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Received document input and output device and input and output method of received document - Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Received document input and output device and input and output method of received document
United States Patent Application 20070046988
Kasatani, Kiyoshi (Kanagawa, JP)
11/509734
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1. A received document input and output device connected to a network and using a plurality of communication protocols, the document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms with a plurality of information devices, comprising: a storing part configured to store the documents received via a communication part; a printing part configured to print the documents; a setting part configured to set management information; and a periodic implementation part configured to control the parts processing the document based on the management information and an output of a clock part configured to count day and time.
2. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 1; wherein the periodic implementation part control a forwarding part configured to forward the document to a designated address based on the management information so that the received document is forwarded.
3. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 1; wherein the periodic implementation part controls the printing part based on a designated period of the management information so as to control the document.
4. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 3; wherein the designated period of the management information is a term combining day and time, a day of the week, a national holiday, or starting and ending time.
5. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 3; wherein the designated period of the management information is a term that a user desires.
6. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 1; wherein the document stored in the storing part can be read or downloaded from a Web browser by an identified user.
7. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 1; wherein the document is received via e-mail or facsimile.
8. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 7; wherein, in the documents received via the facsimile, the documents stored in the storing part but not printed are printed in a lump.
9. The received document input and output device as claimed in claim 7; wherein, in the documents received via the facsimile, the documents stored in the storing part and printed are deleted in a lump.
10. A received document input and output device connected to a network and using a plurality of communication protocols, the document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms with a plurality of information devices, comprising: storing means for storing the documents received via communication means; printing means for printing the documents; setting means for setting management information; and periodic implementation means for controlling the means for processing the document based on the management information and an output of clock means for counting day and time.
11. An inputting and outputting method of received documents, comprising the steps of: storing the documents received via a communication part; printing the documents; setting management information; and controlling the parts processing the documents based on the management information and an output of counted day and time.
12. The inputting and outputting method of the received document as claimed in claim 11; wherein the document is forwarded to a designated address based on the management information.
13. The inputting and outputting method of the received document as claimed in claim 11; wherein the document is printed based on a designated period of the management information.
14. The inputting and outputting method of the received document as claimed in claim 13; wherein the designated period of the management information is a term combining day and time, a day of the week, a national holiday, or starting and ending time.
15. The inputting and outputting method of the received document as claimed in claim 13; wherein the designated period of the management information is a term that a user desires.
16. The inputting and outputting method of the received document as claimed in claim 11; wherein the stored document can be read or downloaded from a Web browser by an identified user.
17. The inputting and outputting method of the received document as claimed in claim 11; wherein the document is received via an e-mail or facsimile.
18. The inputting and outputting method of the received documents as claimed in claim 17; wherein, in the documents received via the facsimile, the documents stored but not printed are printed in a lump.
19. The inputting and outputting method of the received documents as claimed in claim 17; wherein, in the documents received via the facsimile, the documents stored and printed are deleted in a lump.
In addition, a display control unit 36 and an operations input control unit 37 for controlling the operations panel P are connected to the CPU 31. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a structure of the operations panel P. As shown in FIG. 4, the operations panel P includes a display device 40 and an operations input device 41. The display device 40 is, for example, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The operations input device 41 includes a touch panel 41a and a key board 41b. The touch panel 41a is an ultrasonic elastic wave type panel stacked on a surface of the display device 40. The key board 41b has plural keys.
A start key, ten-key, reading condition setting key, clear key, and others are provided on the key board 41b. The start key is used for starting a process such as an image reading process. The ten key is used for input a numerical value. The reading condition setting key is used for setting the address to which the read image data are sent. In other words, the display control unit 36 outputs the image display control signal to the display device 40 via the control panel I/F 38 so as to make the display device 40 display a designated item corresponding to the image display control signal. On the other hand, the operations input control unit 37 receives an input control signal via the control panel I/F 38. This input control signal corresponds to functional settings or input operations by the operator in the operations input device 41.
As an identifying action in the digital color multifunction processing machine 1 shown in FIG. 6, a display input control part 53d of the individual menu device 53 receives identifying information of the user (user name, password, ID card for identifying, and others) from the main picture displayed at the operations panel P (See FIG. 4), for example in step S11. The identifying information of the user is input from the input picture of the identifying information by pushing the individual identifying key.
The display input control part 53d transfers the input identifying information to a common identification control part 53h. The common identification control part 53h identifies the information following the setting of a manager setting information 53n in step S12. Here, in setting the manager setting information 53n, in a case where the item (1) of a management setting table shown in FIG. 7 is “EXTERNAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION: YES”, the identification is requested in order based on the setting of the item (2) of the management setting table “PRIORITY IDENTIFICATION SETTING: FIRST=FIRST EXTERNAL DEVICE, SECOND=INDIVIDUAL MENU DEVICE” in step S3.
In the case of the item (2) of the management setting table “PRIORITY IDENTIFICATION SETTING: FIRST=FIRST EXTERNAL DEVICE, SECOND=INDIVIDUAL MENU DEVICE”, the common identification control part 53h requests, in step S13, the identification of the first external device from a first external device identification control part 53c by the identification information of the user input in step S11. The first external device identification control part 53c, in step S14, determines the identification with a first external device identification part 51b by an existing protocol. If this identification is not successful (NO in step S14), the identification flow of the user goes back to the beginning. If this identification is successful (YES in step S14), the common identification control part 53h request identification of the individual menu to a individual menu identification part 53j in step S5.
