Access management and control of a display unit menu options
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuyuki Tsukada
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Abstract
A control apparatus includes a lock control unit configured to set a menu screen corresponding to at least one tab among a plurality of menu screens respectively corresponding to a plurality of tabs to a locked state in which the menu screen is not displayed, and a setting unit configured to set information for releasing the locked state for each of the menu screens respectively corresponding to the plurality of tabs, wherein the lock control unit sets the menu screen corresponding to a target tab in the unlocked state to the locked state based on the setting unit setting or changing the information for releasing the locked state of the target tab in the unlocked state in which the locked state is released and the menu screen is displayed.
Claims11
A control apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control apparatus to function as:
- a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a screen regarding inputting a password corresponding to a first menu screen in a case where a user operation is received for displaying the first menu screen while the first menu screen is in a locked state, wherein the first menu screen is one of a plurality of menu screens;
- a lock control unit configured to set the first menu screen to an unlocked state based on the password input by a user, wherein the display control unit displays, on the display unit, the first menu screen in a state where the locked state is released;
- and
- a setting unit configured to set the password for releasing the locked state of the first menu screen,
- wherein the display control unit displays, based on an instruction to display a second menu screen, the second menu screen in a state where the first menu screen is displayed, and, based on an instruction to display the first menu screen being received on the second menu screen displayed based on the instruction to display the second menu screen, the display control unit displays the first menu screen without displaying the screen regarding inputting the password, wherein the second menu screen is one of the plurality of menu screens and is different from the first menu screen,
- wherein the lock control unit sets the first menu screen in the unlocked state to the locked state based on the setting unit setting the password for releasing the locked state of the first menu screen.
A control method for a control apparatus, comprising:
- displaying a screen, on a display unit, regarding inputting a password, corresponding to a first menu screen in a case where a user operation is received for displaying the first menu screen while the first menu screen is in a locked state, wherein the first menu screen is one of a plurality of menu screens;
- setting the first menu screen to an unlocked state based on the password input by a user, wherein the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit in a state where the locked state is released;
- and
- setting the password for releasing the locked state of the first menu screen,
- wherein displaying is based on an instruction to display a second menu screen, the second menu screen in a state where the first menu screen is displayed, and, based on an instruction to display the first menu screen being received on the second menu screen displayed based on the instruction to display the second menu screen, displaying the first menu screen without displaying the screen regarding inputting the password, wherein the second menu screen is one of the plurality of menu screens and is different from the first menu screen,
- wherein, the first menu screen in the unlocked state is set to the locked state based on setting the password for releasing the locked state of the first menu screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.