JP6816602B2 - Programs, main programs and subprograms, and information processing terminals - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a program of an information processing terminal that causes an image processing apparatus to execute an image processing operation.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a communication system that realizes push scanning between a multifunction device and an information processing terminal. The multifunction device executes the scanning operation according to the instruction of the user, and transmits the scanning data generated by the scanning operation to the information processing terminal. Further, the program of the information processing terminal receives the scan data from the multifunction device and stores the received scan data in the memory.

JP-A-2015-069457

In the communication system having the above configuration, the program of the information processing terminal may have a function of displaying a status screen showing the progress of the scanning operation executed by the multifunction device on the display. In addition, the program may have a function of displaying an instruction receiving screen for receiving instructions from the user on a display separately from the status screen.

However, if the status screen becomes active every time the progress status is updated, there arises a problem that instructions cannot be received from the user through the instruction reception screen. Such a problem becomes particularly remarkable when a multifunction device is made to read a large number of documents by push scanning.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is an information processing terminal capable of displaying the progress status of a scanning operation and receiving an instruction from a user through an input interface in parallel. Is to provide the program of.

Various disclosures are made herein. The program, which is an example of the disclosure example, can be executed by an information processing terminal including a display, an input interface, and a communication interface. The program includes a first display process for displaying a first screen including an object associated with a process implemented in the program on the display, and a user operation for designating the object displayed on the first screen. The reception process for receiving the data through the input interface, the execution process for executing the process corresponding to the object specified in the reception process, and the reception requesting the reception of the scan data generated by reading the image recorded on the manuscript. The scanner receives request information from a scanner through the communication interface, and scan instruction information instructing execution of a scan operation for generating scan data as a response to the reception request information. The first transmission process of transmitting to, the second reception process of receiving the scan data from the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the scan instruction information, and the scan operation executed by the scanner according to the scan instruction information. The information processing terminal is made to execute the second display process of displaying the second screen showing the progress status on the display. The program is the first program that causes the information processing terminal to execute the first display process, the reception process, and the execution process, and the process that the first program causes the information processing terminal to execute. It includes a second program that causes the information processing terminal to execute the second display process.

By displaying the first screen and the second screen by separate programs as in the above configuration, it is possible to receive instructions from the user through the first screen while updating the progress status of the second screen. As a result, for example, even when a large number of documents are read by push scanning, the user can continue another work through the program.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the system 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2A is a block diagram of the MFP 10, and FIG. 2B is a block diagram of the information processing terminal 50. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the main process. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the push scan process. 5A and 5B are display examples of the display 53, in which FIG. 5A shows a home screen and FIG. 5B shows a device selection screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the home screen and the progress screen are simultaneously displayed on the display 53.

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 the system 100 according to the present embodiment. The system 100 shown in FIG. 1 is composed of MFPs 10A and 10B (hereinafter, these may be collectively referred to as "MFP10") and an information processing terminal 50. The MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 are configured to be communicable through the communication network 101. The communication network 101 may be, for example, 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. 2A, the MFP 10 includes a printer 11, a scanner 12, 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 prepare. 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 processing device.

The printer 11 is hardware that executes a printing operation of recording an image represented by image data on a sheet. In the present embodiment, an example of an inkjet printer 11 that ejects ink to record an image will be described, but the recording method of the printer 11 may be an electrophotographic method or the like. The scanner 12 is hardware that executes a scanning operation that reads an image recorded on a document and generates image data (hereinafter, referred to as “scan data”). The print operation and the scan operation are examples of image processing operations.

The MFPs 10A and 10B may be capable of executing at least one image processing operation. Further, the image processing operations that can be executed by the MFPs 10A and 10B may be different. That is, one of the printer 11 and the scanner 12 may be omitted. In other words, the MFPs 10A and 10B may be a printer single-purpose machine or a scanner single-purpose machine.

