CN116541828A

CN116541828A - Intelligent management method for service information data

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Publication number: CN116541828A
Application number: CN202310796427.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王成己
Original assignee: Beijing Shuangxinhui Online Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Shuangxinhui Online Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-07-03
Filing date: 2023-07-03
Publication date: 2023-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2043-07-03
Also published as: CN116541828B

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of data processing, in particular to an intelligent management method of service information data, which comprises the following steps: acquiring MD5 coding data for coding a user password, and converting MD5 coding hexadecimal into binary; modularization of binary data, obtaining of distribution density of 0 and 1 in each module to obtain local change characteristics of the data in each module to obtain a data ordering form of each module, and establishment of a demand space and a supply space to order the data in each module; obtaining the compression rate between modules before and after the sorting and the sorting index cost to be recorded to obtain the gain degree of the sorting between the modules, and sorting between the modules; and performing exclusive-or operation on the data after the ordering is finished, and finally compressing by using run-length codes. According to the method, the data to be compressed are converted into the binary system, and then the binary system data are sequenced through calculation, so that the exclusive-or operation redundancy of binary adjacent items is maximized, and the compression efficiency is improved.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer readable medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer readable medium.

Background

Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2007-28019 discloses a job history management apparatus as follows: when job histories of a plurality of devices are managed, job histories of the plurality of devices are stored, and when job histories transmitted from one of the plurality of devices are received, the received job histories are corrected so as to be reusable in devices other than the one device that transmitted the job histories.

Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2019-59136 discloses an image forming apparatus that stores a job parameter shared in a group including a plurality of image forming apparatuses, and corrects the job parameter to a job parameter executable by a capability of a host when the job parameter cannot be executed by the capability of the host.

Disclosure of Invention

The following functions are utilized: the setting value of each setting item of the processing executed in the past is stored as setting information, and by using the stored setting information, the processing of the same setting content as the processing executed in the past can be executed. In such a function, if setting information frequently used by a plurality of users is registered as shared setting information, the plurality of users can use the same setting information.

However, if a general user who uses the apparatus recognizes that personal setting information is freely registered as shared setting information, unnecessary shared setting information may be added.

In such a state, the administrator user who has requested the management of the apparatus then has to confirm the shared setting information and delete or change the shared setting information as necessary, which results in a troublesome effort and time for managing the shared setting information.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method capable of managing shared setting information more easily than in a case where a general user who uses the apparatus recognizes that personal setting information is registered as shared setting information, and to provide a computer-readable medium storing a program capable of such information processing.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus provided with a processor, wherein the processor performs: displaying a setting screen including personal setting information and shared setting information, the setting screen including personal setting information

The personal setting information is setting information in which setting values at the time of executing processing are stored for each setting item, and only 5 specific users can use the personal setting information, and the shared setting information is setting information that can be used by a plurality of users; an operation of registering personal setting information as shared setting information is accepted only from an administrator user having a wider authority than a general user who uses the information processing apparatus.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, the processor displays an operator for registering personal setting information as shared setting information only for an administrator user.

0 according to a third aspect of the present disclosure, the processor does not display a setting letter for personal use to a general user

The information is registered as an operator sharing the setting information.

According to the fourth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor allows an operation that cannot be performed by a general user including an operation of registering personal setting information as shared setting information by performing authentication processing set in advance for an administrator user.

According to a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor controls in the following manner: accepting from an administrator user

The upper limit number of the shared setting information can be registered, and the registration of the shared setting information exceeding the accepted upper limit number is not accepted.

According to a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor displays the shared setting information in an initial setting state at the time of displaying the setting screen so as to be located above the personal setting information.

0 according to a seventh aspect of the present disclosure, the processor is configured to, when displaying a setting screen, based on the administrator user

Or the general user receives a setting of which of the shared setting information and the personal setting information is displayed on the upper side.

According to an eighth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor is configured to, when displaying a setting screen, based on the administrator user

Or the general user receives a setting to display or not display the shared setting information, the personal setting information, and the history information of the process 5.

According to a ninth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor receives an operation of the administrator user or the general user, and displays a plurality of pieces of shared setting information, a plurality of pieces of personal setting information, and a plurality of pieces of history information when processing is performed as one piece of setting information or history information, respectively.

According to a tenth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor receives an operation of the administrator user or the general user, and displays a plurality of pieces of shared setting information, a plurality of pieces of personal setting information, or a plurality of pieces of history information, which are displayed together as one piece of setting information or history information, in an original scattered state.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present disclosure, the processor stores the sharing setting information deleted by 5 in the temporary storage area in a case where the sharing setting information is deleted.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor deletes the shared setting information stored in the temporary storage area after a lapse of a predetermined time, or deletes the number exceeding the upper limit number in order from the shared setting information whose date and time are early when the predetermined upper limit number is exceeded.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor, when accepting an operation of copying the shared setting information to the personal 0 setting information, sets the same setting as the setting content of the shared setting information for which the operation is accepted

The setting information of the content is registered as personal setting information of the user who performed the operation.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present disclosure, the processor accepts not only an operation of copying shared setting information to personal setting information from an administrator user, but also an operation of copying shared setting information to personal setting information from a general user.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to execute

A program for a process, wherein the process comprises the steps of: a setting screen including personal setting information in which setting values for executing processing are stored for each setting item and which can be used by only a specific user, and shared setting information

The information is setting information that can be utilized by a plurality of users; and accepting an operation of registering the personal setting information as shared setting information only from an administrator user having a authority wider than that of a general 0 user using the information processing apparatus.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method, including the steps of: a setting screen including personal setting information and shared setting information, wherein the personal setting information is stored for each setting item and a setting value for executing the processing is stored, and only a specific user can make a use of the setting screen

Using the personal setting information, wherein the shared setting information is setting information that can be used by a plurality of users; and only 5 accepting personal use setting from an administrator user having a wider authority than a general user who uses the information processing apparatus

The information is registered as an operation of sharing the setting information.

