JP2023113034A - Information processing device, information processing system and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device, an information processing system and an information processing program capable of reducing a bothersome work for generating a handler when there are multiple methods for obtaining document information to which the setting of an executed process is applied.SOLUTION: A receiving unit 52 accepts, when pinning associated with the setting of executed processes is generated from the records of the executed processes, a process of generating the pinning from among the records. Next, when there are multiple methods for obtaining document information subjected to the process accepted by the receiving unit 52, a pinning generating unit 54 generates the pinning which is to display the multiple obtaining methods as selection choices, and which is associated with the setting of the executed processes.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing program.

In Patent Document 1, when the distance between the information processing apparatus and the mobile terminal is less than a certain distance, the mobile terminal is controlled to enter a cooperative panel mode in which a portion that cannot be displayed on the display unit of the information processing apparatus is displayed. However, when the distance between the information processing device and the mobile terminal is longer than a certain distance, it has been proposed to control the mobile terminal to be in a remote panel mode in which the information processing device can be operated by itself.

JP 2013-223137 A

There is a function that generates an operator associated with the setting of the executed process, applies the setting executed in the past by operating the operator, and enables re-execution of the process. When generating manipulators, even if the settings are the same, if the manuscript information acquisition methods are different, it is necessary to generate manipulators for each manuscript information acquisition method. For example, when reading a document and when reading a file, it is necessary to create a separate operator.

Therefore, in the present invention, an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and an information processing program are capable of reducing the labor of generating operators when there are a plurality of document information acquisition methods to which the settings of executed processing are applied. intended to provide

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to a first aspect includes a processor, and when generating an operator associated with a setting of the process from a history of executed processes, the processor performs the receiving the process of generating the manipulator from the history, and generating the manipulator that displays the plurality of the manuscript information acquisition methods as options when there are a plurality of acquisition methods of the document information to be the target of the received process. process.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the processor acquires the generated selection result of the manipulator, and the selection result includes a document document as the acquisition method with a plurality of selection results. and a method of reading a file are displayed as options. Perform processing to display the setting screen for reading.

Further, an information processing apparatus according to a third aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the plurality of acquisition methods include a method of reading a document and a method of reading a file.

Further, an information processing apparatus according to a fourth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, wherein even if the acquisition destination is the external device, if the external device exists in front of the own device, the processor displays the document reading setting screen.

Further, an information processing apparatus according to a fifth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein the processor measures a distance between the own device and the external device, and determines that the external device exists in front of the own device. Determine whether or not

Further, the information processing apparatus according to a sixth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect or the fifth aspect, wherein after the file read setting screen is displayed, after a predetermined time elapses, the external device It is re-determined whether or not it exists in front of its own device.

An information processing system according to a seventh aspect includes the information processing device, and an external device that instructs the information processing device to generate the manipulator and to execute the manipulator.

Further, the information processing program according to the eighth aspect causes the computer to generate the operator from the history when generating the operator associated with the setting of the process from the history of the executed process. When a process is accepted and there are a plurality of acquisition methods of the document information to be processed, a process of generating the operators for displaying the plurality of acquisition methods as options is executed.

According to the first aspect, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of reducing the labor of generating manipulators when there are a plurality of manuscript information acquisition methods to which settings of executed processing are applied.

According to the second aspect, it is possible to display the setting screen without having to specify the document information acquisition method.

According to the third aspect, it is possible to generate an operator that displays a method of reading a document and a method of reading a file as options.

According to the fourth aspect, it is possible to execute the manipulator by the method of reading the document while operating the external device and approaching the own device.

According to the fifth aspect, it is possible to determine whether or not the external device is being operated in front of the own device.

According to the sixth aspect, it is possible to save the trouble of switching from the display of the setting screen for reading the file to the setting screen for reading the document when instructing the execution of the operator from the external device in the method of reading the document.

According to the seventh aspect, it is possible to provide an information processing system capable of reducing labor for generating manipulators when there are a plurality of manuscript information acquisition methods to which settings of executed processing are applied.

According to the eighth aspect, it is possible to provide an information processing program capable of reducing labor for generating operators when there are a plurality of document information acquisition methods to which settings of executed processing are applied.

