JP7215111B2 - Information processing device and information processing program - Google Patents

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The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing program.

Patent Document 1 discloses a display unit that displays an image in a display area, and a function list screen that includes an object to be operated corresponding to each function for available functions classified according to a predetermined category. a display control unit for displaying in an area; a reception unit that receives an operation of selecting the object performed by a user; a setting unit for setting display attributes of each of the functions according to the frequency of use of the function, wherein the setting unit selects the plurality of functions classified into the same category from the available functions according to the frequency of use. and setting the display attribute specifying that the plurality of first objects corresponding to the selected plurality of functions are replaced with one second object, and the display control unit controls the display set by the setting unit. It is disclosed that the plurality of first objects are displayed in the display area when the reception unit receives an operation of displaying the list screen according to attributes and selecting the second object.

Patent document 2 aims to provide a user interface that reflects the frequency of use of a function used by a user in the display of an object so as to approximate the actual use of the function by the user. When the use of a function is instructed by a home application that displays a list screen of functions including objects corresponding to possible functions, the number of times the function is used is updated, and the display device starts measuring the usage time of the function. , the display device determines whether or not the usage screen of the function is being displayed, and when the display of the usage screen is finished, the display device finishes measuring the usage time, and the display device counts the number of times the function is used and the total usage time. A usage score indicating usage frequency is calculated according to the number of functions, and the display attribute of each function is set using the usage score. disclosed.

Patent Document 3 discloses a receiving device that, when a user selects a channel assigned to information including net content, receives the information corresponding to the selected channel and presents it to the user. and the user can select the channel from among the plurality of channels classified into the channel set set as the current channel set among the plurality of channel sets. , storage means for storing a channel set definition description in which data specifying said information corresponding to a plurality of channels is described; and said channel set definition corresponding to said selected channel set when a channel set is selected by a user. channel set management means for retrieving descriptions from said storage means and switching said current channel set to said selected channel set definition description; and a plurality of application programs associated with said channels and capable of utilizing said information. application program control means for switching an application program to be executed according to channel switching, and starting the application program according to the selected channel; The name of a second channel set definition description in which a list of a plurality of channels is arranged is described, and the identifier of the channel set definition description that refers to the second channel set definition description is included in the second channel set definition description. It is disclosed that describes

Japanese Patent No. 5481503 JP 2013-161412 A Japanese Patent No. 4813497

When displaying an operation screen for using a device, in addition to a predetermined menu, a shared menu composed of a plurality of items determined for each group of a plurality of people is displayed.
If there are many items in the shared menu, it may not be easy to find the item you need. In particular, since it is a shared menu suitable for the group, it is difficult for operators who belong to the group but who use it differently from other people in the group to use it. end up
The present invention compares shared menus set for each group to menus in which items, orders, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and an information processing program that facilitate finding an item.

The gist of the present invention for achieving this object lies in the following inventions.
A first aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus, in which a shared menu composed of a plurality of items determined for each group of a plurality of persons is set, and the shared menu is set according to the frequency of use by the group. menu display means for displaying either a first shared menu whose display content is determined or a second shared menu whose display mode is determined according to the frequency of use by operators in the group; counting means for counting the frequency of use of items in the shared menu selected by each operator and each group to which the operator belongs; and display of the shared menu by an operator belonging to the group to display the second sharing menu when instructed to do so and when the tendency of the operator's use of the information processing apparatus is less similar to the tendency of use of the information processing apparatus for each group; and a control means for controlling.

The invention of claim 2 is the information processing according to claim 1, wherein when the degree of similarity is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, the control means controls to display the first sharing menu. It is a device.

According to the invention of claim 3, the control means controls to display the original shared menu when the frequency of use by the operator is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold. processing equipment.

The invention of claim 4 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the group is generated according to the organization to which the operator belongs or the role of the operator.

The invention of claim 5 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the group is generated by clustering using a vector indicating the role of the operator.

In the sixth aspect of the invention, when a new item is added to the shared menu, the control means displays the item as having a high priority in the first shared menu and the second shared menu. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus controls to

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, after the new item is added to the shared menu, if the number of times the item is displayed is less than or equal to a predetermined number of times, the control means adds the item to the 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein control is performed so that the first shared menu and the second shared menu are displayed as having a high priority.

