JP2006186598A - Data processing system, data processor, and data transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decide the number of transmission times of continuously transmitting the same data from a data transmitter on the basis of the history of the number of reception times when receiving data with a data processor without errors, while the data processor and the data transmitter are communicable via light such as infrared rays. <P>SOLUTION: The data processor (a digital multifunctional device) 1 is provided with a communication I/F 9, which communicates with the data transmitter (a portable telephone) 11 for continuously transmitting the same data a plurality of times via light such as infrared rays, a management part 8 for storing the number of reception times when receiving the data with the communication I/F 9 without errors as history information, and an equipment control unit 3 for deciding the number of transmission times of continuously transmitting the same data on the basis of the history information stored in the management part 8. The data processor 1 requests the data transmitter 11 to continuously transmit the same data by the decided number of transmission times. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing system, a data processing device, and a data transmission device, and more specifically, from a data processing device such as a digital multi-function peripheral and a data transmission device such as a portable terminal device capable of communicating with the data processing device. Relates to a data processing system.

  In recent years, digital multi-function peripherals (MFPs) that have scanner functions, copy functions, facsimile functions, printer functions, etc., and also have functions for communicating with external devices over a network and transmitting / receiving various data are products It has become. Various services using convenient functions of the digital multi-function peripheral are provided such as a service for installing the digital multi-function peripheral in a convenience store or other stores and transferring image data from the outside. Some of these digital multi-function peripherals are equipped with a storage device (such as a hard disk) that temporarily stores image data to be processed, so that a large amount of image data and a plurality of jobs can be processed efficiently. .

For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a system that can transmit image data using the digital multi-function peripheral and a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone. This is a system comprising a digital multi-function peripheral and a mobile phone that can be carried independently of the digital multi-function peripheral, can communicate with the digital multi-function peripheral, and can communicate with other communication devices. The multi-function peripheral includes an image information generation unit that obtains image information from a document, an image memory, and a main CPU that stores the image information in the image memory and transmits the image information stored in the image memory to the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a memory and a CPU that stores the image information transmitted from the digital multi-function peripheral in the memory and transmits the image information stored in the memory to another communication device. As a result, the image information captured in the digital multi-function peripheral can be transmitted from an unspecified location to a specific destination.
JP 10-65864 A

  However, in the above-mentioned patent document 1, the mobile phone is detachably fixed to the digital multi-function peripheral to perform communication. While communication can be performed reliably between the two, the mobile phone is set at a predetermined position. There is a problem that work is required and the user is troublesome. In addition, it is possible to communicate with the digital multi-function peripheral using infrared rays without fixing the mobile phone, but when using light such as infrared rays, the communication environment is worse than the wired communication, and the communication state is poor. Since it is not stable and a communication error is likely to occur, it is conceivable to transmit the same data several times continuously.

  As described above, when the same data is transmitted continuously several times, the infrared communication environment varies depending on the installation location of the digital multifunction device, so the number of times each digital multifunction device can receive data without error varies. Occurs. Therefore, for example, if it is set so that data transmission is always performed five times continuously from a mobile phone, the reception from the mobile phone is not possible even if the reception of the same data can be completed twice in a certain digital multi-function peripheral. The same data is transmitted five times continuously, and the data for three times is wasted, and the battery is wasted due to the data transmission process.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and enables data processing devices such as digital multi-function peripherals and data transmission devices such as portable terminal devices to communicate with each other via light such as infrared rays. The object of the present invention is to make it possible to determine the number of transmissions of the same data continuously transmitted from the apparatus based on the history of the number of times when the data processing apparatus has received the data without error.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a first technical means of the present invention provides a data processing device including a data transmission device that continuously transmits the same data a plurality of times and a data processing device that can communicate with the data transmission device. In the system, the data processing device includes a data receiving unit that sequentially receives the same data transmitted a plurality of times continuously from the data transmitting device, and a number of times when the data receiving unit receives data without error. It is characterized by comprising storage means for storing history information, and transmission number determination means for determining the number of times the same data is continuously transmitted based on the history information.

  According to a second technical means, in the first technical means, the data processing device includes means for requesting the data transmission device to transmit the same data at the number of transmissions determined by the transmission number determination unit. It is characterized by being.

  According to a third technical means, in the first technical means, the data processing device sets the number of times to transmit the same data continuously, and sets the number of transmissions to transmit the same data. And means for requesting the data transmission apparatus.

