JP2003069784A - Multifunction system and portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multifunction system and a portable terminal with which a user can designate required information on the Internet and can print it out even while moving or from a remote location and the contents of the information to be printed can be confirmed. SOLUTION: In a multifunction system 1001 comprising a network 1010 in cooperation with a portable terminal 3000, this system is provided with a controller unit 2000, an operating part 2012, a scanner part 2070 and a printer part 2095 and URL information transmitted from the portable terminal 3000, namely, URL and print mode data designated by the user are received. Then, an html file is fetched from a web site based on the URL on the Internet as image data and these image data are printed out on a paper sheet on the basis of the received print mode data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multifunction system and a mobile terminal, and more particularly to a multifunction system and a mobile terminal that communicate with each other.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a multi-function system which is a digital multi-function peripheral in which functions such as a copying machine, a facsimile, and a scanner are integrated, a touch panel is operated to specify a URL of a web site on the Internet.
Means for displaying the image information of the web site on a liquid crystal on a touch panel and printing out the display contents have already been proposed.

[0003]

However, in the conventional multi-function system, it is necessary for the user to perform the above-mentioned operation on the multi-function system side. Is it necessary to wait on the spot until the data such as image information is printed out? , Or had to start again.

When the user is moving or is in a remote place, a procedure for printing out is carried out in advance by the time he arrives at his office, store, etc. where the multifunction system is installed. I couldn't.

The present invention provides a multi-function system that allows a user to specify and print out necessary information on the Internet even when the user is moving or in a remote place and can confirm the content of the information to be printed. The purpose is to provide a mobile terminal.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the multi-function system according to claim 1 comprises:
A multifunction system that forms a network in cooperation with a mobile terminal, comprising: communication means for transmitting and receiving predetermined information to and from the mobile terminal; and output for outputting data corresponding to the predetermined information received from the mobile terminal. And means.

A multi-function system according to a second aspect is the multi-function system according to the first aspect, wherein the predetermined information is image management information and image output mode designation information corresponding to image data stored in advance, The output means outputs the image data based on the image management information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the multi-function system according to the second aspect, the image management information is we on the Internet.
The image output mode designating information is the URL of b, and the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which the output condition of the image data is set.

According to a fourth aspect of the multi-function system, in the multi-function system according to the first aspect, the predetermined information is we on the Internet.
It is the URL of b and the image output mode designation information, and the output means outputs the contents of the web as the image data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the multi-function system according to the fourth aspect, the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set. .

A multifunction system according to a sixth aspect is the multifunction system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, characterized in that the output means prints out on paper.

A multi-function system according to a seventh aspect is the multi-function system according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the communication means performs transmission / reception with the portable terminal using wireless communication. Characterize.

The multi-function system according to claim 8 is the multi-function system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the communication means further performs transmission / reception with the portable terminal using infrared communication. Is characterized by.

A multi-function system according to a ninth aspect is the multi-function system according to any one of the second to eighth aspects, further comprising resolution conversion means for performing resolution conversion of the image data, and the communication means. The resolution-converted image data is transmitted to the mobile terminal and displayed.

A multi-function system according to a tenth aspect is the multi-function system according to any one of the second to ninth aspects, further comprising image compression means for performing image compression of the image data, and the communication means. It is characterized in that the image-compressed compressed data is transmitted to the mobile terminal for display.

In order to achieve the above object, a portable terminal according to claim 11 is a portable terminal which forms a network in cooperation with a multifunction system having an output means for outputting data. Is provided with communication means for transmitting and receiving predetermined information corresponding to the data output by the output means.

The mobile terminal according to claim 12 is the mobile terminal according to claim 11.
In the mobile terminal described above, the predetermined information is image management information and image output mode designation information corresponding to image data stored in advance in the multifunction system.

A mobile terminal according to claim 13 is the mobile terminal according to claim 12.
In the portable terminal described above, the image management information is a URL of a web on the Internet, and the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set.

The mobile terminal according to claim 14 is the mobile terminal according to claim 11.
In the mobile terminal described above, the predetermined information is a URL of a web on the Internet and image output mode designation information.

A mobile terminal according to claim 15 is the mobile terminal according to claim 14.
In the portable terminal described above, the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set.

The mobile terminal according to claim 16 is the mobile terminal according to claim 11.
16. The mobile terminal according to any one of items 1 to 15 is characterized in that the communication means performs transmission / reception with the multifunction system using wireless communication.

A mobile terminal according to claim 17 is the mobile terminal according to claim 11.
17. The portable terminal according to any one of items 1 to 16 is characterized in that the communication unit further transmits and receives to and from the multifunction system using infrared communication.

A mobile terminal according to claim 18 is the mobile terminal according to claim 11.
18. The mobile terminal according to any one of items 1 to 17, further comprising display means for displaying the image data received by the communication means.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Hardware] Overall Configuration FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a multifunction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the multifunction system is a digital multi-function peripheral, and includes a controller unit 2000 (Controller Unit) and an operation unit 2012 (U
I) and the scanner unit 2070 which is an image input device
(Scanner) and printer unit 2 which is an image output device
095 (Printer). The controller unit 2000 includes a scanner unit 2070 and a printer unit 2095.
While connected to the wireless LAN 2011 (or Bluetoot
h) and a public line 2051 (WAN), which is a controller for inputting and outputting image information and device information.

The CPU 2001 is a controller that controls the entire system. The RAM 2002 is the CPU 200
2 is a system work memory for operating and also an image memory for temporarily storing image data. RO
M2003 is a boot ROM in which a system boot program is stored. The HDD 2004 is a hard disk drive that stores system software and image data. The operation unit I / F 2006 is the operation unit 2012.
An interface (I / F) unit (not shown) outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 2012 to the operation unit 2012. In addition, the operation unit I / F 2006 plays a role of transmitting information input by the user (user) of this system from the operation unit 2012 to the CPU 2001.

Wireless LAN I / F 2010 (or Blueto
oth I / F) has the function of communicating with other electronic devices, and sends and receives signals using weak electric waves. When an electronic device having a compatible wireless LAN interface comes into communication range, a communication link is established between them. A modem 2050 (Modem) is connected to the public line 2051 and inputs / outputs information. The above devices are arranged on the system bus 2007.

Image Bus I / F 2
A bus bridge 005 is connected to the system bus 2007 and the image bus 2008 that transfers image data at high speed, and converts the data structure. The image bus 2008 is a PC
It is composed of I-bus or IEEE1394.

