JP2002032210A - Computer program, storage medium, display control method, display controller and image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save a labor to install display data to display a display picture by every display device even when a display device with different shape or size is provided in place of a provided display device or when a plurality of display devices with different shapes or size are simultaneously connected with one device main body, etc. SOLUTION: In this display controller 1 to generate picture data to display an operation picture on a display part 20 of the display device 2, a plurality of display picture data corresponding to each of the plurality of display devices with different size or shapes are used and a plurality of display pictures corresponding to each of the display devices are generated by an operation picture generating part 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a computer program for displaying a display screen on a display device, a storage medium, a display control method, a display control device, and an image forming apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a plurality of display screens for a plurality of display devices having different shapes or sizes are generated, a plurality of display data different for each of a plurality of display devices are created completely separately, and a plurality of display data are created for each of the display devices. Had been installed.

[0003]

In the prior art as described above, for example, an image forming apparatus or the like in which a display device is provided is replaced by a display device having a different shape or size. When a display device is provided,
Alternatively, when a plurality of display devices having different shapes or sizes are connected to one device main body at the same time, it is necessary to install display data for displaying a display screen for each display device, which is complicated. .

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is provided in the case where a display device having a different shape or size is provided instead of the provided display device, or
It is an object to eliminate the trouble of installing display data for displaying a display screen for each display device even when a plurality of display devices having different shapes or sizes are connected to the device main body at the same time. .

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following arrangement.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program having a plurality of display screen data corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer program according to the first aspect, wherein the display screen data includes at least data relating to characters or patterns and their attributes.

The invention according to claim 3 is the computer program according to claim 2, wherein the data relating to the attribute is data relating to a position or a size.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of display screen data respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes are provided, and each of the plurality of display screen data includes a plurality of display screens. A screen data portion common to the devices,
The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the computer program includes a separate screen data portion for each of the plurality of display devices.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data are a plurality of data displayed when an apparatus main body integrated with a display device is in an abnormal state, and the plurality of data are each a plurality of data. 2. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the computer program is for generating a plurality of abnormal display screens different for each of the display devices.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer program according to the fifth aspect, wherein the apparatus main body is an image forming apparatus main body.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data includes a plurality of abnormal display screens which are different for each of the plurality of display devices when there is an abnormality relating to an additional device connected to the apparatus main body. The computer program according to claim 1, which is for generating.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data is for one of the plurality of display devices, and is used for generating an abnormal display screen composed of symbols and characters. 8. The computer program according to claim 7, further comprising: display screen data, and second display screen data for another display device for generating an abnormal display screen including only characters.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data is for one of the plurality of display devices, and the additional device is not connected to the device main body on which the display device is provided. The third display screen data for displaying a button having a content obtained by adding a name related to an additional device to a button with a name displayed also in the case where the additional device is not connected The computer program according to claim 7, further comprising: fourth display screen data for displaying a button displayed in the case of (1) and a button displayed when the additional device is connected on the same display screen. is there.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data are for one of the plurality of display devices, and are displayed when an additional device to the device body is not connected. The third display screen data for displaying the button and the button displayed when the additional device is connected on the same screen, and for another display device, and when the additional device is not connected, The computer program according to claim 1, further comprising fourth display screen data for displaying a display screen to be displayed and a display screen to be displayed when an additional device is connected as a separate display screen.

The invention according to claim 11 is a storage medium having a plurality of screen data corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there are provided a plurality of display screen data respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes, and each of the plurality of display screen data includes a plurality of display devices. 12. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the storage medium includes a screen data portion common to the devices and a separate screen data portion for each of the plurality of display devices.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data are a plurality of data displayed when an apparatus main body integrated with a display device is in an abnormal state, and the plurality of data are each a plurality of data. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of abnormality display screens different for each of the display devices are generated.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data includes a plurality of abnormal display screens different for each of the plurality of display devices when there is an abnormality relating to an additional device connected to the apparatus main body. 12. An image to be generated.
3. The storage medium according to claim 1.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data is for one of the plurality of display devices, and is used for generating an abnormal display screen composed of symbols and characters. 2. The display screen data of claim 1 and second display screen data for generating an abnormal display screen for another display device and including only characters.
4. The storage medium according to item 4.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data is for one of the plurality of display devices, and the additional device is not connected to the device main body provided with the display device. The third display screen data for displaying the contents obtained by adding the name related to the additional device to the displayed button, and for another display device, and is displayed when the additional device is not connected. 12. The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising: fourth display screen data for displaying a button on the same display screen and a button displayed when the additional device is connected.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of display screen data are for one of the plurality of display devices, and are displayed when an additional device to the device body is not connected. Fifth display screen data for displaying the button and the button displayed when the additional device is connected on the same screen, and for another display device, and when the additional device is not connected, The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising sixth display screen data for displaying a display screen to be displayed and a display screen to be displayed when an additional device is connected as a separate display screen.

The invention according to claim 18 uses a plurality of screen data corresponding to each of a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes, and displays a plurality of display screens corresponding to each of the plurality of display devices. This is a display control method that can be generated.

The invention according to claim 19 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the display screen data for which of the plurality of display devices is to be used is determined based on information obtained from the display device. This is a display control method.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the display according to the eighteenth aspect, wherein a display screen of any one of the plurality of display devices to be generated is determined based on information obtained by an operation input. It is a control method.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, when information obtained from a display device is available, which of the plurality of display devices to generate a display screen is determined based on the information, 19. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein when the information does not exist, the information is determined based on information obtained by an operation input.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, an operation screen that is displayed each time the operation screen is switched and displayed is generated. Item 20 is a display control method according to Item 18.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, all of the plurality of operation screens are generated at one time. This is a display control method.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, when there are a plurality of operation screens in a hierarchical relationship as a display screen for one display device, the plurality of operation screens are generated at a time. It is a control method.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of display screens respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes are used by using a plurality of display data respectively corresponding to the plurality of display devices. It is a display control device having a display control means for generating.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, the display according to the twenty-fifth aspect determines which display screen of the plurality of display devices is to be generated based on information obtained from the display device. It is a control device.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the display according to the twenty-fifth aspect, wherein a display screen of any one of the plurality of display devices to be generated is determined based on information obtained by an operation input. It is a control device.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, an operation screen is displayed each time the operation screen is switched and displayed. Item 30 is a display control device according to item 25.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, all of the plurality of operation screens are generated at one time. It is a display control device.

The invention according to claim 30 is the display according to claim 25, wherein when one display device has a plurality of operation screens in a hierarchical relationship as a display screen, the plurality of operation screens are generated at once. It is a control device.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in an image forming apparatus capable of simultaneously or alternatively connecting a plurality of display devices having different shapes or sizes, a plurality of display devices corresponding to the plurality of display devices are provided. An image forming apparatus comprising display screen data, and displaying a display screen using display screen data corresponding to a connected display device among the plurality of display devices.

[0037]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a display control device and a display system according to the present invention. This display system generates an operation screen of a user interface (UI) to be displayed to an operator and transmits the operation screen data to the display control device 1.
A display device 2 for displaying an operation screen on the display unit 20 based on the operation screen data received from the display control device 1;
It is provided with.

The display control device 1 and the display system are user interface devices for displaying an operation screen to an operator (user), and constitute an independent device or system for a user interface, or A configuration applied as a part of a processing device that performs various operation processes is possible.

As the operation screen of the user interface (UI), the operator operates a menu such as a hierarchical menu composed of a plurality of operation menus, thereby setting various parameters and operating instructions. There are a UI operation screen and a UI display screen for displaying necessary information such as the operation status of the apparatus and setting conditions to the operator. In the drawing, double-line arrows mainly indicate the flow of each data such as screen data and screen generation data, and single-line arrows indicate the flow of each signal such as a control signal and an instruction signal.

The display control device 1 includes an operation screen generator 10,
It comprises a screen generation data storage unit 11 and an operation screen data transmission unit 12. The operation screen generation unit 10 generates an operation screen suitable for the specified attribute of the display device based on the display device information regarding the attribute of the display device.

This operation screen is stored in the screen generation data storage 1
1 is generated using the screen generation data stored in. The operation screen data transmission unit 12 transmits the generated data of the operation screen to the display device 2. Display device 2
Displays an operation screen on the display unit 20 based on the operation screen data received from the display control device 1. Display device 2
For example, various types of display devices such as a liquid crystal display and a CRT display can be applied.

The display device information (display device information) given to the operation screen generation unit 10 is information for specifying and indicating the attribute of the display device, and is used for generating an operation screen suitable for the attribute of the display device. Information on necessary display devices, display unit attributes, and the like is included. Specifically, the device information on the attributes of the display device includes, for example, information such as the screen size and resolution of the display unit 20.

On the other hand, the screen generation data used for generating the operation screen based on the display device information and stored in the screen generation data storage unit 11 is a single screen generation data, and each attribute (a plurality of different screen generation data) is used. (Attributes) in a form that includes screen data that can be used for operation screens corresponding to the respective display devices.

That is, the screen data of the operation screen corresponding to each attribute of the display device is created in advance, and these are combined into one to prepare single screen generation data. And the summarized screen generation data,
It is stored in the screen generation data storage unit 11.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration used in the display control device shown in FIG. A hardware control function of each unit of the display control device 1;
The operation of the operation screen such as generation of the operation screen by the operation screen generation unit 10 and transmission of the operation screen data by the operation screen data transmission unit 12 is performed by the CPU 1a. The CPU 1a has a ROM 1b in which software programs and the like necessary for the operation of the present apparatus are stored.
And a RAM 1c composed of a DRAM or the like and temporarily storing data during execution of the program.

The CPU 1a and the ROM 1
b, the display system shown in FIG. 1 is configured by connecting the display device 2 to the RAM 1c via the display device connection unit 1e. Also, an external storage device 1d such as a hard disk is installed as a device used for the screen generation data storage unit 11 in which the screen generation data is stored.

