JP2014179023A - Information processing system, information transmission method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable collective recording of operation logs of a plurality of modules.SOLUTION: An image processing system includes a body 10 and an operation part 20, and the body 10 includes a log record management part 102 for collecting its own operation log and an operation log of the operation part 20 transmitted from the operation part 20 and recording the collected logs as an operation log of an image processing system. The operation part 20 selects, together with an operation part log information management part 202 with recorded own operation logs, an operation log that is not recorded as an operation log of the body 10 among the operation logs recorded by the operation part log information management part 202, and transmits the selected operation log to the body 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system including first and second modules, an information processing method in such an information processing system, and a program for causing a computer to control the first and second modules.

  Conventionally, an information processing apparatus has been provided with a plurality of modules, and the operation of each module is controlled by an operating system (hereinafter also simply referred to as “OS”). For example, in an image processing apparatus such as a multifunction peripheral (MFP), an operation unit and a main body control unit are provided. Under the control of the OS, the main body control unit performs various processes in accordance with user operations accepted by the operation unit. The state of the image processing apparatus is displayed on the operation unit.

On the other hand, conventionally, information processing apparatuses record power consumption and executed job logs (history information) as operation logs for users.
In the image processing apparatus as described above, the OS in the main body control unit records the power consumption in the image processing apparatus and the log of the executed job in a batch as an operation log including those related to the operation of the operation unit. Yes.

  However, for example, when a control unit different from the main body control unit (another control unit that operates with a dedicated OS) is mounted on the operation unit, the operation unit independently records its own operation log. In addition, the main body control unit only records its own operation log independently, and does not record the operation log on the operation unit side, and collective management of its own operation log and operation log on the operation unit side becomes impossible.

Therefore, if the user wants to check both the operation logs on both the main unit side and the operation unit side at the same time, the user must give separate instructions to the operation unit and the main unit control unit, which makes the operation troublesome. There is.
Therefore, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system configuration for recording history information (operation log) of a job executed in cooperation by a plurality of devices (operating with different OSs) on a network as one job history. It is disclosed.

However, the system described in Patent Document 1 cannot record a history of a job that is executed by another device alone without involving the device.
Therefore, even if the technique described in Patent Document 1 is used, collective management of the operation logs of the main body control unit and the operation unit as described above cannot be realized.
Such a problem also occurs when recording operation logs in a plurality of arbitrary modules other than the operation unit and the main body in a lump.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to collectively record operation logs of a plurality of modules in an information processing system.

  The present invention is an information processing system including a first module and a second module. In order to achieve the above object, the first module includes an operation log of the first module, and the first module. A first log recording unit that collectively records an operation log of the second module transmitted from the second module as an operation log of the information processing system, and the second module includes the second log Of the operation logs recorded by the second log recording means for recording the operation log of the module and the second log recording means, the operation log not recorded as the operation log of the first module is selected and the first log is selected. Log transmission means for transmitting to the module.

  According to the above configuration, operation logs of a plurality of modules can be recorded collectively.

It is a figure which shows the utilization environment of the image processing system which is one Embodiment of the information processing system of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the image processing system of FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a control system including main functions of a main body 10 and an operation unit 20 illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first example of an operation sequence of each unit of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 illustrated in FIG. 3. It is a figure which similarly shows the 2nd example of a communication sequence. It is a figure which similarly shows the 3rd example of a communication sequence. It is a figure which similarly shows the 4th example of a communication sequence. It is a figure which similarly shows the 5th example of a communication sequence.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a use environment of an image processing system which is an embodiment of an information processing system of the present invention.

This image processing system 1 is an MFP (multifunction machine) having a communication function.
For example, it has a printer function, a scanner function, a copy function, a mail transmission function, and the like.
The image processing system 1 can communicate with an external device such as a client PC (personal computer) 2 via a network 3.

