KR100449696B1 - Method for supplying an electronic organizer mode of a multifunction apparatus, enabling the multifunction apparatus to support an electronic organizer function independently of a host computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for supplying an electronic organizer mode of a multifunction apparatus is provided to add an electronic organizer function to a multifunction apparatus, thereby supporting address book, personal schedule management, electronic calculation, electronic dictionary, and note input/output functions through a key-in service independently of a host computer while outputting supported contents in document type. CONSTITUTION: A multifunction apparatus is set to an electronic organizer mode through a key-in function of an electronic organizer mode key of an operational panel(S10). A user selects a desired one of electronic organizer menu functions including at least more than one of note input/output functions, address book management functions, and schedule management functions through a function selection key on the operational panel(S20). The electronic organizer function selected by the function selection key is executed(S100).

Description

How to provide electronic notebook mode for multifunction devices.

The present invention relates to a method for providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction device, and more particularly, as the multifunction device adds an electronic notebook function to a multifunction document outputting function, the multifunction device manages an address book or personal schedule, an electronic calculation, an electronic dictionary, and a memo. The present invention relates to a method for providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus capable of supporting input / output functions independently of a host computer and outputting the contents in document form.

In recent years, the demand for office automation equipment such as printers, scanners, and fax machines has been rapidly increasing, which has been increasingly developed at the crossroads of office automation. Each office automation equipment has been developed with high performance to expand its own functions. In addition, by independently developing each office automation device used independently, a product that performs a complex document output function while reducing economic burden and installation space for a user is being produced and provided.

Such a device is collectively referred to as a "multifunction machine", which not only functions as a printer for printing data input from a host computer, but also functions as a scanner for reading image originals and for printing and copying scanned and scanned image originals. It functions as a facsimile that transmits an image document to another place through a copy function and a communication line. It is common to have a function of interworking with a host computer, that is, to add a host computer-interface function.

Figure 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a general multifunction device.

As shown in FIG. 1, a general MFP is a central processing unit (CPU) 1 which controls and processes a system according to a predetermined program, and scans and divides a picture or character of a document or document to be transmitted at regular intervals and divides the business card. The scanner 2 converts the electrical energy into digital energy and transmits the digital image data to the central processing unit 1, and stores program data, protocol data, text data and recorded audio data, and controls the central processing unit 1. Memory unit 3 for accessing or storing data according to the control unit and the central processing unit 1 under control of the data output from the central processing unit 1 by modulating and outputting the analog signal while demodulating the received input signal. Modem 4 to output the data, and under the control of the central processing unit 1 for efficient processing of data input / output to the modem 4 Coder / decoding unit 5 for encoding or decoding, and network controller under the control of central processing unit 1 to form a telephone loop of a telephone line and interfacing the signal of modem 4 with the signal of telephone line. (6), an operation panel 7 having a plurality of keys and a display device for inputting various control commands and being controlled by the central processing unit 1 to display the state of the system and various information, and a main memory device Or a conventional computer 8 having an auxiliary storage device, and a conventional printer 9 capable of printing and expressing original information through an arbitrary transmission line or printing the contents stored in the computer 8. .

On the other hand, the electronic organizer is an electronic product that has emerged on the basis of small size, light weight, high performance, and high integration of electronic devices, and is a kind of portable computer that supports address book, personal schedule management, electronic calculation, electronic dictionary, memo input / output function, and the like.

An object of the present invention is to add a function supported by an electronic organizer to a multifunction device that performs a compound document output function.

Conventionally, the all-in-one cannot support the electronic organizer without being connected to a host computer. That is, since the multifunction device itself does not have an electronic notebook mode, which is an operation mode that provides an electronic notebook function, an address book or personal schedule management, electronic calculation, electronic dictionary, memo input / output using a program having an electronic notebook function operated by a host computer. Receive service.

Accordingly, the interworking with the host computer is essential, and it may be cumbersome for the user to always receive such a service depending on the host computer. In other words, the time required to start the calculation program of the host computer or the program having the electronic organizer function, or the burden of having such a program, so that it is recognized by others by manually calculating or taking notes Problems often occur such as difficult notes and memorized characters or miscalculations.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such inconvenience, and in order to provide an electronic notebook function through key-in itself without using a host computer, the multifunction device for performing a compound document output function. With the addition of the electronic organizer, the multifunction electronic organizer allows the multifunction device to independently support the address book, personal schedule management, electronic calculation, electronic dictionary, memo input / output function, etc., and output the contents in document form. The purpose is to provide a mode providing method.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a general multifunction device,

