JP6304449B1 - Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and menu screen display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The translation request unit (51I) requests the plurality of translation sites (81) to translate the target character string (T11) of the reference language on the menu screen into the translation language, and further, the plurality of translation sites (81 ) To obtain multiple post-translation character strings. The replacement character string selection unit (51K) selects one replacement character string (T12) by majority from the plurality of post-translation character strings, and selects the replacement character string (T12) as the target character string (T11). Are stored in the nonvolatile data storage unit (4). When displaying the menu screen on the display unit (1b), the display control unit (51B) replaces the target character string (T11) with the replacement character string (T12) and displays it on the display unit (1b). .

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an image forming apparatus including the information processing apparatus, and a menu screen display control method.

  In general, an image processing apparatus such as an image forming apparatus and an image reading apparatus includes an information processing apparatus having an operation unit and a display unit, and displays a menu screen including a plurality of character strings on the display unit.

  Further, in the image processing apparatus, when a part of the plurality of character strings on the menu screen is selected as a translation target and a translation language is selected from a plurality of candidates registered in advance, Is displayed in the vicinity of the designated character string on the menu screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-30045 A

  By the way, in the information processing apparatus, it is conceivable that character strings of many languages corresponding to all of a plurality of selectable languages are stored in advance in a nonvolatile data storage unit. In this case, the information processing apparatus needs to include a larger capacity of the data storage unit as the number of types of languages that can be handled increases.

  However, in the image processing apparatus including the information processing apparatus, it is desired that the menu screen can be displayed in more languages in accordance with user preferences without increasing the capacity of the data storage unit as much as possible.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a menu screen in more languages without increasing the capacity of the nonvolatile data storage unit as much as possible, an image processing apparatus including the information processing apparatus, and a menu screen display control method. There is to do.

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an apparatus that includes an operation unit and a display unit, and displays a menu screen on the display unit. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit, a character string selection unit, a translation language selection unit, a translation request unit, and a replacement character string selection unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the menu screen including a plurality of character strings expressed in a predetermined reference language. The character string selection unit selects a target character string to be translated into another language from the plurality of character strings in the menu screen according to an operation on the operation unit. The translation language selection unit selects a translation language that is a translated language of the target character string from a plurality of predetermined translation candidate languages different from the reference language in accordance with an operation on the operation unit. The translation requesting unit requests a plurality of predetermined translation sites on the Internet to translate the target character string of the reference language into the translation language, and further from each of the plurality of translation sites, A plurality of post-translation character strings that are translation language character strings are acquired. The replacement character string selection unit selects one replacement character string by majority from the plurality of post-translation character strings obtained from the plurality of translation sites, and corresponds the replacement character string to the target character string Then, it is stored in a nonvolatile data storage unit. The display control unit replaces the target character string with the replacement character string stored in the data storage unit and causes the display unit to display the menu screen when the menu screen is displayed on the display unit.

  An image processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention includes the information processing apparatus and an image processing unit. The image processing unit is configured to perform image reading processing for reading an image of a document and an image for forming an image on a sheet in response to an operation on the operation unit when the display unit displays the menu screen in the information processing apparatus. Perform one or both of the forming processes.

  A menu screen display control method according to another aspect of the present invention is a control method for displaying a menu screen on the display unit in an information processing apparatus including an operation unit and a display unit. The menu screen control method includes a plurality of steps shown below. One of the plurality of steps is a step of causing the display unit to display the menu screen including a plurality of character strings expressed in a predetermined reference language. Another one of the plurality of steps is a step of selecting a target character string to be translated into another language from the plurality of character strings in the menu screen in accordance with an operation on the operation unit. According to another operation of the plurality of steps, a translation language that is a language after translation of the target character string is selected from a plurality of predetermined translation candidate languages different from the reference language according to an operation on the operation unit. It is a process of selecting. Another one of the plurality of steps requests a plurality of predetermined translation sites on the Internet to translate the target character string of the reference language into the translation language, and It is a step of acquiring a plurality of post-translation character strings that are character strings of the translation language from the translation site. The other of the plurality of steps is to select one replacement character string by majority from the plurality of post-translation character strings obtained from the plurality of translation sites, and to replace the replacement character string with the target character. It is a step of associating with a column and storing it in a nonvolatile data storage unit. The step of displaying the menu screen on the display unit includes the step of replacing the target character string with the replacement character string stored in the data storage unit and displaying the target character string on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a menu screen in a number of languages of more countries without increasing the capacity of a nonvolatile data storage unit as much as possible, an image forming apparatus including the information processing apparatus, and a menu screen display control method. It becomes possible to do.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image processing apparatus and an apparatus capable of communicating with the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an operation display unit included in the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a menu screen control procedure executed by the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of a replacement character string providing process executed by the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a normal mode menu screen in the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an edit mode menu screen in the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of target character strings transmitted from the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment to a plurality of translation sites and a plurality of translated character strings obtained from the plurality of translation sites. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a normal mode menu screen in the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen when a target character string selection operation according to an application example is performed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the following embodiment is an example which actualized this invention, Comprising: It does not have the character which limits the technical scope of this invention.