Processing related to each function such as a printer function in the image processing system 1 can be executed by a user directly operating the image processing system 1. It can also be executed according to instructions received from an external device such as the client PC 2.
The client PC 2 can create data for printing (image formation) according to a user instruction, and can transmit the data to the image processing system 1 to perform printing. In addition, information sent from the image processing system 1 can be received, displayed on the display unit, and presented to the user.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the image processing system 1 of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the image processing system 1 includes an operation unit 20 that receives an instruction input from a user, and a main body 10 that operates based on the instruction received by the operation unit 20. And the operation part 20 and the main body 10 are connected by the communication path 30 so that mutual communication is possible.

Note that the main body 10 can perform not only an operation according to an instruction received by the operation unit 20 but also an operation according to an instruction received from an external device such as the client PC 2 as described above. The communication path 30 may be, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard. However, any standard may be used regardless of wired or wireless. One-to-one communication or network communication may be used. For example, in addition to USB, serial, wired or wireless LAN (local area network), Bluetooth (registered trademark), IrDA (Infrared)
Data Association) can be used. As a wireless LAN, there is a Wi-Fi network (hereinafter also simply referred to as “Wi-Fi”).

The main body 10 is a first module and includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, an HDD 14 (hard disk drive), a communication I / F (interface) 15, a connection I / F 16, and an engine unit 17, which are connected by a system bus 18. The configuration is as follows.
Then, the CPU 11 executes a program stored in the ROM 12 or the HDD 14 using the RAM 13 as a work area. Thereby, each part of the main body 10 is controlled to realize various functions. This function includes communication control with the operation unit 20, control related to recording of operation logs of the image processing system 1 and the main body 10, which will be described later, and the like.

The HDD 14 is a non-volatile storage medium (storage means), and stores (stores) various data including various programs executed by the CPU 11 and log information of devices. Examples of the program include an operating system (OS), firmware, and application program for controlling the entire main body.
The communication I / F 15 is an interface for communicating with an external device such as the client PC 2 via the network 3.

The connection I / F 16 is an interface for communicating with the operation unit 20 via the communication path 30. Here, a USB standard interface is used.
The communication I / F 15 and the connection I / F 16 can be of any standard regardless of wired or wireless, and one I / F serves as both the communication I / F 15 and the connection I / F 16. May be. Conversely, the main body 10 may include three or more I / Fs used for communication.

  The engine unit 17 is hardware that performs processing other than general-purpose information processing and communication for realizing a printer function, a scanner function, a copy function, and the like. For example, a scanner unit (image reading unit) that scans and reads an image of a document, and a plotter unit (image forming unit) that performs printing on a sheet material such as paper are provided.

The operation unit 20 is a second module and includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a flash memory 24, a communication I / F 25, a connection I / F 26, and an operation panel 27, which are connected via a system bus 28. .
Then, the CPU 21 executes a program stored in the ROM 22 or the flash memory 24 using the RAM 23 as a work area. Thereby, each part of the operation unit 20 is controlled to realize various functions. This function includes communication control with the main body 10, recording of an operation log of the operation unit 20 described later, control regarding transmission to the main body 10, and the like.

The flash memory 24 is a non-volatile storage medium (storage means), and stores (stores) various data including various programs executed by the CPU 21 and log information of the operation unit 20. Examples of the program include an OS (an OS independent of the main body 10), firmware, application, and the like for controlling the entire operation unit 20. An OS for controlling the entire operation unit 20 includes, for example, Android OS.
The communication I / F 25 is an interface for communicating with an external device such as a web server (not shown) via the network 3. Here, of the wireless LAN standards, the interface is a Wi-Fi (registered trademark) standard.

The connection I / F 26 is an interface for communicating with the main body 10 via the communication path 30. Here, a USB standard interface is used.
The communication I / F 25 and the connection I / F 26 can adopt any standard regardless of wired or wireless, and one I / F can serve as both the communication I / F 25 and the connection I / F 26. May be. Conversely, the operation unit 20 may include three or more I / Fs used for communication.

  The operation panel 27 displays an operation unit that receives instruction operations such as execution and setting of various operations from the user, an operation state and a setting state of the image processing system 1, log information of the entire image processing system 1 and the operation unit 20, and the like. And an operation display means including a display unit. This operation panel can be constituted by, for example, a liquid crystal display device (LCD) in which touch panels are stacked. Further, in addition to or instead of this, an operation unit such as a hardware key and a display unit such as a lamp may be provided.

