JP2012252457A - Setup information transplanting-device, setup information transplanting-system, and setup information transplanting-method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transplant setup information in accordance with a user intention between apparatuses with different modes related to setup items.SOLUTION: A setup information transplanting-method includes steps of: obtaining a setup item for a transplant-origin information processing apparatus, choices settable to the setup item, and a setup value set to the setup item; obtaining a setup item and choices settable to the setup item for a transplant-destination apparatus; determining, if choices for any given setup item for the transplant-origin information processing apparatus are different from choices for the same given setup item as the given setup item for the transplant-destination information processing apparatus, a setup value to be set to the same setup item as the given setup item for the transplant-destination apparatus on the basis of: the relationship between the setup value of the given setup item for transplant-origin information processing apparatus; and the choices for the same setup item as the given setup item for the transplant-destination information processing apparatus; and setting the determined setup value to the same setup item as the given setup item for the transplant-destination information processing apparatus.

Description

  The present invention relates to a setting information porting apparatus, a setting information porting system, and a setting information porting method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method of copying setting information of one information processing apparatus to another information processing apparatus is known in order to save the trouble of setting the settings of a plurality of information processing apparatuses one by one. In Patent Document 1, a copy source information processing apparatus generates a mark including setting information, a copy destination information processing apparatus reads the mark, restores the setting information from the mark, and sets the restored setting information. Is described.

JP 2009-190219 A

The technique of Patent Document 1 is considered to function without problems if it is between devices of the same model. However, a problem may occur when setting information is transferred from an old model device to a new model device, such as when a device is replaced. For example, if the setting value range and expression format that can be set in a setting item are different between old and new devices, setting the setting value in the old model as it is, the user who has set the setting value in the old model The intention may not be reflected in the new model. In addition, when a setting item that does not exist in the old model device is added to the new model device, a setting value cannot be set in the setting item. In that case, for example, a default value that does not take into account the user's intention is set for the time being, and the user must manually change the setting value later so as to obtain a desired setting. Then, the initial purpose of saving the setting time cannot be fully achieved.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to port setting information so as to conform to a user's intention even between apparatuses having different aspects regarding setting items.

  In order to solve the above problems, a setting information transplanting apparatus of the present invention includes a transplant source setting information acquisition unit, a transplant destination setting information acquisition unit, a setting value determination unit, and a setting unit. The porting source setting information acquisition unit acquires setting items in the porting source information processing apparatus, options that can be set in the setting item, and setting values that are actually set in the setting item. Here, the option means information indicating a range of setting values that are permitted by the specification to be set in the setting item, and information indicating types of setting values that are permitted to be set by the specification. The transplant destination setting information acquisition unit acquires setting items in the transplant destination information processing apparatus and options that can be set in the setting items. The setting value determining means, when an option in the porting source information processing apparatus and an option in the porting destination information processing apparatus are different for an arbitrary setting item, the relationship between the setting value and the option in the porting source information processing apparatus, and the porting destination information Based on the options in the processing device, the setting value to be set in the arbitrary setting item of the transplant destination information processing device is determined. That is, the relationship between an actual setting value selected from a plurality of options of setting values that can be set in an arbitrary setting item in the transplant source information processing apparatus and the plurality of options, and the arbitrary information in the transplant destination information processing apparatus The same setting as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus so that the relationship between a plurality of setting value options that can be set in the same setting item as the setting item and the setting value that is actually set is the same. Select and decide the setting value of the item from the choices. The setting means sets the determined setting value to the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item of the transplant destination information processing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, even if the types of options and the range of options are different between the transplant source and the transplant destination, the setting value can be set in the transplant destination information processing device. It is possible to guess the intention of the user who has selected the setting value from a plurality of options and set the setting value reflecting the intention in the transplant destination.

  In the setting information porting device for solving the above-described problem, when the first setting item which is one of the setting items does not exist in the porting source information processing device but exists in the porting destination information processing device, the setting value determining unit Is the relationship between the setting value and the option in the transplant source information processing apparatus of the second setting item that is another setting item related to the first setting item, the option of the first setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus, The setting value of the first setting item of the transplant destination information processing apparatus may be determined based on the above. Then, the setting means sets the determined setting value as the first setting item of the transplant destination information processing apparatus.

