WO2011067999A1 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof.
- peripheral devices such as MFPs (Multi Function Peripherals) including scanners and printers include a Web browser.
- MFPs Multi Function Peripherals
- scanners and printers include a Web browser.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-127503 discloses a screen provided by a Web server being displayed on a Web browser of an MFP, and accepting various instructions from the user as an operation screen. According to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
- the Web server provides the operation screen used to input instructions required to use respective functions included in the MFP. That is, the user of the MFP inputs an instruction to the MFP via the operation screen displayed on the Web browser.
- the Web browser of the MFP notifies the Web server of the input instruction.
- the Web server which received the notification requests the MFP to execute various processes in accordance with the content of the instruction input from the user. Then, in response to this request, the MFP executes the requested processes. In this way, all menu data required to operate the MFP need not be held in the MFP, and the menu data need only be changed on the Web server.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-288285 a service substitution method described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-288285 is available.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-288285 the status of the Web server is monitored, and when it is determined that the Web server cannot process requests due to a heavy load, a substitute server accepts only requests. Then, when the Web server has recovered, the substitute server sends the requests to the Web server.
- Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-127503 can be used not only to simply manage the menus but also to customize the screen. In consideration of such a system, all the operation screens of the MFP can be handled by screens displayed by the Web browser. In this case, however, the following problem is posed. [0006] For example, when normal communication with the Web server is disrupted due to a network or Web server problem, a communication error screen is
- a copy function basically included in the MFP is to be enabled even in an offline state disconnected from the Web server since it does not use a network.
- An aspect of the present invention provides an image processing apparatus configured to execute at least one image processing function.
- the apparatus includes request means for requesting a Web server to send operation screen data, and display control means for receiving the operation screen data which is sent from the Web server in response to the request from the request means, and displaying an operation screen based on the operation screen data on an operation unit.
- the display control means When the display control means fails to receive the operation screen data, the display control means displays a substitute operation screen that allows to instruct use of the at least one image processing function on the operation unit.
- Another aspect of the present invention provides a control method of an image processing apparatus configured to execute at least one image processing function.
- the method includes the steps of requesting a Web server to send operation screen data, and receiving the operation screen data which is sent from the Web server in response to the request, and displaying an operation screen based on the operation screen data on an operation unit.
- a substituted image processing apparatus configured to execute at least one image processing function.
- FIGs. 1A and IB are diagrams showing examples of the overall arrangements of information processing systems according to embodiments
- FIGs. 2A and 2B are block diagrams showing the hardware and software arrangement of an MFP according to the embodiment
- FIGs. 3A to 3C are block diagrams showing examples of the arrangements of a Web server according to the embodiments.
- Fig. 4 is a table of a substitute function list in the embodiment
- Fig. 5A is a view showing an example of
- FIG. 5B is a view showing an example of HTML data merged with GUI button
- Fig. 6A is a view showing a display exampl ⁇ of a Web browser in case of a server busy state
- Fig. 6B is a view showing a display example of the Web browser when the GUI button is merged
- Fig. 6C is view showing a menu display example on the Web browser
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of HTTP response processing according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart of Web browser control processing according to the embodiment.
- Fig. 9 is a flowchart of request reception processing to another server in the Web server
- the MFP is an image processing apparatus which is configured to execute at least one image processing function.
- the first embodiment will explain an example in which the MFP as an example of the image processing apparatus of the present invention requests a Web server to send a UI menu of the image processing apparatus.
- UI user interface
- Figs . 1A and IB are diagrams showing examples of the overall arrangements of systems to which the present invention is applicable, and Fig. 1A shows the first embodiment.
- an MFP 110 and Web server 120 are connected to a LAN 100 such as EthernetTM.
- the MFP 110 has a copy function.
- the MFP 110 has a data sending function of scanning a document image, and sending the scanned image data (to be also referred to as document data hereinafter) to a designated apparatus on the LAN 100 using an FTP protocol or SMB protocol.