[Configuration of Image Processing Device 10]
As shown in FIG. 1, an image processing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment includes an operation display unit 1, an image reading unit 2, an image forming unit 3, a data storage unit 4, a control unit 5, a communication unit 6, and the like. The operation display unit 1 is a user interface including an operation unit 1a and a panel-like display unit 1b.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, the operation unit 1a includes a touch panel 11 and a hardware key 12 formed integrally with the display unit 1b. The display unit 1b is a panel-like display device such as a liquid crystal panel.

  The image reading unit 2 is an apparatus that executes an image reading process for reading an image of a document. For example, the image reading unit 2 receives a platen glass on which the document is placed, a light source that emits light to the document, a mechanism that moves the light source along the platen glass, and light reflected from the document. And a line sensor for outputting image data.

  The image forming unit 3 is an apparatus that executes an image forming process for forming an image on a sheet by a predetermined method such as an electrophotographic method or an ink jet method. For example, the image forming unit 3 forms an image represented by the image data obtained by the image reading unit 2 on the sheet.

  The data storage unit 4 is a computer-readable non-volatile memory. For example, a hard disk drive or a flash memory is employed as the data storage unit 4.

  The communication unit 6 is a communication interface that communicates with another device 10 x through a LAN (Local Area Network) 80. In the present embodiment, the other device 10 x is another image processing device 10 in the LAN 80.

  Further, the communication unit 6 can communicate with a plurality of translation sites 81 on the Internet 800 through the LAN 80 and the router 801. The translation site 81 is a computer that provides a translation service.

  The control unit 5 performs various calculations, data processing, and control of various electronic devices included in the image processing apparatus 10. The control unit 5 can exchange data and control signals among the operation display unit 1, the image reading unit 2, the image forming unit 3, the data storage unit 4, and the communication unit 6 through the bus 7.

  The control unit 5 includes a UI (user interface) control unit 51 that controls the operation display unit 1, an image reading control unit 52 that controls the image reading unit 2, and an image formation control unit 53 that controls the image forming unit 3.

  In the present embodiment, the image reading unit 2, the image forming unit 3, the image reading control unit 52, and the image formation control unit 53 constitute an image processing unit 200. It is also conceivable that the image processing unit 200 includes only one of the image reading unit 2 and the image reading control unit 52 and the image forming unit 3 and the image forming control unit 53.

  The UI control unit 51 controls the operation display unit 1 and executes user authentication processing, menu screen control, replacement character string provision processing, and the like.

  For example, the control unit 5 is realized by a processor that executes a program stored in advance in the data storage unit 4 or the like. The processor is an MPU (Micro Processor Unit) or a DSP (Digital Signal Processor).

  When the UI control unit 51 detects that a predetermined scan start operation has been performed on the operation unit 1a, the image reading control unit 52 causes the image reading unit 2 to execute the image reading process. When the UI control unit 51 detects that a predetermined copy start operation has been performed on the operation unit 1a, the image reading control unit 52 causes the image reading unit 2 to execute the image reading process, The image forming control unit 53 causes the image forming unit 3 to execute the image forming process.

  The UI control unit 51 includes a user authentication unit 51A, a display control unit 51B, a mode control unit 51C, a normal mode control unit 51D, a character string selection unit 51E, a translation language selection unit 51F, a replacement character string request unit 51G, and a translation site exclusion control. Part 51H, translation request part 51I, non-acceptance record information recording part 51J, replacement character string selection part 51K, replacement character string providing part 51L, and the like.

