JP2016126442A - Information processing unit, information processing system, control method, program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism that can be introduced, without preparing a server for tabulation, without relying on a mobile terminal requesting a print, to a plurality of image formation devices a tabulation result by each user can be confirmed in a print management system configured to notify a user of an actual usage of an image formation device.SOLUTION: A mechanism includes: logging in to an image formation device from a mobile terminal owned by a user; obtaining the latest print log information accumulated in the image formation device; calculating the latest tabulation result by merging tabulation information stored in the mobile terminal and the obtained print log information; and displaying the tabulation result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a control technique for counting and displaying performance information of an image forming apparatus.

  In recent years, demands for suppressing unnecessary print output have increased due to environmental problems and improvement in cost awareness in image forming apparatuses.

  Against this background, in order to make each user aware of resource saving, the image processing in the image forming apparatus and the history corresponding to the print output are managed, and the number of sheets and the paper reduction rate for each user are controlled. Efforts are being made to show.

  For example, in the printing system of Patent Document 1, a totaling server is used to count the number of sheets and the reduction rate of sheets, and the result is displayed on the display of the information processing apparatus to make the user aware of savings.

JP 2011-39867 A

  However, in the printing system of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to prepare a server for aggregation, which is a cost burden.

  Further, in the printing system of Patent Document 1, the unit of tabulation is for each terminal device (such as a PC) that has requested printing, and when the user requests printing using a plurality of terminal devices, It is not possible to confirm the total result.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of confirming the results of usage results for each user for a plurality of image forming apparatuses without preparing a server for summing up the results of use of the image forming apparatuses. And

  An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus that includes tally information storage means that is communicably connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and stores tally information obtained by tallying printing results for the image forming apparatuses. , Record information acquisition means for acquiring print record information in association with the print requester from the image forming apparatus, total information stored in the total information storage means, and print record information acquired by the record information acquisition means Based on the above, the total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus, and the total information for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the total information calculation means in the total information storage means A registration unit; and a total information display unit that displays total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage unit. To.

  The information processing system according to the present invention is communicably connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus having a total information storage unit that stores total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses. In the information processing system, the image forming apparatus includes performance information transmission control means for extracting print result information and transmitting the print result information to the information processing device in accordance with an acquisition request from the information processing device. The processing device is acquired by the record information acquisition unit that acquires the print record information in association with the print requester from the image forming apparatus, the total information stored in the total information storage unit, and the record information acquisition unit. Total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the printing result information, and the image calculated by the total information calculation means. Total information registration means for registering total information for the forming apparatus in the total information storage means, and total information display means for displaying the total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means It is characterized by.

  In addition, the control method according to the present invention controls an information processing apparatus that includes tally information storage means that is connected to be communicable with one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and stores tally information obtained by tallying printing results for the image forming apparatuses. The information processing apparatus includes a record information acquisition step in which a record information acquisition unit acquires print record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus, and a total information calculation unit includes the total information. A total information calculating step for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the storage unit and the print result information acquired by the result information acquisition unit; A total information registration step for registering total information for the image forming apparatus calculated in the total information calculation step in the total information storage means; Information display means, characterized by having a a summary information display step of displaying the summary information corresponding to the printing requester stored in the summary information storage unit.

  Further, in the control method according to the present invention, one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus having total information storage means for storing total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses are connected to be communicable. In the information processing system control method, in the image forming apparatus, the record information transmission control unit extracts print record information according to an acquisition request from the information processing apparatus, and transmits the record information to the information processing apparatus. A transmission control step, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a result information acquiring step in which the result information acquiring unit acquires print result information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus; Based on the total information stored in the total information storage unit and the print result information acquired by the result information acquisition unit, the latest total information for the image forming apparatus is obtained. A total information calculation step for calculating the total information, a total information registration means for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated in the total information calculation step in the total information storage means, and a total information display means Comprises a total information display step for displaying the total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means.

