CN101266539A - Electronic device for assembling optional element device and recording medium - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to an electronic device enabling an option configuration including an option device to be displayed on an information processing apparatus even if the information processing apparatus does not know the option device. The electronic device includes a storage unit storing respective device information items of the electronic device and the option devices; an option determination unit determining which option device is currently mounted to the electronic device; an option position detection unit detecting a position of the option device determined by the option determination unit relative to the electronic device; and an option configuration information generation unit generating option configuration information for displaying on the display unit of the information processing apparatus based on the device information items in the storage unit, a determination result of the option determination unit and the position of the option device detected by the option position detection unit.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to electronic installation, it is connected to the messaging device with display device, and one or more selecting arrangement can be assembled to electronic installation.The invention still further relates to recording medium, this recording medium comprises one or more instructions that operate in the running program in the electronic installation.
Background technology
Messaging device at for example personal computer (PC) passes through network or connected in series to the situation of for example peripheral unit of printer, scanner and facsimile recorder (FAX), this messaging device comprises device driver, is used for passing through the application program preview of installation thereon or the explainable data of data-switching apparatus for converting of generation.For example, at peripheral unit is under the situation of for example image forming apparatus of laser printer (LP) or multi-function peripheral (MFP), the printed driver of image forming apparatus special use is installed in messaging device usually, and becoming with the data-switching that application program is produced can be by the printer language (PDL) of image forming apparatus explanation.
Printed driver has the function of state that display image is notified the current selectable unit configuration of one or more printers that the user is connected to PC.In order to realize this function, printed driver comprise a plurality of printers the selectable unit configuration information, be used for the image separately of printer and relevant selectable unit device and be used for positional information at appropriate position display image.In addition, exist some known technology to be used for obtaining information, and show the selectable unit configuration of printer based on the information that is obtained about type of printer and selectable unit device from the printer that connects.
Traditionally, for example, when the printer connector switches to another printer, the printed driver corresponding to this printer must be installed.For fear of installation, a kind of printer system is proposed, this printer system is some device correlation modules of storage in PC in advance, by the printer deriving means type information of two-way communication from connecting, and use a device correlation module that is fit to.
In the conventional printer system, the selectable unit pattern is assemblied in the device correlation module that is installed in advance among the PC, switches to another printer even therefore be connected to the printer of PC, can show the selectable unit configuration to the user.Yet if another printer is unknown for current printed driver, the configuration of the selectable unit of another printer just can not be shown to the user again.In this case, according to the conventional printer system, the device correlation module corresponding to unknown printer must be installed in PC.
Summary of the invention
General purpose of the present invention is to address the above problem.Concrete purpose of the present invention provides a kind of electronic installation, this electronic installation makes the selectable unit configuration of the electronic installation comprises the selectable unit device to show on messaging device, even do not know to be connected at messaging device under the situation of selectable unit device of electronic installation.Another concrete purpose of the present invention provides recording medium, and this recording medium is included in one or more instructions of the running program of moving on the electronic installation.
To achieve these goals, a feature of the present invention relates to a kind of electronic installation, it is connected to the messaging device with display unit, one or more selectable unit devices are assembled to electronic installation, this electronic installation comprises: storage unit, the clauses and subclauses of device information separately of storage electronics and selectable unit device; The selectable unit determining unit determines that current what selectable unit device what be assembled to electronic installation be; The selectable unit position detection unit detects the selectable unit device determined by the selectable unit determining unit position with respect to electronic installation; And selectable unit configuration information generation unit, the position of the selectable unit device that detects based on definite result of the device information clauses and subclauses in storage unit, selectable unit determining unit and by the selectable unit position detection unit generates be used for the selectable unit configuration information that shows on the display unit of messaging device.
Another feature of the present invention relates to a kind of electronic installation, it is connected to the messaging device with display unit, one or more selectable unit devices are assembled to electronic installation, and this electronic installation comprises: memory unit is used for storage electronics and selectable unit device device information clauses and subclauses separately; Selectable unit is determined parts, is used for determining that current what selectable unit device what be assembled to electronic installation be; The selectable unit position detection component is used to detect by selectable unit and determines the position of the definite selectable unit device of parts with respect to electronic installation; And the selectable unit configuration information generates parts, be used for determining definite result of parts and the position of the selectable unit device that detects by the selectable unit position detection component, generate and be used for the selectable unit configuration information that on the display unit of messaging device, shows based on device information clauses and subclauses, the selectable unit of memory unit.
Another feature of the present invention relates to recording medium, comprise one or more instructions, when instruction is carried out by the electronic installation that is connected to the messaging device with display unit, one or more option means are assembled to electronic installation, make electronic installation carry out following steps: the clauses and subclauses of device information separately of storage electronics and selectable unit device; Determine that current what selectable unit device what be assembled to electronic installation be; The selectable unit device that detection is determined in determining step is with respect to the position of electronic installation; And, generate and be used for the selectable unit configuration information that on the display unit of messaging device, shows based on definite result of device information clauses and subclauses, determining step and in the position of detecting the selectable unit device that step detects.
Other purposes of the present invention, feature and advantage will be hereinafter become obvious in reference to the accompanying drawings the detailed description.
