JP5489760B2 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a program thereof.

  In an office environment in recent years, an attendance / leaving information processing system that processes attendance / leaving information related to user attendance and attendance at a server is becoming widespread.

  In such an attendance and attendance information processing system, it is not necessary to provide a dedicated device for managing attendance and attendance information and a time card input device, and by simply entering user attendance and attendance information into the computer, attendance / exit status, leave status such as paid leave, You can know the status of going out and business trips.

  However, in such an attendance / leaving information processing system, the user cannot enter or check the user's attendance / leaving information until after the client computer is activated, and the user has to wait for the time until the client computer is activated. It will be.

  In this regard, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for authenticating a user with an image forming apparatus and managing attendance / leaving information of the authenticated user.

  Such a technique has an advantage in that both printing and attendance input / output can be performed by an image forming apparatus often installed in an office.

  By the way, in a recent office environment, meeting information including prospective participant information regarding prospective participants participating in a conference may be processed by a server.

  However, although the image forming apparatus described in Patent Document 1 can perform attendance and attendance information processing, but does not perform processing of conference information, the number of copies of conference materials according to the attendance and attendance status of members in the organization. It is not possible to perform print control using attendance / leaving information as in the process of changing the time.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, in a multi-function system including an image forming apparatus, a conference organizer reserves reservation information on conference participants in advance, so that the attendees do not have to be aware of the demands and status of the conference participants. A technology for outputting meeting materials with appropriate contents to appropriate locations at appropriate timing is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-136331 JP 2009-70102 A

  However, in the image forming apparatus described in Patent Document 2, since the conference material is printed based on the reservation information, it is printed even for a person who is absent on the day of the conference. Inconvenient printing.

Accordingly, the present invention is able to print meeting materials only for prospective participants who are going to work before the conference, As a result, the image forming apparatus in which it is possible to prevent wasteful printing to the absence of prospective participants, image formation It aims at providing a system and its program.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following image forming apparatus, image forming system, and program for the image forming system.

(1) an input unit for accepting input information including identification information for identifying images forming device user, conference material information about the meeting documentation prospective attendees information and the Conference on prospective participants in the conference and the conference date Conference Meeting information including a place and a meeting name, user information for identifying the user, a storage unit for storing the user attendance information, an image forming unit for printing a meeting material based on the meeting material information, and the input parts, and a control unit for controlling the storage unit and the image forming unit, the front Symbol controller, user identification information accepted by the input unit, and authenticating the user based on the user information stored in the storage unit Authentication means, attendance information processing means for processing the attendance information of the user authenticated by the authentication means, and registering the conference information in the storage unit to store the conference information. And management conference information processing means, on the basis of the processed time and attendance information registered prospective participants information and at the time and attendance information processing means at the conference information processing means, the conference material information registered in the conference information processing means Meeting material printing means for printing meeting materials only for the number of prospective participants who are confirmed to be working before the meeting from the image forming unit to the image forming unit. The conference material printing unit performs reception processing for receiving the planner information, and acquires the planners who will participate in the conference from the planner information received by the conference information processing unit. the basis of the attendance information by the attendance information processing means at the time of accepting the prospective participant information to determine whether or not the attendance, prospective participants were determined to be attendance On the other hand, an image forming apparatus that causes the image forming unit to print meeting material from the meeting material information.
(2) an input unit for accepting input information including identification information for identifying images forming system user, conference material information about the meeting documentation prospective attendees information and the Conference on prospective participants in the conference and the conference date Conference Meeting information including a place and a meeting name, user information for identifying the user, a storage unit for storing the user attendance information, an image forming unit for printing a meeting material based on the meeting material information, and the input An image forming system, wherein the image forming unit is a component of the image forming apparatus, and a server that controls the image forming apparatus. The server and the image forming apparatus are connected to each other via a network, and the input unit is connected to the image forming apparatus and the network. It is considered as at least one component of the computer terminal device, and the storage unit and the control unit are configured as components of the server, and the control unit receives user specifying information received by the input unit, And an authentication means for authenticating the user based on the user information stored in the storage section, an attendance information processing means for processing the attendance information for the user authenticated by the authentication means, and the meeting information registered in the storage section and the conference information processing means for processing the meeting information, the meeting on the basis of the time and attendance information processing registered prospective participants information and at the time and attendance information processing means by the information processing means, in the conference information processing means Meeting material printing means for printing meeting materials only for the number of prospective participants who are confirmed to be working before the meeting from the registered meeting material information The conference information processing means performs reception processing for receiving the prospective participant information at the input unit, and the conference material printing means participates in the conference from the prospective participant information received by the conference information processing means. get the prospective participants for, on the acquired prospective participants, and determines whether or not the attendance based on the attendance information by the attendance information processing means at the time of accepting the prospective participant information, attendance An image forming system characterized in that a meeting material is printed on the image forming unit from the meeting material information for a prospective participant who has determined that he / she has participated.

(3) imaging system programs said a locking Ru images forming system program to the present invention, the control unit, the authentication unit, the attendance information processing unit, the conference information processing means, said conference An image forming system program that functions as a means including a material printing means.

According to the present invention, the user is authenticated based on the user specifying information received by the input unit by the authentication unit and the user information stored in the storage unit, and the attendance information is processed by the time information processing unit. to register the conference information in the storage unit by the conference information processing means processes the meeting information, the prospective participant information registered in the conference information processing means and by the conference materials printing means to the time and attendance information processing means Based on the attendance / leaving information processed in this manner, the conference material information is printed only for the number of prospective participants who are confirmed to have attended work before the conference from the conference material information registered in the conference information processing means. , Meeting materials can be printed only for those who plan to attend before the meeting, and this prevents unnecessary printing for those who are not attending It made.
Moreover, the conference information processing means performs a reception process for receiving the prospective participant information at the input unit, and the conference material printing means participates in the conference from the prospective participant information received by the conference information processing means. get the prospective participants, on the obtained prospective participants, the basis of the time and attendance information by the attendance information processing means at the time of accepting the prospective participant information to determine whether or not the attendance, and attendance For a prospective participant who has attended work at the time of entering the prospective participant information by printing the conference material from the conference material information to the image forming unit for the prospective participant who is determined to be Meeting materials can be printed .
Also, the front Kiga imaging system, comprising a server for controlling said image forming apparatus, said being connected to each other via the server and the image forming apparatus and a network, the input unit and the image forming apparatus The computer terminal device connected to the network is at least one component, and the storage unit and the control unit are components of the server. Information can be centrally managed.

In the present invention, the storage unit sets the meeting start time and the reservation time set to print the meeting material before the start time or the start time so as to print the meeting material before the start time. The reservation time set for the user may be stored. In this case, the conference information processing unit accepts the reservation time or reservation time at the input unit and performs a reservation process to be registered in advance in the storage unit, and the conference material printing unit transmits the conference information to the conference information processing unit. If the reservation time or reservation time registered in advance is reached, information on the prospective participants to participate in the conference at the start time corresponding to the reservation time or reservation time is obtained from the prospective participant information, and the prospective participants against participant information, the time and attendance based on the attendance information by the information processing means determines whether or not to attendance, the conference material information to prospective participants it is determined to be attendance at acquisition point From the above, it is possible to exemplify a mode in which meeting materials are printed on the image forming unit.

