceed to.

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.

[0265] In step S2311, status information included in the response is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 409.
It is stored internally, and the process proceeds to step S2312.

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

FIG. 24 shows an information processing terminal 202a connected to a facsimile apparatus 201 according to the second embodiment of the present invention via Bluetooth to establish a Piconet.
To 202c from the information processing terminal 202b
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a communication flow in a case where the cone is canceled due to, for example, a cause in which the power of the information processing terminal 202b is turned off or the information processing terminal 202b moves out of a service area of wireless communication.
When the mode is shifted to the Park mode, the facsimile apparatus 201 is connected to the information processing terminal 202a as the master terminal.
The piconet synchronization is maintained by receiving a beacon transmitted from each of.

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, and the status of the memory.
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 status of the facsimile apparatus 201 as a response. In response to the received information acquisition command, a search is made for a received image in the stored image management record, and a response is returned.

If 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 being out of the service area of the radio, 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.

[0271] The Bluetooth control task 308 includes:
Upon receiving this, the information processing terminal 202b is stored in the RAM 103
Delete from the list of contacts. At this time, another connection destination information processing terminal (in this embodiment, information processing terminal 202a
Or, if there is 202c), the status information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command are periodically issued to the event control task 307. On the other hand, the information processing terminal 2
When the connection destination disappears due to the deletion of 02b from the connection destination, the Bluetooth control task 308
Stop sending the status information acquisition command and the reception information acquisition command.

[0272] 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, this processing is not performed (cannot be performed) when Piconet is canceled by turning off the power of the information processing terminal.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
Instead of the ark 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.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, a case where a scanned image is transferred to an information processing apparatus while a plurality of information processing apparatuses are wirelessly connected to the image processing apparatus. In addition, it is possible to select which information processing apparatus to transfer the scanned image to.

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. There is an effect that a scanned image can be immediately transferred without performing an operation.

Further, when there is no information processing apparatus wirelessly connected to the image processing apparatus, this is detected and
Since it is displayed that there is no information device to be transferred before scanning an image, it is possible to eliminate useless scanning by the user.

After the instruction to scan an image and the selection of the information processing apparatus to be transferred are determined, the connection mode with the information processing apparatus in the Bluetooth Piconet can be communicated from the power consumption mode or the state in which 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 to a state in which the power consumption mode and the Piconet are eliminated, there is an effect that wireless traffic can be suppressed and power consumption can be reduced.

Furthermore, Pic between a plurality of information processing apparatuses
In onet, if the Park mode is maintained with at least one information processing device, the command exchange with the pseudo information processing device in the image processing device is continued, but the communication with all the information processing devices is continued. When the Piconet between the two is eliminated, the exchange of commands with the pseudo information processing device in the image processing device is stopped.
This has the effect of preventing wasteful processing and reducing the load on the image processing apparatus.

[Third Embodiment] Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described. Each of the above embodiments is an example in which the Park mode is set when no command is exchanged between the facsimile apparatus and the information processing terminal. However, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus and the information processing terminal When commands are not exchanged between
An example in which the mode is the dby mode will be described. Stan here
In the dby mode, since the clock synchronization between the master and the slave is not maintained, it is no longer possible to maintain Piconet. Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention 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 according to the third embodiment of the present invention are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and the description is omitted.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a communication flow when the image processing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention is activated. FIG. 25 shows that, when the power of one of the information processing terminals 202a to 202c (for example, the information processing terminal 202a) in FIG.
2 shows an initialization process performed in cooperation with the device 1 and a process up to a transition to a standby state. 25, only the points different from FIG. 5 will be described.

[0282] The process is the same as that shown in Fig. 5 until the power supply of the information processing terminal 202a is turned on and the process of connecting to the facsimile apparatus 201 is performed. After the connection, if there is no received image and the status of the facsimile machine 201 is normal,
The facsimile machine shifts to the Standby mode.
That is, first, the Bluetooth of the facsimile apparatus 201
The th control task 308 issues a request for transition to the Standby mode to the Bluetooth controller 309. St
Bluetooth that received the request to switch to andby mode
The controller 309 transmits the Detach message to the Bluetooth controller 4 of the information processing terminal 202a.
10 and shifts to the Standby mode,
It notifies the Bluetooth control task 308 of the transition to the Standby mode.

[0283] In addition, B receiving the Detach message
Bluetooth controller 410 is also Standby
Mode, and the Bluetooth control task 409
To the Standby mode.

[0284] Upon receiving the notification of the transition 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 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

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 to, for example, PC (a) (the information processing terminal 20).
If 2a) is selected, 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.

[0288] 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 connection is possible with the information processing terminal 202a based on the content thereof.
A connection request is made to the tooth controller 309.

When the Bluetooth controller 309 receives the connection request, the Bluetooth controller 309 of the information processing terminal 202a
Bluetooth controller 410
th Serial Port Pro
A connection using "file" is established. When the connection is established, 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, it shifts to the command through mode.

[0292] Bluetooth of the 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 communication is restored and each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 enters the command through mode, 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 Stan as described with reference to FIG.
The mode shifts to the dby mode, and the information processing terminal 202a
Shift to the ndby mode. Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Standby mode, each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 enters the command return mode.

[0295] Command and data transfer control between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a in the scan image data transfer processing is the same as the above-described transfer control processing, 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 thereof is omitted.

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

[0298] The process is the same as that of Fig. 9 except that it is determined in step S2711 whether or not a transition notification to the Standby mode has been received instead of a notification to transition to the Park mode.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Note that the standby mode is set between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202a, and the Bluetooth control task 30
8 is in command return mode.

In step S2801, Bluet
It is determined whether or not there is a notification that “Inquiry” has been received from the oot controller 309. Bluetooth
If the other controller 309 has received “Inquiry”, the process proceeds to step S2807, and as described above, “Inquiry” is performed based on the Bluetooth standard.
Perform the connection procedure with the other party that sent

Then, it is determined in step S2808 whether or not the other party who has sent "Inquiry" is on the connection destination list.
And if not in the connection destination list, step S2809
And adds the partner who sent "Inquiry" to the connection destination list, and shifts to the command through mode processing described later. If it is already on the connection destination list, step S
The processing skips step 2809 and moves to the command through mode processing described later. On the other hand, in step S2801, B
Bluetooth controller 309 to "Inqui
ry "has not been received, step S280.
Proceed to 2.

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.

[0304] 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 an information acquisition command to be sent periodically. 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, In
A query 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, step S2812 is executed.
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.

[0309] 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.

[0310] The procedure of the scan 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 in FIG.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202a according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In addition, Bluetooth
The control task 409 is in the command return mode when there is no received image.

In step S2901, it is determined whether or not a status information acquisition command has been received from facsimile manager 401. If it has been received, the process proceeds to step S2902.
Proceed to.

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.

In step S2903, the Bluetooth
The th controller 410 determines whether or not “Inquiry” has been received, and if not, determines in step S2
Returning to step 901, if it has been received, the process advances to step S 2904 to perform the connection establishment connection procedure based on the Bluetooth standard, and shift to the command through mode.

[0315] In 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
Step 3 is the same as Steps S2305 to S2312.

As described above, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, a case where a scanned image is transferred to an information processing apparatus while a plurality of information processing apparatuses are wirelessly connected to the image processing apparatus. In addition, it is possible to select which information processing apparatus to transfer the scanned image to.

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. There is an effect that a scanned image can be immediately transferred without performing an operation.

Further, when there is no information processing apparatus wirelessly connected to the image processing apparatus, this is detected and
Since it is displayed that there is no information device to be transferred before scanning an image, it is possible to eliminate useless scanning by the user.

After the instruction to scan an image and the selection of the information processing apparatus to be transferred are determined, the connection mode with the information processing apparatus in the Bluetooth Piconet can be communicated from the power consumption mode or the state in which 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 to a state in which the power consumption mode and the Piconet are eliminated, there is an effect that wireless traffic can be suppressed and power consumption can be reduced.

Further, Pic between a plurality of information processing apparatuses
In onet, if the Park mode is maintained with at least one information processing device, the command exchange with the pseudo information processing device in the image processing device is continued, but the communication with all the information processing devices is continued. When the Piconet between the two is eliminated, the exchange of commands with the pseudo information processing device in the image processing device is stopped.
This has the effect of preventing wasteful processing and reducing the load on the image processing apparatus.

[Fourth Embodiment] Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, various states are displayed on the facsimile apparatus 201 in order to further facilitate the use of the facsimile apparatus 201 described in the above embodiment. still,
In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, 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 view showing the operation unit 108 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The operation unit 108 includes various keys, an LED, an LCD, and the like, and performs various input operations by an operator and displays an operation status of the image processing apparatus.

That is, the operation unit 108 controls the time (dial number), the mode (standby, Park, A) of the facsimile apparatus 201 in the Bluetooth piconet.
ACT), a numeric keypad 3202 for inputting a dial number, etc., a “start key” 3203 for starting transmission or copying, and for 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.

Note that, when the facsimile apparatus 201 is in the command through mode, for example, the LCD 3201 is set as Active for Bluetooth communication.
Mode, the active mode is displayed. When the mode is changed from the command through mode to the command return mode, the active mode is displayed.
The display switches to the ark mode display.

In this 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 pressed 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 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is turned on.

When the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on, in step S3301, the Bluetooth is set.
The control task 308 is initialized. 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 Piconet.
Of the facsimile machine Blueet
The ooth control unit 115 is in a standby mode. Accordingly, 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 a received image uploading process of the Bluetooth control task 308 on the facsimile apparatus 201 side according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, in FIG. 34, only the processing different from that in FIG. 10 will be described.

As described with reference to FIG. 10, the processing from step S901 to step S906 is performed.
In step S906, an Active return request is set to Bluetooth.
When it is sent to the oot controller 309, step S
In step 3401, 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, the fact that the mode is the Active mode is displayed on the LCD 3201 in step S3402, and the process proceeds to step S90.
Move to 7. 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 step S3403, the memory lamp 3207 is turned on, and in step S90
Return to 1.

Thereafter, steps S907 to S9
The processing up to 15 is performed in the same manner as in FIG.
At 915, the Bluetooth control task 308 determines whether or not the received information stored in the image is an image. If there is no image, at step S93404, the Parak mode is displayed on the LCD 3201, and after the memory lamp 3207 is turned off, The process advances to step S916 to shift to the command return mode. In step S915, there is an image,
If there is no Mode transition notification, the process returns to step S907, continues the command through mode, and proceeds to step S915.
If there is an image and there is a Mode transition notification, step S
Return to 901.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the mode of the radio section of the facsimile apparatus is displayed, so that the user can easily grasp the reason why the radio channel cannot be used. It has the effect of being able to.

