Peripheral device, information processing system, and display control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11755519-B2
Application number	US-202117326875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2021
Priority date	Jun 24, 2020
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

A display control method for a peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals includes: storing a connection history of a user terminal for connecting the peripheral device; storing settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device, the settings information being associated with identification information of the user terminal; selecting settings information stored in the storing settings information or identification information of a user terminal on the basis of the connection history stored in the storing a connection history; and displaying settings information or identification information selected in the selecting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals, the peripheral device comprising:
a volatile memory;
a display device;
a non-volatile memory; and
a processor coupled to the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory, the processor configured to:
store, into the non-volatile memory, a connection history of a user terminal to the peripheral device;
when a first mode or a second mode is active, store, into the non-volatile memory, settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device in association with identification information of the user terminal, the first mode being an operation mode in which only the settings information of a selected specific user is displayed, and the second mode being an operation mode in which all settings information registered in the peripheral device are displayed;
when a third mode is active, store, into the volatile memory, the settings information in association with the identification information of the user terminal, the third mode being an operation mode in which only the settings information of a user connected to the peripheral device is displayed;
select the identification information of the user terminal stored in the non-volatile memory, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory;
display, on the display device, the selected identification information of the user terminal or the settings information associated with the selected identification information of the user terminal without displaying information relating to another user terminal; and
when the third mode is active and a state in which the peripheral device is exclusively used is cancelled, delete the settings information from the volatile memory.

2. The peripheral device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
when the peripheral device is activated, select settings information or identification information of a user terminal that connected last to the peripheral device, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory; and
when the peripheral device is activated, display the settings information or the identification information of the user terminal that connected last on the display device.

3. The peripheral device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether or not to connect to a user terminal; and
select the settings information or the identification information of a user terminal, based on the connection history stored in the non-volatile memory and a result of the determination.

4. The peripheral device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect a switch operation of a user terminal using the peripheral device; and
in a case where a switch operation is detected, display identification information of the plurality of user terminals as selections on the display device and display the settings information of a selected user terminal on the display device.

5. The peripheral device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:
in a case where a switch operation is detected, display the identification information of a user terminal stored in the non-volatile memory as a switch selection.

6. The peripheral device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:
display a switch selection arranged in order of the connection history.

7. A display control method for a peripheral device shared by a plurality of user terminals, the display control method comprising the steps of:
storing, into a non-volatile memory, a connection history of a user terminal for connecting the peripheral device;
when a first mode or a second mode is active, storing, into the non-volatile memory, settings information specifying an operation of the peripheral device in association with identification information of the user terminal, the first mode being an operation mode in which only the settings information of a selected specific user is displayed, and the second mode being an operation mode in which all settings information registered in the peripheral device are displayed;
when a third mode is active, storing, into a volatile memory, the settings information in association with the identification information of the user terminal, the third mode being an operation mode in which only the settings information of a user connected to the peripheral device is displayed;
selecting, based on the stored connection history stored in the non-volatile memory, the identification information of the user terminal stored in the non-volatile memory;
displaying, on a display device, the selected identification information of the user terminal or the settings information associated with the selected identification information of the user terminal without displaying information relating to another user terminal; and
deleting the settings information form the volatile memory when the third mode is active and a state in which the peripheral device is exclusively used is cancelled.

Assignees

• Pfu Ltd

Inventors

• Maeda Yasutaka
• Miyakawa Osamu
• Matsuo Hitoshi
• Shichino Nobuyuki

Classifications

• H04N1/00509 Primary

  Personalising for a particular user or group of users, e.g. a workgroup or company · CPC title

• G06F13/385 Primary

  for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices · CPC title

• G06F2213/0052

  Assignment of addresses or identifiers to the modules of a bus system · CPC title

• G06F11/3051

  Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs (verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247) · CPC title

• G06F13/4022

  using switching circuits, e.g. switching matrix, connection or expansion network (G06F13/4009 takes precedence) · CPC title