JP2010277120A - Image forming apparatus and application view conversion program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve display and operation of a Web page in the same way as a Web browser on a PC on the panel of an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A Web page to be displayed is analyzed, and such change as the addition of a file selection button or the setting of a table section as an independent file is performed, so that a dynamic html file is created, and a dynamic css file or a dynamic Java(R) Script file is created as necessary, and the display and an operation of the Web page based on the dynamic file is performed on a display panel. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology that enables display and operation of a Web page similar to a Web browser on a PC on a panel of an image forming apparatus.

  Recent image forming apparatuses such as printers and copiers are equipped with a web browser on a panel. As a result, the user can access the Web application running on the Web server and operate the view displayed on the panel to use the Web display function. However, the panel is specialized for the operation of the image forming apparatus, and unlike the PC, the image forming apparatus does not have a mouse or a keyboard. Therefore, it cannot be said that the panel of the image forming apparatus is suitable for operating a Web application that is assumed to be operated from a PC. For this reason, the user is uncomfortable that the view of the Web application displayed on the image forming apparatus and the PC is different, and there arises a problem of giving up the operation of the Web application on the image forming apparatus.

  As a conventional technique, there is a method of changing an HTML file on a Web server into a form suitable for printing (see Patent Document 1).

  However, the method of Patent Document 1 is a technique for editing an HTML file for printing, and it is not possible to display an uncomfortable Web page on the panel of the image forming apparatus.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-134125

  A problem to be solved is that it is possible to display and operate a Web page similar to a Web browser on a PC on the panel of the image forming apparatus.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention is an image forming apparatus that has a panel and is capable of displaying and operating a Web page. The image forming apparatus analyzes the Web page and changes necessary for displaying and operating the panel. An html analysis unit for analysis and a dynamic html file creation unit for creating a dynamic html file based on the changes analyzed by the html analysis unit are provided.

  The application view conversion program according to the present invention includes a panel and a computer of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying and operating a Web page, and changes necessary for displaying and operating the Web page by analyzing the Web page And a dynamic html file creation function for creating a dynamic html file based on the changes analyzed by the html analysis unit.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention is an image forming apparatus that has a panel and is capable of displaying and operating a Web page. The image forming apparatus analyzes the Web page and changes necessary for displaying and operating the panel. An html analysis unit for analysis and a dynamic html file creation unit for creating a dynamic html file based on the changes analyzed by the html analysis unit are provided.

  Therefore, the dynamic html analysis unit and the dynamic html file creation unit create the dynamic html based on the web application so as to be suitable for the panel 103 of the MFP 101 without changing the web application on the server. Display / operation on the panel 103 of the Web application becomes easy.

  The application view conversion program according to the present invention includes a panel and a computer of an image forming apparatus capable of displaying and operating a Web page, and changes necessary for displaying and operating the Web page by analyzing the Web page And a dynamic html file creation function for creating a dynamic html file based on the changes analyzed by the html analysis unit.

  Therefore, the dynamic html analysis unit and the dynamic html file creation unit create the dynamic html based on the web application so as to be suitable for the panel 103 of the MFP 101 without changing the web application on the server. Display / operation on the panel 103 of the Web application becomes easy.

1 is a functional block diagram of an MFP (Multi Functional Peripheral; image forming apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the conversion of the view by a conversion application. It is a reference diagram of a file selection page. It is a reference figure of a software keyboard page. It is a reference figure of a table page. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of an MFP (Multi Functional Peripheral; image forming apparatus) according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In order to enable the display and operation of the Web page similar to the Web browser on the PC on the panel of the image forming apparatus, it is solved by a method in which the conversion application creates a dynamic html page by converting the original Web page did.

  An MFP (Multi Functional Peripheral) 101 as an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

  The MFP 101 includes a panel 103 and a network interface 105, and can access a web application 201 installed on a web server on the network and display the html file 251 of the web application 201 on the panel 101.

  The MFP 101 changes the application view so that there is no problem in the operation of the Web application 201 even if the Web application 201 created on the assumption that it is displayed and operated on the PC is displayed and operated on the panel 103 of the MFP 101. A conversion application 110 having a function is provided. This application view change function is a function for converting the html 251 acquired from the Web application 201 into a form suitable for the panel 103 of the MFP 101. The conversion application 110 can be freely called from the image forming apparatus application 121 in the MFP 101.

[Constitution]
An MFP (Multi Functional Peripheral) 101 (image forming apparatus) includes a panel 103, a network interface 105, a conversion application 110, an image forming apparatus application 121, and a database (DB) 131.

  The conversion application 110 includes a conversion control unit 111, an html analysis unit 113, a dynamic html file creation unit 115, a dynamic css file creation unit 117, and a dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file creation unit 119.

  The MFP 101 can access a Web application 201 mounted on a Web server or the like via an interface such as a network.

  Each functional unit will be described below.