A communication section 1f used for exchanging data with an external device (external device) and inputting an instruction, and an input section 1g used for an operation instruction from an operator are provided. Here, as the input unit 1g, specifically, a touch panel installed so as to correspond to the display surface 20 of the display device 2, a pointing device such as a mouse, an operation panel including a numeric keypad and various instruction buttons, or the like A keyboard or the like can be used. However, the communication unit 1f and the input unit 1g may be installed as needed in each device configuration, and may not be necessarily installed in the basic configuration shown in FIG.

In the display control device 1 and the display control method in the display system having the above-described configurations, first, the operation screen generation unit 10 acquires display device information to be referred to for screen generation at a predetermined timing. Regarding the acquisition timing and the acquisition procedure of the display device information, a configuration in which the information is acquired automatically at a preset timing or a configuration in which the information is acquired at a timing manually instructed by an operator is possible. If the display device information has already been acquired, it may be used.

Then, the operation screen generation unit 10 specifies the attribute of the display device from the display device information, and switches the screen data to be read from the screen generation data stored in the screen generation data storage unit 11 so as to match the attribute of the display device. Generates an operation screen. The generated operation screen data is transmitted to the display device 2 via the operation screen data transmission unit 12, and the operation screen is displayed on the display unit 20.

As described above, using the screen data included in the screen generation data prepared in the screen generation data storage unit 11, the operation screen generation unit 10 performs switching with reference to the display device information to generate the operation screen. By doing so, it becomes possible to apply single screen generation data and control software for generating and displaying a screen to the display device of each attribute. Therefore, even in the case of supporting a new display device, it is not necessary to replace or rewrite the ROM, so that the display device having a plurality of different attributes can be easily handled. In addition, the simplification of these operations eliminates malfunctions such as malfunctions that occur in the work process,
The reliability of the device is also improved.

Further, a plurality of pieces of screen data prepared in advance as a piece of screen generation data that can be individually applied to a display device of each attribute are configured together (compile method), and the screen data is compiled. By appropriately reading and generating or switching the operation screen, it is possible to cope with the attribute of the display device and its change. Thus, since the screen can be generated mainly by the data selection processing, the generation processing of the operation screen is facilitated and the processing speed is increased. In addition, since the screen data to be read is switched, screen data as an intermediate product is not created. Therefore, the required storage capacity of an external storage device such as a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk can be reduced.

Here, as the screen generation data in which the screen data corresponding to each attribute of the display device is collected, various configurations and methods of collecting data can be used. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the screen generation data. Here, in the following, attributes 1, 2,
Assuming three attributes of 3, operation screen data created in advance corresponding to each attribute will be described as screen data 1, 2, and 3.

In the screen generation data D1 shown in FIG. 3, screen data 1, 2, and 3 for a plurality of display devices having different attributes 1, 2, and 3 are made independent screen data D11, D12, and D13, respectively. The screen data D11, D12, and D13 are sequentially linked to form a single screen generation data D1. At this time, if the attribute 1 is specified from the display device information, the operation screen generation unit 10 changes the screen generation data D1 to the screen data D1.
1 to generate an operation screen.

According to the screen generation data D1 having such a configuration and a method of compiling data, when generating (compiling) a single screen generation data from a plurality of screen data in advance, the generation is easily performed. be able to. In addition, since the screen data for each attribute is independent, the data selection process based on the attribute of the display device specified by the display device information is simplified, and the processing speed of the operation screen generation is increased.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of another example of the screen generation data. In the screen generation data D2 shown in FIG. 4, a data portion common to the screen data 1, 2, and 3 is defined as common screen data D20, and other data portions unique to each screen data are respectively defined as unique screen data D21, D22, D
23, and are grouped into a single screen generation data D2. At this time, when the attribute 1 is designated from the display device information, the operation screen generation unit 10 reads the common screen data D20 and the unique screen data D21 from the screen generation data D2, and generates an operation screen.

According to the screen generation data D2 having such a configuration and the way of compiling data, the same redundant portion included in a plurality of screen data is optimized in the screen generation data. Therefore, the storage capacity required for the external storage device such as the ROM, the RAM, and the hard disk used for storing the screen generation data and generating the operation screen is reduced.

The screen generation data D shown in FIGS.
1, the configuration example of the screen generation data is shown by D2. However, the configuration of the screen generation data and the way of combining a plurality of screen data are not limited to the above-described example, and various configurations are possible.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show an example of the configuration of an operation screen generated by the display control device 1 and displayed on the display section 20 of the display device 2. Here, an example in which the above-described display system is externally or internally applied as a user interface device for a copying machine will be described.
The operation screens shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 have different screen configurations, but are generated and displayed corresponding to the same operation menu for instructing the copy operation conditions (parameters) in the copying machine. It is.

The operation screen 30 shown in FIG.
On the right side of the menu display section 30a, there are four operation menus of "basic copy", "favorite function", "list of copy functions", and "job memory (copy function)". Corresponding menu item tags 31-34
Is displayed. In this example, the “basic copy” menu item tag 31 on the upper side is selected, and the operation menu display area 310 on the left side of these tags 31 to 34 corresponds to the “basic copy” menu item tag 31 corresponding to the “basic copy” menu item tag 31. The "Basic Copy" operation menu is displayed.

In the operation menu display area 310, “paper selection” included in the “basic copy” operation menu,
Four submenus of “reduction / enlargement”, “negative / positive inversion”, and “mirror image” are displayed. That is, the left part of the operation menu display area 310 is a “paper selection” submenu display area 311, and the center part is a “reduction / enlargement” submenu display area 312. The right part is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part is a “negative / positive inversion” submenu display area 313, and the lower part is a “mirror image” submenu display area 314.

The "paper selection" submenu is designed to select paper to be used for copying by designating a paper feed tray in which paper for image formation is stored by paper size or type. Also, "reduce / enlarge"
In the submenu, three types of reduction / enlargement methods of 100%, automatic%, and zoom can be selected. In the “negative / positive reversal” submenu and the “mirror image” submenu, it is possible to specify whether or not to perform each image processing.

On the other hand, the operation screen 40 shown in FIG.
This is a screen for a 4 × 768 (XGA) size, and “Basic copy”, “Favorite function”, “List of copy functions”, and “Job memory (copy function)” Menu item tags 41 to 44 corresponding to the four operation menus are displayed. In this example, the “basic copy” menu item tag 41 on the left side is selected, and the operation menu display area 410 below these tags 41 to 44 corresponds to the “basic copy” menu item tag 41. The “Basic Copy” operation menu is displayed.

In the operation menu display area 410, FIG.
In the same manner as the operation menu display area 310 shown in, “paper selection” included in the “basic copy” operation menu,
Four submenus of “reduction / enlargement”, “negative / positive inversion”, and “mirror image” are displayed. However, the screen configuration of the display is different, and the inside of the operation menu display area 410 is divided into four display areas of substantially the same size. From the left side, a “paper selection” submenu display area 411, a “reduction / enlargement” submenu display area 412,
A “negative / positive inversion” submenu display area 413 and a “mirror image” submenu display area 414 are provided.

In the operation screen 40, in addition to a menu display section 40a corresponding to the menu display section 30a of the operation screen 30, an operation panel display section 40b is provided on the right side thereof. The operation panel display section 40b displays a numeric keypad 45 for inputting numerical values, a start button 46 for instructing the start of copying, a stop button 47, a reset button 48, and the like.

Operation screens 30 and 40 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6
As shown in the example, the operation screen generation unit 1 of the display control device 1
0 generates an operation screen having the same display content with a different screen configuration based on the given display device information.

That is, four operation menus of “basic copy”, “favorite function”, “copy function list”, “job memory (copy function)”, and “paper selection” included in the “basic copy” operation menu , "Shrink / zoom",
Display device information indicating an attribute of a screen size of 640 × 240 is given to four submenus of “negative / positive inversion” and “mirror image”. In this case, the operation screen generation unit 10 generates the operation screen 30 shown in FIG. 5 that matches this attribute by switching the screen data to be read from the screen generation data. Also, 1024 × 768 (XG
When the display device information indicating the attribute of the screen size of A) is given, the operation screen 40 shown in FIG. 6 that conforms to this attribute is generated. Then, the generated operation screen 30
Alternatively, 40 operation screen data is transmitted to the display device 2 via the operation screen data transmission unit 12, and the operation screen is displayed on the display unit 20.

In the example of the above two screen configurations,
The operation screen 30 in FIG. 5 has only the menu display section 30a, whereas the operation screen 40 in FIG. 6 includes an operation panel display section 40b in addition to the menu display section 40a. I have.

That is, the operation screen 30 has a relatively small screen size, and displays only menu contents in the operation screen. Operations other than the displayed operation buttons, for example, operations such as input of a numerical value and an instruction to start copying, are not performed by a touch panel or the like with reference to an operation screen, but are provided separately as hardware. It uses a numeric keypad and a start button.

On the other hand, the operation screen 40 has a relatively large screen size, and the ten keys 45 and the start button 46 are also displayed on the operation screen and operated from the touch panel or the like in the same manner as the menu operation. It is possible. Further, operation buttons and the like are further displayed above the menu display section 40a and the operation panel display section 40b.

As described above, in the operation screen generated by the operation screen generation unit 10, the screen configuration such as the arrangement and size of the operation buttons for the same display content is adapted to the attributes of the display device. change. Further, as described above, not only the screen configuration but also the display content itself can be changed according to the attributes of the display device, such as omitting some displays when the screen size is small. Further, for example, when the screen size is sufficiently large, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of screens with a small screen size are displayed on one operation screen.

The above-described display control device and display system will be described more specifically. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment of the display control device and the display system according to the present invention.

The display control device 1 according to the present embodiment has a display device information acquisition unit 13 for giving necessary display device information (device information) to the operation screen generation unit 10 in addition to the basic configuration shown in FIG. It has a display device information storage unit 14 and a display device information input unit 15. Also,
Further, an instruction input unit 16 is provided for allowing the operator to input an instruction to change display device information, an operation instruction for an operation menu displayed on the operation screen, and the like.