The following devices are arranged on the image bus 2008. RIP (raster image processor) 2
Reference numeral 060 expands the PDL code into a bitmap image. The device I / F unit 2020 is a scanner unit 2070.
Also, the printer unit 2095 and the controller 2000 are connected to perform synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data. The scanner image processing unit 2080 corrects, processes, and edits input image data. Printer image processing unit 209
0 performs correction, resolution conversion, etc. for print output image data. The image rotation processing unit 2030 rotates image data. The image compression processing unit 2040 converts multi-valued image data into JPEG and binary image data into JBIG and MM.
A compression / decompression process such as R and MH is performed.

Multi-Function System FIG. 2 is an external view of the multi-function system of FIG.

In FIG. 2, the scanner unit 2070 includes a document feeder 2072, a tray 2073, and an operation unit 20.
12 and. The scanner unit 2070 illuminates an image on a paper serving as a document and scans it with a CCD line sensor (not shown), thereby converting the document image into electrical signals as raster image data. Original paper is original feeder 2
It is set on the tray 2073 of the 072, and the user instructs to start reading from the operation unit 2012, so that the CPU
2001 gives an instruction to the scanner unit 2070, and the document feeder 2072 feeds document sheets one by one to read a document image.

The printer unit 2095 has a plurality of paper feed stages so that different paper sizes and different paper orientations can be selected, and corresponding paper cassettes 2101 and 2102.
2103 and 2104 are provided. In addition, the paper output tray 211
A tray 1 receives printed sheets. The printer unit 2095 is a unit that converts raster image data into an image on paper. The method is an electrophotographic method using a photoconductor drum or a photoconductor belt, or ink is ejected from a minute nozzle array to directly print on the paper. Although there is an ink jet method for printing an image, any method may be used. The print operation is started by an instruction from the CPU 2001.

Operation unit 2012 FIG. 3 is an external view of the operation unit 2012 of FIG.

In FIG. 3, the operation unit 2012 is an LCD.
Display unit 2013, start key 2014, stop key 2015, ID key 2016, reset key 2
017 and LED2018 are provided.

The LCD display unit 2013 has a touch panel sheet stuck on the LCD, displays the operation screen of the system, and transmits the position information to the CPU 2001 when the displayed key is pressed. Start key 2
014 is used when starting the reading operation of the original image. At the center of the start key 2014, there is an LED 2018 composed of two colors, green and red, and the color indicates whether or not the start key 2014 is ready for use. The stop key 2015 is used to stop the operation in progress. The ID key 2016 is the user I
Used when entering D. Reset key 2017
Is used when initializing the settings from the operation unit 2012.

Scanner Image Processing Unit 2080 FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal arrangement of the scanner image processing unit 2080 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, the scanner image processing unit 208
0 is a filter processing unit 2082, an editing unit 2083,
Scaling processing unit 2084, table conversion unit 2085, and 2
The digitization processing unit 2086 is provided.

The filter processing unit 2082 performs convolution calculation with a spatial filter. The editing unit 2083
For example, the closed area surrounded by the marker pen is recognized from the input image data, and the image data in the closed area is subjected to image processing such as shadowing, shading, and negative / positive inversion. The scaling processing unit 2084 performs interpolation calculation in the main scanning direction of the raster image when changing the resolution of the read image, and enlarges or reduces the image. The scaling in the sub-scanning direction is performed by changing the scanning speed of the image reading line sensor (not shown). Table conversion unit 2085
Converts the read image data, which is the brightness data, into density data. The binarization processing unit 2086 binarizes multi-value grayscale image data by error diffusion processing or screen processing.

Printer Image Processing Unit 2090 FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the printer image processing unit 2090 of FIG.

In FIG. 5, the printer image processing unit 209
0 is the resolution conversion unit 2092 and the smoothing processing unit 2
093 and.

The resolution conversion unit 2092 is used for the wireless LAN 20.
11 or the resolution conversion for converting the image data received from the public line 2051 into the resolution of the printer unit 2095. The smoothing processing unit 2093 performs processing for smoothing jaggies (roughness of an image appearing at a black-and-white boundary portion such as a diagonal line) of image data after resolution conversion.

Image Compression Processor 2040 FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the image compression processor 2040 of FIG.

In FIG. 6, the image compression processing unit 2040
Is an input buffer 2042, an image compression unit 2043,
The RAM 2044 and the output buffer 2045 are provided.
The processing procedure in the image compression processing unit 2040 will be described below.

CPU 2001 via image bus 2008
The image bus I / F controller 202 of FIG.
1 is set for image compression control. By this setting, the image bus I / F controller 2021 is
043 settings necessary for image compression, for example, MMR
Settings such as compression and JBIG decompression are performed. After the necessary settings are made, the CPU 2001 again permits the image bus I / F controller 2021 to transfer image data.
According to this permission, the image bus I / F controller 2021
The image compression processing unit 204 from the RAM 2002 or each device on the image bus 2008 via the image switching unit 2026.
The transfer of image data to 0 is started. Image compression processing unit 20
The image data received at 40 is input buffer 2042.
And is transferred at a constant speed in response to an image data request from the image compression unit 2043. At this time, the input buffer 2042 is the image bus I / F controller 202.
1 and the image compression unit 2043, it is determined whether or not the image data can be transferred, and when it is impossible to read the image data from the image bus 2008 and write the image to the image compression unit 2043, , Control that does not transfer data (hereinafter, this control is referred to as "handshake"). The image compression unit 2043 temporarily stores the received image data in the RAM 2044. This is because several lines of data are required depending on the type of image compression processing performed at the time of image compression, and image data for several lines must be prepared in order to perform compression for the first one line. This is because it cannot be done. The image data subjected to the image compression is immediately sent to the output buffer 2045. The output buffer 2045 performs a handshake between the image switching unit 2026 and the image compression unit 2043, and transfers the image data to the image bus I / F controller 2021 via the image switching unit 2026. The image bus I / F controller 2021 sends the compressed or expanded image data to the RA.
Transfer to M2002 or each device on the image bus 2008. Such a series of processing is performed until there is no processing request from the CPU 2001 (when the processing for the required number of pages is finished) or until a stop request is issued from the image compression unit 2043 (until an error occurs at compression and decompression). )Repeated.

Image Rotation Processing Unit 2030 FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the image rotation processing unit 2030 of FIG.

In FIG. 7, the image rotation processing unit 2030
Includes an image bus I / F controller 2031, an image rotation unit 2032, and a RAM 2033. Image bus I
The / F controller 2031 is connected to the image bus 2008, controls the bus access sequence, and rotates the image rotation unit 2.
Control for setting a mode or the like to 032, and the image rotation unit 20.
The timing control for transferring the image data to 32 is performed. The processing procedure in the image rotation unit 2032 will be described below.