  In this aspect, when the reservation time or the reservation time arrives, the conference material can be automatically printed according to the latest attendance / leaving status.

In the present invention, the control unit, from the prospective participants of prospective participant information registered by the conference information processing means, there absent when printing conference material based on the time and attendance information by the attendance information processing means A mode provided with absentee identification means for identifying a prospective participant.

  In this aspect, a prospective participant who has attended work after the meeting material print process (for example, a prospective participant who has attended work after the meeting material print process and before the start of the meeting, or a prospective participant who has attended work after the meeting ends) In this way, the conference material can be provided to the prospective participant who was absent when the conference material was printed and who was scheduled to attend work.

In the present invention, the conference material printing unit, when the prospective participant identified absent at the absentee identifying means is judged to have attendance based on the attendance information by the attendance information processing unit, a prospective participant who attendance On the other hand, a mode in which the conference material is printed on the image forming unit from the conference material information can be exemplified. In addition, the meeting material printing means may be configured to preset whether or not to make the image forming unit print the meeting material from the meeting material information for the attendees who have attended work, It may be set by an input operation by the user.

  In this aspect, the conference material can be printed for a prospective participant who has attended work after the conference material printing process.

In this invention, you may provide the communication part which transmits an email. In this case, the control unit, the embodiment comprising an electronic-mail transmission means Ru to send an e-mail attached with the conference material information to prospective participants identified absent at the absentee specifying unit from the communication unit It can be illustrated. In addition, the electronic mail transmission means, they become so set in advance whether Luke not to send an e-mail attached with the meeting material information to prospective participants identified the absence from the communication unit Alternatively, it may be set by an input operation by the user.

  In this aspect, the conference material information can be transmitted by e-mail to the prospective participants identified as absent.

Before outs imaging system, the server, the control server for controlling said image forming apparatus, and an application server providing an application software to the control server, and the control server and the application server image The forming device is connected to each other via the network, and the storage unit includes a first storage unit provided in the control server and a second storage unit provided in the application server, and the control unit Comprises a first control unit provided in the control server and a second control unit provided in the application server, the first storage unit stores the user information, and the second storage unit The attendance information, the attendee information and the meeting material information are stored, and the first control unit is configured to store the authentication means. And a said conference material printing means, said second control unit, it can be exemplified embodiments and a the attendance information processing unit and the conference information processing means.

  In this aspect, for example, even if the model of the image forming apparatus is different, the application server generates application software corresponding to the model of the image forming apparatus (for example, display control information for screen display corresponding to the model) Application software) can be provided to the control server. Thereby, the control server can control the image forming apparatus by application software provided from the application server regardless of the model of the image forming apparatus.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user is authenticated based on the user identification information received by the input unit by the authentication unit and the user information stored in the storage unit, and the attendance / leaving information is obtained by the attendance information processing unit. The conference information processing means registers the conference information in the storage unit to process the conference information, and the conference information printing means registers the conference information processing means and the attendance information by the meeting material information registered by the conference information processing means based on the processed attendance information in the information processing unit to print the conference material to the image forming unit, only the prospective participants that attendance before meeting On the other hand, it is possible to print the conference material, and thus it is possible to prevent wasteful printing for the absent attendees.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating an operation unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating an example of a login screen displayed on a display unit in an operation unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating an example of an initial screen displayed on a display unit in an operation unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of a control unit in a server in the image forming system illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a user management table stored in a user information management database in a storage unit of a server in the image forming system illustrated in FIG. 1. In the image forming system shown in FIG. 1, it is the schematic which shows an example of the data structure of the time attendance information database in the memory | storage part of a server. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a conference information database in a storage unit of a server in the image forming system illustrated in FIG. 1. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a print reservation process in the image forming system illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a print reservation screen on a display unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of an example of the automatic printing process which prints automatically the meeting material of the meeting reserved by the printing reservation process shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a designated print process for printing meeting material before a meeting in the image forming system shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a designated print screen on a display unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an absentee correspondence screen on a display unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of absentee correspondence processing corresponding to an absentee in the image forming system illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an attendance / leaving process screen on a display unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a meeting material print inquiry screen on a display unit of the image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. 1 schematically shows a system configuration of an image forming system according to a modification of the image forming system shown in FIG. 1, in which a control server, an application server, and an image forming apparatus are connected to each other via a network. It is a block diagram. FIG. 17 is a functional configuration diagram schematically illustrating functional configurations of a first control unit in a control server and a second control unit in an application server in the image forming system illustrated in FIG. 16.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are examples embodying the present invention, and are not of a nature that limits the technical scope of the present invention.

[Overall configuration of image forming system]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system configuration of an image forming system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  An image forming system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes an image forming unit 113 that is a component of the image forming apparatus 110. Further, in the present embodiment, the image forming system 100 includes a storage unit 210 and a control unit 220 that are components of a server (server computer) 200. Further, the image forming system 100 includes an input unit 111 which is at least one (here, both) of the image forming apparatus 110 and a computer terminal apparatus 150 such as a personal computer. In FIG. 1, one image forming apparatus 110 and one computer terminal apparatus 150 are shown, but the image forming apparatus 110 and the computer terminal apparatus 150 may be one or more. Further, the image forming apparatus 110 and / or the computer terminal device 150 can be used as a terminal device for a conference organizer or a conference participant.

  The input unit 111 receives input information including user specifying information D0 (see FIG. 2B described later) for specifying a user. The image forming unit 113 is configured to print output information including conference material based on the conference material information D3g. In the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 110 and the computer terminal apparatus 150 include a display unit 114 that displays output information.

  In the image forming apparatus 110, the input unit 111 and the display unit 114 are provided in the operation unit 115.

  2A is a plan view showing the operation unit 115 of the image forming apparatus 110 shown in FIG. Here, the operation unit 115 is an operation panel provided in the upper front portion of the exterior cover of the image forming apparatus 110.

  The operation unit 115 is configured to receive various setting information of the entire apparatus and information for operating each function at the input unit 111. In addition, the operation unit 115 is configured to display the input content and the operation status of the entire apparatus on the display unit 114.

  The input unit 111 may be any unit as long as it can receive input information. Here, the input unit 111 includes a plurality of input keys 111a and is a key input operation unit that can be operated by a user. As the input unit 111 that receives the user identification information D0, for example, a reading device of an information recording medium such as an IC (Integrated Circuit) card in which personal identification information (ID) of the user is recorded, or biometric information of the user is authenticated. It may be a biometric authentication device.

  The display unit 114 is a display panel having a display screen capable of displaying output information. As a display panel, a liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display) panel and an organic electroluminescence (EL: Electro-Luminescence) display panel can be illustrated, for example. Here, the display screen of the display unit 114 is provided with a touch panel that receives user input. This touch panel functions as the input unit 111.

  The image forming unit 113 shown in FIG. 1 may be any one as long as it can print output information. Here, the image forming unit 113 is a laser printer that forms an image by an electrophotographic method. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the image forming unit 113 may be an ink jet printer or a sublimation type (thermal transfer type) printer.