  The user authentication process is a process of identifying and authenticating a plurality of users, and is executed by the user authentication unit 51A of the UI control unit 51. In the user authentication process, the user authentication unit 51A determines whether to allow the user to use the image processing apparatus 10 based on the input authentication information input through the operation unit 1a. The menu screen control and the replacement character string providing process will be described later.

  In the image processing apparatus 10, the operation display unit 1, the UI control unit 51, the data storage unit 4, and the communication unit 6 perform the user authentication process, the menu screen control, the replacement character string providing process, and the like. Is configured. In the information processing apparatus 100, the display control unit 51B causes the display unit 1b to display a menu screen g0 as shown in FIG.

  The image processing unit 200 executes one or both of the image reading process and the image forming process in response to an operation on the operation unit 1a when the display unit 1b displays the menu screen g0 in the information processing apparatus 100. .

  More specifically, the UI control unit 51 receives an input operation of the type and condition of the image processing and an operation for starting the image processing when the display unit 1b displays the menu screen g0. Then, one or both of the image reading control unit 52 and the image forming control unit 53 is in accordance with the type and condition of the image processing obtained through the UI control unit 51 with respect to one or both of the image reading unit 2 and the image forming unit 3. The image processing is executed accordingly.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the menu screen g0 includes a plurality of display character strings T1. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the plurality of display character strings T1 are character strings corresponding to the operation icon g00 displayed on the display unit 1b.

  By the way, in the information processing apparatus 100, it is conceivable that display character strings T1 of many languages corresponding to all of a plurality of selectable languages are stored in the nonvolatile data storage unit 4 in advance. In this case, the information processing apparatus 100 needs to include a larger-capacity data storage unit 4 as the types of languages that can be handled are larger.

  However, in the image processing apparatus 10 including the information processing apparatus 100, it is desired that the menu screen g0 can be displayed in more languages in accordance with user preferences without increasing the capacity of the data storage unit 4 as much as possible. .

  In the information processing apparatus 100 of the image processing apparatus 10, the UI control unit 51 executes the menu screen control. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 100 can display the menu screen g0 in languages of more countries without increasing the capacity of the data storage unit 4 as much as possible. Hereinafter, an example of the menu screen control procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

[The menu screen control]
The UI control unit 51 starts the menu screen control when the image processing apparatus 10 is activated. In the following description, S101, S102,... Represent process identification codes executed by the UI control unit 51.

  Steps S101 to S113 shown below are an example of a procedure of a menu screen display control method for displaying the menu screen g0 on the display unit 1b in the information processing apparatus 100.

<Step S101>
In the menu screen control, first, the user authentication unit 51A executes the user authentication process. Then, the user authentication unit 51A shifts the process to the next step S102 only when the authentication is successful in the user authentication process.

  In the following description, a user who has been successfully authenticated in step S101 is referred to as an authenticated user.

<Step S102>
When the authentication is successful in the user authentication process, the display control unit 51B displays the menu screen g0 on the display unit 1b based on the menu screen information D0 stored in the data storage unit 4 in advance.

  The display control unit 51B causes the display unit 1b to display a menu screen g0 including a plurality of display character strings T1 expressed in a predetermined reference language. In the present embodiment, the reference language is one selected from a plurality of predetermined registered languages.

  For example, it is conceivable that the plurality of registered languages are languages of countries having a relatively large number of image forming apparatuses in circulation, such as English, French, German, and Japanese. The display control unit 51B selects the reference language from the plurality of registered languages in accordance with a reference language selection operation performed on the operation unit 1a by the user in advance.

  In the image processing apparatus 10, a plurality of menu screen information D 0 corresponding to a plurality of predetermined registered languages is stored in the data storage unit 4. The display control unit 51B selects one menu screen information D0 corresponding to the reference language from the plurality of menu screen information D0, and causes the display unit 1b to display the menu screen g0 based on the selected menu screen information D0.

  The menu screen information D0 includes language identification information L0, a plurality of display character strings T1, screen layout information D00, and the like. The language identification information L0 is information for identifying various languages including the plurality of registered languages. The display control unit 51B selects menu screen information D0 including language identification information L0 corresponding to the reference language.

