Data output apparatus, data processing apparatus and data output system including these apparatuses

• US 20060227343A1
• Filed: 08/02/2005
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,429,646 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00498 Multi-lingual facilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00973 from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

The multi function peripheral 20 stores the common codes 40 which have been commonly assigned to plural types of message data having the same meaning in different languages, and sends the common codes and the language designation information to the data processing apparatus 60. The data processing apparatus 60 has the vernacular message group 70 in which the correspondence between the message and the common code has been established for plural languages. The data processing apparatus 60 extracts, from the vernacular message group 70, message data which are identified by combination between the common code and the language designation information received from the multiple function processing apparatuses 20, and sends the message data to the multiple function processing apparatuses 20. The multiple function processing apparatuses 20 switches display languages on the operation panel or the like by using message data received from the data processing apparatus 60.

Claims

1. A data output apparatus, comprising:

a first storage which stores a common code corresponding to message data,

wherein the common code is commonly shared by plural kinds of the message data;

a transmitting section which transmits the common code and designation information designating a kind of the message data to an external device;

a receiving section which receives the message data identified by the common code and the designation information from the external device; and

an output processing section which conducts an output processing based on the received message data.

2. The data output apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the output processing section generates image data to be outputted based on the received message data.

3. The data output apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an operational display section;

wherein the data output apparatus switches a language to be displayed in the operational display section based on the received message data.

4. The data output apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a print section;

wherein the data output apparatus switches a language to be printed in the print section based on the received message data.

5. The data output apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a selector section which selects the designation information;

wherein the transmitting section transmits the designation information selected by the selector section to the external device.

6. The data output apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a second storage which stores the designation information;

wherein the designation information stored in the second storage is used when the data output apparatus is turned on.

7. The data output apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the receiving section further receives font data identified by the designation information from the external device.

8. The data output apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the first storage stores a plurality of the common codes corresponding to plural contents of the message data, and a set of the common codes corresponds to a model of the data output apparatus.

9. The data output apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the first storage stores a plurality of the common codes corresponding to plural contents of the message data, and a set of the common codes corresponds to a function of the data output apparatus.

10. The data output apparatus of claim 9,

wherein the function includes at least one of a scanner function, a copy function, a print function, and a facsimile function.

11. A data output system, comprising:

a data output apparatus; and

a data processing apparatus connected to the data output apparatus;

wherein the data output apparatus includes

a first storage which stores a common code corresponding to message data,

wherein the common code is commonly shared by plural kinds of the message data, and

a transmitting section which transmits the common code and designation information designating a kind of the message data to the data processing apparatus,

wherein the data processing apparatus includes

a data storage which stores the message data, the designation information and the common code associated with each other,

a request receiving section which receives the common code and the designation information transmitted from the transmitting section of the data output apparatus,

an extracting section which extracts the message data identified by the common code and the designation information from the data storage, and

an extracting result transmitting section which transmits the extracted message data to the data output apparatus,

wherein the data output apparatus further includes

a receiving section which receives the extracted message data, and

an output processing section which conducts an output processing based on the received message data.

12. The data output system of claim 11,

wherein the output processing section generates image data to be outputted based on the received message data.

13. The data output system of claim 11, further comprising:

an operational display section;

wherein the data output apparatus switches a language to be displayed in the operational display section based on the received message data.

14. The data output system of claim 11, further comprising:

a print section;

wherein the data output apparatus switches a language to be printed in the print section based on the received message data.

15. The data output system of claim 11, further comprising:

a selector section which selects the designation information;

wherein the transmitting section transmits the designation information selected by the selector section to the external device.

16. The data output system of claim 11, further comprising:

a second storage which stores the designation information;

wherein the designation information stored in the second storage is used when the data output apparatus is turned on.

17. The data output system of claim 11,

wherein the receiving section further receives font data identified by the designation information from the external device.

18. The data output system of claim 11,

wherein the first storage stores a plurality of the common codes corresponding to plural contents of the message data, and a set of the common codes corresponds to a model of the data output apparatus.

19. The data output system of claim 11,

wherein the first storage stores a plurality of the common codes corresponding to plural contents of the message data, and a set of the common codes corresponds to a function of the data output apparatus.

20. The data output system of claim 19,

wherein the function includes at least one of a scanner function, a copy function, a print function, and a facsimile function.

21. A data processing apparatus, comprising:

a data storage which stores plural kinds of message data, designation information designating a kind of the massage data and a common code corresponding to the message data associated with each other,

wherein the common code is commonly shared by plural kinds of the message data;

a request receiving section which receives the common code and the designation information transmitted from a transmitting section of an external device,

an extracting section which extracts the message data identified by the common code and the designation information from the data storage, and

an extracting result transmitting section which transmits the extracted message data to the external device.

22. A data output system, comprising:

a data output apparatus; and

a data processing apparatus connected to the data output apparatus;

wherein the data output apparatus includes

an input section which inputs character information, and

a transmitting section which transmits the character information to the data processing apparatus,

wherein the data processing apparatus includes

a first receiving section which receives the character information from the transmitting section of the data output apparatus,

an extracting section which extracts at least one of conversion alternatives corresponding to the character information, and

an extracting result transmitting section which transmits one or more conversion alternatives extracted by the extracting section to the data output apparatus,

wherein the data output apparatus further includes

a second receiving section which receives the one or more conversion alternatives from the extracting result transmitting section of the data processing apparatus,

a selector which selects a conversion alternative from among the one or more conversion alternatives, and

an output processing section which conducts an output processing based on the selected conversion alternative.

23. The data output system of claim 22,

wherein character information is represented by at least one common codes, the data output apparatus transmits the common code and designation information identifying a kind of the language to the data processing apparatus, and the data processing apparatus extracts at least one of conversion alternatives based on the common code and the designation information.

24. A data output method, comprising steps of:

storing a common code corresponding to message data in a first storage,

wherein the common code is commonly shared by a plural kinds of the message data;

transmitting the common code and a designation information identifying a kind of the message data to an external device;

receiving the message data identified by the common code and the designation information; and

conducting an output processing based on the received message data.

25. The data output method of claim 24,

wherein image data to be outputted are generated based on the received message data in the operating step.

26. The data output method of claim 24, further comprising a step of:

switching a language to be displayed in a operational display section based on the received message data.

27. The data output method of claim 24, further comprising a step of:

switching a language to be printed in a print section based on the received message data.

28. The data output method of claim 24, further comprising a step of:

selecting the designation information;

wherein the designation information selected in the selecting step is transmitted to the external device.

29. The data output method of claim 24, further comprising a step of:

storing the designation information in a second storage;

wherein the designation information stored in the second storage is used when the data output apparatus is turned on.

30. The data output method of claim 24,

wherein font data identified by the designation information from the external device is received in the receiving step.

31. The data output method of claim 24,

wherein the first storage stores a plurality of the common codes corresponding to plural contents of the message data, and a set of the common codes corresponds to a model of the data output apparatus.

32. The data output method of claim 24,

wherein the first storage stores a plurality of the common codes corresponding to plural contents of the message data, and a set of the common codes corresponds to a function of the data output apparatus.

33. The data output method of claim 32,

wherein the function includes at least one of a scanner function, a copy function, a print function, and a facsimile function.