JP2015207190A - Display name changing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily change the name of a display item displayed on a screen.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 1 includes a function provided in a display name changing apparatus. When a USB memory 4 which stores display-name list data D showing a list of display names of display items to be displayed on a screen of an operation panel section 14 is mounted on an external device I/F section 17, a CPU 11 of the image forming apparatus 1 functions as: extraction means 11b which executes a control program 13a stored in a program storage section 13, to extract a predetermined number of display names from the display-name list data stored in the USB memory 4, as change-recommended display names, on the basis of log information with an operation log; and display means 11c which displays the change-recommended display names extracted by the extraction means 11b.

Description

  The present invention relates to a display name changing device that changes a display name of a display item displayed on a screen.

  The display names of display items such as various function buttons and various messages displayed on the screen of the operation panel of the image forming apparatus are required to be changeable depending on the installation location of the apparatus.

  For example, in the case of a user who has only used imposition for printing by allocating N documents on one sheet, if “N-up printing” in which the expression of imposition is changed is displayed, imposition It may be misunderstood that it is not possible.

  Therefore, as a display name changing device, for example, a device capable of selecting a display form of error information displayed on the screen according to the installation location of an image forming apparatus such as a printing device, a copier, or a multifunction device has been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). In this display name changing apparatus, a plurality of error display sets having different display forms are stored in advance, and when an error display set selection input is received from the user, error information relating to a failure caused by the operation of the image forming apparatus is displayed. Then, it is displayed on the display unit based on the selected error display set.

JP 2009-276663 A

  However, when there are a large number of display names to be displayed on the screen, there is a problem that the selection work is troublesome.

  In particular, recent image forming apparatuses, portable communication terminals such as tablets and smartphones have become highly functional, and the amount of display items such as various function buttons and various messages displayed on the screen has also increased dramatically.

  Therefore, when the selection input of the error display set is received from the user as in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the user displays the information on the display unit based on the selected error display set. Since it is necessary to select a display item from a set of display names of thousands of display items and change the selected display name, it has been troublesome to change the display name.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display name changing device that can easily change the display names of display items displayed on a screen.

  In order to achieve the above object, the first feature of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention is that, among the display names of display items displayed on the screen, the display name is based on the log information describing the operation log. There is provided an extracting means for extracting a display name that recommends a change as a recommended change display name, and a display means for displaying the recommended change display name extracted by the extracting means.

  In addition, a second feature of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention is that the screen is a screen displayed on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, and the log information is displayed on the screen of the operation panel. The usage history used by the user for the display item is described as a log, and the extraction means totals the usage frequency of the user for the display item based on the log information, and displays the display name of the display item. Among them, the display name of the display item that is frequently used by the user is extracted as the change recommended display name.

  A third feature of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention is that the screen is a screen displayed on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, and the log information includes an operation error log in the image forming apparatus. And the extraction means calculates an error processing time from occurrence of the operation error to elimination based on the log information, and the error processing time among the display names of the display items. Is to extract a display name of the display item related to the operation error longer than a predetermined time as a recommended change display name.

  A fourth feature of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention is that the screen is a screen displayed on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, and the log information is displayed on the screen of the operation panel. A display name change history for a display item is described as a log, and the extraction unit displays the display name of the display item whose display name has not been changed among the display items used by the user based on the log information. Is extracted as a recommended display name.

  According to the first feature of the display name changing device according to the present invention, among the display names of the display items displayed on the screen, the display name that recommends changing the display name is set as the recommended change display name based on the log information. Since it is extracted and displayed, the user does not need to select from all the display names, and can change from the recommended change display names extracted and displayed based on the log information. Thereby, for example, even when there are many display names, the display names of the display items displayed on the screen can be easily changed.

  According to the second feature of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention, the usage history used by the user for the display items displayed on the screen of the operation panel of the image forming apparatus is described as a log. Based on the log information, the usage frequency of the user for the display item is totaled, and the display name of the display item with the high user usage frequency is extracted as the recommended display name among the display item display names. The display name of the display item can be easily changed based on the usage frequency.

