JP2005181589A - Photographic processing apparatus and program for photographic processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid the problem, wherein when an operator does not carry out maintenance checking, immediately after the period for maintenance checking comes, relevant components cannot be checked in this period for maintenance checking. <P>SOLUTION: When the period of exchanging chemical filters comes, a dialog box 70 is displayed on the display screen which includes a message 71 to inform to exchange chemical filters and a "hold" button 73, a "pass" button 74 and a "work finished" button 75 corresponding to three operations by an operator. The operator operates the "hold" button 73 or the "pass" button 74, if he does not exchange the filters, immediately after the dialog box is displayed. When the "hold" button 73 is operated, a "maintenance" icon is displayed on the display 23. When the "pass" button 74 is operated, the dialog box 70 is again displayed based on the setting memorized in a setting section for redisplay timing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographic processing apparatus and a photographic processing apparatus program for performing exposure and development processing on a photosensitive medium.

  The photographic processing apparatus is provided with a member requiring cooling such as a light source lamp in its housing. Accordingly, such a photographic processing apparatus includes a cooling fan that blows air to the cooling member that is required, and an air filter that removes dust in the air that is blown to the cooling member that is disposed on the downstream side of the cooling fan. There are many. Here, if the amount of accumulated dust on the air filter exceeds an allowable limit, clogging occurs and causes a problem such as a decrease in the air volume. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the air filter appropriately or replace it with a new one.

Therefore, in such a photographic processing apparatus, when it is detected that the air volume passing through the air filter has decreased to an allowable lower limit value or that the operating time of the photographic processing apparatus has reached a set value, the cleaning time or replacement of the air filter A technique for notifying an operator by displaying a message indicating that the time has come is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Therefore, the operator can grasp | ascertain the cleaning or replacement | exchange time of an air filter reliably by confirming such a display.
JP 2000-46451 A

  Here, consider a case where the display prompting the operator to clean or replace the air filter includes a message indicating that the time for cleaning or replacing the air filter has come and a work completion button. When the message and the work completion button are displayed when exposure and development processing are not performed in the photographic processing apparatus, the operator performs work according to the message. The message and the work completion button disappear when the operator presses the work completion button or after a predetermined time has elapsed from the display start time.

  On the other hand, when the message and the operation completion button are displayed while exposure and development processing are being performed in the photographic processing apparatus, the operator does not immediately clean or replace the air filter. At this time, the message and the work completion button are displayed when the operator presses the work completion button in order to erase the message and work completion button displayed on the display, or from the display start time. It disappears after a predetermined time. Then, the message and the work completion button are not displayed until the next air filter cleaning or replacement time comes. If the air filter is not cleaned or replaced due to operator change or forgetfulness, image quality is deteriorated or a failure occurs.

  Such a situation is not limited to the air filter, and it is considered that this may also occur in parts that require maintenance inspection of the exposure unit or the development unit, such as a chemical filter disposed in a processing liquid tank in the development unit.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of a situation in which the maintenance inspection of the part is not performed at the maintenance inspection time when the operator does not perform the maintenance inspection immediately after the maintenance inspection time arrives. A photographic processing apparatus and a program for the photographic processing apparatus are provided.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  The photographic processing apparatus of the present invention includes an exposure unit that exposes a photosensitive medium to form a latent image on the photosensitive medium, a development unit that performs development processing on the photosensitive medium exposed by the exposure unit, the exposure unit, and the development A timer that measures time for a part that requires maintenance and inspection in at least one of the units, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the maintenance and inspection time of the part has arrived based on the time measured by the timer When the determination means determines that there is a display and a part for which maintenance inspection time has arrived, a message prompting the operator to perform maintenance inspection on the part, and an operator after the message is displayed on the display First display control means for displaying on the display the first to third GUI parts corresponding to the operation, and the first to third GUI units When one of the above is operated by the operator, the second display control means for erasing the message and the first to third GUI parts from the display, and the first GUI part is operated by the operator Sometimes, a third display control means for displaying an icon that can be operated by an operator on the display, and when the icon is operated by the operator, the message and the first to third GUI parts are displayed on the display. A fourth display control means for causing the display to display again, and when the second GUI part is operated by an operator, the message and the first to third GUI parts are displayed at a predetermined time or at least after a predetermined time has elapsed. The fifth display control means for displaying on the screen and the third GUI part are operators. Thus when operated, and a timer updating means for updating the reference time measured by the timer.