(Effect)

According to the first aspect, the shared setting information can be managed more easily than when a general user of the usage device recognizes that the personal setting information is registered as the shared setting information.

According to the second aspect, only the administrator user can be enabled to perform the operation of registering the shared setting information.

According to the third aspect, the general user can be made unable to perform the operation of registering the shared setting information.

According to the fourth aspect, the operation of registering the shared setting information can be limited to the administrator user having the authority to perform the operation that cannot be performed by the general user.

According to the fifth aspect, the number of pieces of shared setting information that can be registered can be limited.

According to the sixth aspect, the shared setting information used by a plurality of users can be made easier to see than the personal setting information.

According to the seventh aspect, the display order of the shared setting information and the personal setting information can be changed in accordance with the use mode of each user.

According to the eighth aspect, information unnecessary for the respective users can be not displayed.

According to the ninth aspect, even when the number of pieces of any of the shared setting information, the personal setting information, and the history information increases, it is possible to prevent other pieces of information from becoming difficult to see.

According to the tenth aspect, the information collected as one piece can be restored to a scattered state.

According to the eleventh aspect, the user can be prevented from deleting the shared setting information by mistake.

According to the twelfth aspect, the storage capacity of the temporary storage area can be prevented from being increased more than a certain amount.

According to the thirteenth aspect, the shared setting information can be used by an individual as individual setting information.

According to the fourteenth aspect, even a general user can use the shared setting information as personal setting information.

According to the fifteenth aspect, the shared setting information can be managed more easily than in the case where the general user of the usage device allows the personal setting information to be registered as the shared setting information.

According to the sixteenth aspect, the shared setting information can be managed more easily than in the case where the general user of the usage device allows the personal setting information to be registered as the shared setting information.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an image forming system of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the personal setting information management table stored in the setting information storage unit 37.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the shared setting information management table stored in the setting information storage unit 37.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed in a case where a user performs a touch operation on an icon for utilizing a quick function.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when the user registers job history information of a certain job as shared setting information or personal setting information when the user executes the job.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when a user selects certain setting information and deletes the setting information.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart for explaining an operation performed when the user performs an operation of displaying a list screen of setting information.

Fig. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation when a general user registers personal setting information by fixing job history information.

Fig. 11 is a view showing an example of an operation screen after the job history information 64 is fixed and changed to the personal setting information 65.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an operation menu in the case where the user a operates the operation menu button 60 of the personal setting information 66 in a fixed state.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an operation when the administrator user registers new shared setting information.

Fig. 14 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen after the job history information 67 is changed to the shared setting information 68.

Fig. 15 is a diagram showing an example of operation when the administrator user deletes the already registered sharing setting information.

Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of initial setting values of setting values at the time of display setting in a list display of setting information for each user.

Fig. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a case where the display setting is changed from the initial setting value in the list display of the setting information.

Fig. 18 is a flowchart for explaining a control operation of the control unit 35 when the display order of the setting information is set individually.

Fig. 19 is a diagram showing an example of an operation when a plurality of pieces of shared setting information are folded and displayed together as one piece of shared setting information.

Fig. 20 is a diagram for explaining a case in which the user operates the operation menu button 60 in the folded shared setting information to expand one piece of shared setting information in the folded state to the original 6 pieces of shared setting information.

Fig. 21 is a diagram for explaining a case where a user operates the fixed flag 70 in the landscape state to expand one piece of shared setting information in the folded state to the original 6 pieces of shared setting information.

Fig. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the case where the display order is changed from the initial setting value on the list display screen of the setting information.

Fig. 23 is a diagram showing a case where the administrator user operates the operation menu button 60 of the sharing setting information 71 named "support center" and erroneously selects the operation item of "delete".

Fig. 24 is a diagram showing a case where shared setting information 71 named "support center" is deleted from the list display screen of setting information.

Fig. 25 is a diagram for explaining a case where the administrator user restores the deleted shared setting information 71 named "support center" from the shared setting information back-off area.

Fig. 26 is a diagram showing a setting example when the shared setting information temporarily stored in the backoff area is completely deleted.

Fig. 27 is a diagram for explaining an operation when a general user changes shared setting information to personal setting information of the user.

Fig. 28 is a diagram showing a case where personal setting information 72 having the same setting content as the shared setting information 69 is newly created and added to the list display screen in a state where the shared setting information 69 itself is left as it is.

Detailed Description

Next, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is constituted by an image forming apparatus 10 and a terminal apparatus 20 connected to each other via a network 30. The terminal device 20 generates print data and transmits the generated print data to the image forming device 10 via the network 30. The image forming apparatus 10 receives print data transmitted from the terminal apparatus 20, and outputs an image corresponding to the print data to a sheet. The image forming apparatus 10 is a so-called multi-function apparatus having a plurality of functions such as a printing function, a scanning function, a copying function, and a facsimile function.

