JP2002237919A - Information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information display system that properly displays providing information, received from a host device and operating state information of an image input output device, without overlapping them on the display section of an image input output device. SOLUTION: In the information display system 1, a computer 20 uses a management software program 22, used to display providing information 23 onto the image input output device 10 to transmit only storage location information of the providing information 23 and communication method information only to the image input output device 10; the image input output device 10 makes a request of the providing information 23 to the computer 20, based on the storage location information and the communication method information; the computer 20 transmits the providing information 23 to the image input output device 10, in response to the request of the providing information 23; and the image input output device 10 displays the received providing information 23, together with the operating state information of the image input output device 10 onto the display section 12a, without overlapping the providing information 23 on the operating state information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display system, and more particularly, to a display unit of an image input / output device which does not overlap presentation information input from a host device and operation state information of the image input / output device. The present invention relates to an information display system to be displayed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a window is superimposed on a display such as a CRT of a computer and displayed, a frame memory for storing window image data is provided, and the window image drawn in the frame memory is exclusively used for display. This is realized by copying to the frame memory.

[0003] Under the multi-window system, a plurality of windows are displayed in a state of being superimposed on respective display positions with respective display sizes.

[0004] In this case, the window with the higher priority is
It is displayed in front of other windows and allows you to see its contents, and you can select that window with a mouse cursor or the like to perform a predetermined process.
In a window with a low priority, some or all of the windows may be hidden by other windows.

In view of the above, conventionally, a window display device has been proposed in which a desired window can be easily specified when the windows are superimposed and displayed, regardless of the display state of the window displayed on the display screen. (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 7-140953 and 10-124)
286).

[0006]

However, in such a conventional technique, there is a need for improvement in displaying and presenting information intended by a user more accurately.

That is, in the techniques described in JP-A-7-140953 and JP-A-10-124286, when the windows are superimposed and displayed, the upper and lower relations thereof are always switched, so that a window having a higher priority is displayed. There was a need for improvement in always displaying properly.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information display system in which windows of lower importance are deleted from the display area of the own display area without overlapping windows and windows of lower importance are displayed. It is intended to be.

More specifically, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an image input / output device having at least an image recorded and output on a recording paper and having a predetermined display means, and communicating with the image input / output device to perform the image input / output operation A host device for displaying predetermined presentation information on the display means of the image input / output device is connected, and the host device displays management information for displaying the presentation information on the image input / output device. And the communication method information only, the image input / output device requests the host device for the presentation information based on the storage position information and the communication method information, and the host device that has received the request for the presentation information By transmitting the presentation information to the image input / output device in response to the request for the presentation information, and causing the image input / output device to display the received presentation information on the display unit, for example, When the manager of the image input / output device inputs arbitrary presentation information to be notified to the user of the image input / output device from the host device, the information is displayed on the display unit of the image input / output device, and information display with good usability is performed. It aims to provide a system.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the presentation information and the operation state information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device are divided and displayed on the display means, the operation state information is determined according to the operation state of the image input / output device. Calculate the degree of importance, calculate the occupancy of the display area in the display unit of the operation state information from the degree of importance, display the operation state information in the operation state information display area of the calculated occupancy, and By displaying the presentation information in the display area of the display means other than the operation state information display area, the necessary and large operation state information is displayed according to the operation state of the image input / output device, and
An object of the present invention is to provide an information display system that also displays presentation information and is more usable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the display means is divided into a plurality of display areas whose display areas are variable and displayed, important information is provided for a plurality of pieces of operation state information and presentation information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device. When the operation state information and the presentation information are displayed on a plurality of display means, the operation state information and the presentation information to be displayed are determined based on the importance level. By sequentially occupying and displaying a display area necessary for displaying the information in order from the information having the highest importance, the operation state information is sequentially and largely displayed according to the importance of the operation state information. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information display system that also displays presented information and that has better usability.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the presentation information is stored in another host device connected to the host device and the image input / output device, and the image input / output device presents the presentation information to the other host device. It is an object of the present invention to provide, for example, a plurality of host devices connected to a network so that presentation information can be shared, and to provide an even more usable information display system.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information display system for recording and outputting at least an image on a recording sheet and having predetermined display means. An information display, which is connected to a host device that performs communication to display predetermined presentation information on the display unit of the image input / output device, and that includes the management software that causes the host device to display the presentation information on the image input / output device; In the system, the management software sends only the storage position information and the communication method information of the presentation information to the image input / output device, and the image input / output device transmits the information based on the storage position information and the communication method information. The host device makes a request for the presentation information to the host device, and the host device that has received the request for the presentation information responds to the request for the presentation information, and And it transmits the presentation information to the output device, by displaying the presentation information which the image input and output apparatus has the received on the display unit, have achieved the above objects.