  The image forming apparatus 110 includes an image reading unit 116, a communication unit 117, and a device control unit 118 in addition to the input unit 111, the image forming unit 113, the display unit 114, and the operation unit 115.

  The image reading unit 116 reads an image of a document placed on a document table (not shown) or an image of a document conveyed by an automatic document feeder (not shown) and inputs image data. The image forming unit 113 performs print processing on the image data input from the image reading unit 116 or the image data input from the computer terminal device 150 via the communication unit 117. The communication unit 117 communicates with the server 200 and the computer terminal device 150 via a network 140 such as a wireless or wired LAN (Local Area Network). Note that any network configuration may be used, and examples thereof include a bus-type network configuration and a ring-type network configuration. The device control unit 118 controls the input unit 111, the image forming unit 113, the display unit 114, the operation unit 115, the image reading unit 116, and the communication unit 117.

  The image forming apparatus 110 may be, for example, a digital multifunction machine that serves as a scanner, a copier, a facsimile machine, and a printer. The image forming apparatus 110 is not limited to a multifunction machine, and may be an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer, or a facsimile machine.

  The server 200 includes a communication unit 121 in addition to the storage unit 210 and the control unit 220. The communication unit 121 communicates with the image forming apparatus 110 and the computer terminal apparatus 150 via the network 140. The control unit 220 controls the storage unit 210 and the communication unit 121.

  The computer terminal device 150 includes a communication unit 151 and a terminal control unit 152 in addition to the input unit 111 and the display unit 114. The communication unit 151 communicates with the server 200 and the image forming apparatus 110 via the network 140. The terminal control unit 152 controls the input unit 111, the display unit 114, and the communication unit 151.

  2B and 2C are plan views showing examples of the login screen G1 and the initial screen G2 displayed on the display unit 114 in the operation unit 115 of the image forming apparatus 110 shown in FIG. 1, respectively.

  The server 200 generates display control information for displaying various screens including the login screen G1 and the initial screen G2 on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 in cooperation with the image forming apparatus 110, and forms the generated display control information into an image. It has a function of transmitting to the device 110. The server 200 also has a function as an authentication server that performs user authentication processing in cooperation with the image forming apparatus 110. Further, the server 200 has a function of generating print control information for the image forming unit 113 of the image forming apparatus 110 in cooperation with the image forming apparatus 110 and transmitting the generated print control information to the image forming apparatus 110.

[Regarding storage unit of image forming system]
Next, the storage unit 210 in the server 200 in the image forming system 100 will be described.

  The storage unit 210 in the server 200 stores a user information management database DB1. The user information management database DB1 is a database that stores user information D1.

  The storage unit 210 stores first application software P10 executed by the control unit 220. In the following description, application software is simply referred to as an application.

  Here, the first application P10 is a program for controlling the image forming apparatus, and includes an authentication application P11 and an output application P12.

  In addition, the storage unit 210 stores an attendance / leaving information database DB2 and a conference information database DB3. The attendance and attendance information database DB2 is a database for storing attendance and attendance information D2, and the conference information database DB3 includes a conference including prospective participant information D3a regarding a prospective participant participating in the conference and conference material information D3g regarding the conference conference material. It is a database that stores information D3.

  In addition, the storage unit 210 stores the second application P20 executed by the control unit 220.

  Here, the second application P20 is an information management program, and includes a time and attendance information processing application P21 and a conference information processing application P22.

[Control configuration of image forming system]
Next, the control configuration of the control unit 220 in the server 200 in the image forming system 100 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of the control unit 220 in the server 200 in the image forming system 100 shown in FIG.

  The control unit 220 is an information processing unit including a computer such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and includes a storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). The control unit 220 controls various components by loading and executing the first application P10 and the second application P20 on the RAM. Note that the control unit 220 also has a calendar (clock) function for outputting date, month, day, hour, minute, and second information.

  The authentication application P11 in the first application P10 causes the control unit 220 to function as a unit including the image forming apparatus management unit Q111 and the authentication unit Q112. That is, the authentication application P11 causes the control unit 220 to execute steps including an image forming apparatus management step corresponding to the image forming apparatus management unit Q111 and an authentication step corresponding to the authentication unit Q112. In the image forming apparatus management step, the user specifying information D0 received by the input unit 111 is associated with the image forming apparatus 110.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the user management table TB stored in the user information management database DB1 in the storage unit 210 of the server 200 in the image forming system 100 illustrated in FIG.

  The user management table TB is stored in the user information management database DB1, and as each user information D1, a login name D1a and a corresponding password D1b are stored for each user ID. Here, the user ID is a code such as a number or a symbol assigned to the user, and means an identification code for identifying the user.

  The authentication step includes user specifying information D0 (here, login name D0a and password D0b) received by the input unit 111 in the image forming apparatus 110, and user information D1 (here, login name D1a and password D1b) stored in the storage unit 210. Authenticate the user based on

  As shown in FIG. 3, the output application P12 in the first application P10 causes the control unit 220 to function as means including output means Q120. That is, the output application P12 causes the control unit 220 to execute steps including an output step corresponding to the output unit Q120.

  In the output step, various types of output information are output by the image forming unit 113 and the display unit 114.

  Specifically, the output unit Q120 includes a print information generation unit Q121 and a display control information generation unit Q122. That is, the output step includes a print information generation step corresponding to the print information generation unit Q121 and a display control information generation step corresponding to the display control information generation unit Q122.

  The print information generation step generates print control information for printing by the image forming unit 113 in the image forming apparatus 110. The display control information generation step generates display control information for screen display on the display unit 114 in the image forming apparatus 110. Note that the print control information and / or the display control information may be generated by the image forming apparatus 110.

  The attendance / leaving information processing application P21 in the second application P20 causes the control unit 220 to function as means including attendance / leaving information processing means Q211. That is, the attendance / leaving information processing application P21 causes the control unit 220 to execute steps including the attendance / leaving information processing step corresponding to the attendance / leaving information processing means Q211.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the time and attendance information database DB2 in the storage unit 210 of the server 200 in the image forming system 100 illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the attendance / leaving information database DB2 stores date / time D2a, attendance time D2b, attendance time D2c, business trip information D2d, and vacation information D2e as attendance / exit information D2 for each user ID. Is done.

  In the attendance / leaving information database DB2, when the attendance time D2b is not recorded, the attendance is not attended, and when the attendance time D2b is recorded, the attendance is completed. In addition, when the leaving time D2c is not recorded, it indicates that the employee has not left work, and when the leaving time D2c is recorded, it indicates that the person has been away from work.

  The attendance and attendance information processing step performs attendance and attendance information processing for managing attendance and attendance based on the attendance and attendance information D2 of the user authenticated by the authentication means Q112.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the conference information processing application P22 in the second application P20 causes the control unit 220 to function as a unit including a conference information processing unit Q221 and a conference material printing unit Q222. That is, the conference information processing application P22 causes the control unit 220 to execute steps including a conference information processing step corresponding to the conference information processing unit Q221 and a conference material printing step corresponding to the conference material printing unit Q222.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the conference information database DB3 in the storage unit 210 of the server 200 in the image forming system 100 illustrated in FIG.

  In the conference information database DB3, as shown in FIG. 6, as the conference information D3 for each user ID included in the prospective participant information D3a, the date D3b, the conference place D3c, the conference name D3d, and the start time D3e And information including the end time D3f and the conference material information D3g are stored.

