Image processing apparatus, operation assistance method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with operation assistance program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016277606-A1
Application number	US-201615074215-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 18, 2016
Priority date	Mar 22, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A processor included in an image processing apparatus includes a display control portion configured to display any one of a plurality of operation screens in the display, a setting portion configured to control the operation panel, accept a setting value defined for the displayed operation screen, and set the setting value, an operation screen extraction portion configured to search screen information respectively associating one or more search indexes with one or more operation screens among the plurality of operation screens using a search key and extract one or more operation screens, an operation screen determination portion configured to determine one operation screen from among the one or more extracted operation screens, and a change portion configured to change the screen information based on an operation of a user accepted by the operation panel after the determined operation screen is displayed in the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
a display that displays an image; an operation panel; and a processor, wherein the processor includes a display control portion configured to display any one of a plurality of operation screens in the display, a setting portion configured to control the operation panel, accept a setting value defined for the displayed operation screen, and set the accepted setting value, an operation screen extraction portion configured to search screen information respectively associating one or more search indexes with one or more operation screens among the plurality of operation screens using a search key and extract one or more operation screens, an operation screen determination portion configured to determine one operation screen from among the one or more extracted operation screens, and a change portion configured to change the screen information based on an operation of a user accepted by the operation panel after the determined operation screen is displayed in the display.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the screen information associates, in the case where a same search index is associated with two or more operation screens among the plurality of operation screens, first priorities with the two or more operation screens associated with the same search index, and the operation screen determination portion includes a first determination portion configured to, in the case where two or more operation screens are extracted by a search using a search key by the operation screen extraction portion, determine an operation screen having a highest first priority among the first priorities respectively associated with the two or more extracted operation screens for every search index, which is commonly associated with the two or more extracted operation screens and includes the search key, among the two or more extracted operation screens.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the first determination portion is configured to determine an operation screen having the highest first priority from among one or more operation screens, which are the two or more operation screens extracted by the operation screen extraction portion and in which a corresponding defined setting value has not been changed from a default value.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a first priority change portion configured to, in the case where the two or more operation screens are extracted by the search using the search key by the operation screen extraction portion, a first operation screen determined from among the two or more operation screens by the first determination portion is displayed in the display, and then another second operation screen is displayed without setting of a setting value defined for the first operation screen, change the first priority associated with the first operation screen for a search index, which is associated with the first operation screen and includes the search key, to a lower value.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first priority change portion is configured to, on condition that an event in which the second operation screen is displayed without setting of the setting value by the setting portion after the first operation screen determined by the first determine portion is displayed occurs a predetermined number of times or more, change the first priority to a lower value.

6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor further includes a character string display portion configured to display an image of a character string in a superimposed manner in the displayed operation screen in the display such that the image of the character string can be designated, and the operation screen extraction portion is configured to, in response to designation of the image of the character string, set at least part of the character string as the search key for searching.

7 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the screen information associates the plurality of operation screen with second priorities, and the operation screen determination portion includes a second determination portion configured to, in the case where an operation screen is determined by the first determination portion in correspondence with two or more respective search keys included in the character string, determine an operation screen having the highest second priority among the two or more determined operation screens.

8 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the processor further includes a second priority change portion configured to, in the case where, without setting of a setting value by the setting portion after a third operation screen determined by the second determination portion is displayed, another fourth operation screen is displayed, change the second priority associated with the third operation screen to a lower value.

9 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the second priority change portion is configured to, on condition that an event in which, without setting of a setting value by the setting portion after a third operation screen determined by the second determination portion is displayed, the fourth operation screen is displayed occurs a predetermined number of times or more, change the second priority to a lower value.

10 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor further includes an index adding portion configured to, in the case where two or more operation screens are extracted by a search using a search key by the operation screen extraction portion, an operation screen determined by the screen determination portion is displayed, and then another operation screen is displayed without setting of a setting value by the setting portion, add a search index, which is associated with the operation screen determined by the screen determination portion and includes the search key, to screen information of an operation screen, which is displayed after the operation screen determined by the screen determination portion and in which a setting value is firstly set by the setting portion.

11 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the index adding portion is configured to, on condition that an event in which the setting value is not set by the setting portion after the operation screen determined by the operation screen determination portion is displayed in the display, and a setting value corresponding to the operation screen displayed after the operation screen determined by the operation screen determination portion is set occurs a predetermined number of times or more, add the search index to the screen information of the operation screen in which the setting value is firstly set by the setting portion.

12 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor further includes a display order determination portion that determines, in the case where two or more operation screens are extracted by the operation screen extraction portion, display order of the two or more operation screens, and the operation display control portion is configured to display the two or more extracted operation screens in ascending order of the determined display order until a setting value is set for the displayed operation screen by the setting portion.

13 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the screen information can be commonly used with anothe

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Kitaguchi Tatsuya
• Oikawa Takashi
• Atsumi Tomoyuki
• Sugiyama Takanobu
• Iwaoka Shumpei

Classifications

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/00419 Primary

  Arrangements for navigating between pages or parts of the menu · CPC title

• H04N1/00458

  Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling · CPC title

• H04N1/00411

  the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen · CPC title