JP6493298B2 - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus to which an external memory is detachably mounted.

  When a connection to an external memory such as a USB memory is detected, the file stored in the external memory can be read and an image corresponding to the file can be printed based on the printing conditions specified by the user An image forming apparatus is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-113320 A

  However, although it is necessary for the user to set printing conditions for the image of the read file, setting the printing conditions may be troublesome. For example, if you record a minutes file for a weekly meeting in an external memory and print the minutes file under the same printing conditions each time, the user must set the printing conditions each time. is there.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus capable of reducing a user's trouble when processing a file stored in an external memory by the image forming apparatus.

  An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit, a mounting unit, a detection processing unit, an extraction processing unit, and a processing control unit. The storage unit stores automatic processing information including a keyword and a processing method corresponding to the keyword. An external memory is detachably attached to the attachment portion. The detection processing unit detects that the external memory is mounted on the mounting unit. The extraction processing unit is assigned to the name of the file stored in the external memory and the external memory when the detection processing unit detects that the external memory is mounted on the mounting unit. And at least one of the name of the folder including the keyword included in the automatic processing information and at least one of the files included in the folder including the keyword is related to the keyword. To extract as a file. The processing control unit processes the file extracted by the extraction processing unit by the processing method corresponding to the keyword included in the automatic processing information.

  According to the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus capable of reducing a user's trouble in processing a file stored in an external memory by the image forming apparatus.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an automatic processing setting screen used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of automatic processing information used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a keyword selection screen used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a file selection screen used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of automatic processing executed by the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a registration confirmation screen used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of registration processing executed by the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of history information used in the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. The following embodiment is an example embodying the present invention, and does not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[Configuration of Image Forming Apparatus]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the image forming apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an operation display unit 10, an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) 11, an image reading unit 12, an image forming unit 13, a communication I / O. F14, the memory | storage part 15, the control part 16, the mounting part 17, etc. are provided. Specifically, the image forming apparatus 1 is a multifunction machine having a printer function, a scanner function, a copy function, a facsimile function, and the like. The external memory 2 is detachably attached to the attachment portion 17 of the image forming apparatus 1. The present invention is not limited to a multi-function machine, and can be applied to any image forming apparatus such as a copier, a printer, and a facsimile machine.

  The operation display unit 10 includes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display that displays information, and an operation unit such as a touch panel and operation buttons that accept user operations.

  The ADF 11 is an automatic document conveyance device that includes a document setting unit, a conveyance roller, a document pressing unit, and a paper discharge unit, and conveys a document to be read by the image reading unit 12.

  The image reading unit 12 includes a document table, a light source, a mirror, an optical lens, and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and can read an image of the document and output it as image data.

  The image forming unit 13 can execute a printing process based on image data by an electrophotographic method or an inkjet method, and forms an image on a sheet based on the image data. For example, when the image forming unit 13 is an electrophotographic image forming unit, the image forming unit 13 includes a photosensitive drum, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a fixing device.

  The communication I / F 14 executes communication processing according to a predetermined communication protocol with an information processing apparatus such as an external facsimile apparatus or a personal computer via a communication network such as a telephone line, the Internet, or a LAN. It is a communication interface that can.

  The storage unit 15 is a non-volatile storage unit such as a hard disk or an EEPROM (registered trademark). The storage unit 15 stores various control programs executed by the control unit 16, various data, and the like. For example, automatic processing information 30 (FIG. 4) and history information 31 (FIG. 11) are stored in the storage unit 15. The automatic processing information 30 includes a keyword and a processing method corresponding to the keyword. In the history information 31, a file name or folder name and a processing method are recorded in association with each other.

  The control unit 16 includes control devices such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. The CPU is a processor that executes various arithmetic processes. The ROM is a non-volatile storage unit in which information such as a control program for causing the CPU to execute various processes is stored in advance. The RAM is a volatile or nonvolatile storage unit used as a temporary storage memory (working area) for various processes executed by the CPU.

  Specifically, the control unit 16 includes a detection processing unit 161, an extraction processing unit 162, a selection processing unit 163, a processing control unit 164, a registration processing unit 165, and a recording processing unit 166. The control unit 16 functions as each of these processing units by executing various processes according to the control program. Moreover, the control part 16 may be provided with the electronic circuit which implement | achieves a part or some processing function of each of these process parts.

  An external memory 2 such as a USB memory is detachably attached to the attachment unit 17.