Furthermore, specific examples of image processing operations are not limited to these. The image processing operation may be, for example, a fax transmission operation of faxing image data to an external device according to the FAX protocol, a FAX reception operation of receiving image data by FAX from an external device according to the FAX protocol, and the like. Further, the image processing operation may include a copy operation in which the scanner 12 generates scan data and the printer 11 records the image indicated by the generated scan data on the sheet.

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

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 designating 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 / 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 designating the object.

The communication I / F 25 is an interface capable of communicating with an external device through the communication network 101. That is, the MFP 10 transmits various information to the external device through the communication I / F25, and receives various information 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 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 received 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 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 recording media such as a CD-ROM and 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.

As shown in FIG. 2B, 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, the CPU 31, and the communication bus 63 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 CPU 61 and the memory 62 are examples of the controller.

The information processing terminal 50 is, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PC, or the like. The input I / F 54 of the information processing terminal 50 may be a touch sensor superimposed on the display screen of the display 53, or may be a combination of a mouse and a keyboard. The memory 62 stores the OS 64, the main program 65 which is an example of the first program, and the subprogram 66 which is an example of the second program. When the input I / F 54 includes a mouse, the OS 64 causes the display 53 to display a pointer image that moves on the display surface following the movement of the mouse. A user operation (that is, a click operation) of pressing the left mouse button while the pointer image is superimposed on the object displayed on the display 53 is an example of a user operation for designating the object.

The OS 64 can execute a plurality of programs installed in the information processing terminal 50 in parallel. A plurality of programs are virtually executed in parallel by a time division multiplexing method, for example. Further, the OS 64 executes one of a plurality of programs executed in parallel in the foreground, and executes the other programs in the background. Further, 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 program installed in the information processing terminal 50 can display the screen generated by itself on the display 53 and update the display contents of the screen. Further, the program executed in the foreground can accept the user operation through the screen displayed on the display 53. On the other hand, the program executed in the background cannot accept the user operation through the screen displayed on the display 53. The OS 64 executes a program displaying the screen in the foreground, for example, in response to receiving a click operation for one of the plurality of screens shown in FIG. 6 through the input I / F 54.

Further, the program installed in the information processing terminal 50 can display two screens on the display 53. More specifically, the program can display a first screen and a second screen superimposed on the first screen. That is, the second screen is a pop-up window superimposed on the first screen. Then, the program executed in the foreground can accept the user operation through the second screen in the state where the first screen and the second screen are displayed on the display 53, and can accept the user operation through the first screen. Can not.

The main program 65 is a program that causes the MFP 10 connected through the communication I / F 55 to execute an image processing operation. More specifically, the main program 65 inputs the content of the image processing operation (for example, the type of the image processing operation, the image data to be the target of the image processing operation, the execution condition of the image processing operation, etc.) to the user through the input I / F 54. It is specified, and the MFP 10 is made to execute the image processing operation of the specified contents.

Further, the main program 65 notifies the subprogram 66 that the scan data has been received in response to the scan data being received from the MFP 10. On the other hand, the subprogram 66 notifies the main program 65 of the execution of the push scan process in response to receiving the push scan information described later from the MFP 10. Further, the subprogram 66 causes the display 53 to display the progress screen shown in FIG. 6 in response to the notification from the main program 65 of the reception of the scan data.

Although not shown, the memory 62 can store the designated device ID. The designated device ID is a device ID stored in the MIB of the MFP 10 (hereinafter, referred to as “designated device”) designated in the device selection process described later.

Further, although not shown, the memory 62 may be provided with a data folder. For example, photo data, document data, presentation data, spreadsheet data, and the like may be stored in the data folder. The various data stored in the data folder are data that can be the target of the print operation.

[Operation of system 100]
The operation of the system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. It is assumed that the designated device ID is not stored in the memory 62 at the time of starting the main process of FIG.

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 CPUs 31 and 61 also includes hardware control via the OSs 34 and 64. Further, the "data" in the present specification is represented by a computer-readable bit string. Then, data having the same substantial meaning and contents but different formats are treated as the same data. The same applies to "information" in the present specification.

