JP5033059B2 - Priority function setting system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus connected to a network, and in particular, with respect to operation of functions frequently used by a user, a function that enables a user to operate with priority over the operation of other functions (hereinafter, referred to as `` function ''). The present invention relates to a priority function setting system that reduces a user's operation time by setting a priority function (hereinafter referred to as priority function setting).

  2. Description of the Related Art Recently, in offices and the like, image forming apparatuses such as printers, MFPs (Multifunction Peripherals, multifunction peripheral devices, multifunction printers), and multifunction peripherals have become widespread. These image forming apparatuses have many functions that can be selected because they are supported and enhanced, and the functions may be further divided into a plurality of lower-level functions, which makes the operation complicated. For this reason, since the user needs a long time to operate the image forming apparatus, a priority function can be set in the image forming apparatus. For example, when the user frequently uses the black and white copy and fax transmission functions, if a priority function is set for the black and white copy and fax transmission functions, a display for operation from the operation panel of the image forming apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as a “black and white copy” function). In the operation panel display), “monochrome copy” and “FAX transmission” are preferentially displayed. The user can immediately use the black-and-white copy or FAX transmission function from “monochrome copy” or “FAX transmission” displayed on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus.

As described above, the priority function setting is performed on the function of the image forming apparatus frequently used by the user so that the user does not take time to operate. For example, with reference to Patent Document 1, a technique is described in which priority function setting can be performed according to the frequency of use of the function of the image forming apparatus used by the user for each time or for each time period (hereinafter, referred to as “Patent Document 1”). Conventional technique 1).
JP-A-5-344257

  In such prior art 1, since the priority function setting is set for each time zone, the usage frequency of the function used by the user varies depending on the time zone, and there is a difference in the usage frequency of the function used in the time zone. If the priority function is set for a function that is frequently used for each time zone, the user can reduce the operation time of the image forming apparatus. However, when there is not much difference in the usage frequency of the function in the time zone, even if the priority function setting is set for the function with the highest usage frequency among the functions, the effect of reducing the operation time of the user is not large. There is. For example, users with different occupations may be present on the floor or area, and users with the same occupation use the same function frequently, but users with different occupations use the same function less frequently. is there. In such a case, priority is not set for the functions of the image forming apparatus according to the time period, but priority is given to the functions of the image forming apparatus according to the ratio of users of the same job type to the users of the entire floor or area. Setting the function is more effective.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a condition, and it aims at providing the priority function setting system which can eliminate said subject.

