KR101510318B1 - A Method for control network image forming apparatus - Google Patents

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KR101510318B1
KR101510318B1 KR20130129016A KR20130129016A KR101510318B1 KR 101510318 B1 KR101510318 B1 KR 101510318B1 KR 20130129016 A KR20130129016 A KR 20130129016A KR 20130129016 A KR20130129016 A KR 20130129016A KR 101510318 B1 KR101510318 B1 KR 101510318B1
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The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having at least one image forming apparatus installed at an arbitrary place with a unique code and performing at least one of printing, copying, scanning and faxing, at least one smart terminal having its own identification information, Wherein the specific image forming apparatus selected from the one or more image forming apparatuses and a specific smart terminal selected from among the one or more smart terminals form a pairing module, And transmits the generated pairing request information to the management server. The management server receives the pairing request information, searches the DB, and finds both the unique code and the identification information included in the pairing request information If the pairing of the pairing module is approved and the pairing of the pairing module is approved, Wherein the smart terminal of the pairing module is configured to execute the operation interface and to transmit the operation information inputted thereto through the management server directly to the image forming apparatus constituting the self-pairing module or via the management server. .

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[0001] The present invention relates to a remote control method for a network image forming apparatus,

The present invention allows an image forming apparatus, which is installed at an arbitrary place and performs at least one of printing, copying, scanning and faxing, to be controlled and used through a smart terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, Wherein the smart storage device is capable of using and storing files without direct data transmission / reception between the image forming apparatus and the smart terminal through a cloud storage space.

Recently, smart devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs have become popular, and mobile computing has become commonplace. As a result, the need for output, copying, etc. of the document also arises in various places. Accordingly, the inventor of the present invention has disclosed a compound printing device installed at an arbitrary place and performing functions such as copying, outputting, scanning and faxing through the registration utility model No. 0466536, . Open Publication No. 2013-0061482 discloses a user location-based cloud printing system, which informs the user of the location of the nearest image forming apparatus capable of carrying out operations such as printing based on the user's location information. .

However, the above-described prior arts can be used to directly control an image forming apparatus installed in an arbitrary place for copying or printing using a smart terminal such as a smart phone carried by the user, It is not yet possible to use or store a specific file without direct data transmission / reception between the devices.

Document 1: Registered Utility Model No. 0466536 "Compound Printing Device ", 2013.04.23. [Patent Document 2] Published Patent No. 2013-0061482 "User Location Based Cloud Printing System ", 2013.06.11.

The present invention allows an image forming apparatus, which is installed at an arbitrary place and performs at least one of printing, copying, scanning and faxing, to be controlled and used through a smart terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, And to use and store the file without direct data transmission / reception between the image forming apparatus and the smart terminal through the cloud storage space of the network.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is characterized in that the present invention is characterized in that " one or more image forming apparatuses installed in an arbitrary place with a unique code and performing at least one of printing, copying, A specific server selected from among the at least one image forming apparatus and a specific smart terminal selected from the one or more smart terminals is a paging module, And transmits the generated pairing request information to the management server. The management server receives the pairing request information, searches the DB, and transmits the unique code included in the pairing request information And if the identification information is found, confirms the pairing of the pairing module, The smart terminal of the pairing module is configured to execute the operation interface and to transmit the operation information input through the operation interface to the image forming apparatus constituting itself and the pairing module either directly or through the management server when the pairing is approved. Forming device remote control method "

Further, the present invention is characterized in that ??? the management server provides a cloud storage space and transmits a file stored in the cloud storage space to an image forming apparatus of the corresponding pairing module in response to a request of the smart terminal of the pairing module, And stores the received file in the cloud storage space. The remote control method of the network image forming apparatus according to the present invention is also provided.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the specific image forming apparatus receives the identification information from the specific smart terminal, forms a pairing module with the specific smart terminal, generates the pairing request information including the unique code and the provided identification information, And if the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal of the pairing module executes the operation interface and transmits the operation information inputted thereto to the image forming apparatus constituting the pairing module with itself, And the transmitted image forming apparatus is configured to control itself in accordance with the operation information.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the specific smart terminal receives the identification information of the specific image forming apparatus and forms a pairing module with the specific image forming apparatus, generates the pairing request information including its own identification information and the received inherent code, When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal of the pairing module executes the operation interface and transmits the operation information inputted thereto through the management server, and the management server receives the operation information And the image forming apparatus having received the operation information transmits the received operation information to the image forming apparatus of the corresponding pairing module and controls the image forming apparatus to control itself in accordance with the operation information .