  Each of the plurality of display character strings T1 is a character string expressed in the registered language corresponding to the language identification information L0. In step S102, the display control unit 51B causes the display unit 1b to display a menu screen g0 including a plurality of display character strings T1 corresponding to the reference language obtained from the data storage unit 4.

  The screen layout information D00 includes the contents of the plurality of operation icons g00 and information on the display positions of the plurality of display character strings T1 and the plurality of operation icons g00.

  In the present embodiment, replacement data D1 including a replacement character string T12 associated with the target character string T11 that is a part of the display character string T1 of the reference language may be stored in the data storage unit 4. In this case, when the menu screen g0 is displayed on the display unit 1b, the display control unit 51B replaces the target character string T11 with the replacement character string T12 and displays it on the display unit 1b.

  In the initial state of the image processing apparatus 10, the replacement information D1 is not stored in the data storage unit 4. The replacement information D1 is recorded in the data storage unit 4 by executing an edit mode process described later when a special operation by the user is performed on the operation unit 1a. Details of the edit mode process, the replacement information D1, and the process of the display control unit 51B based on the replacement information D1 will be described later.

<Step S103>
When the menu screen g0 is displayed on the display unit 1b, the mode control unit 51C executes processing to determine whether or not a predetermined editing mode transition operation has been performed on the operation unit 1a as needed.

  If the mode control unit 51C determines that the editing mode transition operation has not been performed, the mode control unit 51C shifts the process to step S104. On the other hand, if the mode control unit 51C determines that the editing mode transition operation has been performed, the mode control unit 51C displays the editing mode notification g01 on the display unit 1b displaying the menu screen g0, and then shifts the process to step S105. (See FIG. 6).

  The edit mode notification g01 indicates that the control mode of the UI control unit 51 has shifted from the normal mode to the edit mode. In the editing mode, a part of a plurality of display character strings T1 on the menu screen g0 is selected as a target character string T11, and the target character string T11 is replaced with a character string translated into a separately selected translation language. Is a control mode in which is executed (see FIGS. 6 and 8). The edit mode process is a process in steps S105 to S113 described later.

<Step S104>
In step S104, the normal mode control unit 51D executes an image processing reception process. The image processing accepting process accepts the image processing type and condition input operation and the image processing start operation to the operation unit 1a, and when the start operation is accepted, the image processing type and condition information is received. This is a process of handing over to the image processing unit 200.

  The process of step S104 is executed when the display unit 1b displays the menu screen g0. The image processing unit 200 executes the image processing according to the type and condition of the image processing obtained from the normal mode control unit 51D. When the process of step S104 ends, the normal mode control unit 51D shifts the process to step S102.

<Step S105>
In step S105, the character string selection unit 51E selects a target character string T11 that is to be translated into another language from the plurality of display character strings T1 in the menu screen g0 in accordance with an operation on the operation unit 1a.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the user performs a long press operation on one of the plurality of display character strings T1 with the finger 9, and the character string selection unit 51E performs the long press operation. The display character string T1 at the position is selected as the target character string T11. The user performs an operation of selecting a part of the display character string T1 that is difficult to understand by the expression in the reference language as the target character string T11. The finger 9 is indicated by a virtual line in FIG.

  It is also conceivable that the character string selection unit 51E selects the target character string T11 according to a special operation other than the long press operation such as a drag operation.

<Step S106>
Further, the translation language selection unit 51F selects a translation language, which is a language after translation of the target character string T11, from a plurality of predetermined translation candidate languages in accordance with an operation on the operation unit 1a. The plurality of translation candidate languages are languages different from the plurality of registered languages including the reference language.

  The display character strings T1 of the plurality of registered languages different from the plurality of translation candidate languages are stored in the data storage unit 4 in advance as menu screen information D0. In step S106, the translation language selection unit 51F can select one of the plurality of registered languages in accordance with an operation on the operation unit 1a. In this case, the processes of subsequent steps S107 to S112 are skipped.

  For example, it is conceivable that the plurality of translation candidate languages are languages of countries where the number of image forming apparatuses distributed is relatively small, such as Turkish, Mongolian, and Cebuano.

  The translation language selection unit 51F displays a list of a plurality of translation candidate languages on the display unit 1b as a selection menu, and selects the translation language according to a selection operation on the operation unit 1a.

