JP2020198562A - Information processing equipment and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To cope with the case where it is possible for plural operators to change setting values of plural setting items and there is a combination of setting items in which changing a setting value of a setting item needs changing setting values of other setting items; and to allow the fact that a setting value of a setting item has been changed by a certain operator and as a result of that setting values of other setting items has been changed, to be known to other operators other than the certain operator.SOLUTION: An operation acceptance unit 32 accepts changes in setting values of plural setting items through operations by plural operators. A control unit 35, when in order to carrying out the change of the setting values of the setting items that have been accepted by the operation acceptance unit 32, it is necessary to change a setting value of a setting item other than the setting item, the setting value of the setting item of which the change has been accepted is changed, as well as, the setting value of the other setting item is changed. The control unit 35 changes an arrangement order of the two setting items of which the setting values have been changed on a list screen so that the operator can easily visually recognize it.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and a program.

In Patent Document 1, in a configuration in which it is possible to set whether to display or hide the setting item for each operator, when the setting value of the setting item to be hidden for a certain operator is changed. Discloses an information processing device that controls to display a setting item that is set to be hidden.

JP-A-2018-0343030

An object of the present invention is that it is possible for a plurality of operators to change the setting values of a plurality of setting items, and when the setting value of a certain setting item is changed, it is also necessary to change the setting value of another setting item. When there is a combination of setting items such that, the setting value of the setting item is changed by one operator and the setting value of the other setting item is also changed by another operator other than that operator. It is to provide an information processing device and a program that can be grasped by.

[Information processing device]
The present invention according to claim 1 comprises a receiving means for accepting changes in setting values of a plurality of setting items by operations from a plurality of operators.
When it is necessary to change the setting value of the second setting item different from the first setting item in order to change the setting value of the first setting item received by the receiving means, the first A setting value changing means for changing the setting value of the second setting item at the same time as changing the setting value of the setting item of 1.
An information processing device provided with an arrangement order changing means for changing the arrangement order on the list screen of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means so that the operator can easily see them. is there.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the arrangement order changing means sets the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values are changed by the set value changing means in the arrangement order higher than the other setting items. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is changed so as to be.

The present invention according to claim 3 further includes a notification means for notifying other operators during operation that the set values of the first and second setting items have been changed by the set value changing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.

The present invention according to claim 4 further includes a display control means for controlling a list screen of setting items whose arrangement order has been changed by the arrangement order changing means to be displayed to all of a plurality of operators. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the display control means changes the arrangement order of the list screens of the set items being displayed to other operators who are displaying the list screens of the setting items. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information processing apparatus is controlled to display a list screen of setting items whose arrangement order has been changed by the order changing means.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the arrangement order changing means satisfies the preset conditions, the first and second setting items whose set values are changed by the set value changing means are arranged. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the order is changed.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the number of setting items is equal to or greater than a preset value, the first and second settings are changed by the set value changing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the arrangement order of items is changed.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, when the number of operators who can operate the own device is equal to or greater than a preset value, the set value is changed by the set value changing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the arrangement order of the first and second setting items is changed.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, when the arrangement order changing means changes the setting value of one setting item in the plurality of setting items, the setting value of the other setting item needs to be changed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the number of combinations of the above is equal to or greater than a preset value, the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means is changed. is there.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the process of the arrangement order changing means executed based on the set values set in the plurality of setting items is a process other than the preset type of process. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means is changed.