In the image processing system 1 described above, the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 can individually operate by installing an OS. Communication between the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 is performed as communication between different devices, not communication between processes within one device.
The operation of transmitting the instruction content from the user received by the operation unit 20 to the main body 10 and the operation of transmitting information to be displayed on the operation unit 20 from the main body 10 to the operation unit 20 correspond to this. The information displayed on the operation unit 20 includes, for example, the execution status of the operation in the main body 10, the settings made in the main body 10, the entire image processing system 1, and log information of the operation unit 20.
A feature of this embodiment is a function related to recording of log information. Hereinafter, this point will be described.

First, the functional configuration of the image processing system 1 related to the recording of log information will be described.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating functional configurations of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 illustrated in FIG. 2. In FIG. 3, illustration of parts not related to recording of log information is omitted or simplified.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main body 10 includes a main body power consumption measuring unit 101, a log recording management unit 102, an operation unit job receiving unit 103, an engine control unit 104, a network management unit 105, and a main body OS 110.
Among these, the main body power consumption measuring unit 101 measures the power consumption of the main body 10.

  The log recording management unit 102 functions as a first log recording unit that records an operation log (operation history) of the main body 10, and combines the operation log of the main body 10 and the operation log received from the operation unit 20. Log recording means for recording an operation log of the entire image processing system 1. The operation log can be recorded using, for example, the HDD 14.

The operation log on the main body 10 side to be recorded here is a transition of power consumption of the main body 10 measured by the main body power consumption measuring unit 101, a log of jobs executed using hardware on the main body 10 side such as the engine unit 17, etc. Examples include a log of communication executed using hardware on the main body 10 side such as the communication I / F 15.
The operation log received from the operation unit 20 includes a transition of power consumption of the operation unit 20, which will be described later, jobs and communication executed using only the hardware on the operation unit 20 side without using the hardware on the main unit 10 side. Logs and the like.

The operation unit job reception unit 103 receives a job processing request from the operation unit 20 via the connection I / F 26. In addition, it instructs the necessary functional units such as the engine control unit 104 and the network management unit 105 to execute the accepted processing.
For example, if the requested process is a scan, the engine control unit 104 is instructed to execute the scan. When the requested process is printing (printing), the engine control unit 104 is instructed to execute printing. If the accepted process is e-mail transmission, the network management unit 105 is instructed to send e-mail.

The engine control unit 104 controls the engine unit 17 illustrated in FIG. 2, and upon receiving a process execution instruction from the operation unit job receiving unit 103 or the network management unit 105, causes the engine unit 17 to execute the process.
For example, when a print execution instruction is received, the plotter unit prints an image on a sheet material based on the image data. When the scan execution instruction is received, the scanner unit scans the document and reads the image. When a copy execution instruction is received, the scanner unit scans the document to read the image, and the plotter unit prints the image on the sheet material based on the image data.

When the engine unit 17 completes the execution of the process, the engine control unit 104 notifies the log recording management unit 102 of the content and result of the executed process as an operation log of the engine unit 17.
The network management unit 105 controls the communication I / F 15 illustrated in FIG. 2 to execute communication with an external device. Accordingly, a print job including print data can be received from an external device such as the client PC 2. In addition, the image data read by the engine unit 17 can be attached to an electronic mail and transmitted to an external device such as the client PC 2 by the communication I / F 15.

  The main body OS 110 is basic software that the CPU 11 uses to control the main body 10. A known appropriate OS may be employed. The operation unit OS 220 that is the OS on the operation unit 20 side does not need to be the same OS as long as it can communicate with each other. The operation of each module such as the log recording management unit 102 in the main body 10 is managed by the main body OS 110.

The operation unit 20 includes an operation panel 27, an operation unit power consumption measurement unit 201, an operation unit log information management unit 202, a Wi-Fi network management unit 203, a job request unit 204, and an operation unit application (hereinafter referred to as an “operation unit application”). 211 and 212, and an operation unit OS220.
Among these, the operation panel 27 has the function of receiving various instructions such as a job execution instruction from the user, displaying various information, and presenting it to the user as described in FIG.
The operation unit power consumption measurement unit 201 measures the power consumption of the operation unit 20.

