JP7038681B2 - Image recorders, recording systems, and programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image recording device that records an image represented by FAX data on a recording medium.

Conventionally, an image indicated by received FAX data (hereinafter referred to as "FAX image").
) Is recorded on a recording medium, and an image recording device is known. In such an image recording device, the recording medium on which the fax image is recorded may be left unattended without the user noticing that the fax has been received. In order to avoid such a situation, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which an event arrives at the first device and the incoming event is notified from the first device to the second device. ing.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-369260.

However, with the technique described in Patent Document 1, the first device cannot grasp whether or not the user of the second device has confirmed the notification. As a result, the recording medium on which the FAX image is recorded may be left unattended without the user of the second device noticing the notification. If the recording medium is left for a long period of time, the risk of loss of the recording medium increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image recording device that suppresses the recording medium on which a fax image is recorded from being left unattended.

The image recording device according to one form of the present specification can receive FAX data from the first device by a procedure according to the FAX protocol, can transmit a beacon signal by a radio wave of a preset output, and can be transmitted. It includes a communication unit capable of wireless communication with the second device, a recording unit for recording an image on a recording medium, a storage unit, and a control unit. Then, the control unit performs a storage process of storing the FAX data in the storage unit in response to receiving the FAX data from the first device through the communication unit, and the FAX data stored in the storage unit. In response to the beacon transmission process in which the beacon signal including the identification information for identifying the identification information is repeatedly transmitted through the communication unit and the recording instruction signal including the identification information being wirelessly received from the second device through the communication unit. The recording process of recording the image indicated by the FAX data identified by the identification information on the recording medium in the recording unit, and the beacon signal including the identification information according to the completion of the recording process. Executes a beacon stop process for stopping transmission.

According to the above configuration, the FAX image is recorded on the recording medium and the transmission of the beacon signal is stopped in response to the reception of the recording instruction signal from the second device. In other words, the FAX image is not recorded on the recording medium and the beacon signal is continuously transmitted until the user transmits the recording instruction signal to the second device that has received the beacon signal. As a result, it is possible to prevent the recording medium on which the FAX image is recorded from being left unattended.

The image recording apparatus according to another embodiment of the present specification can receive FAX data from the first apparatus by a procedure according to the FAX protocol, and can transmit a beacon signal by a radio wave of a preset output. Further, it includes a communication unit capable of wireless communication with the second device, a recording unit for recording an image on a recording medium, and a control unit. Then, the control unit performs a recording process of recording the image indicated by the FAX data on the recording medium in the recording unit in response to receiving the FAX data from the first device through the communication unit. A beacon transmission process in which the beacon signal including identification information for identifying the FAX data in which the recording process is executed is repeatedly transmitted through the communication unit, and a stop instruction signal including the identification information is transmitted through the communication unit to the second. In response to the wireless reception from the device, the beacon stop process of stopping the transmission of the beacon signal including the identification information is executed.

The program described in the present specification can receive a beacon signal transmitted by a radio wave having a preset output from an image recording device that stores FAX data, and can wirelessly communicate with the image recording device. It can be executed by a mobile terminal including a communication unit and an acquisition unit for acquiring an instruction from a user. The program notifies that the image recording device has received the FAX data in response to receiving the beacon signal including the identification information for identifying the FAX data through the communication unit, and confirms the notification. In response to the confirmation completion instruction indicating the above being acquired from the user through the acquisition unit, an instruction signal including an instruction to stop transmission of the beacon signal including the identification information is wirelessly transmitted to the image recording device through the communication unit. The process is executed by the mobile terminal.

According to the above configuration, when the user possessing the mobile terminal enters a predetermined range including the image recording device, the reception of the FAX data is notified through the mobile terminal. As a result, the user who has received the notification can go to pick up the recording medium on which the FAX image is recorded, so that it is possible to prevent the recording medium from being left unattended.

According to the present invention, the fax image is not recorded on the recording medium and the beacon signal is continuously output until the user transmits the recording instruction signal to the second device that has received the beacon signal. Therefore, the recording in which the fax image is recorded is recorded. It is possible to prevent the medium from being left unattended.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a recording system 100 according to an embodiment. 2A and 2B are a block diagram of the multifunction device 10 and FIG. 2B is a block diagram of the mobile terminal 50. 3A and 3B are examples of information stored in the data storage area 32B, where FIG. 3A shows an example of a device ID, and FIG. 3B shows an example of a correspondence between a calling telephone number and a terminal ID. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the fax reception process. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the beacon signal reception process. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of transmission instruction processing. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of NFC detection processing. 8A and 8B are display examples of the display unit 53, in which FIG. 8A is an example of a menu screen and FIG. 8B is an example of a fax notification screen. FIG. 9 is a display example of the display unit 53, in which (A) a FAX data display screen and (B) are examples of a proximity instruction screen. FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the FAX reception process according to the modified example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. It is needless to say that the embodiments described below are merely examples of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention can be appropriately changed without changing the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a recording system 100 according to the present embodiment. The recording system 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a multifunction device 10 and one or more mobile terminals 50, 50A, and 50B. The multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminals 50, 50A, 50B can communicate with each other via a communication network. Specific examples of the communication network are not particularly limited, but may be, for example, a wired LAN (abbreviation of Local Area Network), a wireless LAN, or a combination thereof.

[Multifunction device 10]
As shown in FIG. 2A, the multifunction device 10 includes a printer unit 11, a fax unit 13, a display unit 23, an operation unit 24, a Wi-Fi communication unit 25, an NFC communication unit 26, and the like. It mainly includes a beacon transmitting unit 27, a CPU 31, a storage unit 32, and a communication bus 33. The components constituting the multifunction device 10 are connected to each other via the communication bus 33. The multifunction device 10 is an example of an image recording device. The FAX unit 13, the Wi-Fi (registered trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance) communication unit 25, the NFC communication unit 26, and the beacon transmission unit 27 are examples of the communication unit.