Next, fig. 2 shows a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 in the image forming system of the present embodiment.

As shown in fig. 2, the image forming apparatus 10 includes a CPU11, a memory 12, a storage device 13 such as a hard disk drive, a communication interface (abbreviated as IF) 14 for transmitting and receiving data to and from an external device or the like via a network 30, a user interface (abbreviated as UI) device 15 including a touch panel or a liquid crystal display and a keyboard, a scanner 16, and a print engine 17. These constituent elements are connected to each other via a control bus 18.

The print engine 17 prints an image on a recording medium such as a print sheet through processes such as charging, exposure, development, transfer, and fixing.

The CPU11 is a processor that executes predetermined processing based on a control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13, thereby controlling the operation of the image forming apparatus 10. In the present embodiment, the control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13 is read and executed by the CPU11, but the present invention is not limited to this. The control program may be provided in a form recorded in a recording medium readable by a computer. For example, the program may be provided in an optical disk such as CD (Compact Disc) -ROM or DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) -ROM, or in a semiconductor memory such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a memory card. The control program may be acquired from an external device via a communication line connected to the communication interface 14.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 realized by executing the control program described above.

As shown in fig. 3, the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes an authentication unit 31, an operation input unit 32, a display unit 33, a data transmission/reception unit 34, a control unit 35, an image reading unit 36, a setting information storage unit 37, and an image output unit 38.

The authentication unit 31 performs authentication processing for a user who wants to use the image forming apparatus 10. The display unit 33 is controlled by the control unit 35, and displays various information to the user. The operation input unit 32 inputs various operation information by the user.

The data transmitting/receiving unit 34 transmits/receives data to/from an external device such as the terminal device 20.

The control unit 35 controls the overall operation of the image forming apparatus 10, and performs control such as generation of print data based on a print job received from the terminal device 20 via the data transmitting/receiving unit 34, output of the generated print data from the image output unit 38, and reading of an original image by the image reading unit 36. The setting information storage unit 37 stores job history information indicating the execution histories of various jobs such as a print job, a scan job, a copy job, and a facsimile transmission job executed by the control unit 35, and stores setting information in which setting values at the time of execution processing are stored for each setting item. Here, the job history information is history information of the processing contents of the job executed in the past.

The image output unit 38 outputs an image on a recording medium such as a printing sheet, based on the control of the control unit 35. The image reading section 36 reads an original image from the set original based on the control of the control section 35.

Here, the setting information storage unit 37 stores a personal setting information management table for managing personal setting information in which setting values at the time of executing processing are stored for each setting item, and a shared setting information management table for managing shared setting information that can be used by a plurality of users, and the personal setting information management table stores the personal setting information.

Fig. 4 shows an example of the personal setting information management table stored in the setting information storage unit 37.

Referring to fig. 4, in the personal setting information management table, job history information including the name, job type, setting content, and final use date and time of each job executed in the past, and personal setting information fixed by a user operation in the job history information are managed. When the user wants to execute a job having the same setting content as that of a job executed in the past, the user selects the job history information to execute the job with the same setting content as that of the setting value or the like in the job history information. The job history information is also included in personal setting information usable only by a specific user. That is, the job history information is personal setting information in an unfixed state. However, in the following description, the fixed state setting information that can be used by only a specific user is referred to as personal setting information, and the unfixed state setting information that can be used by only a specific user is referred to as job history information.

When a job is executed by the user using the image forming apparatus 10, new job history information is generated each time the job is executed. However, the data storage area is limited, and if all job history information is stored, the data storage area may be insufficient. Therefore, for example, an upper limit is set for the job history information retaining only the latest 200 jobs, and the job history information exceeding the upper limit is deleted because it is the job history information having an early execution date and time.

Therefore, the job history that is not to be deleted can be fixedly set so as not to be deleted. The job history that is fixedly set is managed as personal setting information, and even if the number of jobs to be executed later exceeds the upper limit number, the job history is not deleted and is retained.

For example, referring to the personal setting information management table of fig. 4, setting information known as "headquarters" and "faxing to travel agency" is fixed and managed separately from usual job history information. That is, the fixed personal setting information is retained regardless of the number of jobs to be executed later, and is continuously displayed on the operation screen. Therefore, if the job history information that is frequently used is registered as personal setting information by performing a fixed operation, the job can be executed with the same setting content by using the personal setting information a plurality of times.

Here, the personal setting information and the job history information shown in fig. 4 are, for example, setting information usable only by a specific user such as the user a. However, it is sometimes desirable to use such setting information by a plurality of users. Accordingly, the personal setting information can be changed to the shared setting information. In addition, the shared setting information can be used by all registered users.

Fig. 5 shows an example of a shared setting information management table for managing such shared setting information.

Referring to fig. 5, the shared setting information management table manages information such as the name, type, and setting content of each job.

For example, when referring to the shared setting information management table of fig. 5, the job type of shared setting information named "recommended copy setting" is "copy", and the setting content thereof is stored. For example, in the shared setting information such as "recommended copy setting", a setting value such as "1 copy" is set for a setting item such as "copy number" and a setting value such as "100%" is set for a setting item such as "magnification".