First, the main program 65 displays the home screen shown in FIG. 5A in a part of the area of the display 53 (S11). The home screen is an example of a first screen for receiving an execution instruction of a process implemented in the main program 65 (for example, a print instruction process, a scan instruction process, a process of switching a designated device, etc.) from a user. Then, the main program 65 accepts the user operation for the home screen through the input I / F 54 (S12 to S14). The process of S11 is an example of the first display process, and the processes of S12 to S14 are an example of the reception process.

The home screen includes a print icon 111, a scan icon 112, and a switching icon 113. The print icon 111 corresponds to the print instruction process, the scan icon 112 corresponds to the scan instruction process, and the switching icon 113 corresponds to the process of switching the designated device. Further, when the designated device ID is not stored in the memory 62, the character string “unselected” indicating that the designated device is not designated is described in the switching icon 113.

Next, the main program 65 uses communication I, for example, in response to receiving the designation of the switching icon 113 through the input I / F 54 (S12: Yes), for example, using SNMP (abbreviation of Simple Network Management Protocol). Search for a plurality of MFPs 10 capable of communicating through / F55 (S15). Specifically, the main program 65 broadcasts transmission request information to the communication network 101 through the communication I / F 55. Next, the main program 65 receives the device ID transmitted by the MFPs 10A and 10B as a response to the transmission request information through the communication I / F55.

That is, the main program 65 specifies the MFPs 10A and 10B that are the sources of the device IDs as communicationable MFPs 10. The device ID is information for uniquely identifying the MFPs 10A and 10B on the communication network 101, and may be, for example, a MAC address assigned to the communication I / F25 of the MFPs 10A and 10B. The method of searching for a communicable MFP 10 may be another well-known method. The process of S15 is an example of the execution process.

Next, the main program 65 causes the device selection screen shown in FIG. 5 (B) to be displayed on the display 53 (S16). The device selection screen is an example of the first screen including the device icons 121 and 122 corresponding to the MFPs 10A and 10B found in S15. Then, the main program 65 accepts the user operation for the device selection screen through the input I / F 54 (S17). The process of S16 is an example of the first display process, and the process of S17 is an example of the reception process.

Next, the main program 65 determines the MFP 10A corresponding to the device icon 121 as the designated device in response to the reception of the designation of the device icon 121 through the input I / F 54 (S17: Yes). Then, the main program 65 stores the device ID received from the MFP 10A in the memory 62 as the designated device ID (S18). If the designated device ID is already stored in the memory 62, the main program 65 overwrites the designated device ID with a new designated device ID. The process of S18 is an example of the execution process.

Next, returning to FIG. 3, the main program 65 causes the home screen shown in FIG. 6 to be displayed on a part of the display 53 (S11). The home screen shown in FIG. 6 is different from the home screen shown in FIG. 5 (A) in that the character string “MFP-A” indicating the designated device is described by the switching icon 113.

Next, the main program 65 executes the print instruction process, for example, in response to receiving the designation of the print icon 111 shown in FIG. 6 through the input I / F 54 (S13: Yes) (S19). Although not shown in the flowchart, the print instruction process is a process for instructing the designated device to execute the print operation. The process of S19 is an example of execution process.

First, the main program 65 receives the designated data to be the target of the print operation and the user operation for designating the execution conditions of the print operation (for example, sheet size, number of colors, etc.) through the input I / F 54. Next, the main program 65 transmits print instruction information to the designated device MFP10A through the communication I / F55. The print instruction information is information that instructs the user to execute a print operation targeting the designated data specified by the user according to the execution conditions specified by the user.

On the other hand, although not shown, the apparatus program 35 of the MFP 10A receives print instruction information from the information processing terminal 50 through the communication I / F 25. Then, the device program 35 causes the printer 11 to execute the printing operation according to the received print instruction information. That is, the printer 11 records the image indicated by the designated data included in the print instruction information on the sheet according to the execution conditions indicated by the print instruction information.