The display device 2 includes a display control unit 21 for controlling the display of the operation screen by the display unit 20 in the display device 2 and display device information for instructing attributes such as the screen size and resolution of the display unit 20. And a display device information holding unit 22 that holds the information.

Display device information acquisition unit 13 of display control device 1
Is connected to a display device information holding unit 22 provided in the display device 2, and acquires display device information held by the connected display device 2 from the display device information holding unit 22. . Further, the display device information storage unit 14 includes:
Display device information prepared in advance is stored.
The display device information input unit 15 is used when inputting display device information from outside. Here, the display device information input unit 15 and the instruction input unit 16 correspond to the communication unit 1f and the input unit 1g in the hardware configuration illustrated in FIG.

The basic operation of the display control device and the display system according to the present embodiment is the same as that described above with reference to the configuration shown in FIG. 1, but based on the configuration shown in FIG. Operation and display control method will be further described.

First, a method of acquiring display device information applied to the generation of an operation screen by the operation screen generation unit 10 will be described.

The operation screen generation unit 10 refers to the display device information when generating the operation screen as described above, specifies the attribute of the display device based on the display device information, and generates an operation screen of a corresponding configuration. .

As the display device information, the display device information acquired by the display device information acquisition unit 13 from the display device information holding unit 22 of the display device 2 can be used. In this case, even when the display control device 1 does not hold the display device information, an operation screen suitable for the display unit 20 can be generated by the display device information from the connected display device 2 itself. It is possible. In addition, thereby, the generated operation screen can be surely adapted to the display unit 20 of the display device 2.

If the display unit 20 can support some attributes as a display device, that is, some image sizes and resolutions, the display device information holding unit 22
May hold display device information corresponding to a plurality of attributes. In this case, in the operation screen generation unit 10,
From the attributes of the display device specified by the obtained display device information, a configuration suitable for selecting a screen configuration of the operation screen or the like is possible.

Further, display device information prepared and stored in advance in the display device information storage section 14 in the display control device 1 can be read and used. In this case, even when the display device 2 does not hold the display device information, the display device information necessary for generating the operation screen can be obtained. Here, among the display device information prepared in the display device information storage unit 14, which display device information (attribute of which display device) is applied to the generation of the operation screen is selected automatically or manually. Is possible. The procedure for acquiring and selecting the display device information will be described later.

Alternatively, it is possible to use display device information input from the outside via the display device information input section 15. In this case, the display control device 1 and the display device 2
In any of the above, the display device information necessary for generating the operation screen can be obtained even when the display device information is not held. This makes it possible to cope with a case where display device information is to be added, such as when a display device having a new attribute is applied.

Note that these display device information acquisition units 13,
Display device information storage unit 14 and display device information input unit 15
Need not be installed in the display control device 1, and one or a plurality of necessary devices may be selected and installed in each device configuration. Or,
Other acquisition methods different from the above-described display device information acquisition methods may be used.

Next, the acquisition timing and the acquisition procedure of the display device information by the operation screen generation unit 10 will be described.

The display device information acquisition timing is as follows.
As described above with reference to FIG. 1, a configuration for automatically acquiring at a preset timing or a configuration for acquiring at a timing manually instructed by an operator is possible.

First, an acquisition procedure for automatically acquiring display device information at a preset timing will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for automatically acquiring display device information. This flowchart shows an acquisition procedure when the display system or the processing device including the display system is set to automatically acquire the display device information when the processing device is activated.

When the display system is activated (step S
101), the display control device 1 (operation screen generation unit 10)
First, get Initialize information and accept it (S
102). Then, information of each device (A device, B device,..., Z device) provided in the system is automatically and sequentially acquired (S103). For example, in the case of a copier, device information such as a paper feed tray and a fuser is obtained. At this time, display device information (display device information) for the display device 2 that is a display device
Are automatically acquired by the operation screen generation unit 10 (S104).

When all necessary device information has been acquired, ready information is acquired and commissioned (S1).
05). Then, the operation screen generation unit 10 specifies an attribute of the display device based on the acquired display device information, generates an operation screen, and displays the operation screen on the display device 2. (S106) As described above, by automatically acquiring the display device information at the time of starting the system, it is possible to generate and display an operation screen suitable for the attributes of the display device without waiting for an instruction from the operator. Become. The acquisition timing for automatically acquiring the display device information may be, for example, when the connected display device is changed, or when the display control device 1 which is a user interface device in the processing device, other than the above-described activation. , When the display system is started or restarted.

Further, as an acquisition method of the display device information used in the automatic acquisition procedure, various acquisition methods can be applied. For example, in the configuration shown in FIG. 7, the display device information may be obtained from any of the display device information acquisition unit 13, the display device information storage unit 14, and the display device information input unit 15. If there are a plurality of display device information acquisition methods, the acquisition method used is the operation screen generation unit 10.
Is preferably selected automatically.

As a method of selecting such display device information, for example, there is a method of setting a selection order as follows. That is, when the display device information is acquired from the display device information holding unit 22 of the display device 2 via the display device information acquisition unit 13, the display device information is used.

When the information is not acquired, or when the acquired information is not applicable to the operation screen generation unit 10, the display device information storage unit 14
The display device information prepared in advance is used. Further, when the display device information prepared in advance cannot be applied, the selection order of the acquisition method is set via the display device information input unit 15 so as to use the display device information input from the outside. This makes it possible to acquire and apply suitable display device information in each case. In addition to this selection order, various selection orders and selection methods can be used. Alternatively, even when there are a plurality of acquisition methods, the acquisition method used for automatic acquisition is one.
It may be fixed to one.

Next, an acquisition procedure for acquiring display device information at a timing manually instructed by the operator will be described. 9 to 12 are configuration diagrams illustrating examples of an instruction screen used for a manual procedure for acquiring display device information.

A device information change button (display device information change button) in the operation screen displayed on the display device 2;
Alternatively, when a change of display device information to be applied is instructed by the operator via the instruction input unit 16 by pressing a device information change button or the like provided as a hardware button, the instruction shown in FIG. The screen 50 is displayed.

Note that, for the generation and display of the instruction screen described below, for example, a configuration is possible in which the operation screen generation unit 10 generates the same as the operation screen and displays the same on the display unit 20 of the display device 2. . Alternatively, another display unit or the like may be provided for changing display device information.

Instruction screen 5 for changing device information
0 is provided with an automatic instruction button 51, a fixed instruction button 52, and an arbitrary instruction button 53 for instructing a device information acquisition method and an acquisition procedure. In FIG. 9, it is assumed that the display device information is set to be automatically acquired before the device information change button is pressed, and the display is performed in a state where the automatic instruction button 51 is selected (displayed with diagonal lines).
are doing. A tag indicating that there is a lower order instruction screen is attached to the right side of the fixed instruction button 52 and the arbitrary instruction button 53, respectively.

Here, when the fixing instruction button 52 is pressed, a fixing support screen 60 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. In the fixed instruction screen 60, a plurality of display device information and device information selection buttons corresponding to the attributes of the display devices are displayed in the selection button display area 61 thereof. By pressing any one of these device information selection buttons, the operator manually designates display device information to be applied to the generation and display of the operation screen from among a plurality of fixed display device information options. And can be set.

When the optional instruction button 53 is pressed,
The optional instruction screen 70 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. The optional instruction screen 70 has a vertical setting panel 71 on the left side and a horizontal setting panel 76 on the right side. Each of the setting panels 71 and 76 is provided with scroll keys 72 and 77 for arbitrarily changing a numerical value for specifying an attribute such as a screen size or a resolution in the vertical and horizontal directions. Also, scroll keys 72, 7
The numerical values changed by 7 are set value display windows 73 and 78.
Will be displayed within The operator operates these scroll keys 7
By operating the buttons 2 and 77, display device information such as a screen size and a resolution can be manually designated and set arbitrarily.

The examples shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 are cases in which a plurality of instruction screens are used to instruct to change device information, but a single screen may be used as the instruction screen. FIG.
The instruction screen 80 is shown as an example of such an instruction screen. In this case, when the device information change button is pressed and the operator instructs to change the display device information,
The instruction screen 80 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed.

The instruction screen 80 includes an automatic instruction button 81,
And fixing instruction buttons 82 to 86 are provided. Figure 1
In FIG. 2, as in FIG. 9, the automatic instruction button 81 is displayed in a selected state. In addition, fixed instruction button 8
Fixed display device information options that can be set by the respective buttons are displayed in 2 to 86, and the operator presses any one of these fixed instruction buttons 82 to 86 to give a fixed display device information. Display device information to be applied to generation and display of the operation screen can be manually designated and set from the plurality of display device information options.

As described above, by manually acquiring the display device information in accordance with the instruction from the operator, the operator can
When the display device information to be applied by the operation screen generation unit 10 cannot be obtained, or when the display device information (attribute of the display device) automatically or manually applied by the operation screen generation unit 10 is not appropriate, the operation is performed. It is possible to set or reset appropriate display device information at the user's own discretion, and to instruct the operation screen generation unit 10.

The operation of each instruction screen shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 is performed by an input device (see FIG. 2) provided as an input unit 1g, such as a touch panel or an operation panel including hardware buttons. Will be This input device instructs selection from fixed (existing) display device information displayed as options on the instruction screens 60 and 80 shown in FIGS. 10 and 12, and the display device shown in FIG. It corresponds to the instruction input unit 16 of the control device 1. on the other hand,
In the support screen 70 shown in FIG. 11, the input device similarly functions as the instruction input unit 16, and the display device information input unit 15 for inputting new display device information from outside.
Also functions as.

For manual acquisition of display device information, the above-described instruction screen need not always be displayed. For example, a configuration is provided in which a selection button of hardware provided with a function of changing display device information is provided in advance, and the display device information is manually changed by directly pressing those buttons without referring to the instruction screen. Is also good.

Further, as a method of acquiring display device information in a manual acquisition procedure, various acquisition methods can be applied as in the case of an automatic acquisition procedure. For example, the display information acquired by the display device information acquisition unit 13, the display device information storage unit 14, or the display device information input unit 15 can be used as a fixed display device information option. However, the fixed display device information options may be changed by an operator or the like.

