JP6772770B2 - Programs and information processing systems executed by information processing terminals - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a program of an information processing terminal that customizes a screen displayed by an image forming apparatus.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a program of an information processing terminal that customizes a screen displayed on a display of an image forming apparatus such as a printer. More specifically, the program can add the UI component to the screen by dragging and dropping the UI component prepared in advance.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-154474

In recent years, as the number of functions mounted on an image forming apparatus increases, the number of UI components to be displayed on the display of the image forming apparatus also tends to increase. Further, for the user of the image forming apparatus, it is desirable that the UI parts associated with the same type of functions are grouped. However, since the display of the image forming apparatus has a screen size limitation, it may not be possible to display a list of all the grouped UI components.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to set a plurality of operation icons according to a user's intention on an icon screen of an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of pages are switched and displayed by a scroll operation. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing terminal program and an information processing system that can be appropriately arranged on each page.

Various disclosures are made herein. The program, which is one of the disclosure examples, can be executed by an information processing terminal including a memory, a terminal display, and an input interface. The memory stores screen instruction data indicating an icon screen to be displayed on the device display of the image forming apparatus. The screen instruction data indicates an operation icon to be displayed on each of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen, and an operation to be executed by the image forming apparatus when the operation icon is specified. The image forming apparatus displays the pages to be displayed on the apparatus display from the first page, which is one of the plurality of the pages, in the page order determined by the screen instruction data according to the scroll instruction input by the user. Switch to the second page adjacent to the first page. The program causes the information processing terminal to execute a display process for displaying a customized screen on the terminal display according to the screen instruction data. On the customization screen, the operation icons included in a specific page, which is one of the plurality of pages, are arranged in an icon order defined by the screen instruction data. The program receives a first reception process for receiving an additional operation instructing the addition of the operation icon to the specific page through the input interface, and the operation icon instructed by the additional operation is added to the specific page. As described above, the icon addition process for editing the screen instruction data, the first determination process for determining whether or not the number of the operation icons included in the specific page exceeds the upper limit value by the addition operation, and the first determination process. A page addition process for editing the screen instruction data and a page addition process for editing the screen instruction data so that a new page, which is a new page, is added immediately after the specific page in response to the determination that the upper limit value has been exceeded in the determination process. The first movement process for editing the screen instruction data and the edited screen so that the operation icon at the end of the specific page is deleted from the specific page and the operation icon is displayed at the top of the new page. The information processing terminal is made to execute an output process for outputting instruction data to the image forming apparatus.

According to the above configuration, when the number of operation icons of a specific page exceeds the upper limit value due to an additional operation, the operation icons at the end of the specific page are moved to the newly generated page immediately after the specific page. That is, a plurality of operation icons (hereinafter, referred to as "group icons") that the user wants to group on a specific page are grouped in a range that can be displayed by one scroll operation. As a result, the group icons are appropriately arranged on each page according to the user's intention within the range of the upper limit of the number of operation icons that can be displayed on each page.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an MFP 10 and an information processing terminal 50 constituting the information processing system 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is an example of screen instruction data stored in the memory 62, in which (A) shows a page list and (B) shows an icon list. FIG. 3 is an example of screen instruction data stored in the memory 62, in which (A) is a page list after a new page is added, and (B) is an icon list after an operation icon 154 is added. Is shown. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the main process. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of additional processing. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the deletion process. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the page editing process. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which the list screen 120 and the customization screen 130 are simultaneously displayed on the display 53. FIG. 9 is a display example of the customization screen 130 to which the operation icon 154 is added. FIG. 10 is a display example of the customization screen 130 to which the operation icon 155 is added and the page tab 141 is left-clicked. FIG. 11 is a display example of the customization screen 130 in which the page tabs 141 to 143 are rearranged. 12A and 12B are display examples of the icon screen, in which FIG. 12A shows a page corresponding to the page ID “Page 02”, and FIG. 12B shows a page corresponding to the page ID “Page 03”.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. It goes without saying that the embodiments described below are merely examples of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention can be appropriately changed without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the execution order of each process described later can be appropriately changed without changing the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an information processing system 100 according to the present embodiment. The information processing system 100 shown in FIG. 1 is composed of an MFP (abbreviation of Multi-Function Peripheral) 10 and an information processing terminal 50. The MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 are configured to be able to communicate with each other through the communication network 101. Specific examples of the communication network 101 are not particularly limited, but may be, for example, the Internet, a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, or a combination thereof. Alternatively, the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 may be connected by a USB cable or the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the MFP 10 includes a printer 11, a scanner 12, a fax unit 13, a display 23, an input I / F 24, a communication I / F 25, a CPU 31, a memory 32, and a communication bus 33. Mainly equipped with. The components constituting the MFP 10 are connected to each other through the communication bus 33. The MFP 10 is an example of an image forming apparatus.

The display 23 includes a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, and the like, and includes a display screen for displaying various information. The display 23 is an example of a device display.

The input I / F 24 is a user interface that accepts input operations by the user. Specifically, the input I / F 24 has a button, and outputs various operation signals associated with the pressed button to the CPU 31. Further, the input I / F 24 may have a film-like touch sensor superimposed on the display screen of the display 23. The operation of specifying an object displayed on the display screen of the display 23 and the operation of inputting a character string or a number string are examples of user operations. The “object” is, for example, a character string, an icon, a button, a link, a radio button, a check box, a pull-down menu, or the like displayed on the display 23. The input I / F 24 is an example of the second input interface.

The input I / F24 realized as a touch sensor outputs position information indicating a position on the display screen touched by the user. The term "touch" in the present specification includes all operations of bringing the input medium into contact with the display screen. Further, even if the input medium does not touch the display screen, the "hover" or "floating touch" that brings the input medium close to the position where the distance from the display screen is very small is used as the above-mentioned concept of "touch". May be included. Further, the input medium may be a user's finger, a stylus, or the like. The user operation of tapping the position of the object displayed on the display 23 is an example of the user operation of specifying the object.

The communication I / F 25 is an example of a second communication interface capable of communicating with an external device through the communication network 101. That is, the MFP 10 transmits various data to the external device through the communication I / F25, and receives various data from the external device through the communication I / F25. The specific communication procedure of the communication I / F 25 is not particularly limited, but for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark) can be adopted. Further, when the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 are connected by a USB cable, the communication I / F 25 may be a USB interface to which the USB cable can be attached and detached.

The printer 11 executes a printing operation of recording an image represented by image data on a sheet. As the recording technique of the printer 11, known techniques such as an inkjet technique and an electrophotographic technique can be adopted. The scanner 12 executes a scanning operation of reading an image recorded on a document and generating scan data. The FAX unit 13 executes a FAX operation of transmitting image data by fax to an external device and receiving the image data by fax from the external device. The MFP 10 may be capable of further executing, for example, a copy operation, a scan PC operation, a scan USB operation, a scan WEB operation, a scan mail operation, and the like.