It is a figure showing a schematic structure of an information processing system concerning this embodiment. 2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the electrical system of the image forming apparatus in the information processing system according to the embodiment; FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of an electrical system of a client computer in the information processing system according to the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of a control unit of the image forming apparatus according to this embodiment; FIG. An example of a quick list screen showing a history of past executions is shown, and an example of displaying pins generated by a remote device such as a client computer or a mobile terminal device is shown. An example of a quick list screen showing a history of past executions is shown, and an example of displaying pins generated in the interface of the image forming apparatus is shown. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a setting screen for document reading when a document is set in the image forming apparatus and pinning is selected; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a file reading setting screen when pinning is selected from a client computer or a mobile terminal device by determining that the device that selected pinning does not exist in front of the image forming device. . 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus when pinning is generated in the information processing system according to the present embodiment; 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by an image forming apparatus when instructing execution of a pinned process in the information processing system according to the present embodiment; 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus when determining whether or not a file has been specified at regular time intervals after pinning is selected;

An example of the present embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, an information processing system in which an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus and a client computer are connected to each other via communication lines such as various networks will be described as an example. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 10 according to this embodiment.

An information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment includes an image forming apparatus 12 and a client computer 14, as shown in FIG. The image forming apparatus 12 and the client computer 14 are connected via a communication line 18 such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), the Internet, an intranet, or the like. Each of the image forming apparatus 12 and the client computer 14 can mutually transmit and receive various data via the communication line 18 . In this embodiment, by instructing the image forming apparatus 12 to print from the client computer 14, the image forming apparatus 12 forms an image according to the print instruction. Although one image forming apparatus 12 and one client computer 14 are shown in FIG. 1, each may be plural, or one of them may be plural. Further, in the information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment, a print instruction is issued from the mobile terminal device 16 via the communication line 18, or via short-range wireless communication such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). All print instructions are possible. As indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 1, a configuration may be adopted in which a server 11 is further provided, and at least one of the client computer 14 and the portable terminal device 16 issues an image forming request to the image forming device 12 via the server 11 .

The image forming apparatus 12 according to the present embodiment has an image forming function that receives various data from a client computer 14 or a portable terminal device 16 as an example of an external device, performs image forming processing based on the received data, and reads a document. A reading function that obtains image information representing the original, a copying function that copies the image recorded on the original onto paper, a facsimile function that transmits and receives various data via a telephone line (not shown), and image information read by the reading function, etc. It has a plurality of functions such as a transfer function for transferring document information and a storage function for storing document information such as read image information. The multiple functions may include all of these functions, or two or more of these functions.

In the following description, the facsimile function may be referred to as facsimile, the reading function as scanning, the image forming function as printing, and the copying function as copying.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the electrical system of the image forming apparatus 12 in the information processing system 10 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 12 according to this embodiment includes a control unit 20 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 20A, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 20B, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 20C. ing. The CPU 20A controls the overall operation of the image forming apparatus 12. FIG. The RAM 20C is used as a work area or the like when various programs are executed by the CPU 20A. Various control programs, various parameters, and the like are stored in advance in the ROM 20B. In the image forming apparatus 12 , each part of the control unit 20 is electrically connected by a system bus 42 .

On the other hand, the image forming apparatus 12 according to this embodiment includes a HDD (hard disk drive) 26 that stores various data, application programs, and the like. The image forming apparatus 12 also includes a display control unit 28 that is connected to the user interface 22 and that controls display of various operation screens and the like on the display of the user interface 22 . The image forming apparatus 12 also includes an operation input detection unit 30 that is connected to the user interface 22 and detects an operation instruction input via the user interface 22 . In image forming apparatus 12 , HDD 26 , display control section 28 , and operation input detection section 30 are electrically connected to system bus 42 . In addition, in the image forming apparatus 12 according to the present embodiment, the HDD 26 is used as the storage unit, but the storage unit is not limited to this, and a non-volatile storage unit such as a flash memory may be used. In addition, in the present embodiment, the user interface 22 is assumed to be a touch panel capable of displaying and inputting operations. good.

Further, the image forming apparatus 12 according to the present embodiment includes a reading control section 32 that controls an optical image reading operation by the document reading section 44 and a document feeding operation by the document conveying section, and an image forming section by the image forming section 24. and an image formation control section 34 that controls processing and conveyance of sheets to the image forming section 24 by the conveyance section 25 . In addition, the image forming apparatus 12 is connected to the communication line 18, and has a communication line I/F (interface) section 36 for transmitting and receiving communication data to and from other external devices such as the client computer 14 connected to the communication line 18. , is equipped with The image forming apparatus 12 also includes a facsimile I/F (interface) section 38 which is connected to a telephone line (not shown) and performs transmission and reception of facsimile data with a facsimile apparatus connected to the telephone line. The image forming apparatus 12 also includes a transmission/reception control unit 40 that controls transmission/reception of facsimile data via the facsimile I/F unit 38 . The image forming apparatus 12 also includes a human sensor 46 that detects people around the apparatus. In the image forming apparatus 12 , the transmission/reception control section 40 , the reading control section 32 , the image formation control section 34 , the communication line I/F section 36 , the facsimile I/F section 38 , and the human sensor 46 are electrically connected to the system bus 42 . properly connected.