Priority function setting system of the present invention is a priority function setting system for performing priority function settings of the image forming apparatus connected to the network, for the number of users that have a seat floor or area, job, etc. A user of the priority function setting server that acquires user attendance status data indicating the group attendance ratio that is the ratio of the number of users who belong to the same group and are presently operating the user terminal among the divided groups Group presence rate priority function setting in which the priority function of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the group presence rate is set, and the user presence status data acquired by the user presence status acquisition unit Corresponds to the user presence status data from the image forming apparatus function data table in which the function of the image forming apparatus is set by collating with the data table The priority function and priority function setting verification of priority function configuration server to retrieve the operation panel of the priority function setting server to create the control panel display data of the image forming apparatus by the features that are outputted from the priority function setting collating unit that And a display data creation unit.
Also, priority function setting system of the present invention, the pre-Symbol the user presence status acquisition unit configured to set the user awareness data based on the user presence state received from the connected user presence monitoring server in the network It is characterized by providing .
Also, priority function setting system of the present invention is characterized by Ru with a group awareness rate used function storage unit of the priority function setting server that stores the functions which the user presence status data and user uses.
Also, priority function setting system of the present invention is characterized by determining the priority function from the group awareness rate used function storage unit the user awareness data and the function stored at.
In addition, the priority function setting system of the present invention includes an operation panel display data distribution unit of a priority function setting server capable of distributing the operation panel display data to the image forming apparatus.
The priority function setting system of the present invention is characterized in that the operation panel display can be changed to the operation panel display of the set group.
Further, the priority function setting collating unit of the priority function setting system of the present invention includes the user presence status data output from the user presence status acquisition unit and the group presence of the group presence rate priority function setting data table. Checking the seating rate, taking out the No in which the priority function setting flag corresponding to the group attendance rate corresponding to the user presence status data is set from the group attendance rate priority function setting data table, The priority function setting collating unit retrieves a function corresponding to the retrieved No from the image forming apparatus function data table and sets the current priority function to the operation panel display data creating unit. To do.
In addition, the priority function setting collating unit of the priority function setting system of the present invention checks whether the current priority function setting and the previous priority function setting are the same, and if they are the same, the group attendance rate and use The function is stored in the memory of the priority function setting server, and when the functions are not the same, the current priority function setting is output to the operation panel display data creation unit.
The priority function setting system of the present invention is characterized in that the priority function setting provided in the image forming apparatus is a setting based on a personnel configuration of the group.
The priority function setting method of the present invention is a priority function setting method for setting a priority function of an image forming apparatus connected to a network, and is the same group for the number of users having seats on a floor or an area. A user presence status acquisition step of a priority function setting server that acquires user presence status data indicating a group presence rate, which is a ratio of the number of users who belong to and are currently operating the user terminal ; Collating the user presence status data acquired in the user presence status acquisition step with a group presence rate priority function setting data table in which a priority function of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the group presence rate is set; Priority function setting for retrieving the priority function corresponding to the user presence status data from the image forming apparatus function data table in which the function of the image forming apparatus is set Including server and priority function setting verification steps, and a control panel display data producing step of priority function setting server to create the control panel display data of the image forming apparatus by outputted the function from the priority function setting verification step It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, the priority function setting provided in the image forming apparatus is set based on environmental conditions such as the personnel composition of a group divided according to the job type of a user (hereinafter referred to as a user), etc. The time for the user to operate the operation panel can be reduced.

<First Embodiment>
(Configuration of priority function setting system)
With reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of the priority function setting system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The priority function setting system includes a plurality of user terminals 10, a user presence monitoring server 20, a priority function setting server 30, and an image forming apparatus 40, each connected by an IP network such as the Internet or an intranet. Yes.

  The user terminal 10 is a user terminal used by a user who belongs to a group for each occupation, and the user terminal 10 is, for example, a personal computer.

  The user presence monitoring server 20 is a server that monitors the presence status of the users belonging to the group, and determines the operation status of the user terminal 10 based on a logon signal from the user terminal 10 to the user presence monitoring server 20. Further, when the user leaves and the user terminal 10 is not operated for a certain period of time or longer, the user terminal 10 detects this by, for example, a signal indicating the transition to the power saving mode of the user terminal 10 and the user presence monitoring. The server 20 receives the detection signal and determines whether or not the user is operating the user terminal 10 (hereinafter referred to as a terminal operation state). Then, the user presence monitoring server 20 transmits the user ID, the group ID to which the user belongs, and the terminal operation state received from the user terminal 10 in response to a request from the priority function setting server 30.

  The priority function setting server 30 is a group of the same occupation with respect to the user ID received from the user presence monitoring server 20, the group ID to which the user belongs, and the number of users who have seats on the floor or area from the terminal operation state. The ratio of the number of users who belong to and are currently operating the user terminal (hereinafter referred to as group attendance rate) is calculated. For example, the number of users who have seats on the floor or area is t, the occupation group is a sales group, a development group, and an administrative group, and they belong to the sales group, development group, and administrative group. Assuming that the number of users present is a, b, and c, the sales staff group attendance rate = a / t × 100, the development staff group attendance rate = b / t × 100, and the office staff group attendance rate = Calculate c / t × 100. Then, based on the group seat rate, data for displaying the function of the image forming apparatus 40 on the operation panel (hereinafter referred to as operation panel display data) is created, and the created operation panel display data is installed in the floor or area. To the image forming apparatus 40.

  The image forming apparatus 40 performs operation panel display based on the operation panel display data distributed from the priority function setting server 30.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the function of the apparatus which comprises a priority function setting system is demonstrated.