The copy operation is an operation in which the printer 11 records an image indicated by scan data generated by the scanner 12 in the scan operation on a sheet in the print operation. The scan PC operation is an operation of transmitting the scan data generated by the scanner 12 in the scan operation to the information processing terminal 50 through the communication I / F 25. The scan USB operation is an operation of storing the scan data generated by the scanner 12 in the scan operation in a USB memory mounted on a mounting portion (not shown). The scan upload operation is an operation of transmitting the scan data generated by the scanner 12 in the scan operation to the storage server on the Internet through the communication I / F25. The scan mail operation is an operation of transmitting the scan data generated by the scanner 12 in the scan operation to the SMTP server through the communication I / F25.

The operations that the MFP 10 can perform are identified by the operation ID. For example, the print operation executed by the printer 11 is identified by the operation ID "Print", the scan operation executed by the scanner 12 is identified by the operation ID "Scan", and the FAX operation executed by the FAX unit 13 is the operation ID "FAX". The copy operation is identified by the operation ID "Copy", the scan PC operation is identified by the operation ID "Scan to PC", the scan USB operation is identified by the operation ID "Scan to USB", and the scan upload operation is. The operation ID "Scan to WEB" is used for identification, and the scan mail operation is identified by the operation ID "Scan to Email".

The MFP 10 executes the above-described operation according to the operation parameters. The operation parameter is information indicating the execution condition of the operation. The operation parameter includes a setting value for each of one or more items (for example, resolution, format, size, color, destination). The items of operation parameters differ depending on the corresponding operation. The operation parameters of the copy operation can include, for example, the setting values of the items "size" and "color". The operating parameters of the scan PC operation and the scan USB operation can include, for example, the setting values of the items "resolution" and "format". The operation parameters of the scan upload operation and the scan mail operation can include, for example, the setting values of the items "format" and "destination".

The setting value of the item "resolution" indicates the scanning resolution of the original. The setting value of the item "Format" indicates the file format of the scan data. The item "size" indicates the size of the sheet on which the image is recorded. The item "color" indicates the color used in the printing operation. The item "destination" indicates the URL or e-mail address of the server to which the scan data is sent. However, the operation parameters of each operation may not include all of the above-mentioned items, or may further include items other than the above-mentioned items.

The CPU 31 controls the overall operation of the MFP 10. The CPU 31 acquires and executes various programs described later from the memory 32 based on various information output from the input I / F 24, various information acquired from the external device through the communication I / F 25, and the like. The CPU 31 and the memory 32 form an example of the second controller.

The memory 32 stores the OS 34 and the device program 35. The device program 35 may be a single program or a collection of a plurality of programs. Further, the memory 32 stores data or information necessary for executing the device program 35. The memory 32 is composed of, for example, a RAM, a ROM, an EEPROM, an HDD, a portable storage medium such as a USB memory attached to and detached from the MFP 10, a buffer included in the CPU 31, or a combination thereof.

The memory 32 may be a computer-readable storage medium. A computer-readable storage medium is a non-transitory medium. In addition to the above examples, the non-transitory medium also includes a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM. The non-transitory medium is also a tangible medium. On the other hand, an electric signal that carries a program downloaded from a server on the Internet is a computer-readable signal medium, which is a kind of computer-readable medium, but is a storage that can be read by a non-transitory computer. Not included in the medium. The same applies to the memory 62 of the information processing terminal 50 described later.

The memory 32 stores, for example, screen instruction data indicating the icon screen shown in FIG. The screen instruction data is stored in the memory 32 by the manufacturer, for example, before the shipment of the MFP 10. The screen instruction data stored in the memory 32 at the time of shipment may be referred to as "standard screen data". The format of the screen instruction data is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, XML format information.

The icon screen is composed of, for example, a plurality of pages. Then, one of the plurality of pages is displayed on the display 23. The pages constituting the icon screen include one or more and three or less operation icons. “3” is an example of the upper limit of the number of operation icons. Further, the pages displayed on the display 23 are switched according to the scroll operation input by the user through the input I / F 24. The screen instruction data includes, for example, a page list shown in FIG. 2A and an icon list shown in FIG. 2B.

The page list includes a plurality of page records and background image data. The page record corresponds to one of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen. The page record includes a page ID and text data. The page ID is page identification information that identifies a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen. The text data is an example of page information associated with a page. More specifically, the text data indicates a character string (hereinafter, referred to as "page text") indicating the title of the corresponding page.

The background image data indicates a background pattern of the icon screen. The background pattern may be common to all the pages constituting the icon screen. Each page is a screen in which a symbol showing an operation icon or the like is combined on a background symbol that substantially matches the size of the display area of the display 23 (hereinafter, referred to as “display area size”).

The page ID is also used as page order information indicating the arrangement order of a plurality of pages (hereinafter, referred to as "page order"). For example, the page ID "page 01" indicates the leftmost page of the icon screen, the page ID "page 02" indicates the page to the right of the page ID "page 01", and the page ID "page 03" indicates the page ID "page". The page to the right of 02 "is shown. That is, the plurality of pages are arranged in ascending order of page IDs. However, the information indicating the page order may be included in the page record separately from the page ID.

The icon list contains multiple icon records. The icon record indicates an operation icon displayed on each page constituting the icon screen and an operation to be executed by the MFP 10 when the operation icon is specified through the input I / F24. The icon record includes, for example, a page ID, an icon ID, an icon image data, text data, an operation ID, and an operation parameter. The combination of the operation ID and the operation parameter is an example of the operation information indicating the operation to be executed by the MFP 10.

The icon ID is icon identification information that identifies an operation icon displayed on the page identified by the page ID. That is, the icon ID is uniquely set for the same page ID. The icon image data is image data indicating the design of the operation icon. The text data is an example of icon information associated with the operation icon. More specifically, the text data indicates a character string (hereinafter, referred to as "icon text") described on the icon screen in association with the corresponding operation icon. The operation ID identifies an operation to be executed when the corresponding operation icon is specified. The operation parameter indicates the execution condition of the operation identified by the corresponding operation ID.

The icon ID is also used as icon order information indicating the arrangement order of operation icons on the page (hereinafter, referred to as "icon order"). For example, the icon ID "icon 01" indicates the position at the left end of the page, the icon ID "icon 02" indicates the position to the right of the icon ID "icon 01", and the icon ID "icon 03" indicates the position of the icon ID "icon 02". Indicates the right side of ". That is, the operation icons are arranged in ascending order of icon IDs from the left edge to the right of the page. The left side of the page is the front of the arrangement order, and the right side of the page is the back of the arrangement order. However, the information indicating the icon order may be included in the icon record separately from the icon ID.

