JP5440925B2 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, program, and electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing system, a program, and an electronic apparatus.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a maintenance system in which a first communication device to be processed and a second communication device that executes processing are connected via a network. Communication means for transmitting a recognized internal state, which is a recognizable internal state among internal states, to a second communication device, wherein the second communication device includes knowledge base means for storing predetermined accumulated knowledge; and A diagnostic processing means for executing diagnostic processing using the accumulated knowledge for the recognized internal state transmitted from the communication means, and a maintenance signal corresponding to the result of the diagnostic processing are sent via the network to the first communication device. A maintenance system comprising a maintenance communication means for transmitting to a network is disclosed.

JP 2003-0434373 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing system, a program, and an electronic apparatus that can reduce the load on a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance of a maintenance target apparatus.

  The present invention according to claim 1 is a maintenance information storage means for storing maintenance information indicating a processing content and a processing procedure necessary for maintenance, and maintenance information for interpreting the contents of the maintenance information stored by the maintenance information storage means. Interpretation means, control means for controlling to perform self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and transmitting the self-diagnosis result by the control means to a maintenance management apparatus for performing processing necessary for maintenance An image processing apparatus having a transmission unit.

  The present invention according to claim 2 is the image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the maintenance information interpretation unit starts interpretation of the maintenance information stored in the maintenance information storage unit during activation.

  The present invention according to claim 3 is the image according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the maintenance information is newly stored or updated by the maintenance information storage means, interpretation of the maintenance information is started. It is a processing device.

  The present invention according to claim 4 includes one or more image processing devices, each of the image processing devices including maintenance information interpretation means for interpreting the content of maintenance information stored by the maintenance information storage means, Control means for controlling to perform self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and transmission means for transmitting the self-diagnosis result by the control means to a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance An image processing system.

  The present invention according to claim 5 stores maintenance information indicating processing contents and processing procedures necessary for maintenance, a maintenance information interpretation step for interpreting the contents of the stored maintenance information, and an interpretation by the maintenance information interpretation step. A program for causing a computer to execute a control step for controlling to perform a self-diagnosis according to a result, and a transmission step for transmitting a self-diagnosis result of the control step to a maintenance management device that performs processing necessary for maintenance. .

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided maintenance information storage means for storing maintenance information indicating processing contents and processing procedures necessary for maintenance, and maintenance information for interpreting the contents of maintenance information stored by the maintenance information storage means. Interpretation means, control means for controlling to perform self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and transmitting the self-diagnosis result by the control means to a maintenance management apparatus for performing processing necessary for maintenance And an electronic device having a transmission unit.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an image processing apparatus that reduces the load on a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance of the image processing apparatus as compared with the case where the present configuration is not provided. Can do.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an image processing apparatus that performs diagnosis at an early stage as compared with the case where the present configuration is not provided. Can do.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the present invention according to the first or second aspect, when the maintenance information is newly described or updated, the image processing apparatus performs a diagnosis immediately. Can be provided.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image processing system that reduces the load on a maintenance management device that performs processing necessary for maintenance of the image processing device, as compared with the case where the present configuration is not provided. Can do.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a program that reduces the load on the maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for the maintenance of the image processing apparatus as compared with the case where the present configuration is not provided. .

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic device that reduces the load on the maintenance management device that performs processing necessary for the maintenance of the electronic device, as compared with the case where the present configuration is not provided. .

It is a figure which illustrates the composition of the image processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the image processing program run on the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the content of the 1st-3rd maintenance script which the script analysis part shown in FIG. 2 processes, (A) is a figure which illustrates the content of the 1st maintenance script, (B) FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a second maintenance script, and (C) is a diagram illustrating the contents of a third maintenance script. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a script analysis unit illustrated in FIG. 2 for the first maintenance script illustrated in FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of a script analysis unit illustrated in FIG. 2 for the second maintenance script illustrated in FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of a script analysis unit illustrated in FIG. 2 for the second maintenance script illustrated in FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a script analysis unit illustrated in FIG. 2 for the third maintenance script illustrated in FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a script analysis unit illustrated in FIG. 2 for the third maintenance script illustrated in FIG.

[Background to the implementation of this embodiment]
Prior to the description of the present embodiment, the background to which this embodiment has been made will be described in order to help understanding thereof.
For example, an image processing system includes an image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions such as a printing function, a copying (copying) function, a scanning function, and a facsimile function, and a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance of the image processing apparatus. It is configured to be connected via a network (for example, the Internet).