Next, a procedure for generating an operation screen by the operation screen generator 10 and a procedure for transmitting operation screen data by the operation screen data transmitter 12 when there are a plurality of operation screens will be described.

The display control device 1 generates the display device 2
In some cases, only one operation screen is displayed as the operation screen, but in many cases, a plurality of operation screens are used as a user interface. Regarding the procedure for generating such a plurality of operation screens in the operation screen generation unit 10, the configuration and operating conditions of each display control device 1 or display system, for example, the storage capacity of the ROM, RAM, external storage device, and the required Various procedures can be applied depending on the processing speed and the like.

As such a generation procedure, there is a method of generating each operation screen for each screen when each operation screen is displayed. In this case, the processing amount of the data selection processing performed when the operation screen is displayed is reduced as much as possible, so that the processing speed is increased. Further, since only the data of the operation screen needs to be held, the storage capacity for holding the data is small.

There is a method of generating a plurality of operation screens all at once. In this case, regardless of whether to display each operation screen, all of the necessary operation screens are
It is prepared as operation screen data. Therefore, when each operation screen is displayed, it is possible to immediately transmit the operation screen to the display device 2 and display it, thereby increasing the display speed.

As for the generation timing when the entire screen is generated at one time, for example, when the display device information is acquired, it is preferable to generate the entire operation screen based on the display device information. Alternatively, the entire screen may be generated when the first operation screen is displayed after acquiring the display device information.

When each operation screen is displayed, there is a method in which a set of operation screens including a plurality of operation screens including the operation screen to be displayed is generated for each set. In this case, the processing speed and the display speed can be suitably compatible by setting the set of operation screens.

For example, it is assumed that a plurality of operation screens are used for operating a hierarchical menu including a plurality of operation menus. In such a case, when a certain operation screen is displayed, an operation menu lower than the operation menu displayed by the operation screen is a menu that is highly likely to be operated following the menu being operated.
Therefore, it is necessary to create a set of operation menus from the operation menu being operated and operation menus lower than it, set a set of operation screens correspondingly, and generate an operation screen for each set of operation screens Then, it is possible to appropriately select an operation screen having a high necessity in the operation flow, and to efficiently generate and hold a plurality of operation screens.

As for the transmission procedure of the operation screen data corresponding to a plurality of operation screens in the operation screen data transmission section 12, there is a method of transmitting the operation screen data to the display device 2 for each screen. In this case, the display control unit 21 on the display device 2 side
Thus, the storage capacity for temporarily holding the operation screen data is small. Also, the display control unit 2
1 is not provided, and when the operation screen data from the display control device 1 is directly displayed, it is necessary to transmit the data for each screen as described above.

Alternatively, there is a method of transmitting data for each set of operation screens including a plurality of operation screens including the operation screen to be displayed. At this time, as in the case of the operation screen generation procedure, if a set of operation screens is formed by a plurality of operation screens corresponding to the operation menus and lower operation menus of the hierarchical menu, the operation screens that are highly necessary , It is possible to efficiently transmit a plurality of operation screens.

Further, it is preferable to appropriately set the combination of the above-described generation procedure and transmission procedure in accordance with the configuration of each device and operating conditions. As an example of the combination, for example, there is a configuration in which a plurality of operation screens are generated all at once, and when each operation screen is displayed, the operation screen is transmitted for each screen or for each group. There is also a configuration in which, when each operation screen is displayed, the operation screen is generated and transmitted for each screen.

The display control method, the display control device, and the display system according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible.

For example, the acquisition route and the acquisition procedure of the display device information, the generation procedure and the transmission procedure of the operation screen, and the like are not limited to the above-described configurations, and various other configurations can be applied. . When the display of the operation screen involves the operation of the operation menu, the instruction input unit 16 shown in FIG.
May also be used for menu operation. Alternatively, an input unit or a control unit for menu operation may be provided separately from the display control device 1, and an instruction signal or the like may be exchanged with the display control device 1 to generate an operation screen and give an instruction for display. good.

A display device connected to a display control device to constitute a display system is, for example, a display device connected to a personal computer, which does not have a display control unit but has only a display function. There may be. Further, the above-described display control device and display system can be similarly applied to a display device having no display device information holding unit.

The above embodiments are summarized as follows.

A display control method capable of displaying, on each of a plurality of display devices having different attributes, an operation screen corresponding to the attribute of each of the display devices, the display control method comprising: Using a single screen generation data in which screen data used for the operation screen corresponding to the, the screen data from the screen generation data based on the display device information related to the attributes of the display device The display control method is characterized in that the operation screen is switched to generate the operation screen suitable for the attribute of the display device and to display the operation screen on the display device.

The present invention is characterized in that the display device information obtained from the connected display device is applied as the display device information.

The present invention is characterized in that the display device information prepared in advance is applied as the display device information.

[0120] The invention is characterized in that the display device information input from the outside is applied as the display device information.

When the display device information obtained from the connected display device cannot be applied, the display device information prepared in advance or the display device information input from outside is applied. I do.

When the previously prepared display device information cannot be applied, the display device information input from the outside is applied.

When each of the operation screens is displayed, the operation screen is generated for each screen.

It is characterized in that a plurality of operation screens are generated all at once.

When each of the operation screens is displayed, a set of operation screens including the plurality of operation screens including the operation screen is generated for each set.

The operation screen is a plurality of operation screens corresponding to the respective operation menus for operating a hierarchical menu composed of a plurality of operation menus, and the set of operation screens includes It is characterized by comprising an operation screen and at least one operation screen corresponding to the operation menu whose hierarchy is lower than the operation menu displayed by the operation screen.

When each of the operation screens is displayed, the data of the operation screen is transmitted to the display device for each screen.

When each of the operation screens is displayed, data of a set of operation screens including the plurality of operation screens including the operation screen is transmitted to the display device for each set. It is characterized by.

The operation screen is a plurality of operation screens corresponding to the respective operation menus for operating a hierarchical menu composed of a plurality of operation menus, and the set of operation screens includes It is characterized by comprising an operation screen and at least one operation screen corresponding to the operation menu whose hierarchy is lower than the operation menu displayed by the operation screen.

[0130] The screen generation data is characterized in that the screen data for each of the plurality of display devices having different attributes are connected as independent screen data.

[0131] The screen generation data includes the screen data for each of a plurality of display devices having different attributes, the common screen data being a data portion common to the plurality of screen data, and the screen data unique to each of the screen data. And a unique screen data which is a data portion of the data.

A display control device capable of displaying, on each of a plurality of display devices having different attributes, an operation screen corresponding to the attribute of each of the display devices, wherein the display control device displays the operation screen on the display device. Operation screen generation means for generating an operation screen, and screen generation data storage for storing single screen generation data in which screen data used for the operation screen corresponding to the attribute of each of the display devices are collected Means, and operation screen data transmission means for transmitting the data of the operation screen to the display device,
The operation screen generation unit uses the single screen generation data and switches the screen data from the screen generation data based on display device information related to the attribute of the display device, and adapts to the attribute of the display device. The operation screen is generated and displayed on the display unit.

[0133] An information acquisition unit for acquiring the display device information from the connected display device is provided, and the operation screen generating unit is configured to perform the operation based on the display device information acquired by the information acquisition unit. A screen is generated.

An information storage means for storing the display device information prepared in advance is provided, and the operation screen generating means generates the operation screen based on the display device information stored in the information storage means. It is characterized by the following.

An information input means for externally inputting the display device information is provided, and the operation screen generating means comprises:
The operation screen is generated based on the display device information input by the information input unit.

When the display device information obtained by the information obtaining unit cannot be applied, the operation screen generating unit may generate the operation screen based on the display device information prepared in advance or the display device information input from the outside. , Generating the operation screen.

When the display device information stored in the information storage device cannot be applied, the operation screen generating unit may generate the operation screen based on the externally input display device information.
The method is characterized in that the operation screen is generated.

When the operation screen is displayed, the operation screen generating means generates the operation screen for each screen.

[0139] The operation screen generating means may generate a plurality of the operation screens all at once.

When each of the operation screens is displayed, the operation screen generation means generates a set of operation screens including a plurality of the operation screens including the operation screen for each set. And

The operation screen is a plurality of operation screens corresponding to the respective operation menus for operating a hierarchical menu composed of a plurality of operation menus, and the set of operation screens includes It is characterized by comprising an operation screen and at least one operation screen corresponding to the operation menu whose hierarchy is lower than the operation menu displayed by the operation screen.

The operation screen data transmission means transmits the data of the operation screen for each screen when displaying each of the operation screens.

When each of the operation screens is displayed, the operation screen data transmitting means transmits data of a set of operation screens including a plurality of the operation screens including the operation screen for each group. It is characterized by the following.

The operation screen is a plurality of operation screens corresponding to the respective operation menus for operating a hierarchical menu composed of a plurality of operation menus, and the set of operation screens includes It is characterized by comprising an operation screen and at least one operation screen corresponding to the operation menu whose hierarchy is lower than the operation menu displayed by the operation screen.

The screen generation data is characterized in that the screen data for each of the plurality of display devices having different attributes are linked as independent screen data.

[0146] The screen generation data includes the screen data for each of the plurality of display devices having different attributes, the common screen data being a data portion common to the plurality of screen data, and the screen data unique to each of the screen data. And a unique screen data which is a data portion of the data.

[0147] The display control device described above, and a display device connected to the display control device and having a display unit for displaying the operation screen based on the data of the operation screen received from the display control device are provided. It is characterized by.

The display device has an information holding means for holding the display device information.

[0149] The display device is characterized by having display control means for controlling display of the operation screen on the display section.

With the above configuration, the following effects can be obtained. In other words, for a plurality of display devices having different attributes, single screen generation data is prepared in which screen data that can be individually used for operation screens with respective attributes are collectively configured. . Then, the operation screen generation unit switches the screen data to be read based on the acquired display device information (device information), generates an operation screen suitable for the attribute of the display device specified by the display device information, and outputs the operation screen to the display device. indicate.

