Image forming apparatus and control method for displaying information on a home screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12081709-B2
Application number	US-202318209957-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2023
Priority date	Mar 9, 2021
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a displayer that displays a display screen corresponding to a mode, an obtainer that obtains content of a notification corresponding to the mode, and a controller that controls display of the content of the notification that is obtained together with display content of the mode, on the display screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a displayer that displays a home screen to allow a user to select an operation mode; and
a controller that controls display on the displayer,
wherein the controller displays, on the home screen, a first area to display a plurality of buttons for selecting the operation mode, and
when one or more notification contents related to the user are to be displayed, the controller displays, on the home screen, a second area, instead of a part of the first area, to display the one or more notification contents.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second area is displayed instead of some of the plurality of buttons displayed in the first area.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein some of the plurality of buttons are displayed in the first area by switching, based on an operation performed by the user, a display of the plurality of buttons displayed in the first area with the second area remaining displayed on the home screen.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second area is displayed on a button for selecting an unavailable operation mode.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein upon the second area being displayed, the button for selecting the unavailable operation mode becomes no longer selectable.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the controller displays, on the second area, the one or more notification contents including a cause of why the unavailable operation mode is unavailable.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the cause of why the unavailable operation mode is unavailable includes a software update.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller displays the one or more notification contents related to the user in the second area when a user authentication function is operative, and when the user has successfully passed user authentication.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the controller displays all of the one or more notification contents in the second area when a type of the user successfully passed the user authentication is an administrator.

10. A control method that is executed by an image forming apparatus including a displayer that displays a home screen to allow a user to select an operation mode, the control method comprising:
displaying, on the home screen, a first area to display a plurality of buttons for selecting the operation mode; and
when one or more notification contents related to the user are to be displayed, displaying, on the home screen, instead of a part of the first area, a second area to display the one or more notification contents.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Seto Hideki

Classifications

• H04N1/00514

  for individual users · CPC title

• H04N1/00408

  Display of information to the user, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04N1/00477 Primary

  Indicating status, e.g. of a job (for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219) · CPC title

• H04N1/00506 Primary

  Customising to the data to be displayed · CPC title