The icon record including the page ID "page 02" and the icon ID "icon 01" does not include the icon image data, the operation ID, and the operation parameter, and the text data "No Icon" is set. That is, the operation icon is not displayed at the position indicated by the icon ID "icon 01" on the page identified by the page ID "page 02". This icon record indicates that the operation icon can be added to the position indicated by the icon ID "icon 01" of the page identified by the page ID "page 02". The position indicated by the icon ID “icon 01” of the page ID “page 02” is an example of the reserved area.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing terminal 50 mainly includes a display 53, an input I / F 54, a communication I / F 55, a CPU 61, a memory 62, and a communication bus 63. The display 53, the input I / F 54, the communication I / F 55, the CPU 61, the memory 62, and the communication bus 63 included in the information processing terminal 50 are the display 23, the input I / F 24, the communication I / F 25, and the CPU 31 included in the MFP 10. Since the configuration is the same as that of the memory 32 and the communication bus 33, the description thereof will be omitted.

The information processing terminal 50 is, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PC, or the like. The display 53 is an example of a terminal display, the input I / F 54 is an example of the first input interface, the communication I / F 55 is an example of the first communication interface, and the CPU 61 and the memory 62 are examples of the first controller. ..

The memory 62 stores the OS 64, the terminal program 65, and the list program 66. Although not shown, the memory 62 can store the specific device ID. The specific device ID identifies the user-specified MFP 10 (hereinafter, referred to as “specific device”) among the plurality of MFPs 10 that can communicate through the communication I / F55. Further, the input I / F 54 may be composed of, for example, a keyboard and a mouse.

The OS 64 can simultaneously display a plurality of screens (that is, windows) generated by each of the plurality of programs installed in the information processing terminal 50 on the display 53. That is, the OS 64 has a so-called multi-window function. The screen displayed on the display 53 may be one displayed by the OS 64 itself (for example, a desktop screen).

Further, the OS 64 displays a pointer image (for example, an image representing an arrow) 110 on the display 53 as shown in FIG. 8, and moves the position of the pointer image 110 on the display 53 according to the movement of the mouse. The terminal program 65 is notified of the position of the pointer image 110. Further, the OS 64 indicates that, for example, a plurality of buttons mounted on a keyboard and two buttons mounted on a mouse (hereinafter, referred to as "left button" and "right button") are pressed by a terminal program. Notify 65.

Hereinafter, the operation of pressing the left button with the pointer image 110 superimposed on the position of the object displayed on the display 53 will be referred to as "left-click operation on the object". Similarly, an operation of pressing the right button with the pointer image 110 superimposed on the position of the object displayed on the display 53 is referred to as a “right-click operation on the object”.

Further, the left button is pressed with the pointer image 110 superimposed on the position of the object displayed on the display 53 (hereinafter, referred to as “start position”), and the pointer image 110 is moved while pressing the left button. , The operation of releasing the pressing of the left button at the end position different from the start position is referred to as "drag operation on the object". That is, the drag operation is an operation of moving the pointer image 110 between the start position and the end position on the display 53 while pressing the left button. In other words, the drag operation is an operation of moving the object displayed at the start position to the end position.

The terminal program 65 is a program for customizing the icon screen of the MFP 10. More specifically, the terminal program 65 edits the screen instruction data according to the user operation through the input I / F 54, and outputs the edited screen instruction data to the MFP 10. The list program 66 is an example of an external program (for example, an explorer) that displays a list screen 120 including a plurality of image icons 121 to 125 in a part area of the display 53, as shown in FIG. 8, for example.

The image icons 121 to 125 are associated with, for example, one of a plurality of image data stored in the memory 62. The image data associated with the image icons 121 to 125 indicates an arbitrary image such as a photograph taken by a camera or an image generated by using a paint program (not shown). That is, the plurality of image data stored in the memory 62 may indicate images having different sizes (number of pixels in the vertical direction and number of pixels in the horizontal direction).

Further, the plurality of image data may be stored in different areas (for example, folders) of the memory 62. Then, the list program 66 may display a list of image icons 121 to 125 corresponding to the image data stored in the folder specified by the user among the plurality of folders secured in the memory 62, for example. Further, the image data associated with the image icons 121 to 125 may be stored in, for example, a storage server (not shown) on the Internet.

The operation of the information processing system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7.

The flowchart of the present specification basically shows the processing of the CPUs 31 and 61 according to the instructions described in the program. That is, the processes such as "determination", "extraction", "selection", "calculation", "determination", "specification", and "control" in the following description represent the processes of the CPUs 31 and 61. The processing by the CPU 61 also includes hardware control via the OS 64. Further, the "data" in the present specification is represented by a computer-readable bit string. Then, data having the same substantial meaning and content but different formats are treated as the same data. The same applies to "information" in the present specification.

[Main processing]
The terminal program 65 executes the main process shown in FIG. 4, for example, in response to being activated by a user's instruction through the input I / F 54. First, the terminal program 65 initializes the specific page ID and the specific icon ID stored in the memory 62. For example, the initial value of the specific page ID is “page 01”, and the initial value of the specific icon ID is “icon 01”.

The specific page ID is information for identifying one of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen (hereinafter, may be referred to as "specific page"). The specific icon ID is information for identifying one of a plurality of operation icons (hereinafter, may be referred to as "specific icon") displayed on the page identified by the specific page ID. The page identified by the specific page ID is an example of a specific page, and the operation icon identified by the specific icon ID is an example of a specific icon.

Next, the terminal program 65 acquires the standard screen data of the specific device and the device information of the specific device. The device information includes, for example, the display area size of the display 23 of the specific device, information indicating the icon size of the operation icon arranged on the icon screen (for example, the number of pixels in the vertical direction, the number of pixels in the horizontal direction), and the like. Then, the terminal program 65 temporarily stores the acquired standard screen data and device information in the memory 62.

As an example, the terminal program 65 may read screen instruction data and device information from the memory 62. As another example, the terminal program 65 may receive screen instruction data and device information from the specific device through the communication I / F 55. As yet another example, the terminal program 65 may transmit model information indicating the model name of the specific device to a server (not shown) through the communication I / F 55. Then, the terminal program 65 may receive the screen instruction data and the device information stored in the server memory in association with the model information from the server through the communication I / F 55.

Next, the terminal program 65 causes the customization screen 130 to be displayed in a part of the area of the display 53, for example, as shown in FIG. 8 (S11). The process of S11 is an example of the display process and the first display process. Then, the terminal program 65 accepts the user operation for the customization screen 130 through the input I / F 54 (S12 to S15).

The customization screen 130 includes a [save] button 131, a [send] button 132, a tree area 133, a preview area 134, and a detail area 135. The [Save] button 131 corresponds to an instruction to save the screen instruction data edited in S17, S18, and S19 described later in the memory 62 or a server (not shown). The [Send] button 132 corresponds to an instruction to transmit the screen instruction data edited in S17 to S19 to the specific device.

The tree area 133 is an example of a first area in which the order of the plurality of pages constituting the icon screen and the order of the operation icons displayed on each of the plurality of pages are displayed in a list. The preview area 134 is an example of a second area in which the operation icon included in the specific page is displayed in the layout indicated by the screen instruction data. The detail area 135 is an example of a third area in which information associated with the specific icon is displayed.

The tree area 133, the preview area 134, and the detail area 135 are displayed in parallel on the customization screen 130. More specifically, the tree area 133, the preview area 134, and the detail area 135 are arranged in this order along the left-right direction of the customization screen 130. That is, the user can grasp the information displayed in each area 133 to 135 at a glance without performing a user operation for switching the display.

