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IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

  • US 20130027737A1
  • Filed: 07/27/2012
  • Published: 01/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image-forming system comprising:

  • an image-forming device and a portable terminal,the image-forming device having;

    a printing engine part for carrying out printing,a state-detecting part for detecting a state of the image-forming device, anda panel part that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements for displaying the state of the image-forming device, the panel part adapted such that, while the state of the image-forming device is being displayed to a user by the light-emitting elements, a turned-on/turned-off pattern of the plurality of light-emitting elements is switched, and optical signals destined for the portable terminal and including information on the state of the image-forming device are transmitted; and

    the portable terminal havingan image-capturing part,a storage part for storing an application,a display part for displaying an image and a screen, anda processing part for identifying, based on the application, the information on the state of the image-forming device included in the optical signals from image data obtained as a result of the image-capturing part capturing an image of the panel part, and for displaying, based on the application, the state of the image-forming device on the display part.

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