Communication system, communication method, and image forming apparatus

摘要

In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal, and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus rejects a connection establishment request from another mobile terminal except for the mobile terminal, when the wireless communication with the mobile terminal is established.

主权项

1. A communication system having mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus that comprises a receiving section for receiving an image data from the mobile terminal and prints an image based on the received image data, wherein
the image forming apparatus comprises a sending section that sends a communication address of the image forming apparatus to the mobile terminal, the image forming apparatus makes the receiving section receive an image data sent with the communication address of the image forming apparatus by the mobile terminal, a communication between the mobile tenninal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard, the communication address of the image forming apparatus is uniquely associated with and identifies the image forming apparatus, the communication address of the image forming apparatus is used for printing the image based on the image data of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprises:
a data selection receiving section that receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on the display section; andan image data sending section that wirelessly sends the selected image data with the communication address of the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus makes the receiving section receive the selected image data, when the selected image data is sent with the communication address of the image forming apparatus from the mobile terminal, the image forming apparatus does not respond to a connection establishment request from another mobile terminal except for the mobile terminal, when the wireless communication with the mobile terminal is established, and after the communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is established with a non-contact wireless method by bringing the mobile terminal close to the image forming apparatus and holding the mobile terminal over the image forming apparatus in a state that the image is displayed on the mobile terminal, the image data related to the displayed image is outputted to the image forming apparatus with the IEEE 802.11 standard.