The CPU 2001 sets the image bus I / F controller 2031 via the image bus 2008 for image rotation control. With this setting, the image bus I / F
The controller 2031 makes settings necessary for image rotation (for example, image size, rotation direction / angle, etc.) with respect to the image rotation unit 2032. After the necessary settings have been made, CP again
The U2001 permits the image bus I / F controller 2031 to transfer image data. According to this permission, the image bus I / F controller 2031 is
Alternatively, the transfer of image data is started from each device on the image bus 2008. Note that, here, the image size to be rotated is 32 × 32 (bit), and the image bus 200 is further used.
It is assumed that the image transfer is performed in units of 32 bits when the image data is transferred to the 8 (the image to be handled is assumed to be binary).

As described above, in order to obtain a 32 × 32 (bit) image, it is necessary to perform unit data transfer 32 times, and it is necessary to transfer image data from discontinuous addresses (FIG. 8). ).

The image data transferred by the discontinuous addressing is written in the RAM 2033 so that it is rotated at a desired angle at the time of reading. For example, 90
If it is a counterclockwise rotation, 32bi transmitted first
The image data of t is written in the Y direction as shown in FIG. Then, the image is rotated by reading in the X direction at the time of reading.

32 × 32 (bit) image rotation (RAM
(Writing to 2033) is completed, the image rotation unit 20
The image bus I / F controller 203 reads the image data from the RAM 2033 by the above-mentioned reading method.
Transfer the image to 1. The image bus I / F controller 2031 that has received the image data that has been subjected to the rotation processing uses the RAM 2002 or the image bus 200 with continuous addressing.
8. Transfer data to each device on.

This series of processing is repeated until there is no processing request from the CPU 2001 (until the processing for the required number of pages is completed).

Device I / F Unit 2020 FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the device I / F unit 2020 of FIG.

In FIG. 10, the device I / F unit 202
0 is an image bus I / F controller 2021, a serial / parallel / serial / serial converter 2023, a parallel / serial / serial / parallel converter 2024, a scan buffer 2022, and a print buffer 2025.
With.

The image bus I / F controller 2021 is
It is connected to the image bus 2008, and controls the bus access sequence, controls each block in the device I / F unit 2020, and controls timing. It also generates a control signal to the image switching unit 2026. The scan buffer 2022 temporarily stores the image data sent from the image switching unit 2026, and outputs the image data in synchronization with the image bus 2008. The serial-parallel / parallel-serial converter 2023 arranges the image data stored in the scan buffer 2022 in order or decomposes the image data into a data width of image data that can be transferred to the image bus 2008. Parallel-serial / serial-parallel converter 20
Reference numeral 24 denotes a print buffer 2025 which decomposes the image data transferred from the image bus 2008 or arranges the image data in order.
Convert to the data width of the image data that can be saved in. The print buffer 2025 temporarily stores the image data sent from the image bus 2008, and outputs the image data in response to a transfer request from the image switching unit 2026.

The processing procedure at the time of image scanning is shown below.
The image data sent from the scanner unit 2070 is sent to the image switching unit 2026 in synchronization with the timing signal sent from the scanner unit 2070. Image switching unit 2026
The image received from the scanner unit 2070 from the CPU 20
The image is sent to the transfer destination selected according to the setting from 01. The image received from the scanner unit 2070 is usually
The image data is sent to the scanner image processing unit 2080, subjected to predetermined image processing, and then stored in the scan buffer 2022 via the image switching unit 2026.

When the image bus 2008 is a PCI bus, 32 image data are stored in the scan buffer 2022.
When more than one bit is entered, the image data is sent in 32 bits in a first-in first-out manner from the scan buffer 2022 to the serial-parallel / parallel-serial conversion unit 2023.
It is converted into 32-bit image data and transferred to the image bus 2008 through the image bus I / F controller 2021.

Further, the image bus 2008 is IEEE139.
In the case of 4, the image data in the scan buffer 2022 is first-in first-out, sent from the scan buffer 2022 to the serial-parallel / parallel-serial conversion unit 2023, converted into serial image data, and transferred on the image bus 2008 through the image bus I / F controller 2021. Transferred to.

The processing procedure for image printing is shown below.
If the image bus 2008 is a PCI bus, the image bus 200
The 32-bit image data sent from the image bus I / F controller 2021 is received by the image bus I / F controller 2021 and sent to the parallel-serial / serial-parallel converter 2024 to be decomposed into image data having the number of input data bits of the printer unit 2095. It is stored in the print buffer 2025. When the image bus 2008 is IEEE 1394, the serial image data sent from the image bus 2008 is received by the image bus I / F controller 2021 and sent to the parallel / serial / serial / parallel conversion unit 2024 to be input to the printer unit 2095. It is converted into image data having the number of data bits and stored in the print buffer 2025. The image data is sent from the print buffer 2025 to the printer image processing unit 2090 via the image switching unit 2026. After performing predetermined image processing, the image data in the buffer is sent to the printer unit 2095 on a first-in first-out basis in synchronization with the timing signal sent from the printer unit 2095 via the image switching unit 2026.

Mobile Terminal FIG. 11 is an external view of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal shown in FIG. 11 has the shape of a mobile phone, but in general, a PDA (Person) is used.
It may be a so-called al Digital Assistant) or a small personal computer (PC).

In FIG. 11, the portable terminal 3000 includes a numeric keypad section 3001, function keys including an enter key 3002, a call key 3003, and a power key 3.
004, alphanumeric key 3005, web key 3006
And arrow keys 3007. Numeric keypad part 3001
In addition to inputting a telephone number, can be used in combination with the alphanumeric key 3005 to input an alphabet.
The web key 3006 is for calling the function of the present invention, and the arrow key 3007 is necessary when selecting a menu.

The display unit 3008 is made of a liquid crystal or the like, and displays the contents of the information input by the key group described above or the information received as data from the multi-function system according to the user's operation.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the portable terminal 3000 of FIG.

In FIG. 12, the portable terminal 3000 includes a CPU 3010 as a processor, a RAM 3020 as a memory for storing data and image signals, and a ROM 3030 as a non-volatile memory for storing programs and data.
And a battery 3040 that backs up the RAM 3020
A wireless LAN interface 3050, a call unit 3060 including a microphone and a speaker, and a display unit 3008.
And a UI (operation unit) 3070 including

The CPU 3010 controls and UIs for exchanging data with the multifunction system shown in FIG. 1 via the wireless LAN interface 3050.
It displays a screen on 3070, controls telephone calls, etc., and performs processing in accordance with a program stored in ROM 3030. Data stored in the UI 3070 is displayed according to an instruction from the user, and an operation according to the instruction is performed.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a web print menu screen displayed on the mobile phone 3000 shown in FIG.