Further, according to the present invention, when the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal of the pairing module executes the operation interface and transmits the operation information inputted thereto through the image forming apparatus constituting itself and the pairing module, And to execute a billing interface when it is determined that billing is necessary and a billing is necessary. The present invention also provides a method for remotely controlling a network image forming apparatus.

Further, according to the present invention, when the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal of the pairing module executes the operation interface and transmits specification information or status information of the image forming apparatus paired with the smart interface to the smart- And a remote control method of a network image forming apparatus characterized by comprising:

The present invention has the following effects.

1. An image forming apparatus installed in an arbitrary place and performing one or more functions of copying, outputting, scanning and faxing can be controlled and used through a smart terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and the like.

2. A file stored in the cloud storage space of the management server can be utilized in the image forming apparatus even if the user does not carry the separate file storage medium.

3. A file created by the image forming apparatus can be stored in the cloud storage space of the management server even if the user does not carry the separate file storage medium.

1 is a block diagram of a network image forming apparatus remote control method according to the present invention.
2 is a specific embodiment of a network image forming apparatus remote control method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a remote control method for a network image forming apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network image forming apparatus remote control method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the network image forming apparatus remote control method according to the present invention includes at least one image forming apparatus 10, at least one smart terminal 20, and a management server 30.

The image forming apparatus 10 is installed in an arbitrary place with a unique code and performs a function of at least one of printing, copying, scanning, and faxing. The image forming apparatus 10 may be a wired / wireless communication network such as a composite printing apparatus disclosed in Registration Utility Model No. 0466536 And can be implemented through a multifunction peripheral capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from an external device. However, it is not essential to provide an operation interface such as a button, a touch screen, or the like, which a general image forming apparatus must have inevitably for operation. This is because operation of the image forming apparatus 10 is performed through the smart terminal 20 in the present invention. In addition, since the image forming apparatus 10 can directly transmit and receive data to and from the smart terminal 20, the image forming apparatus 10 includes hardware and S / W for data transmission and reception with the smart terminal 20, (Not shown).

The smart terminal 20 has its own identification information and is carried by a user, and is implemented as a device capable of mobile computing and wired / wireless data communication such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and the like. The smart terminal 20 may be provided with an application program for executing the network image forming apparatus using system according to the present invention.

The management server 30 may be implemented as a general-purpose server computer widely used in a network service, a web service, or the like as a computer apparatus having a DB storing the unique code and the identification information.

The network image forming apparatus remote control method according to the present invention is driven as follows.

A specific image forming apparatus 10 selected from among the at least one image forming apparatus and a specific smart terminal 20 selected from among the at least one smart terminal are paired to form a pairing module including a unique code and identification information, And transmits the generated information to the management server 30.

Then, the management server 30 receives the pairing request information, searches the DB, and approves the pairing of the pairing module if it finds both the unique code and the identification information included in the pairing request information.

When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 of the corresponding pairing module executes the operation interface and directly inputs the operation information inputted thereto to the image forming apparatus 10 constituting the pairing module with itself, And transmitted via the server 30.

Specifically, the pairing module generates the pairing request information and transmits the pairing request information to the management server 30. When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 of the corresponding pairing module performs image formation There are two ways of operating the apparatus 10 as follows.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the specific image forming apparatus 10 receives the identification information from the specific smart terminal 20, forms a pairing module with the specific smart terminal 20, And transmits the generated pairing request information to the management server 30. When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 of the corresponding pairing module executes the operation interface, To the image forming apparatus 10 constituting the pairing module itself, and the image forming apparatus 10 receiving the operation information can be configured to control itself in accordance with the operation information.