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.

Further, when it is found from the display that the 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 of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described. The configuration and software configuration of the facsimile apparatus and the information processing terminal according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention 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 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is turned on. In the figure, a facsimile machine 201,
The facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 20 until the information processing terminal 202 shifts from the initialization process to the standby state.
2 shows the transition of each operation state. 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, in order to confirm that the connected facsimile apparatus 201 is in a communication-enabled state,
The tooth control task 409 transmits an inquiry transmission request to the Bluetooth controller 410. At this time, "Clas" in the Inquiry command
s of Device "information as a" serial communication terminal ".

Upon receiving the inquiry transmission request, Bl
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
The “Inquiry” procedure is performed according to the connection procedure of “th”, and the result (“Inquiry Result”) is returned to Blue.
Notify the tooth control task 409. Bluetooth
The other control task 409 is "Inquiry Res
When "ult" is received, it is determined whether or not the content can be connected to the facsimile apparatus 201. When the connection is possible, the address of the facsimile apparatus 201 is designated and Bl.
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 content 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. 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. 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 transmits the “Serial Port Profile”
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 shift 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.
Park controller with Bluetooth controller 309
Perform the mode transition procedure. When the migration procedure is completed, each Bl
The Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410 send P to each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409, respectively.
Notify that the mode has shifted to the ark mode. Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Park mode, each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 enters the command return mode.

In the present embodiment, the Park mode is selected as the low power consumption mode.
Other low power modes, ie, Sniff mode or H
One of the old 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
Is a facsimile apparatus 20 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).
The same process as that of the first event control task 307 is performed. That is, the Bluetooth control task 409 is
In response to the status acquisition command periodically issued from the facsimile manager 401, the R
A response is returned based on the state information stored in the AM.

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 changes when the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention receives an image, and this change in the operation state is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the facsimile machine 201 and the information processing terminal 202 when notifying.

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 acquisition command to the event control task 307 in order to monitor the status of the facsimile machine 201. The event control task 307 searches the image management record stored in the RAM 103 for the presence or absence of the received image, detects the use status and abnormality of the facsimile apparatus 201, and determines whether the received image exists or not. Whether or not
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 308.

[0357] The Bluetooth control task 308
From the received response, it is determined whether or not the state of the facsimile apparatus 201 has changed. If there is no change, the Bluetooth control task 308 periodically issues a status information acquisition command, and the facsimile device 20
Continue monitoring 1. On the other hand, when there is a change, for example, when the received image changes from “absent” to “present” by receiving the image, the Bluetooth control task 308 transmits the status information to the information processing terminal 202. Facsimile apparatus 201 and information processing terminal 202
Restore communication with.

[0358] 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 the communication is restored, the Bluetooth controller 309 sets the Bluetooth control task 3
At 08, a mode change notification is made. Upon receiving the mode change notification, the Bluetooth control task 308 shifts from the command return mode to the command through mode when judging that the communication has been restored based on the content, and when it judges that the communication cannot be restored, the Bluetooth control task 308 immediately enters the command return mode. Maintain state.

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.

Blue that has shifted to the command through mode
Upon receiving the status information acquisition command from the facsimile manager 401, the Bluetooth control task 409 passes the status information acquisition command to the Bluetooth controller 410 and sends the command to the facsimile apparatus 201.
Facsimile machine 20 that has received the status information acquisition command
The event control task 307 of the RAM 10
3 for the image management record stored in the facsimile apparatus 201, and at the same time, detects the use status and abnormality of the facsimile apparatus 201. , And the status information such as whether or not scanning is possible is returned to the Bluetooth control task 409 as a response to the status information acquisition command.

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). Blu receiving status information
The Bluetooth control task 409 transmits the Bluetooth control task to the Park mode which is a low power consumption mode.
a request to shift to the Park mode to the th controller 410, and the Bluetooth receiving the request to shift to the Park mode
The Bluetooth controller 410 performs a Park mode transition procedure with the Bluetooth controller 309.

[0363] Each Bluetooth controller 30
9 and 410 respectively notify the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 of the transition to the Park mode. When you are notified that you have switched to 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.

[0364] 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.

[0365] In the example shown in the figure, the state change is that the 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”.

FIG. 37 shows a Bluetooth control task 4 of the information processing terminal 202 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
When the received image changes from “absent” to “present” in the state information 09, the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 perform the received image transfer process of transferring the received image data to the information processing terminal 202. It is a figure which shows the communication flow between them.

As described with reference to FIG. 36,
The facsimile apparatus 201 receives the image, notifies the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 that the received image is present, and stores the received image. Then, the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 obtains state information from the facsimile manager 401. Upon receiving the command, the Bluetooth control task 409
The stored state information is returned to the facsimile manager 401 as a response.

[0368] The facsimile manager 401 is
If the setting of uploading the received image is received when the information of “there is a received image” is received from the Bluetooth control task 409, a reception upload command is sent to the Bluetooth control task 409 to start the upload process of the received image. Send out.

[0369] 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. The response "NG" is returned.

On the other hand, when the received image portion of the state information is “image present”, the Bluetooth control task 40
The Bluetooth controller 410 determines that the reception upload is possible and returns from the low power consumption mode Park mode to the communicable Active mode so that communication with the facsimile apparatus 201 can be performed.
Request for

[0370] Upon receiving the request to return to the Active mode, the Bluetooth controller 410 sends the request to the Bluetooth controller 410.
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.

[0372] The event control task 307 that has received the reception upload command returns a response "OK" to the information processing terminal 202 because there is a reception image.

As described above, when each of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 is in the command through mode, a connection is made with 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). The received image data transfer process is performed using “Serial Port Profile” based on the Bluetooth standard with the same command interface as before. The facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing apparatus 2 in the reception image data transfer processing
02 is controlled by the command and data transfer control shown in FIG.
Is the same as

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.

[0375] The Bluetooth control task 409 includes:
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.

Upon receiving the notification that the mode has shifted to the Park mode, each Bluetooth control task 308, 409
Are respectively in the command return mode.

FIG. 38 is a block diagram showing the transfer of image data stored in the information processing terminal 202 to the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
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 designated destination.

[0379] 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 permission / inhibition portion of the state information stored in the Bluetooth control task 409 of the information processing terminal 202 can be transmitted. It has become. Here, when a transmission instruction operation is performed on the facsimile manager 401, the facsimile manager 401 transmits a transmission instruction command to the Bluetooth control task 409.

[0380] 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 sending a command, sends a response “NG” directly to the facsimile manager 401, and when the facsimile manager 401 receives the response “NG”,
Displays "Unable to send". When the transmission permission / prohibition portion of the state information is “possible”, the Bluetooth control task 4
09 to communicate with the facsimile machine 201
An active return request is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410.

[0381] 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 from the contents of the mode change notification that communication cannot be restored, or when the Bluetooth
When there is no response from the oot controller 410,
The Bluetooth control task 409 maintains the state of the command return mode as it is, 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.

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 an “OK” response from the facsimile apparatus 201, the facsimile manager 401
Performs transmission image data transfer processing using the same command interface as when it is connected by wire, 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.

[0386] 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.

[0387] Blue receiving a Park mode shift request
The Bluetooth controller 410 is a Bluetooth controller.
According to the specifications of the facsimile machine 201
The other controller 309 performs a Park mode transition procedure. When the transfer procedure is completed, each of the Bluetooth controllers 309 and 410 respectively
The other 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, each Bluetooth control task 30
8 and 409 shift to the command return mode, respectively.

[0388] 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 a procedure of a power-on process executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

When the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on, the processing of FIG. 39 is started, and the initialization processing of the Bluetooth control task 308 is performed (step S390).
1). This initialization process includes a process of shifting the operation mode to the command through mode. The facsimile apparatus 201 ends the initialization processing, and sets the information processing terminal 202 in the operation mode of the command through mode.
Will wait for the rise of.

FIG. 40 shows a Bluetooth control task 4 of the information processing terminal 202 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by the power supply control unit 09;

[0392] 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
Inquiry to the Bluetooth controller 410
y ".

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

[0394] In step S4003, this processing is ended after notifying the display device of the information processing terminal 202 that there is no facsimile machine to be connected.

[0395] In step S4004, the Bluetooth
A connection request is sent to the th controller 410, and the process proceeds to step S4005.

[0396] In step S4005, a response to the connection request is awaited, 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.

[0397] In step S4006, after notifying to the display device of the information processing terminal 202 that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has failed, this processing is terminated.

[0398] In step S4007, "Rea" indicating that the connection with the facsimile apparatus 201 has been established has been established.
dy "to the facsimile manager 401, and proceeds to step S4008. In step S4008, the mode transits to the command through mode. Here, the command through mode means that the Bluetooth control task 409 is
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 P
facsimile manager 4 using "file"
01 and the event control task 307 of the facsimile machine 201.

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

[0401] In 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 shift notification to the Park mode is received, the flow advances to step S4014 to shift to the command return mode, and the main power-on process is notified.

Note that the Bluetooth control task 409
The command return mode will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. According to this flowchart, the operations of “notification of state change” in FIG. 36, “received image upload” in FIG. 37, and “transmission service” in FIG. 38 can all be described.

[0405] Bluetooth in standby mode
The h control task 308 is in a command return mode, and a low power consumption mode Park mode is provided between the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202. In the command return mode, step S4106
At step S4101, a state information acquisition command is sent to the event control task 307 at each wait interval in step S4101.
Upon receiving the response, the status information is stored in step S4103.

First, "notification of state change" 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 (step S4104). In such a case, in order to notify the information processing terminal 202 of the state information, step S41 is performed.
Proceed to 06. In step S4106, the information processing terminal 2
A request to return to the Active mode is made to the Bluetooth controller 309 so that communication with the H.02 is possible.

[0408] 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 (step S41).
09), and sends the response and data received from the event control task 307 to the Bluetooth controller 310 (step S4113).

[0409] Active from the 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, the state information included in the response is stored (step S4112), and then sent to the information processing terminal 202. The response of this command is sent to the information processing terminal 2
02, the information processing terminal 202 requests to shift the communication mode to the Park mode. When the transition to the Park mode ends, a mode change notification is
Since this is notified to the tooth control task 308, this is detected in step S4114, and the process returns to the command return mode to be in the standby state.

