IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION

• US 20140176991A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: YUN, Tae-jung
• Granted Patent: US 9,116,652 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1268 Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• 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 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00427 using a menu list H04N1/00421, H04N1/00424, H04N1/00429 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 : outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00501 : Tailoring a user interface [UI] to specific requirements
• 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 1/33353 : according to the available bandwidth used for a single communication, e.g. the number of ISDN channels used
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4406 : Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0036 : Detecting or checking connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0041 : Point to point H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 : By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/006 : Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0074 : Arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus H04N2201/0013; control of image communication with the connected apparatus H04N2201/0015
• 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 2201/0096 : Portable devices
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 : Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus including a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC, a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture with respect to the object from a user, and a control unit to interpret a gesture from the user based on a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel and to transmit the object to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus having at least one of print, scan, copy, fax, and web browsing functions, the image forming apparatus comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) module to detect a mobile terminal through NFC;

a touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one object appears and to receive an input of a gesture of a user regarding the object with respect to the mobile terminal; and

a control unit to determine a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel to establish a location of the mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus and to interpret the gesture from the user to transmit the object from the image forming apparatus to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture based on the relative position relationship.

2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit transmits the object to the mobile terminal, if the gesture progresses in a direction from the touch panel to the NFC module.

3. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object appearing on the interactive screen is one of content stored in the image forming apparatus or a menu item corresponding to a function of the image forming apparatus, and

the content comprises at least one of a fax document, a scanned document, an e-mail, and a file stored in a document box.

4. The image forming apparatus of claim 3, wherein if the object is the menu item corresponding to the function, the control unit transmits a menu identifier corresponding to the menu item to the mobile terminal, and requests the mobile terminal to display the menu item on a screen of the mobile terminal.

5. The image forming apparatus of claim 3, wherein if the object is the content, the control unit requests the mobile terminal to store the content or to execute an application to view or edit the content.

6. The image forming apparatus of claim 3, wherein if the object is the content, the control unit transmits thumbnail or summary information of the content according to a data rate of the content or resize the content prior to transmission of the content.

7. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless communication module to perform second wireless communication having a higher data rate than that of the NFC,

wherein once the NFC module detects the mobile terminal, the control unit establishes the second wireless communication connection by using the NFC and transmits the object to the mobile terminal through the established second wireless communication connection.

8. The image forming apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control unit performs user authentication with respect to the mobile terminal through the NFC or the second wireless communication connection.

9. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein once a user'"'"'s gesture progressing in a direction from the NFC module to the touch panel is sensed in the mobile terminal, the control unit receives a predetermined content displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal and displays the received predetermined content on the interactive screen.

10. The image forming apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit performs a print job, a fax transmission job, a storing job in a document box, or an e-mail transmission job with respect to the received predetermined content.

11. The image forming apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit displays, on the interactive screen, a graphic image representing movement of the content from an outer side of the interactive screen to an inner side of the interactive screen.

12. An image forming method for an image forming apparatus having a near field communication (NFC) module and a touch panel, the image forming method comprising:

detecting a mobile terminal through NFC using the NFC module;

determining a relative position relationship between the NFC module and the touch panel to establish a location of the mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus;

displaying an interactive screen on which at least one object appears, through the touch panel, and sensing a user'"'"'s gesture with respect to the object; and

interpreting the user'"'"'s gesture to transmit the object to the mobile terminal according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture based on the relative position relationship.

13. The image forming method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting of the object comprises transmitting the object to the mobile terminal if the gesture progresses in a direction from the touch panel to the NFC module.

14. The image forming method of claim 12, wherein the object appearing on the interactive screen is one of content stored in the image forming apparatus or a menu item to perform a function of the image forming apparatus, and

the content comprises at least one of a fax document, a scanned document, an e-mail, and a file stored in a document box.

15. The image forming method of claim 14, wherein the transmitting of the object if the object is the menu item corresponding to the function comprises transmitting a menu identifier corresponding to the menu item to the mobile terminal, and requesting the mobile terminal to display the menu item on a screen of the mobile terminal.

16. The image forming method of claim 15, wherein the transmitting of the object if the object is the content comprises requesting the mobile terminal to store the content or to execute an application to view or edit the content.

17. The image forming method of claim 12, further comprising:

establishing second wireless communication connection having a higher data rate than that of the NFC by using the NFC when the mobile terminal is detected by the NFC module, and

the transmitting of the object comprises transmitting the object to the mobile terminal through the established second wireless communication connection.