  According to a fourth technical means, in the second or third technical means, the data transmission device continuously transmits the same data according to the number of transmissions requested from the data processing device. Is.

  According to a fifth technical means, in the first technical means, the data processing device includes a notifying means for notifying a user of the reception status of the same data by the data receiving means.

  A sixth technical means is characterized in that, in the first technical means, the data processing device comprises notifying means for notifying a user of the reception result of the same data by the data receiving means.

  According to a seventh technical means, in the first technical means, data is transmitted and received between the data transmitting device and the data processing device via light.

  An eighth technical means is any one of the first to seventh technical means, wherein the data transmitting device is a portable terminal device having storage means for storing various data, and the data processing device is a scanner. It is a digital multi-function peripheral having a plurality of functions of a function, a copy function, a facsimile function, and a printer function.

  According to a ninth technical means, in a data processing apparatus capable of communicating with a data transmitting apparatus that continuously transmits the same data a plurality of times, the data processing apparatus transmits the same data transmitted from the data transmitting apparatus a plurality of times. Data receiving means for receiving data in order, storage means for storing the number of times data is received without error by the data receiving means as history information, and the number of times the same data is continuously transmitted based on the history information And a transmission frequency determining means for determining.

  According to a tenth technical means, in the data transmitting apparatus communicable with the data processing apparatus according to the ninth technical means, the data transmitting apparatus sets the number of times the same data is continuously transmitted, and the set And means for continuously transmitting the same data by the number of times of transmission.

  According to the present invention, a data processing device such as a digital multi-function peripheral and a data transmission device such as a portable terminal device can communicate with each other via light such as infrared rays, and the same data is continuously transmitted from the data transmission device. Since the number of times can be determined based on the history of the number of times data is received without error by the data processing device, it is possible to prevent unnecessary data from being transmitted and to effectively use the battery.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration example of a data processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a data processing device, 11 is a data transmission device, 20 is a network composed of a LAN, and the like. , 22 is a terminal device connected to the network 20, 30 is the Internet, 31 is a facsimile machine connected to the Internet 30, and 32 is a terminal device connected to the Internet 30. The data processing device 1 and the data transmission device 11 can communicate with each other through light such as infrared rays and visible light. In the case of performing infrared communication, for example, a communication method based on IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard may be applied.

  As the data processing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, a digital multi-function peripheral having any one of a scanner function, a copy function, a facsimile function, and a printer function is applied, and as the data transmission apparatus 11, image data and document data are applied. A case where a mobile phone provided with storage means for storing data (hereinafter simply referred to as data) is described as a representative example. However, the data processing apparatus 1 is not limited to a digital multi-function peripheral, but is an electrophotographic printer or the like. The data transmission device 11 is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be a portable PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) equipped with data storage means, a notebook personal computer, or the like.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a digital multifunction device 1 includes an image reading unit 2 that reads a document and inputs data, a device control unit 3 that controls each function of the digital multifunction device 1, an operation unit 4 that receives user input, and a network. 20, a communication unit 5 that communicates with the terminal devices 21 and 22 via the Internet 20, and communicates with the facsimile device 31 and the terminal device 32 via the Internet 30, an image forming unit 6 that is a data processing unit that performs data print processing, In order to perform optical communication such as infrared rays between the mobile phone 11 and a hard disk (HD) 7 for storing data, a management unit 8 which is a memory for storing control information and setting information of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 and the like. A communication interface (communication I / F) 9 which is a data receiving means including a light receiving unit, and an erasing means 10 for erasing data stored in the HD 7. To have.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 11 can continuously transmit the same data a plurality of times, and the communication I / F 9 and the device control unit 3 included in the digital multifunction peripheral 1 are continuously transmitted from the mobile phone 11 a plurality of times. Receive the same data in order. When the image forming unit 6 and the device control unit 3 receive data without error through the communication I / F 9, the image forming unit 6 and the device control unit 3 start processing the data. The processing for this data includes, for example, printing processing from the image forming unit 6, storage processing in the HD 7, further facsimile transmission processing, electronic mail transmission processing, and the like. In addition, the device control unit 3 determines whether or not the signal can be received without error.

  A program for executing the above processing is stored in the management unit 8, and the device control unit 3 controls the communication I / F 9 as a data receiving unit and the image forming unit 6 as a data processing unit in accordance with the program. To do.