[Printer unit 11, FAX unit 13]
The printer unit 11 executes a recording process of recording the image shown in the image data on the recording paper. The recording paper is an example of a recording medium. The recording method of the printer unit 11 is not particularly limited, but for example, a known method such as an inkjet method or an electrophotographic method can be adopted. The FAX unit 13 executes a FAX process for transmitting and receiving FAX data to and from an external device according to a procedure according to the FAX protocol. The FAX unit 13 may transmit and receive FAX data through a telephone line, or may transmit and receive FAX data through an IP network. The external device is an example of the first device. Further, the multifunction device 10 further has a scanning function of reading an image recorded on a recording paper to generate image data, a copy function of reading an image recorded on the recording paper and recording the image on another recording paper, and the like. May be good.

[Display unit 23]
The display unit 23 includes a display screen for displaying various information. The specific configuration of the display unit 23 is not particularly limited, but for example, a liquid crystal display (abbreviation of Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL display (abbreviation of Organic Electro-Luminence Display), and the like can be adopted.

[Operation unit 24]
The operation unit 24 detects an operation of a user who selects an object displayed on the display screen of the display unit 23. Specifically, the operation unit 24 has, for example, a push button, and outputs various operation signals associated with the pressed push button to the CPU 31. Further, the operation unit 24 may have a film-like touch sensor superimposed on the display screen of the display unit 23. That is, the display unit 23 may be configured as a touch panel display. As the touch sensor, a well-known method such as a capacitance method or a resistance film method can be adopted.

The "object" refers to an image that can be selected by the user by operating the operation unit 24. As an example, the object is a character string displayed on the display unit 23, and one of the objects is highlighted by pressing the direction key of the operation unit 24, and high by pressing the enter button of the operation unit 24. Lighted objects may be selected. As another example, when the operation unit 24 is a touch panel, the object may be an icon, a button, a link, or the like displayed on the display unit 23, and the object displayed at the touch position may be selected.

[Wi-Fi communication unit 25]
The Wi-Fi communication unit 25 is an interface for wirelessly communicating with an external device. Specifically, the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 has wireless communication with the mobile terminals 50, 50A, 50B via the access point 80 (hereinafter, referred to as "indirect wireless communication") and the mobile terminals 50, 50A. , 50B and wireless communication without going through the access point 80 (hereinafter, referred to as "direct wireless communication") can be executed. The Wi-Fi communication unit 25 communicates, for example, according to a procedure conforming to the IEEE802.11 standard. In this case, indirect wireless communication refers to wireless communication in infrastructure mode, and direct wireless communication refers to wireless communication in ad hoc mode or Wi-Fi direct. The Wi-Fi communication unit 25 is an example of a wireless communication unit.

[NFC communication unit 26]
The NFC (abbreviation of Near Field Communication) communication unit 26 is an interface for communicating with an external device (hereinafter, referred to as “NFC communication”) in a procedure conforming to the NFC standard. The NFC communication unit 26 is equipped with an IC chip having a storage unit for exchanging information or the like with an external device. The NFC standard is an example of a near field communication standard, and the NFC communication unit is an example of a near field communication unit. Further, as another example of the proximity communication standard, TransferJet (registered trademark of the TransferJet Consortium) or the like may be adopted.

In this specification, a device capable of communicating according to a procedure conforming to the NFC standard is referred to as an "NFC device". That is, the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminals 50, 50A, 50B are examples of NFC devices. The NFC device operates in any of P2P mode, Reader mode, Writer mode, and CE mode. Further, in the present specification, the Reader mode and the Writer mode may be collectively referred to as "R / W mode".

The P2P mode is a mode for executing bidirectional communication between a pair of NFC devices.
Type A NFC equipment as defined by ISO / IEC 1443 and Type F NFC equipment as defined by ISO / IEC 18092 can operate in P2P mode. On the other hand, the Type B NFC device specified in ISO / IEC 1443 cannot operate in the P2P mode.

The R / W mode and the CE mode are modes for executing unidirectional communication between a pair of NFC devices. The CE mode is a mode for the NFC device to operate as a "card", which is a format defined by the NFC forum. TypeA, TypeF, and TypeB NFC devices can operate in CE mode. The Reader mode is a mode for reading information or the like from an NFC device operating in the CE mode. The Writer mode is a mode for writing various information to the NFC device operating in the CE mode.

In this embodiment, an example in which the multifunction device 10 operates in the R / W mode and the mobile terminal 50 operates in the CE mode will be mainly described. That is, the multifunction device 10 operating in the R / W mode can read information or the like from the mobile terminal 50 operating in the CE mode and write the information or the like to the mobile terminal 50. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, the multifunction device 10 may operate in the CE mode, the mobile terminal 50 may operate in the R / W mode, and both the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 may operate in P2P. It may operate in mode.

The NFC communication unit 26 of the multifunction device 10 in the present embodiment executes the Poll operation. The Poll operation is an operation of repeatedly transmitting a polling signal at a predetermined time interval and monitoring a response signal which is a response to the polling signal. Then, the NFC communication unit 26 that has received the response signal takes over the subsequent processing to the CPU 31. On the other hand, the NFC communication unit 56 of the mobile terminal 50 in the present embodiment executes the Listen operation. The Listen operation is an operation of monitoring the polling signal transmitted from the multifunction device 10 and transmitting a response signal on condition that the polling signal is received. Then, the NFC communication unit 56 that has transmitted the response signal takes over the subsequent processing to the CPU 61.

Next, the CPU 31 of the multifunction device 10 acquires information indicating in which mode the mobile terminal 50 can operate from the mobile terminal 50 through the NFC communication unit 26. Then, the CPU 31 determines in which mode the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 are operated based on the information acquired from the mobile terminal 50, and issues an activation command indicating the operation mode of the mobile terminal 50 to the mobile terminal through the NFC communication unit 26. Send to 50. On the other hand, the CPU 61 of the mobile terminal 50 transmits an OK command, which is a response to the activation command, to the multifunction device 10 through the NFC communication unit 56 in response to receiving the activation command from the multifunction device 10 through the NFC communication unit 56. do. As a result, an NFC communication link is established between the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50. Hereinafter, the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 transmit and receive information and the like through this communication link.

