JP2015100064A - Image forming system, portable terminal, image forming apparatus and control method of the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability for a user to store, in a storage service, image data subjected to image processing in an image forming apparatus from a portable terminal.SOLUTION: When a storage service has failed to store image data, a portable terminal receives information indicating the failure of the storage of the image data from an image forming apparatus (S108), allows a user to select another storage service (S110), and transmits information including information indicating the selected storage service to the image forming apparatus (S105).

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system, a portable terminal, an image forming apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program.

  In recent years, NFC (Near Field Communication), which is one of short-distance wireless communication means, is rapidly spreading to mobile terminals such as smartphones and tablet PCs.

  NFC has a reader / writer function, which can read and write data to an NFC card or NFC tag.

  Furthermore, NFC has a peer-to-peer function, and various data can be transmitted and received via NFC.

  Data can be transmitted and received between two NFC-equipped devices through an intuitive operation (hereinafter referred to as “touch”) in which the user touches each NFC-equipped mobile terminal.

  In addition to NFC, portable terminals include various short-range wireless communication means such as WiFi and Bluetooth (registered trademark). For this reason, there is a great deal of device collaboration between electronic devices that finds new value by utilizing the respective functions.

  Taking advantage of such a communication function, the display information of the screen held by the portable terminal is transmitted to the image forming apparatus using short-range wireless communication, and the image forming apparatus executes an operation associated with the display information. Device cooperation technology is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As an example of the device cooperation technology, a technology for causing a portable terminal to scan a paper document from a portable terminal and storing data obtained by the scanning in a storage service on a network can be cited as an example.

  Also known is a technique of operating on the operation unit of the image forming apparatus when notifying the user or selecting the next transmission destination when transmission of data from the image forming apparatus to the storage service fails. .

JP 2010-199642 A

  However, there are cases where the storage service that is the storage destination of the data obtained by scanning cannot store the data for some reason.

  In this case, the user has to perform settings for another storage service again from the operation unit of the image forming apparatus, and has to input by operating keys and a touch panel of the operation unit of the image forming apparatus.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming system, a portable terminal, an image forming apparatus, a control method thereof, and an image forming system that improve user operability when image data processed by an image forming apparatus from a portable terminal is stored in a storage service. To provide a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, the portable terminal of claim 1 is a portable terminal that performs short-range wireless communication with the image forming apparatus, and is obtained by causing the image forming apparatus to perform image processing. First information transmitting means for transmitting first information including setting information relating to the image processing and information indicating the storage service to store image data in the storage service; and When data cannot be stored, receiving means for receiving second information indicating that the image data could not be stored from the image forming apparatus, and when receiving the second information by the receiving means, Selection means for allowing the user to select the storage service, and third information including information indicating the storage service selected by the selection means. And having a third information transmitting means for transmitting to the serial image forming apparatus.

  According to the present invention, when the storage service cannot store the image data, the second information indicating that the image data could not be stored is received from the image forming apparatus, and the user selects another storage service. Since the third information including the information indicating the selected storage service is transmitted to the image forming apparatus, no operation on the image forming apparatus is required as in the prior art, and as a result, image processing is performed on the image forming apparatus from the portable terminal. It is possible to improve user operability when storing image data in a storage service.

1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the controller and UI part of a portable terminal in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a controller of the image forming apparatus in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the job management information memorize | stored in RAM in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating each screen of an image forming apparatus cooperation app displayed on a UI unit of the mobile terminal in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a non-storable screen displayed on the UI unit of the image forming apparatus in FIG. 1. It is a sequence diagram which shows the procedure which establishes communication by non-contact wireless communication using NFC. It is a figure which shows the information communicated when the non-contact radio | wireless communication part of a portable terminal and the non-contact radio | wireless communication part of an image forming apparatus are made to contact. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the portable terminal process performed by CPU of the portable terminal in FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of image forming apparatus processing executed by the CPU of the image forming apparatus in FIG. 3 and storage service processing executed by the storage service of FIG. 1.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an image forming system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the image forming system 1000 includes a mobile terminal 10, an image forming apparatus 20, and a storage service 30.

  The mobile terminal 10 is a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet personal computer, a notebook personal computer, or a PDA. The image forming apparatus 20 has a printing function and a scanner function. The image forming apparatus 20 is connected to the storage service 30 via a network, and the image forming apparatus 20 can store various data in the storage service 30.