However, when a general user who uses the apparatus recognizes that personal setting information is freely registered as shared setting information, there is a possibility that the shared setting information of the same setting content is registered by each user and unnecessary shared setting information is added. In addition, there are also the following cases: the shared setting information is registered in a large amount, and it is difficult to know which shared setting information to select, but it is difficult to use the shared setting information.

In such a state, the administrator user who manages the requested device must then confirm the shared setting information and delete or change the shared setting information as necessary, which results in a troublesome effort and time for managing the shared setting information.

Therefore, when the setting screen including the personal setting information and the shared setting information is displayed on the display unit 33, the control unit 35 accepts only an operation of registering the personal setting information as the shared setting information from the administrator user having a wider authority than the general user who uses the present apparatus.

Here, the general user refers to a user who is permitted to use the device but is not permitted to change the setting of the device. The administrator user is also called a device administrator, and is a user who has given a wider authority than a general user by requiring authentication such as inputting a specific password, and is a user who is entrusted with management of the apparatus.

That is, only the administrator user, which is the administrator of the image forming apparatus 10, can register, delete, and edit the shared setting information. However, even other general users can select the shared setting information and execute the job based on the processing content of the shared setting information.

In order to perform the above-described limitation, the control unit 35 displays only an operator for registering personal setting information as shared setting information to the administrator user. That is, the control unit 35 does not display an operator for registering personal setting information as shared setting information to the general user.

Further, the control section 35 allows operations that cannot be performed by a general user including an operation of registering personal setting information as shared setting information by performing authentication processing set in advance for an administrator user.

In addition, if excessive shared setting information is registered, it is difficult to know which shared setting information to select. Therefore, the control unit 35 may also control as follows: the upper limit number capable of registering the shared setting information is accepted from the administrator user, and the registration of the shared setting information exceeding the accepted upper limit number is not accepted. The upper limit number can be changed by an operation of the administrator user. For example, even in the case where the upper limit number of the shared setting information in the initial state is 10, the administrator user can increase or decrease the upper limit number to 12 or to 8.

When the setting screen including the personal setting information and the shared setting information is displayed on the display unit 33, the control unit 35 displays the shared setting information on the upper side than the personal setting information in the initial setting state.

Here, the control unit 35 may accept, when displaying the setting screen, a setting to display either the shared setting information or the personal setting information on the upper side based on an operation by the administrator user or the general user.

The control unit 35 may receive a setting to display or not display the shared setting information, the personal setting information, and the job history information when the processing is performed, based on an operation by the administrator user or the general user, when the setting screen is displayed.

If the number of shared setting information, personal setting information, and job history information increases, it is difficult to see the setting screen and it is difficult to know which setting information or job history information is selected. Therefore, the control unit 35 may receive an operation of the administrator user or the general user, and may display the plurality of shared setting information, the plurality of personal setting information, and the plurality of job history information as one setting information or each job history information.

At this time, the control unit 35 receives an operation by the administrator user or the general user, and displays the plurality of shared setting information, the plurality of personal setting information, or the plurality of job history information, which are displayed together as one setting information or job history information, in the original scattered state.

Further, as described above, the administrator user can perform an operation of deleting the shared setting information. However, when the administrator user erroneously operates to delete the shared setting information to be retained, the administrator user needs to restore the shared setting information. However, if the shared setting information deleted by one operation is completely deleted, the shared setting information cannot be restored to the original state. Therefore, when the shared setting information is deleted, the control unit 35 may store the deleted shared setting information in the temporary storage area. In this case, the administrator user can restore the original shared setting information by selecting the shared setting information stored in the temporary storage area.

In addition, if the deleted shared setting information is always saved, the storage capacity is wasted. Therefore, the control unit 35 may delete the shared setting information stored in the temporary storage area after a predetermined time has elapsed, for example, after 24 hours have elapsed. Alternatively, when the number of pieces of shared setting information stored in the temporary storage area exceeds a predetermined upper limit number, for example, 20, the control unit 35 may delete the number exceeding the upper limit number in order from the shared setting information whose date and time are earlier.

In addition, when a certain general user frequently uses specific shared setting information among registered shared setting information, there are cases where the shared setting information is to be managed by the user. Therefore, when an operation of copying the shared setting information into personal setting information is received, the control unit 35 may register the setting information of the same setting content as the setting content of the shared setting information having been received as the personal setting information of the user who has performed the operation.

In this case, the control unit 35 may accept not only an operation of copying the shared setting information to the personal setting information from the administrator user, but also an operation of copying the shared setting information to the personal setting information from the general user.

Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, by selecting the job history information, the personal setting information, and the shared setting information described above, a function of executing a new job by using the setting content in the job executed in the past is provided as the quick function.

Fig. 6 shows an example of a display screen displayed when a user touches an icon for utilizing a quick function.

In the display screen example shown in fig. 6, it is known that the shared setting information 61, the personal setting information 62, and the job history information 63 are displayed in a list.

The quick function display screen example shown in fig. 6 is a display screen example displayed when the user a logs in a state where the personal setting information management table shown in fig. 4 and the shared setting information management table shown in fig. 5 are stored in the setting information storage unit 37. However, in the relation of the display space, a part of the job history displayed on the list display screen of the job history is omitted.