  The program according to the present invention can be executed in an information processing apparatus that is communicably connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and has a total information storage unit that stores total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses. A program information acquisition unit for acquiring print result information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus, total information stored in the total information storage unit, Total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition means, and total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the total information calculation means Total information registration means for registering the information in the total information storage means, and a collection corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means. Characterized in that to function as a summary information display means for displaying information.

  In the program according to the present invention, one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus having a total information storage unit that stores total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses are connected to be communicable. A program that can be executed in an information processing system, and causes the image forming apparatus to function as a record information transmission control unit that extracts print record information in accordance with an acquisition request from the information processing apparatus and transmits the print record information to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a record information acquisition unit that acquires print record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus, total information stored in the total information storage unit, and the record information acquisition unit. Aggregation information calculation means for calculating the latest aggregation information for the image forming apparatus based on the acquired printing result information, and the aggregation information Total information registration means for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the output means in the total information storage means, and totalization for displaying the total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means It functions as an information display means.

  According to the present invention, each user can use the image forming apparatus because it is possible to check the totaling result for each user for a plurality of image forming apparatuses without preparing a totaling server for totaling the usage records of the image forming apparatuses. In doing so, each user can be conscious of saving.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a print management system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing a hardware configuration applicable to the image forming apparatus in the print management system according to the present invention. It is a block block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions applicable to a portable terminal in the print management system which concerns on this invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overall processing in the print management system according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a totaling result process in the print management system according to the present invention. It is an example of the display screen of a portable terminal in the print management system concerning the present invention. 3 is an example of a display screen of the image forming apparatus in the print management system according to the present invention. It is an example of the display screen of a portable terminal in the print management system concerning the present invention. 3 is an example of a display screen of a portable terminal and an image forming apparatus in the print management system according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overall processing in the print management system according to the present invention.

  [First Embodiment]

  A first embodiment of an information processing system (hereinafter referred to as a print management system) according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of a print management system in the present embodiment.

  The print management system 100 is configured such that one or more image forming apparatuses 110, one or more portable terminals 120, and one or more PCs 140 are connected via a LAN. The mobile terminal 120 is wirelessly connected to the LAN 130 via the router 131.

  In this embodiment, the image forming apparatus 110 mainly receives print request data from the PC 140, receives a print instruction for the print request data from the portable terminal 120, and executes printing.

  However, the print request data may be received from the portable terminal 120, the print request for the print request data from the PC 140 may be executed, or the print request for the print request data may be directly performed by the image forming apparatus 110. May be. Further, printing may be executed using a copy function possessed by the image forming apparatus 110 without receiving print request data from the PC 140 or the like.

  In the present exemplary embodiment, as an example of the image forming apparatus 110, an SFP, that is, a single function peripheral, and a printer will be described. Note that the image forming apparatus 110 can be applied to other than the SFP such as a multifunction peripheral (MFP) in which the functions of each apparatus such as copying, facsimile, and scanner are housed in one casing.

  The portable terminal 120 is connected to the image forming apparatus 110 and instructs the image forming apparatus 110 to execute printing by issuing a print instruction to the print request data stored in the image forming apparatus 110.

  At this time, the print log information acquired from the image forming apparatus 110 is totaled, and the total result is displayed.

  Further, a document file edited by the mobile terminal 120, stored image data, or the like may be transmitted as print request data to the image forming apparatus 110, and a print instruction may be executed for the print request data. .

  The PC 140 processes document data, image data, and the like, and transmits print request data to the image forming apparatus 110.

  At this time, the PC 140 may stop sending the print request data, or at the same time that the print request data is sent, the image forming apparatus 110 may be simultaneously instructed to print the print request data. In the latter case, printing is immediately executed by the image forming apparatus 110 without giving a print instruction from the portable terminal 120.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration applicable to the image forming apparatus 110 according to the present embodiment.

  A network I / F 201 is connected to an intranet or the Internet via a wireless or wired network and receives user information and control commands. The network I / F 201 is configured to be able to perform wireless communication with a mobile terminal described later. The communication may be performed directly by wireless communication or may be performed via an access point installed on a wired network. Communication methods include Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Bluetooth, and the like.