The individual menu management 53k determines, with reference to the individual setting information 53m, the requested identification in step S16. If the identification is successful (YES in step S16), the individual menu identification part 53j requests the individual menu function implementing part 53i to start the individual menu. If this identification is not successful (NO in step S16), the identification flow of the user goes back to the beginning.
The individual menu function implementing part 53i obtains the individual setting information 53m via the individual menu management part 53k so as to start the individual menu at the individual setting in step S17. Thus, the identification flow to the individual menu device 53 is implemented as discussed above. At this time, since the identification of the first external device identification part 51b is successful, the function of a first external device function implementing part 51a can be used from the individual menu of the individual menu function implementing part 53i.
Meanwhile, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of additional identifying action of the second external device after the first external device and the individual menu device are identified.
Referring to FIG. 9, at the same time as starting the individual menu or corresponding to the request for using the function of the second external device, the common identification control part 53h requests the identification of the second external device from the second external device identification control part 53g in step S21 so that the second external device identification control part 53g implements identification with a second external device identification part 52f. At this time, the common identification control part 53h confirms so as to obtain “SECOND EXTERAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION” of the item (6) of the individual setting table shown in FIG. 8 in step S22. This “SECOND EXTERAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION” of the item (6) of the individual setting table shown in FIG. 8 is the individual setting information 53m of the individual menu identified via the individual menu management part 53k. Here, the existence of registration of the identifying information or whether the information is the input identification information is confirmed.
In step S22, if the identification information is not registered at “SECOND EXTERAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION” of the item (6) of the individual setting table shown in FIG. 8, since the identifying process with the first external device is already completed, the identification information identified by the first external device is used. If the identification information is registered at “SECOND EXTERAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION” of the item (6) of the individual setting table shown in FIG. 8, the identification information is obtained and the second external device identification control part 53g implements identification with the second external device identification part 52f in step S23. If this identification is successful (YES in step S23), the individual menu function implementing part 53i can use the function of a second external device function implementing part 52e.
If this identification is not successful (NO in step S23), the common identification control part 53h displays an input dialog on the display input control part 53d again in step S24. This is displayed on a picture as the function of the second external device function implementing part 52e from the individual menu function implementing part 53i. Implementation of the function of the individual menu function implementing part 53i or the first external device function implementing part 51a is not obstructed.
If the user inputs correct identification information to the input dialog (display picture in step S13) (YES in step S25) the common identification control part 53h requests the second external device identification control part 53g to implement the identification with the second external device identification part 52f again in step S21. If the input identification information is confirmed in step S22 and determination of the identification based on this identification information is successful (YES in step S23), the common identification control part 53h stores, via the individual menu management part 53k, correct identification information in “SECOND EXTERAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION” of the item (6) of the individual setting information 53m shown in FIG. 8 in step S26. This correct identification information is used next time when the second external device identification control part 53g implements the identification with the second external device identification part 52f.
As a result of this, in a case where “SECOND EXTERAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION” of the item (6) of the individual setting table shown in FIG. 8 is not registered, the identification flow fails only the first time. However, in the identification flow after the second time, the stored information can be used. If the first external device is designated as the subject of the priority identification, the identification flow is completed by only the first external device and the individual menu device. The second external device implements the identification when the function of the second external device function implementing part 52e is used in the individual menu. Because of this, if the user registration of the first external device is identical with user registration of the individual menu, the identification flow is successful. The second external device may identify when the function is required.
In the related art, printing the received facsimile document can be stopped. However, in the example of the present invention, the process setting of the management information is performed based on the time notification from the clock part 66 at the periodic implementation part 65 and a schedule control for implementing or stopping the printing process at a designated time is performed. As a result of this, the received facsimile document is not printed in an office room having no person left so that the security can be provided.
As the management information implemented by the periodic implementation part 65, a schedule of whether the subject document in the stored document is to be printed is set by using day and time, a day of the week, national holiday, starting and ending time, combination of them, or a long designated period that the user desires such as a summer vacation. Based on this, a designated process is implemented. For example, the received facsimile document is printed in only a working time period of a week day (from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and not printed but stored on Saturday, Sunday, national holidays and nigh times. In addition, at the designated printable time, the periodic implementation part 65 searches the document file having no printed mark at the storing processing part 62. A printing output is directed by the printing processing part 64 so that the printing output process is started.
In addition, if a current printing process or a future process is at the set ending time, the printing process can be forcibly stopped. Setting of the day and time, day of the week, and the time for schedule controlling of the management information can be changed via the network by the operations panel P, the browser function, or the Web server function.
Not only the printing control based on the management information of the periodic implementation part 65 but also the printing control based on the direct instruction from the specific user (manager) can be done. The document file stored in the storing processing part 62 is managed by the database, folders for the document files are divided as e-mail and facsimile, and the document file is managed and stored at the facsimile for every receiving port. By storing the document file, for example, an output of sending error is made when the forwarded document file is not sent in error by the forwarding processing part 63. When the received document file is printed by the facsimile, reprinting can be made even if a problem such as no paper it stock occurs.
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