JPH04162054A - Initial mode setting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rationally set a standard mode most suitable to an operator so as to improve operability by providing the function of automatically determining/setting, by a counting means, the standard mode set in the initial state where reset is performed immediately after the power input of a copying machine or in the case of a device not being operated for a fixed time, and the function of enabling an operator to preset each mode as the manually handy set value. CONSTITUTION:When each mode such as the paper size and copying magnification of a copying machine is inputted by a control panel 110, a by-mode counter 108 counts the set frequency by the set modes or set value. A mode setting counter 107 further counts the copying execution frequency to obtain the total value of the mode set frequency and judges whether the set frequency has reached the value required for learning function. In this case, a mode of the highest use frequency is selected out of the counted result of the by-mode counter 108 and set into a standard mode register 106. In addition to this standard mode setting, an operator can set an optional copying mode as the standard mode by the operation of the control panel 110.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an initial mode setting device used in copying machines, facsimile machines, etc. The present invention relates to an initial mode setting device that has a function of setting an arbitrary setting value and a function of manually setting an arbitrary setting value, and sets an optimal initial mode for a device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the following three initial mode setting devices for copying machines have been used.
Two methods have been adopted.

(2) The first method is to set fixed values for each copying mode at the design stage, and ship the copying mode as a standard mode.

(2) In the second method, a service person or operator selects arbitrary setting values and uses them as the standard mode.

As a conventional example related to this, a copying function can be arbitrarily set using a group of keys on the operation panel of a copying machine, and
These copy functions are stored in the nonvolatile memory of the control unit, and the operator can set the copy functions according to the frequency of use.
JP-A No. 62-2275 is one that can be freely modified and expanded.
It is disclosed in the publication No.

In addition, the initial mode of the copying machine stored in the storage unit can be changed to a desired initial mode by using the initial set key, and the copying machine that stores the initial mode is
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 557.

■ The third method is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 162266/1982, which discloses an initial setting device that provides a learning function to a copying machine and initializes a frequently used mode as a standard mode. There is.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, each of the above systems has the following problems.

(2) In the first method, inconvenience occurs during operation because the standard mode set at the time of shipment from the factory and the mode requested by the operator do not necessarily match.

In the second method, when setting the standard mode, the frequently used mode is unknown, and the number of settings increases, making the setting operation more cumbersome.

■ In the third method, even if the optimal standard mode is known in advance, the frequently used mode is not set during the counting (learning) period. Furthermore, if the optimum standard mode is not necessarily a mode that is frequently used, this may cause inconvenience.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and aims to rationally set the most suitable standard mode for the operator when operating OA equipment such as copying machines, which are becoming increasingly multi-functional, thereby improving the operability thereof. The purpose is to

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made in view of the above, and includes a copy mode counting means that counts the number of times each item of the copy mode is set for each item, which is input from the operation unit at the start of the copy process. and an automatic standard mode setting means for automatically setting, as a standard mode, the setting value that has been set the most times for each item counted by the copying mode counting means each time a predetermined copying operation is completed; A manual setting means for manually setting the standard mode set by the standard mode setting means for each item;
The present invention provides an initial mode setting device comprising: a control means for excluding the automatic standard mode setting means from the settings made by the automatic standard mode setting means.

[Function] The initial mode setting device for a copying machine or the like according to the present invention includes a counting (learning) means for a standard mode set in an initial state that is returned to immediately after the power is turned on to the copying machine or when the device is not operated for a certain period of time. The present invention has a function for automatically determining and setting the mode by using the above function, and a function that allows the operator to manually set each mode in advance as convenient setting values, and the initial mode can be selectively set using either function.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an initial mode setting device according to the present invention, and this initial mode setting device includes:
A ROMI O1 is provided in which a basic mode table 102 in which basic modes of the copying machine are programmed is installed, and a mode register 105, a standard mode register 106, a mode setting counter 107, and a mode-specific counter 108 for counting the number of settings for each mode are installed. Non-volatile memory
AM104, controller 103, paper size, copy magnification, number of copies, copy density, single-sided/duplex mode,
It consists of an operation panel 110 for inputting and setting stack/sort and front/back paper ejection modes, etc., and a timer 109 for setting the time from the end of device operation or the end of device operation to return to the initial mode. .

