Data output apparatus, data output system, and data output control method for preventing leakage of personal information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9172825-B2
Application number	US-201414536995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2014
Priority date	Nov 11, 2013
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

An image forming apparatus Gk of a data output system includes a data output time calculation function unit that calculates a predicted output time necessary for outputting data to be output in a specified output form by a data output function unit which outputs the data to be output in the specified output form, and a control function unit that compares the predicted output time with a predetermined threshold time and controls displaying of display data, which is stored in a storage function unit, onto a display function unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data output apparatus comprising:
a data output unit configured to output data to be output;
an output time calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted output time necessary for outputting the data to be output;
a storage unit which stores display data;
a display unit configured to perform display output of the display data in the storage unit;
an extraction unit configured to extract, from the storage unit, display data not related to personal information of a user based on identification information; and
a display control unit configured to compare the predicted output time with a predetermined threshold time and to control displaying of the display data onto the display unit, wherein
when the predicted output time is longer than the predetermined threshold time, the display control unit makes the display unit display only the extracted display data when displaying of the display data related to the personal information is confirmed to be not permitted.

2. The data output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a time setting unit configured to set the predetermined threshold time.

3. The data output apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the time setting unit can set the predetermined threshold time for each user who makes an output request of the data to be output, and
the display control unit compares the predicted output time with the predetermined threshold time corresponding to the user, who makes the output request of the data to be output, and controls displaying of the display data onto the display unit.

4. The data output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output time calculation unit calculates the predicted output time based on an output time for a unit data quantity in a specified output form in the data output unit and based on a quantity of the data to be output.

5. The data output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a confirmation unit configured to perform information confirmation,
wherein, when the predicted output time is longer than the predetermined threshold time, the display control unit makes the confirmation unit perform the confirmation as to whether to display the display data.

6. The data output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage unit stores, for each piece of the display data, the identification information to identify whether the display data is related to the personal information of the user,
the data output apparatus includes a confirmation unit configured to perform the confirmation and
when the predicted output time is longer than the predetermined threshold time, the display control unit makes the confirmation unit perform the confirmation as to whether to display the display data related to the personal information.

7. The data output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a user information storage unit configured to store user information of the user who permits an output request of the data to be output, and an input unit configured to input information, wherein
the storage unit stores the display data for each user, and
the display control unit receives the output request of the data to be output from the user when the user information input from the input unit matches the user information in the user information storage unit, reads the display data, which corresponds to the user information, from the storage unit, and displays the read display data onto the display unit.

8. A data output system including a data output apparatus configured to output data to be output and a display apparatus configured to perform display output of display data, the data output system comprising:
an output time calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted output time necessary for outputting the data to be output;
a storage unit which stores display data to be displayed by the display apparatus;
an extraction unit configured to extract, from the storage unit, display data not related to personal information of a user based on identification information; and
a display control unit configured to compare the predicted output time with a predetermined threshold time and to control displaying of the display data onto the display apparatus, wherein
when the predicted output time is longer than the predetermined threshold time, the display control unit makes the display unit display only the extracted display data when displaying of the display data related to the personal information is confirmed to be not permitted.

9. A data output control method, the method comprising:
outputting data to be output;
calculating a predicted output time necessary for the outputting of the data to be output;
displaying output of display data, which is stored in a storage unit, onto a display unit;
extracting, from the storage unit, display data not related to personal information of a user based on identification information; and
comparing the predicted output time with a predetermined threshold time and controlling displaying of the display data, wherein
when the predicted output time is longer than the predetermined threshold time, making the display unit display only the extracted display data when displaying of the display data related to the personal information is confirmed to be not permitted.

Assignees

• Takami Kana
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takami Kana

Classifications

• H04N2201/0082

  Image hardcopy reproducer (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00408

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

• G06F3/1267

  Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing · CPC title

• G06F3/1285

  Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server · CPC title

• G06F3/1222 Primary

  Increasing security of the print job · CPC title