  The third feature of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention is that the error processing time from the occurrence of the operation error to the elimination based on the log information in which the log of the operation error in the image forming apparatus is described. The display name of the display item related to the operation error having the error processing time longer than the predetermined time is extracted as the recommended change display name. In other words, when the error processing time of the operation error is long, it is determined that there is a problem that the error display name is difficult to decipher and it takes time to cancel the error, and the change recommended display name is extracted. As a result, the user can easily change the display name of the display item.

  Further, a fourth feature of the display name changing device according to the present invention is used by the user based on log information in which a change history for a display item displayed on the screen of the operation panel of the image forming apparatus is described as a log. Display names of display items whose display names are not changed among the display items are extracted as recommended change display names, so display names of display items whose display names have not been changed in the past can be easily changed. it can.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of an entire system including an image forming apparatus having a function of a display name changing apparatus according to the present invention. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating an example of a screen of an operation panel unit in the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1A is an example of a function list screen on which various function buttons are displayed, and FIG. (C) is a diagram showing an example of an error occurrence screen when an operation error occurs. 3 is a flowchart showing a display name changing operation in the image forming apparatus of Embodiment 1 having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display name list data memorize | stored in USB memory. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen changed from the screen of the operation panel part shown to Fig.2 (a), (c), Comprising: (a) is an example of the function list screen on which various function buttons were displayed, (b) FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an error occurrence screen. 10 is a flowchart showing a display name changing operation in the image forming apparatus of Embodiment 2 having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the display name change operation | movement in the image forming apparatus of Example 3 provided with the function of the display name change apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Embodiments of a display name changing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the display name change apparatus of the Example demonstrated below is an example of the display name change apparatus which concerns on this invention, and can be suitably changed within the range of the technical idea of this invention.

Example 1
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the entire system including the image forming apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an image forming apparatus 1 according to a first embodiment having the function of a display name changing apparatus according to the present invention transmits an information communication terminal 2 that transmits a print job via a network 3 such as an intra network or the Internet. Connected with.

  The image forming apparatus 1 is connected to a CPU 11, a memory 12, a program storage unit 13, an operation panel unit 14, an image reading unit 15 such as a scanner, a print execution unit 16, and external devices such as a USB memory 4. External device I / F unit 17, network I / F unit 18 connected to network 3, and the like.

  The CPU 11 executes the control program 13a stored in the program storage unit 13 to execute control of the entire image forming apparatus 1 and to record log information for realizing the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention. It functions as the means 11a, the extraction means 11b, and the display means 11c of the present invention.

  The memory 12 includes a print job storage area 12a in which print jobs received from the information communication terminal 2 and print jobs read by the image reading unit 15 are stored, function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 described later displayed on the operation panel unit 14, and the like. Log information storage area 12b for storing log information of various operations of the user and various operations of the image forming apparatus 1 after the operation, function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 displayed on the operation panel unit 14, various messages, and the like A display name data storage area 12c for storing display name data of display items.

  The operation panel unit 14 includes a screen such as a liquid crystal display unit, and various functions such as a print start from the user, a copy (copy) start, a scan start, and a FAX transmission start on the image forming apparatus 1 are displayed on this screen. Are displayed, operation buttons for various functions such as start, stop or stop, and function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 (to be described later) for accepting the settings of the various functions are displayed. A display item such as an operation state such as a printing format such as printing or an error message is displayed with a predetermined display name.

  The information communication terminal 2 is a general-purpose PC, tablet, smartphone, or the like, and includes a CPU 21, a memory 22, a program storage unit 23, a display unit 24, an input unit 25 such as a keyboard and a touch panel, and a network I / F unit. 26 etc. Further, the information communication terminal 2 transmits a print job to the image forming apparatus 1 via the network 3 to print it.

  The USB memory 4 includes a storage device such as a portable hard disk device.