  A CPU 202 outputs an image signal as output information to the printer unit 209 via the printer I / F 208 connected to the system bus 114 based on a control program or the like. The control program is stored in the ROM 204, the external memory 211, or the like. The CPU 202 can perform communication processing with the mobile terminal 120 via the network I / F 201. Further, the CPU 202 executes processing based on an application program or the like stored in the ROM 204 or the external memory 211.

  Reference numeral 203 denotes a RAM that functions as a main memory, work area, and the like of the CPU 202, and is configured such that the memory capacity can be expanded by an optional RAM connected to an expansion port (not shown). The RAM 203 is used for an output information expansion area, an environment information storage area, NVRAM, and the like.

  Reference numeral 204 denotes a ROM, and 211 denotes an external memory such as an SD memory card. The ROM 204 or the external memory 211 stores a control program for the CPU 202, font information used when generating the output information, information used on the image forming apparatus 110, and the like.

  A display unit 205 includes a liquid crystal display, and displays various information such as driving conditions, device states, and input states.

  Reference numeral 206 denotes an operation unit I / F that controls an interface with the operation unit 207 and receives information input by the user via the operation unit 207.

  An operation unit 207 includes keys for performing input operations such as settings and commands by the user.

  A printer interface 208 outputs an image signal as output information to the printer unit 209 (printer engine).

  An external memory I / F (memory controller) 210 controls access to the external memory 211 such as an SD memory card or an IC card. Further, the number of external memories is not limited to one, and at least one external memory is provided. In addition to the built-in font, an optional font card and a plurality of external memories storing programs for interpreting printer control languages with different language systems can be connected. It may be configured.

  A control unit 212 performs management of settings and commands from the user and information processing received from the mobile terminal.

  An authentication processing unit 213 performs print job authentication in addition to user and workgroup authentication.

  A system bus 214 connects each device.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration applicable to the mobile terminal 120 in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the following configuration is described as an example. However, the present invention is applicable to a device capable of performing information communication, and the device is not particularly limited as illustrated in this figure.

  A display unit 301 outputs information to the user and is composed of an LCD driver, an LCD display device, and the like.

  Reference numeral 302 denotes an operation unit, which is a part for the user to input operation information to the mobile terminal 120.

  A camera unit 303 stores captured image data in a flash memory included in the control unit 308.

  An external I / F 304 provides an interface with an external device, and includes a communication interface circuit, a Micro USB terminal, and the like.

  Reference numeral 306 denotes a network I / F, which includes an antenna 305 for communicating with a wireless LAN.

  The network I / F 306 is configured to be able to wirelessly communicate with the image forming apparatus 110 via a router described later.

  A power supply unit 307 generates and supplies power necessary for each block based on a battery power source.

  A control unit 308 is a main unit for realizing the functions of the mobile terminal, and includes a CPU, an EEPROM, a flash, an SRAM, and the like (not shown).

  An audio input unit 309 converts an analog audio signal from the microphone 310 into a digital signal.

  Reference numeral 312 denotes an audio output unit, which is a part for driving the received digital audio signal with a speaker.

  Reference numeral 313 denotes a PF input / output unit that performs high-frequency transmission / reception.

  A digital signal processing unit 315 is connected to an audio input unit 309 connected to a microphone 310, an audio output unit 312 connected to a speaker 311 and an RF input / output unit 313 connected to an antenna 314. Then, encoding of the digital audio signal, decoding into the digital audio signal, and the like are performed.

  Hereinafter, a processing procedure in the print management system 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart.

  The image forming apparatus 110 and the portable terminal 120 are installed with a totaling application for executing processing in the present embodiment, and the totaling application of the image forming apparatus 110 and the portable terminal 120 performs processing in cooperation. .

  The totaling application provides functions such as display on a display screen and notification to the user in order to obtain a user's printing performance and usage tendency in a specific totaling period.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overall processing of the image forming apparatus 110 and the mobile terminal 120 in the present embodiment.

