JP2012030540A - Display device, image forming apparatus, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device which can simultaneously display a first language and a second language and which can easily set the second language, an image forming apparatus, and a program.SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus 10 includes an operation display part 4 for displaying the same message using one or a plurality of languages, a storage part 2 for storing first language setting information which sets first language and second language setting information which sets second language other than the first language among one or a plurality of languages, a communication part 3 for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to a network N via the network N, and a control part 1 for allowing the storage part 2 to store the language setting information obtained by the communication part 3 as the second language setting information when language setting information is obtained by the communication part 3, determining the first language and the second language based on the first language setting information and the second language setting information stored in the storage part 2, and allowing the operation display part 4 to display the same message using the determined first language and second language.

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device, an image forming apparatus, and a program.

In recent years, internationalization of business has become commonplace, and in an office, an environment in which people from various countries work while sharing a plurality of image forming apparatuses installed in the office has become common.
In order to cope with such an environment, the image forming apparatus is provided with a function capable of switching the language displayed on the operation panel. Here, when the languages set in the plurality of image forming apparatuses installed in the office are different languages, people in each country can use only the image forming apparatuses set in a language that they can understand. As a result, after all, the merit of installing a plurality of image forming apparatuses in the office and using them flexibly is not fully utilized.

  Here, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for acquiring language information from an external device and switching the language displayed on the operation panel based on the acquired language information.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a technique for displaying both the display in the first language and the display in the second language other than the first language when the management data is displayed on the display unit.

JP 2007-166516 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-17815

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 aims at making the display language the same in all devices, and cannot display a plurality of languages simultaneously. Therefore, it is not possible for a person in each country to flexibly use a plurality of devices installed in the office.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 2, it is necessary for the user to input the language data of the second language in advance by the input means, and this takes time.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a display device, an image forming apparatus, and a program that can display a first language and a second language at the same time and can easily set the second language.

According to the present invention, a display unit that displays the same message using one or more languages;
A storage unit that stores first language setting information that defines a first language and second language setting information that defines a second language other than the first language among the one or more languages;
A communication unit for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to the network via the network;
When the language setting information is acquired by the communication unit, the language setting information acquired by the communication unit is stored in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and the first language setting stored in the storage unit Control for determining the first language and the second language based on the information and the second language setting information, and displaying the same message on the display unit using the determined first language and second language And
A display device is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, a display unit that displays the same message using one or more languages,
A storage unit that stores first language setting information that defines a first language and second language setting information that defines a second language other than the first language among the one or more languages;
A communication unit for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to the network via the network;
When the language setting information is acquired by the communication unit, the language setting information acquired by the communication unit is stored in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and the first language setting stored in the storage unit Control for determining the first language and the second language based on the information and the second language setting information, and displaying the same message on the display unit using the determined first language and second language And
An image forming apparatus is provided.

According to the present invention, a computer is
Display means for displaying the same message on the display unit using one or more languages;
Storage means for storing, by a storage unit, first language setting information that defines a first language and second language setting information that defines a second language other than the first language among the one or more languages,
A communication means for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to the network by a communication unit via the network;
When the language setting information is acquired by the communication unit, the language setting information acquired by the communication unit is stored in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and the first language setting stored in the storage unit Control for determining the first language and the second language based on the information and the second language setting information, and displaying the same message on the display unit using the determined first language and second language means,
A program for functioning as a server is provided.

  According to the present invention, the first language and the second language can be displayed simultaneously, and the second language can be easily set. Therefore, the situation where a person of each country uses a plurality of devices installed in the office in a limited manner is eliminated, and all devices can be used without stress.

It is a figure which shows a system configuration. 2 is a functional block diagram of the image forming apparatus. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows a firmware structure. It is a figure which shows the example of a 1st setting screen. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of a setting screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a 3rd setting screen. It is a flowchart which shows a display screen structure process. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of a display screen. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of a display screen. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of a display screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a 4th display screen.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention relates to a display device, an image forming apparatus, and a program. In the present embodiment, as an application example, an image forming apparatus will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration.
The system 100 includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses 10, and the plurality of image forming apparatuses 10 are communicably connected via a network N.

The image forming apparatus 10 is an MFP (Multi Functional Printer) having a plurality of functions such as a printer function, a scanner function, and a FAX function.
The network N is a LAN (Local Area Network) to which various communication lines such as a telephone line, a dedicated line, a mobile communication network, a communication satellite network, and a CATV line can be applied. Various network forms such as WAN (Wide Area Network) and the Internet may be applied.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the image forming apparatus 10.
The image forming apparatus 10 includes a control unit 1, a storage unit 2, a communication unit 3, an operation display unit 4, an image reading unit 5, an image processing unit 6, and a printing unit 7.