In the display screen example shown in fig. 6, a fixed flag 50 indicating a fixed state is displayed in addition to the shared setting information 61 and the personal setting information 62.

The job history information 63 is sequentially deleted from the early start by executing a new job. However, the shared setting information 61 and the personal setting information 62, which are marked with the fixed marks 50, are not affected even when a new job is executed, and the display position is not changed and the display is continued at the same place.

When the user wants to execute a job having the same content as a job executed in the past, the user can execute the job with the desired setting content without performing detailed setting by selecting the setting content identical to or similar to the setting content of the job to be executed from the list of the shared setting information 61, the personal setting information 62, and the job history information 63 displayed in this way.

For example, the user can perform the scan transmission to the same destination as usual without inputting the destination information or various setting values by selecting only the shared setting information named "support center".

Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in fig. 7 to 9.

First, an operation when job history information of a certain job is registered as shared setting information or personal setting information when the user executes the job will be described with reference to a flowchart of fig. 7.

When a certain job is executed in response to an instruction from the user in step S101, the control unit 35 displays job history information of the executed job on the display screen of the quick function in step S102.

Here, in step S103, when the user instructs the job history information to fix, the control unit 35 determines in step S104 whether or not the user is an administrator user.

In step S103, when the user does not perform an operation for instructing the job history information to be fixed, the control unit 35 ends the process.

When it is determined in step S104 that the user is an administrator user, the control unit 35 confirms in step S105 whether or not the number of currently registered shared setting information is equal to or less than the set upper limit number. When it is determined in step S105 that the number of currently registered shared setting information is equal to or less than the set upper limit number, the control unit 35 registers the job history information subjected to the fixed operation as shared setting information in step S106.

When it is determined in step S105 that the number of currently registered shared setting information is not equal to or less than the set upper limit number, the control unit 35 does not register the job history information subjected to the fixed operation as shared setting information, as shown in step S107.

When it is determined in step S104 that the user is not an administrator user, that is, a general user, the control unit 35 confirms in step S108 whether or not the number of pieces of personal setting information currently registered is equal to or less than the set upper limit number. When it is determined in step S108 that the number of currently registered personal setting information is equal to or less than the set upper limit number, the control unit 35 registers the job history information subjected to the fixing operation as personal setting information in step S109.

When it is determined in step S108 that the number of currently registered personal setting information is not equal to or less than the set upper limit number, the control unit 35 does not register the job history information subjected to the fixed operation as personal setting information, as shown in step S107.

As described above, in the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, only the administrator user having a wider authority than the general user is given the authority to register the shared setting information. Therefore, the administrator user can perform centralized management of the shared setting information, and occurrence of a situation in which new shared setting information is registered while the administrator user is not aware can be prevented.

In the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, only the administrator user has the authority to delete the shared setting information.

Next, an operation when the user selects certain setting information and deletes the setting information will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 8.

When the control unit 35 receives an instruction to delete certain setting information in response to an instruction from the user in step S201, it determines whether the setting information for which the deletion instruction was made is shared setting information or personal setting information in step S202.

When it is determined in step S202 that the setting information for which the deletion instruction is made is shared setting information, the control unit 35 determines in step S204 whether or not the user is an administrator user.

When it is determined in step S204 that the user is an administrator user, the control unit 35 deletes the shared setting information for which the deletion instruction is given in step S205. Specifically, the control unit 35 deletes the shared setting information for which the deletion instruction is given from the shared setting information management table shown in fig. 5.

Then, when it is determined in step S204 that the user is not an administrator user, that is, a general user, the control unit 35 does not delete the shared setting information for which deletion instruction has been given, as shown in step S206.

When it is determined in step S202 that the setting information for which the deletion instruction is made is not shared setting information, that is, personal setting information, the control unit 35 deletes the personal setting information for which the deletion instruction is made in step S203.

Next, an operation performed when the user performs an operation of displaying a list screen of setting information will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 9. In addition, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, explanation of the operation related to the display of the job history information is omitted here.

When the control unit 35 accepts an operation of displaying the list screen of setting information from the user in step S301, it determines in step S302 whether or not the user is an administrator user.

When it is determined in step S302 that the user is an administrator user, the control unit 35 displays a list of shared setting information on the display screen in step S303.

When it is determined in step S302 that the user is not an administrator user, that is, a general user, the control unit 35 displays a list of the shared setting information and the personal setting information on the display screen in step S304.

Thus, only a list of shared setting information is displayed for the administrator user, and both shared setting information and personal setting information are displayed for the general user.

Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to an operation example for an actual display screen.

First, fig. 10 and 11 show an example of operations when a general user registers personal setting information by fixing job history information.

In the operation screen shown in fig. 10, an operation menu button 60 is displayed on the right end of any of shared setting history, personal setting information, and job history information, and various operations can be performed.

For example, fig. 10 shows an operation menu displayed when the user a, which is a general user, operates the operation menu button 60 displayed in the job history information 64.

On the operation screen of fig. 10, it is known that an operation menu composed of operation items such as "fixed" and "delete" is displayed. When the user selects the "fixed" operation item from the operation menu, the job history information 64 is fixed and changed to personal setting information.

Fig. 11 shows an example of an operation screen after the job history information 64 is fixed and changed to the personal setting information 65.

