JP5067069B2 - Image processing apparatus, information display control method, and information display control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention, for example, MFP (Multi Function Periferals) Other image forming apparatus such as an image processing apparatus used in, RSS (Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary) when displayed on the display means provider the display name of the feed information The present invention relates to an information display control method and an information display control program for causing a computer of an image processing apparatus to execute the information display control method.

  2. Description of the Related Art An image processing apparatus that is connected to a network such as the Internet and can acquire an RSS feed that is data in RSS format from a website via this network is known.

In such an image processing apparatus, leave register multiple sources display name of the RSS feed, the time of acquisition of the RSS feed, causes a display section to display the display name the registered from the displayed display name by specifying the predetermined one, by accessing the provider web site RSS feed indicated by the display name, it has been configured to acquire an RSS feed.

Patent Document 1 proposes a network communication device that can collectively manage URL information of RSS output and can be easily used and managed by an RSS reader.
JP 2006-246261 A

  By the way, for example, users tend to have different RSS feeds to be acquired depending on time of day, such as general news in the morning, business-related in the day, and sports in the evening. In addition, the RSS feed that the user wants to acquire may differ between the office where he / she usually resides and the business trip destination.

In order to get a different RSS feeds, it is necessary to access to sources of different RSS feeds, and therefore there is a need to specify a different display name.

  However, conventionally, the display order of the registered display names on the display unit is fixed in a certain order such as, for example, registration order or alphabetical order. Until the display name was reached, it was forced to scroll the list from the top of the display list or switch the display screen, which was inconvenient in operation.

  The technique described in Patent Document 1 is an RSS feed management technique, and there has been no technique that can solve the above-described problem related to display name display.

The present invention was made in view of such technical background, for example, depending on time of day and location, etc., even if the providing destination of the RSS feed is different to access, each time the user object of the sources It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus, an information display control method, and an information display control program that can easily find a display name that indicates the operability and improve operability.

The above problem is solved by the following means.
(1) User operation for preferentially displaying on the display means the display means for displaying the display name of one or a plurality of RSS feed providers, and the display name of the RSS feed provider to be displayed on the display means By specifying the registration means that can be registered in the server for each user with the installation location of the image processing apparatus as a condition related to, and the display name displayed on the display means, the RSS feed corresponding to the display name accessing through a network provider, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an RSS feed, when displaying the display name to the display unit, the user by matching the conditions, preferential display the registered display name when the operation of the apparatus is performed at the installation site for the display name of the condition has been registered is assigned, display control means for preferentially displayed on the display unit An image processing apparatus characterized by comprising a.
(2) The image processing apparatus according to (1), wherein the priority display of the display name is performed by changing a display order of a plurality of display names.
(3) The image processing apparatus according to (1) or (2), wherein the registration unit is capable of registering a display name of an RSS feed provider that prohibits access.
(4) The image processing apparatus according to (3), wherein the registration of the display name that prohibits access is performed with a condition related to a user operation that is a target of access prohibition.
(5) The image processing apparatus according to (4), wherein the condition relates to a time of user operation.
(6) The image processing apparatus according to (4) or (5), wherein the condition relates to an installation location of the image processing apparatus operated by a user.
(7) Displaying the display name of one or more RSS feed providers on the display means, and preferentially displaying the display name of the RSS feed provider displayed on the display means on the display means A step of registering in the server for each user with the installation location of the image processing apparatus as a condition related to the user operation, and a display name displayed on the display means are specified, so that the RSS feed corresponding to the display name is displayed. Accessing a provider via a network to obtain an RSS feed, and displaying a display name on the display means, the user preferentially displays the registered display name that matches the condition. When the device is operated at the installation location, a display name registered with the condition is preferentially displayed on the display means. And an information display control method.
(8) Displaying the display name of one or more RSS feed providers on the display means, and preferentially displaying the display name of the RSS feed provider displayed on the display means on the display means A step of registering in the server for each user with the installation location of the image processing apparatus as a condition related to the user operation, and a display name displayed on the display means are specified, so that the RSS feed corresponding to the display name is displayed. Accessing a provider via a network to obtain an RSS feed, and displaying a display name on the display means, the user preferentially displays the registered display name that matches the condition. When the device is operated at the installation location, a display name registered with the condition is preferentially displayed on the display means. An information display control program for causing a computer of the image processing apparatus to execute.