Next, the CPU 31 of the multifunction device 10 transmits a Deactivation command for disconnecting the communication link to the mobile terminal 50 through the NFC communication unit 26 when terminating the communication with the mobile terminal 50. On the other hand, the CPU 61 of the mobile terminal 50 transmits an OK command, which is a response to the Deactivation command, to the multifunction device 10 through the NFC communication unit 56 in response to receiving the Deactivation command from the multifunction device 10 through the NFC communication unit 56. As a result, the communication link between the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 is disconnected.

[Beacon transmission unit 27]
The beacon transmission unit 27 is an interface that transmits a beacon signal by a radio wave having a preset output. The radio wave constituting the beacon signal is set to an output that can be received in a range narrower than the communicable range of the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 and wider than the communicable range of the NFC communication unit 26, for example. The beacon transmission unit 27 may transmit a beacon signal in a procedure based on, for example, Bluetooth LE (abbreviation of Low Energy) (registered trademark).

The beacon transmitting unit 27 according to the present embodiment transmits a beacon signal with a radio wave having a receivable output within the range shown by the broken line in FIG. That is, the access point 80 shown in FIG. 1 may be arranged inside the receivable range of the beacon signal, or may be arranged outside the receivable range of the beacon signal. Further, the beacon signal can include various information such as a device ID, a terminal ID, a data ID, a source telephone number, or a fax data reception time, which will be described later.

[CPU31]
The CPU (abbreviation of Central Processing Unit) 31 controls the overall operation of the multifunction device 10. The CPU 31 stores various programs to be described later based on various information output from the operation unit 24 and various information acquired from an external device through the FAX unit 13, the Wi-Fi communication unit 25, or the NFC communication unit 26. Obtained from the unit 32 and executed. That is, the CPU 31 and the storage unit 32 form an example of the control unit.

[Storage 32]
The storage unit 32 has a program storage area 32A and a data storage area 32B. The OS (abbreviation of Operating System) 34 and the control program 35 are stored in the program storage area 32A. The control program 35 may be a single program or a collection of a plurality of programs. The data storage area 32B stores data or information necessary for executing the control program 35. The data storage area 32B stores the fax data received by the fax unit 13 and various information shown in FIG.
The various information shown in FIG. 3 may be changeable by the user.

The data storage area 32B stores the device ID shown in FIG. 3A. The device ID may uniquely identify the multifunction device 10. Alternatively, the same device ID may be assigned to the plurality of multifunction devices 10. For example, the device ID may indicate the manufacturer of the multifunction device 10 or may indicate the model of the multifunction device 10. The device ID is an example of device identification information.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the data storage area 32B stores the source telephone number and the terminal ID in association with each other. The calling telephone number is set in the device that has transmitted the fax data to the multifunction device 10, and is acquired through the fax unit 13 when the fax data is received. The terminal ID is set in each mobile terminal 50, 50A, 50B, for example, as shown in FIG. The terminal ID may uniquely identify the mobile terminal 50. Alternatively, the same terminal ID may be assigned to a plurality of mobile terminals 50, 50A, 50B. Further, the correspondence between the caller's telephone number and the terminal ID may be one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many. The calling telephone number is an example of the first identification information, and the terminal ID is an example of the second identification information or the terminal identification information.

It should be noted that the "data" and "information" in the present specification are common in that they are bits or bit strings that can be handled by a computer. "Data" refers to data that can be handled without the computer considering the meaning and content of each bit. On the other hand, "information" refers to information in which the operation of a computer branches depending on the meaning of each bit. Further, the "instruction" is a control signal for prompting the destination device to perform the next operation, and may include information, or has the property of information itself. There is also.

In addition, "data" and "information" are the same data and information as long as they are recognized as having the same meaning even if the format (for example, text format, binary format, flag format, etc.) is changed for each computer. Treated as. For example, the information indicating "two" is held as text format information "0x32" in ASCII code on one computer, and as binary format information "10" in binary notation on another computer. May be done.

However, the above distinction between "data" and "information" is not strict, and exceptional handling is permitted. For example, the data may be temporarily treated as information, or the information may be temporarily treated as data. Further, what is treated as data in one device may be treated as information in another device. Furthermore, information may be retrieved from the data, or data may be retrieved from the information.

The storage unit 32 is, for example, RAM (abbreviation of Random Access Memory), ROM (abbreviation of Read Only Memory), EEPROM (abbreviation of Electrically Erasable Read-Only Memory, abbreviation of CPU 31), HDD (abbreviation of HDD). It is composed of a buffer or the like or a combination thereof. The storage unit 32 may be a storage medium that can be read by a computer. A computer-readable storage medium is a non-transitional medium. In addition to the above examples, the non-transitory medium also includes recording media such as a CD-ROM and a DVD-ROM. The non-transitory medium is also a tangible medium. On the other hand, an electric signal that carries a program downloaded from a server on the Internet is a signal medium that can be read by a computer, which is a kind of medium that can be read by a computer, but is a storage that can be read by a non-transitory computer. Not included in the medium.

The program stored in the program storage area 32A is executed by the CPU 31. However, in the present specification, the operation of each program may be described by omitting the CPU 31. That is, in the following description, the description to the effect that "the program A executes the process A" may refer to "the CPU 31 executes the process A described in the program A". The same applies to the mobile terminal 50 described later.

The OS 34 controls the printer unit 11, the FAX unit 13, the display unit 23, the operation unit 24, the Wi-Fi communication unit 25, the NFC communication unit 26, the beacon transmission unit 27, and the like, which are the hardware constituting the multifunction device 10. It is a basic program that provides an API (abbreviation for Application Programming Interface) for the purpose. That is, each of the above programs controls each hardware by calling the API provided by the OS 34. However, in this specification, the operation of each program will be described by omitting OS34.
That is, in the following description, the description to the effect that "program B controls hardware C" may refer to "program B controls hardware C through the API of OS 34". The same applies to the mobile terminal 50 described later.