  According to this configuration, the first setting item that does not exist in the porting source information processing device also has the second setting item that exists in the porting source information processing device (the second setting item is related to the first setting item). ) Based on the relationship between the setting value and the option, the setting value can be set by estimating the user's setting intention. Note that the relevance between setting items can be determined by, for example, sharing information on the grouping (categorization) of setting items made in advance according to the relevance between the transplant source and the transplant destination. Further, for example, the setting information transplanting device may analyze the name of the setting item and determine the setting item related to the setting item based on the name. Specifically, for example, the determination may be made based on the presence / absence of a matching word in the name of the setting item, the presence / absence of matching of the semantic content indicated by the name of the setting item, and the like. The determination of the semantic content match may be made by referring to a database in which setting items are grouped according to relevance and information on the grouping is held.

  Further, in the setting information transplanting apparatus for achieving the above object, the porting source setting information acquiring unit acquires the setting item, the setting value set in the setting item, and the unit of the setting value, The transplant destination setting information acquisition unit may acquire a setting item and a unit of a setting value set in the setting item. In this case, the setting value determining means differs between the setting value unit of the arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus and the setting value unit of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the porting destination information processing apparatus. In this case, the content indicated by the setting item (meaning of the setting item itself), the setting value and unit of the arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus, and the same setting as the arbitrary setting item in the porting destination information processing apparatus The setting value of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the transplantation destination information processing apparatus may be determined based on the unit of the setting value of the item.

  According to this configuration, with respect to an arbitrary setting item, when the unit of the setting value is different between the porting source information processing apparatus and the porting destination information processing apparatus, the setting value set in the arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus A setting value that has a corresponding meaning and whose unit is converted into a unit in the transplantation destination information processing apparatus can be set in the setting item of the transplantation destination information processing apparatus.

In the setting information porting apparatus for achieving the above object, the porting source setting information acquisition means includes a setting item in the porting source information processing device, options that can be set in the setting item, and a setting value set in the setting item. The setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus, the options that can be set in the setting item, and the setting value that is set in the setting item may be acquired.
Means for the setting information transplanting device to read the two-dimensional code when the setting item in the porting source information processing device and the information indicating the setting value and the option associated with the setting item are expressed in the two-dimensional code format The setting information of the transplant source information processing apparatus can be acquired. The two-dimensional code may include a range of setting values set in the setting item, or may include information for grouping the setting items.

  The present invention is also realized as an invention of a setting information porting system including the setting information porting device described above as a porting destination information processing device and a porting source information processing device. The present invention is also realized as an invention of a setting information porting system including the setting information porting device, the porting source information processing device, and the porting destination information processing device described above.

  Note that the function of each means described in the claims is realized by hardware resources whose function is specified by the configuration itself, hardware resources whose function is specified by a program, or a combination thereof. The functions of these means are not limited to those realized by hardware resources that are physically independent of each other. Furthermore, the present invention can be realized as a method, a computer program, and a recording medium for the program. Of course, the recording medium for the computer program may be a magnetic recording medium, a magneto-optical recording medium, or any recording medium developed in the future.

The block diagram which shows the setting information transplant system concerning 1st embodiment. (2A) and (2B) are flowcharts showing a setting information porting process according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the example of a transplant of the setting information concerning 1st embodiment. The block diagram which shows the setting information transplant system concerning 2nd embodiment. The flowchart which shows the setting information transplant process concerning 2nd embodiment. (6A) and (6B) are diagrams showing examples of setting information transplantation according to the second embodiment. The figure which shows the example of a transplant of the setting information concerning other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the corresponding component in each figure, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

