WO2016117723A1

WO2016117723A1 - System for monitoring and using image forming device network

Info

Publication number: WO2016117723A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/000639
Authority: WO
Inventors: 정용주
Original assignee: 정용주
Priority date: 2015-01-21
Filing date: 2015-01-21
Publication date: 2016-07-28
Also published as: CN107111467A; CN107111467B

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for monitoring and using an image forming device network, comprising: a plurality of image forming devices provided at arbitrary places so as to perform at least one of printing, copying, scanning and faxing functions; a management server capable of transmitting and receiving data; and a smart terminal having an application program installed therein for monitoring the image forming devices, and the system is configured such that the image forming devices transmit location information and state information thereof to the management server in real-time, the management server collects and stores the location information and the state information in real-time, and provides the location information and the state information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program, and the smart terminal displays the location information and the state information provided by the management server.

Description

Image forming device network monitoring and usage system

The present invention is characterized in that the location information and status information of a plurality of image forming apparatus installed in any place to perform one or more functions of output, copying, scanning and faxing through the smart terminal, and can be used An image forming apparatus network monitoring and use system.

Recently, as smart terminals such as smartphones and tablet PCs are widely used, mobile computing has become commonplace. Accordingly, the necessity for outputting or copying documents also occurs in various places. Therefore, the inventor of the present invention has introduced a complex printing device installed at any place through the registration utility model No. 0466536 to perform functions such as copying, printing, scanning, and faxing. It is becoming. Meanwhile, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0061482 discloses a user's location-based cloud printing system, which mainly informs a user of a location of an image forming apparatus closest to a user, such as printing, based on user's location information. I am doing it.

However, the above prior arts can provide the function or detailed state of the image forming apparatus installed at an arbitrary place for copying or printing, or can be directly controlled using a smart terminal such as a smart phone carried by the user. It is not possible to use or store a specific file without direct data transmission and reception between the image forming apparatus and the smart terminal.

The present invention is characterized in that the location information and status information of a plurality of image forming apparatus installed in any place to perform one or more functions of output, copying, scanning and faxing through the smart terminal, and can be used The purpose is to provide an image forming apparatus network monitoring and use system.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a plurality of image forming apparatuses installed at arbitrary locations and performing one or more functions of output, copying, scanning, and faxing, a management server capable of transmitting and receiving data, and monitoring of the image forming apparatuses. And a smart terminal having an application program installed therein, wherein the image forming apparatus transmits its location information and status information to the management server in real time, and the management server collects the location information and the status information in real time. And store the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program, and the smart terminal is configured to display location information and status information provided by the management server. Image forming device network monitoring and monitoring System ”.

At this time, the management server stores the account information of the user having the authority for the remote control of the image forming apparatus, the smart terminal displays the location information and status information provided by the management server for a specific image forming apparatus When the remote control request signal is received, it is transmitted to the management server together with the user's account information. The management server receives the remote control request signal and the user's account information sent by the smart terminal, and receives the user's account. The information may be configured to provide the smart terminal with a remote control interface for the specific image forming apparatus when the information matches the account information of the user stored therein.

In this case, the management server may be configured to store the performance for each user account information when the smart terminal provided with the remote control interface for the specific image forming apparatus performs remote control.

In addition, the location information provided by the management server to the smart terminal may be characterized in that it is made in the form of a list displayed by region or school or a symbol displayed on the map.

In addition, the status information provided by the management server to the smart terminal is available or not, providing function, paper quantity, bill payment value, coin payment value, 10 won change amount, 50 won change amount, 100 won change amount, 500 It may be characterized in that it includes the amount of change, change of discharge amount, card payment value and power status.

In addition, the location information provided by the management server to the smart terminal may be configured in the form of a symbol displayed on the map, it is characterized in that it is categorized and displayed to indicate the status information of the image forming apparatus located at the point.

In this case, the symbol may be categorized as indicating status information of the image forming apparatus located at a corresponding point, indicating when all functions are normal, indicating when some functions are unavailable, and indicating when all functions are unavailable. Can be.

The smart terminal provides its location information to the management server, and the management server provides the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program. It may be characterized in that it is configured to provide an interface that can first check the position information and the status information of the image forming apparatus installed at a point within a predetermined range based on the position information.

In addition, the management server stores the user's account information including the school information that the user is attending, the smart terminal transmits the user's account information to the management server, the management server is the user sent by the smart terminal Receives the account information of the, and if the user information of the received user account information matches the user information stored in the smart terminal to provide the location information and the status information, the image is formed in the school where the user is attending school It may be characterized in that it is configured to provide an interface that can first check the location information and status information of the device.