According to the above arrangement, an image input / output device having at least an image recorded on a recording sheet and provided with a predetermined display means, and a display means of the image input / output apparatus which communicates with the image input / output apparatus. A host device for displaying predetermined presentation information is connected to the host device, and the host device sends only the storage position information of the presentation information and the communication method information to the image input / output device from management software for displaying the presentation information on the image input / output device. The image input / output device makes a request for presentation information to the host device based on the storage location information and the communication method information, and the host device that has received the request for the presentation information,
The presenting information is transmitted to the image input / output device in response to the request for the presenting information, and the presenting information is displayed on the display unit by the image input / output device. When the manager of the image input / output device inputs arbitrary presentation information to be notified to the user from the host device, the information can be displayed on the display means of the image input / output device, and the usability can be improved.

In this case, for example, as described in claim 2, the image input / output device divides the presentation information and the operation state information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device and displays them on the display means. Calculating the importance of the operation state information according to the operation state of the image input / output device, and calculating the occupancy of the display area of the operation state information on the display unit from the importance. Calculating the operating state information in the operating state information display area of the calculated occupancy, and displaying the presentation information in the display area of the display means other than the operating state information display area. Is also good.

According to the above configuration, when the presentation information and the operation state information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device are divided and displayed on the display means, the importance of the operation state information according to the operation state of the image input / output device is important. The degree of importance is calculated, the occupancy of the display area in the display means of the operation state information is calculated from the importance, the operation state information is displayed in the operation state information display area of the calculated occupancy, and the operation state is displayed. Since the presentation information is displayed in the display area of the display means other than the information display area, the necessary operation state information can be displayed large and reliably according to the operation state of the image input / output device, and the presentation information is also displayed. And the usability can be further improved.

Also, for example, the image input / output device has a divided display function of dividing the display means into a plurality of display areas whose display areas are variable, and displaying the divided information. When a plurality of pieces of the operation state information and the presentation information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device are added with importance and stored, and when the plurality of the operation state information and the presentation information are displayed on the display unit, the plurality of pieces of the image are displayed. The operation state information to be displayed and the presentation information are ordered based on the importance according to the operation state of the input / output device, and the display area necessary for displaying the information is sequentially occupied from the information having the higher importance. It may be displayed.

According to the above arrangement, when displaying the display means by dividing it into a plurality of display areas whose display areas are variable, importance is given to a plurality of pieces of operation state information and presentation information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device. In addition to storing and displaying the operation state information and the presentation information on the plurality of display means, the operation state information and the presentation information to be displayed are ordered based on their importance according to the operation state of the image input / output device, Since the display area necessary for displaying the information is sequentially occupied and displayed from the information having the highest importance, the operation state information can be sequentially and largely displayed according to the importance of the operation state information. At the same time, the presentation information can be displayed, and the usability can be further improved.

Further, for example, as described in claim 4, the information display system stores the presentation information in the host device and another host device connected to the image input / output device, and stores the image information in the image input / output device. The output device may make a request for the presentation information to the other host device.

According to the above configuration, the presentation information is stored in the host device and the other host device connected to the image input / output device, and the image input / output device requests the other host device for the presentation information. Is performed, for example, the presentation information can be shared by a plurality of host devices connected to the network, and the usability can be further improved.

[0021]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

FIGS. 1 to 11 are diagrams showing a first embodiment of the information display system of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing information to which the first embodiment of the information display system of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the display system 1.

In FIG. 1, an information display system 1
An image input / output device 10 such as a printer or a copying machine and a computer 20 as a host device are connected to a network NW such as an AN (Local Area Network), and the image input / output device 10 and the computer 2 are connected via the network NW.
Necessary information is exchanged with 0.

The image input / output device 10 includes a control computer 11, an operation display unit 12, and other image input / output devices 10.
The control computer 11
Controls each unit of the image input / output device 10 to execute processing as the image input / output device 10 and controls display of the operation display unit 12.

