JP2013145483A - Image processing system, image processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce labor and time required for a retrieval operation of an electronic manuscript before executing a function.SOLUTION: An image processing system includes: screen information storage means for storing screen information of a function list screen in which icons for calling applications and icons for calling macros recording operation setting of the applications are arranged; memory management means for retrieving an image stored in prescribed storage means; operation means for receiving a user operation showing icon registration for the image retrieved by the memory management means; edition means for registering the icon for the image subjected to the user operation in the function list screen and updating the screen information stored in the screen information storage means by the screen information of the function list screen; and display control means for displaying and controlling the function list screen generated on the basis of the screen information after the updating.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program for customizing a UI screen.

  In recent years, multifunctional devices have advanced in functionality, and applications added by 3rd vendors using Software Development Kit (hereinafter also referred to as SDK) in addition to standard applications (copy, scanner, FAX, printer), Features such as browsing web pages. The multi-function peripheral is also equipped with a macro function that can call a setting value (for example, A4 size, black and white, aggregation, and stapling) registered in advance in each application (for example, a copy application).

  On the other hand, a multifunctional multifunction peripheral has a large number of user operations when an application or macro function added later is used. On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a UI for registering installed application functions and pre-registered macros and facilitating calling of registered information.

  However, the home screen so far only allows the placement of shortcut icons for functions that have a clear purpose of use, such as printing and transmission, like apps and macros. Therefore, at the time of selection, such as an electronic manuscript saved in the HDD of the multifunction device, an electronic manuscript saved on an external medium such as USB or SD, an electronic manuscript saved on another image processing apparatus connected to the network or the cloud. It is not possible to place anything whose usage purpose (output usage) is not fixed.

  For this reason, when printing or sending a target electronic document, it is necessary to start an application or macro from the home screen in advance and search for the electronic document from a screen that has transitioned from the home screen, which increases the number of user operation steps. There was a problem.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that can reduce the time and effort required for an electronic document search operation performed before executing a function. With the goal.

  An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a screen information storage unit that stores screen information of a function list screen in which an icon for calling an application and an icon for calling a macro that records operation settings of the application are arranged; Memory management means for retrieving an image stored in a predetermined storage means, operation means for accepting a user operation indicating icon registration for the image retrieved by the memory management means, and an image that has received the user operation An icon for the function list screen is registered on the function list screen, the screen information stored in the screen information storage unit is updated with the screen information of the function list screen, and the screen information updated by the editing unit is generated. Display control means for controlling the display of the function list screen.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce time and effort required for an electronic document search operation performed before executing a function.

The figure which shows an example of the image processing system in an Example. The figure which shows an example of the hardware of the image processing apparatus in an Example. The block diagram which shows an example of the function of the image processing apparatus in an Example. The figure which shows an example (the 1) of a home screen. The figure which shows an example (the 1) of home screen information. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the process which displays a home edit screen. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the shortcut registration of an image. The figure which shows an example (the 2) of home screen information. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the process which displays the home screen of the user A. The figure which shows an example of output possible application information. The figure which shows an example (the 2) of a home screen. The figure which shows an example (the 3) of a home screen. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the process which performs a job after the shortcut of an image is selected. The figure which shows an example (the 4) of a home screen. The sequence diagram which shows an example of the process which performs a some job after selecting the shortcut of an image. The figure which shows an example (the 5) of a home screen. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing for executing one job after selecting a plurality of image shortcuts. The figure which shows an example (the 6) of a home screen.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. An example of the image processing apparatus is an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral).
[Example]
<Image processing system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image processing system 1 in the embodiment. An image processing system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes an image processing apparatus A10, an image processing apparatus B20, and a cloud service 30 that are connected via a network. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the image processing system 1 includes two image processing apparatuses and a server that performs a cloud service, but the devices connected to the network are not limited thereto.

  The image processing apparatus A10 shown in FIG. 1 acquires images stored in its own apparatus, images stored in the image processing apparatus B20, images stored in the cloud service 30, and the like, and uses shortcut icons for these images. Generate. The image processing apparatus A10 displays an image shortcut icon on the function list screen.