  The user terminal 10 includes a user terminal management unit 11 and a user terminal communication unit 12. The user terminal management unit 11 and the user terminal communication unit 12 are connected by a bus or the like that connects the parts.

  The user terminal management unit 11 transmits the terminal operation state to the user presence monitoring server 20 via the user terminal communication unit 12. The user terminal communication unit 12 is a communication interface that performs data transmission / reception with the user presence monitoring server 20.

  The user presence monitoring server 20 includes a user presence monitoring server management unit 21, a user management unit 23, a user presence monitoring server communication unit 24, and a user presence monitoring server memory 25. The user presence monitoring server management unit 21, the user management unit 23, the user presence monitoring server communication unit 24, and the user presence monitoring server memory 25 are connected by a bus that connects these parts.

  The user presence monitoring server management unit 21 performs overall management of the user presence monitoring server 20 that monitors the presence status of users belonging to the group. As shown in FIG. 3, the user ID, the group ID of the group to which the user to whom the user ID is assigned, and the terminal operation state indicating the operation state of the user terminal 10 are represented by a flash memory or the like. It is stored as a user data table 22 in the seat monitoring server memory 25. Data in the user data table 22 is data accessed from the user management unit 23. The user management unit 23 sets the terminal operation state data received from the user terminal 10 via the user presence monitoring server management unit 21 in the terminal operation state area of the user data table 22. Further, the user management unit 23 receives the data in the user data table 22 of the user presence monitoring server memory 25 in response to a request from the priority function setting server 30 via the user presence monitoring server communication unit 24. Send to. The user presence monitoring server communication unit 24 is a communication interface that performs data transmission / reception between the user presence monitoring server 20 and the priority function setting server 30.

  The priority function setting server 30 includes a priority function setting server management unit 31, a user presence status acquisition unit 32, a priority function setting collation unit 35, an operation panel display data creation unit 36, an operation panel display data distribution unit 37, and a group presence rate. A use function storage unit 39, a priority function setting server communication unit 3A, and a priority function setting server memory 3B are provided. Priority function setting server management unit 31, user presence status acquisition unit 32, priority function setting verification unit 35, operation panel display data creation unit 36, operation panel display data distribution unit 37, group presence rate utilization function storage unit 39, priority The function setting server communication unit 3A and the priority function setting server memory 3B are connected by a bus or the like for connecting parts.

  The priority function setting server management unit 31 performs overall management of the priority function setting server 30 that creates operation panel display data based on the user presence status for each group.

  The user presence status acquisition unit 32 makes a data transmission request for the user data table 22 to the user presence monitoring server 20. Then, the user presence status acquisition unit 32 is based on the data in the user data table 22 received from the user presence monitoring server 20 via the priority function setting server communication unit 3A. The group attendance rate in charge = a / t × 100, the group attendance rate in charge of development = b / t × 100, the office attendance group attendance rate = c / t × 100), and the calculated group attendance rate is given priority. It outputs to the function setting collation part 35.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the function No. and data in which the function of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the function No is set are stored in the priority function setting server memory 3B as the image forming apparatus function data table 33. The data in the image forming apparatus function data table 33 is data accessed from the priority function setting collating unit 35.

  In addition, as shown in Fig. 5, it corresponds to the user attendance rate (for example, sales representative group attendance rate, development charge group attendance rate, clerical charge group attendance rate) of groups with different occupations and their group attendance rates Data provided with a priority function setting flag for setting a priority function of the function of the image forming apparatus is stored in the priority function setting server memory 3B as data of the group presence rate priority function setting data table 34. 5, Nos such as No01, No02,... Stored in the priority function setting flag area of the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 are in the image forming apparatus function data table 33 shown in FIG. Corresponds to function No. The function of function No. in which “1” is set in the priority function setting flag area of the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 is set as the priority function. The data in the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 is data accessed from the priority function setting collating unit 35.