In such an image processing system, maintenance such as diagnosis of the state of the image processing apparatus (for example, investigation of installed software version) and measurement (for example, measurement of time required for starting processing of the image processing apparatus). In order to perform the necessary processing, it is necessary to instruct the necessary processing from the maintenance management device to the image processing device.
For this reason, even if the processing is performed only within the image processing apparatus, it is necessary to instruct the image processing apparatus from the maintenance management apparatus as appropriate, so that the load on the maintenance management apparatus may be heavy. .
In addition, since the instruction from the above-described maintenance management apparatus is performed after the completion of the activation of the image processing apparatus, when an instruction is given for a process that needs to be performed during the activation of the image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus needs to be restarted. In some cases, the maintenance management apparatus must give an instruction to the image processing apparatus after the restart.
This embodiment has been made based on the background described above.

[Image processing system 1]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing system 1 used for realizing the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the image processing system 1, the image processing apparatuses 2-1 to 2-n (n ≧ 1; n does not always indicate the same number) and the maintenance management apparatus 3 are dedicated. It is configured to be connected via a network 120 such as a line, a public line, an intranet, or the Internet.
With these components, the image processing system 1 connects the image processing apparatuses 2-1 to 2-n to the maintenance management apparatus 3 as necessary, and diagnoses the image processing apparatuses 2-1 to 2-n. Perform maintenance.

Hereinafter, when any one of a plurality of components such as the image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-n is indicated, it may be simply referred to as an image forming apparatus 2.
Hereinafter, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the substantially same component and process.
Further, hereinafter, the image processing apparatus 2 and the maintenance management apparatus 3 that can be the subject of information processing and information communication may be collectively referred to as “nodes”.

[Hardware configuration]
Hereinafter, the hardware configuration of the node connected to the image processing system 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, a node connected to the image processing system 1 includes a CPU 100, a memory 104 including a ROM and a RAM, and a peripheral circuit 100, a display device, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like. An input / output device 106, an interface (IF) 110 for transmitting and receiving information between the network 120 and the main body 100, a recording device 112 for writing and reading data to and from a storage medium 114 such as HD, CD, DVD, In addition, the image processing apparatus 2 includes a function implementing unit 116 such as a printing apparatus used for printing output.
That is, each node constituting the image processing system 1 has a component for realizing each function, and has a component as a general computer that can communicate with other nodes.

[Image processing program 20]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the image processing program 20 executed on the image processing apparatus 2 (FIG. 1).
As shown in FIG. 2, the image processing program 20 includes a user interface (UI) unit 200, a network IF unit 202, a script storage unit 204, a script transmission / reception unit 206, a script analysis unit 208, a script reception unit 210, and a script update unit 212. , A control unit 214, an image processing unit 216, and an image forming unit 218.
For example, the image processing program 20 is stored in the memory 104 (FIG. 1) and supplied to the image processing apparatus 2, and the image processing program 20 is installed on the OS (not shown) installed in the image processing apparatus 2 as necessary. The hardware resources of the device 2 are specifically used for execution.
The image processing program 20 controls the image processing apparatus 2 based on a script used for maintenance of the image processing apparatus 2.

The UI unit 200 accepts a script update command, an image processing command, an image formation command, and the like, which will be described later, via the input / output device 106 (FIG. 1). Output for each component.
In addition, the UI unit 200 accepts information input from each component and causes the input / output device 106 to display the information.
The network IF unit 202 implements data transmission / reception between each component and the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) connected via the network 120.

The script storage unit 204 stores the maintenance script input from the script transmission / reception unit 206 and the script reception unit 210, and the updated maintenance script input from the script update unit 212, the script transmission / reception unit 206, the script analysis unit 208, and the script. The update unit 212 stores the information so that it can be referred to.
The maintenance script is a program for performing maintenance processing of the image processing apparatus 2 in which instructions such as an information acquisition instruction to the image processing apparatus 2, a diagnosis instruction, a restart instruction, and a connection instruction to the maintenance management apparatus 3 are sequentially described. (Described later with reference to FIG. 3).
The script transmission / reception unit 206 receives a maintenance script from an external device (for example, the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1)) via the network IF unit 202, and outputs it to the script storage unit 204.
In addition, the script transmission / reception unit 206 sends the maintenance script stored in the script storage unit 204 to an external device (for example, the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1)) via the network IF unit 202 under the control of the control unit 214. Send to.