  This saves you the trouble of searching for an image by switching from the function list screen to another screen when executing a function, and after selecting the shortcut icon for the image displayed on the function list screen, you can use the image as an input image. Can be executed.

  The function list screen is, for example, a home screen including application and macro shortcut icons. Hereinafter, the home screen will be described as an example of the function list screen. The macro is each setting value or operation setting registered in advance by the application. The shortcut icon is also referred to as an icon or a shortcut, and hereinafter referred to as a shortcut.

  Hereinafter, the image processing apparatus A10 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<Hardware>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware of the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. In this embodiment, the image processing apparatus A10 and the image processing apparatus B20 have the same hardware, and therefore will be described using the image processing apparatus A10.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the image processing apparatus A10 includes hardware such as a controller 11, a scanner 12, a printer 13, a modem 14, an operation panel 15, a network interface 16, and an SD card slot 17. The image processing apparatus A10 is, for example, a multifunction machine.

  The controller 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 111, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 112, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 113, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 114, an NVRAM (Non Volatile RAM) 115, and the like.

  The ROM 113 stores various programs and data used by the programs. The RAM 112 is used as a storage area for loading a program, a work area for the loaded program, and the like.

  The CPU 111 realizes various functions by processing a program loaded in the RAM 112. The HDD 114 stores a program and various data used by the program. The NVRAM 115 stores various setting information and the like.

  The scanner 12 is hardware for reading image data from a document. The printer 13 is hardware for printing print data on printing paper. The modem 14 is hardware for connecting to a telephone line, and is used to execute transmission / reception of image data by FAX communication.

  The operation panel 15 is hardware including input means such as buttons for accepting input from the user, display means such as a liquid crystal panel, and the like. The network interface 16 is hardware for connecting to a network such as a LAN (whether wired or wireless).

  The SD card slot 17 is used for reading a program stored in the SD card 80. That is, in the image processing apparatus A10, not only the program stored in the ROM 113 but also the program stored in the SD card 80 can be loaded into the RAM 112 and executed.

  The SD card 80 may be replaced by another recording medium (for example, a CD-ROM or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory). That is, the type of recording medium corresponding to the positioning of the SD card 80 is not limited to a predetermined one. In this case, the SD card slot 17 may be replaced by hardware corresponding to the type of recording medium.

<Function>
Next, functions of the image processing apparatus A10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of functions of the image processing apparatus A10 in the embodiment. The image processing apparatus A 10 includes an operation unit 201, an application 210, a macro storage unit 220, an engine management unit 231, a transmission management unit 232, a memory management unit 233, a user management unit 234, a system management unit 240, a scanning unit 251, and a printing unit 252. Network management means 253 and storage means 254.

  The operation unit 201 is a user interface, and accepts and responds to operations from the user. The operation unit 201 also accepts a home screen display operation, an edit screen operation that allows customization of the home screen, and the like.

  The application 210 is an application that provides various image processing services to the user. For example, a copy application 211, a document box application 212, a scanner application 213, a fax (FAX) application 214, a printer application 215, a browser application 216, and the like.

  The macro storage unit 220 stores setting values and operation settings of each application. For example, in the case of the copy application 211, setting values such as double-sided, aggregation, and punch are registered as macros, and the setting values and operation settings are stored in the macro storage unit 220.

  The engine management unit 231 controls the scanning unit 251 and the printing unit 252 according to the operation mode set by the application 210.

  The transmission management unit 232 performs fax transmission, mail transmission, or folder transmission according to the operation mode set by the application 210.

  The memory management means 233 provides access means for arbitrary electronic data, for example, an electronic document. The memory management unit 233 manages scanned image data and the like.

  The user management unit 234 manages information for each user. For example, the user management unit 234 performs Read / Write on the storage unit 254 for home screen information of the home screen for each user edited by the editing unit 242. Read / Write is also simply referred to as R / W.

  The system management unit 240 manages the entire system and controls, for example, a home screen. The system management unit 240 includes a display control unit 241 and an editing unit 242.

  The display control unit 241 performs display control for displaying the home screen on the display unit, for example, constructs (creates) the home screen based on the home screen information, analyzes the operation on the home screen, and analyzes which application Whether the operation is for 210 or the like.