The screen of FIG. 13 is displayed on the mobile phone 3 by the user.
Web key 3006 in 000 is pressed, the UI 30
When a web print menu is specified from a screen (not shown) on 70, it is displayed on the display unit 3008 of the UI 3070. Of the webs that can be browsed on the Internet, the user uses the ten-key 3001 and the alphanumeric key 3005 to input the URL of the web to be printed by the multi-function system on the screen of FIG. Further, by designating the registration menu displayed on FIG. 13 with the arrow keys 3070 and pressing the enter key 3002, it is possible to preliminarily register URLs frequently used in the list in advance.

When the call menu is specified on the screen of FIG. 13, the registration list screen for selecting from the pre-registered list shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. When the user presses the enter key 3002 after designating the URL or the registration content on the screen of FIG. 13 or 14, the printer selection screen of FIG. 15 is displayed. On the screen of FIG. 15, web
The user specifies the multi-function system to print. The information displayed in FIG. 15 may be an installation location including the IP address of the multifunction system.

When the enter key 3002 is pressed after the multi-function system is selected, the print mode designation screen of FIG. 16 is displayed. On the print mode designation screen, the size of the paper, double-sided / single-sided printing, the number of copies, and the presence / absence of stapling are designated as print mode data. When the enter key 3002 is pressed after the designation is completed, the wireless LAN interface 30 is selected for the multifunction system selected on the screen of FIG.
Data of URL information including a URL and print mode data is transmitted via 50.

Image printing with the multi-function system The multi-function system uses the wireless LAN I / F.
URL sent from mobile terminal 3000 via 2010
Information, that is, a URL as image management information and print mode data as image output mode designation information are received. When the URL information is received from the mobile terminal 3000, C
The PU 2001 specifies a URL for a Web-Pull-Print application described later. Wireless L when URL is specified
Internet web via AN I / F 2010
RAM200 by importing the html file from the site
Store in 2.

Further, the html file is RIP206.
Rasterized with 0, RAM200 as image data
Stored in 2. Then, the rasterized image data is printed out on a sheet in a desired print mode based on the print mode data sent from the mobile terminal 3000 via the device I / F unit 2020 and the printer image processing unit 2090.

Image Browsing on Portable Terminal 3000 As described above, the html file transferred from the web site and stored in the RAM 2002 as image data is the scaling processing unit 208 in the scanner image processing unit 2080.
4, the resolution is converted (reduced), and the image data is thinned to a size that can be transferred to the portable terminal 3000.
Image data after resolution conversion can be wireless LAN if necessary.
It is transferred to the mobile terminal 3000 via the I / F 2010, and is expanded and stored in the RAM 3020 on the mobile terminal 3000.

On the portable terminal 3000, the user selects browsing on the print mode designation screen of FIG. 16 and presses the enter key 3002 to receive the resolution-converted image data from the multi-function system, and then the portable terminal 3000 is displayed. You can check it on the screen. With this function, the screen on the web can be quickly previewed by the high-speed processing of the multi-function system, and it can be determined in advance whether or not to print the necessary information designated by the user.

[Software] Overall System FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a network system including the multifunction system of FIG.

17, the multi-function system 1001 includes the controller unit 2000, the scanner unit 2070, and the printer unit 2095 of FIG. 1 described above.
And an operation unit 2012. The image read from the scanner unit 2070 is sent to the network (LAN) 1010 via the wireless LAN I / F 2010, or the LAN 1
The image received from 010 can be printed out by the printer unit 2095. In addition, the scanner unit 20
The image read from 70 is transmitted to PSTN or ISDN 1030 by a FAX transmission means (not shown), or PS
The image received from the TN or ISDN is printed by the printer unit 209.
It is possible to print out with 5. The database server 1002 is the multifunction system 1
The binary image and multi-valued image read by 001 are managed as a database.

The database client 1003 is a database client of the database server 1002, and can browse / search image data stored in the database server 1002. E-mail server 100
4 can receive the image read by the multi-function system 1001 as an attachment file of an electronic mail. The email client 1005
It is possible to receive an email received by the email server 1004, browse it, and send an email. The WWW server 1006 sends the HTML document to the LAN 10
The HTML document provided by the WWW server 1006 is the multi-function system 1
It is printed out at 001.

The wireless base stations 1008 and 1009 are wireless L
It relays between the AN and the wired LAN. Router 1011
Connects the LAN 1010 to the Internet / Intranet 1012. In the Internet / Intranet 1012, a database server 1002, a WWW server 1006, an electronic mail server 1004, and a device similar to the multi-function system 1001 are connected to the database server 1020 and the WWW server 102, respectively.
1, an electronic mail server 1022, and a multifunction system 1023 are connected.

On the other hand, the multi-function system 10
01 is FAX via PSTN or ISDN1030
FAX data can be transmitted / received to / from the apparatus 1031. A printer 1040 is connected to the LAN 1010, and the multifunction system 100 is connected to the printer 1040.
The image read by 1 can be printed out.

Overall Configuration of Software Block FIG. 18 is a block diagram of an application incorporated in the multifunction system of FIG.

In FIG. 18, a UI 1501 controls a user interface, and is a module that mediates with other devices when the user performs various operations and settings of the multifunction system 1001.
This module transfers input information to various modules, which will be described later, according to a user's operation to request processing or set data.

Address Book 1502 (Address-Book)
Is a database module that manages data transmission destinations and communication destinations. The contents of the address book 1502 are
Data is added, deleted, or acquired by an operation from the UI 1501, and is used to give data sending / communication destination information to each module described later by an operation of the user.

Web server 1503 (Web-Server, Devi
ce Management Accounting) is a module used for notifying management information of the multifunction system 1001 in response to a request from a web client (not shown). The management information is the control API described later.
1518 (Control-API) to read HTTP1512, TCP / IP1516 (wireless LA
N), and network driver 1517 (Network-Dr
iver) is notified to the Web client.

Universal Send 1504 (Universal-
Send) is a module that controls the distribution of data,
The data instructed by the user from the UI 1501 is distributed to the communication (output) destination. When the user gives an instruction to generate distribution data using the scanner function of the multifunction system 1001, the device is operated via the control API 1518 to generate data.

The printer module 1505 is a module executed when the printer 1040 is designated as the output destination in the universal send 1504.

The E-Mail 1506 is a module executed when an E-Mail address is designated as a communication destination in the universal send 1504.

A DB (database) 1507 is a module executed when a database is designated as an output destination in the universal send 1504.

The DP 1508 is a universal send 15
This is a module executed when a multifunction system 1001 similar to this device is designated as an output destination in 04.

Remote Copy Scan 1509 (Remote
-Copy-Scan) is this multifunction system 10
This module uses the 01 scanner function and performs the same processing as the copy function realized by this machine alone, with another multifunction system connected via the network 1010 or the like as the output destination.

Remote Copy Print 1510 (Remote
-Copy-Print) is this multifunction system 1
Using the printer function of 001, the network 1010
It is a module that performs the same processing as the copy function realized by this machine alone, using another multi-function system connected by, for example, as an input destination.