With the configuration described above, the image forming apparatus 12 according to the present embodiment accesses the RAM 20C, the ROM 20B, and the HDD 26 by the CPU 20A. Further, the image forming apparatus 12 controls display of information such as operation screens and various messages on the display of the user interface 22 via the display control unit 28 by the CPU 20A. Further, the image forming apparatus 12 controls the operation of the document reading section 44 and the document conveying section via the reading control section 32 by the CPU 20A. Further, the image forming apparatus 12 controls the operation of the image forming section 24 and the conveying section 25 via the image forming control section 34 and the transmission and reception of communication data via the communication line I/F section 36 by the CPU 20A. , respectively. Further, the image forming apparatus 12 controls transmission and reception of facsimile data via the facsimile I/F section 38 by the transmission/reception control section 40 by the CPU 20A. Further, the CPU 20A of the image forming apparatus 12 grasps the operation content of the user interface 22 based on the operation information detected by the operation input detection unit 30, and executes various controls based on this operation content.

Further, in the image forming apparatus 12 according to the present embodiment, an operator that associates the setting of the executed process is generated, and the setting executed in the past is applied by operating the operator, thereby making it possible to re-execute the process. There is a function to For example, when executing functions such as copy, fax, e-mail, scan, etc., or when executing these functions in combination, assigning an operator when executing each setting by changing the setting information from the default , and has a function of performing so-called pinning and re-executing. Note that the manipulator corresponds to pinning and is associated with setting information.

Next, the main configuration of the electrical system of the client computer 14 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the essential configuration of the electrical system of the client computer 14 in the information processing system 10 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the client computer 14 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU 14A as an example of a processor, a ROM 14B, a RAM 14C, a storage 14D, an operation section 14E, a display section 14F, and a communication line I/F (interface) section 14G. It has The CPU 14A controls the overall operation of the client computer 14. FIG. Various control programs, various parameters, and the like are stored in advance in the ROM 14B. The RAM 14C is used as a work area or the like when various programs are executed by the CPU 14A. The storage 14D stores various data, application programs, and the like. The operation unit 14E is used to input various information. The display unit 14F is used to display various information. The communication line I/F unit 14G is connected to the communication line 18 and transmits/receives various data to/from other devices connected to the communication line 18 . Also, the communication line I/F unit 14G has a very good configuration that enables direct communication with each device using various well-known wireless communications. Each part of the client computer 14 described above is electrically connected to each other by a system bus 14I. In the client computer 14 according to the present embodiment, the storage 14D is applied as a storage unit, but as an example of the storage, a non-volatile storage unit such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or flash memory is applied. .

With the above configuration, the client computer 14 according to the present embodiment accesses the ROM 14B, the RAM 14C, and the storage 14D, acquires various data via the operation unit 14E, and displays various information on the display unit 14F by the CPU 14A. do. Further, the client computer 14 controls transmission and reception of communication data via the communication line I/F unit 14G by the CPU 14A.

When a print instruction is issued from the mobile terminal device 16, the mobile terminal device 16 basically includes a general computer configuration, and like the client computer in FIG. Since it is the structure including, detailed description is abbreviate|omitted. Note that the mobile terminal device 16 includes a position detection unit 16H for detecting the position of the mobile terminal device 16 by a GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like, and a photographing unit (not shown) such as a camera, as components that the client computer 14 does not have. .

Next, the functional configuration of the control unit 20 of the image forming apparatus 12 will be described. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the functional configuration of the control unit 20 of the image forming apparatus 12 according to this embodiment.

The control unit 20 has the function of the display processing section 50 as a result of the CPU 20A executing a program stored in the ROM 20B.

The display processing unit 50 has functions of a reception unit 52 , a pinning generation unit 54 , an image display unit 56 , an acquisition unit 58 , a screen selection unit 60 and a screen display unit 62 .

The receiving unit 52 receives a process of generating a pin from the history when generating a pin associated with the setting of the executed process from the history of the executed process. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the process to be pinned is accepted from among the processes displayed on the quick list screen showing the history of past executions.