  In addition, the display control unit 241 acquires home screen information of a home screen for each user via the user management unit 234, and constructs a home screen for a predetermined user. The display control unit 241 controls the display of the home screen through the operation unit 201.

  The editing unit 242 controls editing of the home screen, for example, constructs a home screen editing screen (also referred to as a home editing screen), and analyzes the operation of the editing screen by the user. “Editing” here refers to customizing the UI. The editing unit 242 stores the home screen information of the home screen edited through the operation unit 201 in the storage unit 254 via the user management unit 234. The home screen information is information indicating the arrangement (layout) of shortcuts in the home screen, which will be described later.

  The editing unit 242 generates a shortcut for the image (for example, electronic document) acquired by the memory management unit 233 and registers the shortcut on the home screen. The editing unit 242 updates the home screen information stored in the storage unit 254 with the home screen information of the home screen including the image shortcut.

  The editing unit 242 R / Ws the home screen information of the home screen customized through the operation unit 201 with respect to the storage unit 254 via the user management unit 234. The editing unit 242 constructs a screen for registering / editing / deleting a shortcut of the electronic document.

  The scanning unit 251 controls scanning of a paper document from a pressure plate or an ADF (Auto Document Feeder). The printing unit 252 controls printing of image data on transfer paper. The network management unit 253 performs communication control with an external device such as Internet connection.

  The storage unit 254 is a unit that stores data, and functions as a screen information storage unit that stores home screen information of a home screen, for example. Here, HDD, SD, and USB memory are collectively referred to as storage means. The storage unit 254 stores the image (electronic document) in a storage unit that is different from or the same as the screen information storage unit.

  The operation unit 201 can be realized by the operation panel 15, for example. The application 210, the management units 231 to 234, and the system management unit 240 can be realized by, for example, the CPU 111 and the RAM 112 as a work memory.

  The scanning unit 251 can be realized by controlling the scanner 12 using the CPU 111, for example. The printing unit 252 can be realized by controlling the printer 13 using the CPU 111, for example. The network management unit 253 can be realized by controlling the network interface 16 using the CPU 111, for example.

  The macro storage unit 220 can be realized by any one of the HDD 114, the ROM 113, the NVRAM 115, and the like, for example. The storage unit 254 can be realized by, for example, the HDD 114, SD, or USB memory.

  Note that the image processing apparatus B20 has the same function as the image processing apparatus A10, and thus description thereof is omitted. The image processing device B20 stores the image accessed from the image processing device A10 in the storage unit. Hereinafter, the process of a present Example is demonstrated using a specific example.

"Home Screen"
First, a home screen that is an example of a function list screen will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 1) of the home screen. The home screen shown in FIG. 4 is an example of a home screen for a predetermined user of the image processing apparatus A10.

  The home screen shown in FIG. 4 displays a copy shortcut, a fax shortcut, a scanner shortcut, a printer shortcut, a document box shortcut, a browser shortcut, a copy macro shortcut, and a scanner macro shortcut. This home screen is constructed by the display control means 241 and displayed on the operation panel 15.

  On the home screen shown in FIG. 4, shortcuts for applications such as a copy application, a scanner application, and a fax application, and macro shortcuts such as “eco copy” and “send to me” are displayed on one screen. The user can select a shortcut for an image displayed on the home screen, and then select an application or macro shortcut to execute the job. The operation unit 201 receives a job execution instruction and the like.

"data structure"
Next, the data structure of data used in the embodiment will be described. For example, the storage unit 254 stores home screen information for each user.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 1) of home screen information. The home screen information shown in FIG. 5 is the home screen information of the home screen shown in FIG. The home screen information is information indicating the arrangement of shortcuts. For example, the home screen information is associated with a number indicating the position of the shortcut, the type of shortcut, and accompanying information for each user.

  An arrangement coordinate is associated with the number indicating the position. The types of shortcuts include types such as applications (also called applications) and macros. The accompanying information includes an application name, a macro registration number, and the like.

  The home screen information is stored in the storage unit 254 for each user. The user management unit 234 reads out, for example, the home screen information of the login user from the storage unit 254 and outputs it to the display control unit 241. Thereby, the display control means 241 can construct the home screen shown in FIG.