[Mobile terminal 50]
As shown in FIG. 2B, the mobile terminal 50 stores the display unit 53, the operation unit 54, the Wi-Fi communication unit 55, the NFC communication unit 56, the beacon receiving unit 57, the CPU 61, and the storage unit 50. A unit 62 and a communication bus 63 are mainly provided. The operation unit 54 is an example of an acquisition unit, and the Wi-Fi communication unit 55, the NFC communication unit 56, and the beacon reception unit 57 are examples of the communication unit. The display unit 53, the operation unit 54, the Wi-Fi communication unit 55, the NFC communication unit 56, the CPU 61, the storage unit 62, and the communication bus 63 included in the mobile terminal 50 are the display unit 23 and the operation unit included in the multifunction device 10. Since it is common to 24, the Wi-Fi communication unit 25, the NFC communication unit 26, the CPU 31, the storage unit 32, and the communication bus 33, the description thereof will be omitted again. Further, the configurations of the mobile terminals 50A and 50B are the same as those of the mobile terminal 50. The mobile terminals 50, 50A, and 50B are examples of the second device.

The beacon receiving unit 57 is an interface for receiving the beacon signal transmitted from the multifunction device 10. The procedure supported by the beacon receiving unit 57 corresponds to the beacon transmitting unit 27 of the multifunction device 10. Further, the OS 64 and the control program 65 are stored in the program storage area 62A of the storage unit 62. Further, in the data storage area 62B, the device ID "MFC-A" of the multifunction device 10 and the terminal ID "abc" shown in FIG. 1 are stored. The device ID and the terminal ID stored in the data storage area 62B may be changed by the user. Further, the data ID can be stored in the data storage area 62B.

[Operation of recording system 100]
The operation of the recording system 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9. In the recording system 100 according to the present embodiment, the multifunction device 10 notifies the mobile terminal 50 of the reception of the fax data, and based on the instruction from the mobile terminal 50, the processing of recording the image indicated by the fax data on the recording paper. A process of transmitting the FAX data to the mobile terminal 50 or a process of deleting the FAX data is executed.

[FAX reception processing]
The control program 35 of the multifunction device 10 causes the multifunction device 10 to execute the fax reception process shown in FIG. 4 in response to receiving fax data from an external device (not shown) through the fax unit 13. Since the specific procedure for receiving the fax data is already known, detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, "according to" in this specification indicates that the processing described after the character string is executed when the condition described before the character string is satisfied. It should be noted that the timing at which the processing is executed may be after the condition is satisfied, and does not necessarily have to be immediately after the condition is satisfied.

First, the control program 35 stores the fax data received through the fax unit 13 in the data storage area 32B (S11). Further, the control program 35 stores the data ID that identifies the received fax data in the data storage area 32B in association with the fax data. The data ID is an example of identification information and is generated by the control program 35. The control program 35 may generate, for example, the smallest numerical value that has not yet been assigned to the FAX data among the numerical values starting with "001" as the data ID. The process of step S11 is an example of a storage process. Further, the control program 35 may store the sender telephone number set in the device of the transmission source of the fax data, the reception time of the fax data, and the like in the data storage area 32B in association with the fax data. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the data ID is "001", the calling telephone number is "03-aaaa-bbbb", and the receiving time is "April 25, 2014 10:45:29".

Next, the control program 35 starts transmitting the beacon signal through the beacon transmitting unit 27 (S12). The control program 35 has a sender telephone number "03-aaaa-bbbb", a fax data reception time "April 25, 2014 10:45:29", and a data ID "001" for identifying the received fax data. The device ID "MFC-A" set in the multifunction device 10 and the terminal ID "abc" stored in the data storage area 32B in association with the source telephone number are included in the beacon signal and transmitted. After that, the beacon signal is repeatedly transmitted at predetermined time intervals until any one of steps S15, S17, and S18 is executed. The process of step S12 is an example of the beacon transmission process.

The execution order of steps S11 and S12 is not limited to the example of FIG. For example, the control program 35 generates a data ID in response to receiving the FAX data, starts transmitting a beacon signal including the data ID, and then associates the FAX data with the data ID to store the data. It may be stored in the area 32B.

Next, the control program 35 waits until the instruction signal from the mobile terminals 50, 50A, 50B that has received the beacon signal is received through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 (S13). Further, the control program 35 causes the NFC communication unit 26 to execute the Poll operation. It is assumed that the various instruction signals received in step S13 include at least the data ID "001" that identifies the FAX data.

Then, the control program 35 causes the printer unit 11 to execute the recording process in response to receiving the recording instruction signal from the mobile terminal 50 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 (S13: recording instruction) (S14). Specifically, the control program 35 reads out the fax data stored in the data storage area 32B in association with the data ID "001" included in the recording instruction signal, and outputs the image indicated by the fax data to the recording paper. To record in the printer unit 11.
The process of step S14 is an example of the recording process.

Next, the control program 35 stops the beacon signal transmission to the beacon transmission unit 27 (S15) in response to the completion of the recording process by the printer unit 11, and ends the fax reception process. The beacon signal including the data ID "001" is stopped in step S15. Further, the control program 35 may delete the fax data used for the recording process and various information associated with the fax data from the data storage area 62B.
Step S15 is an example of the beacon stop process. The same applies to steps S17 and S18 described later.

Further, the control program 35 associates with the data ID "001" included in the transmission instruction signal in response to receiving the transmission instruction signal from the mobile terminal 50 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 (S13: transmission instruction). The FAX data stored in the data storage area 32B is read out, and the FAX data is transmitted to the mobile terminal 50 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 (S16). Step S16 is an example of transmission processing. Then, the control program 35 causes the beacon transmission unit 27 to stop the transmission of the beacon signal including the data ID "001" in response to the completion of the transmission process (S17). On the other hand, the FAX data or the like corresponding to the data ID "001" is continuously stored in the data storage area 32B.

Further, the control program 35 corresponds to the data ID "001" included in the deletion instruction signal in response to receiving the deletion instruction signal from the mobile terminal 50 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 (S13: deletion instruction). The fax data and various information associated with the fax data are deleted from the data storage area 32B (S18). The process of step S18 is an example of the deletion process. Then, the control program 35 stops the transmission of the beacon signal including the data ID "001" to the beacon transmission unit 27 (S19) in response to the completion of the deletion processing, and ends the FAX reception processing.