  In step S400, when the aggregation application is activated on the mobile terminal 120, the control unit 308 of the mobile terminal 120 makes a login request to the authentication processing unit 213 of the image forming apparatus 110 via the network I / F 306. Here, a login request is executed to the image forming apparatus 110 together with user information (user ID, password, etc.).

  In step S <b> 401, the image forming apparatus 110 receives a login request from the mobile terminal 120 and executes login authentication. Login authentication is performed by the authentication processing unit 213. The authentication processing unit 213 determines whether the user registration information stored in the image forming apparatus 110 matches the user information acquired from the portable terminal 120 via the network I / F 201.

  The user information used for login is not limited to the information acquired from the mobile terminal 120, but is input information sent from the operation unit 207 or user information acquired from the IC card information via the external memory 211. There may be.

  User registration information held by the image forming apparatus 110 is stored in advance in the RAM 203 or the external memory 211. The user registration information may be user registration information managed on a well-known external authentication server (not shown).

  In step S402, an aggregation result display process described later is executed.

  In step S403, it is determined whether or not there is a logout request from the user. If there is a logout request from the user, the process proceeds to step S404. If not, the process returns to step S402 to continue the counting result display process.

  In step S404, it is determined whether an application screen is displayed on the display unit 205 of the image forming apparatus 110. If it is displayed, the process proceeds to step S405. If it is not displayed, the process proceeds to step S407. Here, information for determining the presence / absence of display on the portable terminal 120 side may be provided, and the determination may be made only on the portable terminal 120 side, or the image forming apparatus 110 may be inquired each time to obtain the display presence / absence result. Good.

  In step S <b> 405, the mobile terminal 120 requests the image forming apparatus 110 to hide the application screen via the network I / F 306.

  In step S406, in response to a request from the portable terminal 120, the application screen displayed on the display unit 205 of the image forming apparatus 110 is hidden.

  In step S407, the control unit 308 of the portable terminal 120 issues a logout request to the authentication processing unit 213 of the image forming apparatus 110 via the network I / F 306.

  In step S <b> 408, the authentication processing unit 213 of the image forming apparatus 110 receives a request from the portable terminal 120 and performs logout processing. After logout is complete, the process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the aggregation result display process in step S402 in FIG. 4 will be described.

  In step S <b> 500, the control unit 308 of the mobile terminal 120 transmits log acquisition history information to the image forming apparatus 110. The log acquisition history information is information indicating which log information has already been acquired for the currently logged-in image forming apparatus 110, and may be the last log information acquisition date, and among the acquired log information The date and time of the latest log information and the log number may be used. In this embodiment, the date and time of the latest log information in the acquired log information is used as log acquisition history information. If the log information has not been acquired, blank or the oldest date and time of the system (for example, January 1, 1900, 00:00:00) may be set in the log acquisition history information.

  In step S <b> 501, the control unit 212 of the image forming apparatus 110 searches for a log related to the usage record of the login user managed by the aggregation application of the image forming apparatus 110.

  In step S502, the latest date and time of the log searched in step S501 is compared with the date and time of log acquisition history information received from the mobile terminal 120, and it is determined whether there is untransmitted log information. If the date and time of the log acquisition history information is older than the latest date and time of the log searched in step S501, it is determined that there is unsent log information, and the process proceeds to step S503. Otherwise, there is no unsent log information. And the process proceeds to step S506.

  In step S <b> 503, untransmitted log information is transmitted from the image forming apparatus 110 to the portable terminal 120. As for the log information to be transmitted, a log having a date and time newer than the date and time of the log acquisition history information received from the mobile terminal 120 is extracted from the logs searched in step S501, and necessary information is acquired. The log information items to be transmitted may be all information held by the log or may be narrowed down to items necessary for aggregation. In addition, log information may be transmitted for each log, or information on target logs may be collected and transmitted.

  In step S504, the portable terminal 120 receives log information transmitted from the image forming apparatus 110.