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Fig. 1 illustrates example network environment according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the exemplary hardware structure of messaging device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 illustrates the illustrative functions structure of messaging device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 illustrates the exemplary hardware structure of electronic installation according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 illustrates the illustrative functions structure of electronic installation according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram according to the selectable unit information display operation of the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 7 illustrates the sample data structure according to the coordinate information of first embodiment;
Fig. 8 illustrates the example xml format description of the coordinate information of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 illustrates the example json format description of the coordinate information of Fig. 7
Figure 10 is the process flow diagram according to the selectable unit position probing operation of first embodiment;
Figure 11 illustrates according to the example image in the selectable unit image storage unit of first embodiment;
Figure 12 illustrates the sample data structure of the selectable unit configuration information that generates according to first embodiment;
Figure 13 illustrates the sample data structure of the selectable unit positional information in the selectable unit configuration information of Figure 12;
Figure 14 illustrates the example image of the selectable unit configuration that is shown by printed driver based on the selectable unit configuration information of Figure 12;
Figure 15 is the process flow diagram of selectable unit information display operation according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 16 illustrates the sample data structure according to the image name detection table of second embodiment;
Figure 17 illustrates the example xml format description of the image name detection table of Figure 16;
Figure 18 illustrates the example json format description of the image name detection table of Figure 16;
Figure 19 is the process flow diagram according to the image name detecting operation of second embodiment;
Figure 20 illustrates according to the example image in the selectable unit image storage unit of second embodiment; And
Figure 21 illustrates the sample data structure according to the selectable unit configuration information of the generation of second embodiment.
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The present invention relates to be connected to the electronic installation of the messaging device with display unit, one or more selectable unit devices are assembled to this electronic installation, and this electronic installation comprises: storage unit, the clauses and subclauses of device information separately of storage electronics and selectable unit device; The selectable unit determining unit determines that current what selectable unit device what be assembled to electronic installation be; The selectable unit position detection unit detects the selectable unit device determined by the selectable unit determining unit position with respect to electronic installation; And selectable unit configuration information generation unit, the position of the selectable unit device that it detects based on definite result of the device information clauses and subclauses in storage unit, selectable unit determining unit and by the selectable unit position detection unit generates be used for the selectable unit configuration information that shows on the display unit of messaging device.
According to feature of the present invention, be unknown even be connected to the selectable unit device of electronic installation for the messaging device that is connected to electronic installation, may show on messaging device that also relevant selectable unit disposes the user who notifies the selectable unit device.Term " selectable unit " or " selectable unit device " can refer to any device as used herein, and it can be internally or externally is connected to electronic installation, are used for selectively electronic installation being expanded its function after making.
In one embodiment of the invention, the device information clauses and subclauses can comprise the image separately of electronic installation and selectable unit device.
According to this embodiment, storage unit only must comprise electronic installation itself and one or more view data that can be assembled to the selectable unit device of electronic installation, causes the minimizing of the memory capacity of storage unit.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the image of the selectable unit device that selectable unit configuration information generation unit can be determined from the image of storage unit electron gain device with by the selectable unit determining unit, and further acquisition is by the positional information of the position of the indication selectable unit device of selectable unit position detection unit detection, with generating the selectable unit configuration information, and the selectable unit configuration information can comprise the image and the current image and the positional information that is assembled to the selectable unit device of electronic installation of electronic installation.
According to present embodiment, the messaging device that is connected to electronic installation of the present invention can come the selectable unit configuration image to user's display electronics assemblies by arrange the image separately in the selectable unit configuration information according to the positional information the selectable unit configuration information that receives from electronic installation.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the image that is stored in the selectable unit device in the storage unit can comprise that the selectable unit device allows to be assembled to the positional information of one or more positions of electronic installation, and selectable unit configuration information generation unit can from storage unit obtain the image of electronic installation and the image of the selectable unit device determined by the selectable unit determining unit with generating the selectable unit configuration information, to produce the selectable unit configuration information, and the image of this selectable unit device can comprise the positional information corresponding to the position of the selectable unit device that is detected by the selectable unit position detection unit, and the selectable unit configuration information image that can comprise electronic installation is with the image of the positional information that comprises the current selectable unit device that is assembled to electronic installation.
According to present embodiment, the messaging device that is connected to electronic installation of the present invention can come the selectable unit configuration image to user's display electronics assemblies by will comprise the combination of image separately of positional information the selectable unit configuration information that receives from electronic installation.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the device information clauses and subclauses can be stored in the storage unit with compressed format.
According to present embodiment, even there is the selectable unit device of many types that can be assembled to electronic installation, even perhaps positional information is included in the image that is associated with the selectable unit device that can be assembled to electronic installation, and a large amount of pattern of rows and columns that have the selectable unit device also can use the capacity of storage unit effectively.
In order to achieve the above object, recording medium of the present invention comprises one or more instructions, when carrying out this instruction by electronic installation, makes this electronic installation carry out step of the present invention.
According to feature of the present invention, messaging device need not have the predetermined selectable unit configuration information of electronic installation in advance, and electronic installation can generate the selectable unit configuration information and send it to messaging device.As a result, even messaging device does not know to be connected to the selectable unit device of electronic installation, messaging device also can show this selectable unit configuration.
With preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the annexed drawings.To under the background of printer, describe embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Fig. 1 illustrates example network environment, in this environment, can use one or more printer according to an embodiment of the invention.