The operation display unit 12 has various keys for instructing the operation of the image input / output device 10.
A display unit 12a is provided, and the display unit 12a displays various information under the control of the control computer 11.

The computer 20 includes the image input / output device 10
Management software 21 that manages the OS (Operating System)
m) and a presentation information storage area 22 is provided.

When the user 20 sets any information (presentation information) 23 that the user 30 wants to present on the display unit 12a of the image input / output device 10 using a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, the management software 21 has a presentation software provided therein. The presentation information 23 is stored in the information storage area 22, and the presentation information 23 is displayed on the display unit 12a of the operation display unit 12 of the image input / output device 10 as described later.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The information display system 1 according to the present embodiment
When a user 30 such as an administrator of the image input / output device 10 sets information (display information) to be displayed on the display unit 12a of the image input / output device 10 with a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, the management software 21 is provided therein. Presentation information storage area 2
2, the presentation information 23 is stored, and as shown in FIG. 1, two pieces of information, that is, location information (storage position information) and communication method information (communication method information) of the next presentation information 23 are stored in the image input / output device 10. To send to. The presentation information 23 is information that assists the operation status of the image input / output device 10 and the operation when the user operates the image input / output device 10. For example, as illustrated in FIG. Is being consumed. Let's print on both sides. "

Here, the location information is information for specifying the storage area of the presentation information storage area 22 in which the computer 20 and the presentation information 23 used by the user are arranged, and the communication method information is This information specifies a communication method for the image input / output device 10 to acquire the presentation information 23 from the computer 20.

The image input / output device 10 includes a computer 20
When the location information and the communication method information are transmitted from, the presentation information 23 is requested to the management software 21 of the computer 20 based on the location information and the communication method information as shown in FIG.

The management software 21 of the computer 20
When there is a request for the presentation information 23 from the image input / output device 10, as shown in FIG. 1, the presentation information 23 is returned in response to the request.

The image input / output device 10 includes a computer 20
Returns the presentation information 23, the presentation information 2
3 is displayed on the display unit 12a.
The display area (device state information display area) 12b of the apparatus state information indicating the operation state of the image input / output apparatus 10 is reduced to the area (presentation information display area) 12c required to display the presentation information 23 in 2a. , The presentation information display area 12c
To display the presentation information 23.

In this case, the image input / output device 10 controls the control computer 11 to reduce the size of the device status information display area 12b in accordance with the operation state of the image input / output device 10, that is, present the image on the display unit 12a. Information display area 12
c, the area occupancy of the device state information display area 12b is determined, the size of the presentation information display area 12c is determined, and the presentation information 23 is displayed in the presentation information display area 12c.

That is, the image input / output device 10 first
As shown in the following equation (1), the importance of the display of the image input / output device 10 is set as a function of the status of the image input / output device 10. The importance is determined, for example, as shown in FIG. For example, when the state of the image input / output device 10 is “waiting for printing”, the importance is set to “0”, the status “printing” is set to “1” as the importance, and the status “printing, out of paper” is set to the importance. Is set to “2”, and “system failure” is set to “3” as importance.

F (state of the image input / output device) = (importance of display of the device status information) (1) Then, the image input / output device 10 calculates the device status information as shown in the following equation (2). The occupancy of the device status information display area 12b is set as a function of the importance of the display, and the thus set importance of the device status information display and the occupancy of the device status information display area 12b are, for example, shown in FIG. Is determined as shown in FIG. For example, when the importance is “0”, the occupancy is “0%”.
When the importance is “1”, the occupancy is “33%”, when the importance is “2”, the occupancy is “66%”, and when the importance is “3”, the occupancy is “ 100% ".

F (importance of device status information display) = (device status information display occupancy) (2) And, for example, when the image input / output device 10 is in a print waiting state, the print waiting state is as shown in FIG. 2, when the importance of the device status information display is "0" and the importance of the device status information display is "0", the occupancy of the device status information display area 12b is "0%" in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the display information 12a of the display unit 12a becomes 100%, and the presentation information 23 desired by the user 30 is presented on the entire screen.

When the image input / output device 10 is printing, the importance of the display of the device status information is "1" in FIG. 2, and when the importance of the display of the device status information is "1" in FIG.
The occupancy of the device status information display area 12b is “33%”.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, in the display unit 12a, the device state information display area 12b is 33%, and the remaining 67% is the presentation information display area 12c. Information 23 is presented in the presentation information display area 12c.