In this case, the management server may be configured to provide the location information and the status information to the smart terminal, but together with a group bulletin board interface that can be used by users attending the same school.

In addition, the management server may be configured to provide a user bulletin board interface for leaving the user's opinion while providing the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal running the application program. have.

In addition, the management server is configured to provide a document storage interface for providing the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal is running the application program, and to store the user's document in the management server It may be characterized by.

According to the image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention, the smart terminal provides the location information and the status information of a plurality of image forming apparatuses installed at an arbitrary place to perform one or more functions of output, copy, scan, and fax. Detailed monitoring and efficient use.

1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of an image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention.

2 to 7 are embodiments of an interface in which a management server provides location information and status information of an image forming apparatus to a smart terminal in the image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention.

The best mode for implementing the image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention is as follows.

A plurality of image forming apparatuses installed at any place and performing at least one function of output, copying, scanning, and faxing, a management server capable of transmitting and receiving data, and a smart terminal having application programs for monitoring the image forming apparatuses; The image forming apparatus transmits its location information and status information to the management server in real time, the management server collects and stores the location information and the status information in real time, and the smart terminal stores the application program. When executed, the smart terminal provides the location information and the status information, and the smart terminal is configured to display location information and status information provided by the management server.

At this time, the management server stores the account information of the user having the authority for the remote control of the image forming apparatus, the smart terminal displays the location information and status information provided by the management server for a specific image forming apparatus When the remote control request signal is received, it is transmitted to the management server together with the user's account information. The management server receives the remote control request signal and the user's account information sent by the smart terminal, and receives the user's account. If the information matches the user's account information stored in the smart terminal to provide a remote control interface for the specific image forming apparatus.

Hereinafter, an image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of an image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention. 2 to 7 are embodiments of an interface in which a management server provides location information and status information of an image forming apparatus to a smart terminal in the image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention.

The image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system according to the present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses 10, a management server 20, and a smart terminal 30 as shown in FIG. 1.

The image forming apparatus 10 is installed at an arbitrary place and performs at least one function of output, copying, scanning and faxing. The image forming apparatus 10 is connected to an external device through a wired / wireless communication network such as a composite printing apparatus disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0466536. It can be implemented through a multifunction device capable of transmitting and receiving data. The image forming apparatus 10 transmits its location information and status information to the management server 20 in real time.

The management server 20 is a computer device capable of transmitting and receiving data, and may be implemented as a server computer connected to the image forming apparatus 10 in a network. The management server 20 may store the user's account information including the authority information about the remote control of the image forming apparatus 10, the school information of the user, etc., the image forming apparatus 10 Collects and stores location information and status information transmitted in real time. The user's account information may basically include the user's ID, password, terminal information of the smart terminal 30 provided by the user.

The smart terminal 30 is a concept encompassing a computing device used by a user such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook PC, a desktop PC, and the like, and assumes that an application program for monitoring the image forming apparatus 10 is installed. The smart terminal 30 serves to display location information and status information of the image forming apparatus 10 provided by the management server 20 while the application program is executed. In addition, in some cases, it also plays a role of transmitting the user's account information to the management server 20, the user's account information transmitted by the smart terminal 30 is always stored in the management server 20 of the user Corresponds to account information.

In addition, the present invention, the management server 20 stores the account information of the user having the authority for remote control of the image forming apparatus 10, the smart terminal 30 is the management server 20 When presenting the location information and the status information to provide a remote control request signal for a specific image forming apparatus 10 is transmitted to the management server 20 with the user's account information, the management server 20 Receives the remote control request signal and the user's account information sent by the smart terminal 30, and if the received user's account information matches the user's account information stored in the specific image forming apparatus 10 It may be characterized in that it is configured to provide a remote control interface for the smart terminal (30). When configured as described above, the user can remotely control the specific image forming apparatus 10 that he or she wants to use among the image forming apparatuses 10 forming the network by using the smart terminal 30 of the user.

In this case, the management server 20 may be configured to store the execution details for each user account information when the smart terminal 30 provided with the remote control interface for the specific image forming apparatus 10 performs the remote control. have.

FIG. 2 illustrates a basic screen of an interface through which the management server 20 provides location information and status information of the image forming apparatus 10 to the smart terminal 30. The interface is the smart terminal. It is implemented as an execution screen of an application program installed and executed in 30). 2 to 7, the term “cube” refers to the image forming apparatus 10 as a commercial product name of the image forming apparatus 10.

