JP2007122073A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that enables a user to correctly understand, on a display screen, the structure of a position where a jam occurs, and a jam procedure. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus has a plurality of conveying paths for conveying paper. In an LCD display 104 for showing the position where the jam occurs in one of the conveying paths, the position where the jam occurs is schematically displayed on the external view 104a of the apparatus. At the same time, the jam procedure is displayed in detail on the detail view 104c for the position where the jam occurs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having a plurality of conveyance paths for conveying a sheet and displaying a jam occurrence position on the conveyance path.

  Conventionally, in the image forming apparatuses described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, for example, when a jam occurs in a paper conveyance path, the position and processing content of the jam are displayed on the display screen of the operation panel. The guidance of the jam processing procedure was displayed to the user.

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  However, conventionally, in such a guidance display of the image forming apparatus, the contents displayed on the display screen are the jam occurrence position and the jam in either the overall view of the apparatus or the enlarged view (detailed view). The processing procedure was displayed. For this reason, in particular, when the user who performs jam processing is not in operation, the screen that is displayed on the overall view of the device is small, so the detailed jam processing procedure is difficult to understand and conversely enlarges. In the case of displaying the guidance according to the figure, only a part of the device is displayed, so that there is a problem that the position where the jam occurs is difficult to understand.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus that displays the occurrence of a jam in a conveyance path for conveying a sheet.
An external view of the apparatus showing the occurrence position of the jam, and an enlarged view of the enlarged position of the occurrence of the jam in the external view of the apparatus, and display means for displaying side by side on the same display screen,
In the enlarged view, an operation direction of a member operated for jam processing is displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus that displays the occurrence of a jam in a conveyance path for conveying paper.
An external view of the apparatus showing the occurrence position of the jam, and an enlarged view of the enlarged position of the occurrence of the jam in the external view of the apparatus, and display means for displaying side by side on the same display screen,
In the enlarged view, an image forming apparatus is characterized in that a member operated for jam processing is displayed in black and white reversed.

In the present invention, the enlarged view shows an internal structure.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the display means displays a message indicating the operation content for processing the jam.

  According to the present invention, when a jam occurs, an external view of the device that displays the position where the jam has occurred and an enlarged view in which the occurrence position of the jam in the external view of the device is enlarged are displayed side by side on the same display screen. As a result, the user can easily correlate the device external view and the enlarged view on the same display screen, and can accurately grasp the information on the jam occurrence position. Moreover, in the enlarged view, the operation direction indicating the direction in which the member to be operated for the jam processing should be operated is displayed. In this way, a user who is not familiar with the structure of the image forming apparatus by using the display screen more efficiently and enabling the user to accurately grasp the structure of the jam occurrence position and the processing procedure. However, it is possible to easily and reliably execute the jam processing.

  According to the present invention, when a jam occurs, an external view of the device that displays the position where the jam has occurred and an enlarged view in which the occurrence position of the jam in the external view of the device is enlarged are displayed side by side on the same display screen. As a result, the user can easily correlate the device external view and the enlarged view on the same display screen, and can accurately grasp the information on the jam occurrence position. Moreover, in the enlarged view, the member operated for the jam processing is displayed in black and white reversed. As a result, the user can easily grasp which member should be operated for the jam processing. In this way, a user who is not familiar with the structure of the image forming apparatus by using the display screen more efficiently and enabling the user to accurately grasp the structure of the jam occurrence position and the processing procedure. However, it is possible to easily and reliably execute the jam processing.

  Further, according to the present invention, the enlarged view shows the detailed structure inside the jam occurrence position. As a result, the user can grasp the structure of the jam occurrence position in detail, and can easily and reliably execute the jam processing.

  According to the present invention, a message indicating the operation content of the jam processing is displayed. As a result, the user can easily grasp what operation should be performed in order to process the jam from the message. Therefore, the user can easily and reliably execute the jam processing.

  A digital copying machine which is an image forming apparatus provided with a display device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the digital copying machine has, for example, a copying mode, a printer mode, a fax mode, and the like. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the entire configuration of the digital copying machine provided with the display device of the image forming apparatus of the present invention. It is.

  First, a digital copying machine will be described with reference to FIG. The digital copying machine 30 of the present invention is roughly composed of a scanner unit 31 and a laser recording unit 32.