<Processing for Displaying User A's Home Edit Screen>
Next, a process until the user A instructs to display the home edit screen and the home edit screen is displayed will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process for displaying the home edit screen.

  In step S101, the user A who is a log-in user requests the operation means 201 which is a user interface to display a home edit screen in order to register an arbitrary electronic document as a shortcut on his home screen.

  In step S102, the operation unit 201 notifies the editing unit 242 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed.

  In step S103, when the editing unit 242 analyzes that the user A requests display of the home editing screen, the editing unit 242 requests the user management unit 234 to acquire home screen information of the user A.

  In steps S <b> 104 and S <b> 105, the user management unit 234 searches the storage unit 254 (for example, HDD) for user A's home screen information, and outputs the user A's home screen information to the editing unit 242.

  In step S <b> 106, the user management unit 234 outputs the acquired home screen information of the user A to the editing unit 242.

  In step S107, the editing unit 242 requests the memory management unit 233 to obtain an electronic document that is a candidate for shortcut registration.

  In step S108, the memory management unit 233 searches for the electronic document from a predetermined storage unit (for example, HDD, SD, USB) in which the electronic document is stored.

  In step S109, the memory management unit 233 acquires the electronic document search result from the predetermined storage unit.

  In step S110, the memory management unit 233 requests the network management unit 253 to connect to the other image processing apparatus B20 or the cloud service 30 registered in advance in the device.

  In steps S111 and S112, the network management unit 253 establishes communication with the image processing apparatus B20 and the cloud service 30 using a preset IP address or the like.

  In step S113, the network management unit 253 notifies the memory management unit 233 that the connection is completed.

  In steps S <b> 114 to S <b> 117, the memory management unit 233 uses the network management unit 253 to search for an electronic document stored in a predetermined storage unit of the image processing apparatus B <b> 20 or the cloud service 30. The memory management unit 233 acquires the search result of the electronic manuscript from the image processing apparatus B20 and the cloud service 30.

  In step S118, the memory management unit 233 outputs the thumbnail image + metadata (document name, path, etc.) of the searched electronic document to the editing unit 242 as a result of the shortcut candidate acquisition request. The memory management unit 233 can create a thumbnail of the electronic document.

  By outputting a thumbnail image, it becomes easy to grasp the characteristics of the image, but it is not always necessary to output a thumbnail image. Note that the memory management unit 233 can thin out an electronic document to which the user A does not have access right when notifying the editing unit 242 of the shortcut candidate acquisition result.

  In step S119, the editing unit 242 constructs a home editing screen from the acquired user A home screen information and shortcut candidates. The home edit screen has a registration button for registering shortcut candidates.

  In step S120, the editing unit 242 requests the operation unit 201 to display the constructed home editing screen.

  In step S121, the operation unit 201 displays a home edit screen. As a result, the user A can register a shortcut for an image (for example, an electronic document) from the home editing screen.

<Register shortcuts for electronic documents A and B>
Next, shortcut registration of the electronic originals A and B will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of image shortcut registration.

  In step S201, the user A who is a login user requests the operation unit 201 to register the shortcut of the electronic document A at the registration position No9 and the electronic document B at the registration position No10 on his home screen. User A can make a request by selecting an electronic document from the home editing screen and pressing a shortcut registration button. That is, the operation unit 201 receives a user operation indicating that an electronic document is registered as an icon.

  In step S202, the operation unit 201 notifies the editing unit 242 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The contents of the screen operation at this time are user A, shortcut registration (registration position = No 9, registration target = electronic document A, registration position = No 10, registration target = electronic document B).

  In step S203, the editing unit 242 analyzes the contents of the screen operation and updates the home screen information of the user A using the user management unit 234. The update contents at this time are shortcut registration (registration position = No9, registration object = electronic document A, registration position = No10, registration object = electronic document B). That is, the editing unit 242 registers the icon of the electronic document on the home screen, and updates the screen information stored in the storage unit 254 using the screen information on the home screen.

  In steps S <b> 204 and S <b> 205, the user management unit 234 updates the home screen information of the user A stored in the HDD (screen information storage unit) which is the storage unit 254. Thereby, the shortcuts of the electronic originals A and B are included in the home screen information of the user A.