For example, the script analysis unit 208 acquires and analyzes the maintenance script stored in the script storage unit 204 at the following timings (1-1) to (1-3) (see FIGS. 3 to 6B). Later).
(1-1) The image processing apparatus 2 is being activated.
(1-2) When the script storage unit 204 stores a newly input or updated maintenance script.
(1-3) Every predetermined period.
Further, the script analysis unit 208 outputs information indicating the control content (hereinafter referred to as “control information”) to the control unit 214 based on the analysis content of each instruction described in the maintenance script. Information input from the control unit 214 is accepted as necessary.

The script receiving unit 210 receives the maintenance script input from the input / output device 106 via the UI unit 200 and outputs it to the script storage unit 204.
When the script update unit 212 receives a maintenance script update instruction from the input / output device 106 via the UI unit 200, the script update unit 212 acquires the maintenance script to be updated from the script storage unit 204, The information is displayed on the input / output device 106 via the UI unit 200.
When the script update unit 212 receives information indicating update content (hereinafter referred to as “update information”) from the input / output device 106 via the UI unit 200, the script update unit 212 updates the update target based on the update information. The maintenance script is updated and output to the script storage unit 204.
The update of the script is, for example, a change of the connection date / time to the maintenance management apparatus 3 or a change of various parameters such as a log file name.

The control unit 214 controls each component based on the control information input from the script analysis unit 208 and outputs the control result to the script analysis unit 208 and the communication unit 222 as necessary.
Specifically, for example, the control unit 214 is connected to the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) to transmit and receive control results and necessary information, and to disconnect from the maintenance management device 3. 222 is controlled.
Further, the control unit 214 controls the image processing unit 218 and the image forming unit 220 so as to perform image processing and image formation which will be described later.
The image data storage unit 216 stores image data input from each component so that the image data can be referred to each component such as the image processing unit 218 and the image forming unit 220.

The image processing unit 218 performs image processing on the image data stored in the image data storage unit 216 based on control by the control unit 214 or an image processing command input from the input / output device 126 via the UI unit 200. .
The image processing indicates, for example, encoding, decoding, enlargement, and reduction for image data.
In addition, the image processing unit 218 outputs the processed image data to each component such as the control unit 214 and the image data storage unit 216 as necessary.
The communication unit 222 performs connection to the maintenance management device 3, transmission / reception of control results and necessary information, disconnection from the maintenance management device 3, and the like according to control from the control unit 214.

The image forming unit 220 performs image forming processing based on control by the control unit 214 and an image forming command input from the input / output device 126 via the UI unit 200.
The image forming process includes, for example, reading an image by a scanner device (function realization unit 116; FIG. 1), printing output of image data by a printing device (function realization unit 116), and faxing by a fax device (function realization unit 116). Indicates transmission and reception.
Further, the image forming unit 220 outputs the processed image data to each component such as the control unit 214 and the image data storage unit 216 as necessary.

[Processing of script analysis unit 208]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the contents of the maintenance script. FIG. 3A illustrates two phases at the time of startup of the image processing apparatus 2 (FIG. 1) (for the entire process up to the completion of startup). FIG. 3B is a diagram exemplifying a first maintenance script that measures the required time in units divided into small processes) and transmits the measurement result to the maintenance management apparatus 2 (FIG. 1). The time required for the two phases when the processing device 2 is started up is measured, the measurement result is recorded in a log file until a preset date and time, and the log file is transmitted to the maintenance management device 3 at the preset date and time. FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating a second maintenance script. FIG. 3C illustrates a third maintenance script that performs diagnosis and setting of the image processing apparatus 2 and transmits a diagnosis result to the maintenance management apparatus 3 as necessary. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, the first line indicates the name of the maintenance script. Thereafter, the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the commands described in each line in order from the top line, Based on the analysis content, the control unit 214 controls the image processing apparatus 2.
For convenience of explanation, as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, a line number (for example, “1:”) is added to the left of each line, and a comment indicating the processing contents is on the right of each line. (Description after “;”) is attached, and the description will be made according to the line numbers.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an analysis process of the script analysis unit 208 (FIG. 2) for the first maintenance script.
5A and 5B are flowcharts illustrating the analysis processing of the script analysis unit 208 for the second maintenance script.
6A and 6B are flowcharts illustrating the analysis processing of the script analysis unit 208 for the third maintenance script.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6B, the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction described in each line of the first to third maintenance scripts, determines which process is to be shown, and depends on the determination result. The control information is output to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2).
Hereinafter, the processing of the script analysis unit 208 for each of the first to third maintenance scripts shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C will be further described with reference to FIGS.