- the MFP 110 can create an E-mail message to include an image as an attached file, and can send the E-mail message using an E-mail server (not shown) .
- the server 120 is a Web server.
- a Web application on the Web server sends an HTML page to be displayed on the MFP 110 in response to a request from the MFP 110.
- the number of devices is not particularly limited.
- this embodiment adopts the LAN as a connection method.
- the present invention is not limited to such specific connection method.
- an arbitrary network such as a WAN (public network) , a serial transfer method such as USB, or a parallel transfer method such as Centronics or SCSI is applicable.
- the MFP 110 is configured by the following components. That is, the MFP 110 is configured by a scanner unit 112 as an image input MFP, a printer unit 113 as an image output MFP, a controller 200 which controls the MFP 110, and an operation unit 111.
- the scanner unit 112 converts information of an image into an electrical signal by inputting reflected light obtained by exposure-scanning an image on a document into a CCD. Furthermore, the scanner unit 112 converts the electrical signal into luminance signals including R, G, and B colors, and outputs the luminance signals to the controller 200 as digital image data.
- document sheets are set on a document feeder, and when the user inputs a scan start instruction from the operation unit 111, the controller 200 supplies a document scan instruction to the scanner unit 112. Upon reception of this instruction, the scanner unit 112 feeds document sheets from the
- the document scanning method is not limited to an automatic feeding method using the document feeder, but it may be a method of scanning a document placed on a glass surface (not shown) by moving an exposure unit.
- the printer unit 113 is an image forming
- the present invention is not limited to such specific method.
- the present invention can adopt an ink-jet method which prints an image on a paper sheet by ejecting inks from small nozzle arrays.
- the controller 200 is electrically
- the controller 200 is connected to other devices via the LAN 100.
- a CPU 201 systematically controls accesses to various connected FPs and those from other MFPs based on, for example, control programs stored in a ROM 202.
- the CPU 201 systematically controls various processes executed inside the controller 200. This control includes execution of programs required to implement the processes according to the flowcharts to be described later.
- the ROM 202 stores, for example, a boot program of the apparatus and permanent data.
- a RAM 203 is a system work memory required for the operation of the CPU 201, and is also used as a memory for
- the RAM 203 includes an area in which stored contents are held even after power-OFF of the apparatus main body by, for example, a battery backup, and an area in which stored contents are cleared after power-OFF.
- An HDD 204 is a hard disk drive, and can store system software and image data.
- An operation unit I/F 205 is an interface unit required to connect a system bus 211 to the operation unit 111.
- the operation unit I/F 205 is an interface unit required to connect a system bus 211 to the operation unit 111.
- the operation unit I/F 205 receives image data to be displayed on the operation unit 111 from the system bus 211, and outputs the image data to the operation unit 111. Also, the operation unit I/F 205 outputs information input from the
- the network I/F 206 is connected to the LAN 100 and system bus 211, and inputs and output information.
- a scanner I/F 207 corrects, modifies, and edits image data received from the scanner unit 112. Note that the scanner I/F 207 has a function of determining whether the received image data is that of a color or monochrome document, and a text or photo document.
- An image processor 208 performs direction conversion, image compression and decompression, and the like of image data.
- the image processor 208 can merges images stored in the HDD 204 to form a single image.
- a printer I/F 209 receives image data sent from the image processor 208, and applies image forming processing to the image with reference to attribute data appended to this image data. The image data after the image forming processing is output to the printer unit 113.
- the MFP is a network
- MFP which executes UI display processing.
- the present invention may be applied to other image processing apparatuses such as a general- purpose computer to which a general-purpose scanner and printer are connected.
- Fig. 3A is a block diagram showing the hardware arrangement of the Web server 120 shown in Fig. 1A.
- a CPU 301, RAM 302, ROM 303, network I/F 305, and hard disk drive (HDD) 306 are connected via a system bus 309 to be able to
- a display device 307 such as a CRT
- an input device 304 such as a keyboard
- a pointing device 308 such as a mouse
- the ROM 303 or HDD 306 stores control programs such as an operating system and Web
- the CPU 301 implements the functions as a computer by reading out the control programs from the ROM 303 or HDD 306 onto the RAM 302 and executing these programs as needed.
