IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROCESSING FILE ACCORDING TO INDEX INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080088705A1
• Filed: 10/11/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: HWANG, Jae-won
• Granted Patent: US 9,066,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: an image processing unit; a display part which displays a plurality of files; an input part which receives at least one index information with respect to at least one of the files; a storing part which stores the files and the received index information together; and a control part which classifies the files according to the received index information, and controls the image processing unit to process files which includes a selected index information.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image processing unit;

a display part which displays a plurality of files;

an input part which receives at least one index information with respect to at least one of the files;

a storing part which stores the files and the received index information together; and

a control part which classifies the files according to the received index information, and controls the image processing unit to process files which include a selected index information.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit comprises a plurality of image processing parts which comprise different functions, and

the control part controls the display part and the input part so that at least one of the image processing parts which correspond to the selected index information can be selected.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control part allows at least one of the plurality of image processing parts to be selected by the index information.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the files comprise a text file and an image file.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein if the files comprise the text file, part of data included in the text file is displayed by the index information.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein if the files comprise the image file, the index information displays at least one of person'"'"'s information, environment information and material information of an image included in the image file.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the input part inputs the index information by means of a letter, a number, a sign and a combination of the letter, the number and the sign.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the files comprise a text file and an image file.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein if the files comprise the text file, part of data included in the text file is displayed by the index information.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein if the files comprise the image file, the index information displays at least one of person'"'"'s information, environment information and material information of an image included in the image file.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the input part inputs the index information by means of a letter, a number, a sign and a combination of the letter, the number and the sign.

12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the files comprise a text file and an image file.

13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein if the files comprise the text file, part of data included in the text file is displayed by the index information.

14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein if the files comprise the image file, the index information displays at least one of person'"'"'s information, environment information and material information of an image included in the image file.

15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the input part inputs the index information by means of a letter, a number, a sign and a combination of the letter, the number and the sign.

16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 15, wherein if backgrounds of the files are a mountain and/or a sea, the index information can separately or additionally be input according to the backgrounds.

17. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of image processing parts comprise an image forming part which materializes the file in a print media, a fax part which transmits the file to a predetermined receiving fax, and an e-mail transmitting part which transmits the file to an external server.

18. A method of processing files of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of files;

providing at least one index information with respect to at least one of the files;

storing the files and the received index information together; and

classifying the files according to the received index information, and processing the files which include selected ones of the index information.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the processing of the files includes selecting at least one of a plurality of image processing parts based on the selected index information.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the plurality of image processing parts includes an image forming part which materializes the file in a print media, a fax part which transmits the file to a predetermined receiving fax, and an e-mail transmitting part which transmits the file to an external server.

21. A method of processing files of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

recalling a stored file from a storage;

display the recalled file;

inputting index information according to a desired classification with respect to the file displayed;

storing the index information with the file together;

classifying the stored file according to the index information; and

selecting a file classification according to the index information and an image processing part to process the file based on the index information.