JP2004200828A - Image information receiving unit and apparatus information setting method in image information receiving unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store and reset the apparatus information of an image information receiving unit through a simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: The image information receiving unit comprises a section for writing data onto a recording medium, a means for storing the apparatus information of the image information receiving unit in the storage medium, a section for reading out data from the storage medium, and a means for reading out the stored apparatus information from the storage medium and setting it as the apparatus information of the image information receiving unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image information receiving apparatus that receives image information from an image capturing apparatus in order to print an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, and particularly to setting of apparatus information of the image information receiving apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an image information receiving apparatus that receives a print of an image captured by an image capturing apparatus such as a digital camera of a plurality of manufacturers and a plurality of models by an easy method for a user (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 10-341303 A
In such an image information receiving apparatus, information important for system management, such as operating conditions and operating conditions of the receiving apparatus (hereinafter referred to as apparatus information), is generally stored in a storage device provided inside the apparatus. .
[0005]
Here, the operating condition means that, for example, an operation result that differs depending on each device such as color tone correction data called a profile for color tone management and characteristics (brightness, light / darkness, gamma value, etc.) of each imaging device is uniform. This is information for keeping print quality.
[0006]
The operation status is a record of the status since the start of the operation of the reception device, and is, for example, information such as the number of prints, a charge, and a use history such as a use date.
[0007]
In order to store such device information, a portable personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC) or the like is connected to the receiving device via a serial communication line or the like, and the PC screen and keyboard are operated to operate the PC. It is necessary to extract and save information, which is troublesome, and there is a problem that an error occurs in a procedure or a process.
[0008]
In addition, if the image information receiving device is replaced with a system such as a component or a control unit due to a failure or the like, the number of prints before the replacement cannot be taken over, or the operating conditions changed for each operation installation location cannot be understood. There is also a problem that device information is lost.
[0009]
Also, when trying to return to the state before replacement of parts and systems from the device information stored in the PC, a portable personal computer or the like is connected to the image information receiving device via a serial communication line or the like, and the PC It is necessary to set the device information by operating the screen and the keyboard, etc., and there is a problem that it takes time and an error such as setting the device information of another image information receiving device occurs.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object to enable saving and resetting of apparatus information of an image information receiving apparatus by an easy operation.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is an image information receiving apparatus for receiving and printing image information captured by an image capturing apparatus, a writing unit for writing data to a storage medium, Storage means for storing the device information of the receiving device in the storage medium, a reading unit for reading data from the storage medium, and setting for reading the stored device information from the storage medium and setting it as the device information of the image information receiving device Means.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image information receiving apparatus according to the first aspect described above, a storage instructing means for instructing the storing means to save the device information of the image information receiving apparatus in the storage medium; And a device information storage unit for writing the device information to the storage medium in accordance with an instruction from the storage instruction unit.
[0013]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image information receiving apparatus according to the first or second aspect, setting instruction means for instructing the setting means to set device information of the image information receiving apparatus, Device information setting means for reading the stored device information from the storage medium and setting the read device information as device information of the image information receiving device.
[0014]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image information receiving device according to the first to third aspects, the image information receiving device includes device identifier information capable of uniquely identifying the image information receiving device, The storage means is provided with an identifier storage means for writing the device identifier into the storage medium.
[0015]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the image information receiving apparatus according to the first to fourth aspects, the setting means reads the device identifier from the storage medium and compares the read device identifier with the device identifier provided in the image information receiving device. And an identifier comparing unit that enables the device information setting unit to operate when the two device identifiers match.
[0016]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a method for setting device information in an image information receiving device that receives and prints image information captured by an image capturing device, the device information of the image information receiving device is stored in a storage medium. And setting the stored device information read from the storage medium as device information of the image information receiving device.
[0017]
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the device information setting means in the image information receiving device according to the sixth aspect described above, providing device identifier information capable of uniquely identifying the image information receiving device, Writing to the storage medium;
Reading the device identifier from the storage medium and comparing it with the device identifier of the image information receiving device; and setting the device information of the image information receiving device when the two device identifiers match as a result of the comparison. And the steps to be performed.
[0018]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on an illustrated embodiment. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the image information receiving device 1 of the present invention.
[0019]
The image information receiving device 1 includes a storage device 2, a non-volatile storage device 3, a writing unit 4, a reading unit 5, and a control unit 6.
[0020]
In the image information receiving apparatus 1, for example, a function for receiving image information of an imaging device and a function used for printing, such as a reading device for a medium storing an image, a printer, a stacker, and a connector unit for connecting the imaging device, are described. Is omitted.
[0021]
The storage device 2 is a rewritable storage device so that operation conditions can be set according to the installation location and the operation status after the operation can be stored.
[0022]
The non-volatile storage device 3 is a storage device that does not allow rewriting of information such as a ROM that stores device identifier information or the like that can uniquely identify the image information receiving device 1 at the time of manufacture.
[0023]
The writing unit 4 is a device that stores device information in a storage medium such as a removable magnetic storage medium, semiconductor storage medium, or optical storage medium, and includes a data writing mechanism corresponding to the storage medium.
[0024]
When the storage medium to be used is the same as the storage medium for storing the image received by the image information receiving device, the storage medium can also be used as the read / write device included in the image information receiving device 1.
[0025]
The reading unit 5 is a device that reads device information from a storage medium such as a removable magnetic storage medium, a semiconductor storage medium, or an optical storage medium, and includes a data reading mechanism corresponding to the storage medium.
[0026]
If the reading unit 5 is used integrally with the writing unit 4 or the storage medium to be used is the same as the storage medium for storing the image received by the image information receiving device, the image information receiving device 1 It is also possible to double as a read / write device provided.
[0027]
The control unit 6 stores and executes a processing program such as the storage unit 7 and the setting unit 8 in addition to the image receiving process of the image information receiving device 1.
[0028]
The storage unit 7 includes a storage instruction unit 9, an identifier storage unit 10, and a device information storage unit 11, and is a program for storing device information in a storage medium.
[0029]
For example, when the menu is selected on the display unit by the transition of the display screens of FIGS. 2A and 2B, the save instruction unit 9 displays a “device information save” screen shown in FIG. 2C. Is displayed.
[0030]
When the “save” button is pressed on the screen shown in FIG. 2C, the identifier storage unit 10 reads the device identifier from the non-volatile storage device 3 and writes it to the storage medium inserted in the writing unit 4. .
[0031]
Further, the device information storage unit 11 writes the device information stored in the storage device 2 to the storage medium in a manner that the device information is continuous with the above-described device identifier. The format of each data at the time of writing is arbitrary as long as it is consistent with the setting means 8.
[0032]
The setting unit 8 includes a setting instruction unit 12, an identifier comparing unit 13, and a device information setting unit 14, reads the device information from the storage medium storing the device information, and sets the device information in the image information receiving device 1. It is a program.
[0033]
For example, when the menu is selected on the display unit by the transition of the display screens of FIGS. 2A and 2B, the setting instruction unit 12 displays an “apparatus information setting” screen illustrated in FIG. Is displayed.
[0034]
When the “setting” button is pressed on the screen shown in FIG. 2D, the identifier comparing unit 13 reads the device identifier from the storage medium inserted in the reading unit 5 and stores the device identifier in the nonvolatile storage of the image information receiving device 1. The comparison is made with the device identifier stored in the device 3.
[0035]
When the two identifiers match, it is known that the storage medium stores the apparatus information of the image information receiving apparatus 1. Therefore, the apparatus information setting unit 14 sets the storage medium inserted in the reading unit 5 to the storage medium. The device information is read from the device information, written into the storage device 2 of the image information receiving device 1, and the device information is set in the image information receiving device 1.
[0036]
As described above, the present invention has been described in detail based on the embodiment. However, the image information receiving apparatus according to the present invention and the device information setting unit in the image information receiving apparatus are not limited to the above-described embodiment. Naturally, various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the image information receiving device and the device information setting means in the image information receiving device according to the present invention, in the image information receiving device, an easy method of selecting a menu button displayed on the screen of the display unit is provided. In addition, it is possible to save the device information in the storage medium and to perform setting from the storage medium.
[0038]
Further, when setting the device information, the original device information can be reliably set by comparing the device identifier stored in the storage medium with the device identifier read from the nonvolatile storage device of the image information receiving device. It is possible to maintain continuity of device information.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an example of a screen of a storage unit and a setting unit of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 image information receiving device 2 storage device 3 non-volatile storage device 4 writing unit 5 reading unit 6 control unit 7 storage unit 8 setting unit 9 storage instruction unit 10 identifier storage unit 11 device information storage unit 12 setting instruction unit 13 identifier comparison unit 14 Device information setting means