1. 1. First embodiment 1-1. Configuration FIG. 1 shows a setting information porting system as an embodiment of the present invention. The setting information porting system in this embodiment includes a multifunction printer (MFP) 1 as a porting source information processing apparatus, and an MFP 2 as a porting destination information processing apparatus and a setting information porting apparatus. The MFP 1 includes a controller 10 including a CPU 10a, a ROM 10b, and a RAM 10c, a printer unit 11, a scanner unit 12, a user interface (I / F) 13, an external I / F 14, and a nonvolatile memory (not shown). The controller 10 controls the printer unit 11, the scanner unit 12, the user I / F 13, and the external I / F 14 as a whole when the CPU 10a executes a program stored in the ROM 10b and loaded into the RAM 10c. Setting information for the MFP 1 is stored in the nonvolatile memory. The setting information is information related to various parameters that can be changed by the user when operating the MFP 1. Specifically, the setting information, information indicating options of setting values that can be set in the setting item, The setting values actually set in the setting items are associated with each other. Various setting items, options associated with the various setting items, and setting values actually set in the MFP 1 are referred to as porting source setting information in the present embodiment.

  The printer unit 11 includes a printer ASIC and a printer engine. The printer ASIC is an integrated circuit that controls the printer engine. When print data is acquired from the controller 10, the printer ASIC controls the printer engine to execute printing based on the print data. The printer engine is configured as a well-known inkjet color printer that performs printing by ejecting ink droplets from a nozzle formed in a print head to a recording medium.

  The scanner unit 12 includes a scanner ASIC and a scanner engine. The scanner ASIC is an integrated circuit that controls the scanner engine. When the scanner ASIC receives a scan instruction from the controller 10, the scanner ASIC controls the scanner engine to read a document placed on a document table. The scanner engine is configured as a well-known image scanner, which emits light toward the original and separates the reflected light from the original into red (R), green (G), and blue (B) colors and scan image data. A known color image sensor is provided. The user I / F 13 includes a display panel and keys, guides various information to the user, and accepts user operations. The external I / F 14 is connected to an external device, a removable memory, or the like, and constitutes various interfaces for communicating by various methods.

  The MFP 2 includes a controller 20 including a CPU 20a, a ROM 20b, and a RAM 20c, a printer unit 21, a scanner unit 22, a user I / F 23, an external I / F 24, and a nonvolatile memory (not shown). Since the function of each unit is the same as that of the MFP 1, description thereof is omitted. Like the MFP 1, the nonvolatile memory of the MFP 2 associates setting items, information indicating setting value options that can be set in the setting items, and setting values that are actually set in the setting items. Setting information is stored. In the present embodiment, various setting items and options associated with the various setting items in the MFP 2 are referred to as porting destination setting information.

  The controller 10 of the MFP 1 executes the export program, acquires the setting information from the nonvolatile memory, converts it into a character code, calls the QR code generation program, and calls the QR code as a two-dimensional code ((stock) ) Image data indicating (registered trademark of DENSO WAVE) and controlling the printer unit 11 to print the image indicated by the image data on a recording medium. On the other hand, the controller 20 of the MFP 2 controls the scanner unit 22 to read the QR code image printed on the recording medium placed on the document table by executing the import program, and calls the QR code restoration program. The character code is restored from the image data indicating the QR code, and the setting in the MFP 2 can be performed based on the setting information of the MFP 1 indicated by the character string of the character code and the setting information acquired from the nonvolatile memory of the MFP 2. The controller 20 causes the controller 20 and the scanner unit 22 to function as transplant source information acquisition means by executing the import program. Further, the controller 20 causes the controller 20 to function as a porting source setting information acquisition unit, a setting value determination unit, and a setting unit by executing an import program.

1-2. Setting Information Porting FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of setting information porting processing. In the present embodiment, the setting values set in various setting items in the MFP 1 are ported to the corresponding setting items in the MFP 2. FIG. 2A shows an export process executed in the MFP 1 as the porting source information processing apparatus, which is executed by the controller 10 executing the export program in response to an export instruction instructed by the user operating the user I / F 13. . FIG. 2B shows processing executed in the MFP 2 as the porting information processing apparatus, which is executed by the controller 20 executing the import program in response to an import instruction instructed by the user operating the user I / F 23.

  In the export process shown in FIG. 2A, first, the controller 10 acquires the setting information (portation source setting information) of its own device (S100), and the QR code image is stored in the RAM 10c from the character string indicating the setting information by the QR code generation program. Data is generated (S105). Subsequently, the controller 10 causes the printer unit 11 to print an image indicating the generated QR code (S110). Specifically, the controller 10 generates print data for causing the printer unit 11 to print an image of the QR code indicated by the image data from the image data indicating the QR code generated in the RAM 10c, and based on the print data. The QR code is printed on the printer unit 11. As a result, the printed matter 100 (FIG. 1) on which the QR code including the transplant source setting information is printed is generated.