  By the way, when a connection of an external memory such as a USB memory is detected, a file stored in the external memory is read, and an image corresponding to the file is printed based on a printing condition designated by the user. An image forming apparatus capable of performing the above is known. However, for example, when the minutes file of a meeting held every week is recorded in the external memory and the minutes file is printed under the same printing conditions every time, the user needs to set the printing conditions every time. It is troublesome. On the other hand, in the image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the configuration and operation as described below reduces the time and effort of the user when the file stored in the external memory 2 is processed by the image forming apparatus 1. Is possible.

  The detection processing unit 161 detects that the external memory 2 is attached to the attachment unit 17. As the detection method, a known detection method such as a detection method based on the presence / absence of conduction between the terminals of the mounting portion 17 and the external memory 2 when the external memory 2 is mounted can be adopted. .

  When the detection processing unit 161 detects that the external memory 2 is attached to the attachment unit 17, the extraction processing unit 162 includes a file name (hereinafter referred to as a file name) stored in the external memory 2, and At least one of the names of folders assigned to the external memory 2 (hereinafter referred to as folder names) is acquired. Then, the extraction processing unit 162 selects a name including a keyword (for example, “minutes” or “salary details” in FIG. 4) included in the automatic processing information 30 from the files stored in the external memory 2. And at least one of the files included in the folder having the name including the keyword is extracted as a file related to the keyword.

  The extraction processing unit 162 may extract a file related to the keyword from files in a file format specified in advance by the user among files stored in the external memory 2. For example, when the file format designated in advance by the user is the PDF format, the extraction processing unit 162 displays the name of the PDF format file (hereinafter referred to as the PDF file) stored in the external memory 2, and Acquire at least one of the names of folders including the PDF file, and include the PDF file having the name including the keyword included in the automatic processing information 30 from the PDF file stored in the external memory 2 and the keyword. At least one of the PDF files included in the name folder may be extracted as a file related to the keyword.

  The selection processing unit 163 selects a file to be processed by the processing control unit 164 from a plurality of files extracted by the extraction processing unit 162 according to a user operation. For example, the selection processing unit 163 displays a file selection screen 60 as shown in FIG. 6 on the operation display unit 10 and selects a file to be processed according to a user operation.

  The processing control unit 164 processes the file extracted by the extraction processing unit 162 by the processing method corresponding to the keyword included in the automatic processing information 30. For example, the processing control unit 164 prints or transmits the file according to the processing method.

  The registration processing unit 165 registers the processing method in the automatic processing information 30 when the file stored in the external memory 2 is processed by the processing method designated through the operation unit of the operation display unit 10. When registering the processing method in the automatic processing information 30, the registration processing unit 165 may determine a keyword to be registered in the automatic processing information 30 in association with the processing method according to a user operation. For example, the registration processing unit 165 may display a registration screen 80 as shown in FIG. 9 on the operation display unit 10 and determine a keyword to be registered in the automatic processing information 30 according to a user operation.

  When a file stored in the external memory 2 is processed by the processing method specified through the operation unit of the operation display unit 10, the recording processing unit 166 includes at least one of a file name and a folder name related to the file, The processing methods are associated with each other and recorded in the storage unit 15 as history information 31 (FIG. 11). Based on the history information 31, the registration processing unit 165 determines that at least one of the file with the same file name and the file in the folder with the same folder name is a predetermined number of times (for example, twice) or more by the same processing method. When it is determined that the processing has been performed, the processing method may be registered in the automatic processing information 30.

[How to set automatic processing information]
Next, a method for setting the automatic processing information 30 in the image forming apparatus 1 will be described.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, when the external memory 2 is attached to the attachment unit 17, the file stored in the external memory 2 is automatically stored based on the automatic processing information 30 stored in the storage unit 15. It is processed. Note that “automatically processed” does not mean that no user operation is required. After some or all of the processing conditions such as printing conditions are automatically set, the user operation is not performed. A mode in which processing is started in response is also included.

  The automatic processing information 30 is generated in advance according to a user operation and stored in the storage unit 15. For example, when a predetermined setting start operation is performed on the operation display unit 10, the control unit 16 displays an automatic process setting screen 40 as illustrated in FIG. 3 on the operation display unit 10.

  On the automatic processing setting screen 40, the user can specify a keyword, a search target, a file format, and a processing method. The automatic processing setting screen 40 includes a keyword input field 41 for inputting a keyword, buttons 42 to 45, and a plurality of check boxes for selecting each item.

