Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100073720 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCING AND PRINT METHOD THEREOF - A print system for conferencing includes a plurality of print apparatuses that are provided in a plurality of conference locations and interconnected via a network; a storage that registers in itself, data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the respective conference locations; and a detector that detects the start of a conference. Each of the print apparatuses obtains and records the registered data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the conference location where the print apparatus is provided, then prints as many copies of conference material as the number of the prospective attendees, if the start of a conference is detected. | 03-25-2010 |
20100325541 | GUIDANCE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND GUIDANCE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An MFP sequentially displays a plurality of operation screens on a display panel by switching, and receives a user operation on each operation screen. The user operation is performed for the switching or execution of a function, and the operation screens include screens customized by a user. A guidance information providing device includes: an information storage part storing switching information pieces in correspondence with the customized screens; a route generator that generates route information with reference to the stored switching information pieces, the generated route information indicating a display order of customized screens to be sequentially displayed between a current customized screen and a desired customized screen; a controller that selects, from among the stored switching information pieces, a switching information piece indicating switching from the current customized screen to a next customized screen to be displayed according to the display order indicated by the generated route information; a guidance generator that generates guidance information indicating an operation method for the user to switch the current customized screen to the next customized screen; and a communicator that outputs the generated guidance information. | 12-23-2010 |
20110007351 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device. | 01-13-2011 |
20110149320 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a scanner for scanning a document image, and a controller for controlling the image forming device. The controller determines whether or not a loss detection image for determining presence or absence of data loss has been superimposed on a first document image scanned by the scanner, and when it is determined that the loss detection image has been superimposed on the first document image, extracts the loss detection image from the first document image and determines presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image, and notifies a user of presence or absence of data loss based on a result of the determination of presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image. | 06-23-2011 |
20110267634 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a creation unit that creates a preview image showing a print output state regarding a target image of printing processing, and an input/output unit that displays a screen including a preview display region as a display region of the preview image and a re-set item display region as a display region of a menu image having a setting item for re-set regarding the printing processing, and accepts a setting change input regarding the setting item for the re-set in the menu image. The creation unit recreates the preview image based on setting contents after a setting change, the setting contents being accepted with regard to the setting item for the re-set. The input/output unit displays the recreated preview image on the preview display region. | 11-03-2011 |
20110317192 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERFACE SCREEN, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions includes a scroll display portion that displays a row of markers and a slider for specifying one or more markers sequentially by moving along the row, an image display portion that displays functional images for representing functions corresponding to the markers specified by the slider, a setting portion that receives setting item details for a function specified by one of the functional images selected, and an extraction portion that extracts a function having the setting item details received by the setting portion different from an initial value. The image display portion displays a functional image for a longer time when the functional image represents the function extracted by the extraction portion than when the functional image does not represent the function extracted by the extraction portion. | 12-29-2011 |
20120069364 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PLURALITY OF SCREENS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display unit and a control unit. The control unit displays, on the display unit, a first window for inputting a setting concerned with a plurality of functions. Further, the control unit stepwisely displays at least a portion of a second window over the first window in a manner corresponding to a type of the second window when the first window is displayed, the second window being for inputting a setting concerned with the plurality of functions. | 03-22-2012 |
20120154841 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an input control part and a display control part. The input control part receives an operation input from a user. The display control part selectively displays a setting screen for mode setting and a job list screen displaying a list of jobs. In more detail, the display control part displays the job list screen on the display part when a first instruction which is a display instruction for the job list screen is received during a setting operation period for mode setting. Further, the display control part hides the job list screen and displays an information display screen relating to an operation which is performed during the setting operation period, on the display part, when a second instruction which is a non-display instruction for the job list screen is received while the job list screen is being displayed. | 06-21-2012 |
20120242691 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a position detecting portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of a display portion, a first display controlling portion to cause the display portion to display a first screen, a position check image displaying portion, responsive to detection of a position within a designation button on the first screen, to cause the display portion to display a position check image identical in shape and size to a second screen, a moving portion to move the position check image in the first screen, a position finalizing portion to finalize a position for displaying the second screen on the basis of the position of the position check image in the first screen, and a second display controlling portion to cause the display portion to display the second screen at the finalized position, to be overlaid on the first screen. | 09-27-2012 |