Further, the main program 65 executes the scan instruction process, for example, in response to receiving the designation of the scan icon 112 shown in FIG. 6 through the input I / F 54 (S14: Yes) (S20). Although not shown in the flowchart, the scan instruction process is a process for instructing a designated device to execute a scan operation. The process of S20 is an example of the execution process.

First, the main program 65 accepts a user operation for specifying execution conditions of the scan operation (for example, reading resolution, save destination of scan data, etc.) through the input I / F 54. Next, the main program 65 transmits scan instruction information to the designated device MFP10A through the communication I / F55. The scan instruction information is information that instructs the user to execute the scan operation according to the execution conditions specified by the user and save the scan data in the save destination specified by the user.

On the other hand, although not shown, the apparatus program 35 of the MFP 10A receives scan instruction information from the information processing terminal 50 through the communication I / F 25. Then, the device program 35 causes the scanner 12 to execute a scanning operation according to the received scan instruction information. That is, the scanner 12 reads the image recorded on the document set on the ADF or the contact glass (not shown) at the reading resolution indicated by the scan instruction information to generate scan data. Then, the device program 35 saves the scan data generated by the scanner 12 in a storage destination (for example, a USB memory (not shown), an information processing terminal 50, a server (not shown)) shown in the scan instruction information.

When a plurality of pages of originals are set in the ADF, the device program 35 causes the scanner 12 to generate scan data indicating an image recorded on the one-page original, and saves the scan data in a save destination. The process may be repeated for the number of documents set in the ADF (hereinafter, referred to as "number of pages"). That is, the scanner 12 generates a number of scan data corresponding to the number of pages set in the ADF. In other words, the scan data indicates an image recorded on a one-page manuscript.

Further, the main program 65 can execute the push scan process shown in FIG. 4 in cooperation with the subprogram 66 in parallel with the main process shown in FIG. First, the OS 64 waits for the execution of the processing after S33 until the push scan information requesting the execution of the push scan processing is received from the MFP 10 through the communication I / F 55. In the push scan process, for example, the MFP 10 requests the information processing terminal 50 to transmit scan instruction information by using a user's instruction through the input I / F 24 as a trigger, and processes the scan data generated according to the received scan instruction information. This is a process of transmitting to the terminal 50.

For example, the device program 35 of the MFP 10B transmits the push scan information to the information processing terminal 50 through the communication I / F 25 in response to receiving the user operation instructing the execution of the push scan process through the input I / F 24 (S31). (S32). The push scan information is an example of reception request information that requests reception of scan data generated by a scan operation. In other words, the push scan information is information that requests the transmission of scan instruction information in which the information processing terminal 50 stores the scan data. The push scan information includes, for example, the device ID of the MFP 10B.

Next, the OS 64 of the information processing terminal 50 receives push scan information from the MFP 10B through the communication I / F 55 (S32). Then, the OS 64 generates a new process of the subprogram 66 (hereinafter, referred to as "new process") in response to receiving the push scan information, and uses the push scan information received in S32 as a new process. Notify (S33). That is, the OS 64 creates a new process of the subprogram 66 each time it receives the push scan information. The processes of S32 and S33 executed by OS64 are an example of the first reception process.

The process refers to an entity (so-called instance) of the subprogram 66 executed by the CPU 61 of the information processing terminal 50. That is, the OS 64 can generate a new process by executing the executable file of the subprogram 66 stored in the memory 62. Further, the plurality of processes generated by the OS 64 can independently execute the processes implemented in the subprogram 66.

Next, the new process generated in S33 notifies the main program 65 of the execution of the push scan process (S34). More specifically, the new process notifies the main program 65 that the scan instruction information is transmitted to the MFP 10B identified by the device ID included in the push scan information acquired from the OS 64. This process can be achieved by well-known interprocess communication. The same applies to S35 and S40 described later. The process of S34 executed by the new process of the subprogram 66 is an example of the first notification process.

