IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

• US 20160352936A1
• Filed: 05/25/2016
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: KANBAYASHI, Ryo
• Granted Patent: US 9,749,482 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1254 Automatic configuration, e.g. by driver
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1256 User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1258 by updating job settings at the printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• 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 1/00344 with a management, maintenance, service or repair apparatus monitoring H04N1/00002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/393 Enlarging or reducing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• 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 image forming system includes a mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with each other. The mobile terminal stores therein setting information. The mobile terminal includes a first processor. The first processor performs a process of transmitting the setting information to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a second processor and a printing device. The second processor performs an image process on an image according to the setting information transmitted from the mobile terminal. The printing device forms the image processed by the image process on a recording medium.

Claims

1. An image forming system comprising a mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating with each other, wherein

the mobile terminal stores therein setting information and includes a first processor configured to perform a process of transmitting the setting information to the image forming apparatus, and

the image forming apparatus includes

a second processor configured to perform an image process on an image according to the setting information transmitted from the mobile terminal, and

a printing device configured to form the image processed by the image process on a recording medium.

2. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein

the image process includes at least one of a process of adjusting print density, a process of adjusting a color, and an enlargement/reduction process.

3. The image forming system according to claim 2, wherein

the setting information includes font setting information, and

the second processor adjusts the print density according to the font setting information.

4. The image forming system according to claim 2, wherein

the setting information includes language setting information, and

the second processor adjusts the color according to the language setting information.

5. The image forming system according to claim 2, wherein

the setting information includes character size setting information, and

the second processor determines an enlargement/reduction rate used in the enlargement/reduction process according to the character size setting information.

6. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein

the setting information includes language setting information,

the image includes a first character string image, and

the second processor performs

a character recognition process of generating a first character code string in a first language from the first character string image,

a translation process of converting the first character code string into a second character code string in a second language according to the language setting information, and

a character image conversion process of generating a second character string image corresponding to the second character code string, and replacing the first character string image with the second character string image.

7. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein

the setting information includes language setting information,

the image includes a first character string image,

the image forming apparatus further includes a communication circuit configured to communicate with an external translation device, and

the second processor performs

a character recognition process of generating a first character code string in a first language from the first character string image,

a translation request process of requesting the external translation device, through the communication circuit, to convert the first character code string into a second character code string in a second language according to the language setting information, and

a character image conversion process of generating a second character string image corresponding to the second character code string received from the external translation device through the communication circuit, and replacing the first character string image with the second character string image.

8. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein

the image forming apparatus further includes an operation panel having a display device, and

the second processor performs a preview image display process of generating a preview image from the image, and displaying the preview image on the display device.

9. The image forming system according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes information about an enlargement/reduction rate, and

the second processor sets an enlargement/reduction rate of the preview image according to the information about the enlargement/reduction rate.

10. The image forming system according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes font setting information, and

the second processor performs

an operation screen display process of displaying an operation screen on the display device, and

a font setting process of setting a font of a character to be displayed on the operation screen according to the font setting information.

11. The image forming system according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes backlight setting information, and

the second processor changes a setting for a backlight of the display device according to the backlight setting information.

12. The image forming system according to claim 11, wherein

the second processor initializes the setting for the backlight when a predetermined period of time has passed since execution of a logout process.

13. The image forming system according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes operation sound setting information, and

the second processor switches on/off outputting of operation sound of the operation panel according to the operation sound setting information.

14. The image forming system according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes vibration setting information, and

the display device is a tactile display configured to present tactile vibration to a user, and

the second processor switches on/off the presentation of the tactile vibration by the tactile display according to the vibration setting information.

15. The image forming system according to claim 8, wherein

the setting information includes touch sensor sensitivity information, and

the operation panel has a touch sensor, and

the second processor performs a sensitivity changing process of changing a sensitivity of the touch sensor according to the touch sensor sensitivity information.

16. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein

the second processor performs

a process of changing the setting information transmitted from the mobile terminal and

a setting information change instruction process of instructing the mobile terminal to change the setting information stored in the mobile terminal to the setting information changed by the second processor, and

the first processor changes the setting information stored in the mobile terminal according to the instruction from the second processor.