If there are a plurality of acquisition methods of document information to be processed that are accepted by the acceptance unit 52, the pinning generation unit 54 sets the pinning that displays the plurality of acquisition methods as options, and sets the executed processing. Generate a pin associated with . Also, if there is only one manuscript information acquisition method, a pin associated with the setting of the executed process is generated. In the present embodiment, since there are a method of reading a document by scanning the image forming apparatus 12 and a method of reading a file of document information as a plurality of acquisition methods of document information, pinning is generated by integrating the respective methods.

The image display unit 56 performs processing for displaying a screen for selecting pinning generated by the pinning generation unit 54 . For example, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a history of manuscripts scanned and sent by e-mail by operating the image forming apparatus 12 (e-mail transmission of “execute from panel” in FIGS. 5 and 6) and a file of manuscript information are read. Generate and display a pin that integrates the emails sent by . At this time, a pinning mark P is displayed on the pinned process. Note that FIG. 5 shows an example of displaying the pinning generated in a remote device such as the client computer 14 or the mobile terminal device 16, and FIG. 6 displays the pinning generated in the interface 22 of the image forming device 12. Give an example.

The obtaining unit 58 obtains a selection result of pinning to be executed from the pinning generated by the pinning generating unit 54 . For example, the selection result of the execution target pinning is obtained from among the pinnings displayed as shown in FIGS.

When there are a plurality of document information acquisition methods, the screen selection unit 60 performs processing for selecting a setting screen according to the acquisition source of the pinning selection result. In this embodiment, for example, when pinning is selected from the user interface 22 of the image forming apparatus 12, the document reading screen is selected. On the other hand, when pinning is selected from an external device such as the client computer or the mobile terminal device 16, the file reading setting screen is selected.

The screen display unit 62 performs processing for displaying the setting screen selected by the screen selection unit 60 . For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when a document is set on the image forming apparatus 12 and pinning (e-mail transmission of "panel and remote combined use" in FIG. 7) is selected, as shown in the lower part of FIG. display the settings screen for scanning originals. The document reading setting screen displays a pinning setting screen for setting document reading, and displays a setting screen for setting parameters used at the time of reading. The example of FIG. 7 shows a setting screen for setting the subject, double-sided document feed, reading size, document set orientation, and the like. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, when pinning is selected from the client computer 14 or the mobile terminal device 16 (e-mail transmission of "panel and remote combined use" in FIG. 8), the pinned device and image forming As a result of measuring the distance from the device 12, it is determined that the device does not exist in front of the image forming device 12, and a file reading setting screen as shown in the lower part of FIG. 8 is displayed. The file reading setting screen displays a setting screen for setting parameters used for file reading. The example of FIG. 8 shows a setting screen for setting the selection of the storage location of the file, the destination, the subject, and the like. The selection of the storage location of the file in FIG. 8, for example, displays an interface for selecting the reading destination such as a widget for reading the file when the operation for "selection" in FIG. 8 is performed. select.

Next, specific processing performed by the image forming apparatus 12 in the information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, the process performed by the image forming apparatus 12 when generating the manipulator will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus 12 when pinning is generated in the information processing system 10 according to this embodiment. 9 is started, for example, when the user interface 22 of the image forming apparatus 12 or a remote apparatus is operated to instruct display of the history screen.

At step 100, the CPU 20A displays a history screen and proceeds to step 102. FIG. For example, when the request source of the history screen is a remote device, the history screen as shown in FIG. is displayed on the user interface 22 as shown in FIG.

At step 102, the CPU 20A determines whether or not pinning has been accepted. The determination determines whether or not a predetermined operation for pinning the history for which pinning is to be generated has been performed. That is, it is determined whether or not the receiving unit 52 has received a process of generating a pin from the history of executed processes. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 104, and if the determination is negative, the series of processes is terminated and another instructed process is executed. The pinning generation instruction is issued from the interface 22 of the image forming apparatus 12, the client computer 14, the mobile terminal device 16, or the like.

At step 104, the CPU 20A detects candidates for the document acquisition method, and proceeds to step 106. FIG. In the present embodiment, the pinning generation unit 54 detects candidates for the document information acquisition method in the history for which pinning is to be generated. For example, acquisition method candidates such as acquisition of manuscript information by reading a manuscript and acquisition of manuscript information by reading a file are detected.

At step 106, the CPU 20A determines whether or not to combine acquisition methods to generate pinning. For this determination, for example, when there are a plurality of document information acquisition methods, it is determined whether or not a predetermined operation of integrating the acquisition methods and generating pinning has been performed. When the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 108, and when the determination is positive, the process proceeds to step 110.