The control unit 1 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM 1a, and the like. The CPU expands various programs stored in the ROM 1a in the RAM, and controls the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 in an integrated manner in cooperation with the programs expanded in the RAM.
In the present embodiment, the ROM 1a stores display firmware.

FIG. 3 shows a display firmware configuration.
The display firmware includes a first language setting unit 11a, a language setting information aggregation unit 12a, a second language determination unit 13a, a language display format storage unit 14a, a display control unit 15a, and a language dictionary unit 16a.

  The first language setting unit 11a stores information for setting the main language (first language) (hereinafter referred to as “first language setting information”). For example, the first language setting unit 11a stores first language setting information that defines “Japanese” as the first language.

  The language setting information aggregating unit 12a confirms that the communication unit 3 is connected to another image forming apparatus 10 via the network N, and if connected, the other image forming apparatus 10 connected. The first language setting information set in is acquired.

  Here, the first language setting information is described as being acquired. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the second language setting information (hereinafter referred to as “second language setting information” set in another image forming apparatus 10 is not limited thereto. May be acquired).

  As a method for acquiring the first language setting information via the network, for example, there is a method for transmitting a broadcast packet for inquiring language setting information to a plurality of other image forming apparatuses 10 via the network N. The other image forming apparatus 10 on the network N that has received the packet returns the first language setting information to the image forming apparatus 10 that has transmitted the packet.

  When the language setting information aggregation unit 12a acquires a plurality of pieces of first language setting information via the network N, the language setting information aggregation unit 12a determines the most acquired first language setting information among the plurality of acquired first language setting information. To do.

  The second language determination unit 13a determines the sub-language (second language) based on the first language setting information determined by the language setting information aggregation unit 12a or information set on various setting screens (see FIGS. 4 to 6). ).

FIG. 4 shows a first setting screen D1 for determining the second language.
The first setting screen D1 includes a button for selecting either “automatically determined” / “manually determined” and an “OK” / “cancel” button for confirming or canceling the selected information. Configured.
When the “Determine manually” button is pressed, a transition is made to a screen shown in FIG.
Further, when the “automatically determine” button is pressed, a transition is made to a screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a second setting screen D2 for manually determining the second language.
The second setting screen D2 is a transition screen after “manual determination” is selected in the first setting screen D1.
The second setting screen D2 is a button for selecting one of a plurality of languages such as “Japanese”, “English”, “French”, “German”,. An “OK” / “Cancel” button for canceling is provided.
When any language is selected and confirmed on the second setting screen D2, the second language determining unit 13a determines the second language based on the information set on the second setting screen D2.

FIG. 6 shows a third setting screen D3 for determining the second language.
The third setting screen D3 is a transition screen after “automatically determine” is selected in the first setting screen D1.
The third setting screen D3 displays “second language is the most common language on machines connected to the network”, “English is the second language”, and “default setting for machine shipment destination is the second language” ”And a“ OK ”/“ Cancel ”button for confirming or canceling the selected information.
For example, when the second language determination unit 13a selects and confirms “the second language is the most common language on machines connected to the network” on the third setting screen D3, the third setting screen D3 The second language is determined based on the information set in step 1 and the first language setting information determined by the language setting information aggregating unit 12a.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the language display format storage unit 14 a stores information on the determined combination of the first language and the second language. For example, the language display format storage unit 14a stores a combination in which the first language is Japanese and the second language is English.

  The display control unit 15a configures a display screen based on the combination information of the first language and the second language stored in the language display format storage unit 14a, and displays the configured display screen on the operation display unit 4.

  The language dictionary unit 16a stores font data for all displayable languages and message character string correspondence tables.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the storage unit 2 includes an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and the like, and stores various programs, read images, FAX images, and the like. The storage unit 2 may store display firmware stored in the ROM 1a.

  The communication unit 3 transmits / receives various information (for example, first language setting information) to / from another image forming apparatus 10 connected to the network N. The communication unit 3 can also input / output various information to / from another image forming apparatus 10 via the USB.

The operation display unit 4 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL display, and includes a pressure-sensitive (resistive film pressure) touch panel in which transparent electrodes are arranged in a lattice shape.
The operation display unit 4 displays various setting screens and various buttons (see FIGS. 4 to 6). When a button displayed on the setting screen is pressed with a finger or a touch pen, the operation display unit 4 detects the XY coordinates of the pressed power point with a voltage value, and an operation signal associated with the detected position Is output to the control unit 1. The touch panel is not limited to a pressure-sensitive type, and may be, for example, an electrostatic type or an optical type. The operation display unit 4 includes various hard keys outside the display screen. When the hard key is pressed, the operation display unit 4 outputs an operation signal associated with the pressed key to the control unit 1.