In the tree area 133, the page text of the page and the icon text of the operation icon included in the page are associated and displayed in a list for each of the plurality of pages constituting the icon screen. Further, the plurality of page texts are arranged in the vertical direction according to the page order. Further, the plurality of icon texts associated with the page text are arranged in the vertical direction according to the icon order. Further, among the texts displayed in the tree area 133, the icon text "scan PC" corresponding to the specific page ID "page 01" and the specific icon ID "icon 01" has a display mode different from other icon texts (for example, (Highlighted) is displayed.

Further, in the tree area 133, the file name “bg_image.jpeg” of the background image data is displayed as information common to all pages. Further, on the icon screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, scroll icons 173, 174, setting buttons 175, notification display area 176, [start] button 177, and the like are displayed. However, since these cannot be edited by the terminal program 65, they are not displayed in the tree area 133. That is, among the information included in the screen instruction data, only the information that can be edited according to the user's instruction in S17, S18, and S19, which will be described later, may be displayed in the tree area 133.

The preview area 134 includes page tabs 141, 142, [+] tabs 144, and layout area 145, for example, as shown in FIG. Page tabs 141 and 142 correspond to one of the page records. The page tabs 141 and 142 are arranged in the left-right direction according to the page order. Further, on the customization screen 130 shown in FIG. 8, the page tab 141 corresponding to the page record including the specific page ID is selected. The [+] tab 144 corresponds to an instruction to add a new page to the icon screen.

The layout area 145 has the same layout as the icon screen displayed on the display 23 of the MFP 10 according to the screen instruction data, and is an area in which the operation icons 151, 152, and 153 are displayed. The operation icons 151 to 153 correspond to icon records including the specific page ID “page 01”. The symbols of the operation icons 151 to 153 are indicated by the icon image data of the corresponding icon record. Further, on the customization screen 130 shown in FIG. 8, the operation icon 151 corresponding to the icon record including the specific icon ID “icon 01” is selected.

Further, a scroll icon 147 is displayed in the layout area 145. The scroll icon 147 corresponds to an instruction to switch the specific page ID "page 01" to the page ID "page 02" immediately after the page order. Further, on the customization screen 130 shown in FIG. 11, a scroll icon 146 corresponding to an instruction to switch the specific page ID “page 02” to the page ID “page 01” immediately before the page order is displayed.

Further, the layout area 145 may include an insertion area. The insertion area is an area in which a new operation icon can be inserted. The insertion area is an area to the left of each of the operation icons 151, 152, and 153. The layout area 145 may include an insertion area image showing the insertion area. Further, the layout area 145 includes a background area. The background area is an area in which the background pattern indicated by the background image data is displayed. The background area is, for example, an area above and below the operation icons 151 to 153.

As shown in FIG. 8, for example, the detail area 135 includes the icon text “scan PC” and the operation information among the information included in the icon record including the specific page ID “page 01” and the specific icon ID “icon 01”. Includes "Scan to PC", "300 dpi", "PDF", and a symbol indicated by icon image data. Further, the detail area 135 includes a text box 161 for accepting input of icon text, a [change] button 162 corresponding to an instruction to change the operation information, and a [change] button corresponding to an instruction to change the icon image data. 163 and so on.

Next, the terminal program 65 accepts, for example, a drag operation for moving the image icon 122 shown in FIG. 8 to the position of the insertion region between the operation icons 152 and 153 through the input I / F 54 (S12: Yes). This drag operation is an example of an additional operation for instructing the addition of an action icon to a specific page. The process of S12 is an example of the first reception process. Then, the terminal program 65 executes the additional processing shown in FIG. 5 (S16).

[Additional processing]
First, the terminal program 65 moves down the icon ID of the icon record corresponding to the operation icon 153 behind the insertion area among the icon records including the specific page ID “page 01”. If the operation icon is added at the end of the specific page, the icon ID is not moved down. If the icon record including the icon ID "icon 04" does not include the icon image data, the terminal program 65 deletes the icon record from the icon list.

Further, the terminal program 65 enlarges or reduces the image data associated with the image icon 122 to the icon size to generate the icon image data. Then, the terminal program 65 registers the specific page ID “page 01”, the icon ID “icon 03” indicating the position immediately after the insertion area, and the icon record including the generated icon image data in the icon list (S31). .. The process of S31 is an example of the icon addition process.

Next, the terminal program 65 determines whether or not the number of icon records including the specific page ID “page 01” exceeds the upper limit value (S32). Then, the terminal program 65 skips the processes of S33 to S38 and ends the additional process according to the determination that the number of icon records is equal to or less than the upper limit value (S32: 3 or less). The process of S32 is an example of the first determination process.

On the other hand, the terminal program 65 determines that the number of icon records exceeds the upper limit (S32: 4), and responds to the page record including the specific page ID “page 01” and the page ID immediately after the specific page ID. It is determined whether or not the page text is common with the page record including "page 02" (S33). The process of S33 is an example of the second determination process. Note that "common page text" may mean, for example, that the page text is the same, or that the page text is the same character string and ordinal number (for example, 1, 2, ... / A, It may be pointed out that it is composed of B, ..., Etc.). That is, it is sufficient that the user can recognize that the plurality of pages to which the common page text is assigned are the group pages described later.

Next, the terminal program 65 determines that the page texts of the page records including the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02” are not common (S33: No), and after the page ID “page 02”. Each page ID is moved down. If the specific page ID indicates the last page of the icon screen, the page ID is not moved forward. Further, even when the page ID immediately after the specific page ID is not registered in the page list, it is determined that the page text is not common.

Then, the terminal program 65 duplicates the page record including the specific page ID "page 01", sets the page ID "page 02" in the duplicated page record, and registers the page record in the page list (S37). The page indicated by the page record registered in S37 is an example of a new page. That is, the new page is located immediately after the specific page in the page order, and the page text common to the specific page is associated with it. The process of S37 is an example of a page addition process of adding a new page immediately after a specific page.

Next, the terminal program 65 replaces the page ID with "page 02" and the icon ID with "icon 01" for the icon record including the specific page ID "page 01" and the icon ID "icon 04" ( S38). The process of S38 is an example of the first move process of deleting the operation icon 153 at the end of the specific page from the specific page and displaying the operation icon 153 at the top of the new page.

Next, returning to FIG. 4, the terminal program 65 executes the operation registration process (S17). The operation registration process is a process of registering the icon text and the operation information specified by the user in the icon record newly registered in S31. More specifically, the terminal program 65 displays a screen prompting the input of the icon text, the operation ID, and the operation parameter on the display 53, and the icon text “scan Mail” input or selected by the user through the input I / F 54. The operation ID "Scan to Email" and the operation parameters "JPEG" and "aaa@brother.com" are set in the icon record registered in S31.