  The priority function setting collation unit 35 outputs the group attendance rate output from the user presence status acquisition unit 32 (for example, sales representative group attendance rate = a / t × 100, development responsible group attendance rate = b / t ×). 100, office attendance group attendance rate = c / t × 100) and group attendance rate of the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 (sales attendance group attendance rate, development attendance group attendance rate, office attendance group attendance) (Seating rate). As a result of the collation, the priority function setting collating unit 35 takes out No in which “1” is set from the priority function setting flags corresponding to the respective group attendance rates. For example, when the sales representative group attendance rate output from the user attendance status acquisition unit 32 is 60%, the sales representative group attendance rate in the group attendance priority function setting data table 34 falls within the range of 50 to 100%. Therefore, the functions No. 4, No. 9, and No. 10 in which “1” is set in the priority function setting flag corresponding to the sales representative group attendance rate of 50 to 100% are extracted. At this time, the attendance rate of the development group and the administrative group is ignored. Alternatively, when the sales representative group attendance ratio is 45% and the development representative group attendance ratio is 40%, the sales representative group attendance ratio of the group attendance priority function setting data table 34 is 40 to 49% and the development representative group presence is Since the seating rate is in the range of 40 to 49%, No2 in which “1” is set in the priority function setting flag corresponding to the sales staff group seating rate 40 to 49% and the development staff group seating rate 40 to 49% , No3, No4, No9, No10, No11 functions are taken out. At this time, the attendance rate of the administrative group is ignored. Then, the priority function setting collation unit 35 extracts the function corresponding to the extracted No from the image forming apparatus function data table 33 and outputs it to the operation panel display data creation unit 36.

  The operation panel display data creation unit 36 creates operation panel display data to be displayed on the operation panel 42 of the image forming apparatus 40. The operation panel display data is, for example, text information described in XML (Extensible Markup Language), and a character string (hereinafter referred to as an operation panel display character string) of operation contents displayed on the operation panel 42 of the image forming apparatus 40. This data represents the relationship with the function of the image forming apparatus 40 related to the operation panel display character string. The operation panel display data creation unit 36 outputs the created operation panel display data to the operation panel display data distribution unit 37.

  The operation panel display data distribution unit 37 inputs the operation panel display data from the operation panel display data creation unit 36 and forms a predetermined image formed on the floor or area via the priority function setting server communication unit 3A. The operation panel display data is distributed to the device 40.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the time, the group attendance rate for each group, and the function No. of the currently used function are stored in the priority function setting server memory 3B by the group attendance rate use function storage unit 39. It is stored in the function storage data table 38.

  The priority function setting server communication unit 3A is a communication interface that performs data transmission / reception with the user presence monitoring server 20 and the image forming apparatus 40.

  The priority function setting server memory 3B is composed of a flash memory or the like, and stores an image forming apparatus function data table 33, a group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34, and a group attendance rate use function storage data table 38. In addition, the previous priority function setting is stored in the priority function setting server memory 3B.

  The image forming apparatus 40 includes an operation panel display unit 41, an operation panel 42, and an image forming apparatus communication unit 43. The operation panel display unit 41, the operation panel 42, and the image forming apparatus communication unit 43 are connected by a bus or the like for connecting parts.

  The operation panel display unit 41 converts the operation panel display data received from the priority function setting server 30 into data that can be displayed by the operation panel 42 and outputs the data to the operation panel 42. The operation panel 42 inputs operation panel display data from the operation panel display unit 41, and displays operation keys, messages, and the like as images. FIG. 7 shows an example of operation panel display for the sales staff group, development staff group, and office staff group on the display panel. The operation panel 42 is an operation panel that receives an operation from the user and displays a message when the user makes an operation error. The image forming apparatus communication unit 43 is a communication interface that performs data transmission / reception with the priority function setting server 30.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of priority function setting processing of the priority function setting server in the embodiment of the present invention. This will be described based on the order of steps shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  The priority function setting server management unit 31 of the priority function setting server 30 executes the priority function setting process at a constant cycle.