  Subsequently, after the user places the printed material 100 on the document table of the scanner unit 22 of the MFP 2, the user operates the user I / F 23 to input an import instruction. Upon receiving an import instruction from the user, the controller 20 causes the scanner unit 22 to read the printed material 100 on which the QR code is printed, as shown in FIG. 2B (S200), and acquires scanned image data in the RAM 20c. Subsequently, the controller 20 acquires a character string indicating transplantation source setting information from the scanned image data including the QR code image by the QR code restoration program (S205). Specifically, various setting items in MFP 1, options associated with the setting items, and actually set setting values are restored.

  Subsequently, the controller 20 determines a setting value to be set in the own device (S210). Specifically, the controller 20 first acquires setting information (portation destination setting information) stored in the nonvolatile memory of the MFP 2. Then, with reference to the porting source setting information and the porting destination setting information, the setting value of the arbitrary setting item in the MFP 2 is determined based on the setting value corresponding to the arbitrary setting item in the MFP 1. More specifically, when attention is paid to an arbitrary setting item, if the options that can be set in the setting item are the same between MFP 1 and MFP 2, the setting value set in MFP 1 is used as the setting value in MFP 2 as it is. . When the options that can be set in the setting item are MFP1 and M, the setting value in MFP2 is determined based on the relationship between the option and setting value in MFP1 and the option in MFP2.

  For example, FIG. 3 shows an example of porting the setting item “assignment”. “Allocation” is an item for setting the number of pages to be allocated to one page of printing paper. As shown in FIG. 3, the types of setting value options that can be set in the setting item “assignment” of the porting source setting information are “1”, “2”, and “4” in the MFP 1, whereas “ 1 ”,“ 2 ”,“ 4 ”,“ 6 ”, and“ 8 ”, and the number of options is increasing. Here, the controller 20 estimates the intention that the user has selected this setting for a plurality of options in the MFP 1. For example, the minimum value “1” of the option is replaced with 0, “2” is 50, the maximum value “4” is replaced with 100, and the setting value in the MFP 1 is “4”. Judge. In the MFP 2 as well, the controller 20 replaces the minimum value “1” with 0, “2” with 25, “4” with 50, “6” with 75, and the maximum value “8” with 100. Since 100 is selected in MFP 1, 100 is also selected in MFP 2, and controller 20 determines “8” corresponding to 100 as the setting value of the setting item “assignment” in MFP 2. In this case, the controller 20 estimates that there is a user intention to allocate the largest number of pages to be allocated within one page, and has decided to allocate the most pages in the MFP 2. Subsequently, the controller 20 sets the determined setting value as the setting value of the MFP 2 (S215). Specifically, using the above example, the setting value “8” is associated with the setting item “assignment” and stored in the nonvolatile memory of the MFP 2.

For example, when considering the setting item “print quality”, the MFP 1 has “standard” and “high definition” as options, and the MFP 2 has “standard”, “high definition”, and “ultra high definition”. When “high definition” is set in the MFP 1, if “high definition” is set in the MFP 2 instead of “high definition” similar to that in the MFP 1 in the same manner as in the above example, “ultra high definition” is set. It will be. The user has speculated that he will select the highest quality among the configurable options.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when the types of options that can be set in the setting item are different, the setting value can be set in the transplantation destination information processing apparatus. And the setting value in the transplantation source information processing apparatus can be changed to set the setting value in the transplantation destination information processing apparatus.

2. Second embodiment 2-1. Configuration FIG. 4 shows a setting information porting system according to the second embodiment. The setting information porting system in this embodiment includes a printer 4 as a porting source information processing device, an MFP 3 as a setting information porting device, and a printer 5 as a porting destination information processing device. The MFP 3 includes a controller 30, which includes a CPU 30a, a ROM 30b, a RAM 30c, and the like, a printer unit 31, a scanner unit 32, a user I / F 33, an external I / F 34, and a non-volatile memory (not shown).