According to such a configuration, by applying a single piece of screen generation data and a single piece of control software, the generation and display of operation screens respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different attributes. It is possible to do. At this time, it is not necessary to change data or software by replacing or rewriting the ROM in order to correspond to a display device having a new attribute. Therefore, it is easy to support display devices having various attributes.

Also, screen generation data is created by compiling the screen data in advance (compile method), and the screen data from the screen generation data is switched to correspond to the display device of each attribute. Thereby, the screen generation can be performed mainly by the data selection processing, thereby facilitating the screen generation processing. In addition, since screen data as an intermediate product is not created, the storage device required for an external storage device such as a ROM, a RAM, or a hard disk is reduced, and the device configuration is made more efficient.

A display control method, a display control device,
The display system can be applied to various devices or systems such as image processing apparatuses such as copiers and printers, and various information terminals. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to generation and display of a screen displayed on a personal computer and a display device connected thereto.

The above-described display control method, display control device, or image forming apparatus can be realized by using a computer program. Specific examples of the computer program include a program having necessary display screen data, and a program for generating and displaying a display screen. These programs are stored in, for example, a display device, a device body such as a copying machine, or a server connected to the device body via a network.

These computer programs can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium and distributed. Such a storage medium includes, for example, a magnetic medium such as a hard disk and a floppy (registered trademark) disk, an optical medium such as a CD-ROM and a DVD-ROM, a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, and program instructions. Included are hardware devices such as, for example, RAM, ROM, and semiconductor non-volatile memory specially arranged to execute or store. If you have multiple programs,
Each of them can be stored in another storage area.

Further, the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to specific display screens (operation screens) and corresponding display screen data.

The following display screens and the like are obtained when the display control method and the display control device are applied to the copying machine which is the main body of the apparatus, similarly to the above-described screen examples.
In addition, the copier is an additional device (optional)
It is assumed that the apparatus has a configuration in which a punch device for performing punching can be connected.

The display screens shown in FIGS. 13 to 19 are display screens used in the case of a 640 × 480 full size display device. Of these display screens, FIG.
15 to 15 show display screens displayed when the optional punching device is not mounted on the copying machine main body. 16 to 19 show display screens displayed when the punch device is mounted.

First, the display screen when the punch device is not mounted on the copying machine will be described.

On the display screen 510 shown in FIG. 13, the “output format” menu item tag 511 is selected from the five menu item tags, and the corresponding “output format” operation menu is displayed in the menu display area below it. 512 is displayed.

Here, paying attention to the stapling function and the punching function of the copying machine, the button 51 corresponding to the stapling function is used.
3 is displayed in the operation menu 512. In a name display section 514 provided on the right side of the button 513, a function name “staple” corresponding to the button 513 is displayed in text.

When the "staple" button 513 is input on the display screen 510, the display screen 510 is changed to a new one.
The display screen 520 shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. On this display screen 520, a “staple” operation menu 521 is displayed. In the operation menu 521, buttons for detailed options related to the stapling function are provided.

The display screen 530 shown in FIG. 15 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the copying machine is in an abnormal state, for example, in a paper jam state. The full-size abnormality display screen 530 includes a design that allows the user to grasp the jam (jam) state at a glance, and characters indicating a message about the jam state.

More specifically, the abnormal display screen 530 includes a symbol display section 531 and a character display section 532. Among them, in the symbol display section 531, symbols of a device capable of grasping a paper jam state are displayed. Further, in the character display portion 532, the character of the message “Paper jam detected. Check the tray.” Is displayed.

Next, the display screen when the punch device is mounted on the copying machine will be described.

The display screen 540 shown in FIG. 16 corresponds to the display screen 510 shown in FIG. On the display screen 540, the “output format” menu item tag 541 is selected from the five menu item tags as in FIG. 13, and the corresponding “output format” operation menu is displayed in the menu display area below the menu item tag. 542 is displayed.

In the operation menu 542 of the display screen 540, a similar button 543 corresponding to the button 513 on the display screen 510 is displayed. On the other hand, in the name display section 544 provided on the right side of the button 543, “staple / punch” is displayed in text as a function name corresponding to the button 543.

Here, when the display screens 510 and 540 are compared, the display of the buttons is the same, and the number of buttons does not increase. On the other hand, regarding the display of the function name, a button 543 (513) that is displayed even when the punch device is not mounted.
The name “punch” related to the punching device is added to the display contents of the name display unit 544 for “”, and the button 543 is a button corresponding to both the stapling function and the punch function.

When the "staple / punch" button 543 is input on the display screen 540, the display screen 540 is changed from the display screen 540 to the display screen 550 shown in FIG.
On the display screen 550, a “staple” operation menu 551 similar to the operation menu 521 on the display screen 520 (FIG. 14) is displayed.
Buttons for detailed options related to the stapling function are provided.

Further, on the display screen 550, in addition to the “staple” operation menu 551, “punch”
The operation menu 552 is displayed, and the operation menu 5 is displayed.
In 52, buttons for detailed options related to the punch function are provided.

That is, this full-size display screen 5
In 50, the “staple” operation menu 551 including a button displayed even when the punch device is not connected and the “punch” operation menu 552 including a button displayed when the punch device is connected are the same. It is configured to be displayed on the screen.

A display screen 560 shown in FIG. 18 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the copying machine is in a paper jam state. The abnormal display screen 560 includes a symbol display section 561.
And a character display unit 562, and have the same screen configuration as the abnormality display screen 530 (FIG. 15) when the punch device is not mounted.

A display screen 570 shown in FIG. 19 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the punch device connected to the copying machine is in an abnormal state, for example, when the punch dust box is not set correctly. This is a display screen peculiar to the mounting of the punch device, which does not exist in the case of mounting.

The abnormal display screen 570 is provided with a symbol display section 571 and a character display section 572. Among them, in the symbol display section 571, symbols of an apparatus that can grasp at a glance that the punch dust box [G] is not set correctly are displayed. In addition, the character display unit 5
In 72, the character of a message urging the user to set the punch dust box [G] is displayed.

The display screens shown in FIGS. 20 to 26 are display screens used in the case of a 640 × 240 half-size display device. Of these display screens, FIG.
FIGS. 0 to 22 show display screens displayed when an optional punching apparatus is not mounted on the copying machine body. 23 to 26 show display screens displayed when the punch device is mounted. The display screens at these half sizes have the same configurations as the display screens at the full size shown in FIGS. 13 to 19 except that the display screen shapes are different.

First, the display screen when the punch device is not mounted on the copying machine will be described.

The display screen 610 shown in FIG. 20 corresponds to the display screen 510 (FIG. 13) in full size, and the “output format” operation menu corresponding to the selected “output format” menu item tag 611 612 are displayed. The operation menu 612 includes a button 613 corresponding to the stapling function, and a name display section 614 provided on the right side of the button 613 and displaying the function name “stapling” in text.

When a “staple” button 613 is input on the display screen 610, the display screen 610 is changed to a new one.
The display screen 620 shown in FIG. 21 is displayed. On this display screen 620, a “staple” operation menu 621 is displayed. In the operation menu 621, buttons for detailed options related to the stapling function are provided.

The display screen 630 shown in FIG. 22 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the copying machine is in a paper jam state. In the abnormality display screen 630 at this half size,
There are provided a symbol display section 631 on which a symbol of a device capable of grasping a paper jam state at a glance is displayed, and a character display section 632 on which characters of a message regarding the paper jam state are displayed.

Next, the display screen when the punch device is mounted on the copying machine will be described.

The display screen 640 shown in FIG. 23 corresponds to the display screen 540 in full size (FIG. 16), and the “output format” operation menu corresponding to the selected “output format” menu item tag 641 642 is displayed. The operation menu 642 includes a button 643 corresponding to the stapling function and the punch function,
Function name "staple / punch" provided on the right side of 3
And a name display unit 644 for displaying the text as a text.

When the "staple / punch" button 643 is input on the display screen 640, the display screen 640 is changed to the display screen 650 shown in FIG.
On this display screen 650, the “staple” operation menu 6
51 are displayed, and buttons for detailed options related to the stapling function are provided in the operation menu 651. Further, a “punch” operation menu 652 is displayed. The operation menu 652 has buttons for detailed options related to the punch function.

A display screen 660 shown in FIG. 25 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the copying machine is in a paper jam state. The abnormal display screen 660 includes a symbol display section 661.
And a character display unit 662, and have the same screen configuration as the abnormality display screen 630 (FIG. 22) when the punch device is not mounted.

A display screen 670 shown in FIG. 26 is an abnormal display screen which is displayed when the punch dust box is not correctly set in the punch device connected to the copying machine and which is specific to the installation of the punch device. On the abnormality display screen 670, a symbol display section 671 displaying a symbol of a device that allows the operator to grasp at a glance that the punch dust box [G] is not correctly set, and a message of a message urging the user to set the punch dust box [G] are displayed. A displayed character display portion 672 is provided.

The display screens shown in FIGS. 27 to 34 each have a size of 320 × 240, 1/4 size (quarter size).
It is a display screen used in the case of a display device. Among these display screens, FIGS. 27 to 29 show display screens displayed when the optional punching device is not mounted on the copying machine main body. In addition, FIGS.
5 shows a display screen displayed when a punch device is mounted.

First, the display screen when the punch device is not mounted on the copying machine will be described.

On the display screen 710 shown in FIG. 27, the “output format” menu item tag 711 is selected, and the corresponding “output format” operation menu 712 is displayed in the menu display area below it. The operation menu 712 includes a button 713 corresponding to the stapling function.
And a name display section 714 provided on the right side of the button 713 and displaying the function name “staple” in text.

When the “staple” button 713 is input on the display screen 710, the display is changed from the display screen 710, and
The display screen 720 shown in FIG. 28 is displayed. On this display screen 720, a “staple” operation menu 721 is displayed. In the operation menu 721, buttons for detailed options related to the stapling function are provided.

The display screen 730 shown in FIG. 29 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the copying machine is in a paper jam state. In the abnormal display screen 730 in the 1/4 size,
Only a character display unit 732 displaying characters of a message about a paper jam state is provided, and a symbol display unit is not provided.