(Step S1)
When the priority function setting process is started, the priority function setting server management unit 31 notifies the user presence status acquisition process request to the user presence status acquisition unit 32. The user presence status acquisition unit 32 sends a data transmission request for the user data table 22 to the user presence monitoring server 20 via the priority function setting server communication unit 3A. The user presence status acquisition unit 32 receives the data of the user data table 22 from the user presence monitoring server 20 via the priority function setting server communication unit 3A. If the group to which the user who uses the image forming apparatus 40 belongs is a sales group, a development group, or an office group, the user presence status acquisition unit 32 belongs to the sales group and is further present The number of users (= a), the number of users who belong to the development group, and who are further present (= b), and the number of users who belong to the office group and that are further present (= c) are calculated. Next, the user presence status acquisition unit 32 proceeds to step S2.

(Step S2)
The user presence status acquisition unit 32 calculates the group presence rate for each group from the number of users who are present for each group calculated in step S1. For example, if t is the number of users who have seats on the floor or area, the sales representative group presence rate = a / t × 100, the development representative group presence rate = b / t × 100, and the administrative group presence The seating rate = c / t × 100. The user presence status acquisition unit 32 outputs the calculated group presence rate for each group to the group presence rate utilization function storage unit 39. Further, when the user presence status acquisition unit 32 outputs the calculated group presence rate to the priority function setting collation unit 35, the priority function setting server management unit 31 confirms that the user presence status acquisition process has been completed. Notice.

(Step S3)
The priority function setting server management unit 31 notifies the priority function setting verification unit 35 of a priority function setting verification request. The priority function setting collating unit 35 refers to the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 shown in FIG. 5 and extracts the No whose priority function setting flag corresponding to the group attendance rate is “1”. Then, the priority function setting collation unit 35 extracts the function No. of the image forming apparatus function data table 33 shown in FIG. 4 corresponding to the extracted No. For example, when the sales representative group attendance ratio = a / t × 100 is 60%, the sales representative group attendance ratio in the group attendance priority function setting data table 34 shown in FIG. 5 falls within the range of 50 to 100%. Therefore, the functions No. 4, No. 9, and No. 10 in which “1” is set in the priority function setting flag corresponding to the sales representative group attendance rate of 50 to 100% are extracted. At this time, the attendance rate of the development group and the administrative group is ignored. Next, when a function is extracted from function Nos. 04, 09, and 10 shown in FIG. 4, "color copy", "e-Mail transmission", and "FAX transmission" are extracted. The function extracted by the priority function setting collating unit 35 is the current priority function. The priority function setting collation unit 35 proceeds to step S4.

(Step S4)
In step S4, the priority function setting collating unit 35 checks whether the current priority function setting determined in step S3 is the same as the previous priority function setting extracted from the priority function setting server memory 3B. If the result of the check is the same, there is no need to change the display on the operation panel of the image forming apparatus, so the priority function setting server management unit 31 is notified to proceed to step S8 for saving the group attendance rate and the function used. . If the current priority function setting is not the same as the previous priority function setting as a result of the check, it is necessary to change the operation panel display of the image forming apparatus to the current priority function setting. Create When the priority function setting collation unit 35 outputs the current priority function setting to the operation panel display data creation unit 36, the priority function setting collation unit 35 notifies the priority function setting server management unit 31 that the priority function setting collation process has been completed.

(Step S5)
The priority function setting server management unit 31 notifies the operation panel display data creation unit 36 of an operation panel display data creation processing request. The operation panel display data creation unit 36 inputs the current priority function setting from the priority function setting collating unit 35 and displays the current priority function setting on the operation panel 42 of the image forming apparatus 40 in order to display the current priority function setting. The operation panel display character string and the function of the image forming apparatus 40 related to the operation panel display character string are acquired. Next, the operation panel data creation unit 36 proceeds to step S6 for creating operation panel display data.

(Step S6)
The operation panel display data creating unit 36 creates operation panel display data from the operation panel display character string of the current priority function acquired in step S5 and the function of the image forming apparatus 40 related to the operation panel display character string. When operation panel display data creation unit 36 outputs the created operation panel display data to operation panel display data distribution unit 37, operation panel display data creation unit 36 notifies priority function setting server management unit 31 that the operation panel display data creation processing has been completed.