In the eighth aspect of the invention, a computer, which is an information processing device, is set with a shared menu composed of a plurality of items determined for each group of a plurality of people, and the frequency of use of the shared menu by the group is set. menu display means for displaying either a first shared menu whose display content is determined by the operation counting means for counting the frequency of use of items in the shared menu selected by an operator for each operator and for each group to which the operator belongs; and display of the shared menu by an operator belonging to the group. is instructed, the second sharing menu is displayed if the tendency of the operator's use of the information processing device is less similar to the tendency of use of the information processing device for each group. It is an information processing program for functioning as a control means for controlling.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 1, a shared menu set for each group is used differently from other members of the group compared to a menu in which items, orders, etc., are fixed. Even the operator can easily find the item.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 2, when the degree of similarity is high, it is possible to control to display the first sharing menu.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 3, in the case of the operator having a low usage frequency in the first place, it is possible to perform control so that the original shared menu is displayed.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 4, the group generated according to the organization to which the operator belongs or the role of the operator can be used.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 5, clustering using a vector indicating the role of the operator can be used to generate the group.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 6, when a new item is added to the shared menu, the item can be controlled to be displayed with high priority in the first shared menu and the second shared menu. can.

According to the information processing apparatus of claim 7, after a new item is added to the shared menu, the item is placed at a high level in the first shared menu and the second shared menu until the item becomes known. It can be controlled to display by priority.

According to the information processing program of claim 8, the shared menu set for each group is used differently from the other members of the group compared to the menu in which the items and order are fixed. Even the operator can easily find the item.

2 is a conceptual module configuration diagram of a configuration example of the present embodiment; FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration example using this embodiment; FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of processing according to the present embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of a user/group management table, a user/role management table, and a user/group management table; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of a usage frequency management table; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of a shared icon management table; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of a log management table; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of shared processing when the present embodiment is not used; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of processing according to the present embodiment; 6 is a flow chart showing an example of processing according to the present embodiment; FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of a new icon management table; 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of a computer that implements the embodiment; FIG.

An example of a preferred embodiment for realizing the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a conceptual module configuration diagram of a configuration example of this embodiment.
A module generally refers to a component such as software (computer program) or hardware that can be logically separated. Therefore, modules in this embodiment refer not only to modules in a computer program, but also to modules in a hardware configuration. Therefore, the present embodiment provides a computer program for functioning as those modules (a program for causing the computer to execute each procedure, a program for causing the computer to function as each means, a program for causing the computer to function as each function). It also serves as an explanation of the program, system and method for realizing However, for the convenience of explanation, the terms "stored", "stored", and equivalent terms are used, but when the embodiment is a computer program, these terms are stored in a storage device or stored in a storage device. It means to control to store in the device. Also, modules may correspond to functions one-to-one. may consist of multiple programs. Also, multiple modules may be executed by one computer, and one module may be executed by multiple computers by computers in a distributed or parallel environment. Note that one module may include other modules. Further, hereinafter, "connection" is used not only for physical connection but also for logical connection (data transfer, instruction, reference relationship between data, login, etc.). The term "predetermined" means that it is determined before the target process, and not only before the process according to the present embodiment starts, but also after the process according to the present embodiment starts. Also, if it is before the target process, it is used including the meaning that it is determined according to the situation/state at that time or according to the situation/state up to that time. When there are a plurality of "predetermined values", they may be different values, or two or more values (including, of course, all values) may be the same. Also, the description "if A, do B" is used in the sense of "judge whether it is A, and if it is judged to be A, do B". However, this excludes the case where it is not necessary to judge whether or not it is A. In addition, when things are listed like "A, B, C", etc., unless otherwise specified, it is an exemplary list, and includes cases where only one of them is selected (for example, only A).
In addition, a system or device is configured by connecting a plurality of computers, hardware, devices, etc. by communication means such as a network (including one-to-one correspondence communication connection), or a single computer, hardware, device The case where it is realized by etc. is also included. The terms "apparatus" and "system" are used interchangeably. Of course, "system" does not include what is merely a social "mechanism" (social system) that is an artificial arrangement.
In addition, for each process performed by each module or for each process when multiple processes are performed within a module, the target information is read from the storage device, and after the processing is performed, the processing result is written to the storage device. be. Therefore, the description of reading from the storage device before processing and writing to the storage device after processing may be omitted. The storage device here may include a hard disk drive, a RAM (Random Access Memory), an external storage medium, a storage device via a communication line, a register in a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the like.

The information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment has device interface functions, and as shown in the example of FIG. 140 and has a processing module 150 . For example, the information processing apparatus 100 controls a screen for instructing activation of an application of the device.
Here, "equipment" is used by multiple people, for example, copiers, facsimiles, scanners, printers, multifunction machines (scanners, printers, copiers, facsimiles, etc.), which are office equipment, and two or more It may be an image processing device such as an image processing device having the function of (1), an information appliance, a robot, or the like.