Further, although not shown, the new process generated in S33 may determine whether or not another process of the subprogram 66 has already been started after executing the process of S34. Then, the new process may end the process depending on the determination that another process of the subprogram 66 has already been started. On the other hand, the new process waits until the notification described later is obtained from the main program 65 in response to the determination that the other process of the subprogram 66 has not been started. That is, except between S33 and S34, only one process of the subprogram 66 is started on the information processing terminal 50. Hereinafter, the process of the subprogram 66 started on the information processing terminal 50 is simply referred to as "subprogram 66".

Next, the main program 65 notifies the subprogram 66 of the progress of the push scan process in response to the notification of the execution of the push scan process from the sub program 66 (S34) (S35). The “progress status” according to the present embodiment indicates, for example, the number of scan data (that is, the number of pages) received from the MFP 10B by the push scan process. That is, the progress status notified to the subprogram 66 in S35 indicates that "the 0th page has been completed". The process of S35 executed by the main program 65 is an example of the second notification process.

Next, the subprogram 66 causes the progress screen shown in FIG. 6 to be displayed on a part of the display 53 (S36) in response to the progress status notified from the main program 65 (S35). The progress screen is an example of the second screen including the message "scanning the first page" and the progress bar 130. The subprogram 66 gradually changes the progress bar 130 until the next progress is notified. That is, the subprogram 66 repeatedly updates the progress screen. The process of S36 executed by the subprogram 66 is an example of the second display process.

Further, the main program 65 transmits scan instruction information with the information processing terminal 50 as the storage destination of the scan data to the MFP 10B, which is the transmission source of the push scan information, through the communication I / F 55 (S37). The execution order of the processes of S35 and S37 is not limited to the example of FIG. 4, and may be the reverse order. Further, the main program 65 receives the scan data (that is, the scan data of the first page) generated by the MFP 10B according to the scan instruction information from the MFP 10B through the communication I / F55 as a response of the scan instruction information (S38). The process of S37 is an example of the first transmission process, and the process of S38 is an example of the second reception process.

Next, the main program 65 stores the scan data received in S38 in the memory 62 (S39). In addition, the main program 65 notifies the subprogram 66 of the progress status indicating "the first page is completed" (S40). Further, the subprogram 66 updates the message on the progress screen displayed on the display 53 to "scanning the second page" in response to the notification of the progress status from the main program 65 (S40). .. The processing of S40 and S41 is different from the processing of S35 and S36 in the content of the progress status notified and the content of the progress screen, and is common to S35 and S36 in other points.

The main program 65 and the subprogram 66 repeatedly execute the processes S38 to S42 until all the scan data is received from the MFP 10B (S42: No). As for the progress status notified repeatedly, N of "Nth page is completed" is incremented by 1. Further, in the message on the progress screen that is repeatedly updated, N of "(N + 1) page scanning in progress" is incremented by 1.

Then, the main program 65 and the subprogram 66 end the push scan process shown in FIG. 4 in response to receiving the last scan data from the MFP 10B (S42: Yes). More specifically, the main program 65 waits until the next scan data is received in response to receiving the scan data including the final flag for which the first value "OFF" is set (S42: No). On the other hand, the main program 65 notifies the subprogram 66 of the end of the process in response to receiving the scan data including the final flag for which the second value “ON” is set (S42: Yes), and also notifies the subprogram 66 of the end of the process. End the process. Further, the subprogram 66 ends the display of the progress screen in response to the notification of the end of the process from the main program 65.

[Action and effect of this embodiment]
If the main program 65 displays both the home screen and the progress screen, the user operation cannot be accepted through the home screen during the execution of the push scan process. Therefore, as in the above embodiment, by displaying the home screen and the progress screen in separate programs, the subprogram 66 updates the progress status of the progress screen, and the main program 65 accepts instructions from the user through the home screen. be able to.

That is, the main program 65 executed in the foreground receives the designation of the print icon 111, the scan icon 112, and the switching icon 113 through the input I / F 54 during the execution of the push scan process (S12: Yes). / S13: Yes / S14: Yes / S17: Yes), the process corresponding to the specified icon can be executed. Further, the subprogram 66 executed in the background can update the progress screen every time the main program 65 is notified of the progress status. As a result, even when a large number of documents are read by the push scan process, the user can continue another work through the home screen.