  The prospective participant information D3a may be any information as long as it can associate the conference material with the prospective participant, and examples thereof include a user ID, a date D3b, and a start time D3e. In addition to this, the prospective participant information D3a includes specific information (for example, conference identification information such as a conference name associated with the prospective participant) that can identify a prospective participant for the conference. It may be specific information.

The conference material information D3g includes conference material data constituting the conference material, for example, word processor application data, spreadsheet application data, presentation application data, and the like, and a reading unit of the image forming apparatus 110. Image data such as bitmap data read in 116 can be exemplified. The conference material data is separately stored in the storage unit 210, the storage unit of the image forming apparatus 110, or the storage unit of the computer terminal device 150.

In the conference information processing step, the conference information D3 is registered in the storage unit 210 and the conference information D3 is processed. Conference material printing step, the (user ID specifically, date D3b and start time D3e) prospective participants information D3 a registered at the conference information processing step time and attendance were treated at a time and attendance information processing step information D2 ( Specifically, to print the conference material from the conference material information D3g registered in conference information processing step based on the user ID and the clock-time D2b and clock-out time time D 2c) to the image forming section 113.

In the present embodiment, the control configuration of the control unit 220 in the server 200 can be further changed as follows. That is,
[1] Conference Material Printing Reservation As shown in FIG. 6, the conference information database DB3 in the storage unit 210 stores a reservation time D3h set to print the conference material before the start time D3e.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the conference information processing step in the conference information processing application P <b> 22 performs a reservation process in which the input unit 111 receives the reservation time D <b> 3 h and registers it in the storage unit 210 in advance. Instead of the reservation time D3h, a reservation time set for the start time D3e so that the conference material is printed before the start time D3e (that is, a reservation time indicating how long before the start time D3e is printed ( It may be at least one of hour, minute, and second))).

When the conference information printing step in the conference information processing application P22 reaches the reserved time D3h registered in advance in the conference information processing step, the conference information printing application P22 joins the conference at the start time D3e corresponding to the reserved time D3h from the prospective participant information D3a. get the prospective participants information D3a, is determined on the obtained prospective participants information D3a participants, whether or not the attendance based on attendance information D2 according to time and attendance information processing steps in obtaining point, the attendance The meeting material is printed on the image forming unit 113 from the meeting material information D3g for the prospective participant who is determined to be present.

[2] Designation of printing of meeting material before meeting In the meeting information processing step in the meeting information processing application P22, the input unit 111 performs reception processing for receiving the prospective participant information D3a. In the conference material printing step in the conference information processing application P22, the prospective participant who participates in the conference is acquired from the prospective participant information D3a received in the conference information processing step. user information D3a determines whether or not the attendance based on attendance information D2 according to time and attendance information processing steps at the time of accepting the image forming unit from the conference material information D3g against prospective participant who determined that the attendance 113 causes the meeting material to be printed.

[3] Identification of absentee As shown in FIG. 3, the conference information processing application P22 further causes the control unit 220 to function as a means including an absentee specifying means Q223. That is, the conference information processing application P22 further causes the control unit 220 to execute steps including an absentee specifying step corresponding to the absentee specifying means Q223.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the conference information database DB3 stores absentee information D3i indicating whether or not the conference material was printed.

Absentee specific step, meeting from among the prospective participants of the prospective participant information D3a registered by the information processing step, the prospective participant was absent at the time of printing the meeting materials on the basis of the time and attendance information D2 according to the time and attendance information processing step It is determined whether or not there is an attendee who has been determined to be absent and the absentee information D3i is stored in the storage unit 210.

  In the absence information D3i in the conference information database DB3, when the conference material is printed (that is, the conference material is printed), the attendance information (here, “0”) is stored (set). If the conference material is absent (ie, the conference material is not printed), the absence information (here, “1”) is stored (set).

[4] conference materials printing step in the printing conference information processing application P22 to the absentee is, if the prospective participant identified the absence in the absentee specific step is judged to have attendance based on the time and attendance information D2 according to the time and attendance information processing step Then, the conference material is printed on the image forming unit 113 from the conference material information D3g for the prospective participants.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the conference information database DB3 stores absentee printing presence / absence information D3j for determining whether or not to print the conference material for the prospective attendee. In the conference information processing step, reservation processing for accepting absentee printing presence / absence information D3j by the input unit 111 and registering in advance in the storage unit 210 is performed.

  In the absence information printing presence / absence information D3j in the meeting information database DB3, when the meeting material is not printed for a prospective participant who has attended work, output impossible information (here, “0”) is stored (set), When the meeting material is printed for a prospective participant, output permission information (here, “1”) is stored (set).

[5] E-mail transmission to absentee The communication unit 121 of the server 200 shown in FIG. 1 has a function of transmitting an e-mail. The communication unit 117 of the image forming apparatus 110 and the communication unit 151 of the computer terminal device 150 have a function of receiving an e-mail from the communication unit 121 of the server 200.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the conference information processing application P22 further causes the control unit 220 to function as a means including an electronic mail transmission means Q224. That is, the conference information processing application P22 further causes the control unit 220 to execute steps including an e-mail transmission step corresponding to the e-mail transmission unit Q224.

E-mail transmission step, Ru to send an e-mail attached with the meeting material information D3g to the prospective participants identified the absence in the absentee specific step from the communication unit 121.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the conference information database DB3 stores mail transmission presence / absence information D3k for determining whether or not to transmit an electronic mail to a prospective participant who has been identified as absent. In the conference information processing step, a reservation process is performed in which the input unit 111 receives mail transmission presence / absence information D3k and registers it in the storage unit 210 in advance.

  In addition, in the presence / absence information D3k of mail transmission in the conference information database DB3, when an e-mail is not transmitted to a prospective participant who is identified as absent, output impossible information (here, “0”) is stored (set). When sending an e-mail to a prospective participant who has been identified as absent, output permission information (here, “1”) is stored (set).

[Control example of image forming system]
Next, in the image forming system 100, regarding the control example of the control unit 220 in the server 200, a print reservation process for reserving printing of meeting materials, an automatic printing process for automatically printing meeting materials for reserved meetings, and a meeting A description will be given separately for a designated print process for printing conference materials and an absentee handling process for dealing with absentees.

(1) Print Reservation Process FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an exemplary flow of a print reservation process in the image forming system 100 shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a print reservation screen G3 on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 illustrated in FIG.

  In the print reservation processing example shown in FIG. 7, when a predetermined selection operation by a user (for example, a meeting organizer) is received on the initial screen G2 shown in FIG. 2C, the print reservation screen G3 shown in FIG. S101).

  Here, by the input operation by the user, the user ID, the date D3b, the conference place D3c, the conference name D3d, the start time D3e, the end time D3f, the conference material information D3g, and the reservation time D3h are input as the conference information D3. By the selection operation by the user, absentee printing presence / absence information D3j and mail transmission presence / absence information D3k are selected. Among these, the user ID, the date D3b, and the start time D3e are the scheduled participant information D3a.