After delivery and installation, this initial mode setting device stores the basic mode table 1 in ROM10I when the power is turned on.
From 02, the mode set in advance at the time of factory shipment is read by the controller 103, and the mode is read in the non-volatile memory RAM.
The contents are transferred to standard mode register 106 in 104. Therefore, at this point, the same standard mode is set for all users.

In such a configuration, for example, the paper size of the copying machine,
Copy magnification, copy density, single-sided/duplex mode, stack/
When each mode such as sorting and front/back paper ejection mode is input through the operation panel 110, the number of times set for each set mode or mode value is counted by the mode-specific counter 108.
counts.

Further, the mode setting counter 107 counts the number of copy executions to determine the total number of mode setting times, and determines whether the set number of times required for the learning function has been reached. When setting the standard mode using this learning function, the mode-specific counter 10
8, the most frequently used mode is selected and set in the standard mode register 106.

In addition to the standard mode setting described above, the operator can set any copy mode as the standard mode by operating the operation panel 110, and select any item in the copy mode from the setting target items using the learning function. In addition, the operator can set the basic mote data incorporated in the basic mode table 102 in the standard mode register 106 by operating the operation panel 110.

The above operation will be explained below using the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the flowchart of FIG. 2, first, when the power switch (not shown) of the device is turned on, the controller 103 checks the contents of the standard mote register 106 (step 5201), and if there is no mode data, the controller 103 checks the contents of the basic mote table 102. The contents are set in the standard mode register 106 (step 5202), and if mode data exists, the process proceeds to the next operation.

Next, the contents of the standard mode register 106 are set in the mode register 105 (step 5203), and the timer 109
(reset) and restart (step 520).
4). Thereafter, the process waits for an input from the operation panel 110 (step 5205), and when the timer 109 counts up without any input (step 5206), the process returns to step 5203 where the standard mode is set in the mode register 1o5 again.

If there is an input from the operation panel 110 and it is determined that the content is a standard mode setting input (step 5207
), the contents of the standard mote register 106 are updated to the input contents (step 5218). Furthermore, when it is determined that the input content includes the content when the content of the standard mode register 106 is prohibited from being updated by the learning function for each mode item (mask setting) (step 5219). Mask settings are performed for (
step 5220).

After that, the standard mode is set in the mode register 105 again (step 5203), the timer 109 is reset and started (step 5204), and the operation panel 1
It enters a state of waiting for input of 10 characters (step 5205).
.

Also, the input from the operation panel 110 is not the standard mode setting (step 5207) or the mode setting (
Step 3208), if there is no further copy start (
Step 5210) (for example, weekly timer setting, etc.) performs other processing (step S211)
Thereafter, the timer 109 is reset and started (step 5204), and the operation panel 110 returns to the input standby state (step 5205).

Next, if it is determined in step 3208 that the mode is set, the mode register is updated (step 5
209).

Further, if the input from the operation buffer 110 is a copy start (step 5210), the copy operation according to the contents of the mode register 105 is executed (step 5212).
, mode setting counter 107 and mode-specific counter 10B
is incremented (steps 5213.214).

Next, use the mode counter 10 to check whether the number of mode settings required to set the standard mode using the learning function has been reached.
8 is checked (step 5215). For example, the set number of times is set to 100, and it is checked whether the copy operation has been performed the specified number of times. If YES at this time, the mask state of the standard mode register 106 is checked (step 5216), the setting value of the standard mode item whose contents should be updated is loaded into the register in the controller 103, and the mode setting counter 107 and the mode-specific After resetting the counter 108 (step S217), standard mode register 1
Update unmasked items in 06 (step 3
21B).