The operation unit log information management unit 202 generates a transition of power consumption of the operation unit 20 measured by the operation unit power consumption measurement unit 201 and a job and communication log executed by the operation unit 20 as an operation log of the operation unit 20. And second log recording means for recording in the flash memory 24. Not only jobs and communications executed using only the hardware on the operation unit 20 side, but also logs of jobs and communications executed using the hardware on the main unit 10 side in addition to the hardware on the operation unit 20 side are recorded. You can also
The Wi-Fi network management unit 203 controls and communicates a communication adapter for a wireless (Wi-Fi in this example) of the communication I / F 25 provided in the operation unit 20.

The operation unit applications 211 and 212 are functions realized by application programs installed in the operation unit 20. Each provides various functions in accordance with instructions from the operation panel 27.
Among these, the operation unit application 211 executes a job only on the operation unit 20 side without using the hardware on the main body 10 side. An example of such an operation unit application 211 is a browser application. When accessing an external web server via the communication I / F 25 and displaying the screen acquired from the web server on the operation panel 27, it is not necessary to use the hardware on the main body 10 side.

  On the other hand, the operation unit application 212 uses the function of the engine unit 17 on the main body 10 side as necessary to execute a job. As the operation unit application 212, for example, a scan application can be considered. When the scanner unit included in the engine unit 17 reads an image of a document and acquires image data, hardware on the main body 10 side is used. However, for example, when image data received via the communication I / F 25 is stored in the flash memory 24 for viewing, it is not necessary to use hardware on the main body 10 side.

  Note that the functions and number of applications included in the operation unit 20 are not limited to these. Functions such as copying, scanning, printing, and mail transmission performed using the engine unit 17 of the main body 10 can also be provided as applications using the hardware on the main body 10 side.

When the operation unit application 212 executes a process using the hardware function on the main body 10 side, the job request unit 204 requests the main body 10 to execute the process based on an instruction from the operation unit application 212.
The operation unit OS 220 is basic software used for controlling the operation unit 20. A known appropriate OS such as an Android (registered trademark) OS may be employed. The main body OS 110 that is the OS on the main body 10 side need not be the same OS as long as it can communicate with each other. The operation unit OS 220 manages the operation of each module such as the operation unit log information management unit 202 described above in the operation unit 20.

  In the image processing system 1 described above, the operation unit log information management unit 202 of the operation unit 20 (second module) includes the main body 10 (first log) among the log information (operation log) of the operation unit 20 recorded by itself. Log information that is not recorded as log information of the module) is selected and transmitted to the main body 10.

Next, an example of an operation sequence related to handling of log information of each part of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 at the time of this processing will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation relating to recording of a log relating to power consumption as a first example of an operation sequence relating to handling of log information of each part of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20.

In the operation of FIG. 4, first, on the main body 10 side, the main body power consumption measuring unit 101 performs the execution time of each process by the engine unit 17 and the standby power modes (standby mode, energy saving mode, etc.) every predetermined time. Based on time etc., the power consumption of the main body 10 is measured (S1). Then, the measurement value (power consumption value of the main body 10) is notified (transmitted) to the log recording management unit 102 (S2).
When the log recording management unit 102 receives the power consumption value of the main unit 10 from the main unit power consumption measuring unit 101, the log recording management unit 102 adds the measurement date and time (implementation date and time) as power consumption log information of the main unit 10 and records it in the HDD 14 (S3). .

On the other hand, on the operation unit 20 side, the operation unit power consumption measurement unit 201 measures the power consumption of the operation unit 20 based on the operating time of the operation unit 20, the normal mode, the safe mode elapsed time, and the like at predetermined time intervals. (S4). Then, the measurement value (power consumption value of the operation unit 20) is notified to the operation unit log information management unit 202 (S5).
When the operation unit log information management unit 202 receives the power consumption value of the operation unit 20 from the operation unit power consumption measurement unit 201, the operation unit log information management unit 202 adds the measurement date and time (implementation date and time) to obtain power consumption log information of the operation unit 20, Recording is performed in the flash memory 24 (S6).