The designated device may be the same as or different from the MFP10B that is the source of the push-can information. That is, the main program 65 can cause the MFP 10B, which is the source of the push scan information, to execute the image forming operation while the push scan process is being executed, or the MFP 10A, which is different from the MFP 10B, which is the source of the push scan information, is performing the image forming operation. Can also be executed.

Further, the main program 65 may accept an image processing operation for instructing the output (for example, printing) of the scan data stored in the memory 62 in S39 through the input I / F 54 while the push scan process is being executed. That is, the main program 65 can execute the output of the scan data stored in the memory 62 in S39 in parallel with the push scan process.

Further, according to the above embodiment, the progress status of the progress screen is updated every time the scan data for each page is received. That is, the larger the number of pages of the document set in the scanner 12, the higher the frequency of updating the progress screen. However, the main program 65 can accept the user's instruction through the home screen in parallel with the subprogram 66 updating the progress screen.

According to the above embodiment, every time the OS 64 receives the push scan information, a new process of the subprogram 66 is generated. That is, the main program 65 can execute the push scan process in parallel with the plurality of MFPs 10A and 10B. In this case, a plurality of progress screens corresponding to each of the plurality of push scan processes executed in parallel are displayed by one process of the subprogram 66. However, a plurality of processes of the subprogram 66 may exist on the information processing terminal 50 without terminating the process of the subprogram 66 after the execution of S34. Then, each of the plurality of processes of the subprogram 66 may independently execute the processes of S34 to S36 and S40 to S41.

Further, the division of roles between the main program 65 and the subprogram 66 is not limited to the example of the above embodiment. The main program 65 may execute at least the main process shown in FIG. Further, the subprogram 66 may execute at least the processes of S36 and S41 shown in FIG. Other processes may be appropriately shared by the main program 65, the subprogram 66, and other programs (not shown).

Further, in the MFP 10 and the information processing terminal 50 of the above 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 the communication network 101, 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 101 such as the Internet.

10 ... MFP
11 ... Printer 12 ... Scanner 23, 53 ... Display 24, 54 ... Input I / F
25, 55 ... Communication I / F
31,61 ... CPU
32, 62 ... Memory 35 ... Device program 50 ... Information processing terminal 65 ... Main program 66 ... Subprogram

Claims (10)

