Remote control system, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing computer-executable instructions therefor
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya OKUNO
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Abstract
A remote control system includes an image processing apparatus, a server, and a network terminal. A remote control of the image processing apparatus through the server is possible by user operations on the network terminal. The image processing apparatus displays a first display screen, generates first screen data indicating the first display screen, and transmits the first screen data to the server. The server receives the first screen data, and transmit the first screen data to the network terminal. The network terminal receives the first screen data from the server, and displays the first display screen on the network display based on the first screen data.
Claims18
A remote control system comprising an image processing apparatus, a server, and at least one network terminal, the image processing apparatus including an image processing controller and an image processing display, the server including a server controller, the network terminal including a network terminal controller and a network terminal display, a remote control of the image processing apparatus by user operations on the network terminal through the server being enabled,
- wherein the image processing controller is configured to perform:
- a first displaying process of displaying a first display screen on the image processing display;
- a first generating process of generating first screen data that indicates the first display screen, the first screen data enabling the network terminal display to display the first display screen;
- and
- a first transmitting process of transmitting the first screen data generated in the first generating process to the server,
- wherein the server controller is configured to perform:
- a first receiving process of receiving the first screen data transmitted from the image processing controller in the first transmitting process;
- and
- a second transmitting process of transmitting the first screen data received in the first receiving process to the network terminal, and
- wherein the network terminal controller is configured to perform:
- a second receiving process of receiving the first screen data transmitted from the server controller in the second transmitting process;
- and
- a second displaying process of displaying the first display screen on the network terminal display based on the first screen data received in the second receiving process.
An image processing apparatus, comprising an image processing controller, and an image processing display, a remote control of the image processing apparatus by user operations on a network terminal through a server being enabled,
- wherein the image processing controller is configured to perform:
- displaying a first display screen on the image processing display;
- generating first screen data that indicates the first display screen, the first screen data enabling the network terminal display to display the first display screen;
- transmitting the first screen data to the server and displaying the first display screen on the network terminal based on the first screen data received from the server;
- displaying a second display screen instead of the first display screen on the image processing display, the second display screen being a screen changed from the first display screen;
- generating second screen data that indicates the second display screen when the second display screen is displayed on the image processing display, the second screen data enabling the network terminal display to display the second display screen;
- and transmitting the second screen data to the server and displaying the first display screen on the network terminal based on the first screen data received from the server.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing computer-executable instructions to be executed by a controller of a terminal, the computer-executable instructions including a remote control program, the terminal including a terminal display and an arithmetic unit, the terminal being configured to perform remote control of an image processing apparatus by a user operation through the server, the remote control program causing, when executed by the controller, the arithmetic unit to perform operations comprising:
- receiving first screen data indicating a first display screen displayed on an image processing display of the image processing apparatus from the server, the first screen data enabling the terminal display to display the first display screen;
- displaying the first display screen on the terminal display based on the first screen data;
- receiving, from the server, second screen data enabling the terminal display to display a second display screen displayed on the image processing display of the image processing apparatus instead of the first display screen, the second screen data indicating the second display screen changed from the first display screen;
- and
- displaying the first display screen on the terminal display instead of the second display screen based on the second screen data.
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