IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, AND IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
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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Abstract
An image-forming system comprising an image-forming device and a portable terminal. The image-forming device has a state-detecting part and a panel part that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, the panel part adapted such that 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. The portable terminal has an image-capturing part, a storage part for storing an application, a display part for displaying an image and a screen, and a processing part a 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, the state of the image-forming device on the display part.
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19 Claims
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1. An image-forming system comprising:
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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, and a 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 having an image-capturing part, a storage part for storing an application, a display part for displaying an image and a screen, and a 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image-forming device comprising:
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a printing engine part for carrying out printing; a state-detecting part for detecting a state of the image-forming device, and a panel part comprising 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. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling an image-forming system comprising the steps of:
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displaying a state of an image-forming device to a user using a plurality of light-emitting elements, the light-emitting elements adapted for displaying the state of the image-forming device; switching a turned-on/turned-off pattern of the plurality of light-emitting elements while the state of the image-forming device is being displayed, and transmitting optical signals destined for a portable terminal and including information on the state of the image-forming device; identifying, based on an application, the information on the state of the image-forming device included in the optical signals from image data obtained as a result of an image-capturing part of the portable terminal capturing an image of a panel part of the image-forming device; and displaying the state of the image-forming device on a display part of the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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