KR100299960B1 - Method for managing edition of data in combiner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for managing an edition of data in a combiner is provided to user a resource of a system effectively by transmitting many documents in bundle, deleting unnecessary documents, and managing only necessary documents when many documents to be transmitted are stored and managed in an existing combiner or a facsimile system having a registered memory. CONSTITUTION: A central processing unit obtains data and stores the data in a memory unit(S410). It is judged whether a page edition with respect to the stored page is requested by a user through an operation panel(S420). The page edition may be a page deletion or a page merging. If a request for deleting a page is generated by a user, a page to be deleted is selected and the selected page is deleted(S430). If a request for merging pages is generated by a user, pages to be merged are selected and the selected pages are merged(S440).

Description

How to manage data editing on the all-in-one

The present invention relates to a method for managing data editing in a multifunction device, and more particularly, to a method for managing data editing in a multifunction device in which a document is managed by deleting or adding data stored in a memory or received data in units of pages for transmission. will be.

In general, a multifunction device is a device having a reading unit, a printer, a modem, a computer, and the like, which prints data read from the reading unit or data transmitted from another system through a modem to a printer or stores the data on a hard disk in the computer. .

Therefore, the multifunction apparatus refers to a device having a fax function, a printer function, a scanner function, a copier function, and the like.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a general MFP.

As shown in the drawing, a central processing unit (CPU) 1 for controlling and processing a system according to a predetermined program, and converting into electrical energy having contrast by scanning and dividing pictures or characters of documents or documents to be transmitted at regular intervals. A reading unit 2 for transmitting digital image data to the central processing unit 1, program data, protocol data, text data and recorded audio data, and accessing data under control of the central processing unit 1; Or a modem for demodulating and outputting the received input signal by modulating and outputting the data output from the central processing unit 1 under the control of the memory unit 3 and the central processing unit 1 in analog form. 4) and a code / complex for encoding or decoding data under the control of the central processing unit 1 for efficient processing of data input / output to the modem 4. A network controller 6 for forming a call loop of a telephone line under the control of the central processing unit 1 and interfacing the signal of the modem 4 with the signal of the telephone line; It is provided with a key and a display device to input various control commands, and under the control of the central processing unit 1, an operating panel 7 for displaying the state and various information of the system, and a main memory or auxiliary storage device. Computer 8, an ordinary printer 9 capable of printing and expressing original information through an arbitrary transmission line or printing contents stored in the computer 8, and receiving or transmitting via a modem 4 The data stored in the memory unit 3 or the data stored in the main memory device or auxiliary storage device of the general computer 8 under the control of the central processing unit 1, or transmitted to the general computer 8; The data in your storage device (9) It is configured as a buffer controller 10 for outputting the data to the printer (9) or to output the data read through the reading unit (2).

Referring to FIG. 2, a process of storing data for data transmission or copying in the multifunction apparatus configured as described above is as follows.

First, the document to be transmitted is read using the reading unit 2, and the data is stored in the reading buffer in the form of a bitmap in units of lines (step 21). The stored data is compressed into a desired format using the code / decoder 5 (step 22), and the result is stored in the memory again (step 23). Stored documents are managed according to a certain format in order to avoid confusion with other documents. Each document type (for example, a sent document and a received document) is different, and the documents are classified into several pages and each page is divided into blocks of a certain size. Subdivided.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, a process of storing data received by the multifunction apparatus is as follows.

First, data is stored in the communication buffer via the modem 4 at a constant rate by the protocol progress with the transmitting side (processes 31 and 32). The data in the communication buffer is encoded according to a certain compression protocol, and this data is stored in the memory again in the desired compression form via the data conversion section of the code / decoding section 5 (steps 33 and 34). In this case, the received document stored in the memory is managed in the structure of blocks, pages, and files.

In this way, the data to be processed is managed in the structure of blocks, pages, and files, but the storage, transmission, and printing operations are performed for all blocks, all pages, and all files without considering the importance of each data. The problem arises that a lot of work space is required to perform the work of.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to store and manage several documents to be transmitted in an existing MFP or fax system having limited memory in which a part or all of several documents are combined, or a document or arbitrary that does not need to be transmitted. It is to delete the pages of, to collect and manage only the necessary documents when there are several received documents, and to delete the rest to resend or print them later to make efficient use of system resources.