  When “Yes” is selected and operated on the display screen G3 in the absentee printing presence / absence information D3j and the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k in the conference information database DB3 of the storage unit 210, output permission information (here, “1”) is selected. ”) Is stored (set), and when“ NO ”is selected and operated, output disable information (here“ 0 ”) is stored (set).

  Here, the absence printing presence / absence information D3j and the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k are both initially set to “no”, and “do not” or “do” is selected on the display screen G3. In the example of FIG. Further, the absentee printing presence / absence information D3j and the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k are set in a unified manner for all prospective participants, but may be set individually for each prospective participant. The same applies to the absentee correspondence screen G5 (see FIG. 12) described later.

  Next, it is determined whether or not a selection operation for the registration key K1 has been accepted (S102). If a selection operation for the registration key K1 has been accepted (S102: Yes), the conference information D3 is registered (S103) and printed. The reservation process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the selection operation of the registration key K1 is not received in the process S102 (S102: No), the process returns to the process S102 until the selection operation of the end key K2 is received (S104: No), and the selection operation of the end key K2 is performed. If accepted (S104: Yes), the print reservation process is terminated.

(2) Automatic Print Processing FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of an example of automatic print processing for automatically printing the meeting material of the conference reserved in the print reservation processing shown in FIG.

In the example of the automatic printing process shown in FIG. 9, it is monitored whether there is a print target meeting after the reservation time D3h and before the start time D3e from the current time (S201: No). (S201: Yes), the prospective participant information D3a participating in the print target conference is acquired from the conference information database DB3 of the storage unit 210 (S202).

Then, the advancing and retracting Tsutomujo report database DB2 of the storage unit 210, obtains the attendance information D2 (S203), among the participants in the prospective participant information D3a acquired in the process S202, attendance information database DB2 in the storage unit 210 The attendees who are attending work at the time of acquisition are identified from the attendance / leaving information D2 stored in (S204), and the number of print copies (the number of identified attendees) is determined (S205).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the participant of the prospective participant information D3a acquired in the process S202 is absent based on the attendance and attendance information D2 acquired in the process S203 (S206), and the prospective participant (absent) who is absent is determined. (S206: Yes), the absence information ("1" here) is stored in the absentee information D3i of the conference information database DB3 (S207). On the other hand, attendance information (here "0") is memorize | stored in absentee information D3i of conference information database DB3 for the prospective participant who attends work (S206: No) (S208).

  Next, meeting material information D3g of the meeting to be printed is acquired from the meeting information database DB3 of the storage unit 210 (S209), and an image is obtained from the meeting material information D3g acquired in step S209 for the prospective participant identified in step S204. The meeting material is printed on the forming unit 113 (S210).

Next, the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k for the absentee stored (specified) in step S207 is acquired from the conference information database DB3 in the storage unit 210 (S211), and the output impossible information is set in the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k. If the mail is not sent to the absent person (ie, the mail is not sent to the absent person) (S212: No), the automatic printing process is terminated, while the output permission information is set in the mail sending presence / absence information D3k (ie, the absent person is present). in the case of mail transmission) to (S212: Yes), to send stored (specific) electronic mail attached with meeting material information D3g obtained in the process S209 in the absence's email address from the communication unit 121 in the process S207 (S213) Until there is an instruction to end the automatic printing process (S214: No), the process from the process S201 to the process S213 is performed. Ri returns, when there is an end instruction of the automatic printing processing (S214: Yes), it terminates the automatic printing processing.

(3) Designated Printing Process FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a designated printing process for printing meeting materials before the meeting in the image forming system 100 shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the designated print screen G4 on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an absentee correspondence screen G5 on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 illustrated in FIG.

  In the example of the designated printing process shown in FIG. 10, when a predetermined selection operation by the user is accepted on the initial screen G2 shown in FIG. 2C, the designated printing screen G4 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display unit 114 (S301).

  Here, the user ID, the date D3b, and the start time D3e are input as the prospective participant information D3a by an input operation by the user. In the example of FIG. 11, the user ID is “CCCC”, “DDDD”,..., And the start time D3e is “2009/11/17”.

  Next, it is determined whether or not an OK key K3 selection operation has been accepted (S302). If an OK key K3 selection operation has not been accepted (S302: No), whether or not an end key K4 selection operation has been accepted. If the selection operation of the end key K4 is not accepted (S303: No), the process returns to the processing S302, whereas if the selection operation of the end key K4 is accepted (S303: Yes). Then, the designated printing process is terminated.

When the processing S302 receives selection operation of the OK key K3 is (S302: Yes), the projecting and retracting Tsutomujo report database DB2 of the storage unit 210, participants accepted by acquires attendance information D2 (S304), the processing S301 Among the participants of the planner information D3a, the planners who are going to work at the time when the planner information D3a is received are specified by the attendance / attendance information D2 stored in the attendance / exit information database DB2 of the storage unit 210 (S305). ), The number of copies to be printed (the number of specified prospective participants) is determined (S306), and the absentee screen G5 shown in FIG. 12 is further displayed on the display unit 114 (S307).

  Here, a participant reservation name, a date D3b, a conference place D3c, a conference name D3d, a start time D3e, an end time D3f, and conference material information D3g for the user ID are displayed on the display unit 114, and by a selection operation by the user, Absent printing presence / absence information D3j and mail transmission presence / absence information D3k are selected. In the example of FIG. 12, the name of the reservation reservation user is “Suzuki” with the user ID “CCCC”, “Ito” with the user ID “DDDD”, and so on, and the date D3b is “2009/11/17”. Then, the meeting place D3c is “A-3 meeting room”, the meeting name D3d is “○ ◎ meeting”, the start time D3e is “14:00”, and the end time D3f is “15:00”. The conference material information D3g is “P002”.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the selection operation of the OK key K5 has been accepted (S308). If the selection operation of the OK key K5 has not been accepted (S308: No), whether or not the selection operation of the return key K6 has been accepted. If the selection operation of the return key K6 is not accepted (S309: No), the process returns to the processing S308, while if the selection operation of the return key K6 is accepted (S309: Yes). The process returns to step S301.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the participant of the prospective participant information D3a accepted in the process S301 is absent based on the attendance information D2 acquired in the process S304 (S310), and the prospective participant (absent) who is absent is determined. (S310: Yes), the absence information ("1" here) is stored in the absentee information D3i of the conference information database DB3 (S311). On the other hand, the attendance information (here, “0”) is stored in the absentee information D3i of the conference information database DB3 (S312).

  Next, conference material information D3g of the conference to be printed is acquired from the conference information database DB3 of the storage unit 210 (S313), and an image is obtained from the conference material information D3g acquired in step S313 for the prospective participant identified in step S305. The meeting material is printed on the forming unit 113 (S314).

Next, the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k for the absentee stored (specified) in step S311 is acquired from the conference information database DB3 of the storage unit 210 (S315), and the output disable information is set in the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k. If the mail is sent (ie, mail is not sent to the absent person) (S316: No), the designated printing process is terminated. On the other hand, when the output permission information is set in the mail transmission presence / absence information D3k (that is, when mail is sent to the absent person) (S316: Yes), the mail address of the absent person stored (specified) in step S311 In step S317, the electronic mail with the meeting material information D3g acquired in step S313 is transmitted from the communication unit 121 (S317), and the designated printing process is terminated.