At step 108, the CPU 20A pins the history and terminates the series of processes. That is, the pinning generation unit 54 assigns an operator to the history itself.

On the other hand, at step 110, the CPU 20A generates pinning by integrating a plurality of acquisition methods, and ends the series of processing. In this embodiment, the pinning generation unit 54 generates an operator that displays a plurality of acquisition methods as options.

Next, processing performed in the image forming apparatus 12 when an operator is generated and instructs execution of a pinned process will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus 12 when instructing execution of a pinned process in the information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment. 10 is started, for example, when the user interface 22 of the image forming apparatus 12 or a remote apparatus is operated to instruct display of the history screen.

At step 200, the CPU 20A displays a history screen and proceeds to step 202. FIG. For example, the history screens shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are displayed in the same manner as in step 100 described above.

At step 202, the CPU 20A determines whether or not an instruction to execute pinning has been given. That is, the acquisition unit 58 determines whether or not the pinning selection result to be executed has been acquired from among the pinnings generated by the pinning generation unit 54 . This determination is, for example, to determine whether or not an operation has been performed to select a pinning to be executed from among the displayed pinnings. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 204, and if the determination is negative, the series of processes is terminated and another instructed process is executed. An instruction to execute pinning is issued from the interface 22 of the image forming apparatus 12, the client computer 14, the mobile terminal device 16, or the like.

At step 204, the CPU 20A determines whether or not an instruction for execution has been given from its own device. If an external device such as the client computer 14 or the mobile terminal device 16 instructs to do so, the determination is negative and the process proceeds to step 208 , otherwise the process proceeds to step 206 .

At step 206, the CPU 20A displays a document reading setting screen on the user interface 22, and terminates the series of processes. That is, the screen selection unit 60 selects the document reading setting screen, and the screen display unit 62 performs processing for displaying the setting screen selected by the screen selection unit 60 . After displaying the document reading setting screen and completing the process, the pinned process is executed when the execution is instructed after changing the settings.

On the other hand, in step 208, the CPU 20A measures the distance between the device that has selected pinning and the self device, and proceeds to step 210. FIG. The distance may be detected based on the strength of short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal device 16, or may be measured by applying a distance sensor or the like as the human sensor 46, for example. Also, the distance measurement in step 208 may be omitted.

At step 210, the CPU 20A determines whether or not the operation is being performed in front of its own device. For this determination, for example, it is determined whether or not an operation to execute pinning has been performed while the human detection sensor 46 is detecting a person in front of the device. When the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 206, and when the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 212.

At step 212, the CPU 20A displays the file reading setting screen and ends the series of processing. That is, the screen selection unit 60 selects the setting screen for file reading, and the screen display unit 62 performs processing for displaying the setting screen selected by the screen selection unit 60 . After displaying the document reading setting screen and completing the process, the pinned process is executed when the execution is instructed after changing the settings.

By the way, in the above processing, when the document is to be scanned toward the image forming apparatus 12, if pinning is selected while the document is being scanned toward the image forming apparatus 12, pinning is expanded by the file reading setting. be done. However, when the image forming apparatus 12 wants to perform "document reading", it takes more time to change the setting from "file reading" to "document reading".

Therefore, after pinning is selected, it may be determined whether or not the file has been specified at regular time intervals. Here, a specific process performed by the image forming apparatus 12 when determining whether or not a file has been specified at regular time intervals after pinning is selected will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus 12 when determining whether or not a file has been specified at regular time intervals after pinning is selected. Note that the same processing as in FIG. 10 will be described with the same reference numerals.

At step 200, the CPU 20A displays a history screen and proceeds to step 202. FIG. For example, the history screens shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are displayed in the same manner as in step 102 described above.

At step 202, the CPU 20A determines whether or not an instruction to execute pinning has been given. That is, the acquisition unit 58 determines whether or not the pinning selection result to be executed has been acquired from among the pinnings generated by the pinning generation unit 54 . This determination is, for example, to determine whether or not an operation has been performed to select a pinning to be executed from among the displayed pinnings. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 204, and if the determination is negative, the series of processes is terminated and another instructed process is executed. An instruction to execute pinning is issued from the interface 22 of the image forming apparatus 12, the client computer 14, the mobile terminal device 16, or the like.

