Media access lamp

• US 7,382,499 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2003
• Issued: 06/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Denpo, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Safaipour; Houshang
• Application Number:
  US10/608,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20040130732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• Field of Search: 358/472, 358/474, 358/1.16, 340/540, 711/163
• US Class Current: 358/472
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00339 with an electronic or magnetic storage medium I/O device RFID or the like H04N1/00342
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00405 Output means output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0049 providing a visual indication to the user, e.g. using a lamp H04N1/00408 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00493 Particular location of the interface or console
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0036 Detecting or checking connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0051 Card-type connector, e.g. PCMCIA card interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A multifunction device including a body, a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card and a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein the media card indicator and the media slot are on different planes.

Claims

1. A multifunction device, comprising:

a body;

a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card; and

a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein the media card indicator and the media slot are on different planes;

wherein pressing of the media card indicator places the control panel in a mode to download and print data from the media card.

2. The multifunction device of claim 1, wherein a cover is placed on the body.

3. The multifunction device of claim 2, wherein the control panel and the media card indicator are provided on the body.

4. The multifunction device of claim 1, wherein the control panel extends from the body.

5. The multifunction device of claim 1, wherein the multifunction device is a flat bed multifunction device, comprising:

the body that includes an image forming apparatus in which an image can be formed on a recording medium, the control panel and the media card indicator; and

a cover that includes an image reading device that reads an image recorded on a document, wherein the cover is placed on a surface of the body.

6. The multifunction device of claim 1, wherein the media card indicator blinks when data is retrieved from the media card.

7. A multifunction device, comprising:

a body;

a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card; and

a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein the media card indicator and the media slot are on different planes;

wherein the multifunction device can perform at least one of a copy function, a fax function or a scan function, at least one of the copy function, the fax function or the scan function includes an indicator, and the control panel is in a mode to download data from the media card when the indicator is off.

8. A multifunction device, comprising:

a body;

a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card; and

a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein the media card indicator and the media slot are on different planes;

wherein the multifunction device can perform a copy function, a fax function and a scan function, the control panel includes a copy function key that initiates the copy function, a fax function key that initiates the fax function and a scan function key that initiates the scan function, with a function key associated with a least used function placed between two function keys.

9. A multifunction device, comprising:

a body;

a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card; and

a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein the media card indicator and the media slot are on different planes;

wherein the multifunction device can perform a copy function, a fax function and a scan function, the control panel includes a copy function key that illuminates during the copy function, a fax function key that illuminates during the fax function and a scan function key that illuminates during the scan function, with the copy function key, the fax function key and the scan function key turned off when the media card indicator is pressed.

10. A multifunction device, comprising:

a body;

a media slot placed on the body and which receives a media card;

a control panel including a media card indicator that illuminates when a media card has been inserted into the media slot, wherein pressing of the media card indicator places the control panel in a mode to download and print data from the media card.

11. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein a cover is placed on the body.

12. The multifunction device of claim 11, wherein the control panel and the media card indicator are provided on the body.

13. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein the control panel extends from the body.

14. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein the multifunction device is a flat bed multifunction device, comprising:

the body that includes an image forming apparatus in which an image can be formed on a recording medium, the control panel and the media card indicator; and

a cover that includes an image reading device that reads an image recorded on a document, wherein the cover is placed on a surface of the body.

15. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein the media card indicator blinks when data is retrieved from the media card.

16. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein multifunction device can perform at least one of a copy function, a fax function or a scan function, at least one of the copy function, the fax function or the scan function includes an indicator, and the control panel is in a mode to download data from the media card when the indicator is off.

17. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein the multifunction device can perform a copy function, a fax function and a scan function, the control panel includes a copy function key that initiates the copy function, a fax function key that initiates the fax function and a scan function key that initiates the scan function, with a function key associated with a least used function placed between two function keys.

18. The multifunction device of claim 10, wherein the multifunction device can perform a copy function, a fax function and a scan function, the control panel includes a copy function key that illuminates during the copy function, a fax function key that illuminates during the fax function and a scan function key that illuminates during the scan function, with the copy function key, the fax function key and the scan function key turned off when the media card indicator is pressed.