[Processing for the first maintenance script]
The script analysis unit 208 (FIG. 2) analyzes the first maintenance script shown in FIG. 3A and performs the following processing shown in FIG.
In step 300 (S300), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction on the first line.
In step 302 (S302), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the first maintenance script is executed during the activation of the image processing apparatus 2 (FIG. 1) based on the analysis result in S300. Proceed to processing.
That is, the script analysis unit 208 continues the subsequent script analysis without waiting for the completion of activation of the image processing apparatus 2.

In step 304 (S304), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction on the next line.
In step 308 (S308), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the second line (FIG. 3A) indicates the timer ON based on the analysis result in S304, and proceeds to the process of S310.
In step 310 (S310), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the timer 1 is started when the phase 2 is started to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). Return to.
The timer 1 is a timer counter realized by hardware or software on the image processing apparatus 2 (FIG. 1), for example, and counts the time from start to stop and outputs the count value.

In step 312 (S312), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the third line (FIG. 3A) indicates the timer OFF based on the analysis result in S304, and proceeds to the process of S314.
In step 314 (S314), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the timer 1 is stopped when the phase 3 ends to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). Return to.
That is, by the processing of S310 and S314, the control unit 214 holds the count value indicating the time from the start of phase 2 to the end of phase 3 output by the timer 1.

In step 320 (S320), based on the analysis result in S304, the script analysis unit 208 waits until the instruction on the fourth line (FIG. 3A) completes activation of the image processing apparatus 2 (FIG. 1). It is determined that it indicates waiting for the subsequent script analysis, and the process proceeds to S322.
In step 322 (S322), the script analysis unit 208 waits until the activation of the image processing apparatus 2 is completed, and returns to the process of S304 after the activation is completed.
In step 324 (S324), based on the analysis result in S304, the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the fifth line (FIG. 3A) indicates a connection to the maintenance management device, and in S326 Proceed to processing.
In step 326 (S326), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating connection to the maintenance management apparatus 3 (FIG. 1) to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2), and returns to the process of S304. .

In step 328 (S328), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the sixth line (FIG. 3A) indicates data transmission based on the analysis result in S304, and proceeds to the process of S330. .
In step 330 (S330), the script analysis unit 208 sends control information indicating that the count value output by the timer 1 is transmitted to the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). The process returns to S304.

In step 332 (S332), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the seventh line (FIG. 3A) indicates disconnection from the maintenance management device based on the analysis result in S304. Proceed to processing.
In step 334 (S334), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the connection with the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) is disconnected to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). Return to processing.
In step 336 (S336), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the eighth line (FIG. 3A) is an instruction indicating the end of the script, based on the analysis result in S304, and performs processing. finish.

[Processing for second maintenance script]
The script analysis unit 208 (FIG. 2) analyzes the second maintenance script shown in FIG. 3B and performs the following processing shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B.
In step 400 (S400; FIG. 5A), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction on the first line. In step 402 (S402), the script analysis unit 208 indicates that the instruction on the first line defines the initial value. And the process proceeds to S404.
In step 404 (S404), the script analysis unit 208 substitutes and holds “2009.3.31” indicating March 31, 2009 for the variable XDATE, and returns to the process of S400.

In step 406 (S406), the script analysis unit 208 executes the second maintenance script while the image processing apparatus 2 is activated, based on the analysis result of the instruction on the second line in S400 (FIG. 3B). If it is determined, the process proceeds to S410.
That is, the script analysis unit 208 continues the subsequent script analysis without waiting for the completion of activation of the image processing apparatus 2.
In step 410 (S410), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction on the next line.
In step 412 (S412) to step 426 (S426), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instructions on the third line to the fifth line, and the instructions on the second line to the fourth line of the first maintenance script described above. The same processing is performed.

In step 446 (S446; FIG. 5B), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the sixth line (FIG. 3B) indicates the addition of data based on the analysis result in S410 (FIG. 5A). Then, the process proceeds to S448 (FIG. 5B).
In step 448 (S448), the script analysis unit 208 sends the count value output by the timer 1 to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2) and information indicating the current date and time (for example, year, month, day, and time. The control information indicating that “date information” is added to the log file LOG1 is output, and the process returns to S410 (FIG. 5A).