  2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating an example of the screen of the operation panel unit 14 in the image forming apparatus 1. FIG. 2A is an example of a function list screen 14a on which various function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 are displayed, and FIG. FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation error occurrence screen 14 c in the image forming apparatus 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the function list screen 14a of the operation panel unit 14 displays “print speed”, “print density”, “document mode” read from the display name data storage area 12c of the memory 12. Display names indicating the characteristics of the functions of the various function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 such as "", "continuous shooting", "high speed", and "imposition" are displayed.

  Further, when the image forming apparatus 1 starts printing after pressing the function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 of necessary functions on the function list screen 14a of the operation panel unit 14 as shown in FIG. 2A, the operation panel unit 14 is started. In the operation status screen 14b of FIG. 2, operations such as “printing” read from the display name data storage area 12c of the memory 12 as shown in FIG. The display name of the message indicating the status is displayed.

  When an error such as a paper jam or a paper jam occurs in the middle of a paper transport path (not shown) after printing is started by the image forming apparatus 1, an error occurrence screen 14c of the operation panel unit 14 displays As shown in FIG. 2C, a display name of a message indicating an error operation state such as “paper is stagnating” read from the display name data storage area 12c is displayed.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a display name changing operation in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, as a premise for starting the display name changing operation, a print job transmitted from the information communication terminal 2 via the network 3 or a document read by the image reading unit 15 of the image forming apparatus 1 is read. An image print job is stored in the print job storage area 12a of the memory 12, and each operation such as printing and copying is executed by the print execution unit 16, and the CPU 11 serves as the log information recording unit 11a in each operation. It is assumed that the log of each operation is described and stored in the log information storage area 12b of the memory 12 as log information.

  Here, the operation log includes not only an operation log when the image forming apparatus 1 performs each operation such as printing and copying, but also an error log when an error occurs, and start and stop of each operation. For example, the user uses (operates) various function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 such as “print speed” and “print density” displayed on the function list screen 14a of the operation panel unit 14 as shown in FIG. In this case, a log of usage history (operation history) used (operated) by the user is also included.

  In this state, in the image forming apparatus 1, the user attaches the USB memory 4 to the external device I / F unit 17 (step S <b> 110 “YES”), and the display name list data D is stored in the USB memory 4. If so (step S130 “YES”), the CPU 11 confirms whether or not the user desires to change the display names of various display items displayed on the operation panel unit 14. Displays a message such as “Do you want to change the display name?” (Step S150).

  Here, when the user selects to change the display names of various display items displayed on the operation panel unit 14 (step S170 “YES”), the CPU 11 first functions as the extraction unit 11b to store log information in the memory 12. Log information is read from the area 12b (step S190). When the display name of various display items always displayed on the operation panel unit 14 when the USB memory 4 storing the display name list data D is attached to the external device I / F unit 17, The processing in steps S150 and S170 described above may be omitted, and the log information reading processing in step S190 may be executed immediately.

  Next, the CPU 11 determines a recommended display name for changing the display name of the display item displayed on the screen of the operation panel unit 14 based on the log information read from the log information storage area 12b.

  Specifically, the CPU 11 first tabulates the user's usage frequency for display items such as various function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 and various messages based on the above-described log information read from the log information storage area 12b as the extraction unit 11b. (Step S210) Next, from the display name list data D stored in the USB memory 4 as a list of display names of display items displayed on the screen, a set of display names of display items frequently used by the user Are extracted as recommended change display names (step S230).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of display name list data D stored as a list of display names of display items displayed on the screen of the USB memory 4.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the display name list data D includes, for example, various function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 and various messages displayed on the screens 14a to 14c of the operation panel unit 14 shown in FIGS. Are stored in CSV format.

  Specifically, in the first line of the display name list data D, as shown in FIG. 4, the “printing speed” displayed on the function list screen 14a of the operation panel unit 14 as shown in FIG. And “print density”, “original mode”, “continuous shooting”, “high speed”, “imposition”, and other function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 are displayed on the operation name screen 14b shown in FIG. Display name of the message indicating the operating status such as “Printing” and the display name of the error message such as “Paper stagnant” displayed on the error occurrence screen 14c shown in FIG. Etc. are stored.

