System and image forming device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYutaka URAKAWA
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Abstract
A system includes an image forming device, a first information processing device, and a second information processing device. The first information processing device, the second information processing device, and the image forming device are connected to the Internet. The image forming device includes a display, and the image forming device is configured to cause the display to display a main body operation screen including a plurality of operators. The image forming device is configured to execute an image upload process of uploading, to the cloud storage, first image data indicating a first remote operation screen, the first remote operation screen being a screen for virtually reproducing the main body operation screen displayed on the display.
Claims19
A system comprising an image forming device, a first information processing device, and a second information processing device,
- wherein the first information processing device, the second information processing device, and the image forming device are connected to the Internet,
- the image forming device includes a display, and the image forming device is configured to cause the display to display a main body operation screen including a plurality of operators,
- the image forming device is configured to execute an image upload process of uploading, to the cloud storage, first image data indicating a first remote operation screen, the first remote operation screen being a screen for virtually reproducing the main body operation screen displayed on the display,
- the first information processing device is configured to execute a screen display process of downloading the first image data from the cloud storage to cause a user interface of the first information processing device to display the first remote operation screen indicated by the first image data,
- the first information processing device is configured to execute an operation upload process of uploading, to the cloud storage, first operation data indicating an operation content, in a case where an operation on the first remote operation screen is received via the user interface of the first information processing device,
- the image forming device is configured to download the first operation data from the cloud storage to execute a process corresponding to an operation indicated by the first operation data,
- the image forming device is configured to execute an image transmission process of transmitting, to the second information processing device, second image data indicating a second remote operation screen, not via the cloud storage, the second remote operation screen being a screen for virtually reproducing the main body operation screen displayed on the display,
- the second information processing device is configured to execute a local screen display process of causing a user interface of the second information processing device to display the second remote operation screen indicated by the received second image data,
- the second information processing device is configured to execute an operation transmission process of transmitting, to the image forming device, second operation data indicating an operation content, not via the cloud storage, in a case where an operation on the second remote operation screen is received via the user interface of the second information processing device,
- the image forming device is configured to execute a process corresponding to an operation indicated by the received second operation data, in a case where the image forming device receives the second operation data from the second information processing device,
- in a case where the image forming device starts the provision of the first remote operation after receiving the start instruction of the first remote operation, the image forming device is configured to enter a first remote operation providing state until an ending condition of the first remote operation is satisfied,
- in a case where the image forming device enters the first remote operation providing state, the image forming device is configured not to cause the display to display the main body operation screen, and
- in a case where the image forming device does not enter the first remote operation providing state, the image forming device is configured to cause the display to display the main body operation screen.
An image forming device to be connected to the Internet,
- wherein the image forming device includes a display, and the image forming device is configured to cause the display to display a main body operation screen including a plurality of operators,
- the image forming device is configured to execute an image upload process of uploading, to a cloud storage connected to the Internet, first image data indicating a first remote operation screen, after receiving a start instruction of a first remote operation from a first information processing device via the cloud storage, the first remote operation screen being a screen for virtually reproducing the main body operation screen displayed on the display,
- the image forming device is configured to download the first operation data from the cloud storage and execute a process corresponding to an operation indicated by the first operation data, the first operation data being data indicating an operation content on the first remote operation screen,
- the image forming device is configured to execute an image transmission process of transmitting, to a second information processing device, second image data indicating a second remote operation screen not via the cloud storage, after receiving a start instruction of a second remote operation from the second information processing device by local communication not via the cloud storage, the second remote operation screen being a screen for virtually reproducing the main body operation screen displayed on the display,
- in a case where the image forming device receives second operation data from the second information processing device, the image forming device is configured to execute a process corresponding to an operation indicated by the received second operation data, the second operation data being data indicating an operation content on the second remote operation screen,
- in a case where the image forming device starts the provision of the first remote operation after receiving the start instruction of the first remote operation, the image forming device is configured to enter a first remote operation providing state until an ending condition of the first remote operation is satisfied,
- in a case where the image forming device enters the first remote operation providing state, the image forming device is configured not to cause the display to display the main body operation screen, and
- in a case where the image forming device does not enter the first remote operation providing state, the image forming device is configured to cause the display to display the main body operation screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.