Thereafter, the mask setting of the standard mode register 106 is not performed (step 321.9), but the standard mode is set in the mode register 105 (step 5203), and the timer 1
09 is reset/started (step 5204),
It is set to an input standby state (step 5205). In this way, the standard mode is updated every 100 copy operations.

As a method for setting the standard mode using the learning function, for example, the mode-specific counter 108 may be set to
(times), the controller 10 checks the count value of the mode-specific counter 108 and selects the setting value that has been set the most times among each item as a candidate for the standard mode (see Table 1 below).
3 to update the unmasked items of the standard mode register 106.

Table 1 The mode-specific counter 108 may be provided in advance with a counter that corresponds to all setting values for items such as the paper size item, which have a small number of types of setting values, but for items such as the copy magnification and number of copies, counters that correspond to all setting values may be provided in advance.・More effective settings can be made by adding a counter each time a new mode setting value is generated for mode settings where random values are set.

With the configuration and operation described above, the standard mode of the copying machine, etc. is determined by the learning function, and the setting is automatically performed.
Alternatively, it is possible for the operator to manually set in advance convenient setting values for each mode item.

For example, if the standard mode determination method using the learning function selects the setting value that has been set the most times, as described above, if the setting value for the number of copies is 1 for a particular operator.
If the number of copies exceeds the number of copies, ten copies are set as the number of copies in the standard mode. Depending on the operator, it may actually be more convenient to have 10 sheets, but
Another operator may mistakenly make 10 copies of a part that would be good for just 1 copy, which may actually be inconvenient in some cases.

Therefore, in order to eliminate this inconvenience, the operator can mask (exclude) the item of the number of copies from the automatic setting of the standard mode by the learning function, thereby allowing the operator to arbitrarily set the number of copies that is convenient for the operator.

Also, depending on the operator, if the appropriate setting value for the standard mode is known, such as for the paper size item,
You can also set the standard mode manually without waiting for it to be set using the learning function.

As described above, according to the initial mode setting device of the present invention, the standard mode that is set in the initial state that is set immediately after the power is turned on to the copying machine or when the device is not operated for a certain period of time can be automatically set by the learning function or Since it is determined by selectively executing manual settings by the operator, it can meet all needs and contribute to improving office efficiency by improving operability.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the initial mode setting device according to the present invention includes a copy mode counting means for counting the number of times each item of the copy mode is inputted from the operation unit at the start of the copy process, and a copy mode counting means for counting the number of settings for each item of the copy mode input from the operation unit at the start of the copy process, and a copy mode counting means for counting the number of settings for each item of the copy mode input from the operation unit at the start of the copy process, automatic standard mode setting means for automatically setting the setting value with the largest number of settings of each item counted by the copying mode counting means as the standard mode; and the standard mode set by the automatic standard mode setting means. Copying machines, etc., which are becoming increasingly multi-functional, are equipped with a manual setting means that manually sets the mode for each item, and a control means that excludes the settings made by the manual setting means from those set by the automatic standard mode setting means. The standard mode most suitable for the operator can be rationally set when operating the OA equipment, and the operability can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an initial mode setting device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the initial mode setting device according to the present invention. Explanation of symbols 1.01-ROM 10:l''-1 Basic mode table 103-Controller 104-m-Nonvolatile memory RAM 105--Mode register 106--Standard mode register 107--Mode setting counter 108- -・-Mode specific counter 109- Timer 110-・-Operation panel

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Copying mode counting means for counting the number of times each item of the copying mode is inputted from the operation unit at the start of the copying process for each item; and each time a predetermined copying operation is completed, the copying mode counting means The setting value that has been set the most times for each item counted in
automatic standard mode setting means for automatically setting the standard mode as the standard mode; manual setting means for manually setting the standard mode set by the automatic standard mode setting means for each item; 1. An initial mode setting device, comprising: a control device for excluding the device from being set by the automatic standard mode setting device.