  When the keyword input field 41 is pressed, for example, a software keyboard is displayed, and the user can specify an arbitrary character string as a keyword.

  The user can designate one or both of “folder name” and “file name” as a search target. When “folder name” is designated as the search target, among the files stored in the external memory 2, the file stored in the folder having the folder name including the keyword is extracted as the automatic processing target. It will be. When “file name” is designated as the search target, among the files stored in the external memory 2, the file having the file name including the keyword is extracted as the automatic processing target.

  The user can specify a file format to be automatically processed. For example, when the button 42 is pressed, a list of file format candidates to be automatically processed is displayed, and the user can arbitrarily select a desired file format from these candidates.

  The user can specify the processing method of the file extracted as an automatic processing target. For example, when it is desired to automatically print a file extracted as an object to be automatically processed, a check is made to the [Print processing] check box and a print setting screen ( In the illustration (not shown), desired printing conditions (for example, the number of copies, sheet size, magnification, color mode, layout, etc.) can be set. If it is desired to automatically transmit a file extracted as an automatic processing target, a check box of “transmission processing” is checked and a transmission setting screen ( In the illustration (not shown), desired transmission conditions (for example, destination, transmission method, number of copies, color mode, etc.) can be set.

  When the button 45 is pressed, the automatic processing setting screen 40 is closed, and the automatic processing information 30 is generated or updated based on information such as keywords specified by the user on the automatic processing setting screen 40.

  By repeating the above operation, the user can register a plurality of keywords in the automatic processing information 30. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, information such as a processing method is registered in the automatic processing information 30 for each keyword such as “minutes” and “salary details”.

[Operation of Image Forming Apparatus]
Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 when the external memory 2 is mounted on the mounting unit 17 will be described. The external memory 2 is assigned a plurality of folders with names such as “minutes”, “accounting”, and “report”, and one or more files are stored in each folder. ing.

  When the detection processing unit 161 detects that the external memory 2 is mounted on the mounting unit 17, the extraction processing unit 162 stores the folder name of each folder assigned to the external memory 2 and the external memory 2. Get the file name and name of each file. The extraction processing unit 162 performs search processing for each keyword (for example, “minutes”, “pay details”, etc.) registered in the automatic processing information 30 for the acquired folder name and file name, Extract files related to keywords. For example, for the keyword “minutes” in FIG. 4, the search target is “folder name” and the file format is “all”, so the extraction processing unit 162 uses the keyword “minutes”. (For example, a folder named “minutes”) is searched, and all files in the folder are extracted as files related to the keyword “minutes”. 4, the search target is “file name” and the file format is “PDF”, so that the extraction processing unit 162 uses the keyword “pay details”. Among the detected files, a file in the PDF format (for example, a file in the PDF format named “February salary details”) is related to the keyword “salary details”. Extract as a file.

  When a plurality of files related to different keywords are extracted by the extraction processing unit 162, the selection processing unit 163 displays a keyword selection screen 50 as shown in FIG. The user is made to select a desired keyword (a part or all of the keywords).

  The keyword selection screen 50 includes check boxes and buttons 51 and 52 for selecting each keyword individually. When the button 51 is pressed, all the keywords displayed on the keyword selection screen 50 are selected.

  When the button 52 is pressed, if there is only one file related to the keyword selected on the keyword selection screen 50, the file is processed (print processing) by the processing method included in the automatic processing information 30. (Or transmission processing). On the other hand, when there are a plurality of files related to the keyword selected on the keyword selection screen 50, the selection processing unit 163 displays a file selection screen 60 as shown in FIG. The user selects a desired file (a part or all of the files) from among the files.

  The file selection screen 60 includes check boxes and buttons 61 and 62 for individually selecting each file. When the button 61 is pressed, all the files displayed on the file selection screen 60 are selected.

  When the button 62 is pressed, the file selected on the file selection screen 60 is processed (printing process or transmission process) by the processing method included in the automatic processing information 30. For example, when the file “February 2015 meeting.pdf” in FIG. 6 is selected, it corresponds to the keyword “minutes” which is a keyword related to the file included in the automatic processing information 30. The file is processed by the processing method. Specifically, the file “February 2015 meeting.pdf” is subjected to print processing and transmission processing based on the print setting and transmission setting corresponding to the keyword “minutes”.