  The photographic processing apparatus program according to the present invention includes at least one of an exposure unit that exposes a photosensitive medium to form a latent image on the photosensitive medium, and a development unit that performs development processing on the photosensitive medium exposed by the exposure unit. A timer that measures the time for a part that requires maintenance and inspection, a determination means that determines whether or not the maintenance inspection time for the part has arrived based on the time measured by the timer, and the maintenance inspection time has arrived When the determination unit determines that there is a part, a message prompting the operator to perform maintenance and inspection regarding the part, and first to third GUIs corresponding to the three operations of the operator after the message is displayed on the display. Any one of the first display control means for displaying the parts on the display and the first to third GUI parts is operated by the operator. Second display control means for erasing the message and the first to third GUI parts from the display when the first GUI part is operated by the operator. Third display control means for displaying an icon on the display, and fourth display control means for displaying the message and the first to third GUI parts again on the display when the icon is operated by an operator. Fifth display control means for causing the display to display the message and the first to third GUI parts after a predetermined time or at least a predetermined time when the second GUI part is operated by an operator; and When the third GUI component is operated by an operator, the timer Those causing a computer to function as a timer updating means for updating the reference time measured me.

  According to these configurations, the operator operates the first GUI component or the second GUI component when the maintenance inspection is not performed immediately after the maintenance inspection time comes. When the first GUI component is operated, an icon is displayed on the display. When the operator operates the icon, the message and the first to third GUI parts are displayed again on the display. As described above, when the first GUI component is operated, the icon continues to be displayed on the display. Therefore, even if the operator changes, if the operator after the change finds that the icon is displayed on the display, the operator can know that the maintenance inspection time has come. In addition, as long as the icon continues to be displayed on the display, the operator is prompted to perform the maintenance inspection, so the operator rarely forgets the maintenance inspection, and even if he forgets the maintenance inspection, the icon is displayed on the display. When you find it, you can remember that the maintenance check has arrived. In this way, it is possible to always inform the operator that the maintenance inspection time has come until the third GUI part displayed after the icon operation is operated. It is possible to prevent the operation from being performed with a high probability, and the icon is always displayed, so that the operator can easily perform the maintenance inspection at a convenient time. Further, since the icon can be displayed relatively small on the display, the presence of the icon is less likely to be annoying to the operator.

  On the other hand, when the second GUI component is operated, the message and the first to third GUI components are again displayed on the display after a predetermined time or at least a predetermined time has elapsed. As described above, when the second GUI part is operated, the message and the first to third GUI parts are automatically displayed again. Therefore, the operator has changed, or the operator has forgotten the maintenance inspection. Even if it is, the operator can be informed again that the maintenance inspection time has come. Therefore, it is possible to notify the operator as many times as possible that the maintenance inspection time has come until the displayed third GUI part is operated again. Therefore, it is possible to prevent with high probability that maintenance inspection work is not performed due to operator change or forgetfulness.

  As described above, when the operator does not perform maintenance inspection immediately after the arrival of the maintenance inspection time, regardless of which of the first GUI component and the second GUI component is operated, the maintenance of the component is performed at the maintenance inspection time. The situation that inspection is not performed is less likely to occur. As an example, the first GUI component is operated when a maintenance inspection is scheduled after a short period of time. The second GUI component is operated when a maintenance inspection is scheduled to be performed after a long period of time, or when an approximate time for performing the maintenance inspection is undecided.

  Note that the maintenance inspection of parts includes various maintenance contents performed on the parts, such as replacement of parts and cleaning of parts. A GUI (graphical user interface) component is a user interface designed using graphics components such as buttons and menus, and includes radio buttons and the like.

  In the photographic processing apparatus of the present invention, the fifth display control means is configured such that when the predetermined time has elapsed and the photographic processing apparatus is turned off, the message and the first to third It is preferable to display the GUI component on the display.

  In the program for a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention, the fifth display control means is configured to send the message and the first to first messages after the predetermined time has elapsed and the photographic processing apparatus is turned off. Preferably, three GUI parts are displayed on the display.