[0410] The above is the "state change notification" 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.

[0411] Next, the case where the "received image upload" and the "transmission instruction command", that is, the "operation instruction request command" are transmitted from the information processing terminal 201 will be described.

[0412] Before sending 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.

[0413] After shifting to the command through mode, the command and data sent from the information processing terminal 202 are received from the Bluetooth controller 309 in step S4108, and sent to the event control task 307 in step S4109. And data from the event control task 307 in step S4110, and
In step 13, the data is sent 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.

[0414] 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.

[0415] 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.

FIG. 42 shows a Bluetooth control task 4 of the information processing terminal 202 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
09 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by the control unit 09. According to this flowchart, “notification of state change” in FIG. 36, “received image upload” in FIG. 37,
All the operations of the “transmission service” in FIG. 38 can be described.

In the standby state, Bluetooth
The h control task 409 is in a command return mode, and the facsimile apparatus 201 and the information processing terminal 202 are in a low power consumption mode Park mode. Facsimile manager 4 in standby state
01 is transmitted from the facsimile machine 20
1, a “status information acquisition command” for acquiring the status information, and a “received image upload command” or a “transmission instruction command” for instructing the facsimile apparatus 201 to operate.
And "operation instruction commands".

[0418] 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.

[0419] 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. Upon returning to the “Active” state, the mode change notification is transmitted to the Bluetooth controller 410.
To the Bluetooth control task 409.

[0420] 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 status information is completed, a request for transition to the Park mode is made in step S4210. Move to the standby state.

[0421] Next, the 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.

When the “operation instruction command” is received in step S 4201, 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 the execution is possible, in step S4211 Ac
Bluetooth controller 4
10 and returns to "Active", the mode shifts to the command through mode, and in step S4212 Blue
An operation instruction command is transmitted to the tooth 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 S42.
In step S4215, the response and data received from the Bluetooth controller 410 are transmitted to the facsimile manager 401 in step S4216.

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

[0425] In step S4207, a status information acquisition command is sent to the Bluetooth controller 410. In step S4208, a response is received. In step S4209, the status information is stored.
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 of the Bluetooth control tasks 308 and 409 by the processing described with reference to FIGS. 39 and 40.

When the state of the facsimile machine changes,
For example, when an image is received or a scan button is pressed, each Bluetooth control task 30 is executed by the processing described with reference to FIGS.
8 and 409 are updated to the changed state, and the “status information acquisition command” is transmitted from the facsimile manager 401 to the Bluetooth control task 40.
9, a response is returned with the stored state information without sending a command to the facsimile machine 21 by the processing described with reference to FIG. 42, and the "received image upload command" is sent from the facsimile manager 40. When an “operation instruction command” such as a “transmission instruction command” or the like is transmitted to the Bluetooth control task 409, if the operation cannot be executed by the processing described with reference to FIG. 41 and FIG. Without sending a command to 201 "
Since an NG "response is returned to the facsimile manager 401 and an operation instruction command is sent to the facsimile apparatus 201 when the operation is possible, the radio channel is not occupied and the power consumption can be reduced.

As described above, also in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to reduce power consumption by transmitting and receiving a command for polling the state of an image processing apparatus and its response without occupying a wireless channel. This has the effect of being possible.

[Sixth Embodiment] Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described.

<Entire Configuration of Apparatus> FIG. 43 shows a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
It is a block diagram showing facsimile machine FS1 concerning an embodiment. The facsimile machine FS1 includes a facsimile machine main body (hereinafter abbreviated as main body) B, and a cordless hand scanner 430 detachable from the main body B.

The cordless hand scanner 430 is the first
CPU 4300, first ROM 4301, first RAM 4
302, CIS (Contact Image Sen)
sor) 4303, scanner image processing unit 4304, main body I / F connector 4305, rotary encoder 430
6, scanner operation panel 4307, battery 4308,
Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309, 2.
A 4 GHz high frequency unit 4310 is provided.

The main part B includes a second CPU 4311 and a second CPU 4311.
ROM 4312, SRAM 4313, printer image processing unit 4314, second RAM 4315, modem 4316, cross point switch 4317, handset 431
8, speaker 4319, NCU (Network Co.)
control unit) 4320, Bluetooth
Baseband processing section 4321, 2.4 GHz high frequency section 4
322, scanner I / F connector 4323, main body operation panel 4324, color printer 4325, primary battery 43
26, RTC (Real Time Clock) 43
27.

FIG. 44 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. The facsimile machine FS1 includes a paper guide 4401, a paper entrance 4402, a document guide 4403, and a document entrance 440.
4, upper cover 4405, handset 4406, main body operation panel 4408, document outlet 4409, paper outlet 4
410 is provided.

[0434] The facsimile apparatus FS1 includes a cordless hand scanner 430 and a main body B.
ITU-T (International Teleco
mmmmunication Union-Telecom
munication standardizatio
n Sector) It has a function that satisfies the 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 cordless type scanner that can be attached to and detached from the main body B, and is capable of reading a document while being completely separated from the main body 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, a recording paper is inserted, and a document is inserted from a document entrance 4404. The document guide 4403 is set according to the width of the document.
Is provided with a position sensor, and detects a document size according to a document setting position.

The upper cover 4405 can be opened upward when a document or recording paper inserted and conveyed from the document entrance 4404 and staying in the apparatus is taken out, or when a cartridge in the printer section is replaced. Upper cover 4
Reference numeral 405 includes a main body operation panel and a handset table. A 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.

[0437] Handset 4318 is used during a call. CIS 430 of cordless hand scanner 430
3 is a reading width B4 for outputting each color of RGB in line-sequential,
This is a contact type color image sensor having a reading resolution of 8 pel / mm in the main scanning direction. When the upper cover 4405 is opened, it can be taken out from the main body B.

FIG. 45 shows the main body operation panel 4 of the main body B of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
324 is a plan view showing FIG. Main unit operation panel 4324
Are a function button 4501, a record button 4502, a play button 4503, a delete button 4504, a telephone directory / set button 4505, a left / right button 4506, and an up / down button 4
507, number / symbol button 4508, speakerphone button 4509, microphone 4510, stop button 451
1, a copy button 4512, an image quality button 4513, a reception / print button 4514, a transmission button 4515, a color / monochrome button 4516, a color lamp 4517, and a display 4518.

On the main body 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, 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.

A stop button 4511 is used when stopping operations such as fax transmission / reception, copying, reproduction, setting, and the like, and when stopping operations halfway, and a copy button 4512 is used when executing 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.

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 apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. The surface shown in FIG. 46 is an upper surface when the cordless hand scanner 430 is used, and is a lower surface when the main body B is attached.

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 cordless hand scanner 430. It should be noted that various information of the cordless hand scanner 430 include a memory remaining amount, a reading width, and Bluetooth.
The link state, reading speed, image color information, and the like can be considered.

[0447] A "start / determine" 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 determination. "Stop / Cancel" button 460
A button 3 is used to stop reading and cancel the selection on the function menu. The “function” button 4604 is used to delete an image or fax from the standby state.
This button is used to shift to a function menu for executing transmission, copying, and the like. The “up / down / left / right cursor” button 4605 is a button used at the time of a selection operation in the function menu.

FIG. 47 is a bottom view showing the cordless hand scanner 430 taken out of the main body B of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
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, a cordless hand scanner 430 constituting the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[0449] The cordless hand scanner 430, together with the main part B, constitutes the facsimile apparatus FS1.

The cordless hand scanner 430 is the same as the one 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
It has a first RAM 4302 used as a work memory for various programs of the PU 4300 and a storage memory for image data and the like in the cordless hand scanner 430, and a contact-type color image sensor CIS 4303 for reading image data line by line.

A 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.

[0453] Body interface connector 4305
Is constituted by a connector connected to the main body B, and the battery 4308 is charged through this connector.

Detection output section 4306 of rotary encoder
Monitors the rotation state of the reading roller of the cordless hand scanner 430.
The CPU 4300 calculates the moving distance data (rotational speed information of the rotary encoder) of the cordless hand scanner 430 from the detection output, and executes the image reading by the image processing unit 4304.

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

A 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 body B and used alone, and the cordless hand scanner 430 is connected to the main body B. In the mounted state, the main body B constantly supplies power and is charged.

The wireless interface unit is a Bluetooth interface.
a wireless interface unit between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B, which is constituted by an oth baseband processing unit 4309 and a high-frequency unit 4310 in the 2.4 GHz band.
Wireless communication based on the Bluetooth standard is performed between the communication device 30 and the device 30 to transmit and receive packets. The wireless interface unit includes a command / response interface for designating an operation mode and exchanging state information, and an image data interface for exchanging image data in both directions. The main unit B is a master,
The cordless hand scanner 430 becomes a slave. B
The Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309 is
It performs a frequency hopping process of uetooth and a frame assembling / disassembling process. The 2.4 GHz band high frequency unit 4310 transmits and receives radio waves.

Next, a description will be given of a main part B of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[0459] 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.

[0460] 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 and image enlargement / reduction.
The resolution of the image data is changed to the resolution 360 of the printer 4325.
The resolution conversion for converting to dpi is performed, and the print data is transferred to the color printer. The second RAM 4315 has a 2C
It is used as a work memory for various programs of the PU 4311 and a storage memory for storing audio data, image data, and the like on the main body B side. Here, the second RAM 4315 is assumed to be a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory.

A 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,
DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Freq
uuency) 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, at a maximum transmission speed of 9600 bps, ITU
Communicate monochrome images and color images in accordance with the T Recommendation G3 standard. Regarding color image communication, it is possible to perform color image communication in the “unique mode” of the apparatuses in addition to the G3 standard (hereinafter referred to as “ITU-T color mode”).

The “unique mode” here means, for example, a BFT (Binary File Trans) described later.
fer). In color communication according to the G3 standard, the main and sub 200 d
pi resolution and JPEG (Join
t Photographic Expert Gro
up) encoding. In the color communication in the unique mode, the image has a resolution of 90 dpi for the main and sub dots and a DPCM (Differen) in the RGB color space.
Tial Pulse Code Modulatio
n) It has a function of encoding.