Web pull print 1511 (Web-Pull-P
rint) is the Internet or intranet 1012
This is a module that reads and prints the information on the various home pages above.

The HTTP 1512 is a module used when the multi-function system 1001 communicates by HTTP, and will be described later in TCP / IP 151.
6 modules provide communication to the above-described web server 1503 and web pull print 1511 modules.

Lpr1513 module, TCP described later
/ IP1516 module provides communication to the printer module 1505 module in the universal send 1504 described above.

The SMTP 1514 is a TCP / IP described later.
Universal Send 1 described above with 1516 modules
A module that provides communication to the E-Mail 1506 module in 504.

SLM1515 (Salutation-Manager)
Is a module that provides communication to the DB 1507 module, the DP 1508 module, the remote copy scan 1509 module, and the remote copy print 1510 module in the universal send 1504 described above by the TCP / IP 1516 module described later.

The TCP / IP 1516 is a wireless LAN communication module that provides network communication to the above various modules via the network driver 1517. The network driver 1517 is a module that controls a portion physically connected to the network.

The control API 1518 provides an upstream module such as the universal send 1504 with an interface with a downstream module such as a job manager 1519 (Job-Manager) described later.
The dependency between the upstream and downstream modules is reduced to enhance the reusability of each module.

The job manager 1519 is a module that interprets the processing instructed via the control API 1518 by the various modules described above and gives an instruction to each module described later. In addition, this module centrally manages hardware processing executed in the multifunction system 1001.

CODEC manager 1520 (CODEC-Ma
nager) is a module that manages and controls various compression / decompression of data in the processing instructed by the job manager 1519.

FBE encoder 1521 (FBE-Encode
Reference numeral r) is a module for compressing the data read by the scan processing executed by the job manager 1519 and the scan manager 1524 (Scan-Manager) in the FBE format.

The JPEG-CODEC 1522 is a JPEG compression and print data of the image data read in the scan process executed by the job manager 1519 and the scan manager 1524, and the print process executed by the print manager (Print-Manager) 1526. This is a module for performing the JPEG expansion process.

The MMR-CODEC 1523 performs MMR compression of read data and MMR expansion of print data in the scan processing executed by the job manager 1519 and the scan manager 1524 and the print processing executed by the print manager 1526. It is a module.

The scan manager 1524 manages and controls the scan processing instructed by the job manager 1519.

The SCSI 1525 is a SCSI driver for performing communication between the scan manager 1524 and the scanner unit 2070 internally connected to the multifunction system 1001.

The print manager 1526 manages and controls the print processing instructed by the job manager 1519.

The engine I / F 1527 (Engine-I / F) is a driver and provides an I / F for the print manager 1526 and the printer unit 2095.

A parallel 1528 is a parallel port driver, and is used when the web pull print 1511 outputs data to an output device (not shown) via the parallel port.
/ F is provided.

Application FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the distribution operation executed by the multi-function system of FIG.

In FIG. 19, the UI 4050 (User Int
erface) indicates an application of the UI 3070 (operation unit) in the mobile terminal 3000 shown in FIG. Reference numeral 4100 indicates a sender of the remote copy application. Reference numeral 4150 indicates a sender of the broadcast distribution. Reference numeral 4200 indicates a Web Pull Print module. Reference numeral 4250 represents a Web Server module. Reference numeral 4300 indicates a remote copy reception side (print side). 4350
Is for receiving and printing an image transmitted by broadcast distribution on a general-purpose printer. Reference numeral 4400 denotes a remote print receiving side (print side).

The numeral 4450 is for receiving and storing the image transmitted by the broadcast distribution in a known Notes Server. 4500 is an original image D for receiving and storing a binary image of the image transmitted by the broadcast distribution.
The B server 1. Reference numeral 4550 is for receiving and storing the image transmitted by the broadcast distribution by a known Mail Server. Reference numeral 4600 is for receiving and storing a multi-valued image of the image transmitted by the broadcast distribution. Four
650 is a well-known Web server including information content
Is shown. Reference numeral 4700 indicates a known Web browser that accesses the Web server of the present invention.

The application group will be described in detail below with reference to each block.

UI Application User Interface (UI) shown in UI 4050 of FIG.
Although details of the address book are as described above, the address book 4051 will be described here. This address book 4051 is a multifunction system 1001.
It is stored in a non-volatile storage device (such as a non-volatile memory or a hard disk) in which the characteristics of the devices connected to the network 1010 are described.
For example, the ones listed below are included.

Device official name or alias name Device network address Device processable network protocol Device processable document format Device processable compression type Device processable image resolution Printer device paper feed possible Paper sizes and folder names that can store documents in case of paper source information server (computer) device Each application described below can determine the characteristics of the delivery destination from the information described in the address book 4051. Becomes This address book is editable and network 1
It is possible to download and use what is stored in the server computer or the like in 010, or refer to it directly.

Remote Copy Application The remote copy application provides the address book 405 with resolution information that can be processed by the device designated as the distribution destination.
The binary image read by the scanner unit 2070 is compressed using known MMR compression according to the determination from No. 1 and the known TIFF (Tagged Image File Forma) is used.
network) via SLM4103
0 to the remote print (copy) device 4300. The SLM4103 is not described in detail, but the well-known Salutation Manager (or Smart Link Manag
er) is a type of network protocol that includes device control information.

Broadcast Delivery Application Unlike the remote copy application, the broadcast delivery application can send an image to a plurality of delivery destinations with one image scan. Further, the delivery destination is not limited to the printer, and can be delivered directly to a so-called server computer.

Hereinafter, description will be made in order according to the delivery destination. When it is determined from the address book 4051 that the delivery destination device can process the known network printer protocol, LPD (Line Printer Daemon), and the known LIPS as a printer control command, the address book 4 is also used.
Image reading is performed according to the image resolution determined from 051. The image itself is a known FBE in the present embodiment.
Compress using (First Binary Encoding), then L
The delivery destination device (LBP43) is converted into an IPS code by the known network printer protocol LPR4151.
50).

When the delivery destination device can communicate with the SLM and is a server device, the address book 4051 determines the server address and the designation of the folder in the server, and the binary value read by the scanner as in the remote copy application. It is possible to compress an image using known MMR compression, convert it into a known TIFF, and store it in a specific folder of a server device on the network 1010 via the SLM.

In the device of the present embodiment, when it is determined that the server, which is the other device, can process a known JPEG-compressed multi-valued image, the multi-valued image as well as the binary image is known. JPEG compression is used to convert the JFIF into a publicly known JFIF, and the network 1010 is transmitted via the SLM.
It is possible to store it in a specific folder of the above server device.