  The mobile terminal 10 and the image forming apparatus 20 can communicate with each other by short-range wireless communication and non-contact wireless communication.

  The mobile terminal 10 includes a controller 100, a short-range wireless communication unit 11, a contactless wireless communication unit 12, and a UI unit 13.

  The controller 100 controls the short-range wireless communication unit 11, the non-contact wireless communication unit 12, and the UI unit 13. The near field communication unit 11 performs processing related to near field communication. The contactless wireless communication unit 12 performs processing related to contactless wireless communication. The UI unit 13 is a user interface including a display unit and an operation unit.

  The image forming apparatus 20 includes a controller 200, a short-range wireless communication unit 21, a non-contact wireless communication part 22, a scanner unit 23, a printer unit 24, and a UI unit 25.

  The controller 200 controls the short-range wireless communication unit 21, the non-contact wireless communication part 22, the scanner unit 23, the printer unit 24, and the UI unit 25.

  The near field communication unit 21 performs processing related to near field communication. The contactless wireless communication unit 22 performs processing related to contactless wireless communication. The scanner unit 23 reads a document and outputs image data indicating the document to the controller 23. The printer unit 24 prints image data instructed from the controller 200 on a recording medium such as paper. The UI unit 25 is a user interface including a display unit and an operation unit.

  The storage service 30 is called online storage or file hosting, and is a service that lends the disk space of the file server machine to the user. Users can freely use the disk space and can read and write over the Internet.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the controller 100 and the UI unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 in FIG.

  2, the controller 100 includes a CPU 101, a RAM 102, a ROM 103, a storage device 104, a communication unit 113, a display controller 105, an operation unit controller 107, a short-range wireless controller 110, a communication unit 112, and a non-contact wireless communication controller 114. Are connected by a system bus 116.

  The UI unit 13 includes a display unit 106, a touch panel 108, and keys 109.

  The CPU 101 of the controller 100 controls the mobile terminal 10 as a whole by controlling each part of the controller 100. The RAM 102 stores various data, programs executed by the CPU 101, and the like.

  The ROM 103 stores various programs such as a boot program. The processing shown in the flowcharts described below is executed by the CPU 101 after the program stored in the ROM 103 is expanded in the RAM 102.

  The storage device 104 is a nonvolatile storage device such as an HDD or an SSD, and stores various data, various programs, and the like.

  The call unit 113 is connected to a microphone and a speaker (not shown), is connected to a public line, and performs control for operating as a telephone. The display controller 104 displays an image on the display unit 106 that displays various types of information in accordance with instructions from the CPU 101. The operation unit controller 107 notifies the CPU 101 of the content input by the user using the touch panel 108 and the key 109.

  The short-range wireless controller 110 performs control for performing short-range communication such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (registered trademark) with an external device such as the image forming apparatus 20 via the short-range non-communication unit 11.

  The communication unit 172 communicates with the short-range wireless communication unit 11 and the non-contact part line communication unit 12 via USB or the like. For example, an input / output function of the UI unit 13 may be supplemented by connecting an external input interface device to the short-range wireless controller 110 or the communication unit 112.

  The non-contact wireless communication controller 114 is a standard interface that performs communication by touching an NFC reader / writer or tag, and the short-range wireless communication unit 11 communicates via the non-contact wireless communication unit 12. Control for performing communication at a distance shorter than the distance is performed.

  In the present embodiment, the non-contact wireless communication controller 114 is used for communication such as user authentication data for logging in to the image forming apparatus 20 and setting information described later such as an IP address.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the controller 200 of the image forming apparatus 20 in FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the controller 200 includes a CPU 201, a RAM 202, a ROM 203, a storage device 204, an image processing unit 205, an engine interface 206, a scanner interface 207, a short-range wireless controller 209, an operation unit controller 210, a non-contact wireless communication controller 211, a USB. An interface 212, a network interface 213, and a FAX interface 214 are connected to each other via a system bus 215.

  The CPU 201 of the controller 200 controls the entire image forming apparatus 20 by controlling each unit constituting the controller 200. The RAM 202 stores various data, programs executed by the CPU 201, and the like.

  The ROM 203 stores various programs such as a boot program. The processing shown in the flowcharts described below is executed by the CPU 201 after the program stored in the ROM 203 is expanded in the RAM 202.