Next, the display screen when the punch device is mounted on the copying machine will be described.

Display screen 740 shown in FIG. 30 corresponds to display screen 710 shown in FIG. On this display screen 740, the “output format” menu item tag 741 is selected as in FIG. 27, and the corresponding “output format” is displayed in the menu display area below it.
An operation menu 742 is displayed.

In the operation menu 742, there are provided a button 743 corresponding to the stapling function, and a name display section 744 provided on the right side of the button 743 and displaying the function name "stapling" in text. These are a button 713 and a name display unit 71 on the display screen 710, respectively.
This is equivalent to 4. Furthermore, this operation menu 7
A button 745 corresponding to the punch function and a name display section 746 provided on the right side next to the button 745 and displaying the function name “punch” in text are provided in 42.

Here, when the display screens 710 and 740 are compared, the display screen 740 in the 1/4 size has a button 743 and a name display section 744 which are displayed even when the punching device is not connected, and a A button 745 and a name display section 746 displayed when the device is connected are displayed in the same screen, and the number of buttons is increased.

When the “staple” button 743 is input on the display screen 740, the display screen 740 is changed to
The display screen 750 shown in FIG. 31 is displayed. On this display screen 750, a “staple” operation menu 751 is displayed. In the operation menu 751, buttons for detailed options relating to the stapling function are provided.

On the other hand, when the “punch” button 745 is input on the display screen 740, the display screen 740 changes the
A display screen 780 shown in FIG. 32 is displayed. On this display screen 780, a “punch” operation menu 781 is displayed. In the operation menu 781, buttons for detailed options related to the punch function are provided.

That is, in the display screens 750 and 780 in the 1/4 size, a display screen including a “staple” operation menu which is displayed even when the punch device is not connected, and a display screen including the “staple” operation menu when the punch device is connected. "Punch" displayed
Display screens including the operation menu are displayed on separate display screens 750, 7
80.

A display screen 760 shown in FIG. 33 is an abnormal display screen displayed when the copying machine is in a paper jam state. The error display screen 760 includes a character display section 762
Only, and has the same screen configuration as the error display screen 730 (FIG. 29) when the punch device is not mounted.

A display screen 770 shown in FIG. 34 is an abnormal display screen which is displayed when the punch dust box is not correctly set in the punch device connected to the copying machine and which is specific to the installation of the punch device. In the abnormal display screen 770, only a character display portion 772 displaying a character of a message urging the user to set the punch dust box [G] is provided.

As described above, by changing the configuration of the display screen in accordance with the attributes of the display device having different sizes or shapes, it is possible to generate and display a display screen suitable for each. For example, in the above-described example, the display screens having substantially the same configuration are used for the full-size display device and the half-size display device except for the shape of the screen.
On the other hand, it can be seen from the difference in the size of the display screen between the full size display device and the 1/4 size display device that the configuration of the transition between the display screens and the display screen is changed.

Next, a description will be given of the addition of an option (additional device, for example, a punching device) to an apparatus main body (for example, a copying machine) to which the display device is connected or integrated with the display device, and a processing procedure for a display screen accompanying the addition. This is applied to, for example, the generation and display of the display screens of FIGS. 13 to 34 described above.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for adding an option. When the system of the device main body or the display device is started (step S20)
1) First, an initialization process of the device main body or the display device is performed (S202), and it is checked whether an option is added (S203). If the option has not been added, the storage processing of the actual screen data is immediately performed (S207).

On the other hand, if it is determined that an option has been added, it is determined whether or not UI data (user interface data) for the option exists in the apparatus main body or the display device (S204). If there is UI data for option, using the UI data,
A UI data merge process is performed (S206).

If the optional UI data does not exist, the optional UI data is obtained from the apparatus main body or a server different from the display device via the network (S205). Then, the UI data merging process is performed using the acquired option UI data (S2).
06).

When the UI data merging process is completed, the actual screen data is stored (S207), and the operation screen is displayed (S208).

Of the steps shown in the flowchart of FIG. 35, the initialization processing in step S202 and the UI data merge processing in step S206 will be described more specifically.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing an example of a specific procedure of the initialization processing. First, initialize (Initiali
ze) Information is acquired and accepted (step S301). After acquiring the connected device information (S302), each device (A device,...,.
Z device) information is automatically and sequentially obtained (S30).
3). For example, in the case of a copier, device information such as a paper feed tray and a fuser is obtained. At this time, display device information (display device information) for the display device
Is also automatically acquired (S304). When all necessary device information has been obtained, ready information is obtained and commissioned (S305).

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing an example of a specific procedure of the UI data merge processing. However, the flowchart of FIG. 37 shows a merge process for normal UI data, that is, UI data related to the display of operation buttons in a normal operation.

In this UI data merge processing, first, option (additional device) data is read (S
401). For example, it is read that the punching device is additionally connected to the copying machine which is the apparatus main body. Next, base screen information is searched (S402).

[0209] Here, the base screen information is information on a display screen displayed when no option is added. In this normal UI data merging process,
A search for normal base screen information (normal screen information) is performed, and corresponding base screen information is obtained depending on the display device of which shape or size.

Next, a search for a rewritten portion is performed (S
403). In the search for the rewritten portion, for example, in the case of a full-size display device, standard configuration data of full-size screen information and data for options are prepared and compared. For data with an ID name of <CopyStapleTitle_msg> (hereinafter, <> indicates the ID name of the data, which will be described in detail later), text in the standard configuration data = “staple” and text in the option data = “staple” / Punch ”is detected.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a rewritten portion having a different data content or the presence or absence of data is detected by the rewritten portion search (S404). If there is a rewriting portion, a screen data rewriting process is performed (S405).

For example, on a 1/4 size display screen,
While there is no punch button data in the standard configuration data, punch button data based on option data is added.

Next, it is determined whether or not there is transition instruction information for switching to another screen (S406). For example, a pop-up screen, which is a display screen that displays detailed options of the punch function, is displayed as necessary by adding an option of the punching device. Whether or not there is transition instruction information for transitioning to this pop-up screen Is determined. If there is the transition instruction information, the screen transition management table is rewritten (S407).

For example, when a punch device is added as an option, <CopyPunch_btn> corresponding to the punch button and <CopyPunch_popn> corresponding to the punch And writes it into the screen transition management table to associate the punch button with the punch pop-up screen.

With the above, the UI data merge processing for the normal system ends.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing an example of a specific procedure of the UI data merging process. 38. However, the flowchart of FIG. 38 shows a merge process for abnormal UI data, that is, UI data related to display and the like when an abnormal state such as a paper jam (jam) occurs.

In this UI data merging process, first, option (additional device) data is read (S
501). For example, it is read that the punching device is additionally connected to the copying machine which is the apparatus main body. Next, base screen information is searched (S502).

Here, the base screen information is information relating to the display screen displayed when no option is added. In this abnormal UI data merging process,
A search for abnormal base screen information (abnormal screen information) is performed, and corresponding base screen information is obtained depending on the display device of which shape or size.

Next, a search for a rewritten portion is performed (S
503). In the search for the rewritten portion, for example, in the case of a full-size display device, standard configuration data of full-size screen information and data for options are prepared and compared. Then, there is no <CopyPunchJam_f
rm> is present in the option data.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a rewritten portion having a different data content or the presence or absence of data is detected by the rewritten portion search (S504). If there is a rewriting portion, the screen data rewriting process is performed (S505).

For example, on a 1/4 size display screen,
While there is no punch jam screen in the standard configuration data, punch jam screen data based on option data is added.

Next, it is determined whether or not an abnormal system has been added (S506). For example, a punch jam screen is displayed as needed by adding a punch device option,
It is determined whether or not this abnormal screen is added. If an abnormal system screen is added, the abnormal system management table is rewritten (S507).

For example, when a punch device is added as an option, the <CopyPunchJam_Error_1> corresponding to the punch jam and the <CopyPunchJam_frm> is written in the abnormal system management table, and the punch jam error number is linked to the punch jam screen.

With the above, the UI data merge processing for the abnormal system is completed.

Next, an embodiment of the standard configuration data and the option data will be described with reference to FIGS. As described above, each UI data included in the standard configuration data and the option data is display screen data used for generating actual screen image data corresponding to the display screen.

In this embodiment, a plurality of display screen data corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes are provided as the UI data, and each of the plurality of display screen data is a plurality of display screen data. The configuration example includes a screen data portion common to the devices and a separate screen data portion for each of the plurality of display devices.

In the following data examples, the display screen corresponding to the full-size display device (see the display screens shown in FIGS. 13 to 19) and the display screen corresponding to the quarter-size (quarter size) display device are shown. The UI data used for the screens (see the display screens shown in FIGS. 27 to 34) are shown by comparing the data contents.

FIG. 39 is a schematic diagram showing the entire data structure in this embodiment. As the UI data used for the display screen, standard configuration data D3 for an apparatus body such as a copying machine when no option is added and option data D4 used when an option such as a punching apparatus is added are prepared. .

Of these, the standard configuration data D3 is the full-size screen information D3 used for the full-size display device.
1 and 1/4 size screen information D32 used for a 1/4 size display device.

[0230] The option data D4 includes full-size screen information D41 used for the full-size display device,
１ ／ size screen information D42 used for a サ イ ズ size display device.

Screen information D31, D32, D41, D42
Are each configured to have base screen information used for a normal or abnormal display screen. Each piece of base screen information includes information on the base screen corresponding to buttons, titles, designs (images), characters (texts), and the like displayed on the display screen. Also, each information is given an appropriate ID name.

In this embodiment, the standard configuration data D
The actual screen image data is generated by combining the processing data 3 and the option data D4 in the processing system.
Then, a display screen is displayed on a display device such as an LCD panel (liquid crystal display panel) as a user interface (UI) using the generated real screen image data.

First, the specific data contents of the standard configuration data D3 will be described.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an example of the full-size screen information D31 included in the standard configuration data D3. The full-size screen information D31 includes base screen information D311 relating to the normal system and base screen information D3 relating to the abnormal system.
12 are included.