  The scanner unit 31 includes a document placing table 35 made of transparent glass, a double-sided automatic document feeder (RADF) 36 for automatically feeding and transporting a document onto the document placing table 35, and a document placing table 35. A document image reading unit for scanning and reading an image of a placed document, that is, a scanner unit 40 is included. The document image read by the scanner unit 31 is sent as image data to an image data input unit described later, and predetermined image processing is performed on the image data.

  The RADF 36 is a device that sets a plurality of documents at once on a provided document tray (not shown), and automatically feeds the set documents one by one onto the document placement table 35 of the scanner unit 40. It is. Further, the RADF 36 has a conveyance path for a single-sided document, a conveyance path for a double-sided document, and a conveyance path switching unit so that the scanner unit 40 can read one or both sides of the document according to a user's selection. , A sensor group for grasping and managing the state of the document passing through each unit, a control unit, and the like. Since this RADF 36 is a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  A scanner unit 40 constituting a scanner unit 31 for reading an image of a document on the document table 35 includes a lamp reflector assembly 41 that exposes the document surface, and a reflected light image from the document as a photoelectric conversion element (CCD). The first scanning unit 40a is provided with a first reflection mirror 42a that reflects the reflected light from the document to be guided to 44, and the second and second light beams for guiding the reflected light image from the first scanning unit 40a to the CCD 44. A second scanning unit 40b having three reflecting mirrors 42b and 42c, an optical lens 43 for forming a reflected light image from the document on the CCD 44 via the reflecting mirrors 42 described above, The CCD 44 converts the reflected light image into an electrical image signal.

  The scanner unit 31 moves the scanner unit 40 along the lower surface of the document placing table 35 while sequentially placing the document to be read on the document placing table 35 by the operation related to the RADF 36 and the scanner unit 40. It is configured to read an image.

  In particular, the first scanning unit 40a travels from the left to the right along the document placement table 35 at a constant speed V, and the second scanning unit 40b is the same at a speed of V / 2 with respect to the speed V. Scan control is performed parallel to the direction. As a result, the image of the document placed on the document placement table 35 is sequentially formed on the CCD 44 for each line, and the image is read.

  Image data obtained by reading a document image with the scanner unit 40 is sent to an image processing unit to be described later, subjected to various processes, temporarily stored in the memory of the image processing unit, and according to an output instruction. The image in the memory is read and transferred to the laser printer unit 32 to form an image on the recording sheet.

  The laser printer unit 32 includes a paper conveyance system (paper conveyance path) that is a recording material for forming an image, a laser writing unit 46, and an electrophotographic process unit 48 for forming an image. .

  The laser writing unit 46 includes a semiconductor laser light source that emits laser light in accordance with image data read from the memory after being read by the scanner unit 40 or image data transferred from an external device, A polygon mirror that deflects the laser beam at a constant angular velocity, an f-θ lens that corrects the laser beam deflected at a constant angular velocity so as to be deflected at a constant angular velocity on the photosensitive drum constituting the electrophotographic process unit 48, and the like. is doing.

  The electrophotographic process unit 48 includes a charging device, a developing device, a transfer device, a peeling device, a cleaning device, and a static eliminator around a known photosensitive drum.

  On the other hand, the paper transport system (paper transport path) includes a transport unit that transports the paper to the transfer position where the transfer device is disposed, and the paper to the transport unit. Cassette paper feeding devices 51, 52, 53 for feeding paper, a manual paper feeding device 54 for feeding paper of a required size as appropriate, and an image, particularly a toner image, formed on the transferred paper. A fixing device 49 for fixing, and a resupply path 55 for supplying the paper again to the transfer position of the electrophotographic processing unit 48 in order to form an image again on the back surface of the paper after fixing. Further, a post-processing device 34 that receives a sheet on which an image is recorded and performs a predetermined process on the sheet is disposed downstream of the fixing device 49.

  In the laser writing unit 46 and the electrophotographic processing unit 48, the image data read from the image memory is scanned as a laser beam by the laser writing unit 46 to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photosensitive drum. The toner image formed and visualized with toner is electrostatically transferred and fixed onto the surface of the paper conveyed from the cassette paper feeding devices 51, 52, 53 and the manual paper feeding device. The sheet on which the image is formed in this way is conveyed from the fixing device 49 into the post-processing device 34 via the paper discharge roller 57.

(Circuit explanation of image processing unit)
Next, the configuration and function of an image processing unit that performs image processing on the read document image information in the digital copying machine 30 will be described.