- the CPU 301 displays various kinds of information via the display device 307, and accepts user instructions from the input device 304 and
- FIG. 2B is a block diagram showing the software module arrangement of the MFP 110 associated with UI display processing of the MFP according to this
- control programs 204a are stored as control programs 204a in, for example, the HDD 204 of the MFP 110 in practice, are loaded onto the RAM 203, and are executed by the CPU 201.
- a screen management module 401 executes display control for switching displays of modules having UI screens such as an authentication module 402, function UI module 403, and Web browser 405.
- the screen management module 401 displays a UI of each module on the operation unit 111 via the operation unit I/F 205 in accordance with an instruction from another software module.
- the authentication module 402 is a module which authenticates the user who operates the device. In this embodiment, the authentication module 402 authenticates the user by receiving authentication information from the operation unit 111 via the
- the function UI module 403 is a software module which displays UIs that allows the user to use the internal functions of the MFP 110 such as a menu UI that prompts the user to select a function, a copy function UI, a data sending function UI, and a setting UI that allows the user to set the MFP 110.
- the function UI module 403 notifies a job management module 407 of an execution instruction of each function received from the user, and instructs that module to execute a job of that function.
- This software module is used when the MFP 110 alone provides functions without any UI display using the Web application and Web browser. In order to distinguish from UIs provided by the Web server, the menu UI, copy function UI, and sending function UI, which are displayed by the
- An HTTP communication module 404 is a software module which makes a communication based on an HTTP protocol by operating the network I/F 206.
- the Web browser 405 is a browser which communicates with the Web server 120 via the HTTP communication module 404.
- the Web browser 405 issues an acquisition request of an operation screen described in HTML to the Web server 120.
- the Web browser 405 renders HTML data of the operation screen received from the Web server 120 via the HTTP communication module 404, and displays that screen on the operation unit 111.
- the Web browser 405 notifies the Web server 120 of inputs to the operation screen displayed on the operation unit 111.
- the Web browser 405 of this embodiment passes job definition information required to execute device functions received from the Web server 120 to a job information analysis module 406, thus allowing execution of jobs.
- the Web browser 405 has a function of interpreting a script described in HTML data to issue an instruction to the screen management module 401 to display a UI of a designated module on the operation unit 111.
- the job information analysis module 406 analyzes the job definition information received from the Web browser 405, notifies the job management module 407 of the analysis result, and executes each job.
- the job management module 407 manages job information by receiving instructions from the function UI module 403 and job information analysis module 406, and issues a sequential execution instruction to a job execution module 408.
- the job execution module 408 is a module which executes processing based on a job setting. For example, when a job is a copy job, the job execution module 408 executes the following job. That is, the job execution module 408 operates the scanner unit 112 to scan paper documents, and temporarily stores image data in the HDD 204. Then, the job execution module 408 operates the printer unit 113 to print the
- An error content generation module 409 is a software module which generates content to be displayed on the Web browser 405 when an HTTP communication error has occurred.
- the error content generation module 409 generates content to be displayed on the Web browser 405 based on information of a substitute function list management module 410 when an HTTP communication error has occurred. This processing sequence will be
- the substitute function list management module 410 is a module which manages a substitute function list to be described later.
- the substitute function list may be set in the substitute function list management module 410 via the operation unit 111 of the FP 110 or from an external device via the network I/F 206.
- Fig. 3B is a block diagram showing the software module arrangement of the Web server 120 according to this embodiment.
- the Web server 120 includes a Web application 501 and HTTP communication module 504.
- the Web application 501 includes a presentation module 502 and logic module 503. These pieces of software are stored in, for example, the HDD 306 of the Web server 120, are loaded onto the RAM 302, and are then executed by the CPU 301.