  The panel 103 is a man-machine interface having an input function such as a touch panel and operation keys and a display function including a liquid crystal panel. The panel 101 displays information about the apparatus status and operation of the MFP 101, and allows the operation of the MFP 101 by receiving input from a touch panel or operation keys. Further, the web page acquired by the image forming apparatus application 121 accessing the web application 201 is converted by the conversion application 110 and displayed on the panel 103. In addition, by inputting from the touch panel or the operation key, it is possible to input to a button or a text input box shown on the Web page, and to operate the Web page.

  A network interface 105 is an interface unit that allows the MFP 101 to communicate with a network. Access to the Web application 201 is performed via the network interface 105.

  The image forming apparatus application 121 is an application that uses the function of the Web application on the server. The image forming apparatus application 121 passes the html statement 251 acquired from the Web application to the conversion application 110. Further, the view of the dynamic html 153 is displayed on the panel 103 based on the link to the dynamic html 153 returned from the conversion application 110.

  The conversion application 110 is an application having an application view conversion function. The image forming apparatus application 121 in all the MFPs 101 can use this conversion application 110. The conversion application 110 creates html, css, and Java (registered trademark) Script files based on the html statement 251 acquired from the image forming apparatus application 121. These files are called dynamic html 153, dynamic css 155, and dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script 157, respectively. With these three files, the original Web application 201 is converted into a page suitable for display on the panel 103 of the MFP 101 and displayed.

  The conversion control unit 111 controls the operation of the application view conversion function. The following execution units (html analysis unit 113, dynamic html file creation unit 115, dynamic css file creation unit 117, dynamic Java (registered trademark)) Instructs the Script file creation unit 119). In addition, the image forming apparatus application 121 is notified of a link to the dynamic html file 153 created from the original html file 251. Furthermore, it also has a role of notifying the html analysis unit 113 of panel characteristics that differ for each type of image forming apparatus.

  The html analysis unit 113 analyzes the html sentence 251 acquired from the Web application 201. Depending on the contents of the tag of the html statement 251, each dynamic file creation unit (dynamic html file creation unit 115, dynamic css file creation unit 117, dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file creation unit 119) Instruct to create / edit a file. The dynamic html file 153 is created with reference to the tag conversion list. In the tag conversion list, an html tag is associated with a converted tag corresponding to the tag, a style sheet, and a description of Java (registered trademark) Script. This tag conversion list is described in, for example, xml format.

  The dynamic html file creation unit 115 creates and edits the dynamic html file 153. A dynamic html file 153 is created in accordance with instructions from the html analysis unit 113. Further, the dynamic html file 153 is edited according to the instruction of the html analysis unit 113.

  The dynamic css file creation unit 117 creates and edits the dynamic css file 155. A dynamic css file 155 is created in accordance with instructions from the html analysis unit 113. Further, the dynamic css file 155 is edited in accordance with an instruction from the html analysis unit 113 and a definition used in the dynamic html file 153 is added. The dynamic css file 155 mainly includes design-related definitions. For example, a button or text box design.

  The dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script creating unit 119 creates and edits the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157. A dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157 is created in accordance with an instruction from the html analysis unit 113. Further, according to the instruction of the html analysis unit 113, the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157 is edited, and processing used in the dynamic html file 153 is added.

  The dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157 mainly includes processing related to operations. For example, a button movement created using css and a process for transmitting a request to the Web application 201 are defined.

  The database 131 stores the dynamic html file 153, the dynamic css file 155, the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157, and the like, and reads the file from the image forming apparatus application 121 to the panel 103. Display.

[Practical example of panel display conversion; file selection button]
FIG. 2 shows an example in which a Web page shown on the PC is converted by the conversion application 110 of the MFP 101 and displayed on the panel 103 of the MFP 101. This Web application displays a list of files in the storage disk of the terminal by pressing the browse button, and displays the path of the file selected by the user in a text box. Further, by pressing the OK button, the Web application causes the file selected from the terminal to be transmitted to the Web application server.

  The conversion application 110 in the MFP 101 according to the embodiment of the present invention converts HTML acquired from a Web application according to the rules described in Table 1 below, for example.

表１に示すようにＰＣにおいて表示されるファイル参照タグは、ＭＦＰ１０１ではボタンタグに変換される。また、表示されるファイル選択ダイアログの代わりに、あらかじめＭＦＰ１０１に用意されているファイル選択用のＷｅｂページが表示される。これは、ＰＣとは異なる方式で管理しているＭＦＰ１０１でファイルを選択しやすくするためのＷｅｂページである。

As shown in Table 1, the file reference tag displayed on the PC is converted into a button tag in the MFP 101. Further, instead of the displayed file selection dialog, a file selection Web page prepared in advance in the MFP 101 is displayed. This is a Web page for making it easy to select a file on the MFP 101 managed by a method different from that of the PC.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the file selection Web page (html format) exists in the database 131, and the file selected from the file selection Web page is selected based on the file reference request in the caller's html file. The path is sent back to the calling server.

[Practical example of panel display conversion; Software keyboard display button]
In order to facilitate the operation on the panel 103, a software keyboard display button is added. This button is displayed immediately before the <input type = “text”> tag. This button is a button for calling a software keyboard that is uniquely implemented in the MFP 101. If the character string immediately before the <input type = “text”> tag is not surrounded by tags, it may be used as a label for a software keyboard display button.