[Automatic processing]
Next, an example of a procedure of automatic processing executed by the control unit 16 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, steps S1, S2,... Represent processing procedure (step) numbers executed by the control unit 16. The automatic processing is started in response to, for example, the power supply of the image forming apparatus 1 being turned on, and then ended in response to the power supply of the image forming apparatus 1 being turned off.

<Step S1>
First, in step S <b> 1, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the external memory 2 is mounted on the mounting unit 17. If it is determined that the external memory 2 is attached (S1: Yes), the process proceeds to step S2. On the other hand, if it is determined that the external memory 2 is not attached (S1: No), the process of step S1 is repeated until it is determined that the external memory 2 is attached.

<Step S2>
In step S <b> 2, the control unit 16 acquires the folder name of each folder assigned to the external memory 2 and the file name of each file stored in the external memory 2. The acquired folder name and file name are stored in the RAM as a name list, for example. When the search target of each keyword included in the automatic processing information 30 is only “folder name”, the control unit 16 acquires only the folder name of each folder assigned to the external memory 2. May be. Similarly, when the search target of each keyword included in the automatic processing information 30 is only “file name”, the control unit 16 acquires only the file name of each file stored in the external memory 2. May be.

<Step S3>
In step S <b> 3, the control unit 16 compares each keyword included in the automatic processing information 30 with the folder name and file name (for example, the name list) acquired in step S <b> 2, and includes them in the automatic processing information 30. It is determined whether or not a file related to any one of the keywords exists in the external memory 2. If it is determined that the file related to the keyword exists in the external memory 2 (S3: Yes), the process proceeds to step S4, and it is determined that the file related to the keyword does not exist in the external memory 2. (S3: No), the process proceeds to step S7.

<Step S4>
In step S <b> 4, the control unit 16 determines whether there are a plurality of files related to the keyword in the external memory 2. If it is determined that there are a plurality of files related to the keyword in the external memory 2 (S4: Yes), the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is only one file related to the keyword in the external memory 2 (S4: No), the process proceeds to step S6. In this case, the one file is a target of automatic processing.

<Step S5>
In step S5, the control unit 16 displays at least one of the keyword selection screen 50 shown in FIG. 5 and the file selection screen 60 shown in FIG. 6 on the operation display unit 10 as necessary, and is a file to be automatically processed. Is selected according to user operation.

<Step S6>
In step S <b> 6, the control unit 16 processes the file to be subjected to automatic processing according to the processing method included in the automatic processing information 30.

<Step S7>
In step S <b> 7, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the external memory 2 has been removed from the mounting unit 17. If it is determined that the external memory 2 has been removed (S7: Yes), the process returns to step S1. On the other hand, if it is determined that the external memory 2 has not been removed (S7: No), the process of step S7 is repeated until it is determined that the external memory 2 has been removed.

  Note that the process of step S1 is executed by the detection processing unit 161 of the control unit 16. The processes in steps S2 and S3 are executed by the extraction processing unit 162 of the control unit 16. The process of step S5 is executed by the selection processing unit 163 of the control unit 16. The process of step S6 is executed by the process control unit 164 of the control unit 16.

[registration process]
In the image forming apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, as a method for registering information such as keywords in the automatic processing information 30, as described above, a method for registering from the automatic processing setting screen 40 displayed in response to the setting start operation. In addition to the (first registration method), a method (second registration method) is also provided in which a file stored in the external memory 2 is registered after being printed or transmitted. Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11, registration processing by the second registration method executed in the image forming apparatus 1 will be described.

  The registration process is executed when a file stored in the external memory 2 is printed or transmitted by a processing method designated through the operation display unit 10. For example, in a state where the user has attached the external memory 2 storing the file to be printed to the attachment unit 17, the desired display conditions (for example, number of copies, sheet size, magnification, color mode, layout, etc.) are displayed on the operation display unit 10. When the print start button is pressed after setting the above, a print process corresponding to the print condition is executed, and the registration process is executed after the print process is executed.

  When detecting that the file stored in the external memory 2 has been processed, the registration processing unit 165 displays a registration confirmation screen 70 as shown in FIG. 8 on the operation display unit 10 to set automatic processing. Confirm with the user. The registration confirmation screen 70 includes buttons 71 and 72. When the button 71 is pressed, the registration process ends. On the other hand, when the button 72 is pressed, the registration processing unit 165 displays a registration screen 80 as shown in FIG. 9 on the operation display unit 10.