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 4318 has a voice input / output unit for making a call using the present device. The analog signal connection switch (crosspoint switch) 4317 is set according to the setting from the second CPU 4311, and is used for a handset, a speaker, an NCU,
This is a known circuit that freely switches connections of analog signals between modems.

[0464] The 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 the main scanning direction of recording paper. While recording binary data on recording paper at a recording resolution of 360 dpi.

The cartridges mounted on the main part B include a color cartridge in which ink tanks of each color of CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) are combined with an ink discharge section, an ink tank containing only monochrome ink, and an ink discharge section. There is a monochrome cartridge in which the combination of the color cartridge and the monochrome cartridge is mounted on the main body B, depending on the configuration of the electrical contacts of the cartridge, the second CP.
U4311 can be determined. The recording width in monochrome recording is up to B4, and the maximum recording width is A4 in color recording when a color cartridge is mounted.

[0466] The primary battery 4326 is a primary battery that backs up the data registered in the SRAM 4313 and the operation of the clock IC 4327. The RTC 4327 is a clock IC that can measure time in units of one second and can operate even when the main power is turned off. The scanner interface connector 4323 is connected from the main body B to the cordless hand scanner 4.
The connector serves as a power supply path to the cordless hand scanner 30 and detects whether the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached or not.

The wireless interface unit is a Bluetooth interface.
a wireless interface unit between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B, which includes a baseband processing unit 4321 and a high-frequency unit 4322 in the 2.4 GHz band.
Wireless communication based on the Bluetooth standard is performed between the communication device 30 and the device 30 to transmit and receive packets. The wireless interface unit includes a command / response interface for designating an operation mode and exchanging state information. The Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4321 performs Bluetooth frequency hopping processing and frame assembling / disassembling processing. In addition, 2.4G
The high frequency section 4322 in the Hz band transmits and receives radio waves.

<Initialization Operation of Cordless Hand Scanner 430> Next, the cordless hand scanner 430 of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
Will be described.

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

First, the work area in the first RAM 4302 shown in FIG. 43 of the cordless hand scanner 430 is initialized (step S4801), and then peripheral hardware is initialized (step S4802).
Thereafter, each task controlled by the OS is initialized (step S4803), and further, the image memory in the first RAM 4302 is initialized (step S4804).
Initialize the Bluetooth control task (step S480)
5) It is in a state of waiting for Bluetooth link establishment (step S4806).

In this state, the cordless hand scanner 4
30 receives the Inquiry command based on the Bluetooth standard from the main unit B, the ID number of the main unit B (Bluetooth device address) in the command and the ID number of the connectable main unit B (Bluetooth device) stored in advance. Address) (step S4807). If the comparison results match, the inquiry of the cordless hand scanner 430
Inquiry Response with access code
“se” is transmitted to the main part B (step S4808).

Next, the cordless hand scanner 430
Receives a Paging message (wireless connection request signal) containing the device access code of the cordless hand scanner 430 from the main part B (step S48).
09), a wireless connection response signal is transmitted to the main part B (step S4810), and 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 predetermined time after the establishment of the wireless link, the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 43
The 09 and 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4310 enters the Park mode (step S4811). The “park mode” is a low power consumption standby state in which a Bluetooth connection is still established.

FIG. 49 shows a cordless hand scanner 430 in the above description according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart for explaining the Park mode shift operation.

After the wireless link is established between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main part B as described with reference to FIG. 48, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends a valid command from the main part B for a certain period of time (30 seconds in this embodiment). Seconds)
If not received (step S4901, step S49)
02), to the main unit B to shift to the Park mode,
Send a Park_req message (step S4)
903). Not_ac indicating transfer prohibition from main part B
When the received message is received (step S49)
04), returning to the command waiting state (step S490)
1). When a Park message indicating permission for transfer is received from the main part B (step S4905), the Par message is received.
The mode shifts to the k mode (step S4906).

<Initializing Operation of Main Unit B> Next, an initializing operation of the main unit B of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing an initialization operation of the main part B according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

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 (step S5001), the work RAM is initialized (step S5002), and peripheral hardware is initialized (step S500).
5003). 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 (step S5004). Then, Blu
Initialize the Bluetooth control task (Step S500)
5), between the cordless hand scanner 430 and Blu
In order to establish the link of the Bluetooth, I
An inquiry command containing the nquiry access code is transmitted (step 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 (steps S5007 to S5008), the main unit B compares the previously stored Inquiry access code of the connectable hand scanner with the received ID number (step S500).
9) If the comparison results match, the mode 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 (step S5010).

Upon receiving a response signal to the wireless connection request from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S501)
1) Since a Bluetooth link (Piconet) has been established between the main part B and the cordless hand scanner 430, a scanner interface initialization procedure described later shown in FIG. 53 is executed (step S5012). After performing the scanner interface initialization procedure,
To keep the cordless hand scanner 430 as a slave in a standby state (park mode) with low power consumption while the connection of Bluetooth is established, P
An ark message is transmitted, and the initialization operation ends (step S5013).

Note that if a response to the connection request is not received from the cordless hand scanner 430 after a predetermined time has elapsed, a message indicating that a wireless link cannot be established is displayed on the display unit.

Also, if the Inquiry Response cannot be received for a predetermined time after transmitting the Inquiry command (NO in step S5008), or if an Inquiry Response from an unreachable partner is received.
If onse has been received (NO in step S5009), the process returns to step S5006 and returns Inq
Retransmit the uiry command.

<Operation of Interface Between Main Unit B and Hand Scanner Unit> First, the structure of a packet exchanged between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main unit B in the facsimile machine FS1 will be described.

FIG. 51 shows a cordless hand scanner 4 of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of a packet exchanged between a main unit 30 and a main unit B.

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 section further includes a MAIL_ID section, a MAIL section, and a DATA_
It is composed of a SlZE section and a DATA section.

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

[0488] The DATA_SIZE part is the D_SIZE part described later.
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,
Data not included in the mail section (for example, image data)
Used to store.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a packet which is an interface that 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 of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example.

[0490] Version is a management version of the interface command / response, Pix_clear.
r is MAIL_ID for image erasure, and Total is
_Size is the total size of the payload part,
mmand is the request command (request and response are paired)
It is shown that. Mail_size is the information size included in MAIL, and is NO1, NO2, NO3.
Is the management number of the image 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 shows a cordless hand scanner 4 of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a packet serving as an interface including image data generated when image line data read by the apparatus 30 is transferred to a main unit B side.

[0492] Version is a management version of the interface command / response.
“up” is a MAIL_ID for uploading image data, “Total_size” is the total size of the payload portion, and “Response” indicates a response issued in response to a request command. Also, Re
_Command is a command for instructing the main body unit B when there is any operation instruction or error in the hand scanner unit. Instructions such as NULL (none in particular).

[0493] 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 a scanner interface initialization procedure in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, showing the relationship between the processing of the cordless hand scanner 430 and the processing of the main part B. is there.

(54-1) and (54-2) correspond to the main unit B
Confirms that an interface command / response can be exchanged from the PC to the cordless hand scanner 430. 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. 54 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

In step S5501, from the main part B,
A connection request command (54-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430, and a connection confirmation response (54-2)
Is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S5502), the main part B confirms that the cordless hand scanner 430 has been 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 (step S5503).
30 is mounted on the main body B, the pre-scan request command (54-3) is transmitted to the cordless hand scanner 4
30 (step S5504).

[0498] 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 (step S5505). The execution result of the prescan is returned to the main part B as a prescan confirmation response (54-4) (step S5506). In this response, in the command, if pre-scanning can be performed normally, OK is written, and if unsuccessful, NG is written in MAIL.

When the main part B receives the OK prescan confirmation response (54-4) (step S550)
7), the hand scanner initialization procedure ends. In the case of NG, the process is re-executed and error processing is performed three consecutive NGs (step S5508).

When the above processing is executed, the inside of the cordless hand scanner 430, the inside of the main body B, and the scanner interface between the cordless hand scanner 430 and the main body B are initialized, and the user's instruction Then, various operations become possible.

If the cordless hand scanner 430 is not attached to the main part B in step S5503, a pre-scan confirmation command is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 in step S5509. Cordless hand scanner 430
Receives the pre-scan confirmation command, the first RAM
After confirming the contents of 4302 and executing a normal pre-scan, and the data is correctly held in the cordless hand scanner 430, a pre-scan confirmation response (54-4) having a MAIL indicating OK is sent to the main unit. B. On the other hand, if the pre-scan has not been performed or the data cannot be held correctly, MAIL with NG
Is returned to the main part B (step S5510).

[0502] Upon receiving the OK, the main unit B terminates the process as it is (step S5511). When the NG is received, the user instructs the user to attach the cordless hand scanner 430 to the main unit B in order to perform prescan. In order to prompt the user, the scanner non-attachment warning operation described below is performed (step S5512).

Next, a specific operation of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing a scanner non-attachment warning operation in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

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 (step 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 (step S5602), the sounding of the alarm sound and the warning display are stopped (step S5603). , End the operation.

Referring back to FIG. 55, when the scanner non-attachment warning operation is completed (step S5512), the pre-scan request command (54-3) is executed as in the operation of S5504.
To the cordless hand scanner 430. The subsequent operation is as described above.

As described with reference to FIG. 49, if the cordless hand scanner 430 does not receive a valid command for 30 seconds, it operates in the Park mode (Bluetooth).
Low power consumption standby state with the connection established)
Move to

<Operation at the time of sheet copy> FIG. 57 is an interface chart at the time of sheet copy in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the relationship of a process etc.

FIG. 58 is a flow chart showing an operation at the time of sheet copying in facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

When a copy instruction is received from main body operation panel 4324 (step S5801), a sensor (not shown) present at document entrance 4404 detects the presence or absence of a document (step S5802). I reckon. Scanner interface connector 4
It is determined whether the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main body B based on the level of the signal input from the H.323 (step S5803). ,
To change the cordless hand scanner 430 from the Park mode (low power consumption standby state) to the Active mode in order to establish a wireless link, activate
An e-mode transition procedure is executed (step 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 the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[0512] In step S5901, an Unpark_req command that is an active mode shift request is
The main part B transmits the data to the cordless hand scanner 430. Waiting for an Accepted response, which is a notice of completion of the transition to the Active mode, from the cordless hand scanner 430 for a predetermined time, and receiving the Accepted response (step S5902), confirms that the cordless hand scanner 430 has transitioned to the Active mode (step S5904), and ends. I do. If the Accepted response cannot be received for a predetermined time (step S5903), the process returns to step S5901, and Un
Retransmit the Park_req command.