1 is a block diagram of a general multifunction device,

2 is a data flow diagram illustrating a process of storing data for data transmission or copying in a multifunction apparatus;

3 is a data flow diagram illustrating a process of storing data received by the multifunction device;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a data editing management method in a multifunction apparatus according to the present invention.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, a data storage step of acquiring and storing data through a predetermined path; A page edit request determining step of determining whether a page edit is requested for the stored data; A page deletion step of deleting a page by selecting a page to be deleted when a request for page deletion occurs as a result of the determination; As a result of the determination, when a request for page merging occurs, a data editing management method in a multifunction apparatus including a page merging step of selecting a page to be merged and performing page merging is disclosed.

Preferably, the page deletion step may include a deletion page selection step of selecting a page to be deleted from each page of the file displayed on the operation panel; A page removal step of removing the selected page by removing all blocks constituting the selected page; A page linking step of connecting a previous page and a subsequent page of the deleted page; And a file information update step of updating file information on the changed file from which the selected page is deleted.

Preferably, the page merging step includes: an object file selecting step of selecting an object file to which one page of files displayed on the operation panel is added; A page selection step for adding one page to be added to the object file from an arbitrary file; A page adding step of adding the selected one page to an object file; And a file information update step of updating file information of the object file to which the one page is added.

Preferably, the predetermined path is an original reading path and a fax data receiving path.

Hereinafter, the objects, features, and advantages of the present invention described above will be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

The terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art, and the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

The data editing management method of the multifunction apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

First, the central processing unit 1 acquires data and stores the data in the memory unit 3 as shown in FIG. 2 or 3 (step S410).

After storing the data in the memory unit 3, it is determined whether a page editing request is requested for the stored data through the operation panel 7 by the user (step S420). Preferably, page editing may be page deletion and page merging.

As a result of determining whether to request page editing for the stored data, if a request from the user for page deletion occurs, a page deletion step (S430) of selecting a page to be deleted and deleting the page is performed, and if the user merges the page, If a request is generated, the page merging step (S440) for selecting a page to be merged and performing page merging is performed.

Looking at the execution of the page deletion step (S430) in more detail as follows.

The user selects a page to be deleted from the respective pages of the file displayed on the operation panel 7 through the operation panel 7 (step: S431).

After selecting the page to be deleted, all blocks constituting the selected page are removed (step S432). Preferably, page deletion can be removed block by block.

After removing all blocks constituting the selected page, the previous and subsequent pages of the deleted page are concatenated (step S433). That is, if the deleted page is N pages, the next page of N-1 pages is updated to N + 1 pages.

After linking the previous and subsequent pages of the deleted page, the file information on the changed file that deleted the selected page is updated. Preferably, the file information is the number of pages, the data size and the like.

On the other hand, the step of merging the page (S440), that is, the process of adding one page of an arbitrary file to another file in more detail as follows.

First, the user selects an additional target file from one page of files displayed on the operation panel 7 through the operation panel 7 (step S441).

After selecting the object file to be added, one page to be added to the object file is selected from an arbitrary file (step S442).

After selecting one page to be added to the object file, the selected one page is merged into the object file and the file information of the file to which one page is added is updated (steps S443 and 444). Preferably, the file information is the number of pages, the data size and the like.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the conventional MFP or fax system having a limited memory, it is possible to store and manage several documents to be transmitted in the memory. It deletes documents or random pages, collects and manages only necessary documents when there are several received documents, deletes the rest, and re-sends or prints them later to efficiently use system resources.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

Claims (4)

In the data editing management method in the multifunction apparatus provided with an operation panel, A data storage step of acquiring and storing data through a predetermined path; A page edit request determining step of determining whether a page edit is requested for the stored data; A page deletion step of deleting a page by selecting a page to be deleted when a request for page deletion occurs as a result of the determination; And a page merging step of selecting a page to be merged and performing page merging when a request for page merging occurs as a result of the determination. The method of claim 1, wherein deleting the page comprises: A deletion page selection step of selecting a page to be deleted among respective pages of a file displayed on the operation panel; A page removal step of removing the selected page by removing all blocks constituting the selected page; A page linking step of connecting a previous page and a subsequent page of the deleted page; And a file information update step of updating file information on the changed file from which the selected page has been deleted. The method of claim 1, wherein the page merging step, An object file selecting step of selecting an object file to which one page of the files displayed on the operation panel is added; A page selection step for adding one page to be added to the object file from an arbitrary file; A page adding step of adding the selected one page to an object file; And a file information updating step of updating file information of the object file to which the one page is added. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined path is, A data editing management method in an all-in-one, characterized in that an original reading path and a fax data receiving path.

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