  Thereafter, the operation unit log information management unit 202 determines that the recorded power consumption log information is log information that is not recorded as log information of the main body 10 because the recorded power consumption log information relates to the power consumption value of the operation unit 20. Then, the log recording management unit 102 on the main body 10 side is notified (S7). This function corresponds to the function of the log transmission means.

  When the log recording management unit 102 receives the power consumption log information, the log recording management unit 102 adds the power consumption based on the power consumption log information and the power consumption log information of the main body 10 previously recorded in the HDD 14 to add up the image processing system. The power consumption value of the entire 1 is calculated (S8). Then, time information is added to the power consumption value to obtain power consumption log information of the entire image processing system 1 and recorded in the HDD 14 (S9).

In consideration of the summation in step S9, it is preferable that the power consumption measurement period and the measurement timing are the same on the main body 10 side and the operation unit 20 side. For example, it is conceivable to measure at a timing of 00 minutes every hour.
Further, the power consumption log information of the entire image processing system 1 recorded in step S9 is as shown in Table 1, for example. In the example of Table 1, for example, from 12:00 to 13:00, the power consumption on the main body 10 side is 30 W / h, the power consumption on the operation unit 20 side is 10 W / h, and a total of 40 W / h Power consumption. However, the total power consumption can be recorded as the power consumption log information of the entire image processing system 1 so that it can be referred to later.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a second example of an operation sequence related to handling of log information of each part of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20. The example of FIG. 5 is an operation related to recording of a log related to job execution performed in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 20.
In the operation of FIG. 5, first, the operation unit application 212 on the operation unit 20 side (scan application in this example) makes a scan request to the job request unit 204 in response to detection of a scan job execution instruction (S11). ). This scan job is a job for causing the engine unit 17 on the main body 10 side to read an image of a document and storing the image data on the operation unit 20 side.

  Upon receiving the scan request from the operation unit application 212, the job request unit 204 transfers the scan request to the operation unit job reception unit 103 on the operation unit 20 side (S12). When receiving the scan request, the operation unit job receiving unit 103 instructs the engine unit 17 to execute scanning (S13).

  When the engine unit 17 receives a scan execution instruction, the engine unit 17 executes the scan (S14), and returns the scan result to the operation unit job receiving unit 103 (S15). The operation unit job reception unit 103 transmits the scan result to the job request unit 204 (S16), and the job request unit 204 transmits the scan result to the operation unit application 212 (S17). As described above, the operation unit application 212 can acquire image data as a result of reading by the scan requested in step S11.

  When the scan of step S14 is completed, the engine unit 17 notifies the log record management unit 102 of the result (S18), and the log record management unit 102 records a scan operation log based on the notification (S19). . Since scanning is an operation performed on the main body 10 side, the log is also recorded on the main body 10 side.

  On the other hand, when the operation unit application 212 acquires image data as a scan result in step S17, the operation unit application 212 stores the image data as a document on the operation unit 20 side (S20). Then, the operation unit log information management unit 202 is notified of the storage result (S21), and the operation unit log information management unit 202 records the operation unit document storage log based on the notification (S22).

  Since the saving in step S20 is an operation on the operation unit 20 side, the log is first saved on the operation unit 20 side. However, since this log is a log of an operation executed without using the hardware on the main body 10 side, the operation unit log information management unit 202 determines that this log is not recorded on the main body 10 side. In response to this determination, the log recorded in step S22 is transmitted to the log recording management unit 102 on the main body 10 side (S23). The log recording management unit 102 records the log (S24).

  The logs recorded on the main body 10 side in the operation of FIG. The log related to scanning is stored in step S19, and the log related to operation unit document storage is stored in step S24. Further, since the job IDs are common to these, it can be understood that these logs relate to a series of operations.

  Further, the log recorded on the operation unit 20 side is as shown in Table 3, for example. In other words, only the operation unit document storage log is recorded. Since this log is transmitted and recorded on the main body 10 side, it is the same as the log of the operation unit document stored in Table 2.