In step S13, the control program 35 may receive various instruction signals from the mobile terminal 50 by either indirect wireless communication or direct wireless communication. Alternatively, the control program 35 may receive various instruction signals from the mobile terminal 50 by NFC communication in step S13. Further, the control program 35 may transmit the FAX data to the mobile terminal 50 by either indirect wireless communication or direct wireless communication in step S16. Alternatively, the control program 35 may transmit the FAX data to the mobile terminal 50 by TransferJet in step S16.

[Beacon signal reception processing]
Next, the control program 65 of the mobile terminal 50 causes the mobile terminal 50 to execute the beacon signal reception process shown in FIG. 5 in response to receiving the beacon signal from the multifunction device 10 through the beacon receiving unit 57. That is, the beacon receiving unit 57 continuously monitors the beacon signal. Hereinafter, it is assumed that the beacon signal transmitted from the multifunction device 10 is received in the above-mentioned FAX reception process. Further, the execution order of steps S21 to S24 is not limited to the example of FIG.

First, the control program 65 compares the received signal strength of the beacon signal received through the beacon receiving unit 57 (referred to as “RSSI” in FIG. 5) with a predetermined threshold strength (S21). The circuit for measuring the received signal strength is mounted on, for example, the beacon receiving unit 57. Further, the threshold strength corresponds to, for example, the received signal strength of the beacon signal received from the multifunction device 10 separated by a predetermined distance (for example, 1 m).

Next, the control program 65 determines the device ID included in the received beacon signal and the device ID "MFC" stored in the data storage area 62B according to the received signal strength being less than the threshold value (S21: Yes). -A "is compared (S22). On the other hand, the control program 65 ends the beacon signal reception process according to the reception signal strength equal to or higher than the threshold strength (S21: No).

Next, the control program 65 determines that the device ID included in the beacon signal and the terminal ID included in the beacon signal correspond to the device ID stored in the data storage area 62B (S22: Yes). It is compared with the terminal ID "abc" stored in the data storage area 62B (S23). On the other hand, the control program 65 ends the beacon signal reception process according to the difference between the device ID included in the beacon signal and the device ID stored in the data storage area 62B (S22: No).

Next, the control program 65 determines that the terminal ID included in the beacon signal matches the terminal ID stored in the data storage area 62B (S23: Yes), and the data ID "001" included in the beacon signal. It is determined whether or not "is stored in the data storage area 62B (S24). On the other hand, the control program 65 ends the beacon signal reception process according to the difference between the terminal ID included in the beacon signal and the terminal ID stored in the data storage area 62B (S23: No).

Next, the control program 65 stores the data ID included in the beacon signal in the data storage area 62B according to the fact that the data ID included in the beacon signal is not yet stored in the data storage area 62B (S24: Yes) (S25). .. On the other hand, the control program 65 ends the beacon signal reception process according to the fact that the data ID included in the beacon signal is already stored in the data storage area 62B (S24: No).

Next, the control program 65 notifies that the multifunction device 10 has received the FAX data (S26). For example, in the menu screen shown in FIG. 8A, the control program 65 prompts the user to tap the button D for displaying the FAX notification screen among the plurality of buttons A to F included in the menu screen. In this embodiment, a "!" Mark is displayed at the upper right of the button D. This "!" Mark disappears when the FAX notification screen is displayed. The control program 65 may further notify that the multifunction device 10 has received the fax data by outputting sound from a speaker mounted on the mobile terminal 50, vibrating the mobile terminal 50, or the like. That is, the processing up to step S25 is executed in the background, and the processing after step S26 is executed in the foreground.

Next, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the FAX notification screen in response to the operation of the user who taps the button D on the menu screen being detected by the operation unit 54.
FIG. 8B is an example of a fax notification screen. The FAX notification screen shown in FIG. 8B shows the message "FAX has been received", the caller's telephone number "03-aaaa-bbbb" included in the beacon signal, and the reception time "2014/04/25". 10:45:29 ", including a record button and a receive button. Step S26 is an example of the notification process for notifying that the multifunction device 10 has received the FAX data.

Next, the control program 65 waits until an instruction is obtained from the user through the operation unit 54 (S27). Then, the control program 65 executes the recording instruction process (S28) in response to the detection of the user's operation of tapping the record button by the operation unit 54 (S27: record button), and ends the beacon signal reception process. do. On the other hand, the control program 65 executes the transmission instruction process (S29) in response to the detection of the user's operation of tapping the receive button by the operation unit 54 (S27: receive button), and ends the beacon signal reception process. do. The operation of tapping the record button is an example of inputting a recording instruction, and the operation of tapping the receiving button is an example of inputting a receiving instruction.

In the example of FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 50A also receives the beacon signal transmitted from the multifunction device 10. However, since the terminal ID "abc" included in the beacon signal and the terminal ID "def" set in the mobile terminal 50A are different (S23: No), the following processing is not executed in the mobile terminal 50A. Further, since the mobile terminal 50B shown in FIG. 1 does not receive the beacon signal transmitted from the multifunction device 10, the beacon signal reception process is not executed.

[Send instruction processing]
The control program 65 determines whether or not the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 is connected to the access point 80 in the transmission instruction process (S31). The state in which the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 is connected to the access point 80 is, for example, WEP (abbreviation of Wired Equivalent Privacy), WPA (abbreviation of Wi-Fi Protected Access), or AES (Advanced Encryption Stand). It refers to a state in which wireless signals can be transmitted and received between the mobile terminal 50 and the access point 80 after authentication by (omitted) or the like is completed.

The control program 65 sends a transmission instruction signal including the data ID "001" included in the beacon signal to the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 according to the connection to the access point 80 (S31: Yes). -Transmit to the multifunction device 10 through the Fi communication unit 55 (S32). Then, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the fax data screen in response to receiving the fax data identified by the data ID "001" from the multifunction device 10 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 (S33). .. FIG. 9A is an example of a fax data screen. The FAX data screen shown in FIG. 9A includes an image 90 indicated by FAX data received from the multifunction device 10, a record button, and a delete button. The process of step S33 is an example of the display control process.