Furthermore, when the image input / output device 10 is running out of paper during printing, the importance of the device status information display is "2" and the importance of the device status information display is "2" in FIG. 2 ”, the device status information display area 12 shown in FIG.
Since the occupation rate of “b” is “66%”, as shown in FIG.
6%, and the remaining 34% area is the presentation information display area 12c.
Thus, the presentation information 23 desired by the user 30 is presented in the presentation information display area 12c.

When the image input / output device 10 is in a system failure, the importance of the display of the device status information is "3" in FIG. 2, and when the importance of the display of the device status information is "3" in FIG. In FIG. 3, since the occupation ratio of the device status information display area 12b is “100%”, as shown in FIG.
2a, the device status information display area 12b is 100%, and presents the device status information on the entire screen.

The apparatus status information and the presentation information 23
In the determination of the occupancy of the display area, the degree of importance may be set more finely according to the type of the device status information to determine the occupancy of the display area.

For example, when the image input / output device 10 has a facsimile communication function, as shown in FIG. 8, each information name is set including the device status information and the presentation information 23, and each information name is set. The importance of the information is set for each information, the occupancy of the display area is determined as the display area information for the importance, and each information is displayed from the display area information in accordance with the combination of the information displayed on the display unit 12a. Of the display area is calculated, and the information is displayed according to the occupancy of the display area.

In this case, for each display information item, as shown in FIG. 8, the importance of information display, the display position, the display size and the display area information of the display shape are set, and the image input / output device 10 Is stored in the internal memory.

In this case, for example, in the normal standby state, the image input / output device 10 displays only the presentation information 23 and the remaining paper information based on the setting information in FIG. However, among these pieces of information, the remaining paper information has a higher importance, and thus the remaining paper information is displayed prior to the presentation information 23. Specifically, it is desired that the remaining paper information be displayed as it is in the display area defined by the display area information in FIG. 8, and the presentation information 23 be displayed using the full screen. Since the remaining paper information having a higher priority occupies a part of the display area, the remaining area is displayed as the display area.

Next, when the image input / output device 10 is performing facsimile reception (fax reception), the facsimile reception information is more important than the remaining paper information and the presentation information 23. As shown in FIG. 10, the receiving information is displayed by using all the areas necessary for displaying the facsimile reception information in the display area of the display unit 12 a, and the remaining paper information having the next highest importance is displayed. The information is displayed in the remaining area excluding the area occupied by information (facsimile reception information) having a higher importance than the remaining paper information. The image input / output device 10 converts the presentation information 23 having a lower importance than the remaining paper information into information having a higher importance than the presentation information 23 (the remaining paper information and the facsimile receiving information).
Is displayed in the remaining area excluding the area occupied by.

When a paper jam occurs during facsimile reception, the image input / output device 10 displays the paper jam information as shown in FIG. 11 because the paper jam information is the most important information. In the display area of the display unit 12a, display is performed by using all the areas necessary for displaying the paper jam information, and then the display information during facsimile reception is:
Since all the necessary areas are occupied by the display of the paper jam information, no display is performed. Then, the image input / output device 10
Displays the remaining paper area in an extra area of the area required for displaying the information, and finally displays the presentation information 23 on the display unit 12a.
Is displayed in the extra part of.

As described above, in the information display system 1 of the present embodiment, the computer 20 stores the presentation information 23 in the image input / output device 10 from the management software 22 that causes the image input / output device 10 to display the presentation information 23. The image input / output device 10 sends only the presentation information 23 to the computer 20 based on the location information and the communication method information. The computer 20 that has received the information transmits the presentation information 23 to the image input / output device 10 in response to the request for the presentation information 23, and
0 displays the received presentation information 23 on the display unit 12a.

Therefore, for example, the image input / output device 10
When the administrator of the image input / output device 10 inputs arbitrary presentation information 23 to be notified to the user from the computer 20, it can be displayed on the display unit 12a of the image input / output device 10, thereby improving usability. be able to.

The information display system 1 is provided with the presentation information 2
3 and the device status information relating to the operation status of the image input / output device 10 are divided and displayed on the display unit 12a, the importance of the device status information is calculated in accordance with the operation status of the image input / output device 10, and Display unit 1 for device status information based on importance
2a is calculated, the device status information is displayed in the device status information display region 12b which is the operation status information display region of the calculated occupancy, and the display other than the device status information display region 12b is displayed. The presentation information 23 is displayed using the display area of the unit 12a as the presentation information display area 12c.