  Here, the display name stored in the first line of the display name list data D is a display name displayed by default (initial state) on each screen of the operation panel unit 14.

  In the display name list data D after the second line, display names that are replaced with the display names displayed in the default (initial state) of the first line are stored. Depending on the device, display names for several thousand lines are stored. Remembered. Here, a set of display names of each display item is stored in the CSV format up to the 4xxxth line.

  For example, in the second and subsequent lines of the display name list data D, a display name for changing (substituting) the display name displayed in the default (initial state) on the first line is displayed as “ Display names of function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 such as “speed adjustment”, “darkness adjustment”, “original type”, “continuous shooting”, “high speed”, “imposition”, and the operation shown in FIG. An error such as “Paper jammed” such as the display name of the message indicating the operating status such as “Printing” displayed on the status screen 14b, or the error occurrence screen 14c shown in FIG. 5C. The display name of the message is stored.

  As described above, the CPU 11 sums up the usage frequency of each display item based on the log information as the extraction unit 11b (step S210), and sets the display name set of the display item having a high user usage frequency as the display name of the USB memory 4. When a set of display names of a predetermined number (for example, the top 3 rows and 5 rows with the highest use frequency) are extracted from the list data D as the change recommended display names (step S230), the function subsequently functions as the display unit 11c and is extracted. The changed recommended display name is displayed on the operation panel unit 14 (step S250).

  When the display name to be changed is selected by the user from the change recommended display names displayed on the operation panel unit 14 that are frequently used (step S270 “YES”), the CPU 11 is displayed on the operation panel unit 14. The display names of the display items such as the function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 and various messages are changed to the display names selected by the user (step S290).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen changed from the screen of the operation panel unit 14 illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2C, and FIG. 5A illustrates a function list screen 14 a on which various function buttons are displayed. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation error occurrence screen 14c in the image forming apparatus 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, a predetermined number of change recommended display names are extracted from the display name list data D of the USB memory 4 in the function list screen 14a of the operation panel unit 14 and selected by the user. Change the display name to “Speed Adjustment”, “Density Adjustment”, “Document Type”, “Burst”, “High Speed”, “Imposition”, etc. The various function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 thus displayed are displayed. The changed display name is newly stored in the display name data storage area 12c of the memory 12.

  Further, when an error such as a paper jam or paper jam occurs in the middle of a paper conveyance path (not shown) after printing is started by the image forming apparatus 1, an operation as shown in FIG. On the panel unit 14, an error message changed to a display name such as “paper jammed” in the second line of the display name list data D shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the error occurrence screen 14c.

  Then, after the display name of the display item displayed on the operation panel unit 14 is changed, the CPU 11 also saves the changed display name in the display name list data D of the USB memory 4 (step S310). Terminate the process. For example, the display name of the display item newly displayed on the operation panel unit 14 is replaced with the display name of the first line of the display name list data D of the USB memory 4, and the display name is switched based on the frequency of use. To do. However, the process of step S310 may be omitted and the display name list data D of the USB memory 4 may not be changed.

  Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, the USB memory 4 storing the display name list data D, which is a list of display names of display items displayed on the screen, is inserted and the display name changing process is selected. In this case, based on the log information stored in the memory 12, the usage frequency of the display items such as the function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 and messages displayed on the screen of the operation panel unit 14 is totalized, and the USB memory is calculated based on the usage frequency. 4, a predetermined number of other display name pairs of display items frequently used by the user are extracted from the display name list data D stored in 4 and displayed on the operation panel unit 14 as recommended change display names.

  As a result, the user can easily select and change a desired display name from another set of display names in which display names of display items frequently used by the user are displayed as recommended change display names. it can.