Claims (7)

An image information receiving device that receives image information captured by an imaging device and performs printing,
A writing unit that writes data to a storage medium;
Storage means for storing device information of the image information receiving device in the storage medium,
A reading unit that reads data from the storage medium;
Setting means for reading the stored device information from the storage medium and setting it as device information of the image information receiving device;
An image information receiving apparatus comprising: The image information receiving device according to claim 1,
The storage means,
Save instructing means for instructing to save the device information of the image information receiving device in the storage medium,
A device information storage unit that writes the device information to the storage medium according to an instruction of the storage instruction unit;
An image information receiving apparatus comprising: The image information receiving device according to claim 1 or 2,
The setting means,
Setting instructing means for instructing to set device information of the image information receiving device,
Device information setting means for reading the stored device information from the storage medium and setting the device information as the device information of the image information receiving device;
An image information receiving apparatus comprising: The image information receiving device according to claim 1, wherein:
The image information receiving device,
Comprising device identifier information capable of uniquely identifying the image information receiving device,
The storage means,
Identifier storage means for writing the device identifier to the storage medium,
An image information receiving apparatus comprising: The image information receiving device according to claim 1, wherein:
The setting means,
An identifier comparing unit that reads the device identifier from the storage medium, compares the device identifier with the image information receiving device, and, when the two device identifiers match, enables the device information setting unit to operate;
An image information receiving apparatus comprising: A method for setting device information in an image information receiving device that receives image information captured by an imaging device and performs printing,
Storing device information of the image information receiving device in a storage medium,
Setting the stored device information read from the storage medium as device information of the image information receiving device;
A device information setting method in an image information receiving device, comprising: A device information setting method in the image information receiving device according to claim 6, wherein
Providing device identifier information capable of uniquely identifying the image information receiving device,
Writing the device identifier to the storage medium;
Reading the device identifier from the storage medium, comparing the image information receiving device with the device identifier provided,
Setting the device information of the image information receiving device when the two device identifiers match as a result of the comparison;
A device information setting method in an image information receiving device, comprising:

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