(4) Absent Handling Process FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the absentee handling process for an absentee in the image forming system 100 shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an attendance / leaving process screen G6 on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a meeting material print inquiry screen G7 on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 shown in FIG.

  In the absentee handling process example shown in FIG. 13, first, the login screen G1 (authentication screen) shown in FIG. 2B is displayed on the display unit 114 (S401). Here, the login name D0a and the password D0b can be input to the login screen shown in FIG. 2B.

  Next, it waits until the user specifying information D0 of the login information including the login name D1a and the password D1b is received by the input unit 111 on the login screen G1 displayed on the display unit 114 (S402: No), and the user specifying information D0 is received. (S402: Yes), it is determined whether the authentication is successful (S403).

  Here, the user authentication processing in step S403 is performed based on the user management table TB shown in FIG. That is, in the user authentication process in step S403, the received user identification information D0 and the user management table TB are collated, and whether or not there is user information D1 that matches the received user identification information D0 in the user management table TB. Authentication.

  If the authentication has failed (S403: No), the process returns to step S401, and the login screen G1 shown in FIG. 2B is displayed again on the display unit 114, waiting for re-input of the user identification information D0.

  On the other hand, when the authentication is successful (S403: Yes), the attendance / leaving process screen G6 shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the display unit 114 (S404).

  Here, the attendance button BT1 or the leave button BT2 is selected by the selection operation by the user who has worked, and the next attendance / leaving information processing is performed.

  That is, the system waits until the attendance button BT1 or the leave button BT2 is received (S405: No). When the attendance button BT1 or the leave button BT2 is accepted (S405: Yes), the date and time are acquired from the calendar (clock) function. Then, for the user ID of the authenticated user, the date and the current attendance time D2b or the attendance time D2c are stored in the attendance / leaving information database DB2 of the storage unit 210 (S406).

  Next, the absentee information D3i is acquired from the conference information database DB3 of the storage unit 210 (S407), and whether there is conference material for the meeting that is absent from the acquired absentee information D3i (that is, absent information (here, Whether or not “1”) is set (S408).

  If the absent information (here, “1”) is not stored (set) in the absentee information D3i in the process S408 (S408: No), the absentee handling process is terminated, while the absentee information D3i is absent. If (1 here) is stored (set) (S408: Yes), the conference material print inquiry screen G7 shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display unit 114 (S409).

  Here, a selection instruction for requesting whether or not to print the conference material (here, “output” button BT3) or a selection instruction for requesting not to print the conference material (here “not output”) is selected by the selection operation by the user who has worked. "BT4) is selected.

  Next, when it is requested not to print the conference material (S410: No), the absentee handling process is terminated, whereas when it is requested to print the conference material (S410: Yes), the storage unit Meeting material information D3g is acquired from 210 (S411).

  Then, the conference material is printed on the image forming unit 113 from the conference material information D3g acquired in the process S411 (S412), and the absentee handling process is terminated.

  Instead of the process S213 shown in FIG. 9 and the process S317 shown in FIG. 10, the mail transmission may be performed in the process S412 shown in FIG.

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FIG. 16 shows an image forming system 100 a that is a modification of the image forming system 100 shown in FIG. 1, in which the control server 120, the application server 130, and the image forming apparatus 110 are connected to each other via the network 140. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system configuration of a forming system 100a.

  In the image forming system 100a shown in FIG. 16, the same components as those in the image forming system 100 shown in FIG.

The image forming system 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a server 200 that controls the image forming apparatus 110, and the server 200, the image forming apparatus 110, and the computer terminal apparatus 150 are connected to each other via a network 150. A server 200 a shown in FIG. 16 includes a control server (control server computer) 120 that controls the image forming apparatus 110 and an application server (application server computer) 130 that provides application software to the control server 120. The control server 120, the application server 130, the image forming apparatus 110, and the computer terminal apparatus 150 are connected via the network 140 so that they can communicate with each other.

  As illustrated in FIG. 16, the storage unit 210 includes a first storage unit 211 provided in the control server 120 and a second storage unit 212 provided in the application server 130. The control unit 220 includes a first control unit 221 provided in the control server 120 and a second control unit 222 provided in the application server 130.

  Specifically, the control server 120 includes a communication unit 121 in addition to the first storage unit 211 and the first control unit 221. The communication unit 121 communicates with the image forming apparatus 110, the computer terminal apparatus 150, and the application server 130 via the network 140. The first control unit 221 controls the first storage unit 211 and the communication unit 121.

  The control server 120 generates display control information for displaying various screens including the login screen G1 shown in FIG. 2B and the initial screen G2 shown in FIG. 2C on the display unit 114 of the image forming apparatus 110 in cooperation with the image forming apparatus 110. And a function of transmitting the generated display control information to the image forming apparatus 110. The control server 120 also has a function as an authentication server that performs user authentication processing in cooperation with the image forming apparatus 110. Further, the control server 120 has a function of generating print control information for the image forming unit 113 of the image forming apparatus 110 in cooperation with the image forming apparatus 110 and transmitting the generated print control information to the image forming apparatus 110.

  The application server 130 includes a communication unit 131 in addition to the second storage unit 212 and the second control unit 222. The communication unit 131 communicates with the control server 120 via the network 140. The second control unit 222 controls the second storage unit 212 and the communication unit 131.

Next, in the image forming system 100a, the first storage unit 211 in the control server 120 and the second storage unit 212 in the application server 130 will be described.

  The first storage unit 211 in the control server 120 stores a user information management database DB1. The user information management database DB1 is a database that stores user information D1.

  The first storage unit 211 also stores the first application P10 provided from the application server 130 via the network 140.

  The second storage unit 212 in the application server 130 stores the attendance / leaving information database DB2 and the conference information database DB3.

  The second storage unit 212 also stores the first application P10 provided to the control server 120 and the second application P20 executed by the second control unit 222.

  Next, control configurations of the first control unit 221 in the control server 120 and the second control unit 222 in the application server 130 in the image forming system 100a will be described.

  FIG. 17 is a functional configuration diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the first control unit 221 in the control server 120 and the second control unit 222 in the application server 130 in the image forming system 100a shown in FIG.

  The first control unit 221 and the second control unit 222 are information processing units including a computer such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and include a storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). The first control unit 221 loads and executes the first application P10 on the RAM, and the second control unit 222 loads and executes the second application P20 on the RAM, thereby configuring various configurations. The element is controlled. Note that the second control unit 222 also has a calendar (clock) function that outputs information on the date and time and the hour, minute, and second.

  The authentication application P11 in the first application P10 causes the first control unit 221 to function as a unit including the image forming apparatus management unit Q111 and the authentication unit Q112. That is, the authentication application P11 causes the first control unit 221 to execute a step including an image forming apparatus management step corresponding to the image forming apparatus management unit Q111 and an authentication step corresponding to the authentication unit Q112.

  Further, the output application P12 in the first application P10 causes the first control unit 221 to function as means including the output means Q120. That is, the output application P12 causes the first control unit 221 to execute steps including an output step corresponding to the output unit Q120.

  The attendance / leaving information processing application P21 in the second application P20 causes the second control unit 222 to function as means including attendance / leaving information processing means Q211. That is, the attendance / leaving information processing application P21 causes the second control unit 222 to execute steps including attendance / leaving information processing steps corresponding to the attendance / leaving information processing means Q211.