  In step S206, the user management unit 234 notifies the editing unit 242 that the update of the home screen information has been completed.

  In step S207, the editing unit 242 notifies the operation unit 201 that registration of the shortcuts for the electronic originals A and B has been completed.

  In step S208, the operation unit 201 displays the registration result of the shortcuts of the electronic originals A and B. Thereby, the user A can perform a shortcut registration of the electronic document.

《Home screen information after update》
Next, the home screen information updated according to FIG. 7 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 2) of home screen information.

  In the home screen information shown in FIG. 8, a shortcut type “electronic document”, accompanying information “(USB:) ¥ image 1.jpg” and “9_thumbnail.jpg” are stored at the registration position No 9, and the registration position No 10 In addition, the shortcut type “electronic document”, accompanying information “(HDD:) ¥ image 2.jpg”, and “10_thumbnail.jpg” are stored.

  This indicates that the electronic document at registration position No. 9 is electronic document A, and the electronic document at registration position No. 10 is electronic document B. In the accompanying information, information indicating a path for accessing the electronic document, a shortcut icon image, and the like are held. Thereby, the editing unit 242 can update the home screen information using the user management unit 234.

<Process for Displaying User A's Home Screen>
Next, processing for displaying the home screen of the user A based on the home screen information shown in FIG. 8 will be described. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process for displaying the home screen of the user A.

  In step S301, the user A who is a login user requests the operation unit 201 to display his home screen. User A makes this request by pressing a button for displaying the home screen.

  In step S302, the operation unit 201 notifies the display control unit 241 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The content of this screen operation is a home screen display request of user A.

  In step S303, when the display control unit 241 analyzes that the user A requests home editing display, the display control unit 241 requests the user management unit 234 to acquire home screen information of the user A.

  In steps S304 and S305, the user management unit 234 retrieves the home screen information of the user A from the HDD (screen information storage unit) which is the storage unit 254.

  In step S306, the user management unit 234 outputs the home screen information of the user A to the display control unit 241.

  In step S307, the display control unit 241 constructs a home screen based on the home screen information. At this time, the display control unit 241 creates a home screen including a shortcut other than the shortcut of the electronic document.

  In step S308, the display control unit 241 inquires of the memory management unit 233 whether the electronic originals A and B are available. The available state represents whether or not the image can be accessed.

  In step S309, the display control unit 241 requests the operation unit 201 to display the home screen of the user A with the shortcuts of the electronic originals A and B hidden. The reason why other functions cannot be used while waiting for a response indicating whether or not the electronic documents A and B can be used is that it is not convenient for the user.

  In step S310, the operation unit 201 displays a home screen on which the shortcuts of the electronic originals A and B are not displayed.

  In step S311, the memory management unit 233 searches the electronic document B from the USB in which the electronic document A is stored, and also searches the electronic document B from the HDD in which the electronic document B is stored, and confirms whether it can be accessed. .

  In step S312, the memory management unit 233 confirms that both the electronic originals A and B are available.

  In step S 313, the memory management unit 233 returns a response to the inquiry about availability of the electronic originals A and B (response indicating that it is OK) to the display control unit 241.

  In step S314, the display control unit 241 updates the home screen to display the electronic originals A and B. At this time, the display control unit 241 determines which application is available from the formats of the electronic originals A and B.

  The display control unit 241 holds information (also referred to as outputable application information) that associates an image format with an outputable application. The display control means 241 identifies the format from the extension of the electronic document, and determines the application that can be output based on the outputable application information.

  The display control means 241 creates a home screen so as to display information (for example, icons) indicating available applications in the vicinity within a predetermined range from the thumbnail image that is a shortcut button for the image. Accordingly, the user can easily grasp which application can be used by looking at the shortcut of the electronic document.

  In step S315, the display control unit 241 requests the operation unit 201 to update the home screen in order to perform a shortcut display of the electronic originals A and B.

  In step S316, the operation unit 201 displays the updated home screen. As a result, the image shortcut can be displayed on the home screen on which the list of functions is displayed.

<Outputable application information>
Next, the outputable application information used in step S314 in FIG. 9 will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputable application information. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, whether or not an application such as printing, mail transmission, or fax transmission can be used is associated with the image format.