  In step S505, the received log information and the aggregation result of log information acquired in the past managed by the aggregation application of the mobile terminal 120 are merged, and the aggregation result of the image forming apparatus usage results for the login user is obtained. create. At this time, the created totalization result is stored in a storage device such as an SD card connected to the external I / F 304 of the mobile terminal 120.

  By holding the user count results on the mobile terminal 120 side, the count results are displayed on the mobile terminal 120 side even if the mobile terminal 120 is away from the image forming apparatus 110 or a location where network communication is not possible. it can. In addition, the latest totaling result of the user who holds the portable terminal 120 can be displayed whenever the other image forming apparatus 110 is used.

  In step S506, the totaling results stored in the storage device such as the SD card of the portable terminal 120 are displayed on the display unit 301 (for example, the screen image in FIG. 6, details will be described later).

  In addition, if it displays every time when a user logs in as a timing which displays a total result, there exists a possibility that the consciousness to a saving may fade. In view of this, a form of determining whether or not to display may be taken based on a threshold value set by the aggregation application administrator. In this case, not only the total result but also a message from the administrator may be displayed when displaying (for example, the screen image of FIG. 8, details will be described later).

  In step S507, the portable terminal 120 instructs the image forming apparatus 110 to display a totaling application screen. In step S508, the instructed content is displayed on the display unit 205 of the image forming apparatus 110.

  Here, the content to be displayed on the display unit 205 of the image forming apparatus 110 is preset, and the same content as that displayed on the display unit 301 of the mobile terminal 120 may be displayed, or another content, for example, The tabulation result regarding the number of sheets may be displayed on the portable terminal 120, and the tabulation result regarding the amount of money may be displayed on the image forming apparatus 110 (for example, a screen image in FIG. 9, details will be described later). In addition, a message that informs the user that the counting result is displayed on the display unit 301 of the mobile terminal 120 may be displayed on a part of the display unit 205 (for example, a screen image of FIG. 7, details will be described later). A message that prompts the administrator to suppress printing may be displayed.

  In addition, when the totaling result is displayed on the display unit 301 of the portable terminal 120, the totaling application screen may be displayed on the display unit 205 of the image forming apparatus 110, or a built-in sensor (not shown) or The display may be performed only when the portable terminal 120 approaches the image forming apparatus 110 up to a predetermined range using position information that can be acquired by a known technique.

  In step S509, the mobile terminal 120 determines whether there is a print instruction from the user. If there is a print instruction, a print request is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 110, and the process proceeds to step S510. If there is no print instruction, the process ends.

  In step S510, the image forming apparatus 110 receives a print instruction from the portable terminal 120, executes printing, and after printing, returns to step S500 and repeats the process. Thereby, the count result held in the portable terminal 120 is always updated.

  Hereinafter, display examples on the portable terminal 120 and the image forming apparatus 110 will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 6 is an example of a total result display on the mobile terminal 120.

  In this display example, the user name to be aggregated and the aggregation target period are displayed at the top, and the number of printed sheets for each color / monochrome, the total number of output sheets, the color ratio, the duplex ratio, and the aggregation ratio are displayed.

  FIG. 7 is an example of message display on the image forming apparatus 110.

  In this display example, a message “Total information is being displayed on the mobile terminal” is displayed at the bottom of the job list screen, which is the standard output of the image forming apparatus 110.

  FIG. 8 is an example of a message display from the administrator on the mobile terminal 120.

  In this display example, each actual value and message for each target value for this month are displayed.

  FIG. 9 is an example of a total result display on both the mobile terminal 120 and the image forming apparatus 110.

  In this display example, the tabulated result regarding the number is displayed on the portable terminal 120 in the upper diagram, and the tabulated result regarding the amount is displayed on the image forming apparatus 110 in the lower diagram.

With the above processing, it is possible to display a total result for each user without preparing a total server. In addition, even users who use image forming apparatuses in various places can check their own counting results in all the image forming apparatuses at the time of printing, and can be made aware of savings more effectively.
[Second Embodiment]

  The second embodiment of the print management system according to the present invention will be described below.