By the processing of S16 and S17, the screen instruction data shown in FIG. 2 is edited as shown in FIG. Further, the terminal program 65 sets the icon ID “icon 03” of the icon record added in S31 to the specific icon ID. Then, the terminal program 65 causes the customized screen 130 shown in FIG. 9 to be displayed on the display 53 according to the screen instruction data shown in FIG. 3 (S11).

As a result, the icon texts "scan PC", "scan USB", and "scan Mail" corresponding to the page text "scan" of the page ID "page 01" are displayed in this order in the tree area 133, and the page ID "page" is displayed. The icon texts "Scan FTP", "No Icon", and "No Icon" corresponding to the page text "Scan" of "02" are displayed in this order, and the text icon "Scan Mail" is highlighted. Further, in the preview area 134, the operation icons 151, 152, and 154 are displayed in this order, and the operation icon 154 is selected. Further, in the detail area 135, the information associated with the operation icon 154 is displayed.

Further, the terminal program 65 accepts, for example, a drag operation for moving the image icon 123 shown in FIG. 8 to the position of the insertion region between the operation icons 151 and 152 shown in FIG. 9 through the input I / F 54 ( S12: Yes). Hereinafter, the detailed description of the common points with the above-mentioned processes will be omitted, and the processes of S16 and S17 will be described focusing on the differences.

First, the terminal program 65 moves down the icon ID of the icon record corresponding to the operation icons 152 and 154 behind the insertion area among the icon records including the specific page ID “page 01”. Further, the terminal program 65 enlarges or reduces the image data associated with the image icon 123 to the icon size to generate the icon image data. Then, the terminal program 65 registers the specific page ID “page 01”, the icon ID “icon 02” indicating the position immediately after the insertion area, and the icon record including the generated icon image data in the icon list (S31). ..

Next, the terminal program 65 states that the number of icon records including the specific page ID "page 01" exceeds the upper limit, and the page text of the page record including the page IDs "page 01" and "page 02" is common. Depending on the determination (S32: 4 & S33: Yes), the icon ID of the icon record including the page ID “page 02” is moved down (S34). The page indicated by the page record including the page ID “page 02” is an example of the next page. If the icon record including the icon ID "icon 04" does not include the icon image data, the terminal program 65 deletes the icon record from the icon list.

Next, the terminal program 65 replaces the page ID with "page 02" and the icon ID with "icon 01" for the icon record including the specific page ID "page 01" and the icon ID "icon 04" ( S35). The processing of S34 and S35 is an example of the second movement processing in which the operation icon 154 at the end of the specific page is deleted from the specific page and the operation icon 154 is displayed at the top of the next page.

Next, the terminal program 65 executes the processing after S32 with the page with the page ID “page 02” as the specific page and the page with the page ID “page 03” as the next page. Then, the terminal program 65 determines whether the number of operation icons included in the specific page is equal to or less than the upper limit value (S32: 3 or less) or the page texts of the specific page and the next page are not common (S33: No). , S32 to S36 are repeatedly executed.

Next, returning to FIG. 4, the terminal program 65 includes the icon text “scan cloud” input or selected by the user through the input I / F 54, the operation ID “Scan to WEB”, the operation parameters “PDF”, and “www. svr-b.com ”is set in the icon record registered in S31 (S17). Further, the terminal program 65 sets the icon ID “icon 02” of the icon record added in S31 to the specific icon ID. Then, the terminal program 65 causes the customized screen 130 shown in FIG. 10 to be displayed on the display 53 according to the screen instruction data edited in S16 and S17 (S11).

As a result, the icon texts "scan PC", "scan cloud", and "scan USB" corresponding to the page text "scan" of the page ID "page 01" are displayed in this order in the tree area 133, and the page ID "page" is displayed. The icon texts "Scan Mail", "Scan FTP", and "No Icon" corresponding to the page text "Scan" of "02" are displayed in this order, and the text icon "Scan Cloud" is highlighted. Further, in the preview area 134, the operation icons 151, 155, and 152 are displayed in this order, and the operation icon 155 is selected. Further, in the detail area 135, the information associated with the operation icon 155 is displayed.

Further, the terminal program 65 receives, for example, a drag operation for moving the operation icon 155 shown in FIG. 10 out of the layout area 145 through the input I / F 54 (S13: Yes). This drag operation is an example of a delete operation instructing the deletion of the operation icon included in the specific page. The process of S13 is an example of the second reception process. Then, the terminal program 65 executes the deletion process shown in FIG. 6 (S18).

[Delete process]
First, the terminal program 65 deletes the icon record including the icon ID “icon 02” corresponding to the operation icon 155 from the icon record including the specific page ID “page 01” (S41). Further, the terminal program 65 raises the icon ID of the icon record after the deleted icon record among the icon records including the specific page ID “page 01”. If the operation icon at the end of the specific page is deleted, the icon ID will not be moved up. The process of S41 is an example of the icon deletion process.

Next, the terminal program 65 determines whether or not the page text including the page record including the specific page ID “page 01” and the page record including the page ID “page 02” immediately after the specific page ID are common (). S42). The page indicated by the page record including the page ID “page 02” is an example of the next page. The process of S42 is an example of the third determination process. The determination method of S42 may be the same as that of S33. Then, the terminal program 65 skips the processes of S43 to S47 and performs the deletion process in response to the determination that the page texts of the page IDs "page 01" and "page 02" are not common (S42: No). finish.

On the other hand, the terminal program 65 determines that the page texts of the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02” are common (S42: Yes), and the page ID “page 02” and the icon ID “icon 01”. For the icon record including, the page ID is replaced with "page 01", and the icon ID is replaced with "icon 03" (S43). The process of S43 is an example of a third move process in which the operation icon 154 at the top of the next page is deleted from the next page and the operation icon 154 is displayed at the end of the specific page.

Next, the terminal program 65 determines whether or not the icon record including the icon image data exists among the icon records including the page ID “page 02” (S44). The process of S44 is an example of a fourth determination process of determining whether or not the operation icon has disappeared from the next page by S41. The terminal program 65 advances the icon ID of the icon record including the page ID "page 02" in response to the determination that the icon record containing the page ID "page 02" and the icon image data exists (S44: Yes) (S44: Yes). S45).

Next, the terminal program 65 executes the processing after S42 with the page with the page ID “page 02” as the specific page and the page with the page ID “page 03” as the next page. Then, the terminal program 65 processes S42 to S46 until it determines that the page texts of the specific page and the next page are not common (S42: No) or that the operation icon disappears from the next page (S44: No). Is repeated.

As a result, the screen instruction data is edited as shown in FIG. Further, the terminal program 65 sets the icon ID “icon 02” of the icon record deleted in S41 to the specific icon ID. Then, the terminal program 65 causes the customized screen 130 shown in FIG. 9 to be displayed on the display 53 according to the screen instruction data edited in S18 (S11).

Further, the terminal program 65 receives, for example, a drag operation for moving the operation icon 154 shown in FIG. 9 out of the layout area 145 through the input I / F 54 (S13: Yes). Hereinafter, the detailed description of the common points with the above-described processing will be omitted, and the processing of S18 will be described focusing on the differences.