(Step S7)
The priority function setting server management unit 31 notifies the operation panel display data distribution unit 37 of an operation panel display data distribution processing request. The operation panel display data distribution unit 37 distributes the operation panel display data to the predetermined image forming apparatus 40 when the operation panel display data is input from the operation panel display data creation unit 36. The operation panel display data distributed from the operation panel display data distribution unit 37 is output to the image forming apparatus 40 via the priority function setting server communication unit 3A. The operation panel display data distribution unit 37 notifies the priority function setting server management unit 31 that the operation panel display data distribution process has been completed.

(Step S8)
The priority function setting server management unit 31 notifies the group attendance rate use function storage unit 39 of a group attendance rate use function storage processing request. The group presence rate use function storage unit 39 inputs the group presence rate output from the priority function setting collation unit 35. The group attendance rate use function storage unit 39 stores the current time, the group attendance rate, and the function No. of the currently used function as the group attendance rate use function storage data table 38 in the priority function setting server memory 3B. . For example, the current time is 8:30, the sales representative group attendance rate is 55%, the development responsible group attendance rate is 5%, and the clerical group attendance rate is 40%. In the case of “color copy”, as shown in the configuration of the group attendance rate use function storage data table 38 in FIG. 6, “8:30:30” at the time, “55” at the sales representative group attendance, “5” is stored in the assigned group presence rate, “40” is stored in the administrative group presence rate, and “04” is stored in the use function. The group attendance rate use function storage unit 39 notifies the priority function setting server management unit 31 that the group attendance rate use function storage processing has been completed. The priority function setting server management unit 31 ends the priority function setting process because all the processes have been completed.

  In the present embodiment, the group attendance rate use function storage unit 39 stores the function currently used in the priority function setting server memory 3B as the group attendance rate use function storage data table 38 in association with the group attendance rate. ing. The priority function setting flag of the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 is the data of the group attendance rate utilization function storage data table 38 in which the priority function setting server management unit 31 reflects the group attendance ratio as a past record. And the data in the group attendance rate priority function setting data table 34 is updated.

  In the present embodiment, the user presence monitoring server 20 and the priority function setting server 30 are separate servers, but the present invention is realized by mounting the functions of these servers on one server. It is possible to do. In addition, by installing the functions of the user presence monitoring server 20 and the priority function setting server 30 in the image forming apparatus 40, the present invention can be realized without installing a server.

  According to such an embodiment, the priority function setting provided in the image forming apparatus 40 and the image forming apparatus 40 is set based on environmental conditions such as the personnel composition of the group divided by the user's job type and the like. The operation time of the user can be reduced. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the operation panel display can be changed manually to the operation panel display of the sales staff group, the development staff group, and the clerical staff group. It can be easily changed.

(Other embodiments)
As another embodiment, by setting data such as user attribute, age, and sex in the user data table 22 shown in FIG. 3, the attribute, age, and sex are grouped according to the attendance rate of each group. There is an embodiment in which the display of the operation panel can be changed. In addition, by providing data indicating that the person is a specific person (for example, a person who frequently uses an image forming apparatus) in the user data table 22 shown in FIG. 3, if this data is set, the specific person There is an embodiment in which the operation panel display can be changed in the priority function setting. Furthermore, an embodiment in which priority function setting is performed under a combination of these conditions is also possible.

  According to such an embodiment, an image forming apparatus and a priority function included in the image forming apparatus can be classified into the group attendance rate in a group that can be divided by all conditions such as user attributes, age, and sex. By setting the priority function based on this, it is possible to provide a priority function setting system capable of reducing the operation time.

  The present invention is suitable for a priority function setting system in an image forming apparatus, but is not limited to a priority function setting system in an image forming apparatus.