Next, the control program 65 waits until an instruction is obtained from the user through the operation unit 54 (S34). Then, the control program 65 sends a recording instruction signal including the data ID "001" to the Wi-Fi communication unit in response to the operation of the user who taps the record button detected by the operation unit 54 (S34: record button). It is transmitted (S35) to the multifunction device 10 through 55, and the transmission instruction process is completed. On the other hand, the control program 65 sends a deletion instruction signal including the data ID "001" to the Wi-Fi communication unit in response to the operation of the user who taps the delete button detected by the operation unit 54 (S34: delete button). It is transmitted (S36) to the multifunction device 10 through 55, and the transmission instruction process is completed.

Further, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the proximity instruction screen according to the fact that the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 is not connected to the access point 80 (S31: No) (S37), and performs transmission instruction processing. finish. Further, the control program 65 causes the NFC communication unit 56 to execute the Listen operation. The Wi-Fi communication unit 55 is not connected to the access point 80, for example, when the connection setting to the access point 80 is not set to the Wi-Fi communication unit 55, or the radio wave from the access point 80 is set to Wi. -For example, when the Fi communication unit 55 cannot receive the signal.

FIG. 9B is an example of a proximity instruction screen. The proximity instruction screen shown in FIG. 9B is a screen for urging the mobile terminal 50 to move to a position where the polling signal transmitted from the NFC communication unit 26 of the multifunction device 10 can be received by the NFC communication unit 56. be. The position where the polling signal can be received is, for example, the inside of a sphere having a radius of about 10 cm centered on the multifunction device 10. The process of step S37 is an example of a notification process for notifying that the mobile terminal 50 is brought closer to the multifunction device 10 to the extent that proximity wireless communication is possible.

The recording instruction processing is obtained by extracting steps S31, S35, and S37 from the transmission instruction processing shown in FIG. That is, in the recording instruction processing, the control program 65 transmits the recording instruction signal to the multifunction device 10 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 in response to the fact that the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 is connected to the access point 80. On the other hand, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the proximity instruction screen according to the fact that the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 is not connected to the access point 80.

[NFC detection processing]
Next, the control program 65 executes the NFC detection process shown in FIG. 7 in response to receiving the polling signal from the multifunction device 10 through the NFC communication unit 56. The NFC communication unit 26 of the multifunction device 10 executes the Poll operation at least when the beacon signal is transmitted from the beacon transmission unit 27. Further, the NFC communication unit 56 of the mobile terminal 50 executes the Listen operation at least when the proximity instruction screen is displayed on the display unit 53. The detailed description of the processing common to the beacon signal reception processing and the transmission instruction processing will be omitted.

First, the control program 65 directly connects to the multifunction device 10 via Wi-Fi in response to receiving the polling signal through the NFC communication unit 56 (S41). The control program 65 acquires connection information from the multifunction device 10 through the NFC communication unit 56, and makes a Wi-Fi direct connection using the connection information. For example, the NFC communication unit 26 operating in the R / W mode writes the connection information to the IC chip of the NFC communication unit 56 operating in the CE mode. The connection information is information necessary for performing a Wi-Fi direct connection, and is, for example, an SSID (abbreviation of Service Set Identifier), an encryption key, or the like.

Next, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the FAX notification screen in response to the completion of the Wi-Fi direct connection (S42). Then, the control program 65 sends a recording instruction signal including the data ID "001" to the Wi-Fi communication unit in response to the user's operation of tapping the record button detected by the operation unit 54 (S43: record button). It is transmitted to the multifunction device 10 (S44) through 55, and the NFC detection process is terminated. On the other hand, the control program 65 sends a transmission instruction signal including the data ID "001" to the Wi-Fi communication unit in response to the operation of the user who taps the receive button detected by the operation unit 54 (S43: receive button). It is transmitted to the multifunction device 10 through 55 (S45).

Next, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the fax data screen in response to receiving the fax data identified by the data ID "001" from the multifunction device 10 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 55 (S46). ). Then, the control program 65 sends a recording instruction signal including the data ID "001" to the Wi-Fi communication unit in response to the operation of the user who taps the record button detected by the operation unit 54 (S47: record button). It is transmitted to the multifunction device 10 (S44) through 55, and the NFC detection process is terminated. On the other hand, the control program 65 sends a deletion instruction signal including the data ID "001" to the Wi-Fi communication unit in response to the operation of the user who taps the delete button detected by the operation unit 54 (S47: delete button). It is transmitted (S48) to the multifunction device 10 through 55, and the NFC detection process is terminated.

The control program 65 transmits various instruction signals to the multifunction device 10 by indirect wireless communication in steps S32, S35, S36, and S37 of FIG. Further, the control program 65 receives the FAX data from the multifunction device 10 by indirect wireless communication in step S33 of FIG. On the other hand, the control program 65 transmits various instruction signals to the multifunction device 10 by direct wireless communication in steps S44, S45, and S48 of FIG. 7. Further, the control program 65 receives the FAX data from the multifunction device 10 by direct wireless communication in step S45 of FIG. 7.

However, the transmission / reception method is not limited to the above combination. For example, the control program 65 may transmit various instruction signals to the multifunction device 10 by NFC communication in steps S32, S35 to S37, S44, S45, and S48. Further, the control program 65 may receive FAX data from the multifunction device 10 by TransferJet in steps S33 and S45.

Further, tapping the record button, the receive button, and the delete button is an example of a confirmation completion instruction indicating that the notification of the fax data reception has been confirmed. Further, the recording instruction signal, the transmission instruction signal, and the deletion instruction signal are examples of the instruction signals including the instruction to stop the transmission of the beacon signal.
That is, the recording instruction signal is a signal instructing to stop sending the beacon signal and to execute the recording process. Further, the transmission instruction signal is a signal instructing to stop the transmission of the beacon signal and execute the transmission process. Further, the deletion instruction signal is a signal instructing to stop transmission of the beacon signal and execute the deletion process.