  For example, the example shown in FIG. 10 indicates that if the format of an image that is an electronic document is “JPEG”, an application that performs printing and mail transmission can be used.

"Home Screen"
Next, a home screen on which image shortcuts are displayed will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 2) of the home screen. FIG. 11 shows the home screen displayed in step S316 of FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, a shortcut ic11 of the electronic document A and a shortcut ic12 of the electronic document B are displayed on the home screen. The icon images of the shortcuts ic11 and ic12 are thumbnail images of the respective images, for example.

  In addition, in the image shortcuts ic11 and ic12, identification information of an application that can output the image is displayed in the vicinity. For example, in the shortcut ic11, the identification information id11 of the scanner application and the identification information id12 of the printer application are displayed. Further, the copy application identification information id13 is displayed in the shortcut ic12. As a result, the user can easily grasp that the scanner and the printer can be used for the image of the shortcut ic11.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, a small icon of the application is used as the identification information of the application. The small icon is an icon obtained by reducing the size of a normal icon displayed on the home screen. Visibility can be improved by making the identification information a small icon.

  In addition, the home screen displayed when a response that the electronic document A cannot be used is received in step S313 in FIG. 9 will be described. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 3) of the home screen. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the icon ic13 displayed when the electronic document A cannot be accessed and cannot be used is displayed in the home screen.

  The icon ic13 is an icon that is displayed when there is an electronic document that cannot be used because it cannot be accessed. An icon “?” Mark image is displayed so that the icon ic13 is unknown.

  That is, the display control unit 241 performs control so that a shortcut for an available image and an unusable shortcut are displayed on the display unit in accordance with an access state to the image registered as a shortcut. As a result, the user can easily grasp which electronic manuscript can be used and which electronic manuscript cannot be used.

<Execute job after selecting image shortcut>
Next, processing for executing a job after selecting an image (electronic document) shortcut will be described. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing for executing a job after selecting an image shortcut.

  In step S401, the user A who is a login user requests the operation unit 201 to select a shortcut for the electronic document A from his home screen. When the user A selects a shortcut for the electronic document A, the operation unit 201 detects this request.

  In step S402, the operation unit 201 notifies the display control unit 241 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The contents of this screen operation indicate selection of a shortcut for the electronic document A.

  In step S403, when the display control unit 241 analyzes that the selection of the electronic document A is requested, the display control unit 241 determines an unusable application from the format of the electronic document A based on the application information that can be output. The display control unit 241 selects the electronic document A, constructs a home screen so that an unusable application enters a half-bright state, and requests the operation unit 201 to update the home screen.

  That is, the display control unit 241 performs display control by distinguishing whether or not an application or macro shortcut can be used according to the format of the selected image (electronic document). As a result, the user does not mistakenly select an application or macro shortcut that cannot be used.

  In step S404, the operation unit 201 displays the updated home screen. In the updated home screen, the electronic document A is in a selected state, and unusable applications and macro shortcuts are in a half-bright state.

  In step S405, the user A who is a login user requests the operating unit 201 to select the scanner macro No. 25 from his home screen. When the user A selects the shortcut of the scanner macro No. 25, the operation unit 201 detects this request.

  In step S406, the operation unit 201 notifies the display control unit 241 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The content of this screen operation indicates selection of scanner macro No. 25.

  In step S407, when analyzing that the scanner macro No. 25 is selected, the display control unit 241 updates the home screen so that the scanner macro No. 25 is selected and the job execution button is displayed in luminance. The display control unit 241 requests the operation unit 201 to update the home screen.

  In step S408, the operation unit 201 displays the updated home screen. In the updated home screen, the shortcut of the scanner macro No. 25 is selected.

  In step S409, the user A who is a login user requests the operation unit 201 to execute a job from his home screen. When the user A presses the job execution button, the operation unit 201 detects this request.

  In step S410, the operation unit 201 notifies the display control unit 201 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The content of this screen operation indicates job execution.

  In step S411, the display control unit 241 notifies the scanner application 213 of the selection of macro No. 25.

  In step S <b> 412, the display control unit 241 notifies the scanner application 213 of the electronic document A path. Alternatively, the display control unit 241 acquires the electronic document A from the path of the electronic document A, and outputs the electronic document A to the scanner application 213.