(Example 2)
In the first embodiment described above, the CPU 11 counts the usage frequency of the display items on the screen of the operation panel unit 14 based on the log information by the process of step S210, and displays the display names of the display items having the high usage frequency by the process of step S230. The image forming apparatus 1 that extracts a predetermined number of sets from the display name list data D of the USB memory 4 and displays them as the recommended change display name on the operation panel unit 14 in the process of step S250 has been described as an example. Not limited to.

  In the second embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1 that changes the display name of the display item of the operation panel unit 14 using the error log of the operation error in the image forming apparatus 1 as log information will be described as an example. Accordingly, in the image forming apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, the configuration of the apparatus is the same as that of the image forming apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, and only the operation is different. Therefore, refer to the configuration of the image forming apparatus 1 shown in FIG. The operation will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a display name changing operation in the image forming apparatus 1 of the second embodiment having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 6, the same processes as those in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the image forming apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, when the user selects to change the display names of various display items displayed on the operation panel unit 14 in the process of step S170 (YES), the CPU 11 First, it functions as the extraction means 11b, reads log information from the log information storage area 12b of the memory 12 (step S190), and determines whether there is an error log in the read log information (step S410).

  Here, the error log includes operation errors in the image forming apparatus 1 such as paper jams, paper jams, and paper double feed errors, user operation errors with respect to the image forming apparatus 1, and the like. Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, the CPU 11 records (describes) the above-mentioned error log in the log information storage area 12b as the log information recording unit 11a as the log information recording unit 11a.

  If an error log is included in the log information read from the log information storage area 12b of the memory 12 (step S410 “YES”), the CPU 11 calculates an error processing time from the occurrence of the error until the error is released. (Step S430), it is determined whether or not the error processing time is longer than a predetermined time (Step S450).

  Here, when the error processing time is smaller than the predetermined time, it is determined that the display name of the error message or the like displayed on the screen of the operation panel unit 14 is easy for the user to understand and the error processing is processed smoothly. it can. On the other hand, when the error processing time is longer than the predetermined time, it is difficult for the user to understand a display name such as an error message displayed on the screen of the operation panel unit 14, and the error processing is not processed smoothly. I can judge.

  Therefore, when the error processing time is longer than the predetermined time (step S450 “YES”), the display name of the error message displayed on the screen is difficult for the user to understand, and the error processing is not processed smoothly. Therefore, the CPU 11 functions as the extraction unit 11b and stores a set of display names of display items such as error messages in the USB memory 4 as a list of display names of display items displayed on the screen. A predetermined number is extracted from the displayed display name list data D as a recommended change display name (step S470), and subsequently functions as the display means 11c to display the recommended change display name on the operation panel unit 14 (step S470). S250), let the user select.

  Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment, when the USB memory 4 storing the display name list data D is inserted into the external device I / F unit 17 and the display name changing process is started, the log of the memory 12 is stored. The error log stored as log information in the information storage area 12b is read, and only the display name of the error message whose error processing time is longer than the predetermined time based on the error processing time of each error log is displayed from the display name list data D of the USB memory 4. A predetermined number of sets of other display names of the error message are extracted and displayed on the operation panel unit 14 as recommended change display names.

  As a result, the user can easily change the display name of the display item, such as an error message that has taken a long time for error processing, to a different display name displayed as the recommended change display name. it can.

(Example 3)
In the image forming apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention, the display name change history for the display items displayed on the screen of the image forming apparatus 1 is used as log information. Accordingly, in the image forming apparatus 1 of the third embodiment, the configuration is the same as that of the image forming apparatus 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and only the operation is different. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The operation will be described with reference to the configuration.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a display name changing operation in the image forming apparatus 1 of Embodiment 3 having the function of the display name changing apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 7, the same steps as those in the flowchart of the image forming apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, similar to the image forming apparatus 1 according to the first and second embodiments described above, various types of information displayed on the operation panel unit 14 by the user in the process of step S <b> 170. When the change of the display name of the display item is selected (YES), the CPU 11 first functions as the extraction unit 11b and displays the display name for the display item displayed on the operation panel unit 14 as log information from the log information storage area 12b of the memory 12. Is read (step S190). Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, the CPU 11 uses the log information recording unit 11a as the log information recording unit 11a, and displays the display name change history for the display items displayed on the operation panel unit 14 as the log information recording unit 11a. It is recorded (described) in the log information storage area 12 b of the memory 12.