It is a block diagram of the priority function setting system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of a priority function setting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the user data table which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of an image forming apparatus function data table according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the group attendance rate priority function setting data table which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the group attendance rate utilization function preservation | save data table which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an example of an operation panel display for each group according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the priority function setting process of the priority function setting server which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... User terminal 11 ... User terminal management part 12 ... User terminal communication part 20 ... User presence monitoring server 21 ... User presence monitoring server management part 22 ... User data table 23 User management unit 24 User presence monitoring server communication unit 25 User presence monitoring server memory 30 Precedence function setting server 31 Priority function setting server management unit 32... User presence status acquisition unit 33... Image forming apparatus function data table 34... Group presence rate priority function setting data table 35. Verification unit 36... Operation panel display data creation unit 37... Operation panel display data distribution unit 38... Group attendance rate use function storage data table 39. Unit 3A ... Priority function setting server communication unit 3B ... Priority function setting server memory 40 ... Image forming device 41 ... Operation panel display unit 42 ... Operation panel 43 ...・ Image forming device communication section

Claims (10)

A priority function setting system for setting a priority function of an image forming apparatus connected to a network,
Group presence, which is the ratio of the number of users who belong to the same group in the group divided by duties and are currently operating the user terminal to the number of users who have seats in the floor or area A user presence status acquisition unit of a priority function setting server for acquiring user presence status data indicating a seating rate ;
Collating the user presence status data acquired by the user presence status acquisition unit with a group presence rate priority function setting data table in which a priority function of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the group presence rate is set; A priority function setting collating unit of a priority function setting server that extracts the priority function corresponding to the user presence status data from the image forming apparatus function data table in which the function of the image forming apparatus is set;
An operation panel display data creation unit of a priority function setting server that creates operation panel display data of the image forming apparatus by the function output from the priority function setting collation unit ;
A priority function setting system characterized by comprising: Claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the user presence status acquisition unit configured to set the user awareness data based on the user presence state received from the connected user presence monitoring server before SL Network Priority function setting system. Priority function according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that Ru comprising a Group awareness rate used function storage unit of the priority function setting server that stores the functions which the user presence status data and user uses Configuration system. Priority function setting system according to claim 3, characterized in that to determine the priority function from the user awareness data and the functions stored in said group awareness rate used function storage unit. According to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that an operation panel display data distribution unit of the priority function configuration server capable of distributing the operation panel display data to the image forming apparatus Priority function setting system. 6. The priority function setting system according to claim 1, wherein an operation panel display can be changed to the operation panel display of the set group. The priority function setting collation unit collates the user presence status data output from the user presence status acquisition unit with the group presence rate in the group presence rate priority function setting data table, and The No. in which the priority function setting flag corresponding to the group attendance rate corresponding to each user presence status data is set from the seat rate priority function setting data table, and the priority function setting collating unit extracts 7. The function corresponding to No is taken out from the image forming apparatus function data table and set as the current priority function, and the current priority function is output to the operation panel display data creation unit. The priority function setting system according to claim 1. The priority function setting collating unit checks whether the current priority function setting and the previous priority function setting are the same, and if they are the same, the group presence rate and the use function are stored in the memory of the priority function setting server. The priority function setting system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the priority function setting system stores the current priority function settings and outputs the current priority function settings to the operation panel display data creation unit when they are not the same. The priority function setting system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the priority function setting provided in the image forming apparatus is a setting based on a personnel configuration of the group. A priority function setting method for setting a priority function of an image forming apparatus connected to a network,
User attendance status data indicating the group attendance rate, which is the ratio of the number of users who belong to the same group and are currently operating the user terminal to the number of users who have seats in the floor or area The user presence status acquisition step of the priority function setting server for acquiring
Collating the user presence status data acquired in the user presence status acquisition step with a group presence rate priority function setting data table in which a priority function of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the group presence rate is set; A priority function setting collating process of a priority function setting server that extracts the priority function corresponding to the user presence status data from the image forming apparatus function data table in which the function of the image forming apparatus is set;
An operation panel display data creation step of a priority function setting server that creates operation panel display data of the image forming apparatus by the function output from the priority function setting collation step ;
A priority function setting method characterized by comprising:

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