  According to these configurations, when a power source that is not subjected to exposure and development processing and is easy to perform maintenance and inspection work is switched from OFF to ON, the operator can be informed again that the maintenance and inspection time has come. . Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the execution of the maintenance inspection work from being delayed.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a photographic processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  A photographic processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 adopts a digital scanning exposure method using a laser beam, and includes a scanner unit 20, a printer unit 30, a processor unit 40, and a finishing processing unit 50. Yes. In addition, the photo processing apparatus 1 is loaded with paper magazines 31 and 32, and the long photographic paper 2 stored in them is described later along a path 18 indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. The cutter 34 is conveyed. The photographic paper 2 cut to a predetermined length along the width direction by the cutter 34 is conveyed along the path 18 from the printer unit 30 to the finishing processing unit 50 via the processor unit 40.

  The scanner unit 20 mainly performs reading processing of images recorded on each frame of the film, and various processing such as digital conversion on the read image data. The printer unit 30 mainly performs an exposure process based on digital image data on the photographic paper 2 that is a photosensitive medium. In the processor unit 40, the exposed photographic paper 2 is subjected to processing such as development, bleach-fixing, and stabilization. In the finishing processing unit 50, the photographic paper 2 on which the image discharged from the processor unit 40 has been exposed is subjected to a drying process, and the photographic paper 2 that has been dried and discharged from the discharge port 19 is sorted for each order. .

  The scanner unit 20 includes a film mounting unit 21 on which a film is mounted, and a scanner light source unit 22 in which a light source that irradiates the film during scanning is stored. An imaging element (not shown) such as a CCD for taking a film image is disposed below the film mounting unit 21. An image signal output from the image sensor is digitally converted by an A / D converter (not shown) and then supplied to the control unit 10 described later.

  The printer unit 30 accommodates each of the wound long photographic papers 2 and selectively uses two paper magazines 31 and 32, and an advance unit that pulls out the photographic paper 2 from the paper magazines 31 and 32. 33, a cutter 34 for cutting the photographic paper 2 having a predetermined width drawn from the paper magazines 31 and 32 into a desired length according to the print size along the width direction, and a photosensitive emulsion layer of the photographic paper 2 are formed. A printing unit 35 for printing a desired character on an unfinished surface (back surface), and a chucker 36 for conveying the photographic paper 2 cut to a desired length in parallel in two to three rows up to the front stage of the exposure position; , An exposure unit 3 for performing exposure processing on the photographic paper 2, a plurality of roller pairs 37 for conveying the photographic paper 2, and a motor 38 for driving the roller pairs 37.The plurality of roller pairs 37 are arranged at intervals shorter than the shortest length at which the photographic paper 2 may be cut so that the cut photographic paper 2 does not fall off.

  The processor unit 40 passes through the processing baths 41a to 41f for performing development, bleach-fixing, and stabilization processing on the photographic paper 2 supplied from the printer unit 30, and the processing baths 41a to 41f. Thus, a plurality of roller pairs 43 for conveying the photographic paper 2 and a motor (not shown) for driving the roller pairs 43 are provided. The configuration of the treatment tanks 41a to 41f will be described in detail later.

  The finishing processing unit 50 has a heater 51 for quickly drying the photographic paper 2 discharged from the processor unit 40 and a belt for conveying the photographic paper 2 discharged from the discharge port 19 in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. A conveyor 52, a plurality of roller pairs 53 for conveying the photographic paper 2, and motors (not shown) for driving the roller pairs 53 are provided. Note that, like the plurality of roller pairs 37, the plurality of roller pairs 43 and 53 are spaced at intervals shorter than the shortest length at which the photographic paper 2 may be cut so that the cut photographic paper 2 does not fall off. Is arranged in.

  The photo processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a control unit 10 that controls the operation of each unit, a display 23 that displays various information about the photo processing apparatus 1 and notifies the operator, and inputs to the photo processing apparatus 1. A keyboard 24 and a mouse 25 (both see FIG. 3) for performing operations are provided.