Referring to fig. 11, the job history information 64 in fig. 10 is fixed, and new personal setting information 65 to which the fixing mark 50 is attached is created.

Fig. 12 shows an example of an operation menu in the case where the user a operates the operation menu button 60 of the personal setting information 66 in a fixed state.

As shown in fig. 12, when the user a has operated the operation menu button 60 of the personal setting information in the fixed state, operation items such as "release of fixation" and "delete" are displayed in the operation menu. When the user a selects the operation item "release of fixation" from the operation menu, the fixation state of the personal setting information 66 is released, and the normal job history information is restored. When the user a selects an operation item "delete" from the operation menu, the personal setting information 66 is deleted.

Next, an example of an operation when an administrator user logs in to the image forming apparatus 10 to register new sharing setting information is shown in fig. 13 and 14.

As shown in fig. 13, when the operation menu button 60 of the job history information named "user3@sample.com" is operated in a state in which the administrator user logs in to the image forming apparatus 10, operation items such as "share" and "delete" are displayed in the operation menu. When the administrator user selects an operation item of "share" from the operation menu, the job history information 67 is registered as sharing setting information.

Fig. 14 shows an example of an operation screen after the job history information 67 is changed to the shared setting information 68.

Referring to fig. 14, by performing an operation of sharing the job history information 67 in fig. 13, new shared setting information 68 to which the fixed flag 50 is added is created.

Next, fig. 15 shows an example of an operation when an administrator user logs in to the image forming apparatus 10 and deletes already registered sharing setting information.

As shown in fig. 15, when the administrator user operates the operation menu button 60 of the registered shared setting information 69, operation items such as "fixing release" and "delete" are displayed in the operation menu. When the administrator user selects an operation item of "delete" from the operation menu, the sharing setting information 69 is deleted.

As described above, only in a state where the administrator user logs in, an operation item such as "sharing" which is an operator for registering the job history information as the sharing setting information is displayed in the operation menu. That is, the control unit 35 does not display an operation item "share" in the operation menu for the general user.

Similarly, when an operation menu for the shared setting information is displayed only in a state where the administrator user is logged in, an operation item such as "delete" which is an operator for deleting the shared setting information is displayed in the operation menu. That is, the control unit 35 does not display an operation item such as "delete" in the operation menu when the operation menu for the shared setting information is displayed for the general user.

As a result, the administrator user can register new sharing setting information and delete the registered sharing setting information. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a situation in which new shared setting information is registered and the registered shared setting information is deleted while the administrator user is unaware, and the administrator user can manage the shared setting information in a centralized manner.

In the above description, the operation when changing the setting content in the registered shared setting information is not described, but in the case where the setting content of the shared setting information can be changed, it is needless to say that the setting content of the shared setting information can be changed only by the administrator user.

Further, the sharing setting information created and registered by the above-described operation is displayed on the display screen of the quick function of all users. Therefore, all users can execute the job with the same setting content.

Further, since such shared setting information is information for use by all users, when a display screen of a quick function is displayed, the shared setting information is displayed in an initial setting state so as to be higher than personal setting information.

Specifically, it is understood that the shared setting information 61 is displayed on the display screen shown in fig. 6 so as to be higher than the personal setting information 62 and the job history information 63.

Further, since it is considered that there is also a user who uses personal setting information fixed by himself more often than shared setting information, if the shared setting information is always located on the upper side than the personal setting information, the user may have difficulty in performing an operation. In addition, when the shared setting information is displayed at an upper position than the personal setting information, if the number of the shared setting information to be registered is excessive, the personal setting information may be displayed at a lower position, and it may be difficult to use the personal setting information.

Further, according to the user, there is a case where the user does not need to display the job history information, and only the shared setting information and the personal setting information are desired to be displayed.

Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the display order of the shared setting information and the personal setting information can be switched for each user. In the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the shared setting information, the personal setting information, and the job history information can be switched to the normal display, the non-display, or the collapsed display. Here, the folding display means that a plurality of pieces of setting information are displayed together as one piece of setting information. In addition, the normal display means that a plurality of setting information is displayed without being folded.

Fig. 16 shows an example of an initial setting value of the setting value at the time of switching such display setting for each user. In the initial setting example of fig. 16, the display order of the shared setting information and the personal setting information is set to "1", and the display order of the personal setting information is set to "2". That is, the display order of the shared setting information is set to be displayed at an upper position than the display order of the personal setting information. In the initial setting value example of fig. 16, the shared setting information, the personal setting information, and the job history information each set the setting value of the fold display setting to "2". The setting value of "2" in the folded display setting means "normal display". The setting value "0" in the folded display setting means "not displayed", and the setting value "1" in the folded display setting means "folded display".

When the folding display setting of certain setting information is set to "not displayed", the setting information is not displayed on the display screen. When the folding display setting of a certain setting information is set to "folding display", the setting information is folded on the display screen and displayed as one piece of setting information.

Fig. 17 shows an example of a case where the display setting of such setting information is changed from the initial setting value. Fig. 17 shows a display setting example of setting information of the user a.

In the display setting shown in fig. 17, the display order of the shared setting information is set to "2", and the display order of the personal setting information is set to "1". That is, the display order of the shared setting information is set to be displayed at a position lower than the display order of the personal setting information.