<Step S107>
When the target character string T11 and the translation language are selected, the replacement character string request unit 51G executes the replacement character string request process with the other device 10x in the LAN 80 as the request destination. When there are a plurality of other devices 10x in the LAN 80, the replacement character string request unit 51G executes the replacement character string request process for the plurality of other devices 10x.

  When the target character string T11 and the translation language are selected, the replacement character string request process in step S107 is executed before a translation request is made by the translation request unit 51I in step S109 described later.

  In the replacement character string request process, the replacement character string request unit 51G requests the replacement character string T12, which is the character string of the translation language corresponding to the target character string T11, from the other device 10x that can communicate via the LAN 80. At that time, the replacement character string request unit 51G transmits a replacement character string request command including at least the target character string T11 and language identification information L0, which is information for specifying the translation language, to the other device 10x.

  Further, the replacement character string request unit 51G acquires the replacement character string T12 from the other device 10x when the replacement character string T12 is transmitted from the other device 10x.

  When operating as the other apparatus 10x, the image processing apparatus 10 responds to the request for the replacement character string T12 by executing the replacement character string providing process shown in FIG. The replacement character string providing process will be described later.

  When the replacement character string T12 is not obtained from the other device 10x by the replacement character string providing process in step S107, the replacement character string request unit 51G moves the process to step S108. On the other hand, when the replacement character string T12 is obtained from the other device 10x, the replacement character string request unit 51G moves the process to step S113.

<Step S108>
In step S108, the translation site exclusion control unit 51H executes translation site exclusion control. The translation site exclusion control is a process in step S112, which will be described later, and is a process for controlling whether or not to exclude a part of a plurality of predetermined translation sites 81 from a translation service request destination.

  The translation site exclusion control will be described later. In the initial state of the image processing apparatus 10, all of a plurality of predetermined translation sites 81 are the destinations of translation services.

<Step S109>
Next, the translation request unit 51I executes translation request processing for a plurality of translation sites 81. The translation request process is executed when the replacement character string T12 cannot be obtained from the other device 10x by the replacement character string providing process in step S107.

  More specifically, the translation request unit 51I requests a plurality of translation sites 81 on the Internet 800 to translate the target character string T11 of the reference language into the translation language. At that time, the translation request unit 51I sends a translation request command including at least the target character string T11, information specifying the language of the target character string T11, and information specifying the translation language to each of the plurality of translation sites 81. Send to.

  Further, the translation request unit 51I acquires a plurality of post-translation character strings T11x, which are character strings in the translation language, from the plurality of translation sites 81, respectively.

  In the present embodiment, the translation request unit 51I requests translation from the plurality of translation sites 81 using the character strings of the plurality of registered languages including the reference language obtained from the data storage unit 4 as the target character string T11. Then, the translation request unit 51I acquires a plurality of post-translation character strings T11x corresponding to the plurality of registered languages from the plurality of translation sites 81.

  That is, the translation request unit 51I translates all the character strings of the plurality of registered languages representing the target character string T11 into the translation languages, regardless of which language the reference language is. Request to each translation site 81. All of the character strings in the plurality of registered languages representing the target character string T11 are part of the display character string T1 obtained from the data storage unit 4.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the target character string T11 is a character string meaning “send”, the plurality of registered languages are English, German, and Japanese, and the translation language is Cebuano Consider a case. In this case, three types of target character strings T11 meaning “transmission” in English, German, and Japanese are stored in advance in the data storage unit 4 as part of the menu screen information D0.

  In the above case, the translation request unit 51I translates each of the target character strings T11 of the three languages meaning “send” in English, German, and Japanese into Cebuano for each of the plurality of translation sites 81. To request.

  In FIG. 7, “Site A”, “Site B”, and “Site C” correspond to names of a plurality of translation sites 81.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, each of the plurality of translation sites 81 sends three post-translation character strings T11x meaning “send” in Cebuano in response to a request from the translation request unit 51I. Send to. These three post-translation character strings T11x include a translation result from English to Cebuano, a translation result from German to Cebuano, and a translation result from Japanese to Cebuano.

<Step S110>
Subsequent to the process of step S109, the replacement character string selection unit 51K selects one replacement character string T12 by majority from the plurality of post-translation character strings T11x obtained from the plurality of translation sites 81 (FIG. 7). reference). Thereby, a more general translation result is selected as the replacement character string T12.