  The registration screen 80 includes a keyword input field 81 for inputting a keyword, buttons 82 to 85, and a plurality of check boxes for selecting each item.

  When the keyword input field 81 is pressed, for example, a software keyboard is displayed, and the user can specify an arbitrary character string as a keyword. When the button 82 is pressed, the registration processing unit 165 automatically inputs the folder name of the folder including the file processed immediately before in the keyword input field 81. When the button 83 is pressed, the registration processing unit 165 automatically inputs the file name of the file processed immediately before in the keyword input field 81.

  The user can designate one or both of “folder name” and “file name” as a search target. Note that the registration processing unit 165 may automatically set “folder name” as a search target in response to the button 82 being pressed. Further, the registration processing unit 165 may automatically set “file name” as a search target in response to the button 83 being pressed.

  The user can specify a file format to be automatically processed. The registration processing unit 165 may automatically set the extension of the file processed immediately before as a file format to be automatically processed.

  The same processing method as the current processing method (that is, the processing method designated through the operation display unit 10 immediately before the processing of the file processed immediately before) is automatically set.

  When the button 85 is pressed, the registration screen 80 is closed, and the automatic processing information 30 is generated or updated based on information such as a keyword specified by the user on the registration screen 80.

  Next, an example of the procedure of registration processing executed by the control unit 16 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the registration process is started in response to, for example, the power supply of the image forming apparatus 1 being turned on, and then ended in response to the power supply of the image forming apparatus 1 being turned off.

<Step S10>
First, in step S10, the control unit 16 determines whether or not a file in the external memory 2 has been processed (for example, printed or transmitted). If it is determined that the file in the external memory 2 has been processed (S10: Yes), the process proceeds to step S11. On the other hand, if it is determined that the file in the external memory 2 has not been processed (S10), the process of step S10 is repeated until it is determined that the file in the external memory 2 has been processed.

<Step S11>
In step S <b> 11, the control unit 16 displays a registration confirmation screen 70 as shown in FIG. 8 on the operation display unit 10.

<Step S12>
In step S <b> 12, the control unit 16 determines whether to set automatic processing based on a user operation on the registration confirmation screen 70. Specifically, when the button 72 on the registration confirmation screen 70 is pressed, the control unit 16 determines to set automatic processing. If it is determined to set automatic processing (S12: Yes), the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, if it is determined that automatic processing is not set (S12: No), the processing returns to step S1.

<Step S13>
In step S13, the control unit 16 displays a registration screen 80 as shown in FIG.

<Step S14>
In step S <b> 14, the control unit 16 generates or updates the automatic processing information 30 based on information such as a keyword specified by the user on the registration screen 80.

  Note that the processing of steps S10 to S14 is executed by the registration processing unit 165 of the control unit 16.

  Incidentally, in step S11, a registration confirmation screen 70 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed every time a file in the external memory 2 is processed. Therefore, depending on the user, the display frequency of the registration confirmation screen 70 should be reduced. It may be preferable.

  Therefore, for example, the registration screen 80 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed only when a predetermined operation (for example, pressing of a predetermined button) is detected after the file in the external memory 2 is processed. Also good.

  Alternatively, the registration as shown in FIG. 8 is performed only when it is determined that at least one of the file with the same file name and the file in the folder with the same folder name has been processed more than a predetermined number of times by the same processing method. A confirmation screen 70 may be displayed. In this case, each time a file in the external memory 2 is processed, the recording processing unit 166 associates at least one of the file name and folder name related to the file with the processing method, and the history as shown in FIG. Information 31 is recorded in the storage unit 15. Then, based on the history information 31, the registration processing unit 165 determines the number of times (for example, twice) that at least one of the file with the same file name and the file in the folder with the same folder name is predetermined by the same processing method. When it is determined that the above processing has been performed, a registration confirmation screen 70 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the operation display unit 10.

  For example, in the history information 31 shown in FIG. 11, on February 15, a file with the file name “aaa” in the folder with the folder name “AAA” is processed according to “Processing Method A”. Also on the day, a file with a file name of [aaa] in a folder with a folder name of “AAA” is processed according to “Processing Method A”. Therefore, after the processing on February 22 is executed, the registration processing unit 165 displays a registration confirmation screen 70 as shown in FIG. 8 on the operation display unit 10 and the automatic processing information 30 is updated. Thereafter, when the external memory 2 is mounted on the mounting unit 17, the file with the file name [aaa] in the folder with the folder name “AAA” is automatically processed according to “Processing Method A”.