20130016366 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING COMBINE PRINTINGAANM SAWADA; KenichiAACI Toyohashi-shiAACO JPAAGP SAWADA; Kenichi Toyohashi-shi JPAANM KUNO; TakatsuguAACI Toyokawa-shiAACO JPAAGP KUNO; Takatsugu Toyokawa-shi JPAANM IMAMURA; MasahiroAACI Toyokawa-shiAACO JPAAGP IMAMURA; Masahiro Toyokawa-shi JPAANM TOMITA; AtsushiAACI Toyohashi-shiAACO JPAAGP TOMITA; Atsushi Toyohashi-shi JPAANM KURUMASA; YoichiAACI Toyokawa-shiAACO JPAAGP KURUMASA; Yoichi Toyokawa-shi JPAANM NISHIMURA; RyosukeAACI Toyokawa-shiAACO JPAAGP NISHIMURA; Ryosuke Toyokawa-shi JPAANM TOKUMOTO; TetsuyaAACI Toyokawa-shiAACO JPAAGP TOKUMOTO; Tetsuya Toyokawa-shi JP - When an instruction for combine setting is accepted, a reduction ratio of an original image is set as a first reduction ratio based on an orientation of the original image and an orientation of output paper. When an instruction to change the reduction ratio for the previewed original image is accepted, if a reduction ratio after the change (a second reduction ratio) falls within a prescribed range from the first reduction ratio, the first reduction ratio is set as a reduction ratio of the original image for arranging onto a sheet of output paper in combination. | 01-17-2013 |
20130088449 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display for displaying operational information for executing image processing, an operation unit for giving an input instruction in association with a display region appearing on the display, and a controller for controlling the display in accordance with the input instruction on the operation unit. The controller is configured to determine whether an input instruction of a flick operation is given through the operation unit in association with a prescribed display region appearing on the display. If it is determined that the input instruction of the flick operation is given, the controller is configured to enlarge a range of the prescribed display region in which the input instruction is allowed, and to display the enlarged display region on the display. | 04-11-2013 |
20130106749 | USER INTERFACE PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY UNIT FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN | 05-02-2013 |
20130246973 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information device having a touch-sensitive panel for displaying an operating screen having a scrolled display region is provided. The information device includes sets of data classified into at least three groups arranged in accordance with a predetermined order; a list display control portion for displaying, in the scrolled display region, a data list in which the sets of data classified into any one of the groups are listed; a scroll control portion for, when the data list is displayed, scrolling through the data list in accordance with touch operation of touching a position in the scrolled display region; and a support display control portion for displaying, in accordance with the touch operation, as pop-up, icons in a manner to appear in the predetermined order on the operating screen along one direction. The icons function as indicators corresponding to groups that are a part of the three groups. | 09-19-2013 |
20140068502 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN INCLUDING SCROLLABLE LIST - An MFP as a display device includes a first display unit for displaying a screen including a list on an operation panel and a second display unit for displaying the screen on the operation panel in a format different from the first display unit. When flick operation is accepted to scroll the list in a predetermined direction, the MFP decides a scroll speed to scroll-display the list, based on which of the first and second display units displays the screen. If the size of characters in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit is smaller than the size of characters in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit, the MFP sets a scroll speed of the list displayed by the first display unit to be lower than a scroll speed of the list displayed by the second display. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078535 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a switching operation unit switching a display mode of a setting screen between first and second display modes. A first display screen in a first display mode includes an icon display area displaying icons arranged in a predetermined direction and corresponding to function buttons for setting each function, and a first function button display area displaying some of the function buttons corresponding to some of the icons specified by a range specification unit. The function buttons are classified into groups according to their function attribute. A second display screen in the second display mode includes a group display instruction area provided with group specification buttons for receiving input of a group display instruction to display function buttons belonging to a specific group among the groups, and a second function button display area displaying the function buttons belonging to the specific group among the function buttons. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082560 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A setting screen displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus includes an icon display area displaying a plurality of icons that are arranged in a predetermined direction and correspond to a plurality of function buttons for setting each function, and a function button display area displaying one or more of the plurality of function buttons. An input control unit of the image forming apparatus receives input of a group display instruction to display function buttons that belong to one of a plurality of groups in the function button display area. A display control unit of the image forming apparatus displays, in response to the input of the group display instruction, function buttons that belong to a specific group specified by the input of the group display instruction in the function button display area. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098402 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPERATIONAL EVENT DETERMINING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a display part on which various types of screens are displayed; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen of the display part; a setting part for setting an event to detect in response to the user's input among from multiple events by associating it with each screen displayed on the display part; an event determining part for running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated by the setting part with the screen being displayed on the display part of multiple operational event determining routines, each of which corresponds to the respective events, when the user's input is detected by the manipulation detecting part, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user's input; and a controlling part for controlling operations based on the event specified by the event determining part. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104648 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPERATIONAL EVENT DETERMINING METHOD - An image processing device comprises: a display part on which various types of screens are displayed; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an input by a user on the screen; a grouping part for classifying multiple screen parts contained in the screen into a group as a closed region by the screen part that is capable of receiving the same event and associating the same event with the group as the common event in the group; an event determining part for identifying the closed region where the user's input is detected and running only an operational event determining routine corresponding to the event associated with the group of the identified closed region of a plurality of operational event determining routines when the input is detected, thereby specifying the event corresponding to the user's input; and a controlling part for controlling operations based on the specified event. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118782 | DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCEPTING SCROLL OPERATION - An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. The image forming apparatus switches the function keys for menu items of basic functions to be displayed, by displaying another part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. When part of function keys for menu items of advanced functions are displayed so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction, the image forming apparatus accepts scroll operation and then moves the menu items of advanced functions by a distance decided based on the speed of the scroll operation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140145987 | IMAGE PROCESSOR DISPLAYING PLURAL FUNCTION KEYS IN SCROLLABLE STATE - An image processor displays a mapscroller screen including a function key display region and an icon display region. The function key display region displays a plurality of function keys arrayed in first direction while being scrollable in the first direction, the plurality of function keys receiving a setting of a function related to image processing, and the icon display region displays a plurality of icons arrayed in the first direction in an order identical to that of the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region, the plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region. The image processor groups and displays, on the mapscroller screen, the function key and icon corresponding to the function, in which the setting is received when a grouping instruction is received with the settings of the plurality of functions received. | 05-29-2014 |
20140145991 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INSTALLED WITH TOUCH PANEL AS USER INTERFACE - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit capable of detecting first and second touch positions on a touch panel touched by first and second objects, respectively, a storage unit that stores the first and second touch positions and holds a final touch position as the touch position after each touch is released, a calculation unit that calculates a position obtained by a predetermined rule from the first and second touch positions stored by the storage unit, and a determination unit that determines whether an operation performed on the touch panel is an operation of moving a display content displayed on the touch panel, or an operation of rotating or changing a size of a display content displayed on the touch panel, based on whether the position calculated by the calculation unit is moved, a speed of movement, or an amount of movement. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146358 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus remotely operated by an external terminal includes a generation unit generating a first composite image by combining an operation screen image corresponding to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus that includes software keys, and the hardware key area image of an area including hardware key images corresponding to hardware keys of the image forming apparatus, a setting unit not setting a dead area within the hardware key images but setting the dead area in a portion of an area of at least one software key among the software keys, the portion being on a side close to the hardware key area image, and the at least one software key being adjacent to the hardware key area image, and a transmission unit transmitting the first composite image as a remote operation image used in remotely operating the image forming apparatus, to the external terminal. | 05-29-2014 |
20140368454 | DISPLAY DEVICE DETECTING TOUCH ON DISPLAY UNIT - An MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) serving as a display device detects a touch on the touch panel and then sets a wait time in accordance with the position of the touch on the touch panel. If another touch is detected before the wait time has passed since the touch on the touch panel is detected, the MFP determines that the detected two touches are multi-touch. If the wait time has passed without detecting another touch since the touch on the touch panel is detected, the MFP determines that the detected touch is single touch. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368871 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling an image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an operation screen for remotely controlling the image forming apparatus, an activation unit configured to activate a handwriting input application that is installed in the remote control apparatus in a state where image data for displaying a keyboard screen as the operation screen is received from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display a handwriting input screen on the display unit, the handwriting input screen being an input screen for the handwriting input application activated by the activation unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376042 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus includes a display unit that displays an operation screen for remote control of an image forming apparatus, a communication unit that, when operation input is a display instruction to display a character input screen, receives character type information indicating a type of characters to be input in the character input screen from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit that, when the character type information is received, activates a handwriting input application installed in the remote control apparatus and displays a handwriting input screen for the handwriting input application on the display unit, on condition that the character type information indicates a first character type. When the character type information indicates a second character type different from the first character type, the display control unit displays a character input screen for input of the second character type without activating the handwriting input application. | 12-25-2014 |
20150077787 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a path establishing portion to establish a communication path with a remote operation device; an active device setting portion to set the remote operation device with which the communication path is established to be an active device; a process execution portion to execute a process in accordance with a remote operation received from the active device; and a standby device setting portion to, in response to a communication path being established with another remote operation device, set another remote operation device to be a standby device. The active device setting portion includes a sequential setting portion to, in response to detection of an end state in which no remote operation is received from the active device, set the standby device to be an active device. | 03-19-2015 |