First, the terminal program 65 deletes the icon record including the icon ID “icon 03” corresponding to the operation icon 154 from the icon record among the icon records including the specific page ID “page 01” (S41). Next, the terminal program 65 determines that the page texts of the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02” are common (S42: Yes), and the page ID “page 02” and the icon ID “icon 01”. For the icon record containing "", the page ID is replaced with "page 01" and the icon ID is replaced with "icon 03" (S43).

Next, the terminal program 65 determines that the icon record containing the page ID “page 02” and the icon image data does not exist (S44: No), and sets the page record including the page ID “page 02”. Delete from the page list (S47). Further, the terminal program 65 advances each page ID after the page ID "page 03". If the last page of the icon screen is deleted, the page ID is not moved up. The process of S47 is an example of a page deletion process for deleting the next page from the icon screen.

As a result, the screen instruction data is edited as shown in FIG. Further, the terminal program 65 sets the icon ID “icon 03” of the icon record deleted in S41 to the specific icon ID. Then, the terminal program 65 causes the customized screen 130 shown in FIG. 8 to be displayed on the display 53 according to the screen instruction data edited in S18 (S11).

Further, the terminal program 65 accepts, for example, a left-click operation on the page tab 141 shown in FIG. 10 through the input I / F 54 (S14: Yes). This left-click operation is an example of a first specific operation that specifies one of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen as a specific page. That is, by the above-mentioned left-click operation, the page indicated by the page record including the page ID "page 01" is specified as a specific page. The process of S14 is an example of the third reception process. Then, the terminal program 65 executes the page editing process shown in FIG. 7 (S19).

[Page editing process]
First, the terminal program 65 determines whether or not the page text is common in a plurality of consecutive page records including the page record corresponding to the page tab 141 (S51). The process of S51 is an example of the fifth determination process. Then, the terminal program 65 determines that the page text "scan" corresponding to the continuous page IDs "page 01" and "page 02" is common in the page list shown in FIG. 3A. (S51: Yes), the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02” of these two page records are read from the page list and temporarily stored in the memory 62 (S52). The process of S52 is an example of the first extraction process. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the terminal program 65 highlights the page tabs 141 and 142 corresponding to the temporarily stored page IDs “page 01” and “page 02”.

Next, the terminal program 65 registers in the page list shown in FIG. 3 (A) in response to receiving, for example, an input operation for inputting the page text “Scan” through the input I / F 54 (S55: Yes). Among the created page records, the page text "scan" corresponding to the page IDs "page 01" and "page 02" temporarily stored in S52 is replaced with the input page text "Scan" (S57). This input operation is an example of an editing operation for instructing a change of the page text associated with a specific page. The process of S55 is an example of the fourth reception process, and the process of S57 is an example of the edit process.

Then, the terminal program 65 displays the customized screen 130 on the display 53 according to the screen instruction data edited in S57 (S11). As a result, among the customization screens shown in FIG. 10, the page text "scan" at two locations in the tree area 133 and the page text "scan" described in the page tabs 141 and 142 are newly input in S55. Page text is changed to "Scan".

Further, the terminal program 65 receives, for example, a drag operation for moving the page tab 141 shown in FIG. 10 to a position between the page tab 143 and the [+] tab 144 through the input I / F 54 ( S56: Yes), the page IDs of the page list and icon list shown in FIG. 3 are replaced with "page 03", "page 01", and "page 02" (S58). This drag operation is an example of an editing operation that instructs to change the position of a specific page indicated in the page order. In other words, this drag operation is an example of an editing operation for instructing a change in the order of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen. The process of S56 is an example of the fourth reception process, and the process of S58 is an example of the edit process.

Then, the terminal program 65 causes the customized screen 130 shown in FIG. 11 to be displayed on the display 53 according to the screen instruction data edited in S58 (S11). As a result, the page texts "copy", "scan", and "scan" are displayed in this order in the tree area 133. On the other hand, the correspondence between the page text and the icon text is not changed from FIG. Further, in the preview area 134, page tabs 143, 141, and 142 are displayed in this order. That is, the terminal program 65 arranges a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen according to the editing operation without changing the relative positions of the pages corresponding to the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02” extracted in S53. Change.

On the other hand, the terminal program 65 receives a left-click operation (hereinafter, may be referred to as “re-click”) for the highlighted page tab 141 in FIG. 10 through the input I / F 54 ( S54: Yes), of the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02” extracted in S53, only the page ID “page 01” corresponding to the re-clicked page tab 141 is temporarily stored in the memory 62 (S52). .. Reclicking is an example of a second specific operation that specifies one of the pages extracted by the first extraction process as a specific page. The process of S52 is an example of the second extraction process, and the process of S54 is an example of the fifth reception process.

Then, the terminal program 65 edits the page corresponding to the page ID “page 01” extracted in S52 according to the editing operation received in S55 and S56. That is, according to the above-mentioned example of the input operation, of the page IDs “page 01” and “page 02”, only the page text corresponding to the page ID “page 01” is replaced with “Scan”. Further, according to the above-mentioned example of the drag operation, the page ID shown in FIG. 3A is rearranged into “page 03”, “page 01”, and “page 02”. The terminal program 65 also executes the process of S52 even when it is determined that the page texts corresponding to the continuous page IDs are not common (S51: No).

Next, returning to FIG. 4, the terminal program 65 receives the left-click operation for the [Send] button 132 shown in FIG. 11 through the input I / F 54 (S15: Yes), and the edited screen instruction data. (Hereinafter, it may be referred to as "custom screen data") is directly or indirectly output to the specific device (S20). The processing of S20 is an example of output processing and transmission processing. Although not shown, the terminal program 65 stores the edited screen instruction data in the memory 62 or not shown in response to the reception of the left-click operation on the [Save] button 131 shown in FIG. 11 through the input I / F 54. Store in the server of.

As an example of direct output, the terminal program 65 may transmit custom screen data to the specific device through the communication I / F 55. As an example of indirectly outputting, the terminal program 65 may notify an output program (not shown) installed in the information processing terminal 50 of a pointer indicating the start address of the memory area in which the custom screen data is stored. Then, the output program may read the custom screen data from the memory area indicated by the pointer notified from the terminal program 65, and transmit the read custom screen data to the specific device through the communication I / F 55.

On the other hand, although not shown, the device program 35 of the MFP 10 which is a specific device receives custom screen data from the information processing terminal 50 through the communication I / F 25. This process is an example of a receive process. Then, the device program 35 stores the received custom screen data in the memory 32 separately from the standard screen data. Further, the device program 35 causes the display 23 to display an icon screen in response to, for example, that the power of the MFP 10 is turned on. This process is an example of the second display process. Then, the device program 35 accepts the user operation for the icon screen through the input I / F24. This process is an example of the second reception process.