The normal-system screen information D311 includes a display screen (display screen 5 in FIG. 13) including an “output format” operation menu.
Screen information of the ID name <CopyOutput_frm> corresponding to 10) and a stapling pop-up screen (display screen 52 in FIG. 14)
Screen information of ID name <CopyStaple_pop> corresponding to (0).

Looking at the specific data contents of this normal system screen information D311, for example, I
The text next to the button in the information of the D name <CopyStaple_btn> = “staple”. On the other hand, as separate screen data portions according to the shape or size of the display device, for example, X coordinate = 470, Y coordinate = 400, button image size (width × height) = 40 dots in information of ID name <CopyStaple_btn> × 40 dots and font size (width × height) to be used = 16 dots × 16 dots.

The abnormal screen information D312 includes screen information of the ID name <CopyJam_frm> corresponding to the jam screen (display screen 530 in FIG. 15).

Looking at the specific data contents of this abnormal system screen information D312, for example, a common screen data portion irrelevant to the shape or size of the display device, such as I
Text in information of D name <CopyJamTitle_msg> =
"Jam Confirmation" and the text in the information of the ID name <CopyJamExplain_msg> = "Paper jam detected. Check the tray." On the other hand, as a separate screen data portion corresponding to the shape or size of the display device, for example, an ID name <CopyJam_
img> and the information of the ID name <CopyJamExplain_msg> include X coordinate = 360, Y coordinate = 120, and the like.

FIG. 41 is a table showing the 1s included in the standard configuration data D3.
It is a figure showing an example of / 4 size screen information D32. The 1/4 size screen information D32 includes base screen information D321 related to a normal system and base screen information D322 related to an abnormal system.

The normal system screen information D321 includes a display screen including the “output format” operation menu (display screen 7 in FIG. 27).
Screen information of ID name <CopyOutput_frm> corresponding to 10) and a stapling pop-up screen (display screen 72 in FIG. 28)
Screen information of ID name <CopyStaple_pop> corresponding to (0).

Looking at the specific data contents of the normal system screen information D321, for example, a common screen data portion irrespective of the shape or size of the display device is I
The text next to the button in the information of the D name <CopyStaple_btn> = “staple”. On the other hand, as separate screen data portions corresponding to the shape or size of the display device, for example, X coordinate = 120, Y coordinate = 200, button image size (width × height) = 12 dots in information of ID name <CopyStaple_btn> × 12 dots and font size (width × height) to be used = 10 dots × 10 dots.

The abnormal system screen information D322 includes screen information of the ID name <CopyJam_frm> corresponding to the jam screen (display screen 730 in FIG. 29).

Looking at the specific data contents of this abnormal system screen information D322, for example, a common screen data portion irrespective of the shape or size of the display device, such as I
Text in information of D name <CopyJamTitle_msg> =
"Jam Confirmation" and the text in the information of the ID name <CopyJamExplain_msg> = "Paper jam detected. Check the tray." On the other hand, separate screen data portions corresponding to the shape or size of the display device include, for example, X coordinate = 10 and Y coordinate = 80 in the information of the ID name <CopyJamExplain_msg>. Also,
In the abnormal system screen information D322, there is no information of the ID name <CopyJam_img> regarding the display of the symbol.

Next, specific data contents of the option data D4 will be described.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an example of the full-size screen information D41 included in the option data D4. The full-size screen information D41 includes base screen information D411 related to a normal system and base screen information D related to an abnormal system.
412 are included.

The normal system screen information D411 includes the ID name <Co
pyOutput_frm> screen information and ID name <CopyStaple_po
p> screen information. All of these pieces of screen information exist in the screen information D31 having the standard configuration.

The specific data contents of the normal system screen information D411 include, for example, an ID name <CopyStaple_btn>
Is related to the information of "(staple / punch)". This is used instead of text = “staple” beside the button when a punch device is added.

[0248] The abnormal system screen information D412 includes an ID.
Screen information of the name <CopyPunchJam_frm> is included. This screen information is screen information D when the punch device is not mounted.
31 does not exist.

Also, the full-size ID name <CopyPu
The information of <nchJam_frm> includes information of the ID name <CopyPunchJam_img> regarding the display of the symbol, and the symbol is displayed on the punch jam screen.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing an example of the quarter-size screen information D42 included in the option data D4. The 1/4 size screen information D42 includes base screen information D421 related to a normal system and base screen information D422 related to an abnormal system.

In the normal system screen information D421, the ID name <Co
pyOutput_frm> screen information and ID name <CopyPunch_po
p> screen information. Of these, ID
The screen information of the name <CopyOutput_frm> exists in the screen information D32 of the standard configuration. On the other hand, ID name <CopyPunch_po
The screen information p> is information that does not exist in the screen information D32 when the punch device is not mounted.

The specific data contents of the normal screen information D421 include, for example, an ID name <CopyPunch_btn>
And the information related to the information is text = “punch” beside the button. This is a button added and displayed together with a button based on the information of the ID name <CopyStaple_btn> with text = “staple” next to the button when the punching device is added.

The abnormal system screen information D422 includes an ID
Screen information of the name <CopyPunchJam_frm> is included. This screen information is screen information D when the punch device is not mounted.
32 does not exist.

Also, the ID name <Copy
PunchJam_frm> information includes the ID of the design display
There is no information on the name <CopyPunchJam_img>, and no symbols are displayed on the punch jam screen.

Next, a description will be given of a UI data merging process accompanying an option addition when a punching device is added.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a case where a full-size display device is used.
FIG. 44A shows the screen information before the option is added, and FIG. 44B shows the screen information after the option is added.

In the example shown in FIG. 44, the screen information before the option is added is the full size screen information D31 of the standard configuration data D3. The screen information after the addition of the option is the same as the full-size screen information D31, except that the option data D
Screen information D obtained by merging the full-size screen information D41 of FIG.
It is 51. The full-size screen information D51 after the merge processing includes base screen information D51 related to a normal system.
1 and base screen information D512 relating to the abnormal system.

The normal system screen information D511 includes a display screen including the “output format” operation menu (display screen 5 in FIG. 16).
40), and screen information of an ID name <CopyStaple_pop> corresponding to a stapling / punch pop-up screen (display screen 550 in FIG. 17).

In the normal system screen information D511, for example, in the information of the ID name <CopyStaple_btn>, the text next to the button changes from “staple” to “staple / punch”.
Has been changed to Also, the ID name <CopyStapleTitle_ms
In the information of g>, the text is similarly changed from “staple” to “staple / punch”.

Further, the abnormal system screen information D512 corresponds to the screen information of the ID name <CopyJam_frm> corresponding to the jam screen (display screen 560 in FIG. 18) and the punch jam screen (display screen 570 in FIG. 19). ID name <CopyPunchJ
am_frm> screen information.

In this abnormal system screen information D512, information of ID name <CopyPunchJam_frm> is added.

FIG. 45 shows a UI data merging process for adding an option to quarter-size screen information when a quarter-size display device is used. FIG. 45 (a) shows screen information before the option is added. FIG. 45B shows the screen information after the option is added.

In the example shown in FIG. 45, the screen information before adding the option is １ ／ size screen information D32 of the standard configuration data D3. Also, the screen information after adding the option is the same as the 1/4 size screen information D32.
The screen information D52 is obtained by merging the 1/4 size screen information D42 of the option data D4 corresponding to the option addition of the punch device. The 1/4 size screen information D52 after the merge processing includes base screen information D521 regarding a normal system and base screen information D522 regarding an abnormal system.
And are included.

The normal system screen information D521 includes a display screen including the “output format” operation menu (display screen 7 in FIG. 30).
Screen information of the ID name <CopyOutput_frm> corresponding to 40) and a stapling popup screen (display screen 75 in FIG. 31).
0) corresponding to the ID name <CopyStaple_pop> (not shown) and the ID name <CopyPu corresponding to the punch pop-up screen (display screen 780 in FIG. 32).
nch_pop> screen information.

In the normal system screen information D521, for example, in addition to the information of the text next to the button existing before the merge = “staple” and the information of the ID name <CopyStaple_btn>, the text next to the button = “punch” and the ID name < CopyPunch_bt
n> information has been added. Also, the ID name <CopyPunch
_pop> information has been added.

Further, the abnormal system screen information D522 corresponds to the screen information of the ID name <CopyJam_frm> corresponding to the jam screen (display screen 760 in FIG. 33) and the punch jam screen (display screen 770 in FIG. 34). ID name <CopyPunchJ
am_frm> screen information.

In this abnormal system screen information D522, information of ID name <CopyPunchJam_frm> is added. However, this 1/4 size ID name <CopyPunchJam_frm>
Information contains the ID name <CopyPunchJam_im
g> information is not displayed, and no symbols are displayed on the punch jam screen.

[0268]

According to the structure of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

[0269] In the invention according to claims 1, 11, 18, 25, and 31, a display device having a different shape or size is connected to a device main body provided with a display device instead of the provided display device. In such a case, or when a plurality of display devices having different shapes or sizes are simultaneously connected, it is possible to avoid the trouble of installing display data for each of the plurality of display devices.

According to the fourth and twelfth aspects of the present invention, a common screen data portion and a separate screen data portion are provided for each of a plurality of display screen data corresponding to a plurality of display devices. Screen generation processing is facilitated and the processing speed can be increased as compared with a configuration in which common common screen data is not duplicated.

According to the fifth and thirteenth aspects of the present invention, when a display device having a different shape or size is connected to the device main body provided with the display device instead of the provided display device, or When a plurality of display devices having different sizes are connected at the same time, it is possible to avoid the trouble of installing display data for generating an abnormal display screen for each display device.

According to the eighth and fifteenth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to attach or not attach a pattern to the abnormal display screen according to the shape or size of the display device.

According to the ninth and sixteenth aspects of the present invention, in connection with the connection of the additional device, only the name is changed without adding a button or the button itself is added according to the shape or size of the display device. And display it.