  In this state, when the user displays the log on the main body 10 side, the main body 10 displays the logs shown in Table 4. Since the scan and operation unit document storage logs shown in Table 2 are logs related to the same job, they are integrated and displayed based on the job ID.

When the user displays the log on the operation unit 20 side, the operation unit 20 displays the same log as in Table 3.
As described above, in the image processing system 1, the operation unit log information management unit 202 executes the process of step S <b> 23, whereby the operation log on the operation unit 20 side and the operation log on the main body 10 side are collected together. Can be recorded.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a third example of an operation sequence related to handling of log information of each part of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20. The example of FIG. 6 is also an operation related to recording of a log related to job execution performed in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 20.
In the operation of FIG. 6, first, the operation unit application 212 on the operation unit 20 side makes a mail transmission request to the job request unit 204 in response to the detection of the execution instruction of the mail transmission job (S31). This mail transmission job is a job for transmitting an electronic mail from the network management unit 105 on the main body 10 side.

  Upon receiving the mail transmission request from the operation unit application 212, the job request unit 204 transfers the mail transmission request to the operation unit job reception unit 103 on the operation unit 20 side (S32). When receiving the mail transmission request, the operation unit job reception unit 103 instructs the network management unit 105 to perform the mail transmission (S33).

  Upon receiving a mail transmission request, the network management unit 105 executes mail transmission (S34), and returns a transmission result to the operation unit job reception unit 103 (S35). The operation unit job reception unit 103 transmits the transmission result to the job request unit 204 (S36), and the job request unit 204 transmits the transmission result to the operation unit application 212 (S37). As described above, the operation unit application 212 can acquire the transmission result of the mail transmission requested in step S31.

  When the mail transmission at step S34 is completed, the network management unit 105 notifies the log recording management unit 102 of the transmission result (S38), and the log recording management unit 102 records a mail transmission log based on the notification. (S39). Since mail transmission is an operation performed on the main body 10 side, the log is also recorded on the main body 10 side.

  In addition, the operation unit application 211 (in this example, a web browser) performs http (HyperText) on the Wi-Fi network management unit 203 in response to the detection of a web page display instruction, independently of the operation of the operation unit application 212. A transfer protocol request is transmitted (S40). The web page display is a job for accessing the web server on the Internet from the Wi-Fi network management unit 203 on the operation unit 20 side to acquire and display web page data.

  When receiving the http request transmission request, the Wi-Fi network management unit 203 performs Wi-Fi communication that transmits an http request according to the request (S41), and returns the result to the operation unit application 211. Further, the result of the Wi-Fi communication is notified to the operation unit log information management unit 202 (S43), and the operation unit log information management unit 202 records a Wi-Fi communication log based on the notification (S44).

  Since the Wi-Fi communication in step S41 is an operation on the operation unit 20 side, first, a log is stored on the operation unit 20 side. However, since this log is a log of communication executed without using the hardware on the main body 10 side, the operation unit log information management unit 202 determines that this log is not recorded on the main body 10 side. In response to this determination, the log recorded in step S44 is transmitted to the log recording management unit 102 on the main body 10 side (S45). The log recording management unit 102 records the log (S46).

  As described above, in the image processing system 1, when the operation unit log information management unit 202 executes the process of step S45, the operation log on the operation unit 20 side and the operation on the main body 10 side are performed as in FIG. Can be recorded at once.

Next, FIG. 7 shows a third example of an operation sequence related to handling of log information of each part of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20. The example of FIG. 7 is an operation related to log handling while the operation unit 20 is detached (separated) from the main body 10.
In FIG. 7, steps S51 to S53 are substantially the same as steps S20 to S22 of FIG. However, it is not linked to scanning. Steps S54 to S57 are substantially the same as steps S40 to S44 in FIG. However, what is transmitted in step S55 is not an http request but a distribution document.