Therefore, necessary device state information can be displayed in a large and reliable manner in accordance with the operation state of the image input / output device 10, and the presentation information 23 can be displayed, further improving the usability. Can be done.

Further, the information display system 1 includes a display unit 1
When the display area 2a is divided into a plurality of display areas whose display areas are variable and displayed, importance is added to a plurality of pieces of apparatus state information relating to the operation state of the image input / output apparatus 10 and the presentation information 23 and stored. In order to display the information and the presentation information 23 on the plurality of display units 12a, the displayed device state information and the presentation information 23 are ordered according to the operation status of the image input / output device 10 based on their importance, and are ranked higher in importance. From the information described above, the display area necessary for displaying the information is sequentially occupied and displayed.

Therefore, the device status information can be sequentially and largely displayed in accordance with the degree of importance of the device status information, and the presentation information 23 can also be displayed, so that the usability can be further improved. it can.

If the user can appropriately set the display importance, display position, display size, and display shape information of the information for each display information item shown in FIG.
The user can arbitrarily change the display of the image input / output device 10 and perform display according to the user's usage mode.
The usability can be further improved.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of an information display system 40 to which the second embodiment of the information display system of the present invention is applied.

In the description of the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 12, an information display system 40 according to the present embodiment includes an image input / output device 10 and a computer 50 connected to a network NW such as a LAN, and a server 60 connected thereto. Apparatus 1
0 is the same as in the image input / output device 10 of the first embodiment.

The computer 50 has the management software 5
1, the management software 51 operates on the installed OS, and displays the presentation information 23 specified by the user 30.
Is transmitted to the image input / output device 10.

The server 60 has an information providing server program 61. When the image input / output device 10 requests the presentation information 23 based on the location information notified from the computer 50, the server 60 responds to the request. The presentation information 23 held therein is transmitted to the image input / output device 10.

The information display system 40 according to the present embodiment
The presentation information 23 that the user 30 wants to display on the display unit 12a of the image input / output device 10 is stored in the memory of the server 60 in advance, and the server 60 manages the presentation information 23 by the information providing server program 61. ing.

Then, the user 30 provides the computer 50 with information (place information) of the place where the presentation information 23 is arranged, that is, the server 6 that provides the presentation information 23.
0 and information for specifying the presentation information 23 and information (communication method information) defining a communication method necessary for obtaining the presentation information 23, that is, information for acquiring the presentation information 23 from the server 60 that provides the presentation information 23. When the information for specifying the communication method is set and input, the management software 51 of the computer 50 displays the presentation information 2 as indicated by the arrow in FIG.
3 is notified to the control computer 11 of the image input / output device 10, and the control computer 11 of the image input / output device 10 transmits an information providing server of the server 60 based on the location information. Program 61
Is requested for the presentation information 23.

Information providing server program 6 of server 60
1 returns the presentation information 23 stored in the internal memory to the image input / output device 10 in response to the request.

In the image input / output device 10, the control computer 11 displays the device status information and the presentation information 23 on the display unit 12a of the operation display unit 12 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The area occupancy of the display areas of the device status information display area 12c for displaying the device status information and the presentation information display area 12c for displaying the presentation information 23 is as follows:
Processing is determined in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

As described above, the information display system 40 of the present embodiment stores the presentation information 23 in the server 60 which is another host device connected to the computer 20 and the image input / output device 10, and The device 10 requests the server 60 for the presentation information 23.

Accordingly, for example, the presentation information 23 can be shared by a plurality of computers 23 and servers 60 connected to the network NW, and the usability can be further improved.

As described above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and various modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0065]

According to the information display system of the first aspect of the present invention, an image input / output device that records and outputs at least an image on a recording sheet and has predetermined display means, and communicates with the image input / output device. A host device for displaying predetermined presentation information on the display means of the image input / output device is connected, and the host device transmits the presentation information to the image input / output device from management software for displaying the presentation information on the image input / output device. The image input / output device sends only the storage position information and the communication method information, the image input / output device requests the host device based on the storage position information and the communication method information, and receives the request for the presentation information. Transmitting the presentation information to the image input / output device in response to the request for the presentation information, and causing the image input / output device to display the received presentation information on the display unit. For example, when the manager of the image input / output device inputs arbitrary presentation information to be notified to the user of the image input / output device from the host device, the display information of the image input / output device can be displayed. Can be improved.