At step 204, the CPU 20A determines whether or not an instruction for execution has been given from its own device. If an external device such as the client computer 14 or the mobile terminal device 16 instructs to do so, the determination is negative and the process proceeds to step 208 , otherwise the process proceeds to step 206 .

At step 206, the CPU 20A displays a document reading setting screen on the user interface 22, and terminates the series of processes. That is, the screen selection unit 60 selects the document reading setting screen, and the screen display unit 62 performs processing for displaying the setting screen selected by the screen selection unit 60 . After displaying the document reading setting screen and completing the process, the pinned process is executed when the execution is instructed after changing the settings.

On the other hand, in step 208, the CPU 20A measures the distance between the device that has selected pinning and the self device, and proceeds to step 210. FIG. The distance may be detected based on the strength of short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal device 16, or may be measured by applying a distance sensor or the like as the human sensor 46, for example. Also, the distance measurement in step 208 may be omitted.

At step 210, the CPU 20A determines whether or not the operation is being performed in front of its own device. For this determination, for example, it is determined whether or not an operation to execute pinning has been performed while the human detection sensor 46 is detecting a person in front of the device. When the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 206, and when the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 212.

At step 212, the CPU 20A displays a file reading setting screen and proceeds to step 214. FIG. That is, the screen selection unit 60 selects the setting screen for file reading, and the screen display unit 62 performs processing for displaying the setting screen selected by the screen selection unit 60 .

At step 214, the CPU 20A determines whether or not a file has been designated within a predetermined time. If the determination is affirmative, the series of processes is terminated and the pinning process is executed for the designated file. On the other hand, if the determination is negative, the process returns to step 208 and the above processing is repeated. That is, if the file is not specified, it is determined again whether or not the user approaches the image forming apparatus 12 . When it is determined in step 210 that the image forming apparatus 12 is in front of the image forming apparatus 12, the display is switched to the setting screen for document reading when "document reading" is selected.

Although the image forming apparatus 12 has been described as an example of an information processing apparatus in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an image processing apparatus capable of reading documents and reading files may be applied as the information processing apparatus.

Further, in the above embodiments, the CPU was described as an example of a processor, but the processor refers to a processor in a broad sense, such as a general-purpose processor (such as a CPU) or a dedicated processor (such as a GPU: Graphics Processing Unit, ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit, FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array, programmable logic device, etc.).

Further, the operations of the processors in the above embodiments may be performed not only by one processor but also by cooperation of a plurality of physically separated processors. Also, the order of each operation of the processor is not limited to the order described in each of the above embodiments, and may be changed as appropriate.

Further, the processing performed by the image forming apparatus 12 according to the above embodiment may be processing performed by software, may be performed by hardware, or may be a combination of both. Further, the processing performed by the image forming apparatus 12 may be stored as a program in a storage medium and distributed.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

10 Information Processing System 12 Image Forming Device 14 Client Computer 16 Portable Terminal Device 20 Control Unit 20A CPU
22 User interface 26 HDD
44 document reading unit 46 human sensor 50 display processing unit 52 reception unit 54 pinning generation unit 56 image display unit 58 acquisition unit 60 screen selection unit 62 screen display unit P pinning mark

Claims (8)

a processor, said processor comprising:
receiving the process of generating the operator from the history when generating the operator associated with the setting of the process from the history of the executed process;
When there are a plurality of acquisition methods of document information to be received and processed, the information processing apparatus performs a process of generating the operator that displays the plurality of acquisition methods as options. The processor
Acquiring the selection result of the generated manipulator,
displaying a document reading setting screen when the acquisition destination of the selection result is the own device in the operator displaying a method of reading a document and a method of reading a file as the acquisition method with a plurality of selection results, 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when said acquisition destination is an external apparatus, a process of displaying a file reading setting screen is performed. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of acquisition methods include a method of reading a document and a method of reading a file. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein even if the acquisition source is the external device, the processor displays the document reading setting screen when the external device exists in front of the own device. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processor measures a distance between the own apparatus and the external apparatus and determines whether or not the external apparatus exists in front of the own apparatus. 6. The information processing according to claim 4, wherein said processor re-determines whether or not said external device exists in front of said device after a predetermined time has elapsed after displaying said file reading setting screen. Device. an information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6;
an external device that instructs the information processing device to generate the manipulator and to instruct the execution of the manipulator;
Information processing system including; to the computer,
receiving the process of generating the operator from the history when generating the operator associated with the setting of the process from the history of the executed process;
An information processing program for executing a process of generating the manipulator for displaying a plurality of acquisition methods as options when there are a plurality of acquisition methods of document information to be processed.