[Action and effect of this embodiment]
The multifunction device 10 according to the above embodiment executes processing (S14, S16, S18) according to the instruction signal in response to receiving various instruction signals from the mobile terminal 50 (S13), and also performs a beacon signal. Is stopped (S15, S17, S19). In other words, the processing for the FAX data is not executed and the beacon signal continues to be transmitted until the user causes the mobile terminal 50 that has received the beacon signal to transmit various instruction signals. As a result, it is possible to prevent the recording paper on which the FAX image is recorded from being left unattended.

Note that the transmission is stopped in steps S15, S17, and S19 because of the beacon signal including the data ID "001" included in the instruction signal received in step S13. That is, the transmission of the beacon signal including the data ID different from "001" or the beacon signal not including the data ID may be continued. As a result, it is possible to individually notify that a plurality of FAX data have been received. For example, the beacon transmitting unit 27 may repeatedly transmit the beacon signal at predetermined time intervals regardless of whether or not the fax data has been received. Then, the control program 35 may include the data ID corresponding to the fax data in the beacon signal repeatedly transmitted in response to receiving the fax data through the fax unit 13.

As an example, when the FAX data identified by the data IDs "001", "002", and "003" is stored in the data storage area 62B, the control program 35 controls the control program 35 to repeatedly transmit the beacon signals by the beacon transmission unit 27, respectively. The data IDs "001", "002", and "003" are set in this order. As a result, the beacon signal including the data ID "001", the beacon signal including the data ID "002", and the beacon signal including the data ID "003" are repeatedly transmitted in order. That is, the beacon signal in this example can include only one data ID. Then, the control program 35 sequentially includes a plurality of data IDs for identifying each of the plurality of FAX data stored in the data storage area 62B in each of the beacon signals repeatedly transmitted by the beacon transmission unit 27. May be good.

Then, the control program 35 stops including the data ID "001" in the beacon signal in response to receiving the instruction signal including the data ID "001" through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25. That is, after that, the beacon signal including the data ID "002" and the beacon signal including the data ID "003" are repeatedly transmitted in order. Then, after the instruction signals for all the data IDs are received, the beacon signals not including the data IDs are repeatedly transmitted at predetermined intervals.

As another example, when the FAX data identified by the data IDs "001", "002", and "003" is stored in the data storage area 62B, the control program 35 is a beacon repeatedly transmitted by the beacon transmitting unit 27. The signal may include all the data IDs "001", "002", and "003". As a result, the beacon signal including the data IDs "001", "002", and "003" is repeatedly transmitted. That is, the beacon signal in this example can include a plurality of data IDs. Then, the control program 35 may include all the data IDs that identify each of the plurality of FAX data stored in the data storage area 62B in each of the beacon signals repeatedly transmitted by the beacon transmission unit 27.

Then, the control program 35 stops including the data ID "001" in the beacon signal in response to receiving the instruction signal including the data ID "001" through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25. That is, after that, the beacon signal including the data IDs "002" and "003" is repeatedly transmitted. Then, after the instruction signals for all the data IDs are received, the beacon signals not including the data IDs are repeatedly transmitted at predetermined intervals.

Further, it is not always necessary to execute the beacon stop processing at all timings of steps S15, S17, and S19. For example, the mobile terminal 50 according to the above embodiment always transmits a transmission instruction signal before transmitting the deletion instruction signal. That is, if the beacon stop processing is executed in step S17, it can be considered that the beacon stop processing in step S19 can be omitted. Alternatively, the fax data is deleted from the data storage area 32B in steps S14 and S18. Therefore, when the beacon stop process is executed in step S17, only the notification to the mobile terminal 50 is stopped even though the FAX data is stored in the data storage area 32B. That is, the beacon stop processing in step S17 may be omitted, and the beacon stop processing may be executed in steps S15 and S19.

Further, according to the above embodiment, when the user who possesses the mobile terminal 50 enters a predetermined range including the multifunction device 10, the reception of FAX data is notified through the mobile terminal 50. The output of the radio wave constituting the beacon signal may be set to a size that can be received by the mobile terminal 50 in the floor or the building where the multifunction device 10 is installed, for example. As a result, the reception of the FAX data is notified only to the user who can go to the side of the multifunction device 10 immediately, so that the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 are notified like an e-mail or SMS (short for Short Message Service). Compared with a method in which a message can be transmitted and received regardless of the distance to and from, it is possible to more effectively suppress the recording paper on which the FAX image is recorded from being left unattended.

Further, since the beacon signal according to the above embodiment includes the device ID and the terminal ID, the reception of the fax data is notified only to the user who needs the fax data.
In the above embodiment, an example of changing the terminal ID included in the beacon signal according to the caller's telephone number has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the beacon signal transmitted from the multifunction device 10 is always the same terminal. The ID may be included. Alternatively, the terminal ID included in the beacon signal may be changed according to the number of transmissions.

Specifically, the beacon signal including the data ID "001" has the terminal ID "abc" at the time of the first to Mth transmission, and the terminal IDs "abc" and "def" at the time of the (M + 1) th to Nth transmission. May include the terminal IDs "abc", "def", and "xyz" at the time of transmission after the (N + 1) th time. Both M and N are natural numbers, and M <N. As described above, as the number of transmissions of the beacon signal including the same data ID increases, the number of terminal IDs included in the beacon signal can be increased so that the reception of the FAX data can be recognized more quickly.

Further, the multifunction device 10 according to the above embodiment does not notify the reception of the FAX data indicated by the beacon signal even if the beacon signal whose received signal strength is equal to or higher than the threshold strength is received.
As a result, it is possible to prevent the reception of the FAX data from being notified by the mobile terminal 50 of the user who is in the immediate vicinity of the multifunction device 10. Further, even if the multifunction device 10 according to the above embodiment receives the beacon signal including the data ID already stored in the data storage area 62B, the multifunction device 10 does not notify the reception of the FAX data identified by the data ID. This makes it possible to prevent repeated notifications of the same content. However, the control program 65 may count the number of received beacon signals including the same data ID and execute notification each time the count value reaches a threshold value.