In step 450 (S450; FIG. 5B), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the seventh line (FIG. 3B) indicates the IF condition based on the analysis result in S410 (FIG. 5A). , The process proceeds to S452 (FIG. 5B).
In step 452 (S452), the script analysis unit 208 performs processing according to the IF condition.
That is, the script analysis unit 208 determines whether or not the current date information is equal to the date information of the variable XDATE that is held, and if so, the script within the IF condition (that is, the 8th to 11th lines). Eye command), otherwise, skip the script in the IF condition.
That is, when analyzing the script within the IF condition, the script analysis unit 208 returns to the process of S410 (FIG. 5A), performs the following processes (2-1) and (2-2), and performs other processing. In this case, the process returns to S410 and the following process (2-2) is performed.

(2-1) In step 430 (S430; FIG. 5A), the script analysis 208 determines that the command on the eighth line (FIG. 3B) is based on the analysis result in S410, and the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1). It is determined that the connection is indicated, and the process proceeds to S432.
In step 432 (S432), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating connection to the maintenance management apparatus 3 to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2), and returns to the process of S410.
In step 434 (S434), the script analysis 208 determines that the command on the ninth line (FIG. 3B) indicates data transmission based on the analysis result in S410, and proceeds to the process of S436.
In step 436 (S436), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the log file LOG1 is to be transmitted to the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) to the control unit 214, and performs the process of S410. Return.

In step 438 (S438; FIG. 5B), the script analysis unit 208 indicates that the instruction on the 10th line (FIG. 3B) indicates disconnection from the maintenance management device based on the analysis result in S410 (FIG. 5A). And the process proceeds to S440 (FIG. 5B).
In step 440 (S440), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the connection with the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) is disconnected to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2), and then S410 (S410). Returning to the process of FIG.
In step 442 (S442; FIG. 5B), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the 11th line (FIG. 3B) indicates data deletion based on the analysis result in S410 (FIG. 5A). Then, the process proceeds to S444 (FIG. 5B).
In step 444 (S444), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the second maintenance script SCP2 is deleted from the script storage unit 204 (FIG. 2) to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). Then, the process returns to S410 (FIG. 5A).
(2-2) In step 454 (S454; FIG. 5B), based on the analysis result in S410 (FIG. 5A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the command on the 12th line (FIG. 3B) is the end of the script. And the process is terminated.

[Processing for the third maintenance script]
The script analysis unit 208 (FIG. 2) analyzes the third maintenance script shown in FIG. 3C and performs the following processing shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.
In step 600 (S600; FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction on the first line.
In step 602 (S602), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the first line does not indicate the definition of the initial value, and proceeds to the process of S606.
In step 606 (S606), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the first line does not indicate that the instruction is executed during activation, and the process proceeds to S608.
In step 608 (S608), the script analysis unit 208 waits until the activation of the image processing apparatus 2 (FIG. 1) is completed, and proceeds to the processing of S612 after the activation is completed.

In step 612 (S612), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the first line (FIG. 3C) indicates that a diagnosis is performed based on the analysis result in S600, and performs the process of S614. move on.
In step 614 (S614), the script analysis unit 208 indicates to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2) that the image forming unit 220 (FIG. 2) of the image processing apparatus 2 is diagnosed and the diagnosis result is held. The control information is output, and the process returns to S610.
In the present embodiment, the diagnosis of the image forming unit 220 is exemplified by determining whether or not the software update of the image forming unit 220 can be performed.

In step 610 (S610), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the instruction on the next line.
In step 616 (S616), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the second line (FIG. 3C) indicates the analysis of the diagnosis result based on the analysis result in S610, and performs the process of S618. move on.
In step 618 (S618), the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the diagnosis result held in S614 and outputs control information indicating that the analysis result is held to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). The process returns to S610.
In step 644 (S644; FIG. 6B), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the third line (FIG. 3C) is an instruction indicating the IF condition based on the analysis result in S610. The process proceeds to S646.