  Next, the configuration of the treatment tanks 41a to 41f will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the processing tank 41a. Note that the processing tanks 41a to 41f have substantially the same configuration even if the depths of the processing tanks are different, and therefore only the processing tank 41a will be described here.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the processing tank 41a has a sub tank 41 'on the side of the upper region thereof, and the upper region of the processing tank 41a and the sub tank 41a' can be circulated. Further, the vicinity of the lower end of the processing tank 41a and the bottom of the sub tank 41a 'are connected by a circulation pipe 61a provided with a chemical filter 60 so that the developing processing solution can be circulated. A circulation pump 61b is provided in the middle of the circulation pipe 61a, and a liquid level sensor in which the float 62b moves up and down along the guide rod 62a so as to detect the liquid level of the developing solution in the sub tank 41a ′. 62, a heater 63 for heating the developing solution, and a temperature sensor 64 for detecting the temperature of the developing solution.

  The processing tank 41a is connected to a discharge pipe 65a that forms a discharge line. When the developer is replenished, the discharge pump 65b is operated simultaneously or in sequence so that the developer that has deteriorated from the processing tank 41a is removed from the flow sensor 65c. Then, a predetermined amount can be measured and discharged to the discharge tank 65d. An overflow discharge pipe 65e is additionally provided between the processing tank 41a and the discharge tank 65d in preparation for an unexpected situation.

  A water supply line 66a that forms a water supply line is connected to the sub-tank 41a '. In order to compensate for the evaporation of water from the developing solution, the water supply pump 66b is appropriately operated, and the flow sensor 66c is required. Until the amount of water is measured, the water can be sent from the water supply tank 66d to the sub tank 41a 'via the water supply line 66a. The sub tank 41a 'is connected to a replenishment pipe 67a for replenishing the developing processing solution, and the purpose of replenishing the developing processing solution adhering to the film 11 and the activity of the developing solution are kept constant. When the processing amount of the film 11 reaches a set value from the purpose, and when the liquid level sensor 62 detects a liquid level drop, the replenishment pump 67b is operated to supply a replenishment developing processing liquid tank 67d. Can be sent to the sub tank 41a ′ via the replenishment line 67a until the flow sensor 67c measures the required amount of the developing solution.

  Next, the control system of the photo processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram of the main part of the photographic processing apparatus.

  The control unit 10 includes a ROM in which a control program (including a program for executing an operation based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 5) and data related to the various operations related to the photo processing apparatus 1 and data of each unit of the photo processing apparatus 1 are stored. The CPU includes a CPU that executes various calculations to generate a signal for controlling the image, and a RAM that temporarily stores data such as various settings in the photo processing apparatus 1 and calculation results of the CPU. The use time setting unit 11, the use time measurement unit 12, the replacement time determination unit 13, the display control unit 14, the redisplay timing setting unit 15, and the redisplay timing determination unit 16 are provided by these various members and software. And a timer update unit 17 are formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a display 23, a keyboard 24, and a mouse 25 are connected to the control unit 10.

  The usage time setting unit 11 stores the available time for the chemical filter 60 included in the processor unit 40. That is, when the usable time stored in the use time setting unit 11 has elapsed after the chemical filter 60 is replaced with a new one, the replacement time for the chemical filter 60 has arrived. Here, in this embodiment, since each chemical filter 60 installed in each of the processing tanks 41a to 41f of the processor unit 40 has the same configuration, the usage time setting unit 11 includes the chemical filter 60. The common available time is memorized.

  The usage time measuring unit 12 measures the usage time of each chemical filter 60 installed in each of the processing tanks 41 a to 41 f of the processor unit 40. Here, in this Embodiment, since each chemical filter 60 of process tank 41a-41f has started use at the same time, each chemical filter 60 of process tank 41a-41f is used for the usage time measurement part 12. FIG. A common timer 12 ′ is provided for 60.

  The replacement time determination unit 13 determines that the replacement time of each chemical filter 60 has come. Here, in the replacement time determination unit 13, for each chemical filter 60, when the usage time measured by the usage time measurement unit 12 reaches the usable time stored in the usage time setting unit 11, It is determined that 60 replacement times have arrived. As described above, since the usage time of each chemical filter 60 in the treatment tanks 41a to 41f is measured by the common timer 12 ', it is considered that the replacement time for all the chemical filters 60 comes almost simultaneously.

