IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a near field communication (NFC) unit that establishes, when a portable terminal device comes near the NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device;
a short-range communication unit that has a larger wireless communication coverage than a wireless communication coverage of the NFC unit, establishes, after the wireless communication has been established and connection setting information has been received via the NFC unit, wireless connection with the portable terminal device by using the connection setting information;
a data processing unit that performs data processing on data received via the short-range communication unit;
a printer unit that prints out the processed data; and
a control unit that controls, when the data received via the short-range communication unit is determined to contain data about image processing control, processing performed by at least one of the data processing unit and the printer unit in accordance with the data about image processing control.
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a near field communication (NFC) unit that establishes, when a portable terminal device comes near the NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device; a short-range communication unit that has a larger wireless communication coverage than that of the NFC unit, establishes, after the wireless communication has been established and connection setting information has been received via the NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device by using the connection setting information; a data processing unit that performs data processing on data received via the short-range communication unit; a printer unit that prints out the processed data; and a control unit that controls, when the data received via the short-range communication unit is determined to contain data about image processing control, processing performed by the data processing unit or the printer unit in accordance with the data about image processing control.
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10 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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a near field communication (NFC) unit that establishes, when a portable terminal device comes near the NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device; a short-range communication unit that has a larger wireless communication coverage than a wireless communication coverage of the NFC unit, establishes, after the wireless communication has been established and connection setting information has been received via the NFC unit, wireless connection with the portable terminal device by using the connection setting information; a data processing unit that performs data processing on data received via the short-range communication unit; a printer unit that prints out the processed data; and a control unit that controls, when the data received via the short-range communication unit is determined to contain data about image processing control, processing performed by at least one of the data processing unit and the printer unit in accordance with the data about image processing control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An information processing system comprising:
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a portable terminal device that includes; a location-information acquiring unit that acquires physical location information about the portable terminal device; a first near field communication (NFC) unit that establishes wireless communication with another device by being brought near the other device; a first short-range communication unit that has a larger wireless communication coverage than a wireless communication coverage of the first NFC unit and establishes, after the wireless communication has been established and connection setting information has been received via the first NFC unit, wireless communication with the other device by using the connection setting information; and a print control unit that creates an instruction indicating whether to enable or disable print processing control based on the location information and causes the instruction to be contained in data to be transmitted via the first short-range communication unit; and an image forming apparatus that includes; a second NFC unit that establishes, when the portable terminal device comes near the second NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device; a second short-range communication unit that has a larger wireless communication coverage than a wireless communication coverage of the second NFC unit, establishes, after the wireless communication has been established and connection setting information has been received via the second NFC unit, wireless communication with the portable terminal device by using the connection setting information; a data processing unit that receives the data transmitted from the portable terminal device via the second short-range communication unit, performs data processing on the data; a printer unit that prints out the processed data; and a control unit that controls processing performed by at least one of the data processing unit and the printer unit in accordance with the instruction indicating whether to enable or disable print processing control contained in the data received via the second short-range communication unit.
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