Specifically, the image forming apparatus 10 can receive identification information of the smart terminal 20 through wireless or wired communication such as NFC, WiFi, Bluetooth, and USB connection from the smart terminal 20, Wired / wireless communication equipment. When the pairing of the pairing module is approved by the management server 30, the image forming apparatus 10 transmits operation information inputted and received through the operation interface of the smart terminal 20 paired with the image forming apparatus 10 to WiFi, USB connection Or the like, and controls itself in a corresponding manner. At this time, the operation interface may be pre-installed in the smart terminal 20 in the form of an application program.

Alternatively, the specific smart terminal 20 may receive the identification information of the specific image forming apparatus 10 to form a pairing module with the specific image forming apparatus 10, And transmits the generated pairing request information to the management server 30. If the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 of the corresponding pairing module executes the operation interface, Information to the management server 30 and the management server 30 receives the operation information and transmits the received operation information to the image forming apparatus 10 of the corresponding pairing module, 10 may be configured to control itself in accordance with the operation information.

Specifically, the smart terminal 20 may receive a unique code of the image forming apparatus 10 through wireless or wired communication such as NFC, WiFi, Bluetooth, or USB connection from the image forming apparatus 10, A method of selecting the image forming apparatus 10 having a specific inherent code via the image forming apparatus selection interface provided by the server 30 may be applied. In the latter case, the smart terminal 20 has an advantage of being able to establish a pairing module with the image forming apparatus 10 installed remotely. The image forming apparatus selection interface may be provided in the form of an application program or a mobile web page pre-installed in the smart terminal 20, or may be implemented in an integrated form with the operation interface.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the management server 30 provides a cloud storage space, and upon receipt of a request from the smart terminal 20 of the pairing module to which the pairing is approved, the management server 30 transmits the file stored in the cloud storage space to the image forming apparatus 10 or transmits the file generated by the image forming apparatus 10 of the corresponding pairing module and stores the file in the cloud storage space.

In the present invention, when the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 of the pairing module executes the operation interface and directly inputs the operation information inputted thereto to the image forming apparatus 10 constituting the pairing module with itself The control server 30 may be configured to determine whether a pre-transmission charge is required, and to execute a payment interface when charging is required.

The determination of the necessity of charging may be performed by a program linked to the operation interface, and the payment interface may be implemented in the form of a payment application program or a mobile web page generally applied to a smart phone, a tablet PC, or the like. The settlement is generally performed by a financial settlement server provided separately from the management server 30.

In the meantime, when the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 of the pairing module executes the operation interface and transmits the specification information or status information of the image forming apparatus paired with the smart terminal 20 to the image forming apparatus 10 The management server 30, and the like.

The specification information or the status information may be an outputable paper size, a remaining paper amount, a remaining toner amount, or a jam occurrence. When the smart terminal 20 is provided with specific specification information or status information of the image forming apparatus 10 forming the pairing module with the smart terminal 20, appropriate operations corresponding to the provided function or status of the image forming apparatus 10 .

FIG. 2 shows a specific embodiment of the network image forming apparatus remote control method according to the present invention.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2, a plurality of image forming apparatuses 10 having an NFC reader for performing short-range wireless communication and an image forming apparatus 10 installed in an arbitrary place with an inherent code And the smart terminal 20 that has installed the application program for itself and registers its identification information in the management server 30 is shown.

In the system configured as described above, an example in which the smart terminal 20 performs an operation for copying in the specific image forming apparatus 10 will be described.

First, the smart terminal 20 provides its identification information to the specific image forming apparatus 10 by tagging itself to an NFC reader included in a specific image forming apparatus 10 in a state in which the NFC is activated, Forming device 10 and a pairing module. When the pairing module is configured as described above, the specific image forming apparatus 10 generates the pairing request information by including its own unique code in the identification information provided by the specific smart terminal 20, and transmits the pairing request information to the management server 30 do.

Next, the management server 30 receives the pairing request information, searches the DB, and approves the pairing of the pairing module if it finds both the unique code and the identification information included in the pairing request information.

When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal 20 executes an application program as an operation interface and transmits a copy command inputted thereto through the image forming apparatus 10 constituting the pairing module with itself, The specific image forming apparatus 10 that has received the image data is allowed to perform the copying.