In Fig. 1, image formation system 1 comprises personal computer (PC) 10, first printer 12, second printer 14 and network 16, can be interconnected communicatedly by network 16 these parts.
PC 10 can be a messaging device, wherein can explicit user interface (UI) under the control of operating system (OS).In another embodiment, can use the computing machine of other types, for example PDA (personal digital assistant) and mobile phone.
Figure 1 illustrates a PC and two printers, but the PC and the printer of any number can be provided.In Fig. 1, PC can schematically be connected printer by the network of for example LAN (LAN (Local Area Network)) and the Internet.In another embodiment, PC can connect printer by USB (USB (universal serial bus)) or other conventional serial buses with series form.
Fig. 2 illustrates the exemplary hardware structure of the PC of Fig. 1.As shown in Figure 2, PC 10 comprises drive unit 21, auxilary unit 22, storer 23, processor 24 and interface arrangement 25, and it interconnects by bus 26.On the PC 10 operation procedure stores in the storage medium 27 of for example CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory).
Fig. 3 illustrates the illustrative functions structure of the PC 10 of Fig. 1.As shown in Figure 3, PC 10 is connected to printer 12 by network 16, and PC 10 comprise application program 32, draw professional 34, as the printed driver 36 and the communication unit 38 of an example of device driver.
Drawing professional 34 can be the drawing engine that moves on OS, and can and application program 32 and the interface of drawing between professional 34 be integrated into together among the GDI (Graphics Device Interface).
Printed driver 36 is the modules that are used for the OS built-in command is converted to the explainable data of printer (that is printer language (PDL) data).Printed driver 36 comprises Date Conversion Unit 362, is used for the data-switching that application program 32 requires to print is become the explainable data of printer, and unit 364 is set, and is used for receiving setting of printing from the user, and it is reflected into printer output.Unit 364 is set comprises selectable unit configuration display unit 366, be used for selectable unit configuration, make the user can set up printer setup with image format display-object printer 12.Printed driver 36 can be connected to GDI 34 by the interface that is called DDI (device driver interface) generally.
Fig. 4 illustrates the exemplary hardware structure of the printer 12 of Fig. 1.
In Fig. 4, printer 12 is connected to PC 10 by network as shown in Figure 1, and printer 12 comprises the Printer Engine 51 that is used to print, guidance panel 52, current state and other information of being used to make the user operate and to be provided with image forming apparatus and being used to show printer 12, and controller 53, be used to control these parts.
In more detail, controller 53 can be used as control gear, is used for converting the document data that is provided by PC 10 to view data according to the control routine that expectant control pattern and/or PC 10 provide, and is used for providing view data to Printer Engine 51.Controller 53 comprises external interface 510, program storage unit (PSU) 520, font storage unit 530, control module 540, temporary storage cell 550, redundant memory cell 560, engine interface 570, panel interface 580 and recording medium interface 590.
Program storage unit (PSU) 520 can be used for storage unit, is used for storing data and the control peripheral module that one or more programs are come Management Controller 53.Font storage unit 530 can be stored in various types of fonts of using in the print procedure with acting on.Program storage unit (PSU) 520 and font storage unit 530 can be included among ROM (ROM (read-only memory)) or the RAM (random access memory).
Recording medium interface 590 can be used as interface unit, is used to be written into stored program recording medium 55.The procedure stores that is written into from recording medium is at program storage unit (PSU) 520.Selectively, after being written into by recording medium interface 590, program can directly be used in control module 540, to be used for some data processing.
The above-mentioned parts of printer 12 can interconnect by inner versabus.
The normal printing of example of the printer 12 of Fig. 4 will be described below.In response to the data that external interface 510 receives of passing through from PC 10, printer 12 uses control module 540 that data qualification is become print data, print control data and other data.Print data and print control data convert the control routine that is stored in the temporary storage cell 550 to.If the print command and the data that receive from PC 10 have corresponding to the data volume that surpasses one page, control module 540 at first converts control routine to view data, and prints sign on by engine interface 570 to Printer Engine 51 issues subsequently.By this way, printer 12 use Printer Engines 51 print the data from the reception of PC 10.Based on view data and control signal that slave controller 53 receives, Printer Engine 51 generates and developing electrostatic latent image on photoconductor.Then, Printer Engine 51 on the transfer printing page or leaf that provides the unit to provide from paper, is used to form image with image transfer printing and photographic fixing.
Fig. 5 illustrates the illustrative functions structure of the printer 12 of Fig. 1.As shown in Figure 5, printer 12 is connected to PC 10 by network 16, and printer 12 comprises selectable unit determining unit 40, selectable unit position detection unit 42, selectable unit image storage unit 44, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 and communication unit 48.Printer 12 may further include one or more inside or outside selectable unit device.Printer 12 parts can interconnect by bus.
Selectable unit determining unit 40 can be used as and is used for determining what selectable unit is by installing and/or being linked and packed to the module of printer 12.
Selectable unit position detection unit 42 can be used as the module with respect to the position of printer main body that is used to detect the selectable unit that is assembled to printer 12, and comprises coordinate information storage unit 410.Coordinate information storage unit 410 storing coordinate information detect with respect to printer 12 selectable unit devices and where are assembled to.
Selectable unit image storage unit 44 can be used as the image that is used for storage print machine 12 itself and is used to store the device of the image of the selectable unit that can be assembled to printer 12.Selectable unit image storage unit 44 can be with compressed format or compressed format memory image not.
Selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 can be used as the module that generates the selectable unit configuration information, based on the image of storage in the testing result of definite result of selectable unit determining unit 40, selectable unit position detection unit 42 and the selectable unit image storage unit 44.Selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 comprises picture search unit 420 and image name detection table storage unit 430.Picture search unit 420 can detect table at the image name that image name detects in the table storage unit 44, the suitable image that selection will be extracted from selectable unit image storage unit 44 based on the definite result of selectable unit determining unit 40 and testing result, the reference of selectable unit position detection unit 42.
Communication unit 48 can be used as and is used for sending data and receiving the module of data from PC 10 to PC 10 by network 16.
To describe the selectable unit information display operation of PC 10 shown in Fig. 1-5 and printer 12 according to some embodiments of the present invention in detail below.
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Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of the selectable unit information display operation of the PC 10 of the Fig. 1-5 according to the first embodiment of the present invention and printer 12.
In step S101, selectable unit information display operation is to receive the request of the selectable unit configuration that is used to show printer 12 from the user at the input media (not shown) of PC 10 by for example mouse and keyboard.In step S102, in response to this request, printed driver 36 request printers 12 obtain the selectable unit configuration information.According to receiving from the obtain request of printed driver 36 through the selectable unit configuration information of communication unit 48, printer 12 request selectable unit configuration information generation units 46 generate the selectable unit configuration information.
In step S103, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit determining units 40 determine current be assembled to printer 12 own be what selectable unit.Particularly, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit determining units 40 are obtained the device name of the selectable unit of current assembling.In step S104, in response to receiving this request, selectable unit determining unit 40 is from this selectable unit deriving means title, determine current be assembled to printer 12 own be what selectable unit.In step S105, the selectable unit device name that 40 transmissions of selectable unit determining unit are obtained is to selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 then.
In step S106, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit position detection unit 42 are obtained the current positional information that is assembled to the selectable unit of printer 12.In step S107, in response to this request, selectable unit position detection unit 42 detects the current position that is assembled to the selectable unit of printer 12 with respect to printer 12 positions own.Then, in step S108, selectable unit position detection unit 42 sends the positional information of the selectable unit of indicating detection to selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46.
In step S109, the image of the image of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request printer 12 itself and the current selectable unit that is assembled to printer 12 is to selectable unit image storage unit 44.Particularly, the image of the image of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request printer 12 itself and the selectable unit that obtains from selectable unit determining unit 40 in advance with device name.In step S110, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 reads the image separately of printer 12 and target selectable unit from the image that is stored in selectable unit image storage unit 44 then.
In step S111, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 generates the selectable unit configuration information based on the image separately of the selectable unit device name that obtains and positional information and printer 12 and selectable unit in above-mentioned steps.
In step S112, printer 12 will be sent to the PC 10 of request selectable unit configuration information by the selectable unit configuration information that selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 generates.
In step S113, the printed driver 36 of PC 10 uses selectable unit configuration display unit 366 to show the image of the selectable unit configuration of indicating printer 12 on the display (not shown) based on the selectable unit configuration information that obtains from printer 12.
The selectable unit position probing operation of the step S107 of Fig. 6 will be described in further detail below.
Fig. 7 illustrates the coordinate information of storing with the form of table in the coordinate information storage unit 410 of selectable unit position detection unit 42.Coordinate information indication selectable unit device should be assembled to where own with respect to printer 12.In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 7, coordinate information can comprise data D1, D2, D3 and the D4 of each self-indication selectable unit A, B, C and D.
Data D1 can comprise that selectable unit A assembles with selectable unit B, assembles with selectable unit C, assembles with selectable unit D for the base position coordinate (hereafter is the base position coordinate) of printer 12 and at selectable unit A and under the situation that selectable unit B and D assemble, the collection of position coordinates separately of selectable unit A.
For example, the left-hand face of supposing to be provided with respect to the front-surface of printer 12 is the reference position, and if indicate the reference coordinate of reference position to be set to " 0 ", respectively do for oneself on the occasion of zone and negative territory with respect to the left side and the right side of reference position.In the example of Fig. 7, because the base position coordinate of selectable unit A is " 100 ", it is that unit is apart from reference position 100cm place that the left-hand face that is appreciated that selectable unit A is positioned at centimetre (cm).And in the example of Fig. 7, the position coordinates of selectable unit A is " 130 " under the situation of having assembled selectable unit B or D in addition.In this case, selectable unit A places with respect to printer 12 apart from the farther left 30cm of base position coordinate.In other words, can be understood as the width that selectable unit B and D have 30cm, and be arranged between printer 12 and the selectable unit A.Thus, also assembled selectable unit D if promptly assembled selectable unit B, the position coordinates of selectable unit A becomes " 160 " shown in Fig. 7.
Data D2 comprises the base position coordinate with respect to printer 12 of selectable unit B, and under the situation that selectable unit B and selectable unit D assemble together the position coordinates of selectable unit B.In the example of Fig. 7, the base position coordinate of selectable unit B is " 30 ", and under the situation of assembling selectable unit D, the position coordinates of selectable unit B is " 60 ".Therefore, selectable unit B places as follows with respect to printer 12: left-hand face is apart from reference position 30cm in principle.Yet if also assembled selectable unit D, selectable unit B places as follows with respect to printer 12: left-hand face through selectable unit D farther 30cm (width that is equivalent to selectable unit D).
