KR101179677B1 - Image forming apparatus and method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An image forming system having an improved user convenience for printing data stored in a mobile host device in a method desired by a user and an image forming method using the same are proposed. The image forming system according to the present invention stores data, receives data to be printed and print options among the stored data, and prints data and print options from the mobile host device and the mobile host device to transmit the data and print options to be printed. And an image forming apparatus for receiving and printing data to be printed according to a printing option.

Mobile Host Device, Print Option, Image Forming Device

Description

Image forming apparatus and method using the same

1 is a functional block diagram of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of an image forming method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of an image forming method further including a data retrieval step according to another embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view showing an example of an address book printed when an option for printing an address book in a business card format is set in the image forming method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book printed when an option of printing an address book in a tabular format is set in the image forming method of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

100: image forming system 110: mobile host device

111: mobile host device input unit 112: mobile host device display unit

113: mobile host device storage unit 114: mobile host device control unit

115: mobile host device communication interface unit 120: image forming apparatus

121: image forming apparatus input unit 122: image forming apparatus display unit

123: image forming apparatus storage unit 124: image forming apparatus control unit

125: image forming apparatus communication interface unit 126: printing engine unit

The present invention relates to an image forming system and an image forming method using the same. More particularly, an image forming system having an improved user convenience for printing data stored in a mobile host apparatus in an image forming apparatus in a manner desired by a user. And an image forming method using the same.

With the development of mobile communication devices, the spread of mobile host devices such as mobile phones or personal digital assistants has become popular. In addition to the basic telephone functions, the mobile telephone has a function of creating and storing telephone numbers, memos, and transmitted messages.

Considering the mobility of the device itself while having various functions, the tendency to store and manage information using a mobile device has increased because of the ability to use the function anywhere. For example, mobile phones can store information, including acquaintances' phone numbers, and retrieve them at any time, or modify stored information. Recent mobile phones include the ability to take pictures that can store photos with acquaintances.

If the user wants to print data stored in the mobile host device, the user may print by connecting the mobile host device to the image forming apparatus. However, in this case, the user may not know what format the data is printed and may not print in a desired manner.

Accordingly, when a user wants to print data stored in a mobile host device, an image forming system that can print and print the data in a desired manner by setting a format in which the data is to be printed and to conveniently retrieve the stored data has been requested. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve user convenience of an image forming system capable of printing data stored in a mobile host device in a manner desired by a user and an image using the same. It is to provide a formation method.

The image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a mobile host device for storing data, receiving the data to be set and the print options of the stored data, and transmitting the data and print options to print And an image forming apparatus which receives data to be printed and a print option from the mobile host device and prints the data to be printed according to the print option.

The mobile host device may receive a search condition, search for and display data corresponding to the received search condition among stored data, and receive data to be printed from among the displayed data.

Also, it is preferable that the image forming apparatus searches for and displays among the data to be printed that receives the search condition, receives data meeting the received search condition, and prints only the selected data among the displayed data.

The transmission of the mobile host device is performed by any one of wired communication and wireless communication, and the data to be printed is preferably an address book including at least one of a name, a telephone number, an address, and a picture.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image forming method using a mobile host device including receiving data to be printed and a printing option from the mobile host device and printing the received data to be printed according to the printing option. Is provided.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the present invention.

1 is a functional block diagram of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The image forming system 100 according to the present invention includes a mobile host device 110 and an image forming device 120. The mobile host device 110 includes a mobile host device input unit 111, a mobile host device display unit 112, a mobile host device storage unit 113, a mobile host device control unit 114, and a mobile host device communication interface unit 115. Include.

The mobile host apparatus 110 stores data, sets data to be printed and print options among the stored data, and transmits the data to be printed and the print options to the image forming apparatus 120. In addition, the mobile host apparatus 110 receives a search condition, searches for and displays data matching the received search condition among stored data, receives data to be printed from the displayed data, and transmits the data to the image forming apparatus 120. send.

The mobile host device input unit 111 receives data to be printed and a print option among data received from the outside or input from the user. In addition, the mobile host device input unit 111 receives a search condition to receive selection of data to be printed from the user. The mobile host device input unit 111 may be, for example, an input device such as a number and a text input key of the mobile phone.

The mobile host device display unit 112 displays data stored in the mobile host device storage unit 113 to the user under the control of the mobile host device control unit 114. Also, a print option setting screen is displayed to allow a user to select a print option. The mobile host device display unit 112 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display device.