  Further, the conference information processing application P22 in the second application P20 causes the second control unit 222 to function as a unit including the conference information processing unit Q221 and the conference material printing unit Q222. That is, the conference information processing application P22 causes the second control unit 222 to execute steps including a conference information processing step corresponding to the conference information processing unit Q221 and a conference material printing step corresponding to the conference material printing unit Q222.

  Further, the conference information processing application P22 in the second application P20 causes the second control unit 222 to function as a means including at least one of the absentee specifying means Q223 and the e-mail transmission means Q224. That is, the conference information processing application P22 includes a step including at least one of an absentee identification step corresponding to the absentee identification unit Q223 and an email transmission step corresponding to the email transmission unit Q224. To run.

  In the image forming system 100a shown in FIG. 16, the attendance and attendance information processing and the conference information processing are performed by a single application server 130, but the application server 130 is divided into a server that performs attendance and attendance information processing and a server that performs the conference information processing. It may be.

  Further, the storage unit 210 and the control unit 220 may be configured as components of the image forming apparatus 110 together with the input unit 111 and the image forming unit 113, so that the image forming system may be configured by the image forming apparatus alone.

  Further, the image forming system may be configured by connecting a plurality of image forming apparatuses 110 having the storage unit 210, the control unit 220, the input unit 111, and the image forming unit 113 as constituent elements to each other via a network.

  In addition, the image forming apparatus 110 including the storage unit 210, the control unit 220, the input unit 111, and the image forming unit 113 as components is used as a server image forming apparatus, and the image forming apparatus configured as a server, the input unit 111, and the image forming unit. The image forming system may be configured by connecting one or a plurality of image forming apparatuses provided with 113 to each other via a network. In this case, the information stored in the storage unit 210 of the image forming apparatus as a server can be centrally managed by the image forming apparatus as a server.

According to the image forming systems 100 and 100a described above, the user is authenticated based on the user identification information D0 received by the input unit 111 by the authentication unit Q112 and the user information D1 stored in the storage unit 210, and the attendance / leaving information processing unit Q211. The attendees who process the attendance information D2 by the process, register the conference information D3 in the storage unit 210 by the conference information processing means Q221, process the conference information D3, and register the conference information by the conference information processing means Q221 by the meeting material printing means Q222 since the conference material information D3g registered in the information D3a and attendance information processing means based on the attendance information D2 treated with Q211 conference information processing means Q221 to print the conference material to the image forming unit 113, and attendance before meeting Meeting materials can be printed only for those who are scheduled to participate. It is possible to prevent wasteful printing on the person.

In the present embodiment, the conference information processing means Q221 accepts the reservation time D3h by the input unit 111 and performs a reservation process that is registered in advance in the storage unit 210. The conference material printing means Q222 is a conference information processing means. When the scheduled time D3h registered in advance in Q221 is reached, the scheduled participant information for participating in the conference at the start time D3e corresponding to the scheduled time D3h is acquired from the scheduled participant information, and the acquired scheduled participant information against participants, the image from the conference material information D3g against prospective participant to determine whether or not the attendance based on attendance information D2 according to time and attendance information processing unit Q211, were determined to be attendance at acquisition point Since the forming unit 113 prints the meeting material, the meeting material can be automatically printed according to the latest attendance / leaving status when the reservation time D3h arrives. .

In the present embodiment, the conference information processing means Q221 performs a reception process for accepting the prospective participant information D3a by the input unit 111, and the conference material printing means Q222 is the prospective participant accepted by the conference information processing means Q221. get the prospective participants in the conference from the information D3a, whether on the obtained prospective participants, and attendance based on attendance information D2 according to time and attendance information processing unit Q211 at the time of accepting the prospective participants information D3a Since the meeting material information D3g causes the image forming unit 113 to print the meeting material for the prospective participant who has determined that he / she is working, he / she is at work when the prospective participant information D3a is input. Meeting materials can be printed for prospective participants.

Further, in the present embodiment, the control unit 220 includes the absentee specifying means Q223, and the absentee specifying means Q223 is selected from the prospective participants of the prospective participant information D3a registered in the conference information processing means Q221. because to identify the prospective participants were absent when the due time and attendance information processing means Q211 to print the conference material on the basis of the time and attendance information D2, later clock-in processing the prospective participants from the print processing of the conference material (for example, printing of conference materials Who are scheduled to attend work before the start of the meeting and those who are scheduled to attend work after the end of the meeting). Meeting materials can be provided to the processed prospective participants.

Further, in the present embodiment, the conference material printing unit Q222 is the prospective participant identified absent at absentee identifying unit Q223 is judged to have attendance based on attendance information D2 according to time and attendance information processing unit Q211, attendance Since the conference material is printed on the image forming unit 113 from the conference material information D3g for the prospective participant who has participated, the conference material can be printed for the prospective participant who has attended work after the conference material print processing. .

Further, in the present embodiment, the control unit 220 includes the e-mail transmission unit Q224, and attaches the meeting material information D3g to the prospective participants who are identified as absent by the absentee identification unit Q223 by the e-mail transmission unit Q224. to send an e-mail from the communication unit 121 Runode, to the prospective participant was identified as absence, the conference material information D3g can be sent by e-mail.

  In addition, the image forming system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a server 200 that controls the image forming apparatus 110, and the server 200, the image forming apparatus 110, and the computer terminal apparatus 150 are connected to each other via a network. 111 is a component of both the image forming apparatus 110 and the computer terminal device, and the storage unit 210 and the control unit 220 are components of the server 200. Therefore, the server 200 stores information in the storage unit 210. Centralized management.

  In the image forming system 100a shown in FIG. 16, the server 200 includes a control server 120 that controls the image forming apparatus 110. For example, even if the model of the image forming apparatus 110 is different, the control server 120 The image forming apparatus 110 can be controlled regardless of the model of the image forming apparatus 110 by an application corresponding to the model of the image forming apparatus 110 (for example, an application that generates display control information for screen display corresponding to the model). It becomes. Furthermore, since the first control unit 221 in the control server 120 executes the first application P10 and the second control unit 222 in the application server 130 executes with the second application P20, the first and second control units 221 and 222 The load can be reduced.

  In the image forming systems 100 and 100a described above, the respective units are described separately for convenience of description in FIGS. 3 and 17, but the control unit operates based on each of the above-described programs. Each means is executed. Therefore, in each of the above-described means and steps, there may be cases where at least two are operated in combination.