  In the second embodiment, when the image forming apparatus 110 and the mobile terminal 120 are close to each other, the mobile terminal 120 automatically logs in to the image forming apparatus 110, and obtains the latest log information regarding the usage record and displays the total result. When the mobile terminal 120 leaves the image forming apparatus 110, the user is automatically logged out from the image forming apparatus 110.

  Since the system configuration and hardware configuration of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment (FIGS. 1 to 3), description thereof will be omitted.

  The overall processing of the image forming apparatus 110 and the mobile terminal 120 in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S1000, the control unit 308 of the portable terminal 120 determines whether the image forming apparatus 110 is within a preset range using a built-in sensor (not shown), position information that can be acquired by a known technique, and the like. Judgment is made. If the image forming apparatus 110 is within the range, the process proceeds to S1001. If not, wait until you are close.

  In step S1001, when it is determined in step S1000 that the portable terminal 120 is near the image forming apparatus 110, the control unit 308 of the portable terminal 120 performs an authentication processing unit of the image forming apparatus 110 via the network I / F 306. A login request is made to 213. The processing content is the same as that in step S400 of FIG.

  The processing in steps S1002 and 1003 is the same as the processing in steps S401 and S402 in FIG. The details of the tabulation result display in step S1003 are the same as the processing flow in FIG.

  However, when the portable terminal 120 approaches the range designated in advance by the image forming apparatus 110, the tabulation result is displayed only on the portable terminal 120, and the image forming apparatus 110 does not display the tabulation result, and the normal menu is displayed. By adopting an aspect of displaying a screen or the like, the user can smoothly perform an instruction operation related to printing or the like while referring to his / her printing results.

  Further, when the portable terminal 120 approaches the image forming apparatus 110 up to a pre-designated range, more tabulated information is obtained by displaying different tabulated results on the portable terminal 120 and the image forming apparatus 110. Can be confirmed.

  In step S <b> 1004, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal 120 has left the image forming apparatus 110 by the same means as in step S <b> 1000. If it is away, the process proceeds to step S1005. If it is not away, the process returns to step S1003 to continue the totaling result display process.

  In step S <b> 1005, it is determined whether a totaling application screen is displayed on the display unit 205 of the image forming apparatus 110. If it is displayed, the process advances to step S1006 to instruct the image forming apparatus 110 to hide the tabulation application screen.

  The processes in steps S1006 and 1007 are the same as the processes in steps S507 and S508 in FIG.

  In step S <b> 1008, the control unit 308 of the mobile terminal 120 issues a logout request to the authentication processing unit 213 of the image forming apparatus 110 via the network I / F 306 in response to the mobile terminal 120 leaving the image forming apparatus 110. The processing content is the same as that in step S407 in FIG.

  In step S1009, the authentication processing unit 213 of the image forming apparatus 110 receives a request from the portable terminal 120 and performs logout processing. After logout is complete, the process ends.

  With the above processing, when the user carries the portable terminal 120 close to the image forming apparatus 110 at the time of printing, the counting result is automatically updated and the latest state can be obtained. The message from the administrator can be confirmed by approaching.

  Although the embodiment has been described in detail above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a method, a program, or a storage medium. The present invention may be applied, or may be applied to an apparatus composed of one device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute (read) each processing method, and the storage medium according to the present invention stores a program that allows the computer to execute each processing method.

  The program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each device.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by performing reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS or the like operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is a part of the actual processing or It goes without saying that the case where the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by performing all of the above processing is also included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device.

  Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention. In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

100 Print Management System 110 Image Forming Device 120 Mobile Terminal 130 LAN
140 PC
201 Network I / F
202 CPU
203 RAM
204 ROM
205 Display unit 206 Operation unit I / F
207 Operation unit 208 Printer I / F
209 Printer unit 210 External memory I / F
211 External Memory 212 Control Unit 213 Authentication Processing Unit 301 Display Unit 302 Operation Unit 303 Camera Unit 304 External I / F
305 Antenna 306 Network I / F
307 Power supply unit 308 Control unit 309 Audio input unit 310 Microphone 311 Speaker 312 Audio output unit 313 RF input / output unit 314 Antenna 315 Digital signal processing unit

Claims (11)

An information processing apparatus connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses so as to be communicable, and having total information storage means for storing total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses,
A record information acquisition means for acquiring print record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus;
Total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the total information storage means and the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition means;
Total information registration means for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the total information calculation means in the total information storage means;
Total information display means for displaying total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The image forming apparatus has a display unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a total information display control unit that displays total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage unit on a display unit of the image forming apparatus. apparatus.   The total information displayed on the display unit of the image forming apparatus by the total information display control unit has total items different from the total information displayed by the total information display unit. Information processing device.   4. The aggregate information display control unit causes the display unit of the image forming apparatus to display the aggregate information while the aggregate information is displayed by the aggregate information display unit. Information processing device.   The total information display control unit displays the total information on a display unit of the image forming apparatus when the information processing apparatus approaches a predetermined range of the image forming apparatus, and the information processing apparatus The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein when the distance is within a predetermined range, the total information displayed on the display unit of the image forming apparatus is not displayed.   6. The record information acquisition unit according to claim 1, wherein the record information acquisition unit acquires print record information from the image forming apparatus when the information processing apparatus approaches a predetermined range of the image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. An information processing system in which one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus having total information storage means for storing total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatus are connected to be communicable,
The image forming apparatus includes:
In accordance with an acquisition request from the information processing apparatus, it has a record information transmission control means for extracting print result information and transmitting it to the information processing apparatus
The information processing apparatus includes:
A record information acquisition means for acquiring print record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus;
Total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the total information storage means and the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition means;
Total information registration means for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the total information calculation means in the total information storage means;
Total information display means for displaying total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means;
An information processing system comprising: A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising: a total information storage unit that is communicably connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and stores total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses,
A record information acquisition unit acquires record record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus;
Total information for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the total information storage unit and the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition unit. A calculation step;
A total information registration step for registering total information for the image forming apparatus calculated in the total information calculation step in the total information storage unit;
A summary information display means for displaying summary information corresponding to the print requester stored in the summary information storage means;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: A control method for an information processing system in which one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus having total information storage means for storing total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses are communicably connected. ,
The image forming apparatus includes:
A track record information transmission control means has a track record information transmission control step of extracting print record information and transmitting it to the information processor in accordance with an acquisition request from the information processor.
The information processing apparatus includes:
A record information acquisition unit acquires record record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus;
Total information for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the total information storage unit and the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition unit. A calculation step;
A total information registration step for registering total information for the image forming apparatus calculated in the total information calculation step in the total information storage unit;
A summary information display means for displaying summary information corresponding to the print requester stored in the summary information storage means;
An information processing system control method comprising: A program executable in an information processing apparatus that is connected to one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses so as to be communicable and has total information storage means for storing total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatuses.
The information processing apparatus;
A record information acquisition means for acquiring print record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus;
Total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the total information storage means and the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition means;
Total information registration means for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the total information calculation means in the total information storage means;
Total information display means for displaying total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means;
A program characterized by functioning as A program executable in an information processing system in which one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses and an information processing apparatus having total information storage means for storing total information obtained by totaling printing results for the image forming apparatus are connected to be communicable. There,
The image forming apparatus;
In accordance with an acquisition request from the information processing apparatus, extract print result information and function as a record information transmission control means for transmitting to the information processing apparatus,
The information processing apparatus;
A record information acquisition means for acquiring print record information in association with a print requester from the image forming apparatus;
Total information calculation means for calculating the latest total information for the image forming apparatus based on the total information stored in the total information storage means and the printing result information acquired by the result information acquisition means;
Total information registration means for registering the total information for the image forming apparatus calculated by the total information calculation means in the total information storage means;
Total information display means for displaying total information corresponding to the print requester stored in the total information storage means;
A program characterized by functioning as

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