The menu display control module 110 is connected with the counting module 120 . The menu display control module 110 is set with a shared menu composed of a plurality of items determined for each group of a plurality of people, and for the shared menu, display of a first shared menu according to the frequency of use by the group; Alternatively, control is performed to display the second shared menu according to the frequency of use by the operators in the group. A plurality of items (icons) are set in the shared menu. Specifically, when the "share icon" in the share menu is selected, control is performed to display a plurality of icons. However, depending on the operator, control is performed to display either the first shared menu or the second shared menu. Of course, the items (or the display order of the items) in the first shared menu are different from the items (or the display order of the items) in the second shared menu.
In addition, the menu display control module 110 controls to display either one according to the degree of similarity (hereinafter also referred to as similarity) to the usage frequency of the operator and the usage frequency of the group to which the operator belongs. may
Specifically, the menu display control module 110 may control to display the first shared menu when the degree of similarity is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. Then, the menu display control module 110 may control to display the second shared menu when the degree of similarity is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
Further, when an operator belonging to a group issues an instruction to display a shared menu, the menu display control module 110 determines whether the operator's usage tendency of the information processing apparatus 100 is the same as that of the information processing apparatus 100 for each group. Control may be performed to display the second share menu when the degree of similarity to usage trends is low. Here, "the degree of similarity is low" refers to a case where the degree of similarity is less than or equal to the threshold when the degree of similarity is compared with a predetermined threshold.
In addition, the menu display control module 110 may control to display the original shared menu when the frequency of use by the operator is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.

A group may be generated according to the organization to which the operator belongs or the role of the operator. That is, in the latter case (population generated according to the operator's role), the population may be variable according to the role.
For example, the latter may be generated by clustering using a vector indicating the operator's role.
Here, "role" includes, for example, the department (organization to which the operator belongs), position, work history, date and time of use of the target device, etc., and these may be used as elements of the vector.
Methods of “clustering” include hierarchical cluster analysis, k-means method, and the like.

Also, when a new item is added to the shared menu, the menu display control module 110 controls to display the item as having a high priority in the first shared menu and the second shared menu. good too.
For example, after a new item is added to the shared menu, the menu display control module 110 adds the item to the first shared menu and the second shared menu if the number of times the item is displayed is less than or equal to the predetermined number of times. It may be controlled to display as having a high priority within the share menu.
Here, "display as having a high priority" is the display order of the target item, form (shape, pattern, color, dynamically changing (for example, flash, animation, etc.), blinking (change target in blinking (whether or not to blink, the period of blinking, the interval of blinking, etc.), or a combination of these) is displayed in a manner different from that of other items. For example, the display order should be within A (for example, within 3), other items are displayed in black, but the target item is displayed in red, "New", etc. It is applicable to display by adding the characters of

The counting module 120 is connected with the menu display control module 110 and the log storage module 140 . The counting module 120 counts the frequency of use of items in the shared menu selected by the operator for each operator and for each group to which the operator belongs.
Specifically, the counting module 120 refers to the operation log stored in the log storage module 140 to determine the number of times an item has been operated by the operator, the group to which the operator belongs (the composition of the group). It counts the number of times items have been operated by all members) and passes the result to the menu display control module 110 .

User operation reception module 130 is connected to log storage module 140 . User operation acceptance module 130 accepts an operation in the device. Then, the operation log is stored in the log storage module 140 . For example, it accepts an item selected by a user's operation using a touch panel, mouse, keyboard, voice, line of sight, gesture, or the like.
The log storage module 140 is connected with the counting module 120 and the user operation reception module 130 . The log storage module 140 stores operations accepted by the user operation acceptance module 130 . For example, it stores a log management table 700 illustrated in FIG. 7 to be described later. In addition to the log management table 700, a user/group management table 400, a user/role management table 450, a user/group management table 480, a usage frequency management table 500, a shared icon management table 600, a shared icon management table 650, and a A new icon management table 1100 or the like may be stored.
The processing module 150 controls to perform processing according to the operation accepted by the user operation accepting module 130 . Specifically, the device is controlled to process the application corresponding to the item selected by the operator.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration example using this embodiment.
Information processing apparatus 100 is connected to image processing apparatus 200A, image processing apparatus 200B, and image processing apparatus 200C via communication line 290, respectively. The communication line 290 may be wireless, wired, or a combination thereof, and may be, for example, the Internet, an intranet, etc. as a communication infrastructure. Also, the functions of the information processing apparatus 100 may be realized as a cloud service.
The image processing apparatus 200 is equipped with a display device (liquid crystal display, organic EL (organic electro-luminescence) display, etc.), and the display on the display device is controlled by the information processing device 100 . Below, the display on the image processing device 200 is controlled by the information processing device 100 . Further, operations performed by the image processing apparatus 200 are transmitted to the information processing apparatus 100 and stored as an operation log.
An operator logs in to each image processing apparatus 200 and operates the image processing apparatus 200 . By logging in, it is possible to know which operator performed the operation. The operator belongs to some group, and the image processing apparatus 200 displays a shared menu for that group. When the share menu is selected, either the first share menu or the second share menu is displayed as an item in the share menu. Specifically, when the operator is performing the same operation as another person in the group (that is, standard operation in the group), the first shared menu is displayed, and the operator is in the group. If the user is performing an operation different from that of other people in the group (that is, an operation that is peculiar to the group), the second sharing menu is displayed.
Note that the information processing device 100 may be provided inside the image processing device 200 . In that case, the information processing apparatus 100 may control the user interface of only the installed image processing apparatus 200, or may control the user interface of another image processing apparatus 200 with which communication is possible via the communication line 290. You may