  The display control unit 14 controls the contents of messages and the like for the operator displayed on the display 23 and the timing for displaying them. When the replacement time determination unit 13 determines that the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 has arrived, the display control unit 14 displays a dialog box 70 relating to the maintenance of the chemical filter 60 as shown in FIG. To display.

  Here, the configuration of the dialog box 70 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The dialog box 70 displays a message 71 prompting the operator to replace the chemical filter 60, parts information (product name and drawing number) 72 that needs to be replaced, and three buttons corresponding to the subsequent three operations of the operator, that is, “ It has a “hold” button 73, a “pass” button 74, and a “work done” button 75.

  The “hold” button 73 is used when the operator desires to replace the chemical filter 60 when a desired time has elapsed without immediately replacing the chemical filter 60 based on the message 71 for prompting replacement. This button is clicked by the operator using the mouse 25. The “pass” button 74 does not immediately perform the replacement operation of the chemical filter 60 based on the message 71 for prompting replacement, but the operator desires to perform the replacement operation of the chemical filter 60 after the day after the click is made. In this case, the button is clicked by the operator using the mouse 25. The “work done” button 75 is a button that is clicked by the operator using the mouse 25 when the replacement work of the chemical filter 60 is completed after the dialog box 70 is displayed.

  If the dialog box 70 includes at least both a message 71 for prompting replacement and three buttons 73 to 75 corresponding to the subsequent three actions of the operator, the dialog box 70 includes various other display contents. Also good. Accordingly, the dialog box 70 may display information regarding replacement part ordering as the part information 72 that needs to be replaced, and not only information regarding maintenance, but also any comments such as resource garbage collection date. May be.

  Further, when the operator clicks the “hold” button 73 included in the dialog box 70, the display control unit 14 deletes the dialog box 70 from the screen of the display 23 and also displays a task tray near the lower end of the screen. A small-size “maintenance” icon 78 (see FIG. 8) is displayed. When the “maintenance” icon 78 is clicked by the operator, the display control unit 14 displays the dialog box 70 on the screen of the display 23 again.

  When the operator clicks the “hold” button 73 included in the dialog box 70, the “maintenance” icon 78 is displayed. Therefore, when a plurality of operators are working in turn, Even if the operator forgets to communicate to the next operator that the user clicked the “button 73”, the next operator confirms the “maintenance” icon 78 displayed on the screen of the display 23 so that the previous operator It is possible to know that the “hold” button 73 has been clicked.

  Further, when the “pass” button 74 included in the dialog box 70 is clicked by the operator, the display control unit 14 deletes the dialog box 70 from the screen of the display 23. Then, the display control unit 14 displays the dialog box 70 again on the screen of the display 23 based on the settings stored in the redisplay timing setting unit 15.

  The redisplay timing setting unit 15 stores the setting of the timing at which the dialog box 70 is displayed again on the screen of the display 23 when the “pass” button 74 included in the dialog box 70 is clicked by the operator. Here, in the present embodiment, when the “pass” button 74 is clicked, the redisplay timing setting unit 15 turns on the power of the photo processing apparatus 1 from off to on after the day after the click. It is set that the dialog box 70 is displayed again when When the “pass” button 74 is clicked when the dialog box 70 is displayed again, the same operation is repeated thereafter until the chemical filter 60 is replaced based on the message 71 that prompts replacement. It is.

  The redisplay timing determination unit 16 determines that the redisplay timing stored in the redisplay timing setting unit 15 has come after the “pass” button 74 included in the dialog box 70 is clicked by the operator.

  The timer updating unit 17 initializes the timer 12 ′ included in the usage time measuring unit 12 when the “worked” button 75 included in the dialog box 70 is clicked by the operator. Therefore, the measurement of the usage time for each chemical filter 60 is started again from the state where the usage time is zero.

  Next, an operation when the dialog box 70 is displayed on the screen of the display 23 during work in the photo processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation when a dialog box is displayed on the screen of the display. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed on the display screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a dialog box is displayed on the display screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a “maintenance” icon is displayed on the display screen. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a dialog box 70 is displayed on the screen of the display 23 while exposure processing is being performed in the printer unit 30 of the photo processing apparatus 1.

