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Granted Patent B2
US 9,575,704 · App. 13/936,390 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Output system and operation terminal for determining one electronic apparatus from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses

Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,575,704
App. No.
13/936,390
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable information recording medium stores a program therein. The program when executed by one or more processors causes an operation terminal to perform determining, based on information that the operation terminal obtains from the outside in response to an operation performed on the operation terminal, an electronic apparatus from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses connected to the operation terminal, the electronic apparatus being one which is to output electronic data stored in an information storage apparatus connected to the operation terminal; obtaining, from the information storage apparatus, electronic data from among a plurality of sets of electronic data stored in the information storage apparatus in a format that the determined electronic apparatus is capable of outputting; and transmitting the obtained electronic data to the determined electronic apparatus.

Claims (54)

1. An output system in which in an operation terminal and an information storage apparatus are connected,

wherein the information storage apparatus includes:

a first memory that stores a file; and

a first processor that:

stores the file in the first memory upon receiving a file upload request from another operation terminal that is different than the operation terminal;

receives, from the operation terminal, a request for obtaining a file list that includes the file;

sends, in response to the request for obtaining the file list, the file list to the operation terminal;

receives, from the operation terminal, a request for obtaining the file, the request for obtaining the file including information about a data format;

sends, in response to the request for obtaining the file,

the file in the data format;

wherein the operation terminal includes:

a second memory;

a monitor;

a camera; and

a second processor that:

sends, to the information storage apparatus, the request for obtaining the file list;

displays, on the monitor, a file list display screen that includes (i) reduced-size images corresponding to files within the file list, and (ii) the file list that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request for obtaining the file list;

receives a selection of a file from the displayed file list;

sends a request for obtaining the selected file, the request for obtaining the selected file including information about a data format that is capable of being displayed by the operation terminal;

displays, on the monitor, a file detail display screen that includes (i) an image of the file that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request for obtaining the selected file; and (ii) a button that enables an instruction to start a process of photographing a two-dimensional barcode;

receives, when the file is displayed, an image photographing instruction after an operation of the button;

obtains, from an image photographed by the camera in response to the image photographing instruction, image information that includes function information that indicates output capability of one electronic apparatus from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses that are connected to the output system, said plurality of electronic apparatuses including (i) a first apparatus that does not have a projection function, and that has a printing function, and (ii) a second apparatus that does not have a printing function, and that has a projection function; wherein the image is a two-dimensional barcode;

determines, based on the function information included in the obtained image information, a data format that the first apparatus is capable of printing in a case where the one electronic apparatus is the first apparatus having the printing function, and a data format that the second apparatus is capable of projecting in a case where the one electronic apparatus is the second apparatus having the projection function;

sends, to the information storage apparatus, a request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor, the request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor including information about the determined data format;

causes a printing process or a projection process to execute by sending the file that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor, to the one electronic apparatus.

2. The output system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the second processor acquires, from the one electronic apparatus, identification information for identifying the one electronic apparatus, and determines the one electronic apparatus based on the identification information.

3. The output system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second processor transmits output settings for causing the one electronic apparatus to print or project the file that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor.

4. An output system in which in an operation terminal and an information storage apparatus are connected,

wherein the information storage apparatus includes:

a first memory that stores a file; and

a first processor that:

stores the file in the first memory upon receiving a file upload request from another operation terminal, that is different than the operation terminal;

receives, from the operation terminal, a request for obtaining a file list that includes the file:

sends, in response to the request for obtaining the file list, the file list to the operation terminal;

receives, from the operation terminal, a request for obtaining the file, the request for obtaining the file including information about a data format;

sends, in response to the request for obtaining the file,

the file in the data format;

wherein the operation terminal includes:

a second memory;

a monitor;

a camera; and

a second processor that:

sends, to the information storage apparatus, the request for obtaining the file list;

displays, on the monitor, the file list that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request for obtaining the file list;

receives a selection of a file from the displayed file list;

sends a request for obtaining the selected file, the request for obtaining the selected file including information about a data format that is capable of being displayed by the operation terminal;

displays, on the monitor, the file that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request for obtaining the selected file;

receives, when the file is displayed, an image photographing instruction based on enabling a button displayed with the file to start a process of photographing an image;

obtains, from an image photographed by the camera in response to the image photographing instruction, image information that includes function information that indicates output capability of one electronic apparatus from among a plurality of electronic apparatuses that are connected to the output system, said plurality of electronic apparatuses including (i) a first apparatus that does not have a projection function, and that has a printing function, and (ii) a second apparatus that does not have a printing function, and that has a projection function;

determines, based on the function information included in the obtained image information, a data format that the first apparatus is capable of printing in a case where the one electronic apparatus is the first apparatus having the printing function, and a data format that the second apparatus is capable of projecting in a case where the one electronic apparatus is the second apparatus having the projection function;

sends, to the information storage apparatus, a request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor, the request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor including information about the determined data format;

causes a printing process or a projection process to execute by sending the file that was sent from the information storage apparatus in response to the request to obtain the file displayed on the monitor, to the one electronic apparatus.

5. The output system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second processor displays, on the monitor, only files that can be output by the one electronic apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2013
From: YAMADA, KAZUHIRO
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030753/0448 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-154916 · Jul 10, 2012 · national
JP 2013-140311 · Jul 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140016161A1 · Jan 16, 2014