  The storage device 204 is a nonvolatile storage device such as an HDD or an SSD, and stores various data, various programs, and the like.

  The image processing unit 205 performs various image processes on the image data stored in the RAM 202.

  The engine interface 206 is an interface between the printer unit 23 and the controller 200. The scanner interface 207 is an interface between the scanner unit 24 and the controller 200.

  The short-range wireless controller 210 performs control for performing short-range communication such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (registered trademark) with an external device such as the mobile terminal 10 via the short-range no-communication unit 21.

  The operation unit controller 210 transmits the contents input by the user to the CPU 101 through the UI unit 25 including a display unit and an operation unit, and displays various types of information on the display unit.

  The non-contact wireless communication controller 211 is a standard interface that performs communication by touching an NFC reader / writer or tag, and the short-range wireless communication unit 208 communicates via the non-contact wireless communication unit 12. Control for performing communication at a distance shorter than the distance is performed.

  The USB interface 213 is an interface for connecting to an external USB device. The network interface 213 is an interface with the LAN 26 and can communicate with the storage service 30 through this interface.

  A FAX interface 214 is an interface between the public network and 27, and is used for sending and receiving faxes.

  The printer unit 23 feeds paper, prints an image indicated by the image data received from the controller 200 on a recording medium such as the fed paper, and discharges the printed recording medium.

  Upon receiving data from the controller 100, the scanner unit 24 optically reads a document image, converts it into image data, and transmits the image data to the controller 100.

  The scanner unit 24 is connected to a document detection sensor 208 that detects a document. The document detection sensor 208 is provided in each of the document table scanner unit and the ADF unit (Auto Document Feeder unit).

  The document detection sensor 208 detects that a document has been placed and notifies the scanner unit 24 when the document is placed on the platen glass in the document table scanner unit. On the other hand, when a document is placed on the feeder in the ADF unit, the document detection sensor 208 detects that the document has been placed and notifies the scanner unit 24 of it.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing job management information stored in the RAM 202 in FIG.

  In FIG. 4, the job management information includes a job ID, a storage destination ID, a portable terminal type, an application type, and job setting information.

  The job ID is an ID for identifying a job. The storage destination ID is an ID for identifying a storage service. The mobile terminal type indicates the type of mobile terminal that touches the image forming apparatus 20. The application type indicates an application that operates on the mobile terminal. Details of the job setting information will be described with reference to FIG. 8, but are information including information related to job setting.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing each screen of the image forming apparatus cooperation app displayed on the UI unit 13 of the mobile terminal 10 in FIG.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating a screen for selecting a function to be used in the linked image forming apparatus and the image forming apparatus.

  In FIG. 5A, the user can select one of the functions of “Copy”, “Scan to”, and “FAX”. Here, it is assumed that “Scan to” is selected. In this embodiment, “Copy” indicates copy processing, “Scan to” indicates scan processing for storing image data obtained by scanning in the storage service, and “FAX” indicates fax processing. Show.

  Next, when the user selects “MFP”, a list of selectable image forming apparatuses is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, “000-Model” is selected. When the image forming apparatus is selected, a setting screen for the “Scan to” function is displayed.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a setting screen for the “Scan to” function.

  The setting screen in FIG. 5B is a screen on which “transmission format”, “protocol”, “host name”, and the like can be selected. In the case of the figure, “transmission format” is selected by the user, and “File” is further selected.

  In the “protocol”, a mail format, an I-FAX format, a file transmission format, a storage format for storage, and the like can be set.

  Furthermore, when the destination at the time of file transmission is a server published by WEDAV or SMB protocol, login information such as “user name” and “password” for accessing them can be set.

  In addition, settings relating to scanning, such as colors, such as monochrome and color, resolution, paper, density, layout, and file format, are possible.

  The content set in this way is created as one job setting information. If there is a preset preset, it is possible to recall and edit the setting. The preset setting contents are stored in the storage device 104 of the mobile terminal 10. Further, the setting content of the mobile terminal may be imported into the setting content of another mobile terminal.

  FIG. 5C is a diagram showing a storage destination change screen.

  In this embodiment, if the storage service designated as the storage destination cannot be stored, the storage service can be changed to another storage service, but this is a screen displayed when the change is made.