  In a state where the exposure process is being performed in the printer unit 30 of the photographic processing apparatus 1, an order screen 80 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen of the display 23. The order screen 80 is a screen that is displayed over the entire screen of the display 23 and is used to make settings related to an image that is subjected to exposure processing in the printer unit 30. Accordingly, the order screen 80 includes a setting display section 81 for setting the print channel, the number of prints, the number of indexes, the print method, and the input method.

  When the order screen 80 is displayed on the screen of the display 23 and exposure processing is performed, in the usage time measurement unit 12, the timer 12 'measures the usage time of the chemical filter 60 of the processor unit 40. (Step S101).

  Then, based on the usage time measured by the timer 12 ', it is repeatedly determined whether or not the replacement time of each chemical filter 60 has come (step S102). That is, the replacement time determination unit 13 determines whether or not the usage time of each chemical filter 60 has reached the usable time stored in the usage time setting unit 11. Here, when it is determined that the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 has arrived (S102: YES), a dialog box 70 indicating the maintenance time of the chemical filter 60 is displayed on the screen of the display 23 (step S103). . At this time, since the order screen 80 is displayed on the screen of the display 23 as described above, the dialog box 70 is popped up so as to overlap the order screen 80 as shown in FIG. Thus, since the dialog box 70 indicating the maintenance time is displayed on the operation screen of the display 23, anyone can confirm at a glance. As a result, the maintenance time of the chemical filter 60 of the photographic processing apparatus 1 can be kept almost constant, so that the performance of the photographic processing apparatus 1 can be stabilized.

  When the dialog box 70 is displayed on the screen of the display 23, it is repeatedly determined whether any of the “hold” button 73, “pass” button 74, and “work done” button 75 included therein is clicked by the operator. (Step S104).

  Here, when any of the “hold” button 73, the “pass” button 74, and the “finished” button 75 is clicked by the operator (S104: YES), the clicked button is the “hold” button 73. It is determined whether or not there is (step S105).

  If the clicked button is the “hold” button 73 (S105: YES), the dialog box 70 is deleted from the screen of the display 23 (step S106). Then, instead of erasing the dialog box 70, as shown in FIG. 8, the dialog box 70 is displayed on the task tray near the lower end of the screen of the display 23, indicating that the “hold” button 73 has been clicked. A “maintenance” icon 78 is displayed (step S107).

  Thereafter, it is repeatedly determined whether or not the “maintenance” icon 78 has been clicked by the operator (step S108). If it is determined that the “maintenance” icon 78 is clicked (S108: YES), the dialog box 70 is displayed again on the screen of the display 23 as shown in FIG. 7 (step S103).

  On the other hand, if the clicked button is not the “hold” button 73 (S105: NO), it is determined whether or not the clicked button is the “pass” button 74 (step S109). Here, when the clicked button is the “pass” button 74 (S109: YES), the dialog box 70 is deleted from the screen of the display 23, and the order screen shown in FIG. 6 is returned (step S110). .

  Thereafter, the redisplay timing determination unit 16 repeatedly determines whether or not it is time to redisplay the dialog box 70 on the screen of the display 23 (step S111). That is, in this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the power of the photo processing apparatus 1 has been turned on from the next day after the “pass” button 74 is clicked. If it is determined that it is time to redisplay the dialog box 70 (S111: YES), the dialog box 70 is displayed again on the screen of the display 23 as shown in FIG. 7 (step S103). ).

  Further, when the clicked button is not the “pass” button 74 (S 109: NO), the clicked button is the “worked” button 75. When the “work done” button 75 is clicked, this indicates that the replacement work of the chemical filter 60 based on the message 71 prompting the replacement of the dialog box 70 is completed, and thus the dialog box 70 is deleted from the screen of the display 23. Then, the order screen shown in FIG. 6 is returned (step S112). At this time, the timer 12 'that has measured the usage time of the chemical filter 60 is initialized (step S113).