Returning to FIG. 58, when the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed (step S5804), the connection request command (57-1) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430.
(Step S5805). Connection confirmation response from cordless hand scanner 430 (57-2)
Is received (step S5806), a line reading preparation request command (57-3) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S580).
7).

[0514] In step S5808, OIL is set in MAIL.
Line reading preparation confirmation response indicating K / NG (57
When (-4) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S5808), the printer is prepared (step S5809).

When the preparation of the printer is completed, step S
At 5810, the reading start command (57-5) is
Send to 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 (step S5811). Image data is DATA
And the image data size for each interface command / response is stored in DATA_SIZE. In addition, since the operation instruction is stored in the MAIL section every time, for example, when the stop key is pressed on the main body section B side, the instruction is stored in the MAIL section and sent to the hand scanner side.

[0516] When the transport of all the originals is completed, in step S5812, a line reading end request command (5
7-6) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430. However, the line reading end command may be stored in the MAIL section of the interface command / response to which the last recording data is sent.

In step S5813, when the line reading completion confirmation response (57-7) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430, the sheet copy operation ends.

[0518] 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 (step S5814). The operation is as described in the description of FIG. If there is no original in step S5802, the operation is a hand scanner memory copy operation. This operation will be described later in detail.

<Operation at the time of sheet transmission> FIG. 60 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of facsimile transmitting a sheet document by operating the main unit B of the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

The interface chart at the time of this operation is as follows.
This 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
A destination is selected from the telephone directory stored in the RAM 4313, and when a fax transmission instruction is given (step S600).
1) A sensor (not shown) provided at the document entrance 4404 detects the presence or absence of a document (step S600).
2) If there is a document, it is regarded as the sheet transmission mode.

[0522] Scanner interface connector 432
It is determined whether or not the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main unit B based on the level of the signal input from the third unit (step S6003). If the cordless hand scanner 430 is attached to the main unit B, 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 (step S6004). The specific procedure is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 59 in the section on 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 (step S6005). When the connection confirmation response (57-2) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6006), a line reading preparation request command (57-3) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6007).

[0524] In step S6008, MAIL is OK.
/ NG read response to read line read (57-
When 4) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6008), a calling operation is performed to connect to a communication line (step S6009). If a connection is made to the communication line and there is a response from the destination of the fax transmission, in step S6010, a reading start command (57-5)
To the cordless hand scanner 430. And
The 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 (step S6011). The method of transferring the image data is as described in the section of the sheet copy.

[0525] When the conveyance of all the originals is completed, in step S6012, a line reading end request command (57-
6) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430.
However, the line reading end command may be stored in the MAIL section of the interface command / response to which the last recording data is sent.

In step S6013, when the line reading completion confirmation response (57-7) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430, the communication line is disconnected (step S6015), and the operation of facsimile transmission of the sheet document is completed.

[0527] In step S6003, if the cordless hand scanner 430 is not attached to the main body B, the user is prompted to attach the cordless hand scanner 430 to the main body B (step S6015). The operation is the same as that described with reference to FIG. If there is no original in step S6002, the operation is a hand scanner memory transmission operation. This operation will be described later in detail.

<Operation at the Time of Hand Scanner Copying by Operating Main Body B> FIG. 61 shows an image read by the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an interface chart when copying by operation, and is a diagram illustrating 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 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

When a reading start instruction is given on the scanner operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6201), the image data read in accordance with the movement of the scanner is compressed and converted into the JPEG format,
It is stored in the memory (step S6202). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is issued on the scanner operation panel 4307.

Next, when there is a copy instruction from the main body operation panel 4324 (step S6203), the document entrance 44
A sensor (not shown) existing in the printer 04 detects the presence or absence of a document (step S6204). If there is a document, the sheet copy mode is regarded as described above. If there is no original, it is assumed that image data stored in the cordless hand scanner 430 is to be printed, and a description will be given with reference to FIG. 59 in order to establish a wireless link for transferring image data to the main part B. As described above, in order to shift the cordless hand scanner 430 in the Park mode to the Active mode, the active mode shift procedure is executed (step 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 (step S6206).
When the connection confirmation response (61-2) is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S620)
7) Send a hand scanner status request command (61-3) to the cordless hand scanner 430 to receive image information (monochrome / color, etc.) in the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6208).

The hand scanner status confirmation response (61)
Upon receiving (-4) (Step S6209), an image transfer preparation request command (61-5) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (Step S62).
10). When receiving the image transfer preparation confirmation response (61-6) indicating OK / NG in the mail from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6211), the color printer 4325 is prepared (step S621).
2).

When the preparation of the color printer 4325 is completed, an image transfer start request command (61-7) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S621).
3). The image data stored in the memory of the cordless hand scanner 430 is stored in the DATA section of the interface command. Further, the command data is stored in B
Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309, and via 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4310, main unit B
(Step S6214). The main unit B that has received the image data converts the received image data into 360 dpi.
Is converted to the print data, and color printing is performed by the color printer 4325 (step S6215).

The main part B is a cordless hand scanner 43
0, the image transfer completion confirmation command is received, and when the printing of all data is completed, the copy operation is completed. When a certain period of time has elapsed after the operation is completed, the cordless hand scanner 430 transmits a Park_req message to the main unit B, and shifts to the Park mode.

<Operation at Hand Scan / Facsimile Transmission by Operation of Main Unit B> FIG. 63 shows an image read by the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of performing facsimile transmission by the operation of FIG.

[0537] The interface chart for this operation is:
This is the same as FIG. 61 described above.

[0538] If there is a reading start instruction on the scanner operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6301), the image data read in accordance with the movement of the cordless hand scanner 430 is described in JP.
EG (Joint Photographic Exp)
ert Group) format and store it in the memory (step S6302). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is given on the scanner operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430.

Next, when a facsimile transmission operation is performed using the telephone directory button on the main body operation panel 4324 (step S6303), the presence or absence of a document is detected by a sensor (not shown) provided at the document entrance 4404 (step S630).
6304), 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 cordless hand scanner 430 is to be transmitted by facsimile, and in order to establish a wireless link for transferring the image data to the main part B, FIG.
As described above, in order to shift the cordless hand scanner 430 in the Park mode to the Active mode, an Active mode shift procedure is performed (step S6305).

[0540] 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 (step S6306). When the main unit B receives the connection confirmation response (61-2) from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6)
307), a hand scanner status request command (61-3) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 to receive image information (monochrome / color, etc.) in the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6308).

The main part B is a cordless hand scanner 43
0 to hand scanner status confirmation response (61-4)
Is received (step S6309), an image transfer preparation request command (61-5) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S631).
0). When the main body unit B receives from the cordless hand scanner 430 an image transfer preparation confirmation response (61-6) indicating OK / NG in MAIL (step S631)
1) Send an image transfer start request command (61-7) to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S63)
12).

The cordless hand scanner 430 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 (step S6313). The image data is stored in the interface command / status DATA section. Specifically, the JPEG compressed image data stored in the memory is
transferred to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 4309,
The signal is transmitted to the main unit B via the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4310.

In the main part B that has received the image data, the received image data is stored in the memory. The main unit B receives the image transfer end confirmation response (61-9) from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S631).
4) A call is made to the destination set in the telephone directory (step S6315). When a response is received from the transmission partner, the image data stored in the memory is transmitted to the modem 431.
6 and transmit it to the communication line (step S631).
6). When all the image data has been transmitted, the communication line is released and the operation ends.

[0544] 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 Cordless Hand Scanner 430> FIG. 64 shows an image read by the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an interface chart when copying is performed by the operation of the cordless hand scanner 430;
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a relationship of processing of a main body B and the like.

FIG. 65 is a flowchart for explaining the above operation in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 66 is a diagram showing the operation of the above operation in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention and the display of the cordless hand scanner 430.

[0548] When a reading start instruction is given on the operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6501), the cordless hand scanner 430 is operated.
The image data read in accordance with the movement of is compressed and converted into the JPEG format and stored in the memory (step S650).
2). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is issued on the operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6503).

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

Next, a connection request command (64-1)
Is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6507). The cordless hand scanner 430 transmits a connection confirmation response (64-2) to the main unit B. When the main unit B receives this command and the connection confirmation response (step S6508), the image information (monochrome / black) in the cordless hand scanner 430 is transmitted. A hand scanner status request command (64-3) for receiving a color or the like is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (S6509). When the main unit B receives the hand scanner status confirmation response (64-4) (S6510), the main unit B transmits an image transfer preparation request command (64-5).
It is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6511).

When the main unit B receives the image transfer preparation confirmation response (64-6) indicating OK / NG in MAIL from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S65)
12), prepare the color printer 4325 (step S6513), and the cordless hand scanner 430
The operation of transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the main part B is started (step S6514). The image data is stored in the interface command / status DATA section.

[0556] 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 4310. The main part B that has received the image data converts the received image data into print data of 360 dpi, and performs color printing with the color printer 4325 (step 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 to the main part B (step S6516). The main body B receives this (step S6517), and when the printing of all data is completed by the color printer 4325, the copying operation ends.

[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, for example, the operation shown in FIG.

In the above operation, it is assumed that a copy instruction operation is performed after an image is read by the cordless hand scanner 430. 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, the cordless hand scanner 43
When a copy instruction operation is performed at 0, 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 can be confirmed that the mode has shifted to the e-mode. Subsequently, an image data transmission request command is transmitted from the main part B.

[0555] When the cordless hand scanner 430 receives the image data transmission permission command from the main part B, the cordless hand scanner 430 displays a display permitting the start of image reading (a display such as "Start reading.") On the scanner operation panel 4307.
To do. When reading is started according to the reading permission display, the read image data is JPEG-compressed and stored in the 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 with the color printer 4325.

When the reading by the cordless hand scanner 430 is completed and a reading end instruction is given, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends an image data transmission end notification command to the main part B. In the main part B, the image data received until the image data transmission end notification command is received is transferred to the color printer 4325 for printing. When printing of all data is completed by the color printer 4325, the main unit B transmits a print end notification command to the cordless hand scanner 430. The cordless hand scanner 430 that has received the print end notification command displays “Copy is complete” on the scanner operation panel 4307.
Is displayed, and the copy operation in the cordless 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.