In the display setting shown in fig. 17, the setting value in the folding display setting for sharing the setting information is "1", and is set to "folding display". The setting value in the folded display setting of the personal setting information is "2", and is set to "normal display". The setting value in the folded display setting of the job history information is "0", and is set to "not display".

In this way, each user can individually set the display order of the setting information in the list display.

Next, a control operation of the control unit 35 when the display order of the setting information is set individually in this way will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 18.

First, when the control unit 35 wants to display a list of setting information, it determines in step S401 whether or not there is a display order setting of personal settings.

When it is determined in step S401 that there is a display order setting set by the person, the control unit 35 reads the display order setting of the user in step S402. When it is determined in step S401 that there is no display order setting set by the individual person, the control unit 35 reads the initial setting value of the display order setting in step S403.

Next, in step S404, the control unit 35 determines whether or not there is a fold setting set by the person.

When it is determined in step S404 that there is a fold setting set by the person, the control unit 35 reads the fold setting of the user in step S405. When it is determined in step S404 that there is no folding setting set by the person, the control unit 35 reads the initial setting value of the folding setting in step S406.

Then, in step S407, the control unit 35 displays a list screen of setting information based on the read display order setting and folding setting.

An example of a list display screen of setting information displayed by the control described above will be described with reference to fig. 19 to 22.

Fig. 19 is a diagram showing an operation when a plurality of pieces of shared setting information are folded and displayed together as one piece of shared setting information.

Referring to fig. 19, when the user operates the operation menu button 60 in the shared setting information, an operation menu including a setting item such as "folder group" is displayed. Fig. 19 shows a case where 6 pieces of shared setting information are displayed together as one piece of shared setting information when the user selects the setting item "collapsed group". Also, show: the fixed flag 70 indicating a fixed state is in a landscape state in one piece of shared setting information of the folded state, and a plurality of pieces of shared setting information are in the folded state. In addition, in the case of the optical fiber,

the name of one shared setting information in the folded state displays the name of shared setting 5 information at the beginning before being folded as it is.

Next, fig. 20 and 21 show an operation when the state where the plurality of pieces of shared setting information are folded into one piece of shared setting information is restored to the original state.

Referring to fig. 20, when the user operates the operation menu button 60 in the folded shared setting information, an operation menu including a setting item such as "expansion group" is displayed. Fig. 20 shows a case where, when the user selects the setting item of the "expansion group", one piece of shared setting information in the collapsed state is expanded to the original 6 pieces of shared setting information and displayed.

Further, referring to fig. 21, a case is shown in which one piece of shared setting information in a folded state is displayed by being unfolded into the original 6 pieces of shared setting information by the user operating the fixed flag 70 in the landscape state.

Fig. 22 shows that the display order is changed from the initial setting value on the list display screen of the setting information

Display screen examples in the case of sequence.

In the display screen example shown in fig. 22, the arrangement order is shown in the case where the personal setting information in the fixed state is displayed at a position above the shared setting information and the job history information is not displayed

A case of change. It is understood that 2 pieces of 0-person setting information are displayed on the upper side of 6 pieces of shared setting information on the list display screen of the setting information after the arrangement order of fig. 22 is changed, and that the job history information is not displayed.

In the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, as described above, only the administrator user can delete the shared setting information. However, even the administrator user may erroneously delete the shared setting information that should not be deleted. Here, when the administrator user deletes the shared setting information that is being used by many users, the same shared setting information as the deleted shared setting information must be created and registered again.

5 in the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the deleted shared setting information is stored in the temporary storage

In the area, so that even in this case, the administrator user can restore the deleted shared setting information by a simple operation.

An operation example when restoring the deleted shared setting information will be described with reference to fig. 23 to 25.

First, an explanation will be given of an administrator user operating the operation menu button 60 of the shared setting information 71 named "support center" on the display screen shown in fig. 23, and erroneously selecting an operation item of "delete".

Then, as shown in fig. 24, the shared setting information 71 named "support center" is deleted from the list display screen of the setting information.

However, it is noted that the administrator user who should not delete the shared setting information 71 causes the shared setting information back-off area to be displayed in which only the administrator user can operate as shown in fig. 25. Then, the administrator user operates the operation menu button 60 of the deleted shared setting information 71 named "support center" to select an operation item such as "restore". Then, the deleted shared setting information 71 named "support center" is restored, and displayed in the original state on the list display screen of the setting information.

The backoff area of the shared setting information is a storage area for temporarily storing the deleted shared setting information. However, if the deleted shared setting information is permanently stored, the storage capacity is consumed. Therefore, the deleted shared setting information needs to be sequentially deleted from the back-off area as the temporary storage area.

For example, the control unit 35 may delete the shared setting information stored in the backoff area after a predetermined time has elapsed, for example, after 24 hours have elapsed. Alternatively, the control unit 35 may delete the number exceeding the upper limit number in order from the shared setting information whose date and time are earlier to be deleted when the number of shared setting information stored in the backoff area exceeds the preset upper limit number, for example, 20.

Then, the administrator user can select a setting based on what condition the shared setting information temporarily stored in the back-off area is completely deleted. For example, as shown in fig. 26, when the administrator user selects setting 1, if the number of temporarily stored shared setting information exceeds the upper limit number, the temporarily stored shared setting information is sequentially deleted from the beginning of the earlier date and time of deletion, and when the administrator user selects setting 2, the temporarily stored shared setting information is sequentially deleted with the lapse of a predetermined time.