  As described above, according to the photo processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when the replacement operation is not performed immediately after the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 is reached, the operator holds the “hold” button 73 or the “pass” button. 74 is operated. When the “hold” button 73 is operated, a “maintenance” icon 78 is displayed on the display 23. When the operator operates the “maintenance” icon 78, the dialog box 70 is displayed on the display 23 again. Thus, when the “hold” button 73 is operated, the “maintenance” icon 78 is continuously displayed on the display 23. Therefore, even if the operator changes, if the operator after the change finds that the “maintenance” icon 78 is displayed on the display 23, the operator can know that the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 has come. Further, as long as the “maintenance” icon 78 is continuously displayed on the display 23, the operator is urged to perform the replacement work of the chemical filter 60 by the “maintenance” icon 78, so that the replacement work is hardly forgotten. Even if you forget the replacement work, if you find that the “Maintenance” icon 78 is displayed on the display 23, you can remember that it is time to replace the chemical filter 60. In this way, the operator can always be informed that it is time to replace the chemical filter 60 until the “work done” button 75 displayed after operating the “maintenance” icon 78 is operated. It is highly possible to prevent the replacement work from being performed due to operator change or forgetfulness, and the “maintenance” icon 78 is always displayed. Therefore, the operator can replace the chemical filter 60 at a convenient time. It becomes easy to execute. Further, since the “maintenance” icon 78 can be displayed relatively small on the display 23, the presence of the “maintenance” icon 78 is less likely to be annoying to the operator.

  On the other hand, when the “pass” button 74 is operated, the dialog box 70 is displayed again on the display 23 based on the setting stored in the redisplay timing setting unit. As described above, when the “pass” button 74 is operated, the dialog box 70 is automatically displayed again, so that the operator has changed or the operator has forgotten to replace the chemical filter 60. However, the operator can be informed again that the replacement time has come. Therefore, it is possible to notify the operator as many times as necessary that the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 has arrived until the “work done” button 75 displayed again is operated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent with high probability that the replacement work is not performed due to the change or forgetting of the operator.

  As described above, when the operator does not perform the replacement work immediately after the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 is reached, regardless of which of the “hold” button 73 and the “pass” button 74 is operated, The situation in which the replacement work 60 is not performed is less likely to occur.

  In addition, when the power of the photographic processing apparatus 1 that is not subjected to exposure and development processing and is easy to replace the chemical filter 60 is switched from OFF to ON, the replacement time of the chemical filter 60 has come. A dialog box 70 can be displayed to inform the operator again. Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent the replacement of the chemical filter 60 from being delayed.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various design changes can be made as long as they are described in the claims. . For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the “pass” button 74 included in the dialog box 70 is clicked, the dialog box 70 is displayed when the power of the photo processing apparatus 1 is turned on from the next day. Is displayed in the redisplay timing setting unit 16, but the setting in the redisplay timing setting unit 16 can be arbitrarily changed. Accordingly, the redisplay timing setting unit 16 may set the dialog box 70 to be displayed again after a predetermined time or a predetermined time has elapsed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the usage time is measured by the common timer 12 ′ for each chemical filter 60 in the usage time measurement unit 12, and the replacement time for all the chemical filters 60 comes almost simultaneously. As described, the usage time of each chemical filter 60 is measured by a separate timer, and each time the replacement time for each chemical filter 60 comes, only the chemical filter 60 that has reached the replacement time is replaced. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the dialog box 70 indicating the maintenance time of the chemical filter 60 includes the “hold” button 73, the “pass” button 74, and the “worked” button 75, but is not limited thereto. The dialog box 70 only needs to include a GUI component having the same function as these. Accordingly, the dialog box 70 may include a radio button that can select any one of “pending”, “pass”, and “finished”.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the dialog box 70 including the message 71 prompting the replacement of the chemical filter 60 in the processor 40 is displayed has been described. However, the components of the printer unit 30 or the processor unit 40 are not described. The present invention can also be applied when a dialog box including a message for prompting maintenance inspection is displayed. In addition to the replacement of the chemical filter 60, for example, replacement or cleaning of the air filter in the printer unit 30 or the processor unit 40, replacement or cleaning of the conveyance roller, replacement or cleaning of the paper detection sensor, etc. There are replacement of a light source such as a scanning halogen lamp and replacement of a laser output device for performing an exposure process. Therefore, the usage time measuring unit has a plurality of timers such as a timer for measuring the usage time of the air filter and a timer for measuring the usage time of the transport roller in addition to the timer for measuring the usage time of the chemical filter 60. When a maintenance inspection time has arrived for any of these, a dialog box indicating the maintenance time for each may be displayed.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a photographic processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the processing tank contained in the photographic processing apparatus of FIG. It is a simple block diagram about the principal part of the photographic processing apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the dialog box displayed on a display in the photographic processing apparatus of FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation when a dialog box is displayed on a display screen in the photo processing apparatus of FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen displayed on the screen of a display in the photograph processing apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state by which the dialog box was displayed on the screen of the display in the photo processing apparatus of FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a “maintenance” icon is displayed on the display screen in the photo processing apparatus of FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

