Apparatus, method and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyasu Miyazawa
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Abstract
Provided are an apparatus, a method, and a program for displaying an operating screen in a short time when the apparatus is powered on after change in configuration thereof. After the apparatus is powered on, the operating screen on the previous activation is displayed, and a simplified screen is displayed if the configuration of the apparatus is different from that on the previous activation.
Claims9
An apparatus having a unit for storing configuration information at that time upon receiving an instruction for power-off of the apparatus, comprising:
- a unit for making a display unit display a screen which has been displayed upon receiving the instruction for power-off after the apparatus is powered on when receiving an instruction for power-on of the apparatus;
- and
- a unit for detecting whether configuration information at the present time is changed from the thus stored configuration information,
- wherein if any change is detected by the unit for detecting, the unit for making display makes a display unit display the other screen.
An apparatus to which one or a plurality of devices are connected, the apparatus including:
- a display for displaying an operating screen;
- a unit for storing data of the operating screen displayed on the previous activation of the apparatus as data of the operating screen on the previous activation and storing information on a device connected to the apparatus on the previous activation of the apparatus as configuration information;
- a unit for displaying the thus stored operating screen on the previous activation on the display after the apparatus is powered on;
- a unit for determining whether there is any difference between a configuration of a device connected to the apparatus and a configuration of the apparatus indicated by the stored configuration information after the operating screen on the previous activation is displayed on the display;
- a unit for transiting the display on the display from the operating screen on the previous activation to a simplified screen which is an operating screen capable of operating only fundamental functions of the apparatus if it is determined that there is a difference by the determining unit;
- a unit for updating the stored configuration information to information on a device connected at the present time to the apparatus if it is determined that there is a difference by the determining unit;
- and
- a unit for transiting the display on the display from the simplified screen to an operating screen which reflects a configuration indicated by the updated configuration information after completion of update of the configuration information.
A method for controlling an apparatus having a unit for storing configuration information upon receiving an instruction for power-off of the apparatus, the method including the steps of:
- displaying a screen which has been displayed upon receiving the instruction for power-off after the apparatus is powered on, when instructions are received for power-on of the apparatus;
- and
- detecting whether the configuration information at the present time is changed from the stored configuration information,
- wherein if any change is detected by the detecting step, the displaying step displays the other screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.