Data transmission system and data transmission method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10158769-B2
Application number	US-201715560920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2017
Priority date	Apr 28, 2016
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

The invention backups job data, and detects and predicts the occurrence of trouble in a storage device. A gateway registers job data registered in a HDD and vibration-detection information of a vibration-detection sensor received from a user terminal in a memory, and then transmits the job data to a MFP. The MFP registers the job data in a HDD, and according to a request from the gateway, transmits the job data registered in the HDD and vibration-detection information of a vibration-detection sensor to the gateway. The gateway compares the data amount of when the job data is registered in the memory and the data amount of the job data from the gateway, and when there is a difference, registers trouble information related to the HDD in the memory.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data transmission system, comprising:
a user terminal having a first vibration-detection sensor and first storage device;
an image-forming apparatus having a second vibration-detection sensor and second storage device; and
a relay device having a third storage device, and that after job data that is stored in the first storage device and vibration-detection information of the first vibration-detection sensor that are received from the user terminal are registered in the third storage device, transmits the job data to the image-forming apparatus; wherein
the image-forming apparatus
registers the job data in the second storage device, and according to a request from the relay device, transmits the job data that is registered in the second storage device and vibration-detection information of the second vibration-detection sensor to the relay device; and
the relay device
compares the amount of data when the job data is registered in the third storage device and the amount of data of the job data from the image-forming apparatus, and
when there is difference in the data amount,
registers trouble information related to the second storage device in the third storage device.

2. The data transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
the relay device
compares the amount of data when the job data is registered in the third storage device and the amount of data of the job data from the user terminal, and
when there is difference in the data amount,
registers trouble information related to the first storage device in the third storage device.

3. The data transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein
the third storage device has
a job database for registering the job data;
a vibration-detection-information database for registering vibration-detection information of the first vibration-detection sensor and the second vibration-detection sensor; and
a trouble-information database for registering the trouble information.

4. The data transmission system according to claim 2 , wherein
the trouble information related to the first storage device includes the registration date of the job data, and information that indicates the difference in the amount of data that is associated with the unique terminal information of the user terminal.

5. The data transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein
the trouble information related to the second storage device includes the registration date of the job data, and information that indicates the difference in the amount of data that is associated with the unique apparatus information of the image-forming apparatus.

6. A data transmission method includes:
a step whereby a relay device registers job data that is registered in a first storage device and vibration-detection information of a first vibration-detection sensor that are received from a user terminal in a third storage device, and then transmits the job data to an image-forming apparatus that has a second vibration-detection sensor and second storage device; and
a step whereby the image-forming apparatus registers the job data in the second storage device, and according to a request from the relay device, transmits the job data that is registered in the second storage device and vibration-detection information of the second vibration-detection sensor to the relay device; and
the relay device
compares the amount of data when the job data is registered in the third storage device and the amount of data of the job data from the image-forming apparatus, and
when there is difference in the data amount,
registers trouble information related to the second storage device in the third storage device.

7. The data transmission method according to claim 6 , wherein
the relay device
compares the amount of data when the job data is registered in the third storage device and the amount of data of the job data from the user terminal, and
when there is difference in the data amount,
registers trouble information related to the first storage device in the third storage device.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Nishio Takatoshi

Classifications

• H04N1/00029

  Diagnosis, i.e. identifying a problem by comparison with a normal state · CPC title

• H04N1/324

  intermediate the transmitter and receiver terminals, e.g. at an exchange · CPC title

• H04N1/32662

  remotely, e.g. to the transmitter from the receiver · CPC title

• H04N1/00549

  Counter-measures for mechanical vibration not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• H04N1/00005

  relating to image data · CPC title