  Next, the digital multifunction peripheral 1 stores the number of times when data is received without error by the communication I / F 9 in the management unit 8 as history information. As shown in FIG. 5 described later, this history information includes, for example, data reception date and time, data format, communication method (communication speed), and the number of times data can be received without error. The digital multi-function peripheral 1 determines the number of times that the same data is continuously transmitted based on the history information. This process is executed by the device control unit 3 and the management unit 8. This will be described based on a specific example (see FIG. 4 described later).

  In FIG. 4, for example, the mobile phone 11 is set so that the same data is continuously transmitted five times, and the same data is continuously transmitted from the mobile phone 11 according to the set number of times (in this example, five times). To do. When the digital multi-function peripheral 1 receives the second data without error, the processing is started from the second data, and the third and subsequent times are not received. That is, the same number of times as the set number of times is transmitted from the mobile phone 11, and the digital multi-function peripheral 1 that is the data receiving side transmits the next data according to the data reception status (whether the data can be received without error). Determine whether to receive. Therefore, even though the same data can be transmitted twice, the same data is continuously transmitted from the mobile phone 11 five times, and three times of data is wasted and data is transmitted. The battery is wasted by the processing.

  Therefore, in the digital multi-function peripheral 1 according to the present invention, “twice” is stored in the management unit 8 as the number of times the data can be received without error. As described above, the digital multi-function peripheral 1 stores the number of times data can be received from any mobile phone without error in a predetermined period in the management unit 8. Then, the device control unit 3 determines, for example, the average value of the number of times data can be received without error from the history information stored in the management unit, the maximum value, or the number of times that the frequency is the highest, and the like. Is determined as the optimal number of transmissions.

  Next, when the mobile phone 11 and the digital multifunction device 1 perform data communication, the mobile phone 11 is requested to continuously transmit the same data with the determined number of transmissions (two times in this example). In response to the request from the digital multifunction device 1, the mobile phone 11 continuously transmits the same data twice to the digital multifunction device 1. Thereby, it is possible to prevent useless data from being transmitted and to effectively use the battery.

  Hereinafter, each part of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. First, the image reading unit 2 is a data input unit that inputs data. For example, the image reading unit 2 is connected to a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) 2a as an image reading unit, a document table, an automatic document feeder (ADF), or the like. And an original detection sensor 2b for detecting the set original.

  The operation unit 4 includes an input unit 4a having various input keys and a display unit 4b such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display: liquid crystal display). Enter the settings. Further, an authentication information input means for inputting authentication information of a user who uses the digital multifunction device 1 may be arranged in the input unit 4a. There are various user authentication information input methods, such as direct input of a user code, ID card information reading input, and user biometric information (such as fingerprint) reading input. The user authentication of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 can be performed by any one of these methods.

  The image forming unit 6 is a data processing (output) unit that processes (outputs) data from the mobile phone 11, and includes a volatile memory 6a and a printing unit 6b such as a LSU (Laser Scanning Unit). I have.

  The HD 7 is a storage means for temporarily storing data from the mobile phone 11. From the viewpoint of data security, the HD 7 encrypts and stores data sent from the memory 6 a, and transmits data to the memory 6 a again. May be decoded. This is because when the digital multi-function peripheral 1 is installed in a convenience store, other stores, etc., an unspecified number of people use the digital multi-function peripheral 1, so that data stored in the HD 7 cannot be seen. Encrypt and store as follows. In addition, by configuring the HD7 as a storage means having a magnetic storage medium, it becomes possible to store a large amount of data (data capacity, number of pages) and sequentially process it, and receive instructions from multiple users. It can be processed efficiently.

Hereinafter, an operation example related to the image processing mode mounted on the digital multi-function peripheral 1 will be briefly described.
(Copy mode)
When the digital multi-functional peripheral 1 according to the present embodiment is used as a copying machine, data of a document read by the image reading unit 2 is output from the image forming unit 6 as a copy.

  The image reading unit 2 is provided with a CCD 2a and can electronically read an image of a document set at a reading position. The read document data is completed as output data on the volatile memory 6a, and is temporarily stored in the HD 7. When there are a plurality of documents, the reading and storing operations are repeated. Thereafter, based on the processing mode instructed from the operation unit 4, the data stored in the HD 7 is sequentially read out at an appropriate timing and sent to the volatile memory 6a. Then, the data is transferred from the volatile memory 6a to the printing unit 6b in accordance with the writing timing to the printing unit 6b.