  In FIG. 5C, a storage service can be selected as shown in “Select other storage destination”. “Storage service A” is shaded. This indicates that the storage service cannot be stored. For example, a storage service that is designated first and cannot be stored is shaded.

  In addition, the user can cancel the change of the storage destination by selecting “Cancel”. It is assumed that “storage service B” is selected on this storage destination change screen.

  FIG. 5D is a diagram showing a changed storage destination setting screen.

  In FIG. 5D, information set in advance in FIG. 5B or the like is displayed for “job ID”, “terminal type”, “application type”, and “destination information”. In “Storage destination ID”, “B” indicating the storage service B is displayed.

  “Storage destination login information” is a column for inputting an ID and a password for logging in to the storage service B selected as the storage destination.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a non-storable screen displayed on the UI unit 25 of the image forming apparatus 20 in FIG.

  The non-storable screen shown in FIG. 6 is a screen that is displayed when it cannot be stored in the designated storage service, and is a screen that prompts the user to touch the NFC of the image forming apparatus 20.

  When the user brings the non-contact wireless communication unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 into contact with the non-contact wireless communication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20, error information indicating “memory cannot be stored” is transmitted from the image forming apparatus 20 to the mobile terminal 10. The In the following description, contact may be expressed as touch.

  FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing a procedure for establishing communication by non-contact wireless communication using NFC.

  First, NFC is a short-range wireless communication standard using an electromagnetic wave of 13.56 MHz, and enables bidirectional communication between devices while maintaining an interconnection with an existing non-contact IC card.

  When NFC is used, when the user brings the mobile terminal 10 close to the non-contact wireless communication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20, the connection procedure is started.

  When both the non-contact wireless communication unit 12 of the portable terminal 10 and the non-contact wireless communication unit 12 of the image forming apparatus 20 are NFC readers / writers, a poll mode capable of transmitting commands and a listen mode capable of receiving commands can be arbitrarily set. Repeat alternately at intervals.

  Communication is established between the two devices when one is in the poll mode and the other is in the listen mode. FIG. 7 illustrates a connection example when the mobile terminal 10 operates in the Listen mode and the image forming apparatus 20 operates in the Poll mode. Depending on the connection timing, the mode may be reversed, but since the communication is the same after establishment, description of the reverse case is omitted.

  First, the contactless wireless communication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20 transmits a Polling command to the contactless wireless communication unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 (step S401). Next, the non-contact wireless communication unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 responds with a technology having specifications corresponding to the wireless interfaces of Type A, Type B, and Felica (step S402). This establishes NFC communication (step S403).

  This is the basic flow of NFC connection. Although the implementation up to this point may be performed, the following description will be made with the authentication function that is standard for the image forming apparatus 20.

  Next, the non-contact wireless communication unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 transmits authentication data for logging in to the image forming apparatus 20 (step S404). At this time, the job setting information described above may be sent together with the authentication data.

  The authentication data includes a unique MAC address of the mobile terminal 10 and an ID stored in a storage area dedicated to NFC.

  The image forming apparatus 20 that has received the authentication data performs an authentication process (step S405). The authentication method includes a method of authenticating by transmitting authentication data to a management server (not shown), and a method of authenticating with the image forming apparatus 20.

  In any of the authentication methods, if the user cannot be authenticated, the UI unit 25 of the image forming apparatus 20 displays an authentication error.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating information communicated when the non-contact wireless communication unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 and the non-contact wireless communication unit 22 of the image forming apparatus 20 are brought into contact with each other.

  In the present embodiment, there are three types of touches, which are expressed as touches A, B, and C. First, the touch A is a touch performed when setting is completed on the screen of FIG. 5B and the image forming apparatus 20 is requested to execute processing.

  At this time, from the portable terminal 10 to the image forming apparatus 20, the job ID, the storage destination ID, the portable terminal type, the application type, the function information (for example, copy, scan, FAX, etc.) indicating the processing content, the read setting information (for example, CL / BW, resolution, Nin1 (layout), format, etc.), transmission setting information (eg, mail, I-FAX, file, BOX, etc.), destination information (eg, transmission protocol, IP address, email address, etc.), image Information 701 including login information (for example, ID, password, etc.) to the forming apparatus and login information (for example, ID, password, etc.) to the data storage destination is transmitted.

