IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a host apparatus which is connectable with at least one image forming apparatus via a universal serial bus (USB), the method comprising:
- connecting an image forming apparatus having a storage unit in which at least one application program is stored with the host apparatus;
recognizing the image forming apparatus as a disk drive corresponding to a mass storage class to be displayed in the host apparatus and exploring at least one application program in the displayed disk drive;
performing the explored application program; and
displaying the application program controlling the image forming apparatus in the host apparatus.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a host apparatus which is connectable with at least one image forming apparatus via a universal serial bus (USB) includes connecting the image forming apparatus having a storage unit in which at least one application program is stored with the host apparatus. The host apparatus recognizes the image forming apparatus as a disk drive corresponding to a mass storage class and displays the mass storage disk drive on a display of the host apparatus. A user of the host apparatus may use an explorer program to select an application stored in the mass storage disk drive. Accordingly, an application program that provides a UI stored in the image forming apparatus is loaded and executed in the host apparatus to enable convenient control and status identification of the image forming apparatus using the displayed UI without an additional installation process.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a host apparatus which is connectable with at least one image forming apparatus via a universal serial bus (USB), the method comprising:
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connecting an image forming apparatus having a storage unit in which at least one application program is stored with the host apparatus; recognizing the image forming apparatus as a disk drive corresponding to a mass storage class to be displayed in the host apparatus and exploring at least one application program in the displayed disk drive; performing the explored application program; and displaying the application program controlling the image forming apparatus in the host apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A host apparatus which is connectable with at least one image forming apparatus via a universal serial bus (USB), the host apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit comprising a USB interface connected to an image forming apparatus having a storage unit in which at least one application program is stored; a display displaying a user interface (UI) of the application program; a memory loading the application program; and a controller recognizing the image forming apparatus as a disk drive corresponding to a mass storage class to be displayed on the display when connecting with the image forming apparatus via the USB interface, exploring and executing the application program in the displayed disk drive to be loaded to the memory, and controlling the display to display the UI of the loaded application program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An image forming apparatus which is connectable with at least one host apparatus via a universal serial bus (USB), the image forming apparatus comprising:
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a communication unit comprising a USB interface to support a printer class and a mass storage class; a storage unit in which a file allocation table (FAT) and at least one application program are stored; and a controller informing the host apparatus that the USB interface supports the printer class and the mass storage class when connecting to the host apparatus via the USB interface and controlling the communication unit to load the application program to the host apparatus.
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21. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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connecting an image forming apparatus to a host apparatus; and downloading from the image forming apparatus an application to display a user interface corresponding to functions of the image forming apparatus on a display of the host apparatus, wherein the application is saved and executed from a RAM device of the host apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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an imaging unit to perform an imaging function of a document; a data storage device to store at least one application to control operation of the image forming apparatus; a data communication unit to connect to a host device to receive imaging commands from the host device; and a controller to control transmission of data between the data storage device and the host device via the data communication unit, and to control the imaging unit, wherein the data communication unit transmits the at least one application to the host device to provide a display on the host device corresponding to at least one function of the image forming apparatus, wherein the data storage device includes a file allocation table to transmit to the host device, such that at least a portion of the data storage device is controllable by a user of the host device as a mass data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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Specification