Patent ID: 8964232
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image recording system comprising a mobile terminal and an image recording apparatus configured to record an image onto a recording medium, the mobile terminal including: a mobile terminal data storage configured to store a set of image data and image data specific information for specifying the set of image data in association with each other; a mobile terminal first communication unit configured to execute data communication with the image recording apparatus by first wireless communication which is established when the distance between the mobile terminal and the image recording apparatus becomes equal to or shorter than a predetermined communication range; a mobile terminal second communication unit configured to execute data communication with the image recording apparatus by second wireless communication which is established based on communication setting information of each of the mobile terminal and the image recording apparatus and is higher in a transmission rate than the first wireless communication; and a mobile terminal control unit configured to control the mobile terminal first communication unit and the mobile terminal second communication unit, the image recording apparatus including: an image recording apparatus first communication unit configured to execute data communication with the mobile terminal by the first wireless communication; an image recording apparatus second communication unit configured to execute data communication with the mobile terminal by the second wireless communication; an image recording apparatus storage unit configured to store the set of image data and the image data specific information in association with each other; an image recording unit configured to record an image corresponding to the set of image data onto the recording medium; and an image recording apparatus control unit configured to control the image recording apparatus first communication unit, the image recording apparatus second communication unit, and the image recording unit, the mobile terminal control unit being configured to execute at least one of transmission of the communication setting information regarding the mobile terminal and reception of the communication setting information regarding the image recording apparatus by the first wireless communication and control the mobile terminal first communication unit to send the image data specific information to the image recording apparatus by the first wireless communication, and control the mobile terminal second communication unit to send the set of image data which is specified by the image data specific information and stored in the mobile terminal data storage to the image recording apparatus by the second wireless communication, when at least one of the mobile terminal first communication unit and the mobile terminal second communication unit receives a transmission request of the set of image data specified by the image data specific information, and the image recording apparatus control unit being configured to, when the image recording apparatus first communication unit receives the image data specific information, control the image recording unit to record an image corresponding to the set of image data stored in the image recording apparatus storage unit onto the recording medium, when the image recording apparatus storage unit stores the set of image data associated with the image data specific information corresponding to the image data specific information received by the image recording apparatus first communication unit, and when the image recording apparatus storage unit does not store the set of image data associated with the image data specific information corresponding to the image data specific information received by the image recording apparatus first communication unit, control the image recording apparatus first communication unit to send the transmission request to the mobile terminal by the first wireless communication and/or control the image recording apparatus second communication unit to send the transmission request to the mobile terminal by the second wireless communication, control the image recording unit to record an image corresponding to the set of image data received by the image recording apparatus second communication unit onto the recording medium in response to the transmission request, and store, in the image recording apparatus storage unit, the set of image data received by the image recording apparatus second communication unit and the image data specific information received by the image recording apparatus first communication unit in association with each other.