PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20170228624A1
• Filed: 02/09/2016
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakayama, Fumiharu
• Granted Patent: US 10,089,564 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/08 Systems for determining direction or position line
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/01 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0284 Relative positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1211 Improving printing performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1231 Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/4055 Managing power consumption, e.g. standby mode computer driven power saving management for a printer G06F3/1221; power saving in a data processing device in general G06F1/32
• 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 1/00342 with a radio frequency tag transmitter or receiver storage of additional information in an RFID tag attached to an image bearing paper sheet H04N1/32138
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32117 in a separate transmission or protocol signal prior to or subsequent to the image data transmission, e.g. in digital identification signal [DIS], in non standard setup [NSS] or in non standard field [NSF] for mode signalling H04N1/333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/006 Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• 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: H04N 2201/3221 of a job number or identification, e.g. communication number

Abstract

A portable terminal comprises an ID acquisition section, a position information acquisition section and a return instruction section. The ID acquisition section acquires ID information that specifies a print job sent from an information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus. In a case in which the ID information is acquired and a beacon signal is received from a beacon transmitter, the position information acquisition section acquires, according to the received beacon information, position information relating to a position of the portable terminal relative to the image forming apparatus. If the position information meets a specific condition indicating the approach of the portable terminal to the image forming apparatus, the return instruction section instructs the image forming apparatus to return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode.

Claims

1. A portable terminal, comprising:

a processor that executes instructions to perform operations, comprising;

acquiring ID information that specifies a print job sent from an information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus;

determining, in a case in which the ID information is acquired and a beacon signal is received from a beacon transmitter located nearby and away from the image forming apparatus, position information as a function of the received beacon signal, wherein the position information is information relating to a position of the portable terminal relative to the image forming apparatus; and

instructing the image forming apparatus to return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode if the position information meets a specific condition indicating the approach of the portable terminal to the image forming apparatus;

wherein the return instruction is sent through the beacon transmitter.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, the operations further comprising sending authentication information of a user and the ID information to the image forming apparatus if the portable terminal is close to a specific position of the image forming apparatus.

3. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a processor that executes instructions to perform operations, comprising;

acquiring a print job from an image processing apparatus;

acquiring a return instruction on the return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode from a portable terminal in a case in which the portable terminal acquires position information which is information determined as a function of a position of the portable terminal relative to the image forming apparatus and a beacon signal received from a beacon transmitter and outputs the return instruction if the acquired position information meets a specific condition indicating the approach of the portable terminal to the image forming apparatus; and

causing an operation mode to return from the power-saving mode to the normal mode according to the return instruction, wherein the return instruction is sent through the beacon transmitter.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, the operations further comprising acquiring ID information for specifying the print job and authentication information of a user from the portable terminal if the portable terminal approaches the image forming apparatus;

authenticating the user according to the authentication information; and

forming an image according to the print job if the user passes authentication.

5. A return instruction method executed by a portable terminal, including:

acquiring, by a device comprising a processor, ID information that specifies a print job sent from an information processing apparatus to an image forming apparatus;

determining, by the device, if the ID information is acquired and a beacon signal is received from a beacon transmitter located nearby and away from the image forming apparatus, position information as a function of the beacon signal, wherein the position information is information relating to a position of the portable terminal relative to the image forming apparatus; and

instructing the image forming apparatus to return from a power-saving mode to a normal mode if the acquired position information meets a specific condition indicating the approach of the portable terminal to the image forming apparatus, wherein the return instruction is sent through the beacon transmitter.