- the presentation module 502 sends, via the
- HTTP communication module 504 data of the operation screen to be displayed on the Web browser 405 of the MFP 110 to the MFP 110 in response to a request from the MFP 110. Also, the presentation module 502
- the logic module 503 executes processing for the input information from the MFP 110, which is passed from the presentation module 502. For example, the logic module 503 changes a screen to be displayed, and creates job definition information required to execute device functions of the MFP in accordance with inputs from the user.
- the HTTP communication module 504 is a software module which operates the network I/F 305 to perform communication using the HTTP protocol.
- Fig. 4 is a table of the substitute function list managed by the substitute function list management module 410 of the MFP 110. Assume that the substitute function list is stored in the HDD 204 of the MFP 110 in this embodiment.
- a column 601 indicates
- a column 602 indicates URL patterns of Web sites requested by the Web browser as substitute permission conditions.
- the example shown in Fig. 4 indicates that the functions of the column 601 are available only when an exception or error has occurred in a request to a URL that matches each URL pattern by a prefix search.
- a column 603 indicates whether or not authentication is required when a substitute operation is permitted.
- authenticated user is an administrator user.
- the UI display processing sequence of the MFP 110 will be described below.
- the CPU 201 loads the programs on the ROM 202 or HDD 204 onto the RAM 203, and executes the loaded programs. Note that the following
- processing sequence of the MFP 110 is implemented when the CPU 201 executes the programs of the respective software modules.
- the screen management module 401 displays a UI .
- a display of the function UI module 403 is used as an initial display.
- a display of the Web browser 405 is used as an initial display. This embodiment will explain the processing under the assumption that the setting is that to use the UIs of the external Web server. Assume that the Web browser 405 sets a URL of a menu of the Web application 501 on the Web server 120 as an initial display Web site.
- the Web browser 405 issues an HTML page acquisition request to the HTTP communication module 404 by designating the URL of the initial display Web site according to the above setting.
- the HTTP communication module 404 sends an HTTP acquisition request to the Web server 120.
- the Web application 501 returns HTML data of a requested menu (to be referred to as a Web menu hereinafter) held by the Web application as a response message.
- the Web server 120 is inactive, the request from the Web browser 405 reaches a time-out since there is no responding Web server. Also, even when the Web server 120 is running, if the Web application is busy or if there is no HTML data corresponding to the requested URL, the HTTP
- Fig. 7 is a flowchart of the processing sequence of an HTTP response from the Web server 120 by the MFP 110.
- the HTTP communication module 404 checks in step S701 whether or not an acquisition request reaches a timeout. If no response is returned from the Web server 120 to which the request was sent within a
- step S706 If a response is acquired from the Web server 120, the process advances to step S702.
- the HTTP communication module 404 checks in step S702 whether or not the response from the Web server 120 is a normal response. If the received HTTP response is a normal response, the process jumps to step S705. On the other hand, if the received HTTP response is an error response, the process advances to step S703.
- the HTTP communication module 404 checks in step S703 whether or not the URL included in the acquisition request matches the substitute function list. If the URL matches the substitute function list, the HTTP communication module 404 passes HTML data included in the HTTP response to the error content generation module 409, and the process advances to step S704. Otherwise, the process jumps to step S705.
- step S704 the error content generation module 409 generates error content based on information managed by the substitute function list management module 410. Initially, the error content generation module 409 acquires an available function,
- the error content generation module 409 creates a script required for the Web browser 405 to execute the
- the error content generation module 409 generates a script required for the Web browser 405 to execute authentication in response to pressing of an HTML button, and merges it with the HTML data. Furthermore, if administrator permission is required, the error content generation module 409 generates a script which displays a UI of the function only when the user is an administrator as a result of
- step S705 the HTTP communication module
- Step S706 is executed when a timeout is determined in step S701.
- the HTTP communication module 404 acquires HTML data which is held by the error content generation module 409 and is to be displayed at the time of a time-out.
- the process then advances to step S703 to check whether or not to display a substitute UI.