Data D3 comprises the base position coordinate of selectable unit C with respect to printer 12.In the example of Fig. 7, the base position coordinate of selectable unit C is " 60 ".Therefore, selectable unit C always places as follows with respect to printer 12: left-hand face is farther to the right 60cm apart from the reference position.
In fact, coordinate information can be represented with xml form among Fig. 8 or the json form among Fig. 9.
In the xml of Fig. 8 form, 810a, 810b, 810c and 810d are described separately corresponding to the position coordinates of selectable unit A, B, C and D, that is, and the data D1 of Fig. 7, D2, D3 and D4.In these are described, term " baseposition " expression base position coordinate, and whether term " specialposition " expression assembled the condition of one or more other selectable units, and satisfy position coordinates under the situation of this condition.
In the json of Fig. 9 form, 820a, 820b, 820c and 820d are described separately corresponding to the position coordinates of selectable unit A, B, C and D, that is, and the data D1 of Fig. 7, D2, D3 and D4.Similar, in these are described, term " baseposition " expression base position coordinate, and whether term " specialposition " expression connected the condition of one or more other selectable units, and satisfy position coordinates under the situation of this condition.The json form has an advantage with respect to the xml form, for being easy to programming and simple process.Yet, can use one appropriate in the two according to application program.
In Fig. 7-9, coordinate information is designated as reference position coordinate and the position coordinates thereof that is included in each selectable unit under the situation of having assembled other selectable units.Yet coordinate information can be appointed as the width that comprises each selectable unit and the relative position relation between selectable unit and printer and other selectable units.Relative position relation can comprise some locality conditions, for example " selectable unit A is positioned at the left side of printer " and " selectable unit B is between printer and selectable unit A ".In xml form or json form, can obtain the position coordinates of the expectation of some selectable unit by the width separately of plus-minus selectable unit according to locality condition.
Selectable unit position detection unit 42 is carried out the selectable unit position probing operation as describing based on obtaining the selectable unit tabulation that comprises in the request as the coordinate information of description in Fig. 7-9 and in the selectable unit positional information that is sent by selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 in Figure 10.Figure 10 is the process flow diagram according to the example selectable unit position probing operation of this embodiment.
The selectable unit position probing operation of Figure 10 begins to receive from the request of obtaining of the selectable unit positional information of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 in selectable unit position detection unit 42.The request of obtaining of selectable unit positional information can comprise the selectable unit tabulation, comprising the device name of the selectable unit that obtains among the step S103-S105 in front.
In step S1001, selectable unit position detection unit 42 is based on the device name in selectable unit tabulation, and search is stored in the coordinate information in the coordinate information storage unit 410, obtains having the position coordinates of the selectable unit of certain device name.In step S1002, the result that selectable unit position detection unit 42 will be searched for adds to the selectable unit positional information, and this selectable unit positional information is returned as rreturn value subsequently.In step S1003, selectable unit position detection unit 42 determines whether that all device names in selectable unit tabulation have all searched for position coordinates.If no, execution in step S1001 and S1002 once more.If all device names in the selectable unit tabulation have all been searched for position coordinates, selectable unit position detection unit 42 is returned the selectable unit positional information as rreturn value, and finishes the operation of selectable unit position probing.
Below, with the example selectable unit configuration information that generates among the step S111 of description according to Fig. 6 of this embodiment.
Figure 11 illustrates the example image according to storage in the selectable unit image storage unit 44 of the printer 12 of this embodiment.Figure 11 (a) illustrates the image 60a of printer 12, and Figure 11 (b)-(d) illustrates the 60b-60d of image separately of the selectable unit that can be assembled to printer 12.In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 6, image 60b represents that output document ejects the unit, so-called end unit, and it can be automatically with output document ordering and/or classification.Image 60c represents the Z-folded unit, and it is folding with output document.Image 60d represents high power capacity input paper dish, and it can be installed on the input paper dish that is integrated in the printer 12 in addition.These images can comprise for example bitmap format data (BMP file).
If the selectable unit of end unit, Z-folded unit and high power capacity input paper dish can be assembled to printer 12, four image 60a-60d shown in Figure 11 can be stored in the selectable unit image storage unit 44 of printer 12 in advance.
Figure 12 illustrates the sample data structure according to the selectable unit configuration information of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 generations of the printer 12 of this embodiment.The selectable unit configuration information 70 of Figure 12 comprises selectable unit positional information 72 and the image set 74 relevant with selectable unit with printer 12.
Selectable unit positional information 72 can be obtained in the operation of selectable unit position probing by selectable unit position detection unit 42.In this embodiment, selectable unit positional information 72 indication selectable units are with respect to the current position of printer 12.Image set 74 is the set from the relevant image of selectable unit image storage unit 44 selectable units that be written into and printer 12 and current assembling.In the printer of the selectable unit that can assemble end unit, Z-folded unit and high power capacity input paper dish, for example, if all selectable units are assembled to printer, image 60a-60d shown in Figure 11 is stored in the selectable unit image storage unit 44, and image set 74 comprises image 60a-60d so.