  In the present embodiment, the translation request unit 51I requests translation using the character strings of the plurality of registered languages as the target character string T11. Therefore, there is a high possibility that a more reliable translation result is selected as the replacement character string T12 from among more translation results.

  In the following description, the post-translation character string T11x that is omitted from the selection of the replacement character string T12 by the replacement character string selection unit 51K is referred to as a non-adopted character string. In addition, when all the post-translation character strings T11x obtained from the plurality of translation sites 81 are the same, the non-employed character string does not occur.

<Step S111>
Further, the replacement character string selection unit 51K stores the selected replacement character string T12 in the data storage unit 4 in association with the target character string T11. For example, the replacement character string selection unit 51K causes the data storage unit 4 to store replacement information D1 including the replacement character string T12 and the corresponding target character string T11 and language identification information L0 (see FIG. 1).

  In step S111, the replacement character string selection unit 51K stores the replacement information D1 in the data storage unit 4 in association with the identification information of the authenticated user. That is, the replacement character string selection unit 51K stores the replacement character string T12 in the data storage unit 4 in association with the target character string T11 for each of a plurality of users.

  In step S102, the display control unit 51B replaces the target character string T11 with the replacement character string T12 corresponding to the authenticated user and causes the display unit 1b to display the replacement character string T11. Thereby, the process of replacing a part of the display character string T1 with the replacement character string T12 can be performed for each user individually.

<Step S112>
Further, the non-employment record information recording unit 51J stores the non-adoption record information D2 in the data storage unit 4. The non-acceptance record information D2 is information representing the frequency at which a part of the plurality of translation sites 81 provides the non-accepted character string for each of the plurality of translation candidate languages.

  For example, the non-employment record information D2 includes language identification information L0, translation site identification information TS0 and non-recruitment frequency information F0 associated therewith (see FIG. 1). The language identification information L0 included in the non-acceptance record information D2 is information for specifying the translated language when the non-accepted character string is generated.

  The translation site identification information TS0 included in the non-acceptance record information D2 is information that identifies the translation site 81 that provided the non-accepted character string. Further, the non-adoption frequency information F0 is information representing the frequency at which the translation site 81 specified by the translation site identification information TS0 provides the non-adopted character string of the translation language specified by the language identification information L0.

  When the reject frequency information F0 indicates a high frequency, the translation site 81 corresponding to the reject frequency information F0 is considered to have low translation reliability for the translation candidate language corresponding to the reject frequency information F0. .

  Therefore, in the translation site exclusion control in step S108, the translation site exclusion control unit 51H determines whether or not the rejection site information D2 of the rejection history information D2 corresponding to the translation language satisfies a predetermined exclusion site condition. Determine. Then, the translation site exclusion control unit 51H determines whether or not to exclude a part of the plurality of translation sites 81 from the request for translation into the translation language by the translation request unit 51I according to the determination result of the exclusion site condition. To control. Thereby, when the non-recruitment frequency information F0 corresponding to the translation language represents a frequency high enough to satisfy the exclusion site condition, a part of the translation specified by the translation site identification information TS0 corresponding to the non-recruitment frequency information F0 The site 81 is excluded from translation requests.

  The non-employment record information recording unit 51J shifts the process from step S112 to step S102. Thereby, after replacement information D1 is recorded in data storage part 4 in process S111, processing of process S102 is performed. In this case, in step S102, when displaying the menu screen g0 on the display unit 1b, the display control unit 51B replaces the target character string T11 with the replacement character string T12 stored in the data storage unit 4 and displays it on the display unit 1b. Display.

<Step S113>
On the other hand, when the replacement character string T12 is obtained from the other device 10x by the replacement character string providing process in step S107, the replacement character string request unit 51G associates the obtained replacement character string T12 with the target character string T11. The data storage unit 4 stores the replacement information D1.

  For example, the replacement character string request unit 51G causes the data storage unit 4 to store replacement information D1 including the replacement character string T12 and the corresponding target character string T11 and language identification information L0 (see FIG. 1). This process is the same as the process performed by the replacement character string selection unit 51K in step S111.

  The replacement character string request unit 51G shifts the process from step S113 to step S102. Thereby, after the replacement information D1 is recorded in the data storage unit 4 in step S113, the process of step S102 is executed. In this case, in step S102, when displaying the menu screen g0 on the display unit 1b, the display control unit 51B replaces the target character string T11 with the replacement character string T12 and displays it on the display unit 1b.

