JPH11175445A - Oa device integrated system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control various OA devices with one network address by providing a connecting means to a network, a disk drive connecting means of a CD-R/RW, a printer connecting means, a scanner connecting means, a digital camera connecting means, etc. SOLUTION: A CD-R/RW device 2 that is connected to a system bus 9 writes data on a CD-R/RW disk, a printer 3 prints data of this system and a scanner 4 and a digital camera 5 reads an image. A network connecting part 8 controls communication on a network LAN with a protocol such as a TCP/IP. A CPU 1 collectively controls the entire system with a program for a HTTP server which is stored in a program storing part 7 for a HTTP server, a program which is held by a program storing part 6 for OA devices, etc., and controls various OA devices and carries out prescribed operation, processing, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a CD-R / RW
The present invention relates to a system using various OA devices such as a drive, a printer, a scanner, and a digital camera on a network, that is, an OA device integrated system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of OA equipment that can be used on a network, for example, CD-R or CD-RW or D
Disk drives such as VD-R / RAM and the like (hereinafter collectively referred to as CD-R / RW) and devices themselves such as printers, scanners, and digital cameras have been conventionally known. In addition, for example, a network snapshot camera for the Internet / intranet can easily send an image via a network, and is used for monitoring, Internet publishing, database systems, and the like. The camera can also capture color images immediately via a standard Web browser if connected directly to Ethernet.

[0003]

As described in the prior art, a CD-ROM which can be used on a network is used.
Various OA devices such as R / RW drives, printers, scanners, and digital cameras have already been known.
However, these OA devices are used in different ways, and there is no means for using them in an integrated environment on a network. In the present invention, the CD-
A first object is to realize a system in which various OA devices such as an R / RW drive, a printer, a scanner, and a digital camera can be controlled by a single network address (the invention of claim 1). In addition, various OA devices are connected to terminals such as personal computers on a network (hereinafter referred to as PCs).
, WWW (World Wide W)
eb) A second task is to make it possible to use the browser collectively only with a browser (claims 2 and 3).

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the O
A device integration system includes a network connection unit, a CD-R / RW disk drive connection unit, a printer connection unit, a scanner connection unit, a digital camera connection unit, an HTTP server function, and the CD-R.
/ RW drive writing / reading means, printing on the printer, reading means from the scanner, and reading means from the digital camera.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a CD-R / RW drive (CD-R / RW)
RW disk) homepage, printer homepage, scanner homepage, digital camera homepage, and a homepage of an OA equipment integrated system that integrates these homepages and links to the respective homepages.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the OA equipment integrated system according to the second aspect, wherein first means for controlling execution of a means for writing / reading from a home page of the CD-R / RW drive to the CD-R / RW drive. And the second controlling the execution of the printing means from the printer home page to the printer
Means, a third means for controlling execution of reading means from the scanner homepage from the scanner, and a fourth means for controlling execution of reading means from the digital camera homepage from the digital camera.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First Embodiment This first embodiment corresponds to the invention of claim 1, but also relates to the inventions of claims 2 and 3. The invention of claim 1 is a basic invention. The first embodiment has a feature in the configuration of the OA equipment integrated system, and therefore the hardware configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a main part configuration of an OA equipment integrated system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a CPU, 2 is a CD
-R / RW device, 3 is a printer, 4 is a scanner, 5
Is a digital camera, 6 is a program storage for OA equipment,
Reference numeral 7 denotes an HTTP server program storage unit, 8 denotes a network connection unit, 9 denotes a system bus, and LAN denotes a network.

The function of each part is roughly as follows. C
DR / RW device 2, printer 3, scanner 4
The digital camera 5 is an example of various OA devices connected to the system bus 9. First, the CD-R / RW device 2 has a function of writing data to a CD-R / RW disc and reading the written data. The printer 3 is a printing unit that prints data included in the system. The scanner 4 has a predetermined resolution,
This is a means for reading an image. The digital camera 5 is also a means for reading an image.

The OA equipment program storage section 6 contains a CD.
A program for controlling writing / reading to / from a CD-R / RW disc in the R / RW device 2, a program for controlling printing to the printer 3, and a scanner 4.
A program for controlling various OA devices, such as a program for controlling reading from the digital camera 5 and a program for controlling reading from the digital camera 5, is stored. HT
The TP server program storage unit 7 stores a PC (not shown) on a network LAN (local area network) and a program for controlling information distribution by hypertext.