  The printer 4 includes a controller 40 having a CPU 40a, ROM 40b, RAM 40c, and the like, an external I / F 41, a printer unit 42, a user I / F 43, and a non-volatile memory (not shown). Similar to the printer 4, the printer 5 includes a controller 50 including a CPU 50a, a ROM 50b, a RAM 50c, an external I / F 51, a printer unit 52, a user I / F 53, and a nonvolatile memory (not shown). In the MFP 3, the external I / F 34, the external I / F 41 of the printer 4, and the external I / F 51 of the printer 5 are connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) 200. In the nonvolatile memory of the MFP 3, the IP addresses of the printer 4 and the printer 5 connected to the LAN 200 are stored in advance.

  The non-volatile memory of the printer 4 stores various setting items in the printer 4, options that can be set for each of the various setting items, and setting values that are actually set in association with each other. In this embodiment, the setting items are grouped according to the relevance of the contents indicated by the setting items themselves, and the group to which each setting item belongs is stored in the nonvolatile memory in association with each setting item. Yes. In the present embodiment, the setting item in the printer 4, the group to which the setting item belongs, the options that can be set in the setting item, and the setting value that is set in the setting item are referred to as porting source setting information. . Similarly to the printer 4, the setting item, the group to which the setting item belongs, the options that can be set in the setting item, and the setting value set in the setting item are associated with the nonvolatile memory of the printer 5. Is remembered. In the present embodiment, the setting item in the printer 5, the group to which the setting item belongs, and the options that can be set in the setting item are referred to as porting destination setting information. In the present embodiment, the setting value of the printer 4 is transplanted to the printer 5 through the MFP 3.

2-2. Setting Information Porting FIG. 5 shows the flow of setting information porting processing in the second embodiment. The controller 30 of the MFP 3 transmits a packet including a porting source setting information acquisition request command to the printer 4 via the external I / F 34 and the LAN 200 (S300). When the controller 40 of the printer 4 receives the packet via the external I / F 41, the packet is analyzed to acquire a porting source setting information acquisition request command, and a packet including the setting information (porting source setting information) of the own device. To the MFP 3 via the external I / F 41 and the LAN 200 (S305). The controller 30 of the MFP 3 receives the packet including the porting source setting information returned from the printer 4 via the external I / F 34, analyzes the packet, and acquires the porting source setting information (S310). When the controller 30 executes the processes of S300 and S310, the controller 30 functions as a transplant source setting information acquisition unit.

  Subsequently, the controller 30 of the MFP 3 transmits a packet including the porting destination setting information acquisition request command to the printer 5 via the external I / F 34 and the LAN 200 (S315). When the controller 50 of the printer 5 receives the packet via the external I / F 51 and analyzes the packet to acquire the porting destination setting information acquisition request, the packet including the setting information (porting destination setting information) of the own device is received. The data is transmitted to the MFP 3 via the external I / F 51 and the LAN 200 (S320). The MFP 3 receives the packet including the transplant destination setting information via the external I / F 34, analyzes the packet, and acquires the transplant destination setting information (S325). By executing the processes of S315 and S325, the controller 30 functions as a transplant destination setting information acquisition unit.

  Then, the controller 30 of the MFP 3 determines a setting value to be set in the printer 5 from the porting source setting information and the porting destination setting information (S330). By executing S330, the controller 30 functions as a set value determination unit. In the case where the setting items exist in common in the printer 4 and the printer 5 and the options are the same, the controller 30 sets the setting value of the setting item in the printer 4 as it is as the setting value of the setting item in the printer 5. . When the setting items exist in common in the printer 4 and the printer 5 and the options are different, the setting value is determined as in the first embodiment. With respect to setting items that do not exist in the printer 4 and are newly set in the printer 5 (first setting item), the controller 30 selects options for another setting item (second setting item) belonging to the same group. The setting value of the first setting item is determined based on the relationship with the setting value and the choice of the first setting item.