  Among these pieces of information, function information, reading setting information, transmission setting information, destination information, login information to the image forming apparatus, and login information to the data storage destination correspond to the job setting information, the job ID, and the storage It is memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 104 of the portable terminal 10 with tip ID.

  Further, the information 701 includes first information including setting information related to image processing and information indicating the storage service 30 in order to cause the storage service 30 to store image data obtained by causing the image forming apparatus 20 to perform image processing. Corresponds to information. Note that the processing content of the image processing corresponds to function information.

  Next, the touch B is a touch performed when a screen for prompting the user to touch the NFC of the image forming apparatus 20 described in FIG. 6 is displayed.

  At this time, the image forming apparatus 20 transmits to the portable terminal 10 information 702 including the job ID, the storage destination ID of the storage service that cannot be stored, the portable terminal type, and the application type.

  The information 702 corresponds to second information indicating that image data could not be stored when the storage service 30 could not store image data.

  Next, the touch C is a touch that is made when the setting is finished on the screen of FIG. 5D when the storage service designated as the storage destination cannot be stored and the image forming apparatus 20 is requested to execute the process again. .

  At this time, from the mobile terminal 10 to the image forming apparatus 20, the job ID, the changed storage destination ID, the mobile terminal type, the application type, the destination information (for example, transmission protocol, IP address, mail address, etc.), and the changed storage destination Information 703 including login information (for example, ID, password, etc.) is transmitted. This information 703 corresponds to third information including information indicating the selected storage service.

  The job IDs for touches B and C described above are the same as the job IDs for touch A because they are a series of processes for the same job.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of mobile terminal processing executed by the CPU 101 of the mobile terminal 10 in FIG.

  In FIG. 9, when the image forming apparatus cooperation application is executed (step S101), the screen shown in FIG. 5A is displayed. Here, to simplify the description, it is assumed that “Scan to” is selected by the user (step S102), as in FIG. 5A.

  Next, the storage service at the storage destination is selected on the screen of FIG. 5A, and each setting is performed on the setting screen of FIG. 5B (step S103). Then, job setting information is created based on the set contents and the like (step S104).

  Next, information 701 including the job ID shown in FIG. 8 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 20 by touch A (step S105). This step S105 corresponds to a first information transmission unit that transmits the first information to the image forming apparatus 20.

  Then, the mobile terminal 10 activates a timer for measuring a predetermined time until the next touch operation, and waits until the timer times out (step S106).

  When this timer times out (step S106), the image forming apparatus cooperation application deletes the job setting information stored in the storage device 104 of the mobile terminal 10 (step S113), and ends this process.

  On the other hand, the screen displayed when the storage service cannot be stored in the designated storage service shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the UI unit 25 of the image forming apparatus 20, and before time-out (NO in step S106), image formation is performed. When the touch B is made on the apparatus 20 (YES in step S107), the information 702 described in FIG. 8 is received from the image forming apparatus 20 (step S108). This step S108 corresponds to receiving means.

  Even when the time-out occurs in step S106, if the information cannot be stored in the designated storage service, the information 702 can be received. In this case, the processing from step S109 onward is executed.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the job ID and portable terminal type included in the received information 702 match those transmitted in the information 701 (step S109). If the result of determination in step S109 is not a match (NO in step S109), the process proceeds to step S113 described above.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S109, if they match (YES in step S109), the storage location change screen shown in FIG. 5C is displayed (step S110). This step S110 corresponds to selection means for allowing the user to select another storage service.

  Then, in the storage destination change screen, it is determined whether or not another storage destination is selected instead of cancel (step S111).

  If cancellation is selected as a result of the determination in step S111 (NO in step S111), the process proceeds to step S113 described above.

  On the other hand, if another storage destination is selected as a result of the determination in step S111 (YES in step S111), the changed storage destination setting screen shown in FIG. 5D is displayed (step S112). . Based on the setting contents here, job setting information is created (step S104).

  Next, information 703 including the job ID shown in FIG. 8 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 20 by the touch C (step S105). Step S105 here corresponds to a third information transmitting means.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the image forming apparatus process executed by the CPU 210 of the image forming apparatus 20 in FIG. 3 and the storage service process executed by the storage service 30 of FIG.

  Each process shown in FIG. 10 corresponds to the portable terminal process in FIG. First, the image forming apparatus process will be described.