According to the information display system of the present invention, when the presentation information and the operation state information relating to the operation state of the image input / output device are divided and displayed on the display means, the operation state of the image input / output device is determined. The importance of the operation state information is calculated according to the calculated importance, and the occupancy of the display area on the display unit of the operation state information is calculated from the importance, and the operation state information is displayed in the operation state information display area of the calculated occupancy. Is displayed, and the presentation information is displayed in the display area of the display means other than the operation state information display area, so that the necessary operation state information can be displayed large and reliably according to the operation state of the image input / output device. In addition to this, it is possible to display the presentation information, and it is possible to further improve the usability.

According to the information display system of the present invention, when the display means is divided into a plurality of display areas whose display areas are variable and displayed, a plurality of operation states relating to the operation state of the image input / output device are provided. The information and the presentation information are added with importance and stored, and the operation state information and the presentation information are displayed on a plurality of display means. Ordering is performed based on the importance, and the display area necessary for displaying the information is sequentially occupied and displayed from the information having the higher importance, so that the operation state information is sequentially increased according to the importance of the operation state information. In addition to being able to reliably display the information, it is also possible to display the presentation information, so that the usability can be further improved.

According to the information display system of the present invention, the presentation information is stored in the host device and another host device connected to the image input / output device, and the image input / output device stores the presentation information in the other host device. Since the presentation information is requested to the device, for example, the presentation information can be shared by a plurality of host devices connected to the network, and the usability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an information display system to which a first embodiment of an information display system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the state of the image input / output device of FIG. 1 and the importance of displaying device state information on a display unit.

3 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the importance of displaying the device status information in FIG. 2 and the occupancy of the device status information display area on a display unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display state of a display unit when the apparatus state is a standby state.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display state of a display unit when the apparatus state is printing.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display state of a display unit when the apparatus is in a state of printing and running out of paper.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display state of the display unit when the device state is a system failure.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between the importance of information for each display information and display area information on a display unit.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display state of a display unit when displaying remaining paper information and presentation information based on the importance of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display state of a display unit when displaying remaining paper information and presentation information based on the importance of FIG. 8 during facsimile reception.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display state of a display unit when paper jam information, remaining paper information, and presentation information are displayed based on the importance of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of an information display system to which an information display system according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information display system NW network 10 Image input / output device 11 Control computer 12 Operation display part 12a Display part 12b Device status information display area 12c Presentation information display area 20 Computer 21 Management software 22 Presentation information storage area 23 Presentation information 30 User 40 Information Display system 50 computer 51 management software 60 server 61 information providing server program

Claims (4)

[Claims] An image input / output device having at least an image recorded and output on recording paper and having a predetermined display means, and communicating with the image input / output apparatus to provide a predetermined information to the display means of the image input / output device. A host device for displaying presentation information is connected, and the host device is an information display system equipped with management software for displaying the presentation information on the image input / output device. The image input / output device sends the presentation information request to the host device based on the storage position information and the communication method information. The host device that has received the request for information transmits the presentation information to the image input / output device in response to the request for the presentation information, and transmits / receives the image input / output device. Information display system, characterized in that to display the presentation information device has the received on the display means. 2. The image input / output device has a divided display function of dividing the presentation information and operation state information relating to an operation state of the image input / output device and displaying the divided information on the display means.
The importance of the operation state information is calculated in accordance with the operation state of the image input / output device, and the occupancy of the display area of the operation state information on the display unit is calculated from the importance, and the calculated occupancy is calculated. 2. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein the operation state information is displayed in a rate operation state information display area, and the presentation information is displayed in a display area of the display unit other than the operation state information display area. . 3. The image input / output device has a divided display function of dividing the display means into a plurality of display areas whose display areas are variable, and displaying a plurality of display areas. The operation state information and the presentation information are added with importance and stored, and when the operation state information and the presentation information are displayed on the display unit, the display is performed according to the operation state of the image input / output device. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the operation state information and the presentation information are ordered based on their importance, and a display area necessary for displaying the information is sequentially occupied from information having a higher importance and displayed. Information display system. 4. The information display system stores the presentation information in the host device and another host device connected to the image input / output device, and the image input / output device sends the presentation information to the other host device. The information display system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the request for the presentation information is made by request.