MOBILE TERMINAL, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM

• US 20150138597A1
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Koshigaya, Motoki
• Application Number:
  US14/540,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20150138597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00095 Systems or arrangements for the transmission of the picture signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00856 Preventive measures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00973 from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/21 Intermediate information storage H04N1/387, H04N1/41 take precedence ; for control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32358; indexing, editing G11B27/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Setting information of a function to be executed by a target device is set and stored in a mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit, and when contactless-type wireless communication is established with the target device, the stored setting information is sent to the target device by the contactless-type wireless communication unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit, comprising:

a setting unit configured to perform setting of setting information of a function to be executed by a target device,

a storage unit configured to store the setting information set by the setting unit, and

a control unit configured to perform control such that the setting information stored in the storage unit is sent to the target device by the contactless-type wireless communication unit.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit performs control such that the setting information stored in the storage unit is sent to the target device by the contactless-type wireless communication unit in a case where the mobile terminal is touched to the target device.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the setting information includes information that instructs setting of the setting information or information that instructs execution of the function based on the setting information.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the contactless-type wireless communication unit performs communication using a contactless-type wireless communication standard of one of NFC reader/writer, NFC tag, FeliCa, and MIFARE.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit executes a cooperative application on the mobile terminal to perform setting.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the target device is an image forming apparatus, and the function includes at least one of copying, scanning to send, faxing, and storage.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the setting information includes model information of the target device selected by a cooperative application.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the setting information includes identification information that is unique to the mobile terminal.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where the storage unit stores setting information including model information of the target device, the setting unit overwrites the setting information stored in the storage unit with the settings information set by the settings unit.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the storage unit stores setting information of mutually different models in parallel.

3. A mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit and a near field communication unit, comprising:

a setting unit configured to perform setting of setting information of a function to be executed by a target device,

a storage unit configured to store the setting information set by the setting unit,

an activation unit configured to activate a contactless-type wireless communication unit of the target device using the contactless-type wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, and

a control unit configured to perform control such that the setting information stored in the storage unit is sent to the target device by the near field communication unit, after switching to a communication in which the near field communication unit is used in response to a response from the contactless-type wireless communication unit of the target device activated by the activation unit.

12. An image forming apparatus including a contactless-type wireless communication unit, comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive, in a case where a mobile terminal having a contactless-type wireless communication unit is close, setting information of a function of the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal,

a setting changing unit configured to change a setting of the function in accordance with the setting information received by the reception unit, and

a control unit configured to perform control such that, in a case where execution of the function is instructed, the function is executed in accordance with the setting changed by the setting changing unit.

13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12,

further comprising an authentication unit configured to perform authentication of a user of the mobile terminal in a case where the mobile terminal is close,

wherein the setting changing unit changes the setting of the function in a case where the authentication unit has succeeded in authentication of the user.

14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein the control unit performs control such that the function is executed in a case where the setting information includes information instructing execution of the function based on the setting information.

15. A control method for controlling a mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit, comprising:

a settings step of performing settings of setting information of a function to be executed by a target device,

a storage step of storing in a memory the setting information set in the setting step, and

a control step of performing control such that the setting information stored in the memory is sent to the target device by the contactless-type wireless communication unit.

16. A control method for controlling a mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit and a near field communication unit, comprising:

a setting step of performing setting of setting information of a function to be executed by a target device,

a storage step of storing in a memory the setting information set in the setting step,

an activation step of activating a contactless-type wireless communication unit of the target device using the contactless-type wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, and

a control step of performing control such that the setting information stored in the memory is sent to the target device by the near field communication unit, after switching to a communication in which the near field communication unit is used in response to a response from the contactless-type wireless communication unit of the target device activated in the activation step.

17. A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus including a contactless-type wireless communication unit, comprising:

a reception step of receiving, in a case where a mobile terminal having a contactless-type wireless communication unit is close, setting information of a function of the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal,

a setting changing step of changing a setting of the function in accordance with the setting information received in the reception step, and

a control step of performing control such that, in a case where execution of the function is instructed, the function is executed in accordance with the setting changed in the settings changing step.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of, the program being for performing control of a mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit,

a setting step of performing setting of setting information of a function to be executed by a target device,

a storage step of storing in a memory the setting information set in the setting step, and

a control step of performing control such that the setting information stored in the memory is sent to the target device by the contactless-type wireless communication unit.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of, the program being for performing control of a mobile terminal including a contactless-type wireless communication unit and a near field communication unit,

a setting step of performing setting of setting information of a function to be executed by a target device,

a storage step of storing in a memory the setting information set in the setting step,

an activation step of activating a contactless-type wireless communication unit of the target device using the contactless-type wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, and

a control step of performing control such that the setting information stored in the memory is sent to the target device by the near field communication unit, after switching to a communication in which the near field communication unit is used in response to a response from the contactless-type wireless communication unit of the target device activated in the activation step.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of, the program being for performing control of an image forming apparatus including a contactless-type wireless communication unit,

a reception step of receiving, in a case where a mobile terminal having a contactless-type wireless communication unit is close, setting information of a function of the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal,

a setting changing step of changing a setting of the function in accordance with the setting information received in the reception step, and

a control step of performing control such that, in a case where execution of the function is instructed, the function is executed in accordance with the setting changed in the settings changing step.