Image forming apparatus with radio frequency identification function and method of using the same
First Claim
1. A method of forming an image that corresponds to an information item about an article in a system comprising an image forming apparatus and the article, the method comprising:
- receiving information about an article from an RFID tag;
requesting, to a server, one or more detailed information items about the article that correspond to the received information;
receiving the requested one or more detailed information items from the server; and
forming one or more images corresponding to the received one or more detailed information items.
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Abstract
A method of forming an image that corresponds to an information item about an article having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The image forming apparatus receives information about the article stored in the RFID tag, requests, from a server, one or more detailed information items about the article that correspond to the received information, and receives the requested one or more detailed information items. The image forming apparatus forms one or more images that correspond to the received one or more detailed information items. The server stores the one or more detailed information items. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus can obtain information about the article at any time.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of forming an image that corresponds to an information item about an article in a system comprising an image forming apparatus and the article, the method comprising:
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receiving information about an article from an RFID tag;
requesting, to a server, one or more detailed information items about the article that correspond to the received information;
receiving the requested one or more detailed information items from the server; and
forming one or more images corresponding to the received one or more detailed information items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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12. An image forming apparatus to form an image that corresponds to an information item about an article in a system comprising an image forming apparatus and the article, comprising:
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an RFID reader/writer to receive information about an article through an RFID tag;
a control unit to request, to a server, one or more detailed information items about the article that correspond to the received information and to receive the requested one or more detailed information items; and
an image forming unit to form one or more images that correspond to the received one or more detailed information items. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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31. An image forming system, comprising:
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an article having an RFID tag;
an image forming apparatus to request one or more detailed information items associated with information received from the RFID tag about the article, to receive the requested one or more detailed information items, and to form one or more images according to the received one or more detailed information items; and
a server to transmit the requested one or more detailed information items to the image forming apparatus.
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32. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an RFID receiver and/or writer to receive an RF signal from an external device; and
an image forming unit to form one or more images according to information contained in the RF signal. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A communication system to communicate with an image forming apparatus, the communication system comprising:
an RFID tag comprising;
a memory to store information about the article; and
a battery to supply electricity to generate one or more signals about the stored information and to transmit the one or more signals to the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
Specification