The first RAM 4 in the cordless hand scanner 430 storing the image data for which transmission has been completed.
In the area 302, 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 Operating Cordless Hand Scanner 430> FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of facsimile transmitting an image read by the cordless hand scanner 430 by operating the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

The interface chart during this operation is as follows.
This is the same as FIG.

FIGS. 68 and 69 are views showing the operation of the above operation and display on the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[0563] If there is a reading start instruction on operation panel 4307 of cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6701), cordless hand scanner 430 will operate.
The image data read in accordance with the movement of is compressed and converted into the JPEG format and stored in the memory (step S670).
2). This operation is continued until a reading stop instruction is given on the operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6703).

[0564] Thereafter, the cordless hand scanner 43
In order to perform FAX transmission only by the operation of “0”, it is necessary to notify and designate the telephone number of the other party to the main unit B side. The telephone number data is the DA of the interface command / status.
If it is stored in the TA section, it can be sent to the main body section B side, but an operation of designating the number itself by the cordless hand scanner 430 occurs.

Next, an operation of designating a destination FAX number using the scanner operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 will be described with reference to FIG.

[0566] First, FAX transmission is selected from the function menu displayed on the scanner operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430, and the user arbitrarily specifies an image to be transmitted. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 69, the fax number of the destination as the transmission destination is designated. Here, the fax number is directly input using the cursor keys. When the image selection and the destination fax number are determined, the cordless hand scanner 430 is ready to send a fax.

Next, as described above, the transmission image and the destination FAX number are determined using the operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430, and when the facsimile transmission operation is performed (step S6704), a request for transition to the Active mode is issued. The access request message to be transmitted is transmitted to the main part B (step S6705). When the cordless hand scanner 430 receives the Active mode transition notification response command (Unpark message) from the main part B, it is confirmed that the wireless link has been established (step S6706). When the procedure for transition to the Active mode is completed, the connection request command (64-1) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6707).

[0568] The cordless hand scanner 430 transmits a connection confirmation response to the main part B together with a facsimile transmission instruction and a transmission instruction command including the destination FAX number. When the main unit B receives the transmission instruction command and the connection confirmation response (64-2) from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6708), the hand scanner for receiving image information (monochrome / color, etc.) in the cordless hand scanner 430. Status request command (64
-3) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6709).

The cordless hand scanner 430 sends the hand scanner status request command (64-
Upon receiving 3), a hand scanner status confirmation response (64-4) is transmitted. The main body B receives the hand scanner status confirmation response (64-4) from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S671).
0), an image transfer preparation request command (64-5) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S671)
1).

[0570] When the main part B receives the image transfer preparation confirmation response (64-6) indicating OK / NG in MAIL from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6).
712), an image transfer start request command (64-7) is transmitted to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S)
6713).

The cordless hand scanner 430 that has received the image transfer start request command from the main part B starts an operation of transmitting the image data stored in the memory to the main part B (step S6714). The image data is stored in the interface command / status DATA section. Specifically, the JPEG compressed image data stored in the memory is converted to the Bluetooth baseband processing unit 430.
9 via the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4310,
Transmit to the main part B.

[0572] The main unit B that has received the image data from the cordless hand scanner 430 stores the received image data in the memory. The main unit B receives an image transfer completion confirmation response from the cordless hand scanner 430 (64-9).
Is received from the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S6715), the F
An operation of making a call to the AX number is performed (step S671)
6). Upon receiving the response from the transmission partner, the main unit B modulates the image data stored in the memory with the modem 4316,
The data is transmitted to the communication line (step S6717). When all the image data has been transmitted, the communication line is released and the operation is terminated.

[0573] 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.

In the above operation, after the image data reading by the cordless hand scanner 430 is completed, the image data transmission is started by a transmission instruction on the operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430. However, a transmission instruction may be given on the operation panel 4307 of the cordless hand scanner 430 before the reading by the cordless hand scanner 430 starts. In particular, in this case, it becomes possible to transmit the read image data to the partner terminal while reading the image.

Specifically, the cordless hand scanner 4
When a facsimile transmission instruction operation is performed in Step 30, Acti
An access request message requesting a transition to the ve mode,
Transmit to the main part B. Cordless hand scanner 430
Receives the Active mode transition notification response command (Unpark message) from the main part B,
It is confirmed that the mode has shifted to the ve mode. When confirming the shift to the Active mode, the cordless 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 part B returns a response to the transmission instruction command to the cordless hand scanner 430 and transmits an image data transmission request command to the cordless hand scanner 430. Cordless hand scanner 4
When the image data transmission permission command is received from the main part B, the display 30 displays on the scanner operation panel 4307 a display permitting the start of image reading (display such as "Start reading."). When reading is started by the reading permission display, the read image data is stored in the JPE
G-compressed and stored in memory. When the amount of image data stored in the memory exceeds a certain amount, the image data is
to the baseband processing unit 4309,
The signal is transmitted to the main unit B via the 2.4 GHz high frequency unit 4310.

[0577] Having received the image data of a certain amount or more, the main part B stores the image data in the memory and makes 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 modem 4316 and transmitted to the communication line.

[0578] When the reading by the cordless hand scanner 430 is completed and the reading end instruction is given, the cordless hand scanner 430 sends an image data transmission end notification command to the main part B. The main unit B transmits the image data received before receiving the image data transmission end notification command to the communication line, and transmits a transmission end notification command to the cordless hand scanner 430 when all data transmission is completed. The cordless hand scanner 430 that has received the transmission end notification command from the main unit B,
“Communication is over” is displayed on the scanner operation panel 4307, and the facsimile transmission operation ends.

[0579] 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.

[0580] Note that newly read image data can be stored in the memory area storing the image data that has been transmitted from the cordless hand scanner 430 to the main unit B. 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 Operating Main Unit B> FIG. 70 shows the operation of operating the main unit B to store the memory image in the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a flowchart showing an erasing operation.

FIG. 71 is an interface chart showing the relationship between the processing of the cordless hand scanner 430, the processing of the main part B, and the like in the above operation in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 72 is a diagram showing the operation of the above operation in the facsimile apparatus FS1 and the display on the display of the cordless hand scanner 430 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

If there is an image deletion instruction by the operation of the main body B (step S7001), a description will be given using FIG. 59 to establish a wireless link for deleting image data in the cordless hand scanner 430. As we did, P
Ac in cordless hand scanner 430 in ark mode
In order to shift to the active mode, an active mode shift procedure is executed (step S7002).

When the procedure for shifting to the Active mode is completed, a connection request command (71-1) is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S7).
003). Body part B is cordless hand scanner 430
When the connection confirmation response (71-2) is received from the PC (step S7004), the cordless hand scanner 4
A hand scanner status request command (71-3) for confirming the status of the cordless hand scanner 430
(Step S7005).

[0586] The main part B is a cordless hand scanner 43.
0 to hand scanner status confirmation response (71-4)
Is received (step S7006), an image deletion request command (71-5) indicating an image deletion instruction and information specifying an image to be deleted is sent from the main part B to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S7007). The main body unit B sends an image erasure confirmation response (71-6) indicating OK / NG to MAIL as a cordless hand scanner 430.
(Step S7008), a hand scanner state request command (7) for confirming the erased result is received.
1-3) is sent to the cordless hand scanner 430 (step S7009).

The main part B is a cordless hand scanner 43
Hand scanner status confirmation response (71-4) including information indicating that the erasure of the specified image has been completed from 0
Is received (step S7010), it is confirmed that the image erasing operation has been completed.

[0588] After a predetermined time has elapsed from 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 when Battery Voltage Drops in Cordless Hand Scanner 430> FIG. 73 is a flowchart showing a battery voltage detecting operation of the cordless hand scanner 430 in the facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

[0590] As described above, the cordless hand scanner 430 includes the battery 430 charged by the main body B.
8 is driven. Therefore, when the voltage of the battery 4308 decreases, the cordless hand scanner 430 needs to be mounted on the main unit B and charged. For this charging, the cordless hand scanner 430 operates, for example, for 5 ms.
The battery voltage detection circuit (not shown) reads the voltage of the battery 4308 by a task started for each ec (step 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 S7302), the battery warning flag is cleared, and the LCD 460 on the scanner operation panel 4307 is cleared.
1 is cleared (step S7303), and the operation is terminated.

[0591] In step S7302, the battery 4
If the voltage at 308 is equal to or lower than the warning start voltage, a battery warning flag is set (step S7304), and if the hand scanner 430 is operating (step S7305), the operation temporarily ends. Step S7305
If the cordless hand scanner 430 is not operating, the LCD 46 on the scanner operation panel 4307
01 is displayed (step S7306). At this time, the display is emphasized by blinking or inverting the display.

Then, the cordless hand scanner 430
Indicates that the wireless interface with the main unit B is Active
If not (Step S7307), Active
In order to shift to the mode, an access request message is transmitted to the main part B (step S7308), and when an Unpark message from the main part B is received within a predetermined time (step S7309), a charge request message is added to the payload part of the response packet. And send it (step S
7311). The main unit B that has received the charging request message from the cordless hand scanner 430 performs the scanner non-attachment warning operation described with reference to FIG. 56 (step S73).
12). Accordingly, an alarm also sounds from the speaker 4319 of the main body B, so that the effect of informing the user is increased.

If the cordless hand scanner 430 cannot receive the Unpark message from the main part B within a predetermined time (step S7310), the process proceeds to step S73.
Returning to step 08, the access request message is transmitted again.
If the wireless interface with the main part B is in the active state in step S7307, the charging request message is immediately transmitted (step S731).
1).

Note that the cordless hand scanner 430 is
When the battery pack is attached to the main unit B for charging, the warning displayed on the LCD 4601 on the scanner operation panel 4307 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 (step S5).
602) The warning display and the alarm sounding are stopped, but instead of stopping the warning display and the alarm sounding, 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 (step S7312), when the battery voltage exceeds the warning voltage (step S7302), the notification during charging may be stopped.

[0595] The facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment also performs a receiving operation, but since this operation is performed by a known method, a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, the transmission timing of the radio wave is changed after the end of the wireless data transmission / reception operation. After elapse, communication within the Piconet or the like between the image communication apparatus and the portable scanner is suppressed or stopped, and transmission of radio waves is suppressed or not performed at all, and therefore, power consumption can be reduced. ,
The frequency resources can be used effectively, and the effect that interference is less likely to occur when another terminal communicates is reduced.