Optionally, selectable unit positional information 72 can be represented as shown in figure 13.Figure 13 illustrates the sample data structure of the selectable unit positional information 72 of Figure 12.
In Figure 13, selectable unit positional information 72 is represented with the form of table, and is comprised the row 82 of the device name of storing selectable unit and the position coordinates with respect to printer 12 of storage selectable unit.If end unit, Z-folded unit and high power capacity input paper dish are assembled to printer 12, row 82 comprise the title " printer " of printer 12, the device name of printer 12 for example, and the title of the selectable unit " end unit ", " Z-folded unit " of assembling and " high power capacity is imported the paper dish ", for example device name of selectable unit.Reference coordinate is stored in the cell corresponding to the row 84 of " printer ".As previously mentioned, based on arranging selectable unit with the relative distance of the reference position of printer 12.In other words, comprise value corresponding to the cell of the row 84 of selectable unit corresponding to (reference coordinate)+(apart from the relative distance of reference position).In this embodiment, as shown in figure 13, comprise " 130 ", comprise " 30 " and comprise " 60 " corresponding to the cell of " high power capacity input paper dish " corresponding to the cell of " Z-folded unit " corresponding to " end unit " cell.
Figure 14 illustrates the example selectable unit configuration image that is shown by printed driver based on selectable unit configuration information 70 shown in Figure 12.
Printed driver obtains the selectable unit configuration information 70 of Figure 12 from printer, and based on the selectable unit configuration image of selectable unit configuration information to user's display-object printer 12.Particularly, the selectable unit of printed driver 36 configuration display unit 366 is based on the selectable unit positional information in selectable unit configuration information 70, sequentially classifies and is presented at the image set 74 of printer 12 and selectable unit in the selectable unit configuration information 70.In other words, the image 90 of the selectable unit of Figure 14 configuration comprises the image 60a-60d of printer shown in Figure 11 12 and selectable unit (end unit, Z-folded unit and high power capacity input paper dish).In Figure 14, for the ease of understanding the present invention, suppose that the left-hand face of printer 12 is set to have the reference position that is expressed as reference coordinate " 0 ", the coordinate axis of the left-hand face of demonstration indication selectable unit and the relative distance of reference position.
Electronic installation according to present embodiment, messaging device need not have the selectable unit configuration information of electronic installation in advance, even and the selectable unit device that is assembled to electronic installation is unknown for messaging device, also can show the selectable unit configuration that comprises the selectable unit device.And, be connected to messaging device according to the electronic installation of present embodiment, can be with the selectable unit configuration of the form display electronics assemblies of image, it is by the positional information of basis from the selectable unit configuration information that electronic installation receives, and the image in the arrangement selectable unit configuration information shows.
[second embodiment]
To describe the PC 10 shown in Fig. 1-5 and the selectable unit information display operation of printer 12 below in detail.In a second embodiment, the selectable unit image in selectable unit image storage unit 44 comprises the information that can be assembled to the position of printer 12 about selectable unit.
Figure 15 is according to the PC 10 of this embodiment shown in Fig. 1-5 and the process flow diagram of the selectable unit information display operation of printer 12.
In step S201, selectable unit information display operation is to receive the request of the selectable unit configuration that shows printer 12 from the user by the input media (not shown) of for example mouse and keyboard at PC 10.In step S202, according to this request of reception, printed driver 36 request printers 12 obtain the selectable unit configuration information.Printer 12 uses communication unit 48 to receive to the request of obtaining of the selectable unit configuration information of printer 12.Printer 12 receives the request of obtaining the selectable unit configuration information by communication unit 48 from printed driver 36, and asks selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 to generate the selectable unit configuration information then.
In step S203, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit determining units 40 are determined current printer 12 selectable units that are assembled to.Particularly, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit determining units 40 are obtained the device name of the selectable unit of current assembling.In step S204, according to receiving this request, selectable unit determining unit 40 determines that from this selectable unit deriving means title current what selectable unit what be assembled to printer 12 be.In step S205, the selectable unit device name that 40 transmissions of selectable unit determining unit have been obtained is to selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 then.
In step S206, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit position detection unit 42 are obtained the current positional information that is assembled to the selectable unit of printer 12.In step S207, according to receiving this request, the position of selectable unit position detection unit 42 by printer 12 is set to the reference position and detects the current position that is assembled to the selectable unit of printer 12.Then, in step S208, selectable unit position detection unit 42 sends the positional information of the selectable unit of indicating detection to selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46.
In step S209, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 detects the image name of the image separately of the current selectable unit configuration that is applicable to printer 12 based on the device name and the positional information of the selectable unit that obtains in the superincumbent step.Particularly, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 is searched for selectable unit image storage unit 44, seeks the image name of the selectable unit image of the device name that is obtained by selectable unit position detection unit 42.The selectable unit image further comprises the positional information that obtains from selectable unit position detection unit 42.At step S210, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 request selectable unit image storage unit 44 are obtained the selectable unit image of the image of printer 12 and detected image name then.In step S211, be written into printer image and target selectable unit image in the image of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 from be stored in selectable unit image storage unit 44 in advance then.
In step S212, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 generates the selectable unit configuration information based on the image that obtains from selectable unit image storage unit 44.。
In step S213, printer 12 uses communication unit 48 will be sent to the PC 10 of request selectable unit configuration information by the selectable unit configuration information that selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 generates.