When the delivery destination device is a known E-Mail server, the mail address described in the address book 4051 is discriminated, and the binary image read by the scanner unit 2070 is compressed using the known MMR compression. , Known TIFF, and known SMTP (Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol) 4153 is used to send to mail server 4550 (Mail Server). Subsequent distribution is executed according to the mail server 4550.

Since the Web Pull Print application and the Web Server application are not directly related to this embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Device Information Service (DIS) FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the flow of data from the DIS.

Setting values for jobs and devices (scanner, printer, etc.) in the controller unit 2000
A database that holds the functions, statuses, billing information, and the like in a data format conforming to the Control API, and an I / F with the database are defined as a Device Information Service (hereinafter, referred to as “DIS”).

In FIG. 20, the DIS 7102 is connected to a job manager 7101 (Job Manager) that is a document manager (Document Manager), a scan manager 7103, and a print manager 7104, respectively. Basically, dynamic information such as a job start command is directly instructed from the job manager 7101, and DIS 7102 is referred to for static information such as device functions and job contents. For static and dynamic information from each document manager, the event is DIS7102
Is transmitted to the job manager 7101 via.

DIS71 from each document manager
When setting and acquiring data in the 02 database,
Since the internal data format of the DIS 7102 is Control API compliant, mutual conversion processing between a data format compliant with Control API and a data format understood by each document manager is performed. For example, when setting status data from each document manager, device-specific data is interpreted, converted into corresponding data defined by the Control API, and written to the DIS7102 database.

From the job manager 7101 to the DIS 71
When setting and acquiring data in the No. 02 database, data conversion does not occur between the job manager 7101 and the DIS 7102. In addition, the DIS7102 has
The event data is updated based on various event information notified from the document manager.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of a database held by the DIS 7102 of FIG. The rounded rectangles in FIG. 21 represent individual databases (DB).

In FIG. 21, the DIS 7102 is used as a database by the supervisor 7201 (Supervisor D).
B) and the scan component 7202 (ScanCompone
nt DB) and the print component 7203 (PrintCo
mponent DB) and scan job service 7204 (Sc
an JobService DB), print job service 7205
(Print JobService DB) and scan job 7206
(ScanJob DB) and print job 7207 (PrintJob
DB) and scan document 7208 (ScanDocumen
t DB) and the print document 7209 (PrintDocum
ent DB) and Soft Counter 7210 (Soft Counter)
And an event table.

The supervisor 7201 is a DB that holds the status and user information for the entire device. Information that needs to be backed up, such as user ID and password, is stored in a HD device or a non-volatile storage device such as a backup memory. Retained. Scan component 72
02 and the print component 7203 are held corresponding to each component in which these components (Component DB) exist. For example, if the device consists of only a printer, the print component (PrintCompo
nent DB) exists, and in the case of a device equipped with a FAX, a FAX component (FAX Component DB) is held. At the time of initialization, the document manager corresponding to each component sets the function and status of the component.

[0129] The job service (Jo Job Service 7204 and Print Job Service 7205) (Jo
As with the component, bService DB) sets the functions that the corresponding document managers can use on the device and their support status at the time of initialization.

Next, the job DB and the document DB will be described.

The job DB and the document DB are dynamically secured and initialized by the job manager 7101 every time a job and its accompanying document are generated, and necessary items are set. Each document manager reads the items necessary for processing from the job DB and the document DB before starting the processing of the job, and starts the job. After that, when the jobs are completed, the DBs of these jobs and the documents associated with them are released. Since a job has one or more documents, a plurality of document DBs may be reserved for a certain job.

The soft counter 7210 is a database that holds event information notified from each document manager, and the event table 7211 is a counter table for recording the number of scans and the number of prints of the apparatus.

The event notified from the document manager includes the scan document manager (ScanDo
component status transition from cumentManager), scan processing operation completion and various errors, component status transition from print document manager (PrintDocumentManager), print processing operation completion, paper jam, and paper feed cassette open. An event ID for identifying the event is predetermined.

When an event is issued from the document manager, the DIS 7102 uses the event table 7
The event ID issued in 211 and, if necessary, the detailed data associated with the event are registered. Further, when the release of the event is notified from the document manager, the event data designated to be released is stored in the event table 7211.
Remove from.

When an event is polled by the job manager 7101, the DIS 7102 refers to the event table 7211, and returns the currently occurring event ID and, if necessary, detailed data attached to the event to the job manager 7101, If no event is currently occurring, it will be returned.

When the scan processing operation completion and print processing operation completion events are notified, the scan,
Update the counter value of the user who printed. The software counter writes back the value to the backed-up memory device or the non-volatile storage device of the HD device every time the value is updated so that the value is not lost by accidental power-off or the like.

Scan Operation FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing the hardware structure of the scan operation in the multifunction system of FIG.

In FIG. 22, a PCI bus 8105 has a CPU 8101, a memory 8102 (Memory),
SCSI that provides I / F to connect this system
Controller 8103 (SCSI Controller), image compression / decompression board CODEC8104, IDE
The controller 8108 is connected.

The SCSI controller 8103 and the scanner (or the scanner function unit of a copying machine having a composite function) 8107 (Scanner) are connected to each other by a SCSI interface cable 8106. Also, P
The CI bus 8105 includes an IDE controller 8108.
(IDE Controller) is connected, and is connected to an IDE hard disk 8110 (IDE Hard Disk) via an IDE cable 8109 (IDE Cable).

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the software structure of the scan operation of FIG.

In FIG. 23, the job manager 820
1 (JobManager) has a function of classifying and storing application-level requests. The DIS8202 stores parameters required for scan operation from the application level. Request from application is memory 8
It is stored in 102. The scan operation management unit 8203
The information necessary for scanning is acquired from the job manager 8201 and the DIS 8202. The scan operation management unit 8203 is the same as that of the job manager 8201 shown in FIG.
The table data 8301 including the job number 8303 and the document number 8304 shown in (a) is received,
Job number and document number table data 830
Scan parameter 830 from DIS8202 based on 1
Receive 2 (Fig. 24 (b)). As a result, scanning is performed based on the scanning conditions requested by the application.

The scan operation management unit 8203 uses the DIS8
The scan parameters 8302 acquired from 202 are passed to the scan sequence controller 8204 in the order of document numbers. Upon receiving the scan parameter 8302, the scan sequence control unit 8204 receives the scan image attribute 83
The SCSI controller 8207 is controlled according to the contents of 08. As a result, the scanner 8 is connected via the SCSI cable 8106 by operating the SCSI controller 8103 connected to the PCI bus 8105 of FIG.
The SCSI control command is sent to 107, and the scan is executed. The scanned image is a SCSI cable 81
Over the SCSI controller 8103 via 06,
Further, it is stored in the memory 8102 via the PCI bus 8105.