According to the invention described in (1) above, the display name of the RSS feed provider to be displayed on the display unit includes the installation location of the image processing apparatus as a condition regarding user operation for preferential display on the display unit. Registered on the server . Then, when displaying the provider the display name of the RSS feed to the display unit, the user, matching the conditions, operation of the apparatus of the registered display name location for preferential display is performed In this case, the display name registered with the condition is preferentially displayed on the display means. Therefore, the user is given the location of the image processing apparatus as a condition aft registered in the server concerning the operation, meets that condition, the device itself the registered display name location for preferential display The registered display name is always displayed with priority, so you can easily find the desired display name without having to scroll the display name display list or switch the display screen. It is possible to access the RSS feed provider efficiently.

According to the invention described in item ( 2 ) above, the registered display names can be preferentially displayed by changing the display order of the plurality of display names.

According to the invention described in the preceding paragraph ( 3 ), the display name of the RSS feed providing source that prohibits access can be registered, so the administrator or the like prohibits access to a predetermined RSS feed providing destination. Can do.

According to the invention as described in the preceding paragraph (4), can be in accordance with a user operation, to prohibit access to RSS feeds provide source or allowed.

According to the invention as described in the preceding paragraph (5), such as the administrator can prohibit access to certain RSS feeds provider according to the time zone of the user operation.

According to the invention as described in the preceding paragraph (6), such as the administrator can, depending on the installation location of the image forming apparatus operated by the user, prevent access to sources of a given RSS feed.

According to the invention as described in the preceding paragraph (7), the user is assigned the location of an image processing apparatus according to a condition related to operation can you register the display name to the server, and matching the condition is the registration If the device is operated at the installation location where the displayed name is displayed with priority , the registered display name is always displayed with priority, so it takes time to scroll the display name display list and switch the display screen. Therefore, the target display name can be easily found and the RSS feed provider can be efficiently accessed.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 8 ), the server is provided with the step of displaying the display name of one or more RSS feed providers on the display means, and the installation location of the image processing apparatus as a condition related to the user operation. register the display name in the step of acquiring the RSS feed accesses the RSS feed sources, matching the condition by the user, the operation of the apparatus of the registered display name location for preferential display In the case where the display is performed, the step of preferentially displaying the registered display name on the display means can be executed by the computer of the image processing apparatus.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image processing system using an image forming apparatus as an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this system includes a plurality (three in this example) of image forming apparatuses 1, 2, and 3 and a server 4 connected to each other via a network 5.

  Since the configurations of the image forming apparatuses 1 to 3 are the same, only the image forming apparatus 1 will be described, and descriptions of the image forming apparatuses 2 and 3 will be omitted.

  The image forming apparatus 1 includes a scanner unit 11, a printer unit 12, an operation panel unit 13, a storage unit 14, a network communication unit 15, an arithmetic processing unit 16, and the like.

  The scanner unit 11 reads a document document or the like at a predetermined resolution, performs predetermined image processing and converts the document into electronic data, and includes an image sensor such as a light source, a prism, and a CCD (not shown).

  The printer unit 12 actually outputs electronic data such as a print job on a paper surface. For example, printing is realized by a mechanism such as electrophotography, inkjet, thermal transfer, or the like.

The operation panel unit 13 is used for the user to input various information and instructions, and to display the mode and message of the image forming apparatus. As shown in FIG. A key input unit 132 having a numeric keypad, a start key, and the like is provided. Through the operation panel section 13, the user, the display name or for accessing RSS feed sources, specific URL of sources (Uniform Resource Locator), a user for further be preferentially displayed the display name It is possible to input conditions related to operation.

  The storage unit 14 stores various data and programs of the image forming apparatus. For example, a hard disk (HDD) or a non-volatile memory is used.

  The network communication unit 15 is connected to the network 5 and is used for communication with other image forming apparatuses or servers 4 that are also connected on the network 5, and includes a network interface card (NIC) and the like. It is constituted by.

  The network 5 is a local area network (LAN) or the like, and is realized using an interface such as 10 / 100Base-T or 1000BaseT.

The arithmetic processing unit 15 executes control processing for the entire apparatus, and includes a microprocessor (CPU), ROM, RAM, and the like. As an example of the control, in addition to the normal reading control and printing control for the scanner unit 11, the printer unit 12, etc., in this example, the following control is performed. That is, the registration from a user operating panel unit 13, provider the display name of the RSS feed, URL, if you enter a condition related to user operation, calculation processing unit 15, these display name, URL, to the server 4 in association with conditions To do.

