US 2021/0243315 A1Published application

Image processing apparatus and information management apparatus

AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorAtsushi ISHIHARA

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Abstract

According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a display unit, an operation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an operation screen on which a processing mode and setting information may be selected. The operation unit is configured to receive an operation instruction from the operation screen displayed on the display unit and to transmit a processing job based on the operation instruction. The processing unit is configured to execute a process based on the processing job received from the operation unit. The storage unit is configured to store use history information indicating the processing jobs. The control unit is configured to customize the operation screen according to the use history information stored by the storage unit and cause the display unit to display the customized operation screen.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An image processing apparatus, comprising:

an interface device configured to receive an operation instruction to execute a plurality of processing jobs based on the operation instruction;
an image processing device configured to execute an image forming process based on the processing jobs received from the interface device;
a storage unit configured to store a plurality of sets of use history information indicating prior processing jobs;
a display unit configured to display an operation screen, the operation screen including:
a first region including a first symbol corresponding to one of the plurality of processing jobs,
a first selector to select a first attribute corresponding to a plurality of sets of use history information,
a second region including a second symbol corresponding to one of the plurality of processing jobs, and
a second selector to select a second attribute corresponding to the plurality of sets of use history information;
and
a processor configured to:
cause the first region of the operation screen to be customized based on one of the plurality of sets of use history information having the first attribute selected with the first selector and the second region to be customized based on another one of the plurality of sets of use history information having the second attribute selected with the second selector, and
cause the display unit to display the operation screen with the customized first region and second region.

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An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an operation screen with a first region and a second region, each of the first and second regions displaying user-selectable processing operation icons which when selected by a user causes a processing job corresponding to the selected processing operation icon to be generated, the first region including a first attribute selector and the second region including a second attribute selector;
a user interface device configured to receive an input operation from the user for selecting one of the processing operation icons and to transmit the processing job corresponding to the one of the processing operation icons selected by the input operation;
an image processing device configured to execute an image forming process based on the generated processing job;
a storage unit configured to store use history indicating prior processing jobs, each of the prior processing jobs being associated with one or more attributes in the use history;
and
a processor configured to:
customize the processing operation icons displayed in the first region based upon the prior processing jobs in the stored use history that have a first attribute set by the first attribute selector, and
customize the processing operation icons displayed in the second region based upon the prior processing jobs in the stored use history that have a second attribute set by the second attribute selector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/235,480Filed 20 Apr 2021
Priority: JP 2015-23378430 Nov 2015
Published: 5 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04N 1/00411
Display of information to the user, e.g. menus: the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1273
Print job management: print job history, e.g. logging, accounting, tracking

Family

Application15/248,449Continuation · filed 26 Aug 2016
Application16/230,638Continuation · filed 21 Dec 2018
Application17/235,480Continuation
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