1 Photo processing device 2 Photo paper (photosensitive medium)
11 usage time setting unit 12 usage time measurement unit 12 'timer 13 replacement time determination unit (determination means)
14 display control unit (first display control means; second display control means; third display control means; fourth display control means; fifth display control means)
15 Redisplay Timing Setting Unit 16 Redisplay Timing Determination Unit 17 Timer Update Unit (Timer Update Unit)
20 Scanner unit 23 Display 25 Mouse 30 Printer unit (exposure unit)
40 Processor section (development section)
70 Dialog box 71 Message 73 “Hold” button (first GUI component)
74 “Pass” button (second GUI component)
75 “Work done” button (third GUI part)
78 Maintenance icon

Claims (4)

An exposure unit that exposes the photosensitive medium to form a latent image on the photosensitive medium;
A developing unit for developing the photosensitive medium exposed by the exposing unit;
A timer for measuring time with respect to a part requiring maintenance and inspection in at least one of the exposure unit and the development unit;
Based on the time measured by the timer, determination means for determining whether the maintenance inspection time of the parts has arrived,
Display,
When the determination means determines that there is a part for which maintenance inspection time has arrived, a message prompting the operator to perform maintenance inspection for the part and a third operation corresponding to the operator's three operations after the message is displayed on the display. First display control means for displaying the first to third GUI parts on the display;
Second display control means for erasing the message and the first to third GUI parts from the display when any one of the first to third GUI parts is operated by an operator;
Third display control means for displaying an icon that can be operated by the operator on the display when the first GUI component is operated by the operator;
Fourth display control means for displaying the message and the first to third GUI parts on the display again when the icon is operated by an operator;
Fifth display control means for displaying the message and the first to third GUI parts on the display after a predetermined time or at least a predetermined time when the second GUI part is operated by an operator;
A photographic processing apparatus comprising: a timer updating unit that updates a reference time measured by the timer when the third GUI component is operated by an operator.   The fifth display control means causes the display and the first to third GUI parts to be displayed on the display when the predetermined time has elapsed and the photographic processing apparatus is turned off. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: Time related to parts requiring maintenance and inspection in at least one of an exposure unit that exposes the photosensitive medium to form a latent image on the photosensitive medium and a development unit that performs development processing on the photosensitive medium exposed by the exposure unit Timer to measure,
Judgment means for judging whether or not the maintenance inspection time for the part has arrived based on the time measured by the timer;
When the determination means determines that there is a part for which maintenance inspection time has arrived, a message prompting the operator to perform maintenance inspection for the part and a third operation corresponding to the operator's three operations after the message is displayed on the display. First display control means for displaying the first to third GUI parts on the display;
Second display control means for erasing the message and the first to third GUI parts from the display when any one of the first to third GUI parts is operated by an operator;
Third display control means for displaying an icon that can be operated by an operator on the display when the first GUI component is operated by the operator;
Fourth display control means for displaying the message and the first to third GUI parts on the display again when the icon is operated by an operator;
A fifth display control means for displaying the message and the first to third GUI parts on the display after a predetermined time or at least a predetermined time when the second GUI part is operated by an operator; and
A program for a photographic processing apparatus, which causes a computer to function as timer update means for updating a reference time measured by the timer when the third GUI component is operated by an operator.   The fifth display control means causes the display and the first to third GUI parts to be displayed on the display when the predetermined time has elapsed and the photographic processing apparatus is turned off. The program for a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 3.

Images