100 image forming system 100a image forming system 110 image forming apparatus 111 input unit 113 image forming unit 114 display unit 117 communication unit 120 control server 121 communication unit 130 application server 140 network 150 computer terminal device 151 communication unit 200 server 210 storage unit 211 1 storage section 212 second storage section 220 control section 221 first control section 222 second control section D0 user identification information D1 user information D2 attendance information D3 meeting information D3a scheduled attendee information D3b date D3c meeting place D3d meeting name D3e Start time D3f End time D3g Conference material information D3h Reservation time D3i Absent person information D3j Absent person printing presence / absence information D3k Mail transmission presence / absence information P10 First application P11 Authentication application P12 Output application Session P20 Second application P21 Attendance information application P22 Conference information processing application Q112 Authentication means Q122 Display control information generation means Q120 Output means Q121 Print information generation means Q211 Attendance information processing means Q221 Meeting information processing means Q222 Meeting material printing means Q223 Absent person Identification means Q224 E-mail transmission means

Claims (12)

An input unit for receiving input information including specific information for identifying a user;
Information on prospective participants regarding prospective participants participating in the conference, conference material information on conference materials of the conference, conference information including date and time, conference location, and conference name, user information for identifying the user, the user's A storage unit for storing attendance information;
An image forming unit that prints meeting materials based on the meeting material information;
A control unit that controls the input unit, the storage unit, and the image forming unit ,
Before Symbol control unit,
Authentication means for authenticating the user based on the user identification information received by the input unit and the user information stored in the storage unit;
Attendance and attendance information processing means for processing attendance and attendance information of the user authenticated by the authentication means;
Meeting information processing means for registering the meeting information in the storage unit and processing the meeting information;
The meeting on the basis of the processed time and attendance information at the registered prospective participants information and the time and attendance information processing means by the information processing means, prior to the conference from the conference material information registered in the conference information processing means to the image forming section Meeting material printing means that prints meeting materials only for the number of prospective participants who are confirmed to be working at
The conference information processing means performs a reception process of receiving the prospective participant information at the input unit,
The meeting material printing means acquires a prospective participant who participates in the conference from the prospective participant information received by the conference information processing means, and receives the prospective participant information for the acquired prospective participant wherein based on the time and attendance information by attendance information processing means determines whether or not to attendance, the print meeting materials from the conference material information to prospective participants it is determined to be attendance to the image forming section An image forming apparatus . The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
The storage unit is set for the start time of the conference and the reservation time set to print the conference material before the start time or the start time so as to print the conference material before the start time. Remember the reservation time
The conference information processing means performs a reservation process in which the input unit accepts the reservation time or reservation time and registers in advance in the storage unit,
When the reserved time or reserved time registered in advance by the conference information processing means is reached, the conference material printing means participates in the conference at the start time corresponding to the reserved time or reserved time from the scheduled participant information. Obtaining prospective participant information, and determining whether or not the participant of the obtained prospective participant information is working based on the attendance information at the time of acquisition based on the attendance information. An image forming apparatus that causes the image forming unit to print a meeting material from the meeting material information for a prospective participant who is determined to participate. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
The control unit is a prospective participant who was absent when printing the conference material based on the attendance information by the attendance information processing means from among the prospective participants of the prospective attendee information registered by the conference information processing means. An image forming apparatus comprising: an absentee specifying unit that specifies The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
The meeting material printing means, when it is determined that the prospective participant identified as absent by the absentee identification means has gone to work based on the attendance / leaving information by the attendance / leaving information processing means, An image forming apparatus that causes the image forming unit to print meeting material from meeting material information. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein:
A communication unit for sending e-mails;
The control unit includes an e-mail transmission unit that transmits an e-mail attached with the meeting material information from the communication unit to a prospective participant who has been identified as absent by the absentee identification unit. Forming equipment. An input unit for receiving input information including specific information for identifying a user;
Information on prospective participants regarding prospective participants participating in the conference, conference material information on conference materials of the conference, conference information including date and time, conference location, and conference name, user information for identifying the user, the user's A storage unit for storing attendance information;
An image forming unit that prints meeting materials based on the meeting material information;
A control unit that controls the input unit, the storage unit, and the image forming unit,
An image forming system in which the image forming unit is a component of an image forming apparatus,
A server for controlling the image forming apparatus;
The server and the image forming apparatus are connected to each other via a network;
The input unit is at least one component of the image forming apparatus and a computer terminal connected to the network;
The storage unit and the control unit are components of the server,
The controller is
Authentication means for authenticating the user based on the user identification information received by the input unit and the user information stored in the storage unit;
Attendance and attendance information processing means for processing attendance and attendance information of the user authenticated by the authentication means;
Meeting information processing means for registering the meeting information in the storage unit and processing the meeting information;
The meeting on the basis of the processed time and attendance information at the registered prospective participants information and the time and attendance information processing means by the information processing means, prior to the conference from the conference material information registered in the conference information processing means to the image forming section Meeting material printing means that prints meeting materials only for the number of prospective participants who are confirmed to be working at
The conference information processing means performs a reception process of receiving the prospective participant information at the input unit,
The meeting material printing means acquires a prospective participant who participates in the conference from the prospective participant information received by the conference information processing means, and receives the prospective participant information for the acquired prospective participant wherein based on the time and attendance information by attendance information processing means determines whether or not to attendance, the print meeting materials from the conference material information to prospective participants it is determined to be attendance to the image forming section An image forming system. The image forming system according to claim 6 ,
The server includes a control server that controls the image forming apparatus, and an application server that provides application software to the control server,
The control server, the application server, and the image forming apparatus are connected to each other via the network.
The storage unit includes a first storage unit provided in the control server, and a second storage unit provided in the application server,
The control unit includes a first control unit provided in the control server, and a second control unit provided in the application server,
The first storage unit stores the user information,
The second storage unit stores the attendance / leaving information, the prospective participant information, and the meeting material information,
The first control unit includes the authentication unit and the meeting material printing unit,
The image forming system, wherein the second control unit includes the attendance / leaving information processing unit and the conference information processing unit. The image forming system according to claim 6 or 7 ,
The storage unit is set for the start time of the conference and the reservation time set to print the conference material before the start time or the start time so as to print the conference material before the start time. Remember the reservation time
The conference information processing means performs a reservation process in which the input unit accepts the reservation time or reservation time and registers in advance in the storage unit,
When the reserved time or reserved time registered in advance by the conference information processing means is reached, the conference material printing means participates in the conference at the start time corresponding to the reserved time or reserved time from the scheduled participant information. get the prospective participants information, it determines relative participants acquired prospective participants information, whether or not the attendance based on the attendance information by the attendance information processing means at the acquisition time, and attendance An image forming system that causes the image forming unit to print the meeting material from the meeting material information for a prospective participant who has decided to participate. An image forming system according to any one of claims 6 to 8 ,
Wherein the control unit, the conference from among the prospective participants of the prospective participant information registered by the information processing means, the prospective participant was absent at the time of printing the meeting materials on the basis of the time and attendance information by the time and attendance information processing means An image forming system comprising: absentee specifying means for specifying The image forming system according to claim 9 ,
The conference materials printing means, in the case where the prospective participant identified the absence in the absentee specific means has determined that the attendance on the basis of the time and attendance information by the time and attendance information processing means, said to the prospective participant that was going to work An image forming system, which causes the image forming unit to print meeting material from meeting material information. The image forming system according to claim 9 or 10 , wherein
A communication unit for sending e-mails;
The control unit is characterized by comprising an electronic mail transmission means for Ru to send an e-mail attached with the conference material information to prospective participants identified absent at the absentee specifying unit from the communication unit Image forming system. An image forming system program according to any one of claims 6 to 11 , comprising:
An image forming system program causing the control unit to function as means including the authentication means, the attendance / leaving information processing means, the meeting information processing means, and the meeting material printing means.

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