For example, it is used as follows.
(1) Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C of the accounting section of the accounting department use the image processing apparatus 200A. In this case, the roles of Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C are "accounting" (an example of a group).
(2) As the image processing apparatus 200A is used, the arrangement order of the icons in the shared menu changes according to the frequency of use (the arrangement order in the early days and the current arrangement are different). However, Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C have the same frequency of use, and the arrangement order of the icons in the shared menu is the same for the three of them.
(3) Assume that Mr. D newly joins the company with the role of “accounting”. Even if it is used for the first time, the image processing apparatus 200A can be used in an order suitable for the "accounting" role.
(4) Since Mr. A was promoted to a managerial position, the work related to approval increases. Note that the role remains “accounting”.
(5) Mr. A's usage frequency of approval-related applications increases, the degree of similarity with the usage frequency of other "accounting" users decreases, and they are displayed in an order that matches Mr. A's usage frequency. . In this case, the arrangement order of the icons in the shared menu for Mr. B, Mr. C, and Mr. D is different from the arrangement order of the icons in the shared menu for Mr. A. The number of icons in the share menu may also differ. For example, icons that Mr. A does not use at all may not be displayed.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing according to this embodiment.
In step S302, the user (operator) is identified. For example, the user is identified when the user logs into the image processing apparatus 200 . Specifically, there are IC card reading, user name and password input, and biometric authentication such as fingerprints.
In step S304, control is performed to display the entire menu. The image processing device 200 controls the display device to display the initial menu. It contains a share icon.
In step S306, the user's selection of the "shared icon" is detected. Of course, when an icon other than the shared icon is selected, processing corresponding to the selected icon (processing equivalent to step S328) is performed.

In step S308, the user's role is acquired. For example, the user's role is acquired using the user/role management table 450 .
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing data structure examples of the user/group management table 400 , the user/role management table 450 , and the user/group management table 480 . FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the user/role management table 450. As shown in FIG. The user/role management table 450 has a user ID column 455 and a role column 460. The role column 460 has a department column 462, a position column 464, an employment history column 466, a use date column 468, and the like. The user ID column 455 stores information (user ID: IDentification) for uniquely identifying a user in this embodiment. The role column 460 stores the user's role. The department column 462 stores the department to which the user belongs. The position column 464 stores the user's position (position such as leader, section manager, department manager, etc.). The work history column 466 stores the work history of the user. The date and time of use field 468 stores the date and time (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, less than a second, or a combination thereof) when the user used the device in the past.

Also, instead of the user/role management table 450 (user role), the organization to which the user belongs (the group in the example of FIG. 4) may be obtained from the user/group management table 400 . FIG. 4A is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the user/group management table 400. As shown in FIG. The user/group management table 400 has a user ID column 405 and a group ID column 410 . The user ID column 405 stores user IDs. The group ID column 410 stores information (group ID) for uniquely identifying the group to which the user belongs in this embodiment.

Alternatively, the group ID may be calculated from the role column 460 of the user/role management table 450 to generate the user/group management table 480, and the group to which the user belongs may be extracted from the user/group management table 480. . FIG. 4C is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the user/group management table 480. As shown in FIG. The user/group management table 480 has a user ID column 485 and a group ID column 490 . The user ID column 485 stores user IDs. In this embodiment, the group ID column 490 stores information (group ID) for uniquely identifying the group to which the user belongs. As for "calculating the group ID from the role column 460", for example, a vector composed of the values of each item in the role column 460 is generated, and the vector is clustered to generate the group. Note that the clustering is an existing technique of clustering (a kind of unsupervised data classification method), and Ward's method, K-means, or the like may be used.