A program that can be executed by an information processing terminal having a display, an input interface, and a communication interface.
The program
The first display process of displaying the first screen including the object associated with the process implemented in the program on the display, and
A reception process for accepting a user operation for designating the object displayed on the first screen through the input interface, and
The information processing terminal is made to execute an execution process for executing a process corresponding to the object specified in the reception process.
The OS of the information processing terminal causes the information processing terminal to perform a first reception process of receiving reception request information requesting reception of scan data generated by reading an image recorded on a manuscript from a scanner through the communication interface. Let it run
The program
A first transmission process of transmitting scan instruction information instructing execution of a scan operation for generating scan data to the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the reception request information.
A second reception process of receiving the scan data from the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the scan instruction information,
The second screen shows the progress of the scanning operation in which the scanner is performed according to the scan instruction information, a second display processing for displaying on the display, was executed by the information processing terminal,
The program
A first program for causing the information processing terminal to execute the first display process, the reception process, and the execution process.
Including the process of causing the information processing terminal to execute the second display process in parallel with the process of causing the information processing terminal to execute the first program.
The new process of the second program is a program generated by the OS each time the reception request information is received in the first reception process . The second program is
The first notification process for notifying the first program that the OS has received the reception request information in the first reception process .
In response to the notification of the progress of the scanning operation from the first program, the information processing terminal is made to execute the second display process.
The first program responds to the notification from the second program that the reception request information has been received.
The first transmission process and
The second reception process and
The program according to claim 1, wherein the information processing terminal is made to execute a second notification process for notifying the second program of the progress of the scanning operation. When a plurality of pages of documents are read in order by the scanning operation,
The first program is
The second reception process for receiving the scan data for each page, and
The information processing terminal is repeatedly executed with the second notification process for notifying the progress status indicating the number of the scan data that has already been received.
The program according to claim 2, wherein the second program updates the second screen every time a progress status is notified in the second display process. The information processing terminal is provided with a memory.
The first program is
In the reception process, a user operation for designating the object corresponding to one of a plurality of image processing devices capable of communicating through the communication interface is received.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein in the execution process, a device ID that identifies the image processing device corresponding to the object specified in the reception process is stored in the memory. The first program is
In the reception process, a user operation for designating the object corresponding to the print operation of recording an image on the sheet is accepted.
The program according to claim 4, wherein in the execution process, print instruction information instructing execution of the print operation is transmitted to the image processing device identified by the device ID stored in the memory through the communication interface. The first program is
In the reception process, a user operation that specifies the object corresponding to the scan operation is accepted.
The program according to claim 4, wherein in the execution process, the scan instruction information is transmitted to the image processing device identified by the device ID stored in the memory through the communication interface. The first program is
In the reception process, a user operation instructing the output of the scan data received in the second reception process executed in parallel is received.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which outputs the scan data received in the second reception process in the execution process. A main program and a subprogram that can be executed by an information processing terminal having a display, an input interface, and a communication interface.
The main program is
Execution processing that executes the processing implemented in the program and
A scan that generates scan data in response to reception request information that requests reception of scan data that is generated by reading an image recorded on a manuscript from a scanner through the communication interface by the OS of the information processing terminal. A first transmission process of transmitting scan instruction information instructing execution of an operation to the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the reception request information.
The information processing terminal is made to execute a second reception process of receiving the scan data from the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the scan instruction information.
The new process of the subprogram is generated by the OS each time the reception request information is received, and a second screen showing the progress of the scanning operation executed by the scanner according to the scanning instruction information is displayed on the display. A main program and a subprogram that cause the information processing terminal to execute the second display process. With the display
Input interface and
Communication interface and
Memory for storing programs and OS ,
An information processing terminal equipped with a controller
The controller that executes the program
The first display process of displaying the first screen including the object associated with the process implemented in the program on the display, and
A reception process for accepting a user operation for designating the object displayed on the first screen through the input interface, and
Execution process that executes the process corresponding to the object specified in the reception process, and
The controller that executes the OS executes a first reception process of receiving reception request information requesting reception of scan data generated by reading an image recorded on a document from a scanner through the communication interface .
The controller that executes the program
A first transmission process of transmitting scan instruction information instructing execution of a scan operation for generating scan data to the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the reception request information.
A second reception process of receiving the scan data from the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the scan instruction information,
The second display process of displaying the second screen showing the progress of the scanning operation executed by the scanner according to the scanning instruction information on the display is executed.
The program
A first program that causes the controller to execute the first display process, the reception process, and the execution process.
Including a second program for causing the information processing terminal to execute the second display process in parallel with the process for the first program to be executed by the controller.
The new process of the second program is an information processing terminal generated by the OS each time the reception request information is received in the first reception process . With the display
Input interface and
Communication interface and
Memory for storing the main program, subprograms and OS,
An information processing terminal equipped with a controller
The controller that executes the main program
Execution processing that executes the processing implemented in the main program, and
A scan that generates scan data in response to reception request information that requests reception of scan data that is generated by reading an image recorded on a manuscript from a scanner through the communication interface by the OS of the information processing terminal. A first transmission process of transmitting scan instruction information instructing execution of an operation to the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the reception request information.
A second reception process of receiving the scan data from the scanner through the communication interface as a response to the scan instruction information is executed.
Each time the controller that executes the OS receives the reception request information, the controller generates a new process of the subprogram.
Information that the controller that executes a new process of the subprogram executes a second display process that causes the display to display a second screen showing the progress of the scan operation executed by the scanner according to the scan instruction information. Processing terminal.

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