The print option may be an option regarding a format in which data to be printed is printed. For example, when the data to be printed is an address book, the address book may include a name, a phone number, an address, and a picture. When the user sets the data to be printed as an address book, a print option for the address book can be set. The user can select an item to print in the address book and set the format in which the selected item is to be printed. If only the name and phone number of the address book data are to be selected as an item to be printed, a print option for printing them in a tabular format may be set. Printing of data in which the print option is set will be described later with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The mobile host device storage 113 may be a storage medium included in the mobile host device 110. The mobile host device storage unit 113 stores the received data or data input from the user. In addition, when data to be printed is set and print options are set together, information on the print options is stored.

The mobile host device communication interface 115 transmits data to be printed and print options to the image forming apparatus 120. The mobile host device communication interface unit 115 transmits data through the image forming apparatus communication interface unit 125. Both communication interface units 115 and 125 may use a wired or wireless communication such as Bluetooth.

The mobile host device controller 114 controls the mobile host device storage 113 to store information about data and print options. The mobile host device control unit 114 controls the mobile host device display unit 112 to display data stored in the mobile host device storage unit 113, and when data to be printed from a user is set, displays a screen regarding printing options. Do it. When the print option is set, the mobile host device control unit 114 stores information about the information in the mobile host device storage unit 113 and controls the mobile host device communication interface unit 115 to print data and print options to be printed. Transfer to the image forming apparatus 120.

In addition, when the mobile host device controller 114 receives a search condition through the mobile host device input unit 111, the mobile host device controller 114 searches for data that meets the search condition among the data stored in the mobile host device storage unit 113, and retrieves the data from the mobile host device. Causes the display unit 112 to display. The mobile host device controller 114 receives data to be printed from among the displayed data and transmits the data to the image forming apparatus 120. Although the data stored in the mobile host apparatus 110 may be searched, the image forming apparatus 120 may search for desired data among the data to be printed received from the mobile host apparatus 110 by inputting a search condition. This will be described later.

The mobile host device controller 114 may be implemented in a configuration including, for example, a CPU (not shown), a volatile memory (not shown), and a nonvolatile memory (not shown). The control program for the control operation of the controller 150 is stored in the nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the control program is loaded into the volatile memory (not shown) by the CPU (not shown) to perform the control operation. . The volatile memory (not shown) may store temporary data generated while the control program is loaded and driven.

The image forming apparatus 120 may include an image forming apparatus input unit 121, an image forming apparatus display unit 122, an image forming apparatus storage unit 123, an image forming apparatus control unit 124, an image forming apparatus communication interface unit 125, and the like. The print engine unit 126 is included.

The image forming apparatus 120 receives data to be printed and a print option from the mobile host device 110 and prints the data to be printed according to the print option. In addition, the image forming apparatus 120 receives a search condition, searches for and displays among the data to be printed that receives the data meeting the received search condition, and prints only the selected data among the displayed data.

The image forming apparatus input unit 121 receives a condition to search for data to be printed received from the mobile host apparatus 110. The image forming apparatus display unit 122 displays the received data to be printed to the user. The image forming apparatus storage unit 123 stores the data to be printed and the print options.

The image forming apparatus communication interface 125 receives data to be printed and a printing option from the mobile host apparatus 110 and transmits the data to the image forming apparatus controller 124.

The image forming apparatus control unit 124 causes the image forming apparatus storage unit 123 to store the data to be printed and the print option when they are received. Then, the data to be printed is converted into a printable language so as to be printed according to a printing option, and transferred to the print engine unit 126. If the user inputs a search condition through the image forming apparatus input unit 121, the image forming apparatus control unit 124 searches for data matching the search condition among data to be printed stored in the image forming apparatus storage unit 123. The image forming apparatus control unit 124 causes the image forming apparatus display unit 122 to display the image forming apparatus control unit 124 and transmits only the selected data among the displayed data to the print engine unit 126.

The print engine unit 126 prints data to be printed converted into a printable language transferred from the image forming apparatus control unit 124 according to a printing option to output a printed matter.

2 is a flowchart of an image forming method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The user stores data in the mobile host device 110 (S200). The stored data is displayed to set the data which the user wants to print among the stored data. Of the data displayed in the stored data, the user sets the data to be printed. When the data to be printed is set, a screen for setting print options on how to print the data (hereinafter referred to as print option screen) is displayed and the print options are set (S210).

For example, an address book, a memo, and a transmitted message may be stored in the mobile host device 110. When the address book, the memo, and the transmitted message are displayed on the mobile host device display unit 112, the user can select the desired data, for example, the address book. If the data to be printed is set as an address book, a print option screen is displayed this time about how to print the address book. If the print options of the address book include a business card type and a table type, the printing option can be set by selecting a business card type.