In step S310, the group usage frequency is acquired. In other words, the usage frequency of the items in the shared menu in the group to which the user belongs is acquired. For example, it may be obtained from the usage frequency management table 500 . FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the usage frequency management table 500. As shown in FIG. The usage frequency management table 500 has a group usage frequency column 505, a user A usage frequency column 510, a user B usage frequency column 515, a user C usage frequency column 520, etc. in the row direction, and an icon Ia column 555 in the column direction. , an icon Ib column 560, an icon Ic column 565, and the like. The group usage frequency column 505 stores the group usage frequency. Each row below the user A usage frequency column 510 stores the usage frequency of user A, user B, user C, and the like. Each column below the icon Ia column 555 stores the frequency of use of the icon Ia, the icon Ib, and the icon Ic.
A usage frequency management table 500 is generated for each group. Users A, B, C, . . . belong to this group.
A cell of the icon Ia column 555 of the group usage frequency column 505 stores the number of times the icon Ia is used in the group. The cell of the icon Ia column 555 of the user A usage frequency column 510 stores the number of times the icon Ia was used by the user A. A cell of the icon Ia column 555 of the user B usage frequency column 515 stores the number of times the icon Ia was used by the user B. FIG. A cell of the icon Ia column 555 of the user C usage frequency column 520 stores the number of times the icon Ia was used by the user C. FIG.
A cell of the icon Ib column 560 of the group usage frequency column 505 stores the number of times the icon Ib is used in the group. The cell of the icon Ib column 560 of the user A usage frequency column 510 stores the number of times the icon Ib was used by the user A. A cell of the icon Ib column 560 of the user B usage frequency column 515 stores the number of times the icon Ib was used by the user B. FIG. A cell of the icon Ib column 560 of the user C usage frequency column 520 stores the number of times the icon Ib was used by the user C. FIG.
A cell of the icon Ic column 565 of the group usage frequency column 505 stores the number of times the icon Ic is used in the group. The cell of the icon Ic column 565 of the user A usage frequency column 510 stores the number of times the icon Ic was used by the user A. A cell of the icon Ic column 565 of the user B usage frequency column 515 stores the number of times the icon Ic was used by the user B. FIG. A cell of the icon Ic column 565 of the user C usage frequency column 520 stores the number of times the icon Ic was used by the user C. FIG.
Note that the content (number of times of use) in the usage frequency management table 500 can be counted using a log management table 700, which will be described later using the example of FIG. In addition, the number of times of use may be the total number of times of use of the device, or the number of times of use during a predetermined period (for example, the past three months). good.

In step S312, the frequency of use by the user is obtained. In other words, the frequency of use of items in the shared menu by the user is obtained. For example, it may be obtained from the usage frequency management table 500 .

In step S314, it is determined whether or not "the number of times of use by the user<threshold A".If "the number of times of use by the user<threshold A", the process proceeds to step S320. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S316. . That is, if the user has not yet used the shared menu (for example, the user is a beginner, has only been in the group for a short time, etc.), the process proceeds to step S320 to display the shared menu in the group. controlled. Conversely, if the user has used the shared menu sufficiently, the process proceeds to step S316, and the personal shared menu can be displayed. A predetermined value (for example, "10") may be used as "threshold A".
In step S316, the degree of similarity between the usage frequency in the group and the usage frequency in the users is calculated. For example, the cosine similarity between the normalized group usage frequency vector and the individual user usage frequency vector may be calculated.

In step S318, it is determined whether or not "threshold B<similarity (similarity calculated in step S316)". The process proceeds to step S322. A predetermined value (for example, "0.7") may be used as the "threshold B".
In step S320, a population usage frequency matrix is adopted. In other words, the items in the shared menu of the group to which the user belongs are adopted. Specifically, the shared icon management table 600 is used. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the shared icon management table 600 and the shared icon management table 650. As shown in FIG. FIG. 6A is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the shared icon management table 600. As shown in FIG. The shared icon management table 600 has a group ID column 605 and a display order column 610. The display order column 610 has a first icon column 612, a second icon column 614, and the like. The group ID column 605 stores group IDs. The display order column 610 stores the display order of the icons in the shared menu in the group. The first icon column 612 stores the icon ranked first in display order. The second icon column 614 stores the icon ranked second in display order. The display order column 610 may be obtained by sorting the usage count of each icon in the group usage frequency column 505 of the usage frequency management table 500 in descending order.

In step S322, a user usage frequency matrix is employed. In other words, the items in the shared menu of the user (user-dedicated shared menu) are adopted. Specifically, the shared icon management table 650 is used. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the shared icon management table 650. As shown in FIG. The shared icon management table 650 has a user ID column 655 and a display order column 660. The display order column 660 has a first icon column 662, a second icon column 664, and the like. The user ID column 655 stores user IDs. The display order column 660 stores the display order of icons in the shared menu for the user. The first icon column 662 stores the icon ranked first in display order. The second icon column 664 stores the icon ranked second in display order. The display order column 660 may be obtained by sorting the number of times of use of each icon in the user A usage frequency column 510 or the like indicating the user of the usage frequency management table 500 in descending order.