  In FIG. 10, when touched by the mobile terminal 10 (here, touch A) (YES in step S201), information 701 including the job ID shown in FIG. 8 is received from the mobile terminal 10 (step S202). This step S202 corresponds to the first information receiving means.

  Next, the storage service of the storage destination is specified from the storage destination ID included in the information 701 (step S203).

  Next, it is determined whether or not to scan (step S204). If the result of determination in step S204 is that scanning is to be performed (YES in step S204), scanning is executed (step S205), and image data obtained by scanning is transmitted to the storage service 30 (step S206). This step S206 corresponds to image data transmitting means for transmitting image data obtained by executing image processing according to the setting information included in the first information to the storage service 30 according to information indicating the storage service 30.

  On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S204 is that scanning is not performed (NO in step S204), the image data stored in the storage device 104 is transmitted to the storage service 30 (step S206).

  Next, it is determined from the processing result transmitted from the storage service 30 whether the image data has been stored (step S207). The processing result is “storable” when the image data can be stored by the image data storing process, and “storable” when it cannot be stored.

  As a result of the determination in step S207, if the image data can be stored (YES in step S207), the job setting information and the image data are deleted (step S208), and this process ends.

  On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S207 is that image data could not be stored (NO in step S207), the storage screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (step S209). And it is discriminate | determined whether it was touched by the portable terminal 10 (here touch B) (step S210). If the result of determination in step S210 is that no touch has been made (NO in step S210), the process proceeds to step S208.

  As a result of the determination in step S210, when touched (YES in step S210), the information 702 shown in FIG. This step S211 corresponds to the second information transmitting means.

  When the mobile terminal 10 is touched (here, touch C) (YES in step S201), information 703 including the job ID shown in FIG. 8 is received from the mobile terminal 10 (step S202). Step S202 here corresponds to the third information receiving means.

  Thereafter, the image data is transmitted to another storage service (step S206). Step S206 here corresponds to an image data re-sending unit that transmits image data obtained by executing image processing to the storage service in accordance with information indicating the storage service included in the third information.

  If the non-memory screen is displayed in step S209 but not touched by the same mobile terminal 10, data related to a series of jobs may be deleted after a certain time.

  When the mobile terminal that has not performed the touch B is touched to execute another job, the UI unit 25 may display that the previous job cannot be stored.

  Furthermore, a job from another portable terminal may be received while the storage service is executing the image data storage process.

  Next, storage service processing will be described. When image data is received from the image forming apparatus 20 (YES in step S301), an image data storage process is executed (step S302), and the above-described processing result is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 20 (step S303). finish.

  In the image data storage process, first, it is determined whether or not image data can be stored. If the image data cannot be stored, “NO STORAGE” is immediately transmitted in step S303.

  As described above, even when the storage service cannot store the image data for some reason, the storage destination can be easily changed to another storage service.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the storage service cannot store the image data, the second information indicating that the image data cannot be stored is received from the image forming apparatus (step S). In step S108, the user selects another storage service (step S110), and the third information including information indicating the selected storage service is transmitted to the image forming apparatus (step S105). An operation on the forming apparatus becomes unnecessary, and as a result, it is possible to improve the operability for the user when the image data processed by the image forming apparatus from the portable terminal is stored in the storage service.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus reads the program code. It is a process to be executed. In this case, the program and the storage medium storing the program constitute the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Portable terminal 11, 21 Short-range wireless communication part 12, 22 Non-contact wireless communication part 13, 25 UI part 20 Image forming apparatus 30 Storage service 100, 200 Controller 101, 201 CPU
102,202 RAM
103, 203 ROM
104, 204 Storage device 106 Display unit 110, 209 Short-range wireless controller 114, 211 Non-contact wireless controller 1000 Image forming system

Claims (9)

