Image forming apparatus having diagnosis function using RFID, and diagnosis system and method therefor
First Claim
1. A method of diagnosing an image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus including an RFID tag and/or an RFID reader communicates with a diagnosis device including an RFID reader and/or an RFID tag, through RFID communication.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a diagnosis function using RFID, and a diagnosis system and method therefor are provided. The diagnosis system includes a diagnosis device which includes an RFID tag, stores a diagnosis instruction into the RFID tag, and receives a diagnosis result, an RFID tag is attached to the image forming apparatus. The diagnostic system also includes an RFID reader which is placed in the image forming apparatus, reads the diagnosis instruction from the RFID tag of the diagnosis device, and sends and receives diagnosis information by recognizing the RFID tag of the diagnosis device. A controller is provided to perform the diagnosis instruction received by the RFID reader and send the diagnosis result to the RFID reader. Accordingly, an additional port for the diagnosis function is not required, and diagnosis can be performed by connecting the image forming apparatus with a diagnosis device even when the image forming apparatus is operating.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of diagnosing an image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus including an RFID tag and/or an RFID reader communicates with a diagnosis device including an RFID reader and/or an RFID tag, through RFID communication.
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2. A method of diagnosing an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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reading a diagnosis instruction from a diagnosis device via an RFID reader located in the image forming apparatus;
diagnosing the image forming apparatus using the read diagnosis instruction; and
sending a diagnosis result to the diagnosis device through RFID communication. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of diagnosing an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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recognizing an RFID tag of an image forming apparatus through RFID communication by a first RFID reader;
storing a diagnosis instruction into the recognized RFID tag by the first RFID reader; and
diagnosing the image forming apparatus using the diagnosis instruction when a second RFID reader reads the diagnosis instruction stored in the recognized RFID tag, wherein the RFID communication is a series of operations through which the first or second RFID reader reads data stored in the RFID tag or writes data to the RFID tag. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A diagnosis system for an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a diagnosis device which includes an RFID tag, stores a diagnosis instruction in the RFID tag, and receives a diagnosis result;
an RFID tag included in the image forming apparatus;
an RFID reader which is placed in the image forming apparatus, reads the diagnosis instruction from the RFID tag of the diagnosis device, and sends and receives diagnosis information by recognizing the RFID tag of the diagnosis device; and
a controller which performs the diagnosis instruction received by the RFID reader and sends the diagnosis result to the RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A diagnosis system for an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an RFID tag which is located in the image forming apparatus and stores diagnosis information of the image forming apparatus;
a diagnosis device which includes a first RFID reader, recognizes the RFID tag of the image forming apparatus to read the diagnosis information stored in the recognized RFID tag, and stores a diagnosis instruction into the recognized RFID tag;
a second RFID reader located in the image forming apparatus; and
a controller which stores the diagnosis information of the image forming apparatus into the RFID tag of the image forming apparatus using the second RFID reader, and stores a result obtained by executing the diagnosis instruction, which is stored in the RFID tag of the image forming apparatus by the diagnosis device, into the RFID tag using the second RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An image forming apparatus having a diagnosis function using RFID, comprising:
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a first RFID tag;
an RFID reader which reads a diagnosis instruction from an RFID tag of a diagnosis device when the diagnosis device stores the diagnosis instruction into the RFID tag of the diagnosis device, receives a result obtained by executing the diagnosis instruction, and sends or receives diagnosis information to and from the first RFID tag respectively; and
a controller which performs the diagnosis instruction received by the RFID reader and sends the diagnosis result to the RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An image forming apparatus having a diagnosis function using an RFID, comprising:
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an RFID tag storing diagnosis information of the image forming apparatus;
a first RFID reader reading and writing diagnosis data from and to the RFID tag; and
a controller which stores the diagnosis information of the image forming apparatus into the RFID tag of the image forming apparatus using the first RFID reader, while a diagnosis device reads the diagnosis information stored in the RFID tag by recognizing the RFID tag of the image forming apparatus and stores a diagnosis instruction into the RFID tag, and in which the controller reads the diagnosis instruction stored in the RFID tag of the image forming apparatus, executes the diagnosis instruction, and stores an execution result into the RFID tag via the first RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method of diagnosing an image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises an RFID tag and communicates with a diagnosis device including an RFID reader, through RFID communication.
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25. A method of diagnosing an image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises an RFID reader and communicates with a diagnosis device including an RFID tag, through RFID communication.
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