In step S324, control is performed to display a list of shared menus adopted in step S320 or step S322.
In step S326, the user's selection of an icon in the share menu is detected.
In step S328, the application corresponding to that icon is executed.

In step S330, the frequency of use of groups and users is updated. For example, an operation log is registered in the log management table 700 . FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the log management table 700. As shown in FIG. The log management table 700 has a log ID column 705 , a date and time column 710 , a device ID column 715 , an operation column 720 , an operator column 725 and a group ID column 730 . The log ID column 705 stores information (log ID) for uniquely identifying a log in this embodiment. The date and time column 710 stores the date and time when the target operation occurred. The device ID column 715 stores information (device ID) for uniquely identifying the device in this embodiment. As a matter of course, the device in the device ID column 715 is the device in which the operation occurred. The operation column 720 stores the operation. The operator column 725 stores the operator who performed the operation. The group ID column 730 stores the group ID of the group to which the operator belongs. The contents of this log management table 700 are reflected in the usage frequency management table 500 .

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of sharing processing when this embodiment is not used.
Control is performed to display a Copy icon 802a, a Scan icon 804a, a Fax icon 806a, a Share icon 808a, and an iFax icon 810a on the screen 800a used by User A: 890a who belongs to an administrative group (an example of a group). When the user A: 890a selects the share icon 808a, control is performed to display the business share screen 850a including the icons shared in the business group. Control is performed to display an employee list icon 852a, a request processing icon 854a, a transportation expense icon 856a, a Coffee membership fee icon 858a, and an expense processing icon 860a on the business sharing screen 850a. Here, initial values are set for the icons displayed on the business shared screen 850a (shared menu) and the arrangement order thereof. The order of arrangement is changed according to the frequency of use of each icon (application).

The screen 800b used by User B: 890b belonging to the accounting group (an example of a group) is controlled to display a Share icon 802b, a Scan icon 804b, and a Copy icon 806b.
Here, when the shared icon 802b is selected by the user B: 890b, control is performed to display an accounting shared screen 850b including icons shared in the accounting group.
Control is performed to display a Copy icon 802c, a Share icon 804c, a Scan icon 806c, and an iFax icon 808c on the screen 800c used by User C: 890c who belongs to the accounting group.
Here, when the shared icon 804c is selected by the user C: 890c, control is performed to display an accounting shared screen 850b including icons shared in the accounting group.
The accounting share screen 850b is controlled to display a sales forecast icon 852b, a budget management icon 854b, a budget execution icon 856b, an expense processing icon 858b, an employee list icon 860b, and a request for approval processing icon 862b.

The top-level menu screen can be customized (arrangement, type, color, language, etc.) for each user. Specifically, the screen 800a, the screen 800b, and the screen 800c display different icons (or in display order). This is set by each user (user A: 890a, user B: 890b, user C: 890c) or selected according to the frequency of use of each user. there is However, each screen displays icons (share icon 808a, share icon 802b, and share icon 804c) indicating a share menu for the group to which the user belongs. That is, one or more "share" icons can be arranged in the menu screen. Here, if the users belong to the same group, specifically, the same screen is displayed, such as the shared accounting screen 850b for user B: 890b and user C: 890c.
The example of FIG. 8 shows a display example according to the present embodiment when user C: 890c also has a usage frequency similar to that of the accounting group (another accounting group member, for example, user B: 890b). It can be assumed that there is

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of processing according to this embodiment.
As in the example of FIG. 8, control is performed to display a Copy icon 802c, a Share icon 804c, a Scan icon 806c, and an iFax icon 808c on the screen 800c used by the user C: 890c who belongs to the accounting group.
Here, when the shared icon 804c is selected by the user C: 890c, control is performed to display an accounting shared screen 850b including icons shared in the accounting group.
The accounting share screen 850b is controlled to display a sales forecast icon 852b, a budget management icon 854b, a budget execution icon 856b, an expense processing icon 858b, an employee list icon 860b, and a request for approval processing icon 862b. They are arranged in order of frequency of use by members of the accounting group. This is because user C: 890c uses the shared menu in the accounting group in the same or similar manner as other accounting users.