In step 646 (S646), the script analysis unit 208 performs processing according to the IF condition.
That is, the script analysis unit 208 determines whether or not the analysis result held in S618 indicates OK (that is, a state where software update can be performed) and returns the determination result to the control unit 214. The control information indicating that is output.
Further, when the script analysis unit 208 accepts a determination result that the analysis result indicates OK from the control unit 214, the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the script within the IF condition (that is, the instructions on the fourth to sixth lines) In other cases, the script in the IF condition is skipped.
That is, when analyzing the script within the IF condition, the script analysis unit 208 returns to the process of S610 (FIG. 6A), performs the following processes (3-1) to (3-3), and performs other processing. In this case, the process returns to S610, and the following processes (3-4) and after are performed.

(3-1) In step 620 (S620; FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the fourth line (FIG. 3C) indicates a software update based on the analysis result in S610. Then, the process proceeds to S622.
In step 622 (S622), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the software of the image forming unit 220 (FIG. 2) is updated to version 1.2 to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). Then, the process returns to S610.
(3-2) In step 636 (S636; FIG. 6B), based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 deletes the data on the fifth line (FIG. 3C). And the process proceeds to S638 (FIG. 6B).
In step 638 (S638), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the third maintenance script SCP3 is deleted from the script storage unit 204 to the control unit 214, and S610 (FIG. 6A). Return to the process.
(3-3) In step 652 (S652; FIG. 6B), based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the sixth line (FIG. 3C) is the end of the script. And the process is terminated.

(3-4) In step 644 (S644; FIG. 6B), based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the seventh line (FIG. 3C) sets the IF condition. It progresses to the process of S646 (FIG. 6B).
In step 646 (S646), the script analysis unit 208 performs processing according to the IF condition.
That is, the script analysis unit 208 determines whether or not the analysis result held in S618 indicates NG (that is, a state where software update cannot be performed) to the control unit 214, and returns the determination result. The control information indicating that is output.
Further, when the script analysis unit 208 accepts the determination result that the analysis result indicates NG from the control unit 214, the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the script within the IF condition (that is, the commands in the 8th to 14th lines) In other cases, the script in the IF condition is skipped.
That is, when analyzing the script within the IF condition, the script analysis unit 208 returns to the process of S610 (FIG. 6A) and performs the following process (3-5). Otherwise, the process of S610 is performed. Then, the following process (3-8) is performed.

(3-5) In step 644 (S644; FIG. 6B), based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the eighth line (FIG. 3C) sets the IF condition. The process proceeds to S646.
In step 646 (S646), the script analysis unit 208 performs processing according to the IF condition.
That is, the script analysis unit 208 determines whether or not the patch P1 is applied to the image forming unit 220 (FIG. 2) and outputs control information indicating that the determination result is returned to the control unit 214. To do.
Further, when the script analysis unit 208 accepts the determination result that the patch P1 is applied from the control unit 214, the script analysis unit 208 analyzes the script within the IF condition (that is, the commands in the 9th to 12th lines). In other cases, the script in the IF condition is skipped.
That is, when analyzing the script within the IF condition, the script analysis unit 208 returns to the processing of S610 (FIG. 6A) and performs the following processing (3-6). Otherwise, the processing of S610 is performed. Returning to step (3-7), the following process is performed.

(3-6) In step 628 (S628; FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 connects the command on the ninth line (FIG. 3C) to the maintenance management device 3 based on the analysis result in S610. And the process proceeds to S630.
In step 630 (S630), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating connection to the maintenance management apparatus 3 (FIG. 1) to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2), and returns to the process of S610. .
In step 632 (S632), the script analysis 208 determines that the instruction on the 10th line (FIG. 3C) indicates data transmission based on the analysis result in S610, and proceeds to the process of S634.
In step 634 (S634), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the diagnosis result held in S614 is to be transmitted to the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) to the control unit 214. Return to the process.

In step 648 (S648; FIG. 6B), the script analysis unit 208 indicates that the instruction on the 11th line (FIG. 3C) indicates disconnection from the maintenance management device based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A). And the process proceeds to S650 (FIG. 6B).
In step 650 (S650), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the connection with the maintenance management device 3 (FIG. 1) is to be disconnected to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). Returning to the process of FIG.
In step 652 (S652; FIG. 6B), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the 12th line (FIG. 3C) indicates the end of the script, based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A). To end the process.