2 is a flowchart showing a method for providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus according to the present invention;

3 is a key arrangement diagram of the operation panel of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols of Major Parts of Drawings>

200: operation panel 210: function key block

220: numeric key block S10: operation mode setting step

S20: function selection step S30: electronic calculation function execution step

S100: electronic notebook function performing step S110: function selection determining step

S120: Step for performing the memo function S130: Step for performing the address book management function

S140: performing address book management function

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, a feature of the present invention provides a method for providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus for performing a compound document output function:

An operation mode setting step of setting an operation mode of the multifunction device to an electronic notebook mode key to receive an electronic notebook function;

A function selection step of selecting a desired function by key-in of a function selection key on the operation panel from an electronic notebook menu including at least one memo input / output function, an address book management function, and a schedule management function; And

The electronic notebook mode providing method of the multifunction apparatus includes an electronic notebook function performing step of performing the electronic notebook function selected by the function selection key.

In an aspect of the present invention, the method for providing an electronic notebook mode of the multifunction apparatus determines whether the function selection key is an electronic calculation selection key for electronic calculation, and if the electronic calculation selection key is selected, the operator operates an operation variable according to a user's key input. It is preferable that the method further includes performing an electronic calculation function that calculates and provides a result.

In addition, the operation panel is provided with a function key block of 4 rows and 5 columns on the left side, and a digital key block of 4 rows and 3 columns on the right side. It is preferable to assign the keyboard and assign the keyboard based on the QWERT method.

키를 차례로 할당하고, 2행의 5개의 키에 ㅁ,ㄹ,ㅇ,ㄹ,ㅎ 키를, 3행의 5개의 키에 ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅍ,ㅊ 키를 차례로 할당하며, 숫자키 블록의 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, *, 0, # 키에 각각 ㅛ,ㅕ,ㅑ,ㅗ,ㅓ,ㅏ,ㅠ,ㅜ,ㅡ,

,ㅣ키가 일대일 대응하도록 할당하는 것이 바람직하다.Also, the Hangul keyboard of the operation panel is assigned to five keys of one row of the function key block, respectively.

Assign the keys one by one, assign the ㅁ, ㄹ, ㅇ, ㄹ, ㅎ keys to the five rows of two rows, and the ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅊ keys to the five rows of three rows, and add 1 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, *, 0, # keys, respectively, ㅛ, ㅕ, ㅑ, ㅗ, ㅓ, ㅏ, ㅠ, TT, ㅡ,

It is desirable to assign keys to have a one-to-one correspondence.

In addition, the English keyboard of the operation panel assigns the Q, W, E, R, and T keys to each of the five keys of the first row of the function key block in sequence, and the A, S, D, F, G keys are assigned to five keys in three rows, Z, X, C, V, and B keys sequentially, and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, It is preferable to assign the Y, U, I, H, J, K, B, N, M, O, P, and L keys to have one-to-one correspondence to the *, 0, and # keys, respectively.

In addition, the arithmetic operation keyboard of the operation panel assigns +,-, ×, ÷ in order to four keys of four rows of the function key block, and the electronic notebook mode key of the operation panel is three rows of the function key block. It is preferable to assign to the 5 column key.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 2 and 3 attached to the electronic notebook mode providing method of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart showing a method for providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a key arrangement diagram of an operation panel of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention.

In the method of providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, in the method of providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus for performing a compound document output function:

An operation mode setting step of setting an operation mode of the multifunction apparatus to an electronic notebook mode by keying in the electronic notebook mode key of the operation panel 200 to receive the electronic notebook function (S10);

A function selection step (S20) of selecting a desired function from an electronic notebook menu including at least one of a memo input / output function, an address book management function, and a schedule management function through a function selection key on the operation panel 200; And

Comprising an electronic notebook function performing step (S100) for performing the electronic notebook function selected by the function selection key.

Here, the method of providing an electronic notebook mode of the multifunction apparatus determines whether the function selection key is an electronic calculation selection key for electronic calculation. It is preferable to further include an electronic calculation function performing step (S30) to provide.

The electronic notebook function performing step (S100) may include whether the function selection key is a memo input / output selection key for inputting / outputting a memo, an address book management selection key for managing an address book, or a schedule management selection key for managing a user's schedule. Determining a function selection step (S110);

If the function selection key is the memo input / output selection key as a result of the determination in the function selection determination step (S110), after receiving a memo and storing it as memo data in a storage medium, if a print command is inputted, the memo data is stored through a printer. Outputting a memo function step (S120);

If the function selection key is the address book management selection key as a result of the determination in the function selection determination step (S110), a name of a predetermined address book management form on the storage medium is received by inputting a name desired for address book management and receiving personal information associated with the name. Performing an address book management function to record in step S130; And

If the function selection key is the schedule management selection key as a result of the determination in the function selection determination step (S110), a predetermined schedule management form on the storage medium is received by receiving a date for scheduling management and receiving a schedule for the date. It includes the address book management function performing step (S140) to record.

