Mobile apparatus and print controlling method

• US 9,250,836 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jeong-Jin, Soh, Jae-young
• Primary Examiner(s): ZONG, HELEN
• Application Number:
  US13/464,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20130100463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,369 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1211 Improving printing performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1228 Printing driverless or using generic drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1247 by conversion to printer ready format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing

Abstract

A mobile apparatus is disclosed. The mobile apparatus includes a user interface unit which is selected with a web page to be printed, an obtaining unit which obtains a size of the selected web page, a calculating unit which calculates a plurality of capture areas regarding the web page based on the obtained size of the web page so that there is not repeated area, an image processing unit which generates a capture image regarding the web page per calculated plurality of capture area, and combines the generated capture images to generate a print image, and a communication interface unit which transmits the generated print image to the image forming apparatus.

Claims

1. A mobile apparatus connectible to an image forming apparatus and internet, the mobile apparatus comprising:

a user interface which selects a web page to be printed;

at least one hardware processor configured to;

obtain a size of the selected web page;

calculate a plurality of web page areas to be captured in such a manner that there is no repeated area, based on the obtained size of the web page; and

generate at least one captured image of the web page based on the calculated plurality of web page areas to be captured, and combines generated capture images to generate a print image; and

a communication interface which transmits the generated print image to the image forming apparatus,

wherein the at least one hardware processor controls so that each of the calculated plurality of web page areas to be captured are displayed consecutively on the user interface, and generates a screen displayed consecutively as one captured image, and

wherein the plurality of web page areas displayed consecutively on the user interface include no repeated area.

2. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor obtains the size of the web page using a size calculation API (Application Programming Interface) of a web browser which displays the web page.

3. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor obtains the size of the selected web page using a Javascript function.

4. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor divides the web page into the plurality of web page areas to be captured by a predetermined capture size in such as manner that there is not repeated area, and calculates x, y coordinates per divided web page area to be captured.

5. The mobile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined capture size is a size of the web page which can be displayed in the user interface in the case of displaying the web page without any expansion.

6. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware processor controls so that each of the plurality of web page areas to be captured are displayed consecutively on the user interface using the Javascript function, to generate the plurality of captured images.

7. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to display the web page according to a control of a web browser installed in the mobile apparatus, and the web browser does not have a capture API.

21. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to display the web page according to a control of a web browser installed in the mobile apparatus, and the mobile apparatus does not have a capture API.

8. A print controlling method in a mobile apparatus connectible to an image forming apparatus and internet, the print controlling method comprising:

selecting a web page to be printed;

obtaining a size of the selected web page;

calculating a plurality of web page areas to be captured so that there is no repeated area, based on the obtained size of the web page;

generating at least one captured image of the web page based on calculated plurality of web page areas to be captured;

combining the generated captured images to generate a print image; and

transmitting the generated print image to the image forming apparatus,

wherein the generating the at least one captured image controls so that each of the calculated plurality of web page areas to be captured are displayed consecutively on the user interface unit, and generates a screen displayed consecutively as one captured image, and

wherein the plurality of web page areas displayed consecutively on the user interface include no repeated area.

9. The print controlling method according to claim 8, wherein the obtaining the size obtains the size of the web page using a size calculation API (Application Programming Interface) of a web browser which displays the web page.

10. The print controlling method according to claim 8, wherein the obtaining the size obtains the size of the selected web page using a Javascript function.

11. The print controlling method according to claim 8, wherein the calculating divides the web page into the plurality of web page areas to be captured by a predetermined capture size in such a manner that there is no repeated area, and calculates x, y coordinates per divided web page area to be captured.

12. The print controlling method according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined capture size is a size of a web page area which can be displayed in the user interface unit in the case of displaying the web page without any expansion.

13. The print controlling method according to claim 8, wherein the generating the captured image controls so that each of the plurality of web page areas to be captured are displayed consecutively on the user interface unit using the Javascript function to generate the plurality of capture images.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium which includes a program for executing a print controlling method in a mobile apparatus connectible to an image forming apparatus and internet, the print controlling method comprising:

selecting a web page to be printed;

obtaining a size of the selected web page;

calculating a plurality of web page areas to be captured so that there is not repeated areas, based on the obtained size of the web page;

generating at least one captured image of the web page based on calculated plurality of web page areas to be captured;

combining the generated captured images to generate a print image; and

transmitting the generated print image to the image forming apparatus,

wherein the generating the at least one captured image controls so that each of the calculated plurality of web areas to be captured are displayed consecutively on the user interface unit, and generates a screen displayed consecutively as one captured image, and

wherein the plurality of web page areas displayed consecutively on the user interface include no repeated area.

15. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the obtaining the size obtains the size of the web page using a size calculation API (Application Programming Interface) of a web browser which displays the web page.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the obtaining the size obtains the size of the selected web page using a Javascript function.

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the calculating divides the web page into the plurality of web page areas to be captured by a predetermined capture size in such a manner that there is no repeated area, and calculates x, y coordinates per divided web page area to be captured.

18. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 17, wherein the predetermined capture size is a size of a web page area which can be displayed in the user interface unit in the case of displaying the web page without any expansion.

19. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the generating the captured image controls so that each of the plurality of web page areas to be captured are displayed consecutively on the user interface unit using the Javascript function to generate the plurality of captured images.

20. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the generating the print image combines the generated plurality of captured images to correspond to the web page area to be captured, and cuts out an area that does not correspond to the size of the web page, to generate a print image.