  Here, the condition regarding the user operation is for the user to specify the display name to be displayed preferentially when displaying the display name on the input display unit 131 of the operation panel unit 13 in order to acquire the RSS feed. Is the condition. Specifically, although not limited, there are a time when a user performs an operation for displaying a display name, an installation place of an image forming apparatus for performing an operation for displaying a display name, and the like. By registering such a condition in addition to the display name, the user preferentially displays a predetermined display name according to the time zone or the installation location of the image forming apparatus, as will be described later. It becomes possible to make it.

Further, the arithmetic processing unit 15, based on an instruction of the administrator or the like, the provider of the display name of the RSS feed to prohibit access, it is also possible to register in the server 4.

  The operation executed by the arithmetic processing unit 15 will be described later.

  The server 4 is composed of a personal computer or the like, and includes a user database 41 and an inaccessible registration database 42.

  The user database 41 is based on instructions from the image forming apparatuses 1 to 3 and relates to the user operation associated with each display name and one or more display names and their URLs described above for each user. The condition is registered.

The inaccessible registration database 42 based on an instruction from the image forming apparatus 1 to 3, to register the display name and URL of the provider of the RSS feed to prohibit access, if necessary, associated with the display name In this way, conditions relating to user operations that are subject to access prohibition are registered.

Figure 2 is displayed on the display unit 131 of the operation panel 13 in the image forming apparatus 1, provider the display name of the RSS feed, its URL, illustrates an input screen for registering a condition regarding user operations.

In this screen, the user name display column 131a, provider of display name input field 131b of the RSS feed, URL input field 131c, a condition for selecting a (is marked "priority display category" in the figure) conditions related to user operation Selection buttons 131d to 131f are displayed. In the example of FIG. 3, a “no condition” button 131d, a “time zone” button 131e, and a “location” button 131f are provided as condition selection buttons. In this example, the “time zone” button 131e is selected. This is indicated by diagonal lines. Also, below the condition selection buttons, four time zone selection buttons 131g to 131J for selecting a specific time zone are provided corresponding to the selection of the “time zone” button 131e. Here, it is shown that the “˜12: 00” button 131g is selected.

  When the “OK” button 131k is pressed, the input content is confirmed and registered in the user database 41 of the server 4.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, “time zone” is selected as the condition related to the user operation, and “˜12: 00” is selected as the specific time zone. Therefore, the user “take” obtains the RSS feed. In this case, the display name “Asahi.com” is preferentially displayed in the display name list until 12 AM. The registered conditions may be changed with the authority of the administrator of the image forming apparatuses 1 to 3.

  FIG. 3 shows a display screen of the operation panel unit 13 in which the display name “Asahi.com” is preferentially displayed. When the user “take” designates the RSS feed acquisition mode for displaying the display name from the operation panel unit 13 at 10:35 which is the time zone registered as the priority display condition, the arithmetic processing unit 16 The registered contents of the corresponding user are acquired from the user database 41 of the server 4, and the display name of the RSS feed is displayed according to the contents.

  As described above, since the display name “Asahi.com” is registered by the setting that is preferentially displayed until 12 am, a list including a plurality of registered display names is displayed as the display name “Asahi.com”. Are sorted and displayed so that is at the top. Note that display names other than the display name “Asahi.com” are displayed in the order of registration or alphabetical order as usual.

  When the user presses the button with the display name “Asahi.com”, the image forming apparatus 1 accesses the RSS feed destination website indicated by “Asahi.com” and acquires the RSS feed.

  In this way, the display name set by the user is preferentially displayed at the top position, so that the user can easily find the target display name, and scroll the list from the top of the display list or switch the display screen. Is no longer necessary.

4, like FIG. 2, provider the display name of the RSS feed, while indicating an input screen for registering conditions for that URL and the user operation, "Location" button 131f is selected as condition selection button An example is shown.

  When the “location” button 131f is selected, two location selection buttons 131m and 131n for selecting a specific installation location of the image forming apparatus are displayed below the condition selection button. In this example, when an RSS feed is acquired by operating an image forming apparatus installed at a user's resident location (home), the display name input in the display name input field 131b is preferentially displayed. An “MFP priority” button 131m and an “Away MFP priority” button 131n that is preferentially displayed when an RSS feed is acquired from an image forming apparatus installed in a place other than a resident location such as a business trip destination are provided. It is shown that “away MFP priority” 131n is selected.