  FIG. 2 is an overall block diagram of various unit units, image processing units, and the like constituting the digital copying machine 30 of FIG. 1, and each unit unit is processed by a main central processing unit (CPU) 401 located substantially in the center. It is a figure which shows the state which is managing operation | movement, taking the cooperation with the sub central processing unit mounted in FIG.

  As can be seen from this block diagram, generally, an operation panel board 100 for managing and controlling the operation panel, a machine control board 200 for managing and controlling each unit constituting the digital copying machine 30, and electronic data for electrically reading an original image. The CCD board 300, a main image processing board 400 for performing predetermined image processing on the original image converted into electronic data by the CCD board 300, and image information processed by the main image processing board 400 Further, a sub image processing board 500 that performs predetermined image processing, and another expansion board group 600 (printer board 601, function expansion board 602, FAX board 603) connected to the sub image processing board 500 via an interface, etc. It is composed of The contents managed and controlled for each board will be described below.

(Operation panel board 100)
The operation panel board 100 is basically controlled by a sub central processing unit (CPU) 101, and an operation key group for inputting instructions regarding the display screen of the LCD display unit 104 arranged on the operation panel 103 and various modes. The operation input from 105 is managed.

  A memory 102 is provided for storing various control information on the operation panel 103 such as data input from the operation key group 105 and information to be displayed on the screen of the LCD display unit 104. In this configuration, the sub CPU 101 performs control data communication with the memory CPU 401 and issues an operation instruction for the digital copying machine 30.

  Further, by transferring a control signal indicating the operation state of the digital copying machine 30 from the memory CPU 401 to the sub CPU 101, it is possible for the user to determine what state the apparatus is currently in via the LCD display unit 104 of the operation panel 103. The operation status is displayed.

(Machine control board 200)
The machine control board 200 is entirely controlled by a sub CPU 201, and includes an automatic document feeder 203 such as ADF / RADF, a reading scanner unit 204 that reads a document image, a process unit 205 that reproduces image information as an image, A sheet feeding / conveying unit 206 that sequentially conveys a sheet on which an image is recorded from the cassette sheet feeding device toward the process unit 205, and a sheet so that an image is formed on both sides of the sheet by inverting the sheet on which the image is formed. And a finisher 208 that performs post-processing such as stapling on a sheet on which an image is formed.

(CCD board 300)
The CCD board 300 includes a CCD 301 (44) for electrically reading a document image, a circuit (CCD gate array) 302 for driving the CCD 301, and an analog circuit 303 for adjusting gain of analog data output from the CCD 301. The A / D converter 304 converts the analog output of the CCD 301 into a digital signal and outputs it as electronic data, and the control management is performed by the main CCD 401.

(Main image processing board 400)
The main image processing board 400 is controlled by the main CCD 401 and based on the electronic data of the original image sent from the CCD board 300, shading correction and density can be expressed in a desired state. A multi-value image processing unit 402 that performs processing in the state of multi-valued image data such as correction, region separation, filter processing, MTF correction, resolution conversion, electronic zoom (magnification processing), gamma correction, and the like. Memory 403 for storing various control information such as image data or processing procedure management, and laser control for controlling transfer of data to the laser writing unit 46 side in order to reproduce an image with the processed image information 404 or the like.

(Sub image processing board 500)
The sub image processing board 500 is connected to the main image processing board 400 and a connector (405, 505), and the binary image processing unit 501 controlled by the main CPU 401 on the main image processing board 400 and the image processed 2 A memory for storing and managing value image information or control information for processing, a gate array 502 for controlling the memory, and storing and managing a plurality of document image information, and repeating a plurality of document images to the desired number of copies A hard disk for reading out only a plurality of copies, a gate array 503 for controlling the hard disk, a gate array 504 for controlling SCSI and SCSI as an external interface, and the like.

  The binary image processing unit 501 described above includes a processing unit that converts multi-valued image information into a binary image, a processing unit that rotates an image, and a binary scaling (zoom) process that performs scaling of a binary image. And a fax interface so that a fax image can be transmitted and received via the communication means.

