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US 2010/0149585 A1Published application
System and method for registration device location
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsKazutaka Oba, Tomoki Hattori
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Abstract
A method of connecting an image forming apparatus (IFA) to a network and assigning the IFA a network address, selecting a map file image from a plurality of map file images, the selected map file image corresponding to a regional location of the IFA, outputting the selected map file image, selecting a location on the map file image which corresponds to a physical location of the IFA, and storing the location and the network address. An IFA configured to implement the method.
Claims12
A method, comprising:
- connecting an image forming apparatus (IFA) to a network and assigning the IFA a network address;
- selecting a map file image from a plurality of map file images, the selected map file image corresponding to a regional location of the IFA;
- outputting the selected map file image;
- selecting a location on the map file image which corresponds to a physical location of the IFA;
- and
- storing the location and the network address.
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An image forming apparatus (IFA), comprising:
- a processor configured to query a map file image of a plurality of map file images, the map file image corresponding to a regional location of the IFA;
- a printer configured to print the map file image and a computer readable barcode, the barcode configured to include information about the IFA, including at least one of a network address of the IFA, a function the IFA is configured to perform, and an identification name of the IFA, the printer further configured to print a grid overlay atop the map file image having a plurality of marking areas corresponding to a plurality of respective coordinate locations on the map image file;
- a scanner configured to read the printed map image file having a mark in a marking area of the plurality of marking areas, the scanner further configured to read the barcode;
- and
- a network transmitter configured to connect to a network and transmit the barcode information and a coordinate location corresponding to the mark to a recording device, the recording device configured to record the information and the coordinate location to a database and associate the IFA to the information and the coordinate location in the database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.