  FIG. 4 shows a reference example of the software keyboard page. The software keyboard is mounted on the database in html format. The conversion application 110 generates a software keyboard based on a character string input request corresponding to the caller html file by using Java (registered trademark) Script that performs transition control. The character string input using the software keyboard is sent back to the calling server.

[Practical example of panel display conversion; reference to table display page]
There may be a case where a table display that is not a problem on the display of the PC is not displayed due to restrictions on the size of the panel of the MFP. In this case, the table portion is displayed as another Web page. The conversion application 110 converts the <table> tag of the calling Web page into a link to a table display page as shown in Table 2 below.

また同様に、<textarea>タグなども別のWebページを作成してもよい。

Similarly, you can create another Web page for the <textarea> tag.

  A mechanism for referring to the table page will be described with reference to FIG. The conversion application analyzes that there is a table in the caller html page, converts the tags in the dynamic html page as shown in Table 2 above by transition control Java (script), and further, FIG. As shown, a table display html is generated.

[flowchart]
Next, the operation flow of the MFP according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  S10: The conversion control unit 111 determines the model of the image forming apparatus in which the application view conversion function is used. Since the pixel configuration of the panel differs depending on the model, the conversion control unit 111 acquires the data of the corresponding panel and prepares for the conversion.

  S20: The conversion control unit 111 instructs the html analysis unit 113 to convert the html file 251.

  S21: The html analysis unit 113 analyzes the html file 251 and determines the necessity of conversion.

  S22: The dynamic html file creation unit 115 creates the dynamic html file 153.

  S23: The dynamic css file creation unit 117 creates the dynamic css file 155. However, the dynamic css file 155 may not be created depending on the conversion target html.

  S24: The dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file creation unit 119 creates the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157. However, depending on the html file 251 to be converted, the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157 may not be created.

  S25: The html analysis unit 113 instructs the dynamic html file creation unit 115 to edit the dynamic html file 153. In this editing, tags are converted based on the tag conversion list. This process is repeatedly executed according to the number of tags in the original html file 251.

  S26: The html analysis unit 113 instructs the dynamic css file creation unit 117 to edit the dynamic css file 155. In this editing, a new design definition is executed based on the tag conversion list. This process is repeatedly executed according to the number of tags in the original html file 251.

  S27: The html analysis unit 113 instructs the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file creation unit 119 to edit the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157. In this editing, a new process is defined based on the tag conversion list. This process is repeatedly executed according to the number of tags in the original html file 251.

  S30: The html analysis unit 113 returns an address for accessing the dynamic html file 153 to the conversion control unit 111.

  Through the series of operations described above, the dynamic html file 153, the dynamic css file 155, and the dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file 157, which are converted to be adapted to the panel of the MFP 101, corresponding to the original html statement 251, are obtained. Created. These files are stored in the database 131, read from the image forming apparatus application, and a Web page based on the dynamic file is displayed on the panel 103.

[Effect of Example]
Since the conversion application 110 converts the Web application into dynamic html, dynamic css, and dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script so that the conversion application 110 is suitable for the panel 103 of the MFP 101 without changing the Web application 201 on the server. Even if the application 201 is not changed, display and operation on the panel 103 are facilitated.

  The file tag on the PC is converted into a button tag by the conversion application 110. Further, since the file selection dialog is converted into a Web page for selection, the operation becomes easy.

  Since the text input tag on the PC is converted into a software keyboard call button by the conversion application 110, the text input operation is facilitated even in an image forming apparatus that does not have a full keyboard.

  As for the table tag portion on the PC, the table contents are created as a new html page, and the table tag itself is converted as a link pointing to the html page. Browsing on the limited panel 103 becomes easy.

[Others]
The conversion application 110 may have a configuration in which each application in the MFP 101 has a function.

101 MFP (image forming apparatus)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 Panel 105 Network interface 110 Conversion application 111 Conversion control part 113 html analysis part 115 Dynamic html file creation part 117 Dynamic css file creation part 119 Dynamic Java (trademark) Script file creation part 121 Image forming apparatus application 131 DB ( Database)
201 Web application

Claims (6)

An image forming apparatus having a panel and capable of displaying and operating a web page,
An html analysis unit that analyzes the web page and analyzes changes necessary for display and operation on the panel;
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a dynamic html file creation unit that creates a dynamic html file based on a change analyzed by the html analysis unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a dynamic css file creation unit that creates a dynamic css file based on a change analyzed by the html analysis unit. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file creating unit that creates a dynamic Java (registered trademark) Script file based on the changes analyzed by the html analyzing unit. The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The dynamic html file creation unit converts an original web page tag into a tag defined in the conversion rule based on a predetermined conversion rule. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
The dynamic html file creation unit converts a table tag into a link, and creates the table contents as an independent html page. In a computer of an image forming apparatus that has a panel and can display and operate a Web page,
An html analysis function for analyzing the web page and analyzing changes necessary for display and operation on the panel;
An application view conversion program that realizes a dynamic html file creation function for creating a dynamic html file based on the changes analyzed by the html analysis unit.

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