On the other hand, the screen 800b used by the user B: 890b belonging to the accounting group is controlled to display a share icon 802b, a scan icon 804b, and a copy icon 806b.
Here, when the share icon 802b is selected by the user B: 890b, control is performed to display the accounting shared screen 950b dedicated to the user B: 890b although it belongs to the accounting group.
The accounting share screen 950b is controlled to display a budget execution icon 952b and a request processing icon 954b. User B: 890b belongs to the accounting group, but contents different from the accounting shared screen 850b are displayed. User B: 890b uses the budget execution icon 952b most often, then uses the approval processing icon 954b, and then uses other icons (eg, sales forecast icon 852b, budget management icon 854b, expense processing icon 858b, employee list icon 858b). This is because the icon 860b) is not used. In this way, user B: 890b belongs to the accounting group, but control is performed so that the shared accounting screen 950b dedicated to user B: 890b is displayed instead of the shared accounting screen 850b normally displayed to members of the accounting group. are doing. This is because user B: 890b uses the accounting shared menu differently from other accounting users.

Also, a plurality of shared icons may be displayed. Then, a role may be set for each icon. For example, it is assumed that a user has multiple roles, and a shared icon may be set for each role. In this case, the usage frequency is aggregated for each role of the user.
Aggregation of usage frequencies may be performed among a plurality of devices. In that case, the usage frequency of the individual user is also shared among the devices.
Infrequently used icons may be displayed (or not displayed) on a separate screen. Also, an upper limit may be set for the number of icons displayed as the shared menu.
Also, the order of arrangement of some of the plurality of icons may be fixed. In other words, it may be controlled to be displayed at a fixed position by excluding it from the calculation of the usage frequency.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of processing according to this embodiment. The newly added icon (application) is controlled to be displayed at the top for a predetermined period (number of times). That is, in the beginning, the frequency of use is 0 and it is displayed at the end, so this is the process of displaying it at the top to make it known.
In step S1002, it is determined whether the registration date of the icon in the shared menu is within the threshold X days from the present.If within the threshold X days, the process proceeds to step S1004. (Step S1099).
In step S1004, it is determined whether or not "the number of times of display<threshold Y times".If "the number of times of display<threshold Y times", the process proceeds to step S1006. Otherwise, the process ends (step S1099). .
In step S1006, the display order of the icon is set within the Z rank. Z is a predetermined value, and may be, for example, "2". In this case, the registration date of is within the threshold value X days from the present, and the icons in the shared menu having the display count<threshold value Y are controlled to be displayed within the second display order.

Each icon is managed by the new icon management table 1100. FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example data structure of the new icon management table 1100. As shown in FIG. The new icon management table 1100 has an icon ID column 1105 , a registration date column 1110 and a display count column 1115 . The icon ID column 1105 stores information (icon ID) for uniquely identifying an icon in this embodiment. The registration date field 1110 stores the registration date of the icon in the shared menu. The display count column 1115 stores the display count of the icon. Note that the number of times of display may be counted for each user.

A hardware configuration example of the information processing apparatus 100 and the image processing apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration shown in FIG. 12 is configured by, for example, a personal computer (PC) or the like, and shows an example of hardware configuration including a data reading unit 1217 such as a scanner and a data output unit 1218 such as a printer.

A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1201 executes the execution sequences of the various modules described in the above embodiments, namely, the menu display control module 110, the counting module 120, the user operation receiving module 130, the processing module 150, and the like. It is a control unit that executes processing according to a written computer program.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 1202 stores programs used by the CPU 1201, calculation parameters, and the like. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 1203 stores programs used in the execution of the CPU 1201, parameters that change as appropriate during the execution, and the like. These are interconnected by a host bus 1204 comprising a CPU bus or the like.

The host bus 1204 is connected via a bridge 1205 to an external bus 1206 such as a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface) bus.

A keyboard 1208 and a pointing device 1209 such as a mouse are devices operated by the operator. A display 1210 is a liquid crystal display device, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like, and displays various information as text or image information. Alternatively, a touch screen or the like having both functions of the pointing device 1209 and the display 1210 may be used. In that case, in order to realize the keyboard function, a keyboard (also known as a software keyboard, a screen keyboard, etc.) can be drawn on the screen (touch screen) by software without being physically connected like the keyboard 1208. You may make it implement|achieve the function of a keyboard.

A HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 1211 incorporates a hard disk (which may be a flash memory or the like), drives the hard disk, and records or reproduces programs and information executed by the CPU 1201 . The HDD 1211 implements the functions of the log storage module 140 and the like. In addition, other various data, various computer programs, etc. are stored.

The drive 1212 reads data or programs recorded on a removable recording medium 1213 such as a magnetic disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, or semiconductor memory, and transfers the data or programs to the interface 1207 and the external bus 1206. , bridge 1205 , and RAM 1203 connected via host bus 1204 . Note that the removable recording medium 1213 can also be used as a data recording area.