More specifically, the device program 35 determines whether or not the custom screen data is stored in the memory 32. The device program 35 reads the standard screen data shown in FIG. 2 from the memory 32 in response to the determination that the custom screen data is not stored in the memory 32, and displays the icon screen on the display 23 according to the standard screen data. Let me. On the other hand, the device program 35 reads the custom screen data from the memory 32 in response to the determination that the custom screen data is stored in the memory 32, and displays the icon screen shown in FIG. 12 according to the custom screen data. To display.

FIG. 12A is a page corresponding to a page record including the page ID “page 02”. The page shown in FIG. 12A includes operation icons 151, 155, 152 corresponding to the icon record including the page ID “page 02”, and scroll icons 173, 174. FIG. 12B is a page corresponding to a page record including the page ID “page 03”. The page shown in FIG. 12B includes operation icons 154, 153 and scroll icons 173 corresponding to the icon record including the page ID “page 03”. Further, all the pages constituting the icon screen include a setting button 175, a notification display area 176, and a [start] button 177.

The scroll icon 173 corresponds to an instruction to switch the page displayed on the display 23 from the current page to the immediately preceding page. The scroll icon 174 corresponds to an instruction to switch the page displayed on the display 23 from the current page to the immediately following page. The setting button 175 corresponds to an instruction to change the setting of the MFP 10. The notification display area 176 is an area for displaying information to be notified to the user received from a server or the like (not shown). The [Start] button 177 corresponds to an instruction to cause the MFP 10 to execute the operation associated with the selected operation icon.

As an example, the device program 35 displays a page displayed on the display 23 in response to the user operation of tapping the position of the scroll icon 174 shown in FIG. 12 (A) through the input I / F 54 (A). ) To FIG. 12 (B). As another example, the device program 35 displays a page displayed on the display 23 in response to receiving a user operation of tapping the position of the scroll icon 173 shown in FIG. 12B through the input I / F 54. Switch from (B) to FIG. 12 (A). The tapping of the scroll icons 173 and 174 is an example of a scroll instruction. The process of switching the page to be displayed on the display 23 from one of FIGS. 12A and 12B to the other is an example of the switching process.

As yet another example, the device program 35 receives the tap at the position of the operation icon 151 and the tap at the position of the [Start] button 177 through the input I / F 24, and the icon corresponding to the operation icon 151. Read the record from the screen instruction data. Then, the device program 35 executes the operation indicated by the operation ID of the read icon record according to the execution conditions indicated by the operation parameters. This process is an example of an execution process.

[Action and effect of this embodiment]
According to the above embodiment, when the number of operation icons of the specific page exceeds the upper limit value by the additional operation, it is determined whether or not the page text of the specific page and the next page immediately after the specific page are common. Then, when the page texts of the two adjacent pages are not common, the operation icon at the end of the specific page is moved to the newly generated new page immediately after the specific page. On the other hand, when the page texts of two adjacent pages are common, the operation icon at the end of the specific page is moved to the top of the next page.

As a result, a plurality of operation icons 151 to 155 (hereinafter, referred to as "group icons") that the user wants to group on a specific page are grouped on consecutive pages. That is, the user of the MFP 10 can access the group icon with a small number of scroll instructions. As a result, the group icons are appropriately arranged on each page according to the user's intention within the range of the upper limit of the number of operation icons that can be displayed on each page. In addition, it is possible to prevent a new page from being generated every time the number of operation icons exceeds the upper limit.

Further, according to the above embodiment, when a common page text is associated with the specific page and the next page, if the number of operation icons of the specific page falls below the upper limit due to the delete operation, the head of the next page The operation icon of is moved to the end of a specific page. As a result, the operation icons that have been moved to the next page beyond the upper limit are put together on a specific page after the fact. Furthermore, when all the operation icons are deleted after the fact from the next page, the page is deleted. As a result, a simple icon screen that does not include unnecessary pages can be realized.

In the above embodiment, an example of using a continuous page to which a common page text is associated as a page for displaying a group icon (hereinafter, referred to as a "group page") has been described. Therefore, in the page editing process, the terminal program 65 collectively applies the editing contents indicated by the editing operation to the group page. That is, it is possible to collectively edit a plurality of pages in which group icons are distributed in a single editing operation. However, the method for specifying the group page is not limited to S33, S42, and S51, and information indicating that the group page may be further included in the page record.

Further, according to the above embodiment, by re-clicking the page tab, the edited content indicated by the editing operation is applied only to a part of the group page. This makes it possible to customize the icon screen more flexibly. Then, by executing S57 and S58 on the page record corresponding to the re-clicked page tab, the page can be exempted from the group page after the fact.

However, the page extracted by re-clicking is not limited to the above example. For example, if the page tab indicating the center page of the page order is re-clicked among the group pages including three pages, the terminal program 65 will perform the page after the center page (that is, the center page and the right side page). Page) may be extracted, and S47 and S58 may be executed only for the extracted page.

Specific examples of the add operation, the delete operation, the first specific operation, and the second specific operation are not limited to the above-mentioned examples. As an example, the terminal program 65 may accept a right-click operation on the reserved area or the insertion area as an additional operation for adding an operation icon to the area. Then, the terminal program 65 may add an operation icon indicated by the image data specified by the user to the area in S31. As another example, the terminal program 65 may accept the pressing of the [DELETE] button on the keyboard as a deletion operation instructing the deletion of the specific icon. As yet another example, the terminal program 65 may accept a double-click operation on the highlighted page tab as a second specific operation. The double-click operation refers to performing the left-click operation twice in succession within a predetermined time.

Further, the delete operation and the add operation may be realized by a series of operations. The terminal program 65 corresponds to, for example, a deletion process for deleting the operation icon 151 and a page tab 142 in response to receiving a drag operation for moving the operation icon 151 shown in FIG. 9 to the position of the page tab 142. The process of displaying the operation icon of the page in the layout area 145 may be executed. Further, the terminal program 65 performs an additional process of adding the operation icon 151 to the page corresponding to the page tab 142 in response to the acceptance of the drag operation for moving the operation icon 151 at the position of the page tab 142 to the layout area 145. You may do it.

In the above embodiment, an example of customizing the so-called top screen that is first displayed when the power of the MFP 10 is turned on has been described, but the customizable screen is not limited to the top screen, and the display 23 of the MFP 10 is used. Any screen displayed on may be customized. It should be noted that the "first screen displayed" does not include, for example, a so-called splash screen for displaying the manufacturer's logo, a screen for asking for consent to the rules, and the like.

Further, in the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 of the above-described embodiment, each process executed by the controller of the present invention is realized by executing various programs stored in the memories 32 and 62 by the CPUs 31 and 61. Explained. However, the configuration of the controller is not limited to this, and a part or all of the controller configuration may be realized by hardware such as an integrated circuit.

Further, the present invention can be realized not only as the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50, but also as a program for causing the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 to execute processing. Then, the program may be recorded and provided on a non-transitory recording medium. The non-transitory recording medium may include a storage unit mounted on a server that can be connected to the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 through a communication network, in addition to a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, and the like. Then, the program stored in the storage unit of the server may be distributed as information or a signal indicating the program through a communication network such as the Internet.