(3-7) In step 624 (S624; FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the 13th line (FIG. 3C) indicates the application of the patch based on the analysis result in S610. Then, the process proceeds to S626.
In step 626 (S626), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the patch P1 is applied to the software of the image forming unit 220 (FIG. 2) to the control unit 214 (FIG. 2). , The process returns to S610.
In step 640 (S640; FIG. 6B), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the 14th line command (FIG. 3C) is based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A). Is determined to indicate a restart, and the process proceeds to S642 (FIG. 6B).
In step 642 (S642), the script analysis unit 208 outputs control information indicating that the image processing apparatus 2 is restarted to the control unit 214, and returns to the process of S610 (FIG. 6A).
(3-8) In step 652 (S652; FIG. 6B), based on the analysis result in S610 (FIG. 6A), the script analysis unit 208 determines that the instruction on the 15th line (FIG. 3C) is the end of the script. And the process is terminated.

[Example of overall operation of image processing system 1]
Hereinafter, an example of the overall operation of the image processing system 1 will be described.
In the following description, a case where a maintenance script is analyzed while the image processing apparatus 2 is activated will be described as a specific example.
During startup, the image processing apparatus 2 analyzes a maintenance script stored therein, and performs diagnosis of its own apparatus, measurement of time, and the like according to the analysis result.
The image processing apparatus 2 connects to the maintenance management apparatus 3 according to the analysis result of the received maintenance script, transmits the diagnosis result and measurement result acquired during the activation, and disconnects from the maintenance management apparatus 3. .
Further, the image processing apparatus 2 accepts and stores a maintenance script updated by a user (for example, an administrator of the image processing apparatus 2) based on the diagnosis result and the measurement result.

[Modification]
In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to an image processing apparatus that requires periodic diagnosis, maintenance, software upgrade, etc. has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as with an image processing apparatus, the present invention also applies to measurement / monitoring apparatuses for electricity and gas that require periodic diagnosis and maintenance, and computer connection servers such as file servers, network servers, and accounting servers. be able to.

1 ... Image processing system,
2 ... Image processing device,
100 ... body,
102 ... CPU,
104 ... memory,
106: I / O device,
110 ... IF,
112... Recording device,
114... Storage medium,
116 ... function realization,
3 ... maintenance management device,
20: Image processing program,
200 ... UI part,
202 ... Network IF section,
204: Script storage unit,
206 ... Script transmission / reception unit,
208: Script analysis unit,
210 ... Script receiving part,
212 ... Script update part,
214 ... control unit,
216: Image data storage unit,
218 ... Image processing unit,
220... Image forming unit,
222: Communication unit

Claims (5)

Maintenance information storage means for storing maintenance information indicating processing contents and processing procedures necessary for maintenance of the image processing apparatus;
Maintenance information interpretation means for starting interpretation of the contents of the stored maintenance information during startup and interpreting the contents of the maintenance information;
Control means for performing self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and controlling to connect or disconnect with a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance according to the self-diagnosis result;
An image processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a self-diagnosis result by the control unit to the maintenance management device. The maintenance information interpretation unit further starts interpretation of the maintenance information when the maintenance information is newly stored or updated by the maintenance information storage unit.
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 . One or more image processing devices;
A maintenance management device that performs processing necessary for maintenance,
Each of the image processing devices
Maintenance information storage means for storing maintenance information indicating processing contents and processing procedures necessary for maintenance of the image processing apparatus;
Maintenance information interpretation means for starting interpretation of the contents of the stored maintenance information during startup and interpreting the contents of the maintenance information;
Control means for performing self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and controlling to connect or disconnect with a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance according to the self-diagnosis result;
An image processing system comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a self-diagnosis result by the control unit to the maintenance management device. A storage step for storing maintenance information indicating processing contents and processing procedures necessary for maintenance of the image processing apparatus;
Starting interpretation of the contents of the stored maintenance information during startup, and interpreting the contents of the maintenance information;
A control step of performing self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and controlling to connect or disconnect with a maintenance management device that performs processing necessary for maintenance according to the self-diagnosis result;
A program for causing a computer to execute a transmission step of transmitting a self-diagnosis result by the control means to the maintenance management device. Maintenance information storage means for storing maintenance information indicating processing contents and processing procedures necessary for maintenance of the image processing apparatus;
Maintenance information interpretation means for starting interpretation of the contents of the stored maintenance information during startup and interpreting the contents of the maintenance information;
Control means for performing self-diagnosis according to the interpretation result by the maintenance information interpretation means, and controlling to connect or disconnect with a maintenance management apparatus that performs processing necessary for maintenance according to the self-diagnosis result;
An electronic apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a self-diagnosis result by the control unit to the maintenance management device.

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