In step S214, the printed driver 36 of PC 10 uses selectable unit configuration display unit 366, based on the selectable unit configuration information that obtains from printer 12, shows the image of the selectable unit configuration of expression printer 12 on the display (not shown).
To describe the image name detecting operation of the step S209 of Figure 15 below in detail.
Figure 16 is illustrated in the example graph title detection table of storing in the image name detection table storage unit 430 of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46.Image name detection table is placed at selectable unit under the situation of position coordinates, can be set to the corresponding tables of the image name of the position coordinates of selectable unit and selectable unit.In this embodiment, as shown in figure 16, image name detection table comprises separately data D11, D12, D13 and the D14 about selectable unit A, B, C and D.
In the example of Figure 16, data D11 comprises the position coordinates " 100 ", " 130 " and " 160 " of selectable unit A and corresponding to the image name of position coordinates " selectable unit A-1.bmp ", " selectable unit A-2.bmp " and " selectable unit A-3.bmp " separately.For example, the image of image name " selectable unit A-1.bmp " can be the image of selectable unit A, has reacted the positional information of corresponding position coordinates " 100 ".Similar, data D12 comprises the position coordinates " 30 ", " 60 " of selectable unit B and corresponding to the image name of position coordinates " selectable unit B-1.bmp " and " selectable unit B-2.bmp " separately.Data D13 comprises the position coordinates " 60 " of selectable unit C and corresponding to the image name " selectable unit C-1.bmp " of this position coordinates.Data D14 comprises the position coordinates " 30 " of selectable unit D and corresponding to the image name " selectable unit D-1.bmp " of this position coordinates.
In fact, image name detection table can be with xml form shown in Figure 17 or json format description shown in Figure 180.
In the xml of Figure 17 form, position coordinates and correspondence image title that 830a, 830b, 830c and 830d represent selectable unit A, B, C and D are described.In other words, this describes data D11, D12, D13 and D14 corresponding to Figure 16.In these are described, term " position " expression position coordinates, and the corresponding image name of term " graphic " expression.
In the json of Figure 18 form, position coordinates and correspondence image title that 840a, 840b, 840c and 840d represent selectable unit A, B, C and D are described.In other words, this describes data D11, D12, D13 and D14 corresponding to Figure 16.Similar, term " position " expression position coordinates, and the corresponding image name of term " graphic " expression.Can select to comprise the descriptor format of xml form and json form according to application program.
Selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 is carried out the described image name detecting operation according to Figure 19 based on the device name and the positional information of Figure 16-18 described image name detection table and selectable unit.Figure 19 is the process flow diagram according to the example image title detecting operation of this embodiment.
The image name detecting operation of Figure 19 begins to receive at selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 from the selectable unit positional information of selectable unit position detection unit 42.
In step S2001, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 adds to the image name tabulation with the image name of printer 12, and this tabulation is returned as rreturn value subsequently.In step S2002, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 extracts the position coordinates of a selectable unit from the selectable unit positional information that superincumbent step S206-S208 obtains.Selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 use image detecting elements 420 detect the image name corresponding to the position coordinates that extracts from image name detection table.In step S2003, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 adds to the image name tabulation with testing result then.In step S2004, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 determines whether all searched for image name for the position coordinates of all selectable units in the selectable unit positional information, if do not have, and execution in step S2002 and .S2003 once more.If the position coordinates for all selectable units in the selectable unit positional information has all been searched for image name, selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 returns the image name tabulation as rreturn value, and finishes the image name detecting operation.
Below, with the example selectable unit configuration information that generates among the step S212 of detailed description according to Figure 15 of this embodiment.
Figure 20 illustrates the example image according to storage in the selectable unit image storage unit 44 of the printer 12 of this embodiment.Figure 20 (a) illustrates the image 110a of printer 12, and Figure 20 (b)-(d) illustrates the image 110b-110d of the different selectable units that can be assembled to printer 12.In this embodiment, if the selectable unit of end unit, Z-folded unit and high power capacity input paper dish can be assembled to printer 12, image 110b and 110c represent that the output document that is called end unit ejects the unit, and end unit can be automatically with output document ordering and/or classification.Image 110d represents the Z-folded unit, and it can be folding with output document Z-.Image 110e represents high power capacity input paper dish, and it can be installed separately with the input paper dish that is integrated in the printer 12.These images can configuration example such as bitmap format data (BMP file).
Be set in the reference position under the situation of certain position of printer 12, for example, as the left-hand face with respect to the printer front-surface, each of selectable unit image 110b-110e comprises the positional information of the relative distance between indication selectable unit and the reference position.In Figure 11, for the ease of understanding the present invention, suppose that the left-hand face of printer 12 is set to the reference position, be expressed as reference coordinate " 0 ".Demonstration indication selectable unit left-hand face is with respect to the coordinate axis of the distance of reference position below the image 110a-110e of printer 12 and selectable unit.
Figure 21 illustrates the sample data structure according to the selectable unit configuration information of selectable unit configuration information generation unit 46 generations of the printer 12 of this embodiment.The selectable unit configuration information 120 of Figure 21 comprises the image set 122 of the image of the image of printer 12 and the current selectable unit that is assembled to printer 12, and these selectable unit images comprise the positional information of indication with respect to the distance of printer 12.