Finally, an operation when the general user changes the shared setting information to personal setting information of the user will be described with reference to fig. 27 and 28.

For example, when a general user uses the shared setting information 69 named "recommended copy setting" under his own management, the operation menu button 60 of the shared setting information 69 is operated as shown in fig. 27. Then, in the display screen example of fig. 27, a setting item "copy as personal setting information" is displayed, and the general user selects the setting item.

Then, as shown in fig. 28, in a state where the shared setting information 69 itself is left as it is, the personal setting information 72 of the same setting content as the shared setting information 69 is newly created and added to the list display screen.

The general user may partially correct the setting content of the newly added personal setting information 72, and may delete the setting content if it is not necessary.

In the above embodiments, the processor refers to a processor in a broad sense, and includes general-purpose processors (e.g., CPU: central Processing Unit (central processing unit), etc.), special-purpose processors (e.g., GPU: graphics Processing Unit (graphics processor), ASIC: application Specific Integrated Circuit (application specific integrated circuit), FPGA: field Programmable Gate Array (field-programmable gate array), programmable logic device, etc.).

In addition, the operations of the processors in the above embodiments may be performed not only by one processor but also by a plurality of processors existing in physically separate locations in cooperation. The order of the respective operations of the processor is not limited to the order described in the above embodiments, and may be changed as appropriate.

Modification example

In the above-described embodiment, the description was given of the case where the present disclosure is applied to an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the present disclosure can be similarly applied to any information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a portable terminal apparatus, or the like as long as setting information of a set value is stored for each setting item and processing is performed using the stored setting information.

Claims

1. An intelligent management method for service information data, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

Encode the user password to obtain MD5 encoded data, and convert the hexadecimal MD5 encoding into binary;

Modularize the binary data; obtain the local change characteristics of the data in each module according to the "0, 1" distribution density in each module; obtain the data sorting form of each module according to the local change characteristics of the data in each module ;Sort the data in each module according to the data sorting form of each module and establish demand space and supply space;

According to the compression rate between modules before and after sorting and the sorting index cost to be recorded, the gain degree of inter-module sorting is obtained; according to the gain degree of inter-module sorting, inter-module sorting is performed;

Perform XOR operation on the sorted data and finally use run-length coding to compress.

2. according to the intelligent management method of a kind of service information data described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the specific steps that described obtaining the data local change characteristic in each module comprise are as follows:

According to the average length of each change of data in each module and the ratio of the number of data "1" and data "0" in each module, the local change characteristics of data in each module are obtained; then the first The characteristic expression of local data change in a module is:

In the formula, Indicates the first /> The local distribution characteristics of a module; /> Indicates the first /> The data length of a module; /> Indicates the first /> The number of changes of a module; /> Indicates that the obtained result is the average length of each data change in the module; /> Indicates the first /> The number of data "0" in a module; /> Indicates the first /> The number of data "1" in a module; /> Indicates the ratio of the number of data "1" to data "0".

3. The intelligent management method of a kind of service information data according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the specific steps that described obtaining the data sorting form of each module comprise are as follows:

According to the local change characteristics of data in each module, the data sorting form of each module is obtained, specifically: if , the data will be sorted into feature data that are all "0"; if /> , you need to sort the data into "01" alternate feature data or "10" alternate feature data; if /> , the data will be sorted into feature data that are all "1", where /> is the preset threshold.

4. A method for intelligently managing service information data according to claim 1, characterized in that, said establishment of a demand space and a supply space comprises the following specific steps:

By establishing an empty demand space and supply space, it is stipulated that all the data that needs to be sorted as "01" alternate feature data or "10" alternate feature data are all stored in the demand space; therefore, it is necessary to sort all "0" feature data Or the data of the feature data that are all "1" are all stored in the supply space; the data is traversed, and the data demand and data supply of all modules are counted and stored in the demand space and the supply space respectively.

5. The intelligent management method of a kind of service information data according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the acquisition method of the degree of gain of sorting among the modules is as follows:

According to the difference or result of data before and after sorting between modules, the calculation expression of the gain degree of sorting between modules is obtained by using the compression rate of run-length coding:

In the formula, B represents the gain degree of sorting among modules; Indicates the compression ratio of the data difference or result using run-length coding before sorting between modules; /> Indicates the compression ratio of the XOR result after sorting between modules using run-length coding.

6. according to the described intelligent management method of a kind of service information data of claim 5, it is characterized in that, before and after the sorting between described modules, the acquisition method of the compression ratio of data seeking or result utilizing run-length coding is as follows:

The expression for calculating the compression rate of the data difference or result using run-length coding before and after the inter-module sorting is:

In the formula, Indicates the compression ratio of the data difference or result using run-length coding before sorting between modules; /> Indicates the compression ratio of the XOR result after sorting between modules using run-length coding;/> Indicates the code length of the run-length compressed code length of the data XOR operation result before sorting between modules;/> Indicates the data encoding length before sorting between modules; /> Indicates the code length of the data XOR operation result after sorting between modules after being compressed by run-length coding;/> Indicates the encoding length of the change index of the sorting position of the record data.