  In step S413, the display control unit 241 requests the scanner application 213 to execute a job.

  That is, when the application or macro execution is requested after the image shortcut is selected, the display control unit 241 requests the job to be executed using the selected image as an input image. Thus, the user can save time and labor for searching for an image when executing a job.

"Home Screen"
Next, the home screen displayed in step S404 in FIG. 13 will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 4) of the home screen. In the example shown in FIG. 14, the shortcut ic11 of the electronic document A is in a selected state, and the unavailable shortcut has half brightness. For example, all the shortcuts in the area ar11 shown in FIG.

  The selected state indicates, for example, a state in which the luminance value of the shortcut ic11 is different from the luminance values of other shortcuts.

<Execute multiple jobs from one image>
Next, a case where an image shortcut is selected and a plurality of jobs are executed will be described. FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing for executing a plurality of jobs after selecting an image shortcut.

  Since the process of step S501-S508 is the same as the process of step S401-S408 shown in FIG. 13, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In step S509, the user A who is a login user requests the operation unit 201 to select a printer application from his home screen. When the user A selects a printer shortcut, the operation unit 201 detects this request.

  In step S510, the operation unit 201 notifies the display control unit 241 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The contents of this screen operation indicate selection of a printer application.

  In step S511, when the display control unit 241 analyzes that the printer application is requested to be selected, the display control unit 241 updates the home screen so that the printer application is in the selected state and the job execution button is displayed in luminance. The display control unit 241 requests the operation unit 201 to update the home screen.

  In step S512, the operation unit 201 displays the updated home screen. In the updated home screen, the shortcut of the printer application is selected.

  Since the process of step S513-S517 is the same as the process of step S409-S413 shown in FIG. 13, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In step S518, the display control unit 241 notifies the printer application 215 of selection of the printer application.

  In step S519, the display control unit 241 notifies the printer application 215 of the path of the electronic document A. Alternatively, the display control unit 241 acquires the electronic document A from the path of the electronic document A, and outputs the electronic document A to the printer application 215.

  In step S520, the display control unit 214 requests the printer application 213 to execute a job.

  That is, the display control unit 241 performs display control so that a plurality of application or macro shortcuts can be selected after selection of an image shortcut.

  Thereby, since the user can select a job for a plurality of applications, the user operation can be simplified.

"Home Screen"
Next, the home screen displayed in step S512 of FIG. 15 will be described. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 5) of the home screen. In the example shown in FIG. 16, the shortcut ic11 of the electronic document A is in the selected state, and the shortcut ic21 of the printer and the shortcut ic22 of the scanner macro No25 are in the selected state. The shortcut in the area ar12 shown in FIG. 16 is in a selectable state.

  Note that a mode change button is displayed on the selected shortcut, and the setting value of the application or macro can be changed.

<Select two images and execute one job>
Next, a case where a plurality of image shortcuts are selected and one job is executed will be described. FIG. 17 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing for executing one job after selecting a plurality of image shortcuts.

  The processing in steps S601 to S604 is the same as the processing in steps S401 to S404 shown in FIG.

  In step S <b> 605, the user A who is a login user requests the operation unit 201 to select a shortcut for the electronic document B from his home screen. When the user A selects the shortcut of the electronic document B, the operation unit 201 detects this request.

  In step S606, the operation unit 201 notifies the display control unit 241 that a screen operation related to home editing has been performed. The contents of this screen operation indicate selection of a shortcut for the electronic document B.

  In step S <b> 607, when the display control unit 241 analyzes that the selection of the electronic document B is requested, the display control unit 241 determines an unusable application from the format of the electronic document B based on the application information that can be output. The display control unit 241 selects the electronic document B, constructs a home screen so that an unusable application is in a half-bright state, and requests the operation unit 201 to update the home screen.

  At this time, the display control means 241 gives a number indicating the selected order to the shortcut of the image with respect to the shortcut of the selected image. Accordingly, the user can perform an operation while confirming the output order, which leads to prevention of an erroneous operation.

  In step S608, the operation unit 201 displays the updated home screen. In the updated home screen, the electronic originals A and B are in the selected state, and the unusable application and macro shortcut are in the half-bright state.