3 is a screen that appears when 'Find Cube (find cube)' is clicked on the screen of FIG. As can be seen in FIG. 3, the location information provided to the smart terminal 30 by the management server 20 may be formed in a list of regions or schools.

4 is a screen shown when 'The Surrounding Cubes' is clicked on the screen of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the location information provided to the smart terminal 30 by the management server 20 may be in the form of a symbol displayed on a map. In addition, the interface of FIG. 4 is a point within a predetermined range based on the location information of the smart terminal 30 when the management server 20 provides the location information and the status information to the smart terminal 30. It may also be configured to make it possible to check the position information and status information of the image forming apparatus 10 installed in the first.

In addition, in FIG. 4, the location information provided by the management server 20 to the smart terminal 30 is in the form of a symbol displayed on a map, but the state information of the image forming apparatus 10 located at a corresponding point. Are categorized to indicate Specifically, when a white inverted triangle is displayed in a circle on a black background, all of the functions of the image forming apparatus located at a corresponding point are normal. When a black inverted triangle is displayed in a circle on a gray background, some functions are disabled. If a black inverted triangle is displayed in a circle on a white background, it means that all functions are disabled. Categorization can be done in a variety of other ways, for example, by changing the color of the symbol, blue means that all functions are normal, yellow means that some functions are disabled, and red means that all functions are disabled. You can also make it mean.

5 to 7 are examples of 'KORAIL (Yongsan sation) meeting room 4th floor (Korail (Yongsan station) meeting room 4th floor)' and 'Korea Entertainment Officer College (Yeongdeungpo) 3rd' in FIG. When the floor (Korea Entertainment Academy (Yeongdeungpo) 3rd floor) and the 'Pangyo Library Electronic Information Room' are selected and clicked, the status information of the image forming apparatus 10 installed at the corresponding point is provided. .

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the image forming apparatus 10 shown to be located on the 'KORAIL (Yongsan sation) meeting room 4th floor (Korail (Yongsan station) meeting room 4th floor)' has a white inverted triangle in a circle on a black background. This indicates that all functions of the image forming apparatus 10 located at the corresponding point are normal, and the actual 'KORAIL (Yongsan sation) meeting room 4th floor' Looking at the screen that appears when clicked, the image forming apparatus 10 located at the corresponding point is displayed as 'Fully Serviceable', and it can be seen that it normally provides printing, copying, scanning, faxing, and PC functions. .

On the other hand, the state information provided by the management server 20 to the smart terminal 30 is available as shown in Figure 5, whether or not, providing function, paper quantity, bill payment or not, coin payment or not, 10 won The amount of change, the amount of change 50 won, the amount of change 100 won, the amount of change 500 won, the amount of change of the change, credit card payment and power supply status can be characterized.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the image forming apparatus 10 shown to be located on the 'Korea Entertainment Officer College (Yeongdeungpo) 3rd floor' (the 3rd floor of the Korean Entertainment Academy (Yeongdeungpo)) has an inverted black triangle in a gray background circle. This indicates that some of the functions of the image forming apparatus 10 located at the corresponding point are not available, and the actual 'Korea Entertainment Officer College (Yeongdeungpo) 3rd floor' is located on the 3rd floor. If you look at the screen that appears when 'is clicked, the image forming apparatus 10 located at the point is marked as' Partially Serviceable'. Specifically, '10 won change 'and '50 won change' are not present. You can check it.

In the embodiment of FIG. 7, the image forming apparatus 10 shown to be located in the 'Pangyo Library Electronic Information Room (Pangyo Library Electronic Information Room)' is marked with a black inverted triangle in a circle on a white background. This means that all the functions of the image forming apparatus 10 are not available, and when the 'Pangyo Library Electronic Information Room' is actually clicked, the image forming apparatus located at the corresponding point is shown. The use of 10 is displayed in an unusable state. Specifically, the image forming apparatus 10 located at the corresponding point can be identified as 'under repair'.

On the other hand, the present invention, the management server 20 stores the user's account information including the school information that the user is attending, the smart terminal 30 to the user's account information to the management server 20 The management server 20 receives the account information of the user sent by the smart terminal 30 and when the received account information of the user matches the account information of the user stored therein, the smart terminal ( 30) the location information and the status information, but may be configured to provide an interface that allows the user to first check the location information and status information of the image forming apparatus 10 installed in the school. Specifically, when implemented through the embodiment of FIG. 2, such an interface may appear when the 'my school' is clicked.