In the above embodiment, an example in which all of the recording instruction signal, the transmission instruction signal, and the deletion instruction signal are transmitted and received by indirect wireless communication or direct wireless communication has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a part of the instruction signal may be transmitted and received by NFC communication. For example, the recording instruction signal may be transmitted / received only by NFC communication. As a result, since the recording instruction signal cannot be transmitted unless the user possessing the mobile terminal 50 comes to the immediate side of the multifunction device 10, it is possible to more effectively suppress the recording paper on which the FAX image is recorded from being left unattended.

In this case, the control program 65 causes the display unit 53 to display the proximity instruction screen in response to the operation of the user who taps the record button detected by the operation unit 54 (S27: record button, S34: record button). You may. Alternatively, the control program 65 omits the record button from the FAX notification screen displayed in step S26 of FIG. 5 and the FAX data screen displayed in step S33 of FIG. 6, and the NFC communication unit is displayed when each screen is displayed. 56 may be made to perform a Listen operation. Then, the control program 65 may display the recording confirmation screen including the recording button on the display unit 53 in response to the NFC communication unit 56 receiving the polling signal.

Further, the indirect wireless communication is not limited to the wireless communication being performed in the entire communication section. That is, the indirect wireless communication between the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 means that the wireless communication is performed between the multifunction device 10 and the access point 80 and between the mobile terminal 50 and the access point 80. It's okay if it's done. More specifically, "the mobile terminal 50 wirelessly transmits information or data by indirect wireless communication" and "the mobile terminal 50 wirelessly receives information or data by indirect wireless communication" mean at least the mobile terminal 50. It suffices if there is a wireless section between the access point 80 and the wireless section.

[Modification example]
Further, in the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the recording process is not executed at the time when the FAX data is received, but the recording process is executed according to the reception of the recording instruction signal from the mobile terminal 50. However, the execution timing of the recording process is not limited to this. The FAX reception process according to the modified example will be described with reference to FIG. The detailed description of the parts common to the processing of FIG. 4 will be omitted, and the differences will be mainly described.

The control program 35 of the multifunction device 10 causes the printer unit 11 to execute a recording process of recording an image indicated by the fax data on a recording sheet in response to receiving fax data from an external device through the fax unit 13 (S51). ). Next, the control program 35 repeatedly sends out the beacon signal including the data ID that identifies the FAX data for which the recording process was executed in step S51 through the beacon sending unit 27 (S52). Then, the control program 35 stops transmitting the beacon signal including the data ID in response to receiving the stop instruction signal including the data ID from the mobile terminal 50 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 25 (S53: Yes). (S54).

On the other hand, the control program 65 of the mobile terminal 50 notifies the reception of the FAX data identified by the data ID included in the beacon signal in response to receiving the beacon signal from the multifunction device 10 through the beacon receiving unit 57. Then, when the operation of the user who taps the confirmation button displayed on the display unit 53 is detected by the operation unit 54, the stop instruction signal may be transmitted to the multifunction device 10 through the Wi-Fi communication unit 55. The stop instruction signal may be transmitted / received by any of indirect wireless communication, direct wireless communication, and NFC communication.

In the multifunction device 10 and the mobile terminal 50 of each embodiment, various programs stored in the program storage areas 32A and 62A of the storage units 32 and 62 are executed by the CPUs 31 and 61, whereby the control unit of the present invention can be used. An example of realizing each process to be executed was explained. However, the configuration of the control unit is not limited to this, and a part or all of the control unit may be realized by hardware such as an integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC (abbreviation of Integrated Circuit)).

Further, the present invention can be realized not only as a multifunction device 10 or a mobile terminal 50, but also as a program for causing the multifunction device 10 or the mobile terminal 50 to execute a process. Then, the program may be recorded and provided on a non-transitory recording medium. The non-transitory recording medium may include a storage unit mounted on a server device that can be connected to the multifunction device 10 or the mobile terminal 50 via a communication network, in addition to a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, and the like. Then, the program stored in the storage unit of the server device may be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet as information or a signal indicating the program.

10 ... Multifunction device 11 ... Printer unit 13 ... FAX unit 25 ... Wi-Fi communication unit 26 ... NFC communication unit 27 ... Beacon transmission unit 31 ... CPU
32 ... Storage unit 35 ... Control programs 50, 50A, 50B ... Mobile terminal 53 ... Display unit 54 ... Operation unit 55 ... Wi-Fi communication unit 56 ... NFC communication unit 57 ... Beacon receiver 61 ... CPU
62 ... Storage unit 65 ... Control program 80 ... Access point 100 ... Recording system

Claims (8)

The first communication unit capable of wireless communication with the first device, which is an external device,
The second communication unit, which is capable of wireless communication with the second device, which is an external device, and has a narrower communication range than the first communication unit,
An image processing unit that performs image processing and
A recording unit that records images on a recording medium,
Memory and
It has a control unit and
The control unit
In response to receiving image data from the first device, which is the external device, through the first communication unit, it is notified that image data has been received from the first device, which is the external device, through the second communication unit. And the transmission process to send the signal to be
Output processing to output the image indicated by the image data and
A first stop process for stopping the transmission of the signal according to the reception of a specific instruction from the second device, which is the external device, and the execution of the output process.
And run
In the output process, the control unit causes the recording unit to perform recording in response to receiving a recording instruction from the second device, which is the external device.
Image processing device. The signal is a beacon signal and
The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit can transmit the beacon signal by a radio wave having a preset output. The image processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first communication unit is capable of wireless communication via an access point. The image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control unit executes the transmission process in response to receiving the image data from the first device. The control unit
The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the image data is output to the second apparatus in the output processing. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the control unit transmits the signal including identification information for identifying the image data in the transmission process. The sixth aspect of the present invention, wherein the control unit executes a second stop process for stopping the transmission of the signal in response to receiving the stop signal including the identification information from the second device, which is the external device. Image processing equipment. The control unit
In response to receiving the image data, a storage process for storing the image data in the storage unit is executed.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the deletion process of deleting the image data from the storage unit is executed in response to receiving the deletion instruction of the image data from the second device which is the external device. Image processing equipment.

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