METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM IMAGE FORMING JOB BY USING NETWORK

• US 20150116746A1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Hyun-wook, JO, Byeong-tak
• Granted Patent: US 9,235,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1212 achieving reduced delay between job submission and print start
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1263 based on job priority, e.g. re-arranging the order of jobs, e.g. the printing sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00103 specially adapted for radio transmission, e.g. via satellites H04N1/00098 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An apparatus and method of forming an image for image-forming data includes connecting the image-forming apparatus to a device by using a wireless communication, receiving image-forming data from the connected device; adjusting a priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device, according to a type of the device or a mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device, and based on the adjusted priority of the image-forming data, forming an image for the image-forming data.

Claims

1. A method of performing an image-forming job by using a network, which is performed by an image-forming apparatus, the method comprising:

connecting the image-forming apparatus to a device by using a wireless communication;

receiving image-forming data from the connected device;

adjusting a priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device, according to a type of the device or a mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device; and

based on the adjusted priority of the image-forming data, forming an image for the image-forming data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if the type of the device includes a mobile device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the image-forming data that is received from the device comprises information that represents the type of the device;

the method further comprises determining the type of the device, based on the information that represents the type of the device; and

the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if the determined type of the device includes a mobile device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving device identification information, in which the type of the device is identified, from the device; and

determining the type of the device, based on the device identification information,

wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if the determined type of the device includes a mobile device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the type of the device, according to a mode of emulating the received image-forming data,

wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if the determined type of the device includes a mobile device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a type of a communication interface that is connected to the device,

wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data based on the determined type of the communication interface.

7. The method of claim 6. wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if the determined type of the communication interface includes a WiFi-Direct interface, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating an internet protocol (IP) address to the connected device; and

determining whether an IP address, which is comprised in the image-forming data received from the device, matches the allocated IP address of the device,

wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if it is determined that the IP address, which is comprised in the image-forming data received from the device, matches the allocated IP address of the device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving identification information of the device through near field communication (NFC) tagging with the device; and

when connecting the image-forming apparatus to the device, determining whether identification information of the device, which is exchanged with the device, matches the received identification information of the device,

wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if it is determined that the identification information of the device, which is exchanged with the device, matches the received identification information of the device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a user input that indicates whether a priority order of the image-forming data is to be adjusted according to the type of the device or the mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device,

wherein the adjusting of the priority order comprises, if receiving from the user the user input that indicates whether a priority order of the image-forming data is to be adjusted according to the type of the device or the mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device, adjusting the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device.

19. The image-forming apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a user input unit to receive from a user a user input that indicates whether the priority order of the image-forming data is to be adjusted according to the type of the device or the mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device,

wherein, if receiving from the user input unit the user input that indicates whether a priority order of the image-forming data is to be adjusted according to a type of the device or a mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device.

11. An image-forming apparatus comprising a communication unit to connect the image-forming apparatus to a device by using a wireless communication to receive image-forming data from the connected device, the image-forming apparatus further comprising:

an adjustment unit to adjust a priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device, according to a type of the device or a mode in which the image-forming apparatus is connected to the device; and

an image-forming unit to form an image for the image-forming data, based on the adjusted priority of the image-forming data.

12. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, wherein, if the type of the device includes a mobile device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

13. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, wherein:

the image-forming data that is received from the device comprises information that represents a type of the device;

the apparatus further comprises a determination unit to determine the type of the device, based on the information that represents the type of the device; and

wherein, if the determined type of the device includes a mobile device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

14. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, wherein:

the communication unit receives device identification information, in which a type of the device may be identified, from the device;

the apparatus further comprises a determination unit for determining a type of the device, based on the device identification information; and

if the determined type of the device includes a mobile device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

15. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a determination unit to determine the type of the device, according to a mode of emulating the received image-forming data,

wherein, if the determined type of the device includes a mobile device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

16. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

a determination unit to determine a type of a communication interface that is connected to the device,

wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device based on the determined type of the communication interface.

17. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

an IP address allocation unit to allocate an IP address to the connected device; and

a determination unit to determine whether an IP address, which is comprised in the image-forming data received from the device, matches the allocated IP address of the device,

wherein, if it is determined that the IP address, which is comprised in the image-forming data received from the device, matches the allocated IP address of the device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

18. The image-forming apparatus of claim 11, wherein:

the communication unit receives receiving identification information of the device through near field communication (NFC) tagging with the device;

the apparatus further comprises a determination unit for, when connecting the image-forming apparatus to the device, determining whether identification information of the device, which is exchanged with the device, matches the received identification information of the device; and

if it is determined that the identification information of the device, which is exchanged with the device, matches the received identification information of the device, the adjustment unit adjusts the priority order of the image-forming data that is received from the device to be higher than a priority order of image-forming data that is received from another device.

20. An image-forming apparatus comprising:

an adjustment unit to adjust a priority order of image-forming data received from one or more external devices, according to a characteristic of one of the external devices such that the image-forming data are printed on a print medium according to the adjusted priority order.