The network connection unit 8 controls communication on a network LAN according to a protocol such as TCP / IP. The CPU 1 controls the entire system of FIG. 1 by a program for the HTTP server stored in the program storage unit 7 for the HTTP server, a program for controlling various OA devices stored in the program storage unit 6 for the OA device, and the like. In addition to performing overall control, it performs predetermined calculations and processes. The OA equipment integrated system according to the present invention includes the units 1 to 8 having the above-described functions. Therefore, the PC on the network
OA devices connected to the OA device integrated system through only one network address (FIG. 1)
Means 1 to 5) can be used. Regarding the OA equipment integrated system according to the first embodiment,
The control operation of various OA devices by the PC on the network will be described in detail with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described below (third embodiment).

Second Embodiment The second embodiment corresponds to the second aspect of the invention, but also relates to the first and third aspects of the invention. In the second embodiment, in the OA device integrated system of FIG. 1 described in the first embodiment, a homepage is provided for each OA device, and these homepages are integrated, and the respective homepages are integrated. O to link to
A homepage of the A-device integrated system is provided, and a PC on the network can control the OA-device integrated system only by installing a hypertext such as a WWW browser through the homepage of the OA-device integrated system. It has a feature in that

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a main part configuration according to a second embodiment of the OA equipment integrated system of the present invention. Reference numerals in the figure are the same as those in FIG. 1, and reference numeral 11 denotes various homepage storage units.

In the OA equipment integrated system shown in FIG. 2, various homepage storages 11 are newly added to the system shown in FIG. In the various homepage storage section 11, a homepage of a CD-R / RW drive, a homepage of a printer, a homepage of a scanner, a homepage of a digital camera, and a homepage of an OA equipment integrated system are provided. A dedicated homepage created for each OA device and a homepage for controlling these various OA devices are stored. With the configuration shown in FIG. 2, the O described in the first embodiment is used.
In addition to the effects of the A-device integrated system, the PC on the network can control the OA-device integrated system only by installing a hypertext such as a WWW browser. OA according to the second embodiment described above
The specific control operation of the device integrated system by the PC on the network will be described in the following third embodiment with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.

Third Embodiment The third embodiment corresponds to the third aspect of the present invention, but also relates to the first and second aspects of the present invention. The hardware configuration is the same as that in FIG. 2 described in the second embodiment. In the third embodiment, a CD-R / RW disc (CD-R / RW drive) home page is added to the OA device integrated system according to the second embodiment.
A first unit for controlling execution of a unit for writing / reading to the R / RW drive, a second unit for controlling execution of a unit for printing from the home page of the printer to the printer,
It is characterized in that third means for controlling execution of reading means from the scanner homepage from the scanner and fourth means for controlling execution of reading means from the digital camera homepage from the digital camera are provided. Each of these means causes a homepage of the OA equipment integrated system accessed from a PC on the network to hold link information to homepages of various OA equipments,
Further, the homepage of the various OA devices is configured as software by holding link information to a program for controlling each OA device. Next, in the OA device integrated system according to the third embodiment, a flowchart shows a control operation of various OA devices by a PC on a network.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show various types of OA by a PC on a network for the OA equipment integrated system of the present invention.
It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the main processing of apparatus control. In the figure, # 1 to # 14 indicate steps, and ~ indicate connections.

In step # 1, it is checked whether a PC connected to the network has accessed the homepage of the OA device integrated system. If access to the homepage of the OA device integrated system has not been made, it is checked in step # 2 whether another process is to be performed. When performing another process, the process proceeds to step # 6 (from connection), performs another process, and ends the flow of FIG. 3. When another process is not performed, the process returns to step # 1 again, and the same process is performed.

On the other hand, as a result of checking whether or not access to the homepage of the OA equipment integrated system has been made in step # 1 above, if access to the homepage has occurred, in step # 3, the HTTP server program sets the OA The homepage of the device integration system is transmitted to the PC that generated the access. Step # 4
Then, it is checked whether or not the PC on the network has accessed an OA device integrated system other than the homepage. When an access to a place other than the homepage occurs, it is checked in step # 5 whether another process is to be performed. When performing another process, after performing another process in step # 6, the flow of FIG. 3 ends. If another process is not to be performed, the process returns to step # 1 again, and the same process is performed.

On the other hand, as a result of checking in step # 4 whether or not an access to a site other than the homepage of the OA device integrated system has been made,
However, if no access has been made to anything other than the home page, the process proceeds from the connection in FIG. 3 to step # 7 in FIG. 4, and checks whether the PC on the network has selected the home page of the CD-R / RW disc. . When the homepage is selected, the process proceeds to step # 8, in which the HTTP server program activates the program for reading / writing from / to the CD-R / RW disc, and then returns from the connection in FIG. 4 to the previous step # 4 in FIG. Then, the same processing is performed.