  Since the subsequent processing of steps S609 to S617 is the same as the processing of steps S509 to S514 and S518 to S520 shown in FIG. 15, the description thereof is omitted.

  Thereby, since the user can execute one job for a plurality of images, the user operation can be simplified.

"Home Screen"
Next, the home screen displayed in step S608 in FIG. 17 will be described. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example (part 6) of the home screen. In the example shown in FIG. 18, the shortcut ic11 of the electronic document A and the shortcut ic12 of the electronic document B are selected, and the printer shortcut is selectable.

  The shortcut ic11 is assigned “1” that is the number nu11 indicating the selected order, and the shortcut ic12 is assigned “2” that is the number nu12 indicating the selected order.

  As described above, according to the embodiment, by displaying the image shortcut on the function list screen, it is possible to reduce the time and effort required for the electronic document search operation performed before the function is executed.

[Modification]
A program executed by the image processing apparatus of the embodiment is a file in an installable format or an executable format, and is read by a computer such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). It is provided by being recorded on a possible recording medium.

  The program executed by the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. The program executed by the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The program executed by the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment may be configured to be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

  The program executed by the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment has a module configuration including the above-described units. As actual hardware, the CPU 111 reads the program from the ROM 113 and the HDD 114 and executes the program. Of these, one or more means are loaded on the RAM 112 and one or more means are generated on the RAM 112.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example as it is, A component can be deform | transformed and embodied in the range which does not deviate from the summary in an implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image processing system 10 Image processing apparatus 11 Controller 12 Scanner 13 Printer 14 Modem 15 Operation panel 16 Network interface 17 SD card slot 201 Operation means 210 Application 220 Macro storage means 240 System management means 241 Display control means 242 Editing means 234 User management means 253 Network management means 254 Storage means

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Claims (10)

Screen information storage means for storing screen information of a function list screen in which an icon for calling an application and an icon for calling a macro that records operation settings of the application are arranged;
Memory management means for retrieving an image stored in a predetermined storage means;
Operation means for receiving a user operation indicating icon registration for the image searched by the memory management means;
Editing means for registering an icon for the image subjected to the user operation in the function list screen and updating the screen information stored in the screen information storage means with the screen information of the function list screen;
Display control means for controlling display of the function list screen generated based on the screen information updated by the editing means;
An image processing apparatus comprising: The display control means includes
When selection of the application or macro icon is accepted by the operation means after selection of the image icon, execution of a job is performed using the selected image as an input image for the selected application or macro. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The display control means includes
The display control of information indicating an application that can be output in accordance with the format of the image within a predetermined range from the icon of the image when performing display control of the function list screen created based on the screen information. 2. The image processing apparatus according to 2. The display control means includes
The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein display control is performed by distinguishing between an icon of an available image and an icon that cannot be used in accordance with an access state to an icon registered image. The display control means includes
When the selection of the icon of the image is accepted by the operation means, display control is performed by distinguishing whether the application or the macro icon can be used according to the format of the accepted image. The image processing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 4. The display control means includes
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display control is performed so that a plurality of icons of the application or the macro can be selected after selection of the icon of the image. The display control means includes
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display control is performed so that a plurality of selections can be made on the icon of the image, and a number indicating the order of selection is assigned to the icon of the image.   The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon image of the image icon is a thumbnail image of the image. A search step for searching for an image stored in a predetermined storage means;
An accepting step of accepting a user operation indicating icon registration for the searched image;
The icon for the image subjected to the user operation is registered in a function list screen on which an icon for calling an application and an icon for calling a macro that records operation settings of the application are arranged, and screen information of the function list screen is stored. A storage step of storing in the screen information storage means;
A display control step for controlling display of the function list screen generated based on the stored screen information;
An image processing method. A search step for searching for an image stored in a predetermined storage means;
An accepting step of accepting a user operation indicating icon registration for the searched image;
The icon for the image subjected to the user operation is registered in a function list screen on which an icon for calling an application and an icon for calling a macro that records operation settings of the application are arranged, and screen information of the function list screen is stored. A storage step of storing in the screen information storage means;
A display control step for controlling display of the function list screen generated based on the stored screen information;
A program that causes a computer to execute.