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

Also, the wireless mode can be changed in accordance with a predetermined operation of the portable scanner such as selection of a copy operation or a transmission operation. Even if the portable scanner is located at a distance from the image communication device, it is possible to perform hand copying by operating only the portable scanner.Facsimile transmission of images read by the portable scanner When the need arises, the facsimile transmission can be executed by operating only the portable scanner, even if the portable scanner is located at a distance from the image communication apparatus.

[Seventh Embodiment] Next, a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described. In the sixth embodiment,
By exchanging an Inquiry command at the initial stage, a wireless connection is established between the main body B of the facsimile machine FS1 and the cordless hand scanner 430. That is,
By exchanging Inquiry commands,
ID numbers can be exchanged between Bluetooth devices. However, in a normal facsimile machine, the main unit B and the cordless hand scanner 43
0 is manufactured and sold as a set.

On the other hand, in the seventh embodiment of the present invention, the ID number of the cordless hand scanner 430 of the facsimile machine FS1 is stored in the nonvolatile memory of the main part B in advance, and This is an embodiment in which an ID number is stored in a nonvolatile memory of the cordless hand scanner 430 in advance, so that exchange with an inquiry command can be omitted.

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, a high-speed wireless link can be established. After that, it operates according to the same procedure as that in the sixth embodiment.

As described above, according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, the transmission timing of the radio wave is changed after the end of the radio data transmission / reception operation, so that a fixed time has passed since the end of the operation. After elapse, communication within the Piconet or the like between the image communication apparatus and the portable scanner is suppressed or stopped, and transmission of radio waves is suppressed or not performed at all, and therefore, power consumption can be reduced. ,
The frequency resources can be used effectively, and the effect that interference is less likely to occur when another terminal communicates is reduced.

[0603] Since transmission / stop of radio waves is switched according to the time, a quick wireless connection can be realized when there is a high possibility of using wireless communication. On the other hand, when the possibility of using wireless communication is low, This has the effect of reducing power consumption as much as possible.

Also, the mode of wireless communication can be changed in accordance with a predetermined operation of the portable scanner such as selection of a copy operation or a transmission operation. Even if the portable scanner is located at a distance from the image communication device, it is possible to perform hand copying only by operating the portable scanner.Facsimile transmission of images read by the portable scanner When the need arises, the facsimile transmission can be executed by operating only the portable scanner, even if the portable scanner is located at a location distant from the image communication apparatus.

[Eighth Embodiment] An eighth embodiment of the present invention will now be described.
An embodiment will be described. In the sixth embodiment,
When the operation starts, the mode shifts to the Active mode, and when the operation ends, the mode shifts to the Park mode. By the way, even in the Park mode, electric power is consumed because there is periodic transmission and reception of radio waves.

On the other hand, in the eighth embodiment, when wireless data communication is not performed for a long time, transmission of radio waves is completely stopped. It is possible to reduce the power.

More specifically, after the copy or facsimile transmission operation is completed as shown in FIG. 74 (step S740)
1), the first CPU 4 of the cordless hand scanner 430
The timer built in 300 or the second CPU 4311 of the main part B is started (S7402), and if five minutes or more elapse and an operation requiring wireless data communication is not performed (steps S7403 to S7404), Detac
h message (step S7405), and Pi
The eighth embodiment executes a process of releasing the cone, stopping radio wave transmission, and shifting to an idle mode. In this case, when an operation such as copying or facsimile transmission is detected, step S480 in FIG.
5 or a new Piconet as shown in step S5005 and subsequent steps in FIG.

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

[0609] During a preset time period such as at night, transmission of radio waves is stopped.
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.

As described above, according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, the transmission timing of the radio wave is changed after the end of the wireless data transmission / reception operation. After elapse, communication within the Piconet or the like between the image communication apparatus and the portable scanner is suppressed or stopped, and transmission of radio waves is suppressed or not performed at all, and therefore, power consumption can be reduced. ,
The frequency resources can be used effectively, and the effect that interference is less likely to occur when another terminal communicates is reduced.

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, and 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 in accordance with a predetermined operation of the portable scanner such as selection of a copy operation or a transmission operation. Even if the portable scanner is located at a distance from the image communication device, it is possible to perform hand copying by operating only the portable scanner.Facsimile transmission of images read by the portable scanner When the need arises, the facsimile transmission can be executed by operating only the portable scanner, even if the portable scanner is located at a location distant from the image communication apparatus.

[Ninth Embodiment] Next, a ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described. In the sixth to eighth embodiments, when an image read from a document by the cordless hand scanner 430 of the facsimile apparatus FS1 is transmitted to a communication line, only facsimile transmission is assumed.

On the other hand, in the ninth embodiment of the present invention, when an image read from a document by the cordless hand scanner 430 of the facsimile machine FS1 is transmitted to a communication line, the image read by the cordless hand scanner 430 is This is an embodiment in which the data is converted into an e-mail format and transmitted as an e-mail. In this case, too, Bluetooth
Processing such as control timing of h is exactly the same as the processing in each of the above embodiments.

As described above, according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention, the transmission timing of radio waves is changed after the end of the wireless data transmission / reception operation. After elapse, communication within the Piconet or the like between the image communication apparatus and the portable scanner is suppressed or stopped, and transmission of radio waves is suppressed or not performed at all. Therefore, it is possible to reduce power consumption. ,
The frequency resources can be used effectively, and the effect that interference is less likely to occur when another terminal communicates is reduced.

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 mode of wireless communication 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 portable scanner is located at a distance from the image communication device, it is possible to perform hand copying only by operating the portable scanner.Facsimile transmission of images read by the portable scanner When the need arises, the facsimile transmission can be executed by operating only the portable scanner, even if the portable scanner is located at a distance from the image communication apparatus.

[Other Embodiments] In the above embodiment of the present invention, a system configuration as shown in FIGS. 1 and 18 has been described as an example, but an image forming apparatus (facsimile apparatus), an information processing terminal, and a partner The number of terminals installed can be any number.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the laser beam system and the ink jet system are described as examples of the image forming system of the printer function provided in the image forming apparatus (facsimile machine), but the thermal transfer system, the heat sensitive system, the electrostatic system, etc. It is also possible to apply to other image forming methods.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, a facsimile apparatus has been described as an example of an image forming apparatus. However, the present invention can be applied to a multifunction machine having a plurality of functions such as an image reading function, an image forming function, and a facsimile function. is there.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. A storage medium is supplied to a system or an apparatus with a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus reads out and executes the program code stored in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention is also achieved by doing so.

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 a storage medium for supplying a 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 code. In addition, based on the instructions of the program code, an OS or the like running on the computer is executed. Does a part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

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 included 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.

[0627]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to prevent power consumption when transmitting and receiving a command for polling the device state between the image forming apparatus and the information processing apparatus and its response, and furthermore, a wireless channel between the image forming apparatus and the information processing apparatus. This has the effect of preventing the occupation of the device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example 01.

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

FIG. 3 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a software layer at 01.

FIG. 4 is an information processing terminal 202 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a software layer in the server.

FIG. 5 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an operation when the information processing terminal 202 is started up.

FIG. 6 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a communication operation between an image processing terminal 01 and an information processing terminal 202 at the time of image transfer.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a schematic operation of controlling transfer of a command and data between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 in the received image data transfer processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a facsimile apparatus 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart when the power supply of the power supply No. 01 is turned on.

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

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a received image uploading process of the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an information processing terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a received image upload process of a two-side Bluetooth control task 409.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing an operation procedure at the time of transmission processing of a transmission image 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 the 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 machine 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 according to 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 flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan 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 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an information processing terminal 20 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 409 of 2a.

FIG. 24 is an information processing terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2B is a diagram showing 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 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of 2a.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a scan image uploading process executed by the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is an information processing terminal 20 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 409 of 2a.

FIG. 30 shows a state in which the facsimile apparatus 201 is transmitted from the information processing terminal 202 after the end of the redial processing in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process when a request to make a transition to the Park mode is made with respect to.

FIG. 31 is an information processing terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating processing when a transmission image is transferred from the FAX 2 to the facsimile apparatus 201. FIG.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an operation unit of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart when the power of the facsimile apparatus 201 is turned on in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a received image upload process of the Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 35 is an information processing terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the information processing terminal 202 and the facsimile apparatus 201 when the power supply of No. 2 is started.

FIG. 36 shows a facsimile apparatus 20 when the operation state of the facsimile apparatus 201 changes according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the information processing terminal 1 and the information processing terminal 202.

FIG. 37 is an information processing terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Facsimile apparatus 201 when the status information 2 changes
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a communication flow between the communication terminal 202 and the information processing terminal 202.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing 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 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile apparatus 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 40 is an information processing terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a power-on process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by a Bluetooth control task 308 of the facsimile machine 201 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 42 is an information processing terminal 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process executed by a Bluetooth control task 409 of FIG.

FIG. 43 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus FS1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 44 is a perspective view showing a facsimile apparatus FS1 in the embodiment of the present invention.

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 top view of the cordless hand scanner 430 of the facsimile machine FS1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 47 is a bottom view showing the cordless hand scanner 430 of the facsimile machine FS1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 49 is a hand scanner 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
30 is a flowchart illustrating a Park mode transition operation of No. 30.

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

FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating an example of a packet in the 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 the hand scanner according to the embodiment of the present invention is copied by operating the main unit B;

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

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

FIG. 64 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an interface chart in a case where an image read by an image processing apparatus is copied by an operation of a hand scanner.

FIG. 65 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when copying an image read by the hand scanner 30 by operating a hand scanner 430.

FIG. 66 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation operation when copying an image read by the hand scanner 30 by operating the hand scanner 430 and a display of the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 67 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart showing an operation of facsimile transmitting an image read by the hand scanner 430 by operating the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 68 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation operation and display display when an image read by the facsimile device 30 is transmitted by facsimile by operating the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 69 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation operation and display display when an image read by the facsimile device 30 is transmitted by facsimile by operating the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 70 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of deleting a memory image in the main unit 30 by operating the main unit B.

FIG. 71 is a hand scanner 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an interface chart showing the relationship between the operation of the cordless hand scanner 430, the operation of the main body B, and the like in the operation of deleting the memory image in the main body 30 by the operation of the main body B.

FIG. 72 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation operation when a memory image in the memory 30 is erased by an operation of a main unit B and a display on a display of the hand scanner 430.