However, in the case of FIG. 7, since the operation unit 20 is removed from the main body 10, it cannot communicate with the main body 10. For this reason, the log recorded in steps S53 and S58 cannot be immediately transmitted to the main body 10.
However, the operation unit log information management unit 202 monitors the connection with the main body 10 as needed. When it is confirmed that the main body 10 is connected (Yes in S59), the log to be transmitted to the main body 10 side that is not recorded on the main body 10 side is selected from the recorded logs, and the log recording on the main body 10 side is performed. Transmit to the management unit 102. When the log recording management unit 102 receives the log, the log recording management unit 102 sorts and inserts the log in a time series with respect to the log already recorded (S61).

  Table 5 shows an example of a log recorded on the main body 10 side after inserting the log transmitted from the operation unit 20 in step S61. The underlined data is the data inserted in step S61.

  Note that when recording logs in steps S53 and S58, the operation unit log information management unit 202 marks the log or stores it in the transmission buffer so that the log to be transmitted to the main body 10 side can be identified later. It is good to keep it. However, if the log to be transmitted to the main body 10 side can be identified in accordance with the item “Implementation Items” or the like when communication with the main body 10 becomes possible, no mark is necessary.

  According to the above operation, even when log transfer cannot be performed at the time of log recording in the operation unit 20 by the operation unit log information management unit 202 executing the process of step S60, the case of FIG. 5 and FIG. Similarly, the operation log on the operation unit 20 side and the operation log on the main body 10 side can be recorded together.

Next, FIG. 8 shows a fourth example of an operation sequence related to handling of log information of each part of the main body 10 and the operation unit 20. The example of FIG. 8 is an operation in which the main body 10 acquires a log from the operation unit 20 in accordance with an instruction from the user.
In the operation of FIG. 8, the operation unit application 212 performs operations of operation unit document storage (S71) and document deletion (S73), and notifies the operation unit log information management unit 202 of these results (S72, S74). . And the operation part log information management part 202 records a log based on these notifications (S73, S75).
However, even when the operation unit log information management unit 202 determines that these logs should be notified to the main body 10 side, the operation unit log information management unit 202 does not immediately transmit.

On the other hand, when the log recording management unit 102 on the main body 10 side detects a log output instruction from the user (S77), it makes a log transfer request to the operation unit log information management unit 202 on the operation unit 20 side (S78).
Upon receiving this request, the operation unit log information management unit 202 extracts a log to be transmitted from the recorded log to the main body 10 side and transmits the log to the main body 10 side (S79). Upon receiving this log, the log recording management unit 102 outputs the log together with the log on the main body 10 side recorded by the log recording management unit 102 (S80). This output can be performed by display on a screen, printing, transmission by a message such as an e-mail, or the like.

By performing this operation, the operation log of the entire image processing system 1 can be output without recording the operation log on the operation unit 20 side on the main body 10 side, and the memory capacity for recording the log can be increased. Can be saved.
Note that the instruction in step S77 may be from any device, not from the user.

  In addition, when the operation unit log information management unit 202 directly receives a log information output request from the operation unit 20 from the operation panel 27, the logs recorded by the operation unit log information management unit 202 are collectively stored in the operation panel 27. A list may be output and displayed. Thereby, only the log information of the operation unit 20 can be browsed by the user.

[Program in this embodiment]
The program according to the embodiment of the present invention is a program for causing the first computer that controls the first module and the second computer that controls the second module to realize the functions described above. The above-described effects can be obtained by causing the first and second computers to execute such a program.

Such a program may be stored in the HDD (hard disk drive) provided in the first and second computers from the beginning, ROM, or other nonvolatile storage medium (flash memory, EEPROM, etc.). However, the recording medium is a CD-ROM or a non-volatile recording medium such as a memory card, flexible disk, MO, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD + R, DVD + RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD-RAM. It can also be recorded and provided. Each procedure described above can be executed by installing and executing the programs recorded in those recording media in the first and second computers.
Furthermore, it is also possible to download from an external device that is connected to a network and has a recording medium that records the program, or an external device that stores the program in the storage means, and install and execute the program on the first and second computers.