  When one of the plurality of registered languages is selected in step S106, the replacement character string request unit 51G does not make a request to the other device 10x in step S113, and the selected registered language is selected. Is stored in the data storage unit 4 as a replacement character string T12.

  If the information processing apparatus 100 is adopted, a plurality of translation sites 81 on the Internet 800 are used, and the menu screen g0 is displayed in more languages without increasing the capacity of the nonvolatile data storage unit 4 as much as possible. it can.

  Further, due to the processing of the non-acceptance record information recording unit 51J (S112) and the processing of the translation site exclusion control unit 51H (S108), for each of the plurality of translation candidate languages, some translation sites 81 with low translation reliability are obtained. , Excluded from translation requests. As a result, it is possible to prevent some of the translation sites 81 with low reliability from contributing to selecting an inappropriate translation result as the replacement character string T12.

[Substitution string providing process]
Next, an example of the procedure of the replacement character string providing process executed by the image processing apparatus 10 operating as the other apparatus 10x will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The replacement character string providing unit 51L of the UI control unit 51 starts the replacement character string providing process when the image processing apparatus 10 is activated. In the following description, S201, S202,... Represent identification codes of processes executed by the replacement character string providing unit 51L.

<Step S201>
The replacement character string providing unit 51L determines whether a replacement character string T12 is requested from another image processing apparatus 10 via the LAN 80, that is, whether the replacement character string request command is received from another image processing apparatus 10. To monitor. When the replacement character string providing unit 51L receives the replacement character string request command, the replacement character string providing unit 51L shifts the processing to the next step S202.

<Step S202>
In step S202, the replacement character string providing unit 51L replaces the replacement character string corresponding to the target character string T11 and the language identification information L0 included in the replacement character string request command from the replacement information D1 stored in the data storage unit 4. Search for T12.

  Then, the replacement character string providing unit 51L shifts the process to step S203 when the requested replacement character string T12 exists in the replacement information D1, and shifts the process to step S204 if not.

<Step S203>
In step S203, the replacement character string providing unit 51L transmits the replacement character string T12 obtained by the search to the transmission source of the replacement character string request command via the LAN 80. Thereafter, the replacement character string providing unit 51L shifts the process to step S201.

<Step S204>
In step S204, the replacement character string providing unit 51L transmits an error notification indicating that the requested replacement character string T12 cannot be transmitted to the transmission source of the replacement character string request command via the LAN 80. Thereafter, the replacement character string providing unit 51L shifts the process to step S201.

  As described above, before the translation request by the translation request unit 51I is made (S109), the replacement character string request process (step S107) by the image processing apparatus 10 and the corresponding process by the other apparatus 10x. The processes of S202 to S204 are executed.

  In the above case, it is possible to prevent the plurality of image processing apparatuses 10 in one LAN 80 from performing the same translation request processing (S109) wastefully. Further, it is possible to prevent the replacement character string T12 having the same language and the same meaning from being displayed on the display unit 1b as different character strings in the plurality of image processing apparatuses 10 in one LAN 80.

[Application example]
In the embodiment described above, it is also conceivable that the data storage unit 4 that stores the replacement information D1 and the non-acceptance record information D2 is provided in a local server with which the image processing apparatus 10 can communicate through the LAN 80. In this case, the UI control unit 51 of the image processing apparatus 10 records the replacement information D1 and the non-acceptance record information D2 in the data storage unit 4 of the local server through the LAN 80, and further from the data storage unit 4 of the local server. Replacement information D1 and non-employment record information D2 are acquired.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, it is conceivable that the user touches two places on the touch panel 11 with the first finger 91 and the second finger 92 in step S <b> 105 of FIG. 3. In this case, the character string selection unit 51E displays the display character string T1 existing in the area between the two touch positions on the menu screen g0 while the touch operation is simultaneously performed on the two positions on the touch panel 11. The target character string T11 to be translated can be selected.

  The user performs a touch operation on the touch panel 11 at a start point position and an end point position of a region including a part of the display character string T1 that is difficult to understand by the expression in the reference language. In FIG. 9, the first finger 91 and the second finger 92 are indicated by imaginary lines.