FIG. 73 is a hand scanner 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
30 is a flowchart illustrating a battery voltage detecting operation of a battery 30.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

115 Bluetooth control unit (wireless connection unit) 201 facsimile device (image forming device) 202 information processing terminal (information processing device) 307 event control task (first control unit of image forming device) 308 Bluetooth control task (image forming device Second control means) 401 Facsimile manager (first control means of information processing apparatus) 409 Bluetooth control task (second control means of information processing apparatus) 430 Cordless hand scanner B Main unit FS1 Facsimile apparatus (image forming apparatus)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Koji Okamura, Inventor 3- 30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Muneki Nakao 3- 30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inside (72) Inventor Yoshiyuki Hirai 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Makoto Mikuni 3-30-2, Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Michihiro Izumi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo F-term in Canon Inc. (reference) 5C062 AA02 AA13 AA37 AB17 AB38 AB49 AB51 AC41 AC43 AD05 BA00 5C072 AA01 BA02 PA08 5C075 AB06 BB11 CA14

Claims (34)

[Claims] An image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, a wireless connection unit having a plurality of modes and wirelessly connecting to another apparatus, and relating to the predetermined function in response to a request from the other apparatus. First control means for returning information, first processing for notifying the request from the other device to the first control means, and the first control means for transmitting the request on behalf of the other device. And a second control unit for selectively executing a second process of notifying the wireless connection unit, wherein the second control unit executes the second process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. An image forming apparatus comprising: 2. The second control means transmits information returned from the first control means when executing the first processing to the other device via the wireless connection means. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information returned from the first control unit when the second processing is performed is not transmitted to the other apparatus. 3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of modes included in the wireless connection unit have different power consumptions. 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second control unit executes the second processing when the wireless connection unit is in a low power consumption mode. 5. The low power consumption mode is a mode in which data communication with the other device is not possible, and when performing data communication with the other device from the low power consumption mode,
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an initial connection procedure with said another apparatus is unnecessary. 6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mode of the wireless connection unit includes a mode for disconnecting the connection with the another device. 7. An image according to claim 1, wherein said second control means executes said second processing when said wireless connection means is in a mode in which data communication with said another device is not possible. Forming equipment. 8. The wireless connection means according to claim 1, wherein
The communication according to the h standard is performed.
The image forming apparatus as described in the above. 9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a facsimile apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus as the other apparatus. 10. The image forming apparatus includes a facsimile apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus as the other apparatus and having a facsimile apparatus main body and a reading unit detachably attached to the facsimile apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the image read from the document by the reading unit is converted into an electronic mail format and transmitted as an electronic mail. 12. An image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, comprising: a wireless connection unit having a plurality of modes and wirelessly connecting to another apparatus; First control means for returning information, first processing for notifying the request from the other device to the first control means, and the first control means for transmitting the request on behalf of the other device. And a second control unit for selectively executing a second process for notifying the wireless connection unit, wherein the second control unit executes the first process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. An image forming apparatus comprising: 13. An image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, comprising: a wireless connection unit having a plurality of modes and wirelessly connecting to another apparatus; First control means for returning information, first processing for notifying the request from the other device to the first control means, and the first control means for transmitting the request on behalf of the other device. And a second control unit capable of executing a second process of notifying the first process and the second process in accordance with a mode of the wireless connection unit. Wherein the image forming apparatus selectively executes the following. 14. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication device having a plurality of modes and having a predetermined function; and inquiring the communication device for information on the predetermined function. One control unit, a storage unit that stores a response to an inquiry by the first control unit, an inquiry from the first control unit is transmitted to the communication device, and the response is transmitted to the first control unit. Notify first
And a second process of notifying the first control means of information stored in the storage means without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first control means. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a second control unit, wherein the second control unit executes the second processing according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. 15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of modes included in the wireless connection unit have different power consumption. 16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said second control means executes said second processing when said wireless connection means is in a low power consumption mode. 17. The low power consumption mode is a mode in which data communication cannot be performed with the communication device. When performing data communication with the communication device from the low power consumption mode, an initial connection procedure with a previous communication device is performed. 17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein no information is required. 18. The mode of the wireless connection unit includes:
The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a mode for disconnecting the connection with the communication apparatus. 19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said second control means executes said second processing when said wireless connection means is in a mode in which data communication with said communication device is not possible. apparatus. 20. The wireless connection means, wherein:
The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein communication conforming to the th standard is performed. 21. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication device having a plurality of modes and having a predetermined function; and inquiring the communication device for information on the predetermined function. One control unit, a storage unit that stores a response to an inquiry by the first control unit, an inquiry from the first control unit is transmitted to the communication device, and the response is transmitted to the first control unit. Notify first
And a second process of notifying the first control means of information stored in the storage means without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first control means. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a second control unit, wherein the second control unit executes the first processing according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. 22. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication device having a plurality of modes and having a predetermined function; and inquiring the communication device for information on the predetermined function. One control unit, a storage unit that stores a response to an inquiry by the first control unit, an inquiry from the first control unit is transmitted to the communication device, and the response is transmitted to the first control unit. Notify first
And a second process of notifying the first control means of information stored in the storage means without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first control means. And a second control unit capable of selectively executing the first process and the second process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. Characteristic information processing device. 23. A wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to another apparatus, wherein the wireless connection means has a plurality of modes and the image forming apparatus has a predetermined function. A first task for returning information on the predetermined function, a first process for notifying the first task of a request from the other device, and the first process for notifying the request on behalf of the other device. And a second task for selectively executing a second process for notifying the first task. The second task executes the second process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus. 24. A means for wirelessly connecting to another device, wherein the wireless connection means has a plurality of modes and the control method of the image forming apparatus has a predetermined function. A first task for returning information on the predetermined function, a first process for notifying the first task of a request from the other device, and the first process for notifying the request on behalf of the other device. And a second task for selectively executing a second process for notifying the first task. The second task executes the first process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus. 25. A wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to another device, comprising: a wireless connection means having a plurality of modes; and a method for controlling an image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, the method comprising: responding to a request from the other device. A first task for returning information on the predetermined function, a first process for notifying the first task of a request from the other device, and the first process for notifying the request on behalf of the other device. A second process capable of executing the second process of notifying the first task
Wherein the second task selectively executes the first processing and the second processing according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. Control method. 26. A control method of an information processing apparatus having a plurality of modes and having a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication apparatus having a predetermined function, wherein information relating to the predetermined function is provided to the communication apparatus. A first task for inquiring the first task; a storage task for storing a response to the inquiry by the first task; and transmitting an inquiry from the first task to the communication device, and notifying the first task of the response. A first process of notifying the communication task of the first task and a second process of notifying the information stored in the storage task to the first task without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first task. And a second task, wherein the second task executes the second processing according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. Control method. 27. A control method for an information processing apparatus having a plurality of modes and having a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication apparatus having a predetermined function, wherein information relating to the predetermined function is provided to the communication apparatus. A first task for inquiring the first task; a storage task for storing a response to the inquiry by the first task; and transmitting an inquiry from the first task to the communication device, and notifying the first task of the response. A first process of notifying the communication task of the first task and a second process of notifying the information stored in the storage task to the first task without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first task. And a second task, wherein the second task executes the first process in accordance with a mode of the wireless connection unit. Control method. 28. A control method of an information processing apparatus having a plurality of modes and having a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication apparatus having a predetermined function, wherein information relating to the predetermined function is provided to the communication apparatus. A first task for inquiring the first task; a storage task for storing a response to the inquiry by the first task; and transmitting an inquiry from the first task to the communication device, and notifying the first task of the response. And a second process for notifying the first task of information stored in the storage task without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first task. And the second task selectively executes the first task and the second process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, characterized in that. 29. A wireless communication unit for wirelessly connecting to another device, wherein the wireless connection unit has a plurality of modes and a storage medium storing a program for controlling an image forming apparatus having a predetermined function. A first task for returning information on the predetermined function in response to a request from another device; a first process for notifying the first task of a request from the other device; And a second task for selectively executing a second process of notifying the request to the first task in place of a device, wherein the second task is performed according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. And storing a program for executing the second processing. 30. A wireless connection means for wirelessly connecting to another device, wherein said wireless connection means has a plurality of modes and a storage medium storing a program for controlling an image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, A first task for returning information on the predetermined function in response to a request from another device; a first process for notifying the first task of a request from the other device; And a second task for selectively executing a second process for notifying the first task of the request instead of an apparatus, wherein the second task is performed in accordance with a mode of the wireless connection unit. And storing a program for executing the first processing. 31. A wireless communication device for wirelessly connecting to another device, the wireless connection device having a plurality of modes, and a storage medium storing a program for controlling an image forming apparatus having a predetermined function, A first task for returning information on the predetermined function in response to a request from another device; a first process for notifying the first task of a request from the other device; A second process for notifying the first task of the request on behalf of a device.
The second task stores a program that selectively executes the first processing and the second processing according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. Storage medium. 32. A storage medium storing a program for controlling an information processing device having a plurality of modes and having a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication device having a predetermined function, wherein the communication device has A first task for inquiring information about the predetermined function, a storage task for storing a response to the inquiry by the first task, and transmitting an inquiry from the first task to the communication device, And notifying the first task of information stored in the storage task without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first task. And a second task for executing a second process. The second task executes the second process according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. Storage medium characterized by storing a program for. 33. A storage medium for storing a program for controlling an information processing device having a plurality of modes and having a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication device having a predetermined function, wherein the communication device A first task for inquiring information relating to the predetermined function, a storage task for storing a response to the inquiry by the first task, and transmitting an inquiry from the first task to the communication device, And notifying the first task of information stored in the storage task without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first task. And a second task for executing a second process, wherein the second task executes the first process in accordance with a mode of the wireless connection unit. Storage medium characterized by storing a program for. 34. A storage medium for storing a program for controlling an information processing apparatus having a plurality of modes and having a wireless connection unit for wirelessly connecting to a communication apparatus having a predetermined function, wherein the communication apparatus includes: A first task for inquiring information relating to the predetermined function, a storage task for storing a response to the inquiry by the first task, and transmitting an inquiry from the first task to the communication device, And notifying the first task of information stored in the storage task without notifying the communication device of an inquiry from the first task. And a second task capable of executing a second process, wherein the second task is the first task according to a mode of the wireless connection unit. Storage medium characterized by storing a program for executing a second process selectively.