Suppose that selectable unit end unit, Z-folded unit and high power capacity input paper dish are assembled to printer 12, and the Z-folded unit cell arrangement is between printer 12 and end unit, image set 122 can comprise four in above-mentioned five images, that is, the image 110a of printer 12, the image 110c in Z-folded unit cell arrangement end unit under the situation between end unit and the printer 12, the image 110d of Z-folded unit and the image 110e of high power capacity input paper dish.
Printed driver obtains selectable unit configuration information 120 shown in Figure 21 from printer 12, and disposes to the selectable unit of user's display-object printer 12 with the form of image.Particularly, with reference to figure 3, the selectable unit of printed driver 36 configuration display unit 366, image 110a, 110c, 110d and the 110e of the image set 122 relevant with printer 12 and selectable unit that will be in selectable unit configuration information 120 combine, and demonstration selectable unit configuration image.In this embodiment, the image of the selectable unit configuration image of acquisition and first embodiment shown in Figure 14 is identical.
Electronic installation according to present embodiment, be similar to first embodiment, messaging device need not have the selectable unit configuration information of electronic installation in advance, even and unknown device be assembled to electronic installation, messaging device can show the selectable unit configuration that comprises the selectable unit device.And, be connected to messaging device according to the electronic installation of present embodiment, can come the selectable unit configuration to user's display electronics assemblies by with the selectable unit image combination that comprises positional information in the selectable unit configuration information, this selectable unit configuration information is received from this electronic installation.
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Though described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this.Can carry out many modifications and variations within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Though describe the electronic installation of embodiments of the invention in conjunction with printer, the present invention also can be applied to the electronic installation of other types, for example scanner and facsimile recorder as long as this electronic installation can be used as peripheral unit and is connected to messaging device, make that the UI based on OS can be shown.Similar, though described the device driver of embodiments of the invention in conjunction with printed driver, the present invention also can be applied to the device driver of other types, for example scanner driver and PC-FAX driver are as long as this driver comprises the software that is used for the accessible data of instruction transformation apparatus for converting that will receive from application program.In addition, the present invention is not limited to any device driver and similar module, and the present invention can be applied to application program self.
Though the positional information of selectable unit device is with one dimension coordinate representation according to an embodiment of the invention, the positional information of other embodiment of the present invention can be represented with two dimension or three-dimensional coordinate.
In addition, the present invention not only can realize in hardware, also can realize by program, and this procedure stores is in certain type the storer of for example HDD (hard disk drive) or ROM (ROM (read-only memory)).
The present invention is not limited to concrete disclosed embodiment, can make amendment and changes and do not depart from scope of the present invention the present invention.
The Japan that the application is based on March 14th, 2007 application is at 2008-024343 number of first to file 2007-065590 number and application on February 4th, 2008, and its full content is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
Claims (6)
1. an electronic installation is connected to the messaging device with display unit, and one or more selectable unit devices are assembled to electronic installation, and this electronic installation comprises:
Storage unit, storage electronics and selectable unit device device information clauses and subclauses separately;
The selectable unit determining unit determines that current what selectable unit device what be assembled to electronic installation be;
The selectable unit position detection unit detects the selectable unit device determined by the selectable unit determining unit position with respect to electronic installation; And
Selectable unit configuration information generation unit, based on definite result of the device information clauses and subclauses in storage unit, selectable unit determining unit and by the position of the detected selectable unit device of selectable unit position detection unit, generate and be used for the selectable unit configuration information that on the display unit of messaging device, shows.
2. electronic installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein
The device information clauses and subclauses comprise electronic installation and selectable unit device image separately.
3. electronic installation as claimed in claim 2, wherein
Selectable unit configuration information generation unit obtains the image of electronic installation and the image of the selectable unit device determined by the selectable unit determining unit from storage unit, and further obtain positional information detected by the selectable unit position detection unit, indication selectable unit setting position, with generating the selectable unit configuration information
The selectable unit configuration information comprises the image of electronic installation, and current image and the positional information that is assembled to the selectable unit device of electronic installation.
4. electronic installation as claimed in claim 2, wherein
The image that is stored in the selectable unit device in the storage unit comprises the positional information that allows the selectable unit device to be assembled to one or more positions of electronic installation,
Selectable unit configuration information generation unit obtains the image of electronic installation and the image of the selectable unit device determined by the selectable unit determining unit from storage unit, with generating the selectable unit configuration information, the image of selectable unit device comprise with by the corresponding positional information in position of the detected selectable unit device of selectable unit position detection unit, and
The selectable unit configuration information comprises the image of electronic installation and has comprised the image of the positional information of the current selectable unit device that is assembled to electronic installation.
5. electronic installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein
The device information clauses and subclauses are stored in storage unit with the form of compression.
6. method that is used for electronic installation, this electronic installation is connected to the image processing system with display unit, and one or more selectable unit devices are assembled to this electronic installation, and this method may further comprise the steps:
Storage electronics and selectable unit device device information clauses and subclauses separately;
Determine that current what selectable unit device what be assembled to electronic installation be;
The selectable unit device that detection is determined in determining step is with respect to the position of electronic installation; And
Based on definite result of device information clauses and subclauses, determining step and in the position of detecting the detected selectable unit device of step, generate and be used for the selectable unit configuration information that on the display unit of messaging device, shows.
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