  Similarly, when printing a plurality of read data, the output data is similarly stored as output data in the HD 7 and sent from the HD 7 to the volatile memory 6a in accordance with the output mode. The data is transferred to the printing unit 6b in accordance with the writing timing to 6b.

(Printer mode)
Next, when the digital multifunction peripheral 1 according to the present embodiment is used as a printer, data received from the communication I / F 9 or the communication unit 5 is output from the image forming unit 6 via the volatile memory 6a or the like. .

  The communication unit 5 is connected to the network 20 using wired or wireless communication, and receives data from the terminal devices 21 and 22 that are external devices connected on the network 20. The communication I / F 9 receives data from the mobile phone 11. The data received in this way is sent to the volatile memory 6a as output data to the volatile memory 6a and temporarily stored in the HD 7. Then, the data is again sent from the HD 7 to the volatile memory 6a and transferred to the printing unit 6b in the same manner as when used as a copying machine described above.

(Scanner mode)
When the digital multifunction peripheral 1 according to the present embodiment is used as a network scanner, the document data read by the image reading unit 2 is transferred from the communication unit 5 to the arbitrary terminal devices 21 and 22 via the network 20. Can be sent to. Also here, the original is electronically read by the CCD 2 a provided in the image reading unit 2. The read document data is completed as output data on the volatile memory 6a, and is temporarily stored in the HD 7. Then, the signal is sent again from the HD 7 to the volatile memory 6a, and is transmitted from the communication unit 5 to the target transmission destination after establishing communication with the transmission destination instructed via the operation unit 4.

(Facsimile mode)
Further, the communication unit 5 is connected to the facsimile apparatus 31 via the network 20 and the Internet 30. The communication unit 5 may be connected to the facsimile apparatus via a telephone line (not shown). The same operation is performed when the digital multi-functional peripheral 1 according to the present embodiment is used as a facsimile apparatus, and data transmission and reception can be performed with an external device.

  Each component of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 according to the present embodiment is controlled by the device control unit 3 to monitor an operation instruction from the input unit 4a such as a tablet and a key group provided in the operation unit 4, and a display unit Information to be notified to the user, such as information relating to the state of the digital multi-function peripheral 1 via 4b, is accurately guided and displayed. The management unit 8 manages information about each component controlled by the device control unit 3, and the device control unit 3 controls the operation of the entire digital multi-function peripheral 1 based on the information. .

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of the digital multifunction peripheral 1 and the mobile phone 11 of the data processing system shown in FIG. The device control unit 3 of the digital multifunction device 1 continuously transmits the same data based on the history information stored in the data reception control unit 3a and the management unit 8 for controlling the communication I / F 9 as the data reception unit. A notification for informing the user of the reception status by displaying a message on the display unit 4b, a data processing control unit 3c for controlling the image forming unit 6 serving as a data processing unit, a display unit 4b The means 3d is configured.

  The notification unit 3d notifies the user of the data reception status and reception result, or notifies the user that processing of data received without error by the communication I / F 9 has been started. Further, when a communication error occurs, the user may be notified that data could not be received by the communication I / F 9. Specifically, a message (for example, “data is being received”, “data reception completed”, “printing has started”, “printing”, etc.) is displayed on the display unit 4b, or a voice is output from the voice output unit 4c. You may make it output. Moreover, you may make it alert | report by color by light emission means, such as LED which is not shown in figure.

  As described above with reference to FIG. 1, the data reception control means 3a controls the communication I / F 9 so as to sequentially receive the same data transmitted from the mobile phone 11 a plurality of times in succession, After receiving data without error by / F9, the communication I / F9 is controlled so as not to receive subsequent data. At this time, the device control unit 3 stores the number of times data is received without error in the management unit 8 as history information. The transmission number determination means 3b determines the number of times that the same data is transmitted continuously based on the history information stored in the management unit 8. The device control unit 3 requests the mobile phone 11 to continuously transmit the same data with the number of transmissions determined by the transmission number determination means 3b. The data processing control unit 3c controls the image forming unit 6 to start processing on the data when the communication I / F 9 receives the data without error.