The set data to be printed and the print option are transmitted to the image forming apparatus 120 (S220). The image forming apparatus 120 receives this and prints data according to a printing option. For example, an address book, which is data to be printed, may be printed by taking a business card format which is a printing option (S230).

 3 is a flowchart of an image forming method further including a data retrieval step according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

The data is stored in the mobile host device (S300). Before the user sets the data to be printed, a search condition for desired data is input (S310). In order to display all data stored in the mobile host device 110 so that a user can select a desired data more accurately and quickly than the data among them, a search condition is inputted.

The search condition may be entered even before setting data, or even if it is necessary to search again among the selected data after selecting data to print. The search condition may be set by keyword or group name. For example, referring to the example described with reference to FIG. 2, when a user selects an address book, a search condition may be input to search for data whose telephone number starts with 02.

The mobile host device controller 124 searches for and displays data matching the search condition among the stored data (S320). If data is displayed, data to be printed is set again, and a printing option is set accordingly (S330).

When the data to be printed is transmitted to the image forming apparatus together with the printing option (S340), the image forming apparatus 120 prints the data to be printed according to the printing option (S350). Although not shown in FIG. 3, the received data to be printed may be searched by inputting a search condition into the image forming apparatus 120. For example, if the mobile host apparatus 110 receives an address book as data to be printed, the image forming apparatus 120 may receive a search condition to search for data whose telephone number starts with 02 in the address book. The data retrieval step may be performed sequentially or separately in the mobile host apparatus 110 and the image forming apparatus 120.

4 is a view showing an example of an address book printed when an option for printing an address book in a business card format is set in the image forming method of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example of an address book printed when an option is set. Hereinafter, FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating printed matters printed by setting print options in a business card form or a table form, respectively, when data to be printed is an address book. The address book contains a name, phone number, address and photo. Referring to FIG. 4, the name of No. 1 is' Ghana ', the phone number is '02 -123-1234', the address is' 000 000 000 ', and includes a picture. This was configured in the form of a business card and arranged to be included in one rectangle. If the data included in the address book is data for one person, the business card for the data can be directly received from the mobile host apparatus 110 and printed by the image forming apparatus 120. In this format

In Fig. 5, the same data is printed in tabular form. Numbers, names, telephone numbers, addresses and file names of pictures were printed in tables. Although FIGS. 4 and 5 show an example of a business card format and a table format, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that any format having a difference may be set as a printing option.

As described above, according to the image forming system and the image forming method using the same, when printing data stored in the mobile host device, by setting the print option in the mobile host device by transmitting the data to the image forming apparatus The user can print the data in a desired manner, thereby improving user convenience.

It is also possible to manage the printed matter by printing the data in a desired manner, so that the information in the personal mobile host device can be used and shared more efficiently.

While the above has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, it is usually in the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Claims (5)

A mobile host device storage unit for storing different types of data, and a mobile for setting one print option among at least one type of data to be printed out of the stored different types of data and a plurality of print options for the one type of data. A mobile host device including a host device input unit and a mobile host device communication interface for transmitting the data to be printed and the print option; And And an image forming apparatus configured to receive the data to be printed and the print option from the mobile host device and to print the data to be printed according to the print option. And the plurality of print options are print options including at least a table format and a business card format as a print format for the one type of data to be printed. A mobile host device storage unit for storing different types of data, and a mobile for setting one print option among at least one type of data to be printed among the stored different types of data and a plurality of print options for the one type of data. A mobile host device including a host device input unit and a mobile host device communication interface for transmitting the data to be printed and the print option; And And an image forming apparatus configured to receive the data to be printed and the print option from the mobile host device and to print the data to be printed according to the print option. The mobile host device, And a mobile host device display unit which receives a search condition, searches for and displays the at least one type of data meeting the received search condition among the stored data, and sets the data to be printed among the displayed data. And the plurality of print options are print options including at least a table format and a business card format as a print format for the one type of data to be printed. The method of claim 1, The image forming apparatus is further configured to receive a search condition, search and display data meeting the received search condition among the received data to be printed, and print only selected data among the displayed data. . The method of claim 1, The transmission is performed by any one method of wired communication and wireless communication, And the data to be printed is an address book including data of at least one of a name, a telephone number, an address, and a picture. Receiving, from a mobile host device, at least one type of data to be printed among different types of data and one print option among a plurality of print options for the one type of data; And And printing the received data to be printed according to the printing option. And the plurality of print options are print options including at least a table format and a business card format as a print format for the one type of data to be printed.

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