Image output processing apparatus

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
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• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator, wherein:
• said image recording section has a first output processing mode in which, in response to detection of an ID number by said traveling object identifying section, output is started according to the detected ID number, and a second output processing mode in which output is started at a predetermined timing;
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• said image recording section is capable of receiving a signal for instruction of selecting one from among the output processing modes.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
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• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• a lapse of time managing section for, regarding each set of image data supplied from an external apparatus, managing a lapse of time since input of the image data;
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• an output control section for controlling output of image data stored in said storing and managing section, wherein, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where a plurality of sets of image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, the output is controlled on the basis of lapses of time of the sets of image data managed by said lapse of time managing section.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• an output control section for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing section, wherein:
• in the case where during an output of image data another ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, said output control section prepares output of image data corresponding to the newly detected ID number, while executing the current output operation.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• an output control section for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing section, wherein:
• in the case where during an output of image data another ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, said output control section determines which set of image data, among the sets of image data including the set of image data being currently processed and the set of image data corresponding to the newly detected ID number, should be prioritized in outputting.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• an output control section for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing section, wherein:
• in the case where during an output of image data another ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, said output control section prioritizes a set of image data corresponding to the newly detected ID number, provided that the ID number corresponding to the image data being currently outputted is not detected at the detection of the new ID number.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• an output control section for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing section, wherein:
• said image output processing apparatus has at least one operation mode, in addition to a printer mode for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus and outputting an image on a sheet of paper based on the image data;
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• in the case where, before output of image data in the printer mode is started, an instruction relating to a processing operation in another mode is detected, said output control section temporarily suspends the output of image data in the printer mode and prioritizes the output processing operation in the instructed mode.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• a statistics information managing section for statistically managing a picking-up period since reception of image data until detection of an ID number corresponding to the image data by said traveling object identifying section, and managing an average of the picking-up periods as an average picking-up period regarding each ID number;
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• an output control section for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing section, wherein:
• when a plurality of image data are to be outputted, said output control section controls an order in which the image data are outputted, based on average picking-up periods thereof stored in said statistics information managing section.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• a statistics information managing section for statistically managing a picking-up period since reception of image data until detection of an ID number corresponding to the image data by said traveling object identifying section, and managing an average of picking-up periods as an average picking-up period regarding each ID number;
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• an output control section for controlling output of image data based on average picking-up periods stored in said statistics information managing section when a quantity of data stored in said storing and managing section reaches a predetermined level.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• a statistics information managing section for statistically managing a picking-up period since reception of image data until detection of an ID number corresponding to the image data by said traveling object identifying section, and managing an average of picking-up periods an average picking-up period as well as an estimated picking-up time regarding each ID number, the estimated picking-up time being calculated by adding, to an input time of inputted image data, an average picking-up period corresponding to the inputted image data;
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• an output control section for controlling a timing of output of image data based on the estimated picking-up time managed by said statistics information managing section.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• a reading section for reading in an original document to obtain image data of the same;
• a transmitting section for transmitting the image data obtained by said reading section, to an external apparatus;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• a storing and managing section for, upon reading of an original document by said reading section, storing and managing image data obtained through the reading, and an ID number detected by said traveling object identifying section, along with correspondence therebetween;
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• a transmission control section for, in transmitting the image data obtained by said reading section to an external apparatus, controlling transmission of the image data according to the ID number stored and managed by said storing and managing section.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• an image data input section for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• an image recording section for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with image data inputted through said image data input section;
• a storing and managing section for, upon input of image data through said image data input section, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• a traveling object identifying section having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• a display section for displaying information about the image data, wherein when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying section, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing section, said display section displays information about the image data;
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• a display control section for controlling a display state of said display section in accordance with a result of the ID number checking by said traveling object identifying section, wherein:
• when presence of the ID number becomes no longer detected by said traveling object identifying section during recording of image data by said image recording section, said display control section switches the display state of said display section into a state of displaying permission of input of new image data.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input means, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• display means for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said storing and managing means, displaying information about the image data, wherein:
• display means displays at least an output processing period as the information about the image data.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input means, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
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• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• lapse of time managing means for, regarding each set of image data supplied from an external apparatus, managing a lapse of time since input of the image data;
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• output control means for controlling output of image data stored in said storing and managing means, wherein, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, in the case where a plurality of sets of image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing means, the output is controlled on the basis of lapses of time managed by said lapse of time managing means regarding the sets of image data.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input means, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• output control means for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing means, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing means, wherein:
• in the case where during an output of image data another ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, said output control means prepares output of image data corresponding to the newly detected ID number, while executing the current output operation.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying section being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
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• output control means for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing means, controlling output of image data stored and managed means by said storing and managing means, wherein:
• said image output processing apparatus has at least one operation mode, in addition to a printer mode for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus and outputting an image on a sheet of paper based on the image data;
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• in the case where, before output of image data in the printer mode is started, an instruction relating to a processing operation in another mode is detected, said output control means temporarily suspends the output of image data in the printer mode and prioritizes the output processing operation in the other mode instructed.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with the image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input means, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• statistics information managing means for statistically managing a picking-up period since reception of image data until detection of an ID number corresponding to the image data by said traveling object identifying means, and managing an average of picking-up periods as an average picking-up period regarding each ID number;
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• output control means for, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing means, controlling output of image data stored and managed by said storing and managing means, wherein:
• when a plurality of image data are to be outputted, said output control means controls an order of output of the image data, based on average picking-up periods thereof stored in said statistics information managing means.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input means, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• statistics information managing means for statistically managing a picking-up period since reception of image data until detection of an ID number corresponding to the image data by said traveling object identifying means, and managing an average of picking-up periods as an average picking-up period as well as an estimated picking-up time regarding each ID number, the estimated picking-up time being calculated by adding, to an input time of inputted image data, an average picking-up period corresponding to the inputted image data;
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• output control means for controlling a timing of output of image data based on the estimated picking-up time managed by said statistics information managing means.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• reading means for reading in an original document to obtain image data of the same;
• transmitting means for transmitting the image data obtained by said reading means, to an external apparatus;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• storing and managing means for, upon reading of an original document by said reading means, storing and managing image data obtained through the reading, and an ID number detected by said traveling object identifying means, along with correspondence therebetween;
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• transmission control means for, in transmitting the image data obtained by said reading means to an external apparatus, controlling transmission of the image data according to the ID number stored and managed by said storing and managing means.

An image output processing apparatus, comprising:

• image data input means for receiving image data supplied from an external apparatus;
• image recording means for recording an image on a sheet of paper in accordance with image data inputted through said image data input means;
• storing and managing means for, upon input of image data through said image data input means, storing and managing the image data along with correspondence to a specific ID number;
• traveling object identifying means having an interrogator provided in a main body of said image output processing apparatus, and a plurality of responders each of which stores a specific ID number and is capable of wireless communication with said interrogator within a control area of said interrogator, said traveling object identifying means being designed so that, when one of said responders enters the control area of said interrogator, the ID number stored in said responder is detected and checked by said interrogator;
• display means for displaying information about the image data, wherein, when an ID number is detected by said traveling object identifying means, in the case where image data corresponding to the ID number are stored in said recording and managing means, said display means displays information about the image data;
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• display control means for controlling a display state of said display means in accordance with a result of the ID number checking by said traveling object identifying means, wherein:
• when presence of the ID number becomes no longer detected by said traveling object identifying means during recording of image data by said image recording means, said display control means switches the display state of said display means into a state of displaying permission of input of new image data.