  In addition, the mobile phone 11 includes a display unit 11a composed of an LCD for displaying various types of information, an operation unit 11b having a plurality of operation keys, a control unit 11c for controlling the mobile phone 11, and the digital multifunction device 1. Communication for communicating with I / F unit 11d having a light emitting unit for communicating via light such as infrared rays, management unit (storage unit) 11e for storing data, and other external devices via a network Part 11f. Note that the description of the voice call means is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management unit 11 e includes terminal information about the mobile phone 11, owner information about the user of the mobile phone 11, personal authentication information for user authentication, document information to be transmitted to the digital multifunction machine 1 (or Image information), the number of times the same document information (or image information) is transmitted continuously (in this example, 5 times), telephone number information, and e-mail address information are stored. Note that the document information of this example is given authentication necessity, in-house document / outside document identification information, color / monochrome identification information, etc. for each document data.

  The mobile phone 11 includes means for setting the number of transmissions, and the user can set an arbitrary number of transmissions for the mobile phone 11. The number of times of transmission is an appropriate number depending on the volume of data to be transmitted, the type of image data (JPEG format, etc.) / Document data (Microsoft Word (registered trademark) doc format, etc.), the communication speed of optical communication, etc. You only have to set it. According to the IrDA standard, the communication speed of infrared communication is, according to speed, low speed (115 kbps) SIR, medium speed (1 Mbps) MIR, high speed (4 Mbps) FIR, and super high speed (16 Mbps) VFIR. Can be divided into The cellular phone 11 continuously transmits the same document information (or image information) to the digital multi-function peripheral 1 according to the set number of transmissions.

  Further, the digital multi-function peripheral 1 may include means for setting the number of times that the same data is continuously transmitted, and means for requesting the mobile phone 11 to transmit the same data at the set number of times of transmission. Good. This is because the state of communication with the mobile phone 11 changes according to the installation environment of the digital multifunction device 1, and the optimum number of transmissions is set in advance in the digital multifunction device 1 by a maintenance staff or the like. For example, the maintenance staff may determine the number of transmissions by referring to history information stored in the management unit 8.

  Before receiving data from the mobile phone 11, the digital multifunction peripheral 1 communicates with the mobile phone 11 to send the number of transmissions, and causes the management unit 11 e of the mobile phone 11 to set the number of transmissions. The mobile phone 11 continuously transmits the same data according to the number of transmissions requested (set) from the digital multifunction device 1. Thereby, data transmission can be performed with the optimal number of transmissions according to the installation environment of the digital copying machine 1.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an example of processing for recording the number of times when the digital multi-function peripheral 1 has received data from the mobile phone 11 without error as a history. First, the mobile phone 11 sets the number of data transmissions by the user or in response to a request from the digital multifunction peripheral 1 (step S1), and continuously transmits the same data with the set number of transmissions ( Step S2). The digital multi-function peripheral 1 determines whether or not data reception has been completed (whether or not data has been received without error) (step S3). When data reception has been completed (in the case of YES), Processing is performed (step S4), and the number of times of reception is stored in the management unit 8 as a history (log) (step S5).

  Further, if the data reception is not completed (NO) in step S3, the digital multi-function peripheral 1 continues to receive data (step S6) and determines whether the data has been received a predetermined number of times. (Step S7), when data is received a predetermined number of times (in the case of YES), error processing is performed (Step S8) and the process is terminated. In step S7, when data has not been received a predetermined number of times (in the case of NO), the process returns to step S3 and is repeated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a data processing method according to the number of transmissions set in the mobile phone 11. In this example, since the mobile phone 11 is set to transmit the same data five times in succession, the mobile phone 11 transmits the same data to the digital multifunction device 1 five times in succession. For example, if the digital multifunction peripheral 1 receives the second data from the mobile phone 11 without error, the digital multifunction peripheral 1 starts processing the second data and does not receive the third and subsequent times. Further, when the digital multi-function peripheral 1 cannot receive all five times, an error display is performed.

  Next, the digital multi-function peripheral 1 stores “2 times” in the management unit 8 as the number of times it can be received without error when the second data reception is completed. The digital multi-function peripheral 1 stores the number of times that data can be received from any mobile phone without error in a predetermined period in the management unit 8 as history information, and the number of times that the same data is continuously transmitted based on the history information. decide.