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus that includes an operation unit and a display unit, and displays a menu screen on the display unit,
A display control unit that causes the display unit to display the menu screen including a plurality of character strings of a reference language selected from a plurality of types of registered language character strings stored in advance in a nonvolatile data storage unit;
A character string selection unit that selects a first target character string to be translated into another language from the plurality of character strings in the menu screen according to an operation on the operation unit;
A translation language selection unit that selects a translation language that is a translated language of the first target character string from a plurality of predetermined translation candidate languages different from the registered language in accordance with an operation on the operation unit;
For a plurality of predetermined translation sites on the Internet, the registered language other than the reference language corresponding to the first target character string of the reference language and the first target character string obtained from the data storage unit. Requesting that each of the second target character strings, which are character strings, be translated into the translation language, and for the translation language corresponding to the first target character string and the second target character string from the plurality of translation sites. A translation request part for acquiring a plurality of translated strings that are strings;
The data storage unit selects one replacement character string by majority from the plurality of post-translation character strings obtained from the plurality of translation sites, and associates the replacement character string with the first target character string. A replacement character string selection unit to be stored in
The display control unit replaces the first target character string with the replacement character string stored in the data storage unit and causes the display unit to display the menu screen when the menu screen is displayed on the display unit. apparatus. When the first target character string and the translation language are selected, before the translation request is made by the translation request unit, the first target character string is set to the first target character string with respect to another device that can communicate through a local area network When the replacement character string corresponding to the translation language is requested and the replacement character string is transmitted from the other device, the replacement character string is obtained from the other device, and the obtained replacement character string is obtained. A replacement character string request unit that stores the data in the data storage unit in association with the first target character string,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the translation request unit requests the plurality of translation sites to translate the first target character string when the replacement character string is not obtained from the other device. For each of the plurality of translation candidate languages, non-acceptance record information indicating a frequency at which a part of the plurality of translation sites provides the translated character string that has been omitted from the selection of the replacement character string by the replacement character string selection unit. Non-acceptance record information recording unit to be stored in the data storage unit,
When the translation language is selected, by determining whether the non-acceptance record information corresponding to the translation language satisfies a predetermined exclusion site condition, a part of the plurality of translation sites is The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a translation site exclusion control unit that controls whether or not to exclude from a request destination of translation into the translation language by the translation request unit. It further comprises a user authentication unit that identifies and authenticates multiple users,
The replacement character string selection unit stores the replacement character string in the data storage unit in association with the first target character string for each of the plurality of users.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit replaces the first target character string with the replacement character string corresponding to the authenticated user and causes the display unit to display the first target character string. The operation unit includes a touch panel formed integrally with the display unit,
The character string selection unit converts a character string existing in an area between two touch positions on the menu screen while the touch operation is simultaneously performed on the two positions on the touch panel to the first target character. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, which is selected as a column. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1;
One or both of an image reading process for reading an image of a document and an image forming process for forming an image on a sheet in accordance with an operation on the operation unit when the display unit displays the menu screen in the information processing apparatus An image processing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit that executes A menu screen display control method for displaying a menu screen on the display unit in an information processing apparatus including an operation unit and a display unit,
Displaying the menu screen including a plurality of character strings of a reference language selected from character strings of a plurality of types of registered languages stored in advance in a nonvolatile data storage unit on the display unit;
Selecting a first target character string to be translated into another language from the plurality of character strings in the menu screen according to an operation on the operation unit;
Selecting a translation language that is a translated language of the first target character string from a plurality of predetermined translation candidate languages different from the registered language in accordance with an operation on the operation unit;
For a plurality of predetermined translation sites on the Internet, the registered language other than the reference language corresponding to the first target character string of the reference language and the first target character string obtained from the data storage unit. Requesting that each of the second target character strings, which are character strings, be translated into the translation language, and for the translation language corresponding to the first target character string and the second target character string from the plurality of translation sites. Obtaining a plurality of translated strings that are strings;
The data storage unit selects one replacement character string by majority from the plurality of post-translation character strings obtained from the plurality of translation sites, and associates the replacement character string with the first target character string. And storing it in
The step of displaying the menu screen on the display unit includes the step of replacing the first target character string with the replacement character string stored in the data storage unit and causing the display unit to display the menu screen display control method. .

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