The scan sequence control unit 8204 receives the data from the memory 8 via the PCI bus 8105 after the scan is completed.
When the image is stored in 102, a request is issued to the compression / expansion control unit 8205 to compress the scan image stored in the memory 8102 according to the content of the scan image compression format 8309 of the scan parameter 8302. . The compression / decompression control unit 8205 that received the request
Is a CODEC8 connected to the PCI bus 8105
Using 104, the scan sequence control unit 8204 specifies the scan image compression format 8309 to perform compression.
The compression / decompression control unit 8205 stores the compressed image in the memory 8102 via the PCI bus 8105.

In the scan sequence control unit 8204, the compression / decompression control unit 8205 controls the scan image compression format 830.
Compress the scanned image into the format specified in 9
When stored in 102, scan parameters 8302
Memory 81 according to the image file type 8307 of
The compressed scan image stored in 02 is converted into a file. The scan sequence control unit 8204 uses the scan parameter 83 for the file system 8206.
No. 02 image file type 8307 is requested to be converted into a file in the specified file format. The file system 8206 stores the memory 8 according to the image file type 8307 from the scan sequence control unit 8204.
The compressed image stored in 102 is converted into a file, and the IDE controller 8 is transmitted via the PCI bus 8105.
108 and ID via IDE cable 8109
The compressed compressed image is converted into a file by transferring it to the E Hard Disk 8110. At the time when the file system 8206 stores the filed image in the IDE hard disk 8110, the scan sequence control unit 8204 returns a scan end notification to the scan operation management unit 8203, assuming that the current processing of one sheet on the scanner 8107 is completed. .

At this point, if there is an original document that has not been scanned on the scanner 8107 and there is a scan request from the job manager 8201, D
Scan parameters 83 stored in IS8202
02 is used to request the scan operation to the scan sequence control unit 8204.

When there is no unscanned document on the scanner 8107, or the job manager 820
If there is no scan request from No. 1, the scan end notification is issued to the job manager 8201 as the scan operation is completed.

Print Operation FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing the hardware structure of the print operation in the multifunction system of FIG.

In FIG. 25, a PCI bus 9005 is provided with an engine I / F that provides a CPU 9001, a memory 9002, and an I / F board for connecting this system.
The F9003 (Engine I / F) is connected to the CODEC9004 which is an image compression / expansion board. An engine I / F 9003 and a printer (or a printer function unit of a copying machine having a composite function) 9007 are connected to each other by an engine interface cable 9006.

The engine I / F 9003 is internally equipped with DPRA.
An M (dual port RAM) is provided, and parameter setting to the printer 9007 and the printer 90 are performed via this DPRAM.
The status reading of 07 and the control command of the print 9007 are exchanged. In addition, engine I / F9003
Is a printer 9007 equipped with a Video controller
The image data developed on the PCI bus 9005 is transmitted to the printer 9007 via the engine interface cable 9006 in accordance with VCLK (Video Clock) and HSYNC given from the engine interface cable 9006. FIG. 26 shows a timing chart of this transmission.

In FIG. 26, VCLK constantly outputs a signal, and HSYNC is given in synchronization with the start of one line of the printer. The video controller reads the data for the set image width (WIDTH in FIG. 27) from the memory on the set PCI bus (SOURCE in FIG. 27) and outputs it to the engine interface cable 9006 as a video signal (Video Data). To do. After repeating this for the designated line (LINES in FIG. 27), I
Generate a MAGE_END interrupt.

As described above, when a print job instruction is passed from the application program on the CPU 9001 to the control API, the control AP
I passes this as a job to the controller-level job manager. Further, the job manager stores the job settings in the DIS and instructs the print manager to start the job. When the print manager receives the job, it reads the information necessary for executing the job from the DIS and sets it in the printer via the Engine I / F and DPRAM.

FIG. 27 shows the setting items (print parameter register table) of the engine I / F and the DPRAM of the printer.
FIG. 28 shows setting items, control commands, and status commands via the. For simplification, the operation will be specifically described assuming that this job is uncompressed, two pages of a letter (11 ″ × 8.5 ″) size binary image are printed, and the printer has a performance of 600 dpi.

First, upon receiving this job, the print manager calculates the number of image bytes of the width of this image (in this case, on the side of 8.5 ″).

WIDTH = 8.5 × 600 ÷ 8≈630
(Bytes) Next, the number of lines is calculated.

LINES = 11 × 600 = 6600 (Lines) These calculated values and the SOURCE address in which the image of the given first page is stored are set in WIDTH, LINES, and SOURCE shown in FIG. . At this point, the engine I / F 9003 is ready for image output, but the HS from the printer 9007
Since the YNC signal has not come (VCLK is coming),
No image data is output.

Next, the print manager writes 1 as the number of output copies at a predetermined address (BookNo) of the DPRAM shown in FIG. After that, the paper feed request FEED_REQ of the output paper for the first page is issued, and the IMAGE_REQ from the printer 9007 is waited for. Printer 9
When IMAGE_REQ comes from 007, IMAGE_
Issue START. In response to this, the printer 9007 is set to H
The engine I / F 9003, which has started to output SYNC and has been waiting for HSYNC, outputs an image. When the printer detects the trailing edge of the output paper, it outputs IMAGE_END, and when the output paper is ejected, it outputs SHEEET_OUT.
The printer manager is IMAGE_END for the first page
In response, the second page WIDTH, LINES, SO
Set URCE to the engine I / F and FEED_REQ
To wait for IMAGE_REQ. I on page 2
The operation after the arrival of MAGE_REQ is the same as that of the first page.

According to the above embodiment, the portable terminal 300
In the multifunction system 1001 which cooperates with 0 to form the network 1010, the mobile terminal 3000
The URL information transmitted from the user, that is, the URL specified by the user and the print mode data are received, and the web site based on the URL from the website on the Internet
The file is captured as image data, and the image data is printed out on paper based on the received print mode data. Therefore, even when the user is moving or in a remote place, necessary information on the Internet is designated and printed out. It is possible to confirm the content of the information to be printed.

For example, w that can be browsed on the Internet
By sending the URL of eb to the multifunction system 1001 by the mobile terminal 300, a user who is moving or in a remote place can specify necessary information in advance, and the user can specify the office or store where the multifunction system 1001 is located. It can be realized that the necessary image data has already been printed out when it arrives.

The multi-function system 10
Since the portable terminal 3000 receives the image data whose resolution has been converted or image-compressed in 01 and displays the image on the display unit 3008, the user can confirm whether or not the necessary information designated from a remote place is the content to be output. You can check in advance.

[0160]

As described in detail above, according to the multi-function system of claim 1, since the data corresponding to the predetermined information received from the portable terminal is output, the user can move to a remote place or a remote place. However, you can specify the necessary information and print it out.