- FIG. 5A shows an example of a response from the Web server 120.
- Fig. 5A shows HTML data in case of a server busy state.
- the HTTP communication module 404 skips merging of content.
- the Web browser 405 displays a screen, as shown in Fig. 6A.
- step S704 an HTML button 1001 and script 1002 are merged, as shown in Fig. 5B.
- the Web browser 405 displays a screen shown in Fig. 6B.
- the script 1002 is a uniquely expanded JavaTM Script, a UI name of an MFP function to be called is designated in a first argument, and a permission to be called is designated in a second argument.
- script 1002 need not be a JavaTM Script, and the format of the script is not particularly limited as long as the Web browser can interpret.
- Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing the control processing of the Web browser 405.
- the Web browser 405 renders and displays HTML data received from the HTTP communication module 404. With this process, the screen shown in Fig. 6A or 6B is displayed.
- the Web browser 405 checks in step S1202 whether or not an event has occurred by a user operation or due to an elapse of time. The event by the user operation
- step S1203 the Web browser 405 waits for an event again.
- the Web browser 405 discriminates in step
- a process corresponding to the event is a transition instruction to a UI of an MFP function.
- the process corresponding to the button event "showFunction (' Menu 1 , 1 everybody ') " of the JavaTM Script is called. Since this JavaTM Script is configured to display "embedded menu", the Web browser 405 determines that the process is that to call the UI of the MFP function. If it is determined that the process is the transition instruction to the UI of the MFP function, the process advances to step S1204. Otherwise, the process advances to step S1208 to
- the Web browser 405 checks in step S1204 whether or not authentication is required upon
- step S1205 the Web browser 405
- the authentication module 402 controls the screen management module 401 to issue an authentication instruction to the authentication module 402.
- the authentication module 402 displays a screen (not shown) that prompts the user to input
- authentication information regarding the operation unit 111 In this example, a user name and password are accepted as the authentication information from the user.
- the authentication module 402 compares the accepted authentication information with information, which is held in advance in itself, to authenticate the user. After that, the authentication module 402 notifies the Web browser 405 of the user authentication result. Note that authentication may be attained by other methods such as an IC card or biometric
- step S1206 the Web browser 405 checks the authentication result. If the authentication has succeeded and it is determined that the user has a permission to call the UI of the MFP function, the process advances to step S1207; otherwise, the Web browser 405 controls the screen management module 401 to change a UI display again, and the process returns to step S1202. In step S1207, the Web browser 405 controls the screen management module 401 to change the screen to the UI of the designated MFP function.
- control processing sequence shown in Fig. 8 can control transition to the UI of the MFP function in only a specific situation.
- the substitute operation can be implemented by the same processing even when a
- connection with the Web server 120 is disconnected after the MFP 110 is started up.
- the URL of a menu in the Web server 120 (to be referred to as a Web menu hereinafter) is
- the aforementioned embodiment uses Javascript to call the UI in the MFP from the Web browser.
- a method of calling the UI in the MFP from the Web browser may use another means.
- the HTML button is used, but other methods may be used.
- another UI control may be used, or HTML data may be created to cause a screen transition after a
- HTML data may be created to display the UI of the function in the MFP at the time when the HTML data is loaded.
- an item of an instruction of HTML data to be merged may be added to the table shown in Fig. 4 to allow the user to designate the display position, color, size, and the like on the Web browser.
- the UI of the MFP function is called intact.
- a limitation of a function to be executed may be added to the table shown in Fig. 4.
- a function limitation column may be set in the table shown in Fig. 4 to configure a script so that only a monochrome copy is executed upon using "embedded copy UI", and the Web browser 405 calls the function UI module 403.
- a Web server executes
- Fig. IB is a block diagram showing the overall arrangement of an information processing system
- an MFP 1310 and Web servers 1320 and 1330 are connected to a LAN 1300.
- the hardware and software arrangements of the MFP 1310 are the same as those of the MFP 110 shown in Fig. 1A.