  Next, the CPU 11 extracts the display items such as the function buttons 14a1 to 14a6 used by the user based on the display name change history for the display items that are log information read from the memory 12 as the extraction unit 11b. Among them, another display name of a display item whose display name has not been changed in the past is recommended to be changed from the display name list data D stored in the USB memory 4 as a list of display names of display items displayed on the screen. The display name is extracted (step S510), and the recommended change display name is displayed on the operation panel unit 14 (step S250).

  This is because the display name set published in the display name list data D often extends over thousands of lines as shown in FIG. 4, and another display name of the display item whose display name has not been changed in the past is This is because the user often does not notice.

  When a display name to be changed is selected by the user from among the recommended change display names displayed on the operation panel unit 14 (step S270 “YES”), the CPU 11 functions as the display unit 11c to display on the operation panel unit 14. The display name of the displayed display item is changed to another display name selected by the user (step S290).

  In the case of the third embodiment, the CPU 11 records the display name change history as log information in the log information storage area 12b of the memory 12 as the log information recording means 11a (step S530), and the log information is changed if necessary. The display name is also stored in the display name list data D of the USB memory 4 (step S310), and the above processing is terminated.

  Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, when the USB memory 4 storing the display name list data D is inserted into the external device I / F unit 17 and the display name changing process is started, the log in the memory 12 is stored. Based on the display item change history stored as log information in the information storage area 12b, another display name of the display item whose display name has not been changed in the past is extracted from the display name list data D as the recommended change display name. Display on the operation panel unit 14 to allow the user to select.

  As a result, the user can easily change the display name of the display item whose display name has not been changed in the past to another display name displayed as the recommended change display name.

  In the first to third embodiments, the display name list data D has been described as being stored in the USB memory 4. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information communication terminal 2 creates the network 3. The image may be transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1 via the image forming apparatus 1 or may be stored in advance in the memory 12 of the image forming apparatus 1.

  In addition, the display name of the display item displayed on the operation panel unit 14 is changed as shown in the default (initial state) of the first line after the second line of the list data D as shown in FIG. The display name to be replaced with the name is stored and is not limited to being changed by the user's selection, but the displayed change recommended display name may be changed to the display name input by the user.

  The display names of the display items displayed on the operation panel unit 14 are not limited to pairs, and the display names of the individual display items may be displayed as a list.

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Claims (4)

Based on the log information in which the operation log is described, an extraction unit that extracts a display name recommended to change the display name from among the display names of the display items displayed on the screen as a recommended change display name;
Display means for displaying the change recommendation display name extracted by the extraction means;
A display name changing device characterized by comprising: The screen is a screen displayed on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus,
In the log information, a usage history used by the user for the display items displayed on the screen of the operation panel is described as a log.
The extraction means totals the usage frequency of the user for the display item based on the log information, and among the display names of the display item, the display name of the display item that is frequently used by the user is used as a change recommended display name. The display name changing device according to claim 1, wherein the display name changing device is extracted. The screen is a screen displayed on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus,
The log information describes an operation error log in the image forming apparatus,
The extraction means calculates an error processing time from the occurrence of the operation error to the elimination based on the log information, and the error processing time is larger than a predetermined time among the display names of the display items. The display name change apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display name of the display item related to the operation error is extracted as a change recommended display name. The screen is a screen displayed on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus,
In the log information, a display name change history for a display item displayed on the operation panel screen is described as a log.
The said extraction means extracts the display name of the said display item in which the display name is not changed among the said display items used by the user based on the said log information as a change recommendation display name. The display name changing device described.

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