The system configured as shown in FIG. 2 may be utilized for the implementation of specialized services such as photo printing. Specifically, it is assumed that a plurality of image forming apparatuses 10 are installed in a famous sightseeing spot, a train station, a terminal or an airport, and have a photo printing function. In this situation, the user who has traveled to a specific destination and has taken a picture using his / her smart terminal 20 transmits the photographed picture files to the cloud storage space of the management server 30, stores it in the cloud storage space, The user can select a photograph file to be photographed by using a waiting time for boarding a train, a bus, or an airplane at a train station, a terminal, or an airport.

The remote control method of the network image forming apparatus according to the present invention has been described in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications and variations are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is therefore intended that the appended claims cover such modifications and variations as fall within the true scope of the invention.

10: Image forming apparatus 20: Smart terminal
30: Management server

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At least one image forming apparatus installed at an arbitrary place with a unique code and performing at least one of printing, copying, scanning and faxing, at least one smart terminal having its own identification information, The present invention relates to a network image forming apparatus remote control method including a management server having a DB,
(1) A specific image forming apparatus selected from the at least one image forming apparatus and a specific smart terminal selected from the at least one smart terminal constitute a pairing module, Via an image forming apparatus selection interface that provides the image forming apparatus with the image forming apparatus;
(2) The specific image forming apparatus receives identification information from the specific smart terminal, forms a pairing module with the specific smart terminal, generates pairing request information including its own unique code and identification information provided thereto, Transmitting;
(3) The management server receives the pairing request information, searches the DB, and approves the pairing of the pairing module if it finds both the unique code and the identification information included in the pairing request information.
(4) When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal of the pairing module executes the operation interface and receives the status information of the image forming apparatus paired with the smart interface, either directly from the image forming apparatus or via the management server, Transmitting the operation information input through the operation interface to the image forming apparatus constituting itself and the image forming apparatus constituting the pairing module directly or through the management server, judging whether or not the pre-transfer charging is necessary, and executing the payment interface when the charging is necessary;
(5) the image forming apparatus having received the operation information controls itself in accordance with the operation information; And
(6) The management server provides a cloud storage space and transmits a file stored in the cloud storage space to an image forming apparatus of the corresponding pairing module in response to a request of the smart terminal of the pairing module for which pairing has been approved, Receiving a file generated in the cloud storage device and storing the received file in the cloud storage space;
Wherein the remote control method comprises the steps of:
At least one image forming apparatus installed at an arbitrary place with a unique code and performing at least one of printing, copying, scanning and faxing, at least one smart terminal having its own identification information, The present invention relates to a network image forming apparatus remote control method including a management server having a DB,
(A) a specific image forming apparatus selected from the one or more image forming apparatuses and a specific smart terminal selected from the one or more smart terminals constitute a pairing module, Via an image forming apparatus selection interface that provides the image forming apparatus with the image forming apparatus;
(B) The specific smart terminal receives the identification information of the specific image forming apparatus, forms a pairing module with the specific image forming apparatus, generates pairing request information including its own identification information and the received unique code, ;
(C) the management server receives the pairing request information, searches the DB, and approves pairing of the pairing module if it finds both the unique code and the identification information included in the pairing request information;
(D) When the pairing of the pairing module is approved, the smart terminal of the pairing module executes the operation interface and receives the status information of the image forming apparatus paired with the smart interface, either directly from the image forming apparatus or via the management server, Wherein the operation information input through the operation interface is directly transmitted to the image forming apparatus constituting the pairing module or is transmitted to the management server so that the management server receives the operation information and transmits the operation information to the image forming apparatus of the pairing module Determining whether a charge before transmission is necessary, and executing a payment interface when charging is required;
(E) the image forming apparatus having received the operation information controls itself in accordance with the operation information; And
(F) The management server provides a cloud storage space, and transmits a file stored in the cloud storage space to an image forming apparatus of the corresponding pairing module in response to a request of a smart terminal of a pairing module for which pairing is approved, Receiving a file generated in the cloud storage device and storing the received file in the cloud storage space;
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