  Next, when the mobile phone 11 and the digital multi-function peripheral 1 perform data communication, the mobile phone 11 is requested to continuously transmit the same data with the determined number of transmissions. In response to the request from the digital multifunction device 1, the mobile phone 11 continuously transmits the same data twice to the digital multifunction device 1. Thereby, it is possible to prevent useless data from being transmitted and to effectively use the battery.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of history information stored in the management unit 8. The history information shown in this example includes, for example, data reception date, image data (JPEG format, etc.) / Document data (Microsoft Word (registered trademark) doc format, data format, number of transmissions (data amount), communication method ( Communication speed), and the number of times data can be received without error, etc. This history information includes information on the data format, data amount, and communication speed, and the same data is determined according to these information. For example, the digital multi-function peripheral 1 determines the communication speed in communication with the mobile phone 11 and determines the optimum number according to the communication speed.

  As described above, the communication speed of infrared communication is classified into low speed (115 kbps) SIR, medium speed (1 Mbps) MIR, high speed (4 Mbps) FIR, and super high speed (16 Mbps) VFIR according to speed. Therefore, it is only necessary to determine the optimum number of transmissions corresponding to each communication speed.

  According to the present invention, a data processing device such as a digital multi-function peripheral and a data transmission device such as a portable terminal device can communicate with each other via light such as infrared rays, and the same data is continuously transmitted from the data transmission device. Since the number of times can be determined based on the history of the number of times data is received without error by the data processing device, it is possible to prevent unnecessary data from being transmitted and to effectively use the battery.

It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the data processing system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a digital multifunction peripheral and a mobile phone in the data processing system illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an example of a process of recording the number of times when the digital multi-function peripheral receives data from a mobile phone without error as a history. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data processing method according to the frequency | count of transmission set to a mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows an example of the log | history information memorize | stored in a management part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Data processing apparatus (digital multifunction device), 2 ... Image reading part, 2a ... CCD, 2b ... Document detection sensor, 3 ... Device control part, 3a ... Data reception control means, 3b ... Transmission frequency determination means, 3c ... Data Processing control means, 3d ... notification means, 4,11b ... operation part, 4a ... input part, 4b, 11a ... display part, 4c ... sound output means, 5,11f ... communication part, 6 ... image forming part, 6a ... memory 6b ... printing unit (LSU), 7 ... hard disk (HD), 8 ... management unit, 9 ... communication interface, 10 ... erasing means, 11 ... data transmission device (cell phone), 11c ... control unit, 11d ... I / F part, 11e ... management part (storage part), 20 ... network, 21, 22, 32 ... terminal device, 30 ... internet, 31 ... facsimile machine.

Claims (10)

  In a data processing system including a data transmission device that continuously transmits the same data a plurality of times and a data processing device that can communicate with the data transmission device, the data processing device includes a plurality of data transmission devices continuously from the data transmission device. Data receiving means for sequentially receiving the same data transmitted twice, storage means for storing the number of times when the data receiving means received data without error as history information, and the same data based on the history information A data processing system comprising: a transmission number determining means for determining the number of times of continuous transmission.   The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data processing apparatus includes means for requesting the data transmission apparatus to transmit the same data at the number of transmissions determined by the transmission number determination means. system.   The data processing apparatus includes means for setting the number of times that the same data is continuously transmitted and means for requesting the data transmission apparatus to transmit the same data at the set number of transmissions. The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein   The data processing system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the data transmission device continuously transmits the same data according to the number of transmissions requested from the data processing device.   The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data processing apparatus includes notification means for notifying a user of the reception status of the same data by the data reception means.   The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data processing apparatus includes notification means for notifying a user of a reception result of the same data by the data reception means.   The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein transmission / reception of data between the data transmission device and the data processing device is performed via light.   The data transmission device is a portable terminal device having storage means for storing various data, and the data processing device is a digital composite having a plurality of functions of a scanner function, a copy function, a facsimile function, and a printer function. The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the data processing system is a machine.   In a data processing device capable of communicating with a data transmission device that continuously transmits the same data a plurality of times, the data processing device receives the same data sequentially transmitted a plurality of times from the data transmission device. Receiving means; storage means for storing the number of times data is received without error by the data receiving means as history information; and transmission count determining means for determining the number of times the same data is continuously transmitted based on the history information. And a data processing device.   10. A data transmission device capable of communicating with the data processing device according to claim 9, wherein the data transmission device continuously sets the number of times of transmission of the same data, and continuously transmits the same data at the set number of transmissions. And a means for transmitting the data.

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