(Expansion board group 600)
The expansion board group 600 includes a printer board 601 for enabling data sent from a personal computer or the like to be output as a printer mode from the printer unit of the digital copying machine 30, and an editing function of the digital copying machine 30. A function expansion board 602 for effectively utilizing the features of the digital copying machine 30 and a document image read from the scanner unit of the digital copying machine 30 are transmitted to the other party, or image information sent from the other party is received. There is a facsimile board 603 that enables output from the printer unit of the digital copying machine 30.

(Display form of LCD display unit 104)
When a paper transport jam occurs in the transport system (paper transport path) of the digital copying machine 30, the position where the jam occurs and the operation procedure of the jam processing are displayed on the LCD display unit 104. The LCD display unit 104 includes an operation panel 103 and an operation panel board 100 in FIG. 2 and is controlled by the sub CPU 101.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the LCD display unit 104 is arranged on the operation panel 103 together with the operation key group 105. As shown in FIG. 4, the standby screen (assuming that the default screen is a copy screen) on the touch panel type liquid crystal screen of the LCD display unit 104 is, for example, an apparatus external view 104a and a copy finish form 104b. It is displayed.

  When a paper transport jam occurs, the LCD display unit 104 automatically switches from the standby screen to the jam processing screen shown in FIG. That is, in the device external view 104a, information such as the paper size accommodated in each cassette is displayed on the standby screen of FIG. 4, but information that is not necessary for jam processing is displayed on the jam processing screen of FIG. It disappears and the location of the jam is displayed.

  In addition, the copy finished pattern 104b in the standby screen of FIG. 4 is switched to the display of the detailed diagram (enlarged view) 104c of the jam occurrence position in the jam processing screen of FIG. 5, and is necessary for the operation procedure of the jam processing. Detailed processing contents are displayed.

  That is, in the detailed diagram 104c of the jam processing screen, the member that the user has to operate is indicated by a display such as black and white reversal, and further, a message is displayed indicating how to operate the member.

  For example, if an operation that pulls and rotates a lever is necessary, the lever is displayed in black and white reversed, and a message may be displayed to rotate it by pulling it (the rotation direction is shown in the detailed view screen). Use arrows to display).

  Thus, when a jam occurs, the device external view 104a showing the jam occurrence position and the detailed view 104c showing the jam handling operation procedure are displayed on the LCD display unit 104 at the same time. Since the appearance location of the jam can be known from the external view 104a and the operation procedure of the jam processing can be known from the detailed view 104c, the user can use the display screen more efficiently and is not familiar with the structure of the digital copying machine. However, the jam processing can be performed easily and reliably.

The following embodiments are possible for the present invention.
(1) In a display device of an image forming apparatus that has a plurality of conveyance paths for conveying paper and displays the occurrence position of a jam in the conveyance path, the occurrence position of the jam is displayed at the same time on the external view of the entire apparatus. A display device of an image forming apparatus provided with display means for performing detailed display of an operation procedure of jam processing in a detailed view of the occurrence position of the paper.

  When a jam occurs, the jam occurrence position is schematically displayed in the external view of the entire device, and at the same time, the jam processing operation procedure is displayed in detail in the detailed diagram of the jam occurrence position, so that the user can detect the jam occurrence position and the jam. Since the operation procedure of the processing can be known on the same display device, the display screen can be used more efficiently, and even a user who is not familiar with the structure of the digital copying machine can easily and reliably perform jam processing. be able to.

1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an overall configuration of a digital copying machine including a display device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the digital copying machine of FIG. 1. It is a top view which shows the operation panel of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display form at the time of the standby of the LCD display part of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display form at the time of jam generation of the LCD display part of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

30 Digital copier 104 LCD display unit 104a External view of device 104c Detailed view

Claims (4)

In an image forming apparatus that displays the occurrence of a jam in a conveyance path for conveying paper,
An external view of the apparatus showing the occurrence position of the jam, and an enlarged view of the enlarged position of the occurrence of the jam in the external view of the apparatus, and display means for displaying side by side on the same display screen,
In the enlarged view, an operation direction of a member operated for jam processing is displayed. In an image forming apparatus that displays the occurrence of a jam in a conveyance path for conveying paper,
An external view of the apparatus showing the occurrence position of the jam, and an enlarged view of the enlarged position of the occurrence of the jam in the external view of the apparatus, and display means for displaying side by side on the same display screen,
In the enlarged view, an image forming apparatus characterized in that a member operated for jam processing is displayed in black and white reversed.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the enlarged view shows an internal structure.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a message indicating an operation content for processing the jam.

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