Also, as a result of checking in step # 7,
If the homepage of the CD-R / RW disc has not been selected, in step # 9, the PC on the network
Checks if he has selected the printer home page. When homepage is selected, step # 1
0, the HTTP server program activates the printing program for the printer, and then returns to the previous step # 4 in FIG. 3 from the connection in FIG. 4 and performs the same processing.
The same applies when the printer home page is not selected as a result of the check in step # 9.
Then, it is checked whether the PC on the network has selected the home page of the scanner. When the homepage is selected, the process proceeds to step # 12, where the HTTP server program activates the reading program from the scanner, and then returns from the connection in FIG. 4 to step # 4 in FIG. Do.

The same applies when the homepage of the scanner is not selected as a result of the check in step # 11.
At step # 13, it is checked whether the PC on the network has selected the homepage of the digital camera. When the homepage is selected, the process proceeds to step # 14, where the HTTP server program activates the reading program from the digital camera, and then returns to the previous step # 4 in FIG. 3 from the connection in FIG. I do. The same applies to the case where the homepage of the digital camera has not been selected as a result of the check in step # 13. The process returns to the previous step # 4 in FIG. 3 from the connection in FIG. 4 and performs the same processing. Through the processing of steps # 1 to # 14, control of various OA devices of the OA device integrated system by the PC on the network is realized.
Therefore, in addition to the effects of the OA device integrated system of the second embodiment, the PC on the network
Various OA devices can be controlled only by access from information distribution software using hypertext such as a WW browser.

[0022]

According to the OA equipment integrated system of the first aspect,
As an OA equipment integrated system, network connection means, CD-R / RW disk drive connection means, printer connection means, scanner connection means, digital camera connection means, HTTP server function, and the CD-R
/ RW drive writing / reading means, printing on the printer, reading means from the scanner, and reading means from the digital camera. Therefore, from a PC connected to the network, the O
Various OA devices connected to the A device integrated system can be used.

In the OA device integrated system according to the second aspect, the OA device integrated system according to the first aspect includes a CD-R / RW drive homepage, a printer homepage, a scanner homepage, and a digital camera homepage. And a homepage of the OA equipment integrated system linked to each homepage is provided. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the OA equipment integrated system of claim 1, the PC on the network
However, the OA device integrated system can be controlled only by installing a hypertext such as a WWW browser.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the integrated OA equipment system according to the second aspect of the present invention, which controls execution of writing / reading means for writing / reading from a home page of the CD-R / RW drive to the CD-R / RW drive. 1 means;
Second means for controlling execution of printing means from the home page of the printer to the printer, third means for controlling execution of reading means from the scanner home page, and reading from the digital camera home page of the digital camera And fourth means for controlling execution of the means. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the OA equipment integrated system of claim 2, the PC on the network is:
Various OA devices can be controlled only by access from information distribution software using hypertext such as a WWW browser.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a main part configuration of an OA equipment integrated system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a main part according to a second embodiment of the OA equipment integrated system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a main processing flow of various OA device control by a PC on a network in the OA device integrated system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main processing flow of various OA device control by a PC on a network in the OA device integrated system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... CD-R / RW device, 3 ...
Printer, 4 ... Scanner, 5 ... Digital camera, 6
... OA device program storage unit, 7... HTTP server program storage unit, 8.
11 Homepage storage

Claims (3)

[Claims] A connection means for connecting to a network, a disk drive connection means for a CD-R or a CD-RW, a DVD-R / RAM or the like (hereinafter collectively referred to as a CD-R / RW), a printer connection means, Scanner connecting means, digital camera connecting means, HTTP server function, writing / reading means for the CD-R / RW drive, printing means for the printer, reading means from the scanner, and the digital camera OA equipment integrated system, comprising: means for reading from an OA device. 2. The OA equipment integrated system according to claim 1, wherein the homepage of the CD-R / RW drive, the homepage of the printer, the homepage of the scanner, the homepage of the digital camera, and the homepage of the digital camera are integrated. An OA equipment integrated system comprising: an OA equipment integrated system home page linked to each home page. 3. The OA equipment integrated system according to claim 2, wherein the CD-R / RW drive has a homepage of the C-R / RW drive.
A first unit for controlling execution of a writing / reading unit to a DR / RW drive; a second unit for controlling execution of a printing unit to the printer from a homepage of the printer; and a homepage of the scanner. OA equipment comprising: third means for controlling execution of reading means from the scanner; and fourth means for controlling execution of reading means from the digital camera from a home page of the digital camera. Integrated system.