  That is, when an RSS feed is acquired by operating an image forming apparatus installed at a place other than the user's residence (home), the display name “NBOnline” is preferentially displayed.

  When the “OK” button 131 k is pressed, the input content is confirmed and registered in the user database 41 of the server 4.

  FIG. 5 shows a display screen of the operation panel unit 13 on which the display name “NBOnline” is preferentially displayed.

  When the user “take” performs an operation for acquiring an RSS feed from the image forming apparatus 1 installed at a business trip destination other than the user's resident location, the arithmetic processing unit 16 receives the corresponding user from the server 4. Is registered, and the display name of the RSS feed is displayed according to the registered content.

  As described above, when an RSS feed is acquired from an image forming apparatus installed at a place other than a resident location, the display name “NBOnline” is registered with a setting that is preferentially displayed. In the list of display names, the display name “NBOnline” is rearranged so as to be the highest level and displayed. Note that display names other than the display name “NBOnline” are displayed in the order of registration or alphabetical order as usual.

  In this case as well, the display name set by the user is preferentially displayed at the top position, so that the user can easily find the desired display name and scroll the list from the top of the display list or switch the display screen. Is no longer necessary.

Incidentally, when the user presses a button of the display name "NBOnline", the image forming apparatus 1 accesses the provider website RSS feed indicated by "NBOnline", acquires an RSS feed.

Further, in this embodiment, administrator or the like, are denoted by the condition relating to the user operation to be inaccessible, it has been made and can be registered provider the display name of the RSS feed to prohibit access. FIG. 6 shows an input screen of the operation panel unit 13 when performing such registration.

In this screen, along with the message 131p of "administrator mode is in execution", provider of display name input field 131b of the RSS feed, URL input field 131c, under the condition (figures relating to user operation wrote a "non-display category" Condition selection buttons 131d to 131f are displayed. In the example of FIG. 5, the “always” button 131d, the “time zone” button 131e, and the “location” button 131f are provided as condition selection buttons, and the “time zone” button 131e is now selected. Shown with diagonal lines. Also, below the condition selection buttons, four time zone selection buttons 131g to 131j for selecting a specific time zone are provided corresponding to the selection of the “time zone” button 131e. Here, it is shown that the “˜12: 00” button 131g and the “13: 0 to 17:00” button 131i are selected.

  When the “OK” button 131k is pressed, the input content is confirmed and registered in the inaccessible registration database 42 of the server 4. Although inaccessible (prohibited) registration is applied to all users in this embodiment, the user may be designated and applied.

In the example shown in FIG. 6, “time zone” is selected as a condition, and “˜12: 00” and “13: 0 to 17:00” are selected as specific time zones. the time zone, the user will not be able to access the RSS feed provider of display name "Asahi.com". vice versa. The user can access during the lunch break from 12:00 to 13:00.

  FIG. 7 shows a display screen of the operation panel unit 13 when an operation for obtaining an RSS feed is performed in a state where such access prohibition setting is made.

  When the user “take” designates the RSS feed acquisition mode for displaying the display name from the operation panel unit 13 at 10:35, which is the access prohibition setting time zone, the arithmetic processing unit receives the corresponding user from the server 4. And the registration contents of the inaccessible setting are acquired, and the display name of the RSS feed is displayed according to the contents.

When the setting as described in FIG. 2 is registered for the user “take”, a list with the display name “Asahi.com” at the top is displayed as shown in FIG. However, since the display name “Asahi.com” is in an access-prohibited time zone, the display name “Asahi.com” is displayed in a grayed out state (indicated by hatching in the drawing) in FIG. An icon “X” 131q indicating that it is set is displayed. In this case, even if the user presses the button of "Asahi.com", it will not be connected to the corresponding RSS feed of sources.

  6 and 7 show the case where “time zone” is selected as the condition, the image forming apparatus installed at the user's resident location by selecting the “place” button 131f, Access from an image forming apparatus installed outside the resident location can be prohibited.

  In addition, by selecting the “always” button 131d, it is possible to prohibit constant access.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This operation is executed by the CPU of the arithmetic processing unit 16 of the image processing apparatuses 1 to 3 operating according to a program stored in a storage medium such as a ROM.

  If the user specifies an RSS feed acquisition mode from the operation panel unit 13 in order to acquire an RSS feed, this is accepted in step S1, and a registration content acquisition request is transmitted to the server 4 together with user information in step S2.

  In response to the acquisition request, the server 4 reads out the corresponding user registration contents from the user database 41 and the inaccessible setting registration contents from the inaccessible registration database 42 and transmits them to the image forming apparatus 1.