[Modification]
Although the description of the embodiment is finished as described above, in the present invention, the specific configuration of each unit, the content of processing, the communication procedure, and the like are not limited to those described in the embodiment.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the image processing system 1 is configured by combining the main body 10 and the operation unit 20 in a fixed manner has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
The operation unit 20 and the main body 10 may be completely separate devices as hardware components. For example, an image processing system or an information processing system may be configured with a mobile terminal such as a smartphone as an operation unit and an image processing apparatus such as an MFP as an operation unit. In particular, when the operation unit and the operation unit are wirelessly connected, they can be configured as completely independent devices.

The operation unit 20 and the main body 10 do not have to be one-to-one. For example, an image processing apparatus having an operation unit wired to the main body 10 can be operated from a mobile terminal. Alternatively, it may be possible to operate one image processing apparatus from a plurality of mobile terminals. Alternatively, it may be possible to operate a plurality of image processing apparatuses while switching the operation target from one mobile terminal.
In addition, all the functions of the operation unit 20 or the main body 10 need not be realized by a single device. The structure which implement | achieves the function of the operation part 20 or the main body 10 in cooperation with several apparatuses may be sufficient.

Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, the first module is the main body 10 and the second module is the operation unit 20, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited thereto. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to an image processing apparatus that does not include an image reading function or an image forming function such as an engine unit, or any other information processing apparatus including a personal computer.
In this case, if communication is performed between modules, it is arbitrary which part of the information processing apparatus is a module. The first and second modules may be software modules as well as hardware modules. Further, the first and second modules may be information processing apparatuses that can operate independently.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that all the technical matters included in the technical idea described in the scope of claims are targeted.
In addition, the configurations of the embodiments, operation examples, and modification examples described above can be implemented in any combination as long as they do not contradict each other.

1: image processing system, 2: client PC, 3: network, 10: main body, 11, 21: CPU, 12, 22: ROM, 13, 23: RAM, 14: HDD, 15, 25: communication I / F, 16, 26: Connection I / F, 17: Engine unit, 18, 28: System bus, 20: Operation unit, 24: Flash memory, 27: Operation panel, 101: Main body power consumption measurement unit, 102: Log recording management unit , 103: operation unit job reception unit, 104: engine control unit, 105: network management unit, 110: main body OS, 201: operation unit power consumption measurement unit, 202: operation unit log information management unit, 203: Wi-Fi network Management unit 204: Job request unit 211, 212: Operation unit application 220: Operation unit OS

JP 2010-016487 A

Claims (8)

An information processing system comprising a first module and a second module,
The first module is
A first log recording unit configured to collectively record the operation log of the first module and the operation log of the second module transmitted from the second module as an operation log of the information processing system; ,
The second module comprises:
Second log recording means for recording an operation log of the second module;
Information processing comprising: log transmission means for transmitting, to the first module, an operation log that is not recorded as an operation log of the first module among the operation logs recorded by the second log recording means. system. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The operation log that is not recorded as the operation log of the first module is an operation log that is executed without using the hardware of the first module. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The operation log that is not recorded as the operation log of the first module is a log of communication executed without using the hardware of the first module. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The operation log that is not recorded as the operation log of the first module is the power consumption of the second module. An information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The second module is removable from the first module;
The log transmission unit of the second module transmits an operation log to the first module when the second module and the first module are connected. Processing system. An information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The information transmission system according to claim 2, wherein the log transmission unit of the second module transmits an operation log to the first module in response to an instruction from a user. An information processing method in an information processing system comprising a first module and a second module,
The first module is
Execute a first log recording procedure for collectively recording the operation log of the first module and the operation log of the second module transmitted from the second module as the operation log of the information processing system And
The second module comprises:
A second log recording procedure for recording an operation log of the second module;
A log transmission procedure for transmitting, to the first module, an operation log that is not recorded as an operation log of the first module among the operation logs recorded in the second log recording procedure. Processing method. A first computer controlling the first module;
The operation log of the first module and the operation log of the second module transmitted from the second module are collectively recorded as the operation log of the information processing system including the first and second modules. A first program for causing the first log recording means to function;
A second computer for controlling the second module;
Second log recording means for recording an operation log of the second module;
A second program for causing an operation log that is not recorded as an operation log of the first module among the operation logs recorded by the second log recording unit to function as a log transmission unit that transmits the operation log to the first module; Including programs.

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