  This will be specifically described with reference to FIG. 6A. The printer 4 has a setting item “print quality” belonging to the group “quality-related”. There are two options “standard” and “high quality” that can be set in the setting item “print quality”, and the setting value “standard” is set in the printer 4. The printer 5 has two setting items belonging to the group “quality-related”: “print quality” and “printing speed” (the printer 4 does not have the setting item “printing speed”). Since the options of the setting item “print quality” in the printer 4 are the same as those of the printer 4, the controller 30 sets “standard” as the setting value of the setting item “print quality” in the printer 5. For the setting item “printing speed” that does not exist in the printer 4, a setting value is set based on the relationship between the setting item “printing quality” that is another setting item belonging to the same group and the setting value, and the setting item “printing speed”. decide. The setting item “printing speed” has two options, “standard” and “high speed”. The quality of the printed material is higher in the case of “standard” indicating that printing is performed at a speed slower than “high speed” than in the case where the printing speed is “high speed”. Since “standard” is selected for the setting value “print quality” instead of “high quality”, which is higher than “standard”, the controller 30 gives the user priority to speed over “print speed”. The setting item “printing speed” is determined to be set to the setting value “high speed”. As shown in FIG. 6B, when “high quality” is set in the setting item “print quality” in the printer 4, the intention to prioritize quality over speed is determined contrary to the case of FIG. Sets the setting value “standard” in the setting item “printing speed” of the printer 5.

  Subsequently, the controller 30 sends a packet including a command requesting to set the determined setting value to the corresponding setting item, the setting value, and data of the corresponding setting item to the printer 5 via the external I / F 34 and the LAN 200. Transmit (S335). By executing S335, the controller 30 functions as a setting unit. The printer 5 receives the above-described packet via the external I / F 51, analyzes the packet, acquires the setting value data associated with the setting request command and the setting item, and corresponds to the nonvolatile memory of the printer 5. The setting value received from the MFP 3 is set in association with the setting item (overwritten) (S340).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a setting source that does not exist in the porting source information processing apparatus but exists in the porting destination information processing apparatus can be transferred to another setting item that is related to the setting item. Based on the relationship between the option and the setting value in the information processing apparatus, it is possible to estimate the user's setting intention and set the setting value in the transplant destination information processing apparatus.

3. Other Embodiments The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in a certain setting item, the unit of the setting value expressed by the porting source information processing apparatus may be different from the unit of the porting destination information processing apparatus. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the setting value unit set in the setting item “margin (A4)” in the transplant source information processing apparatus is “mm”, whereas the setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus includes The unit of the set value to be set is “%”. In order to cope with such a case, the transplant source setting information acquisition unit acquires the setting item, the setting value set in the setting item, and the unit of the setting value, and acquires the transplant destination setting information. The means may obtain the setting item and a unit of a setting value set in the setting item. In this case, the setting value determining means sets the setting item in the transplantation destination information processing device based on the contents of the setting item, the setting value and unit in the transplantation source information processing device, and the unit in the transplantation destination information processing device. The value may be determined. Specifically, for example, in the example of FIG. 7, the size of A4 paper (landscape) is 210 mm × 297 mm in length, and in the printer 4, the upper and lower margins and the left and right margins are set to 12.7 mm, respectively. Therefore, the upper and lower margins can be converted to (12.7 / 210) × 100≈6%, and the left and right margins can be converted to (12.7 / 297) × 100≈4%. Accordingly, “6” can be set as the upper and lower margin setting values, and “4” can be set as the left and right margin setting values. By doing so, even if the unit of the setting value set in the setting item is different between the porting source information processing apparatus and the porting destination information processing apparatus, the setting item is set in the porting source information processing apparatus. A setting value corresponding to the set value and converted from the unit to the unit in the transplantation destination information processing apparatus can be set in the setting item of the transplantation destination information processing apparatus.

In the second embodiment, in a situation where various other information processing devices are connected via the LAN 200, a setting information acquisition request is transmitted to these various information processing devices, and each information processing device The setting information may be acquired and stored in the nonvolatile memory of the MFP 3. The collected setting information may be converted into a QR code as a backup and printed. The LAN 200 may be configured wirelessly or wired.
Further, the present invention can be applied to various devices such as a projector, a digital camera, a digital photo frame, a tablet PC, and a smartphone as a transplant source information processing device and a transplant destination information processing device.