In this case, the management server 20 may be configured to provide the location information and the status information to the smart terminal 30 together with a group bulletin board interface that can be used by users attending the same school. As such, when a group bulletin board interface is provided, there is an advantage that the experience of users belonging to the same group can be shared.

In addition, the management server 20 provides a user bulletin board interface for leaving the user's opinion while providing the location information and the status information to the smart terminal 30 when the smart terminal 30 executes the application program. Can be configured to provide together. Specifically, when implemented through the embodiment of FIG. 2, such an interface may appear when the 'cube square' is clicked. In this way, when the user bulletin board interface is provided, the user's experience can be shared, and data for improving the system can be accumulated.

On the other hand, the management server 20 provides the location information and the status information to the smart terminal 30 when the smart terminal 30 executes the application program, the user's document to the management server 20 It can be characterized in that it is configured to provide a document storage interface that allows you to save. Specifically, when implemented through the embodiment of FIG. 2, when the 'Upload Documents' is clicked, such an interface may appear. When the document storage interface is provided as described above, users are provided with a clouding space for storing their documents, thereby increasing convenience in utilizing the image forming apparatus 10.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail with specific examples. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and some modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the claims of the present invention include modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the present invention.

The present invention is characterized in that the location information and status information of a plurality of image forming apparatus installed in any place to perform one or more functions of output, copying, scanning and faxing through the smart terminal, and can be used Industrial applicability as an image forming apparatus network monitoring and use system is recognized.

Claims

A plurality of image forming apparatuses installed at any place and performing at least one function of output, copying, scanning, and faxing, a management server capable of transmitting and receiving data, and a smart terminal having application programs for monitoring the image forming apparatuses; ,

The image forming apparatus transmits its location information and status information to the management server in real time,

The management server collects and stores the location information and the status information in real time, and provides the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program.

And the smart terminal is configured to display location information and status information provided by the management server.
In claim 1,

The management server stores the account information of the user having the authority for remote control of the image forming apparatus,

The smart terminal displays the location information and the status information provided by the management server, and when receiving a remote control request signal for a specific image forming apparatus, transmits it to the management server together with the user's account information.

The management server receives the remote control request signal and the user's account information sent by the smart terminal, and if the received user's account information matches the user's account information stored in the specific image forming apparatus And provide a remote control interface to the smart terminal.
In claim 2,

The management server is configured to store the execution history for each user account information when the smart terminal provided with the remote control interface for the specific image forming apparatus performs the remote control, characterized in that for configuring the network monitoring and use system .
In claim 1,

Wherein the location information provided by the management server to the smart terminal is an image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system, characterized in that formed in the form of a region or school list or a symbol displayed on the map.
In claim 1,

The state information provided by the management server to the smart terminal is available or not, providing function, paper quantity, bill payment or not, coin settlement or not, 10 won change amount, 50 won change amount, 100 won change amount, 500 won An image forming apparatus network monitoring and using system comprising a change amount, change discharge value, card payment value, and power state.
In claim 1,

The location information provided by the management server to the smart terminal is configured in the form of a symbol displayed on a map, but is categorized and displayed to indicate status information of the image forming apparatus located at a corresponding point. Monitoring and use system.
In claim 6,

The symbol indicates the status information of the image forming apparatus located at the point, and is categorized as indicating when all functions are normal, indicating when some functions are unavailable, and indicating when all functions are unavailable. An image forming apparatus network monitoring and use system.
In claim 1,

The smart terminal provides its location information to the management server,

The management server provides the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program, but the location information of the image forming apparatus installed at a point within a predetermined range based on the location information of the smart terminal. And provide an interface for preferentially checking the status information.
In claim 1,

The management server stores the user's account information including the school information that the user is attending,

The smart terminal transmits the user's account information to the management server,

The management server receives the user's account information sent by the smart terminal, and if the received user's account information matches the user's account information stored in the smart terminal, the location information and the status information to the smart terminal; The system for monitoring and using the image forming apparatus network, wherein the user is provided to provide an interface for checking the position information and the status information of the image forming apparatus installed in the school.
In claim 9,

The management server is configured to provide the location information and the status information to the smart terminal, but to provide a group bulletin board interface that can be used by users attending the same school, characterized in that the network system for monitoring and using the image forming apparatus.
In claim 1,

The management server is configured to provide a user bulletin board interface for leaving the user's opinion while providing the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program. Device network monitoring and usage system.
In claim 1,

The management server is configured to provide a document storage interface for providing the location information and the status information to the smart terminal when the smart terminal executes the application program, so that the user's document can be stored in the management server. An image forming apparatus network monitoring and use system.