The procedure of the electronic notebook mode providing method of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

Prior to explaining the procedure of the electronic notebook mode providing method of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention, a key arrangement diagram of the operation panel 200 of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention shown in FIG.

In the operation panel 200 of the present invention, the operation panel 200 includes four rows of five function column blocks 210 on the left side, and four rows of three column number key blocks 220 on the right side. The keyboard is assigned based on the Korean 2 beol equation and the English keyboard is assigned a keyboard based on the QWERT method.

키를 차례로 할당하고, 2행의 5개의 키에 ㅁ,ㄴ,ㅇ,ㄹ,ㅎ 키를, 3행의 5개의 키에 ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅊ,ㅍ 키를 차례로 할당하며, 숫자키 블록(220)의 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, *, 0, # 키에 각각 ㅛ,ㅕ,ㅑ,ㅗ,ㅓ,ㅏ,ㅠ,ㅜ,ㅡ

,ㅣ 키가 일대일 대응하도록 할당한다.The Korean keyboard of the operation panel 200 is assigned to five keys of one row of the function key block 210, respectively.

Key in sequence, ㅁ, ㄴ, ㅇ, ㄹ, ㅎ keys for 5 rows of 2 keys, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅊ, κ keys for 3 rows of 5 keys in sequence, and the numeric key block (220). ) On 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, *, 0, # keys ㅛ, ㅕ, ㅑ, ㅗ, ㅓ, ㅏ, ㅠ, TT, ㅡ

Assign keys to have a one-to-one correspondence.

키는 조작 패널(200)의 키수가 부족하여 한글 2벌식과 일치하는 위치에 키를 할당하지 못하였지만, 제한된 키수를 감안할 때 상기와 같은 배치는 일정 부분 타탕성을 갖고 있다고 볼 수 있다.At this time, assigned to *, 0, # key

Although the key could not be assigned to a position corresponding to the Hangul 2 beol type because the number of keys of the operation panel 200 is insufficient, the arrangement as described above can be considered to have some validity in view of the limited number of keys.

On the other hand, the English keyboard of the operation panel 200 assigns the Q, W, E, R, T keys in sequence to the five keys of the first row of the function key block 210, respectively, and the five keys of the two rows. The A, S, D, F, and G keys are assigned to Z, X, C, V, and B keys sequentially in five rows of three rows. 1,2,3,4,5 of the numeric key block 220 are assigned. Assign Y, U, I, H, J, K, B, N, M, O, P, and L keys one-to-one correspond to the, 6,7,8,9, *, 0, and # keys, respectively.

At this time, the O, P, and L keys assigned to the *, 0, and # keys in the alphabet of English keyboards could not be assigned to the position corresponding to the QWERT method due to insufficient number of keys on the operation panel 200. Similarly, considering the limited number of keys, such an arrangement may be considered to have some validity.

The arithmetic operation keyboard of the operation panel 200 assigns +,-, ×, ÷ in order to four keys of four rows of the function key block, and the electronic notebook mode key of the operation panel 200 is The shift key is assigned to the third row and the fifth column key of the function key block 210 and the shift key is assigned to the fourth row and the fifth column key of the function key block 210.

Hereinafter, the procedure of the electronic notebook mode providing method of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention using the operation panel 200 as described above will be described.

First, when the operation mode of the multifunction apparatus is set to the electronic notebook mode by keying in the electronic notebook mode key of the operation panel 200 to receive the electronic notebook function in the operation mode setting step (S10), the function selection step ( In operation S20, a desired function is selected from an electronic notebook menu including at least one of a memo input / output function, an address book management function, and a schedule management function through a function selection key on the operation panel 200.

Accordingly, the electronic notebook function performing step (S100) performs the electronic notebook function selected by the function selection key, which will be described in more detail as follows.

In the function selection determination step (S110), it is determined whether the function selection key is a memo input / output selection key for inputting / outputting a memo, an address book management selection key for managing an address book, or a schedule management selection key for managing a user's schedule. .