In the invention according to claims 10 and 17,
In connection with the connection of the additional device, depending on the shape or size of the display device, a button to be added is displayed on the display screen displayed even when the additional device is not connected, or when the additional device is not connected And a button to be added to a display screen different from the display screen displayed on the screen.

In the invention according to claims 19 and 26,
No operation is required to determine which display screen data to use.

[0276] In the invention according to claims 20 and 27,
It is possible to cope with a case where information regarding which display screen data to use from the display device cannot be obtained or a case where display screen data different from the display screen data based on the information obtained from the display device is to be used.

In the invention according to claims 22 and 28,
Since the operation screen is generated each time the display is switched, it is possible to cope with a small storage area for storing the operation screen data.

In the invention according to claims 23 and 29,
Since all of the plurality of operation screens are generated at once, the speed of switching display of the operation screens can be increased.

[0279] In the invention according to claims 24 and 30,
Since only a plurality of operation screens having a hierarchical relationship are generated at a time, the storage area can be reduced, and the speed of switching display of the operation screens can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a display control device and a display system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration used in the display control device illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an example of screen generation data in which screen data is collected.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of another example of screen generation data in which screen data is put together.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an example of an operation screen generated and displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of another example of an operation screen generated and displayed.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of another embodiment of the display control device and the display system.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for automatically acquiring display device information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an instruction screen used in an example of a procedure for manually acquiring display device information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another instruction screen used for an example of a procedure for manually acquiring display device information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another instruction screen used for an example of a procedure for manually acquiring display device information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another instruction screen used for an example of a procedure for manually acquiring display device information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a full-size display device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a full-size display device.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a full-size display device.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a full-size display device.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a full-size display device.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a full-size display device.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a full-size display device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a half-size display device.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a half-size display device.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a half-size display device.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a half-size display device.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a half-size display device.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a half-size display device.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a half-size display device.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen used for a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used for a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen used for a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen used in a 1/4 size display device.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for adding an option.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of an initialization process.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of a UI data merge process for a normal system.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of a UI data merge process for an abnormal system.

FIG. 39 is a schematic diagram showing the entire data configuration.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing full-size screen information of standard configuration data.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing 1/4 size screen information of standard configuration data.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing full-size screen information of option data.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing 1/4 size screen information of option data.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing addition of options to full-size screen information.

FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating addition of an option to サ イ ズ size screen information.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display control apparatus, 1a ... CPU, 1b ... ROM, 1c
... RAM, 1d ... external storage device, 1e ... display device connection unit, 1f ... communication unit, 1g ... input unit, 10 ... operation screen generation unit, 11 ... screen generation data storage unit, 12 ... operation screen data transmission unit, 13 ... Display device information acquisition unit, 14 ... Display device information storage unit, 15 ... Display device information input unit, 16 ... Instruction input unit, 2 ... Display device, 20 ... Display unit, 21 ... Display control unit, 22 ... Display device information Holder, 30... Operation screen, 30
a: Menu display section, 31 to 34: Menu item tag,
310: operation menu display area, 311 to 314: sub menu display area, 40: operation screen, 40a: menu display section, 40b: operation panel display section, 41 to 44: menu item tag, 410: operation menu display area, 411
414: submenu display area, 45: numeric keypad, 4
6 Start button, 47 Stop button, 48 Reset button, 50 Instruction screen, 51 Automatic instruction button, 52 Fixed instruction button, 53 Optional instruction button, 6
0: fixed instruction screen, 61: selection button display area, 70:
Arbitrary instruction screen, 71: vertical setting panel, 72: scroll key, 73: setting value display window, 76: horizontal setting panel, 77: scroll key, 78: setting value display window, 80
... Instruction screen, 81 ... Automatic instruction button, 82-86 ... Fixed instruction button

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Yamazaki 2274 Hongo, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shin Yoshimi 2274 Hongo, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor book Tachi Michiko 2274 Hongo, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Junya Imamura 2274 Hongo, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.F-term (reference) 2H027 DA27 DA28 DC14 EE07 EE08 EE10 FA04 FA05 FA06 FA21 FA22 FA23 FA25 FC04 GA03 GA08 GA14 GA15 GA20 GA25 GA26 GA27 GA28 GA29 GA32 GA45 GA52 GA54 GA56 GB07 GB08 GB09 GB14 5B069 AA01 BB16 BC02 CA01 CA03 KA02 5C082 AA34 CA84 CB05 DA87 MM06 MM09 5E501 CB05 CB05 CA03 CB05 FA08 FB34 FB45

Claims (31)

[Claims] 1. A computer program having a plurality of display screen data corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes. 2. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the display screen data includes at least data relating to characters or designs and their attributes. 3. The computer program according to claim 2, wherein the data relating to the attribute is data relating to a position or a size. 4. A plurality of display screen data corresponding to each of a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes, wherein each of the plurality of display screen data is a screen data portion common to the plurality of display devices. The computer program according to claim 1, further comprising a separate screen data portion for each of the plurality of display devices. 5. The plurality of display screen data is a plurality of data displayed when an apparatus main body integrated with a display device is in an abnormal state, and the plurality of data is different for each of a plurality of display devices. 2. The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the computer program is for generating an abnormal display screen. 6. The computer program according to claim 5, wherein said apparatus main body is an image forming apparatus main body. 7. The plurality of display screen data is for generating a plurality of different error display screens for each of a plurality of display devices when there is an abnormality related to an additional device connected to the device main body. A computer program according to claim 1. 8. The plurality of display screen data is for one display device among a plurality of display devices, and includes first display screen data for generating an abnormal display screen composed of symbols and characters. 8. The computer program according to claim 7, further comprising: second display screen data for generating an abnormal display screen including only characters for the display device. 9. The name of the plurality of display screen data, which is for one of the plurality of display devices, and is displayed even when an additional device is not connected to a device main body provided with the display device. A third display screen data for displaying a button having a content obtained by adding a name related to the additional device to a button attached thereto, and for another display device;
8. The display device according to claim 7, further comprising: fourth display screen data for displaying, on the same display screen, a button displayed when the additional device is not connected and a button displayed when the additional device is connected. Computer programs. 10. The plurality of display screen data is for one display device among a plurality of display devices, and a button to be displayed when the additional device is not connected to the device main body is connected to the additional device. Third display screen data for displaying a button displayed in the case of
And a fourth display screen for another display device, wherein the display screen displayed when the additional device is not connected and the display screen displayed when the additional device is connected are displayed as separate display screens. The computer program according to claim 1, further comprising display screen data. 11. A storage medium having a plurality of screen data corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes. 12. A plurality of display screen data respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes, each of the plurality of display screen data being a screen data portion common to the plurality of display devices. The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising a separate screen data portion for each of the plurality of display devices. 13. The plurality of display screen data is a plurality of data displayed when an apparatus main body integrated with a display device is in an abnormal state, and the plurality of data are different for each of the plurality of display devices. And generating an abnormal display screen.
2. The storage medium according to 1. 14. The plurality of display screen data, wherein when there is an abnormality relating to an additional device connected to the apparatus main body, a plurality of abnormal display screens different for each of the plurality of display devices are generated. 12. The storage medium according to item 11. 15. The plurality of display screen data is for one of a plurality of display devices, the first display screen data for generating an abnormal display screen composed of symbols and characters, and other display screen data. 15. The storage medium according to claim 14, further comprising: second display screen data for generating an abnormal display screen including only characters for the display device. 16. The plurality of display screen data items are for one display device among a plurality of display devices, and are displayed even when an additional device is not connected to a device main body provided with the display device. The third display screen data for displaying the contents obtained by adding the name related to the additional device to the other display device, and a button displayed when the additional device is not connected and the button connected to the additional device The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising: a fourth display screen data for displaying, on the same display screen, a button displayed when the button is pressed. 17. The plurality of display screen data is for one display device among a plurality of display devices, and a button to be displayed when an additional device is not connected to the device main body is connected to the additional device. Fifth display screen data for displaying a button displayed in the case of
And a display screen for another display device, the display screen being displayed when the additional device is not connected and the display screen being displayed when the additional device is connected as a separate display screen. The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising display screen data. 18. A display capable of generating a plurality of display screens respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices using a plurality of screen data respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes. Control method. 19. A method as to which display screen data to use for which of the plurality of display devices,
19. The determination is made based on information obtained from the display device.
Display control method described in 1. 20. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein a display screen of any one of the plurality of display devices to be generated is determined based on information acquired by an operation input. 21. A display screen to be generated for any one of the plurality of display devices, if there is information obtained from the display device, the information is determined based on the information. If there is no information, an operation is performed. 19. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein the display control method is determined based on information obtained by input. 22. When a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, an operation screen is displayed each time the operation screen is switched and displayed.
9. The display control method according to 8. 23. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein when a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, all of the plurality of operation screens are generated at once. 24. The display control method according to claim 18, wherein when one display device has a plurality of operation screens in a hierarchical relationship as display screens, the plurality of operation screens are generated at once. 25. A display control means for generating a plurality of display screens corresponding to each of the plurality of display devices by using a plurality of screen data respectively corresponding to a plurality of display devices having different sizes or shapes. Display control device. 26. The display control device according to claim 25, wherein a display screen of any one of the plurality of display devices to be generated is determined based on information acquired from the display device. 27. The display control device according to claim 25, wherein a display screen of any one of the plurality of display devices to be generated is determined based on information acquired by an operation input. 28. When a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, an operation screen displayed every time the operation screens are switched and displayed is generated.
6. The display control device according to 5. 29. The display control device according to claim 25, wherein when a plurality of operation screens are switched and displayed as display screens for one display device, all of the plurality of operation screens are generated at once. 30. The display control device according to claim 25, wherein when one display device includes a plurality of operation screens in a hierarchical relationship as a display screen, the plurality of operation screens are generated at a time. 31. An image forming apparatus capable of simultaneously or alternatively connecting a plurality of display devices having different shapes or sizes, comprising: a plurality of display screen data corresponding to the plurality of display devices; An image forming apparatus that displays a display screen using display screen data corresponding to a connected display device among a plurality of display devices.