  In step S <b> 3, the image forming apparatus 1 acquires the registered content related to the corresponding user transmitted from the server 4, and acquires the registered content of the inaccessible setting in step S <b> 4.

  Next, in step S5, the list of display names of RSS feed acquisition destinations registered by the user is rearranged in accordance with the conditions related to the user operation, and in step S6, the list is compared with the registered contents of the inaccessible setting. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a display name that is set to be inaccessible in the list.

If it does not exist (NO in step S6), the list of display names is displayed as it is on the display unit 131 of the operation panel unit 13 in step S7. On the other hand, if present (YES in Step S6), in step S7, the different sets the prohibition of RSS access to the feed sources of the display name, and other display names for display of the display name mode Is displayed on the display unit 131 of the operation panel unit 13 in step S7.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

For example, as the preferred display mode of the RSS feed provider of display name, a case was shown to display a display name corresponding to the top of the list, or displayed on a per easy to position in the other eye, color and size It is good also as a structure which displays in the aspect different from other display names, such as changing.

  Moreover, although the case where the user database 41 and the inaccessible registration database 42 are provided in the server 4 is shown, the image forming apparatuses 1 to 3 may include the user database and the inaccessible registration database.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an image processing system in which an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is used. It is an example of the input screen of the operation panel part for registering the display name of the provision destination of an RSS feed, conditions, and the like. It is an example of the display screen of the display name list list of the RSS feed provision destination displayed at the time of acquisition of an RSS feed. It is another example of the input screen of the operation panel part for registering the display name and conditions of the RSS feed providing destination. It is another example of the display screen of the display name list list of the RSS feed provision destination displayed at the time of acquisition of an RSS feed. It is an example of the input screen for inputting an inaccessible setting to the RSS feed providing destination. It is an example of the display screen of the display name list of the RSS feed provision destination displayed at the time of acquisition of an RSS feed in the state where the access prohibition setting to the RSS feed provision destination is registered. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the image forming apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1-3 Image forming apparatus (image processing apparatus)
4 server 41 user database 42 access inaccessible registration database 5 network 13 operation panel unit 131 display unit 15 network communication unit 16 arithmetic processing unit

Claims (8)

Display means for displaying the display name of the provider of one or more RSS feeds;
Registration that can be registered in the server for each user with the installation location of the image processing apparatus as a condition for user operation for preferential display on the display means of the display name of the RSS feed provider displayed on the display means Means,
An acquisition means for accessing the RSS feed provider corresponding to the display name via the network by acquiring the RSS feed by specifying the display name displayed on the display means;
When displaying the display name to the display unit, the user, matching the conditions, when the operation of the apparatus of the registered display name location for preferential display is performed, the conditions Display control means for preferentially displaying the display name attached and registered on the display means;
An image processing apparatus comprising: The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the priority display of the display names is performed by changing a display order of a plurality of display names. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit is capable of registering a display name of an RSS feed provider that prohibits access. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein registration of a display name for which access is prohibited is performed with a condition related to a user operation that is a target of access prohibition. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the condition relates to a user operation time. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the condition relates to an installation place of the image processing apparatus operated by a user. Displaying the display name of the provider of one or more RSS feeds on the display means;
A step of registering a display name of an RSS feed provider to be displayed on the display unit with a server for each user with an installation location of an image processing apparatus as a condition regarding a user operation for preferential display on the display unit; ,
Accessing the RSS feed provider corresponding to the display name via the network by specifying the display name displayed on the display means, and acquiring the RSS feed;
When displaying the display name on the display means, if the user operates the apparatus at the installation location that preferentially displays the registered display name that matches the condition, the condition is A step of preferentially displaying the display name attached and registered on the display means;
An information display control method comprising: Displaying the display name of the provider of one or more RSS feeds on the display means;
A step of registering a display name of an RSS feed provider to be displayed on the display unit with a server for each user with an installation location of an image processing apparatus as a condition regarding a user operation for preferential display on the display unit; ,
Accessing the RSS feed provider corresponding to the display name via the network by specifying the display name displayed on the display means, and acquiring the RSS feed;
When displaying the display name on the display means, if the user operates the apparatus at the installation location that preferentially displays the registered display name that matches the condition, the condition is A step of preferentially displaying the display name attached and registered on the display means;
Is an information display control program for causing a computer of the image processing apparatus to execute.

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