  As described above, according to the image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when the external memory 2 is attached to the image forming apparatus 1, the file in the external memory 2 related to a predetermined keyword is Printing is performed by a processing method set in advance in association with the keyword. Therefore, for example, even when a minutes file of a meeting held every week is printed under the same printing conditions every time, the user does not need to set the printing conditions every time. As described above, according to the image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the user when the image forming apparatus 1 processes a file stored in the external memory 2.

[Modification]
In another embodiment, for example, when the image forming apparatus 1 is shared by a plurality of users, the automatic processing information 30 may be generated individually for each user. Alternatively, in the automatic processing information 30, each keyword may be registered in association with the user identification information.

  In another embodiment, for example, when a plurality of external memories 2 are attached to the image forming apparatus 1, the automatic processing information 30 may be generated individually for each external memory 2. Alternatively, in the automatic processing information 30, each keyword may be registered in association with the identification information of the external memory 2.

  In this embodiment, if it is determined in step S4 of FIG. 7 that only one file related to the keyword exists in the external memory 2 (S4: No), the file is processed in step S6. . In this case, the processing may be automatically performed against the user's intention. Therefore, in another embodiment, before the file is processed in step S6, a confirmation screen may be displayed on the operation display unit 10 to process the file after obtaining the user's permission.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming apparatus 2 External memory 10 Operation display part 11 ADF
12 image reading unit 13 image forming unit 17 mounting unit 30 automatic processing information 31 history information 40 automatic processing setting screen 50 keyword selection screen 60 file selection screen 70 registration confirmation screen 80 registration screen

Claims (7)

A storage unit for storing automatic processing information including a keyword and a processing method corresponding to the keyword;
A mounting part on which an external memory is detachably mounted;
A detection processing unit for detecting that the external memory is mounted on the mounting unit;
When the detection processing unit detects that the external memory is attached to the attachment unit, at least a name of a file stored in the external memory and a name of a folder assigned to the external memory One of the files stored in the external memory, at least of a file having a name including the keyword included in the automatic processing information and a file included in a folder having a name including the keyword An extraction processing unit that extracts one as a file related to the keyword;
A processing control unit that processes the file extracted by the extraction processing unit with the processing method corresponding to the keyword included in the automatic processing information;
A selection processing unit that selects a file to be processed by the processing control unit from a plurality of files extracted by the extraction processing unit according to a user operation;
An image forming apparatus comprising: The processing control unit prints or transmits the file according to the processing method.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1. The extraction processing unit extracts a file related to the keyword from files in a file format specified in advance by a user among files stored in the external memory.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 . An operation unit that accepts user operations;
A registration processing unit that registers the processing method in the automatic processing information when a file stored in the external memory is processed by the processing method specified through the operation unit;
Further comprising an image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. When a file stored in the external memory is processed by the processing method specified through the operation unit, at least one of the name of the file and the name of the folder including the file is associated with the processing method. And a recording processing unit for recording as history information.
When the registration processing unit determines that at least one of the file with the same name and the file in the folder with the same name has been processed more than a predetermined number of times by the same processing method based on the history information. , Registering the processing method in the automatic processing information,
The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 . The registration processing unit determines a keyword to be registered in the automatic processing information according to a user operation in association with the processing method when registering the processing method in the automatic processing information.
The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 or 5 . A storage unit for storing automatic processing information including a keyword and a processing method corresponding to the keyword;
A mounting part on which an external memory is detachably mounted;
A detection processing unit for detecting that the external memory is mounted on the mounting unit;
When the detection processing unit detects that the external memory is attached to the attachment unit, at least a name of a file stored in the external memory and a name of a folder assigned to the external memory One of the files stored in the external memory, at least of a file having a name including the keyword included in the automatic processing information and a file included in a folder having a name including the keyword An extraction processing unit that extracts one as a file related to the keyword;
A processing control unit that processes the file extracted by the extraction processing unit with the processing method corresponding to the keyword included in the automatic processing information;
An operation unit that accepts user operations;
A registration processing unit that registers the processing method in the automatic processing information when a file stored in the external memory is processed by the processing method specified through the operation unit;
An image forming apparatus comprising:

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