A portable terminal that performs short-range wireless communication with an image forming apparatus,
In order to store image data obtained by causing the image forming apparatus to perform image processing in a storage service, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service is stored in the image forming apparatus. First information transmitting means for transmitting;
Receiving means for receiving, from the image forming apparatus, second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
A selection unit that allows a user to select another storage service when the second information is received by the reception unit;
3. A portable terminal comprising: third information transmission means for transmitting third information including information indicating the storage service selected by the selection means to the image forming apparatus.   The setting information includes processing contents of image processing, color, resolution, density, layout, and setting contents related to a file format, and the information indicating the storage service includes a protocol for transmitting the image data to the storage service, The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an IP address of the storage service and login information for logging in to the storage service. An image forming apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication with a mobile terminal,
First information reception for receiving, from the mobile terminal, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service in order to store the image data obtained by executing the image processing in the storage service Means,
Image data transmitting means for transmitting image data obtained by executing image processing according to the setting information included in the first information received by the first information receiving means to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service When,
Second information transmitting means for transmitting to the portable terminal second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
Third information receiving means for receiving, from the mobile terminal, third information including information indicating a storage service different from the storage service in which the image data could not be stored;
Image data retransmitting means for transmitting the image data obtained by executing the image processing to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service included in the third information received by the third information receiving means; An image forming apparatus comprising:   The setting information includes processing contents of image processing, color, resolution, density, layout, and setting contents related to a file format, and the information indicating the storage service includes a protocol for transmitting the image data to the storage service, 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: an IP address of the storage service; and login information for logging in to the storage service. An image forming system including a portable terminal and an image forming apparatus that perform communication by short-range wireless communication,
The portable terminal is
In order to store image data obtained by causing the image forming apparatus to perform image processing in a storage service, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service is stored in the image forming apparatus. First information transmitting means for transmitting;
Receiving means for receiving, from the image forming apparatus, second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
A selection unit that allows a user to select another storage service when the second information is received by the reception unit;
Third information transmitting means for transmitting third information including information indicating the storage service selected by the selecting means to the image forming apparatus,
The image forming apparatus includes:
First information receiving means for receiving the first information from the portable terminal;
Image data transmitting means for transmitting image data obtained by executing image processing according to the setting information included in the first information received by the first information receiving means to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service When,
A second information transmitting means for transmitting the second information to the portable terminal when the storage service fails to store the image data;
Third information receiving means for receiving the third information from the portable terminal;
Image data retransmitting means for transmitting the image data obtained by executing the image processing to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service included in the third information received by the third information receiving means; An image forming system comprising: A method for controlling a portable terminal that performs short-range wireless communication with an image forming apparatus,
In order to store image data obtained by causing the image forming apparatus to perform image processing in a storage service, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service is stored in the image forming apparatus. A first information transmission step of transmitting;
A receiving step of receiving, from the image forming apparatus, second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
A selection step for causing the user to select another storage service when the second information is received in the reception step;
And a third information transmission step of transmitting third information including information indicating the storage service selected in the selection step to the image forming apparatus. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus that performs short-distance wireless communication with a mobile terminal,
First information reception for receiving, from the mobile terminal, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service in order to store the image data obtained by executing the image processing in the storage service Steps,
An image data transmission step of transmitting image data obtained by executing image processing according to the setting information included in the first information received by the first information reception step to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service When,
A second information transmission step of transmitting to the portable terminal second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
A third information receiving step of receiving, from the mobile terminal, third information including information indicating a storage service different from the storage service in which the image data could not be stored;
An image data retransmitting step of transmitting the image data obtained by executing the image processing to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service included in the third information received by the third information receiving step; A control method characterized by comprising: A program for causing a computer to execute a mobile terminal control method for performing communication with an image forming apparatus through short-range wireless communication,
The control method is:
In order to store image data obtained by causing the image forming apparatus to perform image processing in a storage service, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service is stored in the image forming apparatus. A first information transmission step of transmitting;
A receiving step of receiving, from the image forming apparatus, second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
A selection step for causing the user to select another storage service when the second information is received in the reception step;
A third information transmission step of transmitting third information including information indicating the storage service selected in the selection step to the image forming apparatus. A program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an image forming apparatus that performs short-range wireless communication with a portable terminal,
The control method is:
First information reception for receiving, from the mobile terminal, first information including setting information related to the image processing and information indicating the storage service in order to store the image data obtained by executing the image processing in the storage service Steps,
An image data transmission step of transmitting image data obtained by executing image processing according to the setting information included in the first information received by the first information reception step to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service When,
A second information transmission step of transmitting to the portable terminal second information indicating that the image data could not be stored when the storage service could not store the image data;
A third information receiving step of receiving, from the mobile terminal, third information including information indicating a storage service different from the storage service in which the image data could not be stored;
An image data retransmitting step of transmitting the image data obtained by executing the image processing to the storage service according to information indicating the storage service included in the third information received by the third information receiving step; The program characterized by having.

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