If the function selection key is the memo input / output selection key as a result of the determination in the function selection determination step (S110), in the memo function performing step (S120), after receiving a memo and storing the memo data in a storage medium, a print command is issued. When the memo data is input through the printer (S121, S122, S123, S124), and if the function selection key is the address book management selection key, the address book management function is performed. In step S130, a name desired for address book management is input, personal information associated with the name is received, and recorded in a preset address book management form on the storage medium. As a result of the determination of the function selection determination step S110, the function selection is performed. If the key is the schedule management selection key, in the step of performing the address book management function (S140), a date for which schedule management is to be input is received, A schedule is input and recorded in a predetermined schedule management form on the storage medium.

Meanwhile, in the step of performing the electronic calculation function (S30), it is determined whether the function selection key is an electronic calculation selection key for electronic calculation, and if the electronic calculation selection key, the operation variable is calculated by an operator according to the user's key input. You can perform additional functions that provide results.

The key arrangement of the operation panel shown in FIG. 3 does not represent all the keys that the operation panel can provide, but only Korean, English, arithmetic, and numeric keypads. This can be useful when writing.

As described in detail above, a method for providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction apparatus for performing a compound document output function, the method comprising: setting an operation mode of the multifunction device to an electronic notebook mode key to receive an electronic notebook function; A function selection step of selecting a desired function by key-in of a function selection key on the operation panel from an electronic notebook menu including at least one electronic notebook function among an electronic calculation function, a memo input / output function, an address book management function, and a schedule management function; And an electronic notebook function providing method of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention, which includes performing an electronic notebook function selected by the function selection key, using the host computer by adding the electronic notebook function to the multifunction device. Instead of using the key-in itself, the MFP can support the address book, personal schedule management, electronic calculation, electronic dictionary, and memo input / output functions independently of the host computer, and output the contents in the form of documents.

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In the method of providing an electronic notebook mode of a multifunction device that performs a compound document output function: An operation mode setting step of setting an operation mode of the multifunction device to an electronic notebook mode key to receive an electronic notebook function; A function selection step of selecting a desired function by key-in of a function selection key on the operation panel from an electronic notebook menu including at least one memo input / output function, an address book management function, and a schedule management function; And And an electronic notebook function performing the electronic notebook function selected by the function selection key. The electronic calculation of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to determine whether the function selection key is an electronic calculation selection key for electronic calculation. Method for providing an electronic notebook mode of the multifunction device, further comprising performing a function. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the electronic organizer function comprises: A function selection determination step of determining whether the function selection key is a memo input / output selection key for inputting / outputting a memo, an address book management selection key for managing an address book, or a schedule management selection key for managing a user's schedule; If the function selection key is the memo input / output selection key as a result of the determination of the function selection determination step, a memo is received and stored as memo data in a storage medium, and when a print command is input, the memo for outputting the memo data through a printer. Performing a function; If the function selection key is the address book management selection key as a result of the determination of the function selection determination step, the user inputs a name for address book management, receives personal information related to the name, and records the predetermined address book management form on the storage medium. Performing address book management functions; And If the function selection key is the schedule management selection key, as a result of the determination of the function selection determination step, a date for which schedule management is to be input is received, a schedule for the date is received, and a schedule for the date is recorded in a preset schedule management form on the storage medium. And a method of performing an address book management function. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation panel, A function key block of 4 rows and 5 columns is provided on the left side, and a 4 key row and 3 column number digit key blocks are provided on the right side. A method of providing an electronic notebook mode for an all-in-one, characterized in that the keyboard is assigned based on the QWERT method. The Hangul keyboard of claim 4, wherein In each of the five keys of the first row of the function key block

Key in sequence, ㅁ, ㄴ, ㅇ, ㄹ, ㅎ keys for 5 rows of 2 keys, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅊ, κ keys for 3 rows of 5 keys in sequence, and the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, *, 0, # keys respectively

A method of providing an electronic notebook mode for an all-in-one, characterized in that keys are assigned to have a one-to-one correspondence. According to claim 4, The English keyboard of the operation panel, The Q, W, E, R, and T keys are assigned to each of the five keys of the first row of the function key block in sequence, and the A, S, D, F, and G keys are assigned to the five keys of the two rows. Z, X, C, V, and B keys are assigned to five keys in sequence, and the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, *, 0, and # keys of the numeric key block are respectively assigned. The Y, U, I, H, J, K, B, N, M, O, P, L keys are assigned in a one-to-one correspondence. The arithmetic operation keyboard of claim 4, wherein And a method of assigning +,-, x, ÷ in order to four keys in four rows of the function key block. The electronic notebook mode key of the said operation panel, And assigning a shift key to a fourth row and five-column key of the function key block, wherein the shift key is assigned to the fourth row and five-column key of the function key block.

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