  The image reading unit 5 reads a document placed on a document table (not shown) or an automatic document feeder (ADF) by an optical system (not shown) and generates image data.

  The image processing unit 6 performs image processing on the image data generated by the image reading unit 5 based on various setting information stored in advance in the ROM 1 a or the storage unit 2. Image processing includes, for example, level correction processing, enlargement / reduction processing, brightness / contrast adjustment processing, sharpness (sharpening) processing, smoothing processing, color conversion processing, tone curve adjustment processing, filter processing, and the like.

  The printing unit 7 prints the image data processed by the image processing unit 6 on a sheet.

FIG. 7 shows the display screen configuration process.
This display screen configuration process is executed when the image forming apparatus 10 is powered on.

  The control unit 1 determines the first language based on the first language setting information stored in the first language setting unit 11a (step S1).

  The control unit 1 determines whether another image forming apparatus 10 is connected on the network N (step S2).

  When another image forming apparatus 10 is not connected on the network N (step S2; N), the control unit 1 proceeds to step S4.

When another image forming apparatus 10 is connected on the network N (step S2; Y), the control unit 1 determines whether or not to automatically determine the second language (step S3).
The control unit 1 determines whether or not to automatically determine the second language based on the setting on the first setting screen D1 (see FIG. 4).

When another image forming apparatus 10 is not connected to the network N (step S2; N), or when the second language is not automatically determined (step S3; N), the control unit 1 performs the second setting. Based on the setting of the screen D2 (see FIG. 5) or the third setting screen D3 (see FIG. 6), the second language is determined (step S4).
Note that the case where the second language is determined based on the setting of the third setting screen D3 means that the “set English as the second language” button or “default setting for machine shipment destination” is set on the third setting screen D3. This is a case where the button “set to second language” is pressed. When the “Make the most languages in network-connected machines the second language” button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S5.

When the second language is automatically determined (step S3; Y), the control unit 1 obtains the first language setting information of the other image forming apparatus 10 connected on the network N, and is set most frequently. One language is determined (step S5).
The control unit 1 acquires the first language setting information of the other image forming apparatus 10 by transmitting a broadcast packet to the other image forming apparatus 10 and receiving a reply from the other image forming apparatus 10. To do.

  In addition, here, the control unit 1 acquires the first language setting information of the other image forming apparatus 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first language setting information and the second language setting of the other image forming apparatus 10 are not limited thereto. Information may be acquired. At this time, for example, 1 point is added to the acquired first language setting information, 0.5 point is added to the second language setting information, and the language with the highest number of points is finally added to the other image forming apparatus 10. It may be determined that the language is set most frequently.

The control unit 1 determines whether or not the determined language is one type (step S6).
When the determined language is not one type (step S6; N), the control unit 1 determines one language to be given the highest priority based on a predetermined priority order (step S7).
For example, when the predetermined priority order is English, French, German,... And the languages determined in step S6 are two types, English and French, the control unit 1 sets the priority order. Based on that, determine English.

  When the determined language is one type (step S6; Y), the control unit 1 determines whether or not the determined language is the same as the first language (step S8).

  When the determined language is the same as the first language (step S8; Y), the control unit 1 proceeds to step S10.

  When one language to be given the highest priority is determined based on a predetermined priority order (step S7), or when the determined language is not the same as the first language (step S8; N), the control unit 1 Determines the determined or determined language as the second language (step S9).

The control unit 1 configures a display screen using the first language determined in step S1 and the second language determined in step S9 (step S10).
In addition, when it transfers to step S10 from step S8 (step S8; Y), a 1st language and a 2nd language are the same. In this case, the control unit 1 configures the display screen using only the first language.

The control unit 1 displays the configured display screen on the operation display unit 4 (step S11), and ends the display screen configuration process.
The control unit 1 configures and configures the display screen with a combination of languages (for example, a combination of Japanese and English) determined in the display screen configuration process until the image forming apparatus 10 is powered off. The displayed display screen is displayed.

8 to 11 show examples of display screens configured by display screen configuration processing (see FIG. 7).
FIG. 8 shows a first display screen D11 in which Japanese is determined as the first language and is configured using only the first language. The first display screen D11 is configured when, for example, Japanese is determined as the first language in the display screen configuration process (see step S1), and the first language and the second language are the same (step S8; see Y). Is done.

  FIG. 9 shows a second display screen D12 in which Japanese is determined as the first language and English is determined as the second language, and is configured using the first language and the second language. The second display screen D12 is configured when, for example, Japanese is determined as the first language in the display screen configuration process (see step S1), and the determined or determined language is English (see step S9). .