  When the setting information is exchanged using the QR code as in the first embodiment, if the number of characters that can be included in the QR code is exceeded, the transplantation information processing apparatus accesses via the network. The main body of the setting information may be stored in a possible database (DB), and the address of the setting information stored in the DB may be included in the QR code. By doing so, the transplantation destination information processing apparatus can access the setting information in the DB and acquire the setting information by reading the QR code. In addition, in order to use the program (application program, update firmware, etc.) used in the porting source information processing apparatus also in the porting destination information processing apparatus, the address of the program storage location is similarly included in the QR code. May be. By doing so, the transplantation destination information processing apparatus can access and download the program by reading the QR code.

  1: MFP, 2: MFP, 3: MFP, 4: Printer, 5: Printer, 10: Controller, 11: Printer unit, 12: Scanner unit, 13: User I / F, 14: External I / F, 20: Controller, 21: Printer unit, 22: Scanner unit, 23: User I / F, 24: External I / F, 30: Controller, 31: Printer unit, 32: Scanner unit, 33: User I / F, 34: External I / F, 40: Controller, 41: External I / F, 42: Printer unit, 43: User I / F, 50: Controller, 51: External I / F, 52: Printer unit, 53: User I / F, 100: Printed matter, 200: LAN

Claims (7)

Porting source setting information acquisition means for acquiring setting items in the porting source information processing apparatus, options that can be set in the setting items, and setting values set in the setting items;
Transplant destination setting information acquisition means for acquiring setting items in the transplant destination information processing apparatus and options that can be set in the setting items;
The optional setting in the porting source information processing apparatus when the option of the arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus and the option of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the porting destination information processing apparatus are different Same as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus based on the relationship between the setting value of the item and the option and the option of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus A setting value determining means for determining a setting value to be set in the setting item;
Setting means for setting the determined setting value to the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus;
A setting information transplanting device comprising: The setting value determining means relates to a first setting item that is a setting item that does not exist in the transplantation source information processing apparatus but exists in the transplantation destination information processing apparatus, and another setting item related to the first setting item. Based on the relationship between the setting value and the option of the second setting item in the transplant source information processing apparatus and the option of the first setting item of the transplant destination information processing apparatus, Determine the setting value of the first setting item,
The setting unit sets the determined setting value in the first setting item of the transplantation destination information processing apparatus;
The setting information transplant apparatus according to claim 1. The transplant source setting information acquisition unit acquires a setting item, a setting value set in the setting item, and a unit of the setting value,
The transplant destination setting information acquisition unit acquires a setting item and a unit of a setting value set in the setting item,
The setting value determining means is configured such that a unit of a setting value of an arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus is different from a unit of a setting value of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the porting destination information processing apparatus. In addition, the contents indicated by the arbitrary setting item, the setting value and unit of the arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus, and the setting of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the porting destination information processing apparatus Determining a setting value of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing device based on a unit of value;
The setting information transplant apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The porting source setting information acquisition unit reads the two-dimensional code indicating the setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus, options that can be set in the setting item, and setting values set in the setting item, Obtaining the setting item, options that can be set in the setting item, and setting values set in the setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus;
The setting information transplant apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The setting information transplant device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, as the transplant destination information processing device,
The transplant source information processing apparatus;
A setting information transplantation system comprising: The setting information transplant device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The transplant source information processing apparatus;
The transplant destination information processing apparatus;
A setting information transplantation system comprising: Porting source setting information acquisition step for acquiring setting items in the porting source information processing apparatus, options that can be set in the setting items, and setting values set in the setting items;
Porting destination setting information acquisition step for acquiring setting items in the porting destination information processing apparatus and options that can be set in the setting items;
The optional setting in the porting source information processing apparatus when the option of the arbitrary setting item in the porting source information processing apparatus and the option of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the porting destination information processing apparatus are different Same as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus based on the relationship between the setting value of the item and the option and the option of the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus A setting value determining step for determining a setting value to be set in the setting item;
A setting step for setting the determined setting value to the same setting item as the arbitrary setting item in the transplant destination information processing apparatus;
Configuration information porting method including:

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