10 ... MFP
11 ... Printer 23, 53 ... Display 24, 54 ... Input I / F
25, 55 ... Communication I / F
31,61 ... CPU
32, 62 ... Memory 34, 64 ... OS
35 ... Device program 50 ... Information processing terminal 65 ... Terminal program 66 ... List program

Claims (10)

A program that can be executed by an information processing terminal that includes a memory, a terminal display, and an input interface.
The memory stores screen instruction data indicating an icon screen to be displayed on the device display of the image forming apparatus, and the screen instruction data includes an operation icon to be displayed on each of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen and the operation icon. Indicates an operation to be executed by the image forming apparatus when an operation icon is specified.
The image forming apparatus displays the pages to be displayed on the apparatus display from the first page, which is one of the plurality of the pages, in the page order determined by the screen instruction data according to the scroll instruction input by the user. Switch to the second page adjacent to the first page,
The program causes the information processing terminal to execute a display process for displaying a customized screen on the terminal display according to the screen instruction data, and the customized screen includes the specific page which is one of a plurality of the pages. The operation icons are arranged according to the icon order defined in the screen instruction data.
The program
The first reception process for accepting an additional operation for instructing the addition of the operation icon to the specific page through the input interface, and
An icon addition process for editing the screen instruction data so that the operation icon instructed by the addition operation is added to the specific page.
The first determination process for determining whether or not the number of the operation icons included in the specific page exceeds the upper limit value by the additional operation, and
In response to the determination that the upper limit value has been exceeded in the first determination process
A page addition process for editing the screen instruction data so that a new page, which is a new page, is added immediately after the specific page.
The first movement process for editing the screen instruction data so that the operation icon at the end of the specific page is deleted from the specific page and the operation icon is displayed at the top of the new page.
A program that causes the information processing terminal to execute an output process for outputting the edited screen instruction data to the image forming apparatus. The screen instruction data includes page information associated with each of the plurality of pages, and the new page added by the page addition process is associated with the page information common to the specific page. ,
The program
A second determination for determining whether or not the page information associated with the specific page and the next page immediately after the specific page is common in response to the determination that the upper limit value has been exceeded in the first determination process. Processing and
In response to the determination that the second determination process is common, the operation icon at the end of the specific page is deleted from the specific page, and the operation icon is displayed at the top of the next page. The information processing terminal is made to execute the second movement process for editing the screen instruction data.
The program according to claim 1, wherein the information processing terminal executes the page addition process and the first move process in response to a determination that is not common in the second determination process. The program
A second reception process that accepts a deletion operation instructing the deletion of the operation icon included in the specific page through the input interface, and
An icon deletion process for editing the screen instruction data so that the operation icon instructed by the deletion operation is deleted from the specific page.
A third determination process for determining whether or not the page information associated with the specific page and the next page immediately after the specific page is common, and
In response to the determination that it is common in the third determination process, the operation icon at the top of the next page is deleted from the next page, and the operation icon is displayed at the end of the specific page. The program according to claim 2, wherein the information processing terminal executes a third movement process for editing the screen instruction data. The program
A fourth determination process for determining whether or not the operation icon included in the next page has disappeared due to the deletion operation, and
A claim that causes the information processing terminal to execute a page deletion process for editing the screen instruction data so that the next page is deleted from the icon screen in response to the determination that the fourth determination process has been lost. The program described in 3. The program
A third reception process for accepting a first specific operation for designating one of the plurality of pages constituting the icon screen as the specific page through the input interface, and
A fifth determination process for determining whether or not the page information associated with a plurality of consecutive pages including the specific page is common, and
In response to the determination that the fifth determination process is common, among the plurality of the pages included in the icon screen, the common page information is associated with the plurality of continuous pages including the specific page. The first extraction process to extract the page and
The fourth reception process that accepts the editing operation for instructing the editing of the specific page through the input interface, and
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the information processing terminal executes an editing process for editing the screen instruction data so that the edited content indicated by the editing operation is applied to all the extracted pages. Program. The program
In the fourth reception process, the editing operation for instructing the change of the position of the specific page indicated in the page order is received.
The program according to claim 5, wherein in the editing process, a plurality of the pages constituting the icon screen are rearranged according to the editing operation without changing the relative positions of all the extracted pages. The program
In the fourth reception process, the editing operation for instructing the change of the page information associated with the specific page is received.
The program according to claim 5 or 6, wherein in the editing process, the page information associated with all the extracted pages is changed according to the editing operation. The program
A fifth reception process that accepts a second specific operation that specifies one of the plurality of pages extracted by the first extraction process as the specific page through the input interface.
The fifth to seventh aspects of claims 5 to 7, wherein the information processing terminal is made to execute the second extraction process of extracting only the specific page from the plurality of pages extracted by the first extraction process prior to the fourth reception process. The program described in either. The program
A fifth reception process that accepts a second specific operation that specifies one of the plurality of pages extracted by the first extraction process as the specific page through the input interface.
A claim that causes the information processing terminal to execute a second extraction process for extracting only the pages after the specific page from the plurality of pages extracted by the first extraction process prior to the fourth reception process. The program described in any of 5 to 7. An information processing terminal including a memory, a terminal display, a first input interface, a first communication interface, and a first controller, and an image forming device including a device display, a second input interface, a second communication interface, and a second controller. It is an information processing system that is equipped
The memory stores screen instruction data indicating an icon screen to be displayed on the device display, and the screen instruction data includes an operation icon to be displayed on each of a plurality of pages constituting the icon screen and the operation icon. The operation to be executed by the image forming apparatus when specified is shown.
The first controller executes a first display process for displaying a customized screen on the terminal display according to the screen instruction data, and the customized screen includes the operation included in a specific page which is one of a plurality of the pages. The icons are arranged according to the icon order defined by the screen instruction data.
The first controller is
A first reception process for receiving an additional operation instructing the addition of the operation icon to the specific page through the first input interface, and
An icon addition process for editing the screen instruction data so that the operation icon instructed by the addition operation is added to the specific page.
The first determination process for determining whether or not the number of the operation icons included in the specific page exceeds the upper limit value by the additional operation, and
In response to the determination that the upper limit value has been exceeded in the first determination process
A page addition process for editing the screen instruction data so that a new page, which is a new page, is added immediately after the specific page.
The first movement process for editing the screen instruction data so that the operation icon at the end of the specific page is deleted from the specific page and the operation icon is displayed at the top of the new page.
A transmission process of transmitting the edited screen instruction data to the image forming apparatus through the first communication interface is executed.
The second controller
A reception process for receiving the screen instruction data from the information processing terminal through the second communication interface, and
A second display process for displaying the first page, which is one of the plurality of pages indicated by the screen instruction data, on the device display, and
In response to the acceptance of the scroll operation through the second input interface, the page to be displayed on the device display is switched to the second page adjacent to the first page in the page order defined by the screen instruction data. Processing and
A second reception process for receiving a user operation for specifying the operation icon displayed on the device display through the second input interface, and
An information processing system that executes an execution process that executes the operation associated with the operation icon specified in the second reception process.