  FIG. 10 shows a third display screen D13 in which English is determined as the first language and is configured using only the first language. The third display screen D13 is configured when, for example, English is determined as the first language in the display screen configuration process (see step S1), and the first language and the second language are the same (see step S8; Y). Is done.

  FIG. 11 shows a fourth display screen D14 configured using the first language and the second language, with English determined as the first language and Japanese determined as the second language. The fourth display screen D14 is configured when, for example, English is determined as the first language in the display screen configuration process (see step S1) and the determined or determined language is Japanese (see step S9). .

In the embodiment described above, a screen composed of two languages, the first language and the second language, is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the third language, the fourth language,... The screen may be configured using a plurality of languages such as, and the configured screen may be displayed.
In the above embodiment, the message displayed on the operation display unit 4 of the image forming apparatus 10 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the image forming apparatus as long as the apparatus includes the display unit.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the first language set in another device can be acquired via the network N, and this can be set as the second language. Therefore, the same message using the first language and the second language can be displayed at the same time, the second language can be easily set, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

  Further, when a plurality of languages are acquired via the network N, any one language can be determined based on a predetermined priority order, and the determined language can be determined as the second language.

  Further, for example, as shown in the third setting screen D3 in FIG. 6, the priority order is “the most languages on the machines connected to the network are set as the second language”, “English is set as the second language”, It can be any one of “the default setting for machine shipment destination is the second language”.

  In addition, the second language can be set manually from the operation display unit 4.

  Further, the first language and the second language can be written and displayed simultaneously.

  Only the first language can be displayed.

  In addition, the display mode of the first language and the display mode of the second language can be displayed differently. For example, the font size, bold / thin font, color, etc. can be displayed differently in the first language and the second language.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 System 10 Image forming apparatus 1 Control part 1a ROM
11a First language determination unit 12a Language setting information aggregation unit 13a Second language determination unit 14a Language display format storage unit 15a Display control unit 16a Language dictionary unit 2 Storage unit 3 Communication unit 4 Operation display unit 5 Image reading unit 6 Image processing unit 7 Printing department

Claims (9)

A display that displays the same message using one or more languages;
A storage unit that stores first language setting information that defines a first language and second language setting information that defines a second language other than the first language among the one or more languages;
A communication unit for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to the network via the network;
When the language setting information is acquired by the communication unit, the language setting information acquired by the communication unit is stored in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and the first language setting stored in the storage unit Control for determining the first language and the second language based on the information and the second language setting information, and displaying the same message on the display unit using the determined first language and second language And
A display device comprising:   The control unit, when acquiring a plurality of language setting information by the communication unit, determined any one language setting information among the plurality of language setting information based on a predetermined priority, and determined The display device according to claim 1, wherein language setting information is stored in the storage unit as second language setting information.   The priority order is the priority order of the language setting information acquired most among the plurality of language setting information, the priority order of the language setting information that defines English, or the language setting information that defines the language of the country of installation. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the display device is any one of the rankings. An operation unit for setting the second language;
When the second language is set by the operation unit, the control unit stores the second language set by the operation unit in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and stores the second language by the storage unit. A first language and a second language are determined based on the first language setting information and the second language setting information, and the same message is displayed on the display unit using the determined first language and second language. The display apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3 which performs control to perform.   The said control part performs control which writes together and displays the said 1st language and the said 2nd language, when displaying the same message on the said display part using the said 1st language and the said 2nd language. The display apparatus as described in any one of 1-4.   The said control part performs control which displays a message on the said display part only using a said 1st language, when the language determined by the language setting information acquired by the said communication part and the said 1st language setting information is the same. Item 6. The display device according to any one of Items 1 to 5.   When the display unit displays the same message using the first language and the second language, the control unit displays the first language in a display mode different from the display mode in the second language. The display apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-6 which performs control to perform. A display that displays the same message using one or more languages;
A storage unit that stores first language setting information that defines a first language and second language setting information that defines a second language other than the first language among the one or more languages;
A communication unit for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to the network via the network;
When the language setting information is acquired by the communication unit, the language setting information acquired by the communication unit is stored in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and the first language setting stored in the storage unit Control for determining the first language and the second language based on the information and the second language setting information, and displaying the same message on the display unit using the determined first language and second language And
An image forming apparatus. Computer
Display means for displaying the same message on the display unit using one or more languages;
Storage means for storing, by a storage unit, first language setting information that defines a first language and second language setting information that defines a second language other than the first language among the one or more languages,
A communication means for acquiring language setting information of a device connected to the network by a communication unit via the network;
When the language setting information is acquired by the communication unit, the language setting information acquired by the communication unit is stored in the storage unit as the second language setting information, and the first language setting stored in the storage unit Control for determining the first language and the second language based on the information and the second language setting information, and displaying the same message on the display unit using the determined first language and second language means,
Program to function as.

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