18. The image forming method of claim 17, further comprising performing user authentication with respect to the mobile terminal through the NFC or the second wireless communication connection.

19. The image forming method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a predetermined content displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, once a user'"'"'s gesture progressing in a direction from the NFC module to the touch panel is sensed in the mobile terminal;

displaying the received predetermined content on the interactive screen; and

performing a print job, a fax transmission job, a storing job in a document box, or an e-mail transmission job with respect to the received predetermined content.

20. The image forming method of claim 19, wherein the displaying of the received predetermined content on the interactive screen comprises displaying, on the interactive screen, a graphic image representing movement of the content from an outer side of the interactive screen to an inner side of the interactive screen.

21. A mobile terminal supporting near field communication (NFC), the mobile terminal comprising:

a second NFC module to detect an image forming apparatus having a first touch panel and a first NFC module through the NFC;

a second touch panel to display an interactive screen on which at least one content appears and to receive an input of a gesture with respect to the content from a user; and

a control unit to determine a relative position relationship between the first NFC module and the first touch panel to establish a location of the mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus and to interpret the gesture from the user to transmit the object from the mobile terminal to the image forming apparatus according to a result of the interpretation of the gesture based on the relative position relationship.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the control unit receives an NFC data exchange format (NDEF) message including information about the relative position relationship between the first NFC module and the first touch panel through the second NFC module, and transmits the content to the image forming apparatus if the gesture progresses in a direction from the first NFC module of the image forming apparatus to the first touch panel of the image forming apparatus.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the content comprises at least one of a still image, a video image, a screen shot, a document, an e-mail, and an address book which are stored in the mobile terminal, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) object and a uniform resource locator (URL) included in a web page, and

the control unit transmits thumbnail or summary information of the content according to a data rate of the content or resize the content prior to transmission of the content.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein the control unit requests the image forming apparatus to request perform a print job, a fax transmission job, a storing job in a document box, or an e-mail transmission job with respect to the content.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 21, further comprising a second wireless communication module to perform second wireless communication having a higher data rate than that of the NFC,

wherein once the second NFC module detects the image forming apparatus, the control unit establishes second wireless communication connection by using the NFC and transmits the content to the image forming apparatus through the established second wireless communication connection.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein if the image forming apparatus senses a user'"'"'s gesture progressing in a direction from the first touch panel to the first NFC module, the control unit receives an object which appears on an interactive screen of the first touch panel from the image forming apparatus and displays the received object on the second touch panel.

27. The mobile terminal of claim 26, wherein if the received object is a menu item corresponding to a function of the image forming apparatus, the control unit receives a menu identifier corresponding to the menu item from the image forming apparatus, and displays the menu item on the second touch panel.

28. The mobile terminal of claim 26, wherein if the received object is a predetermined content stored in the image forming apparatus, the control unit stores the predetermined content or executes an application to view or edit the predetermined content.

29. A method of transmitting and receiving data to and from an image forming apparatus at a mobile terminal supporting near field communication (NFC), the method comprising:

detecting the image forming apparatus having a first touch panel and a first NFC module through the NFC using a second NFC module;

determining a relative position relationship between the first NFC module and the first touch panel to establish a location of the mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus;

displaying an interactive screen on which at least one content appears through a second touch panel and receiving an input of a gesture with respect to the content from a user; and

interpreting the user'"'"'s gesture to transmit the content to the image forming apparatus according to a result of interpretation of the gesture based on the relative position relationship.

30. An image forming apparatus supporting near field communication (NFC), comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) module to detect an external mobile terminal through NFC; and

a user interface to allow a user to transmit an object between the image forming apparatus and the external mobile terminal via a gesture of the user corresponding to the image forming apparatus and external the mobile terminal and based on a position of the external mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus, wherein the position of the mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus corresponds to a position of the NFC module with respect to the user interface.

31. The image forming apparatus of claim 30, further comprising:

a control unit to associate a position of the NFC module with respect to the user interface with the position of the external mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus.

32. The image forming apparatus of claim 31, wherein the control unit interprets the gesture of the user based on at least one of a distance and direction of the external mobile terminal with respect to the image forming apparatus and to control the transmission of the object based on the interpretation.

33. The image forming apparatus of claim 30, wherein:

the user interface allows the user to transmit the object from the image forming apparatus to the external mobile terminal based on the gesture, and

the user interface allows a user to receive the object from the external mobile terminal based on another gesture of the user that is substantially opposite from the gesture.