A connection port 1214 is a port for connecting an external connection device 1215, and has a connection unit such as USB and IEEE1394. The connection port 1214 is connected to the CPU 1201 and the like via the interface 1207, the external bus 1206, the bridge 1205, the host bus 1204 and the like. The communication unit 1216 is connected to a communication line and executes data communication processing with the outside. A data reading unit 1217 is, for example, a scanner, and executes document reading processing. A data output unit 1218 is, for example, a printer, and executes document data output processing.

Of the above-described embodiments, with respect to the computer program, a computer program, which is software, is loaded into the system of this hardware configuration, and the software and hardware resources cooperate to perform the above-described embodiment. is realized.
Note that the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100 and the image processing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 12 shows one configuration example, and the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. Any configuration that can execute the modules described in . For example, some modules may be configured with dedicated hardware (for example, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a reconfigurable integrated circuit (field-programmable gate array: FPGA), etc.). A part of the modules may be in an external system and connected by a communication line, or a plurality of systems shown in FIG. 12 may be connected by a communication line and cooperate with each other. In particular, in addition to personal computers, information appliances, robots, copiers, facsimiles, scanners, printers, multi-function devices (scanners, printers, copiers, facsimiles, etc.) image processing that has two or more functions device) or the like.

In addition, in the comparison processing in the description of the above-described embodiments, the terms "greater than", "less than", "greater than", and "less than (less than)" are examples, and the combinations thereof are inconsistent. "greater than", "less than (less than)", "greater than or equal to" and "less than or equal to" may be used, respectively, unless

The program described above may be stored in a recording medium and provided, or the program may be provided by communication means. In that case, for example, the program described above may be regarded as an invention of "a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded."
"Program-recorded computer-readable recording medium" refers to a computer-readable recording medium recording a program, which is used for program installation, execution, program distribution, and the like.
As a recording medium, for example, a digital versatile disc (DVD), which is a standard established by the DVD Forum, "DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, etc." Standard "DVD + R, DVD + RW, etc.", compact disc (CD), read-only memory (CD-ROM), CD recordable (CD-R), CD rewritable (CD-RW), Blu-ray disc ( Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc), magneto-optical disk (MO), flexible disk (FD), magnetic tape, hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable and rewritable read-only memory (EEPROM (registered trademark) )), flash memory, random access memory (RAM), SD (Secure Digital) memory card, and the like.
Then, the whole or part of the program may be recorded on the recording medium and stored or distributed. Also, by communication, for example, a wired network used for a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, etc., or a wireless communication. It may be transmitted using a transmission medium such as a network or a combination thereof, or may be carried on a carrier wave.
Furthermore, the program may be part or all of another program, or may be recorded on a recording medium together with a separate program. Moreover, it may be divided and recorded on a plurality of recording media. Also, it may be recorded in any form, such as compression or encryption, as long as it can be restored.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100... Information processing apparatus 110... Menu display control module 120... Counting module 130... User operation reception module 140... Log storage module 150... Processing module 200... Image processing apparatus 290... Communication line

Claims (8)

An information processing device,
Display of a first shared menu in which a shared menu consisting of a plurality of items determined for each group of multiple people is set, and the display content of the shared menu is determined according to the frequency of use by the group; or , display of a second shared menu whose display mode is determined by the frequency of use by operators in the group;
counting means for counting the frequency of use of items in the shared menu selected by the operator for each operator and for each group to which the operator belongs;
When an operator belonging to the group instructs to display the shared menu, the operator's usage tendency of the information processing device is similar to the usage tendency of the information processing device for each group. control means for controlling to display the second sharing menu when the degree is low;
Information processing device having The control means controls to display the first sharing menu when the degree of similarity is higher than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The control means controls to display the first sharing menu when the frequency of use by the operator is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. The group is generated according to the organization to which the operator belongs or the role of the operator,
The information processing device according to claim 1 . The population is generated by clustering using a vector indicating the role of the operator,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 4. When a new item is added to the shared menu, the control means controls to display the item as having a high priority in the first shared menu and the second shared menu.
The information processing device according to claim 1 . After the new item is added to the shared menu, if the number of times the item is displayed is less than or equal to a predetermined number of times, the control means adds the item to the first shared menu and the second shared menu. 2 control to display as having high priority in the share menu,
The information processing device according to claim 6 . A computer, which is an information processing device,
Display of a first shared menu in which a shared menu consisting of a plurality of items determined for each group of multiple people is set, and the display content of the shared menu is determined according to the frequency of use by the group; or , display of a second shared menu whose display mode is determined by the frequency of use by operators in the group;
counting means for counting the frequency of use of items in the shared menu selected by the operator for each operator and for each group to which the operator belongs;
When an operator belonging to the group instructs to display the shared menu, the operator's usage tendency of the information processing device is similar to the usage tendency of the information processing device for each group. An information processing program for functioning as control means for controlling to display the second sharing menu when the degree is low.

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