According to the multi-function system of the second aspect, the predetermined information is the image management information and the image output mode designation information corresponding to the image data stored in advance, and the output means is based on the image management information. Since the image data is output, the effect of the multi-function system according to the first aspect can be surely obtained.

According to the multi-function system of the third aspect, the image management information is stored on the Internet.
Since the image output mode designation information is the print mode data in which the output condition of the image data is set, the output means outputs the content of the web that can be viewed based on the URL of the web on the Internet as the image data. Therefore, it is possible to specify necessary information on the Internet and print it out under desired output conditions.

According to the multi-function system of the fourth aspect, the predetermined information is transmitted on the Internet
It is the URL of b and the image output mode designating information, and the output means outputs the contents of the web as image data, so that the effect of the multifunction system according to the first aspect can be reliably exhibited.

According to the multi-function system of the fifth aspect, since the image output mode designation information is the print mode data in which the output condition of the image data is set, the image data can be printed out under the desired output condition. it can. According to the multi-function system of claim 9, since the communication means transmits the resolution-converted image data to the mobile terminal and displays it, the content of the information to be printed out even when the user is moving or in a remote place is displayed. You can check.

According to the multi-function system of the tenth aspect, the communication means transmits the image-compressed compressed data to the portable terminal and displays it, so that the user can print out even when the user is moving or in a remote place. You can check the content of the information.

According to the mobile terminal of the eleventh aspect, the communication means transmits and receives predetermined information corresponding to the data to be output by the output means of the multifunction system, so that the Internet is available even when the user is moving or in a remote place. You can print out by specifying the required information above.

According to the mobile terminal of the twelfth aspect, the predetermined information is the image management information and the image output mode designation information corresponding to the image data stored in advance in the multifunction system. The effect of the mobile terminal can be reliably exhibited.

According to the mobile terminal of the thirteenth aspect, the image management information is a URL of a web on the Internet,
Since the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which the output condition of the image data is set, it is possible to designate necessary information on the Internet and print out under the desired output condition.

According to the mobile terminal of the fourteenth aspect, since the predetermined information is the URL of the web on the Internet and the image output mode designating information, the effect of the mobile terminal of the eleventh aspect can be surely obtained. it can.

According to the mobile terminal of the fifteenth aspect, since the image output mode designation information is the print mode data in which the output condition of the image data is set, the image data can be printed out under the desired output condition. .

According to the mobile terminal of the eighteenth aspect, the display means displays the image data received by the communication means. Therefore, even if the user is moving or in a remote place, the information to be printed out to the multifunction system can be displayed. You can check the contents.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a multifunction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the multifunction system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an external view of an operation unit 2012 of FIG.

4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a scanner image processing unit 2080 of FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a printer image processing unit 2090 of FIG.

6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an image compression processing unit 2040 of FIG.

7 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an image rotation processing unit 2030 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an image rotation process in FIG. 7.

9 is an explanatory diagram of an image rotation process in FIG.

10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a device I / F unit 2020 of FIG.

FIG. 11 is an external view of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile terminal 3000 of FIG.

13 is a diagram showing a web print menu screen displayed on the mobile phone 3000 of FIG.

14 is a diagram showing a registration list screen displayed on the mobile phone 3000 of FIG.

15 is a diagram showing a printer selection screen displayed on the mobile phone 3000 of FIG.

16 is a diagram showing a print mode designation screen displayed on the mobile phone 3000 of FIG.

17 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a network system including the multifunction system of FIG.

18 is a block diagram of an application incorporated in the multifunction system of FIG.

19 is a block diagram showing a distribution operation executed by the multifunction system of FIG.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a flow of data from a DIS.

21 is a schematic diagram of a database held by the DIS 7102 of FIG. 20. FIG.

22 is a block diagram showing a hardware structure of a scan operation in the multifunction system of FIG.

23 is a diagram showing a software structure of the scan operation of FIG. 22.

24 is a schematic diagram of a parameter table in the scan operation of FIG. 22, in which (a) is table data 830.
1 and (b) shows a scan parameter 8302.

25 is a block diagram showing a hardware structure of a print operation in the multifunction system of FIG.

FIG. 26 is a timing chart showing the transfer timing of print image data in the print operation of FIG. 25.

27 is a diagram showing a print parameter register table in the engine I / F 9003 of FIG. 25.

FIG. 28 is a printer 9007 and engine I / F of FIG. 25.
It is a figure which shows the communication command table with 9003.

[Explanation of symbols]

1001 Multi-function system 2000 controller unit 3000 mobile terminals

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A multi-function system that forms a network in cooperation with a mobile terminal, the communication means transmitting and receiving predetermined information to and from the mobile terminal, and corresponding to the predetermined information received from the mobile terminal. A multi-function system comprising: an output unit that outputs data. 2. The predetermined information is image management information and image output mode designation information corresponding to image data stored in advance, and the output means outputs the image data based on the image management information. Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The described multifunction system. 3. The image management information is a URL of a web on the Internet, and the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set. Multi-function system. 4. The predetermined information is a URL of a web on the Internet and image output mode designation information, and the output means outputs the content of the web as the image data. Multi-function system. 5. The multi-function system according to claim 4, wherein the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set. 6. The multifunction system according to claim 1, wherein the output means prints out on a sheet. 7. The multi-function system according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit performs transmission / reception with the mobile terminal using wireless communication. 8. The multi-function system according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit further transmits and receives to and from the mobile terminal using infrared communication. 9. The resolution conversion means for converting the resolution of the image data is provided, and the communication means transmits the resolution-converted image data to the mobile terminal for display. 8. The multifunction system according to any one of 8 above. 10. An image compression means for performing image compression of the image data, wherein the communication means transmits the image-compressed compressed data to the mobile terminal for display. 9. The multifunction system according to any one of 9 above. 11. A portable terminal which forms a network in cooperation with a multifunction system comprising an output means for outputting data, wherein predetermined information corresponding to the data output by the output means of the multifunction system is transmitted. A mobile terminal comprising communication means for transmitting and receiving. 12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined information is image management information and image output mode designation information corresponding to image data stored in advance in the multifunction system. 13. The image management information is a URL of a web on the Internet, and the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set. Mobile terminal. 14. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined information is a URL of a web on the Internet and image output mode designation information. 15. The mobile terminal according to claim 14, wherein the image output mode designation information is print mode data in which an output condition of the image data is set. 16. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the communication unit performs transmission / reception with the multifunction system using wireless communication. 17. The communication device according to claim 11, further comprising infrared communication to perform transmission / reception with the multifunction system.
The mobile terminal according to the item. 18. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, further comprising display means for displaying the image data received by the communication means.