- the hardware arrangement of the Web servers 1320 and 1330 is the same as that of the Web server 120 shown in Fig. 1A.
- Fig. 3C is a block diagram showing the software module arrangement of the Web server 1320 according to this embodiment.
- the Web server 1320 includes a Web application 1401, HTTP communication module 1404, error content generation module 1405, and URL list management module 1406.
- the Web application 1401 includes a presentation module 1402 and logic module 1403. These pieces of software are stored in, for example, an HDD (not shown) of the Web server 1320, and are executed by a CPU.
- the presentation module 1402 is the same as the presentation module 502 shown in Fig. 3B.
- the logic module 1403 is the same as the logic module 503 shown in Fig. 3B.
- the HTTP communication module 1404 is the same as the HTTP communication module 504 shown in Fig. 3B.
- the error content generation module 1405 is the same as the error content generation module 409 of the first embodiment.
- the URL list management module 1406 is the same as the substitute function list management module 410 of the first embodiment, and holds a substitute function list which is the same as that shown in Fig. 4.
- the Web server 1320 provides a Web menu service
- the Web server 1330 provides a Web copy UI.
- Fig. 6C shows an example of a UI when the
- MFP 1310 acquires the Web menu of the Web server 1320 and displays it using a Web browser.
- GUI buttons 1501, 1502, 1503, and 1504 are links to Web applications of respective functions. Assume that a copy Web
- the processing sequence of the Web server 1320 executed when the Web server 1320 issues a content request to the Web server 1330 will be described below. Note that the following processing sequence of the Web server 1320 is implemented when a CPU 301 executes programs of respective software modules.
- the application 1401 receives a notification indicating that the copy button is pressed on the screen shown in Fig. 6C from the Web browser of the MFP 1310.
- the logic module 1403 issues a communication instruction to the HTTP
- the communication module 1404 sends an HTTP acquisition request to the Web server 1330.
- HTML data of the requested Web copy UI can be acquired as a response message.
- the Web server 1330 is inactive, a timeout occurs. Even when the Web server 1330 is running, if it is busy or if there is no requested URL, the HTTP communication module 1404 receives HTML data of an error page as a response message.
- Fig. 9 shows the HTTP response processing sequence in the Web server 1320.
- the HTTP communication module 1404 checks in step S1601 if an acquisition request reaches a time-out. If a time-out is determined, the process advances to step S1606. If a response is acquired, the process advances to step S1602.
- the HTTP communication module 1404 checks in step S1602 if the response is a normal response. If the received HTTP response is a normal response, the process jumps to step S1605. On the other hand, if the response is an error response, the process advances to step S1603.
- the HTTP communication module 1404 checks in step S1603 if the URL included in the acquisition request matches the substitute function list. If the URL matches the substitute function list, the HTTP communication module 1404 passes HTML data included in the HTTP response to the error content generation module 1405, and the process advances to step S1604. Otherwise, the process jumps to step S1605.
- step S1604 the error content generation module 1405 generates error content based on
- step S1605 the HTTP
- Step S1606 is executed when a time-out is determined in step S1601. That is, the HTTP
- step S1603 the process advances to step S1603 to check whether or not to display a substitute UI.
- the MFP 1310 displays an embedded UI in the device based on the passed HTML data.
- the MFP 1310 may be configured to permit to display the embedded UI based only on HTML data passed from a specific server. In this case, a screen transition which is not intended by the administrator by content sent from an illicit server can be avoided.
- aspects of the present invention can also be realized by a computer of a system or apparatus (or devices such as a CPU or MPU) that reads out and executes a program recorded on a memory device to perform the functions of the above-described
- embodiment ( s ) and by a method, the steps of which are performed by a computer of a system or apparatus by, for example, reading out and executing a program recorded on a memory device to perform the functions of the above-described embodiment ( s ) .
- the program is provided to the computer for example via a network or from a recording medium of various types serving as the memory device (for example, computer- readable medium) .
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