[program]
The present invention according to claim 11 includes a reception step for accepting changes in setting values of a plurality of setting items by operations from a plurality of operators.
When it is necessary to change the setting value of the second setting item different from the first setting item in order to change the setting value of the first setting item received in the reception step, the first A setting value change step for changing the setting value of the second setting item together with changing the setting value of the setting item 1 and
To make the computer execute the arrangement order changing step of changing the arrangement order on the list screen of the first and second setting items whose setting values are changed in the setting value changing step so that the operator can easily see them. It is a program.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible for a plurality of operators to change the setting values of a plurality of setting items, and when the setting value of a certain setting item is changed, the setting of another setting item is set. When there is a combination of setting items that requires changing the value, the setting value of the setting item is changed by one operator and the setting value of the other setting item is also changed. It is possible to provide an information processing device that can be grasped by other operators.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible for a plurality of operators to change the setting values of a plurality of setting items, and when the setting values of a certain setting item are changed, the setting values of other setting items are set. When there is a combination of setting items that requires changing the value, the setting value of the setting item is changed by one operator and the setting value of the other setting item is also changed. It is possible to provide an information processing device that can be grasped by other operators.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, an operator other than the operator notifies that the set value of the setting item has been changed by one operator and the set value of the other setting item has also been changed. It is possible to provide an information processing device that can be known.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device capable of displaying a list screen of setting items whose arrangement order has been changed regardless of which operator displays the list screen of setting items. can do.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, among a plurality of operators who are displaying the setting item list display screen, whichever operator displays the setting item list screen, the arrangement order It is possible to provide an information processing device capable of displaying a list screen of the changed setting items to another operator.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of switching whether or not to change the arrangement order of the setting items whose set values have been changed.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of changing the arrangement order of the setting items whose set values have been changed only when the number of set items is large.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device capable of changing the arrangement order of setting items whose set values have been changed only when the number of operators who can operate the own device is large. can do.

According to the present invention of claim 9, when one set value is changed, it is necessary to change the other set value. Only when the number of combinations of setting items is large, the set value is changed. It is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of changing the arrangement order of items.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the arrangement order of the setting items whose setting values have been changed is changed only for the list display of the setting items for executing the processing other than the preset types of processing. It is possible to provide an information processing device capable of the above.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible for a plurality of operators to change the setting values of a plurality of setting items, and when the setting values of a certain setting item are changed, the setting values of other setting items are set. When there is a combination of setting items that requires changing the value, the setting value of the setting item is changed by one operator and the setting value of the other setting item is also changed. It is possible to provide a program that can be grasped by other operators.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the image formation system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structure of the image forming apparatus 10 in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the image forming apparatus 10 in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 in one Embodiment of the invention. It is a figure which shows the list example of the scan setting used in the following description. It is a figure which shows the example of the initial screen when the list screen of a scan setting is displayed from the terminal apparatus 20 using WebUI when the arrangement order of the setting items is the arrangement order as shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the display screen example 1 in the case where the user A accesses the image forming apparatus 10 from the terminal apparatus 20A and displays the list screen of a scan setting by using WebUI. It is a figure which shows the display screen example 2 which is displayed by selecting the column of the setting item "high compression". It is a figure which shows the display screen example 3 which is displayed when the "confirmation" button is selected in the setting screen shown in FIG. This is a display screen example 1 showing a list screen of scan settings displayed on the terminal device 20B of the user B before the setting is changed by the user A. It is a figure which shows the display screen example 2 immediately after the setting value of two setting items "high compression" and "reading resolution" is changed by the operation of user A. It is a figure which shows the operation screen example 3 displayed in the terminal apparatus 20B of the user B after the display screen example shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating a specific example at the time of automatically determining whether or not to apply the process of changing the arrangement order of the setting items whose setting value has been changed, and the process of notifying that the setting value has been changed.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming system of one embodiment of the present invention is composed of an image forming device 10 interconnected by a network 30 and a plurality of terminal devices 20A to 20C. The image forming apparatus 10 is a so-called multifunction device having a plurality of functions such as a printing function, a scanning function, a copying function, and a facsimile function.

In the following description, when the terminal devices 20A to 20C are expressed without specifying each of them, they may be simply expressed as the terminal device 20.

The image forming apparatus 10 is provided with a function called Web UI (abbreviation of Web user interface) that enables various operations such as changing setting values by displaying various setting screens from an external terminal device using a Web browser. ing.

Therefore, the user operating the terminal devices 20A to 20C can use the Web browser to display the operation screen of the image forming device 10 on his / her own device without having to go to the installation location of the image forming device 10 and operate the operation panel. It is possible to display it on the display of. The terminal device 20A is a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone, and is connected to the network 30 via a wireless LAN terminal or the like.

Then, by using this WebUI, a plurality of users can access the image forming apparatus 10 to display the operation screen. Therefore, when a certain user changes the setting value of a certain setting item, another user can access the image forming apparatus 10. It is difficult for the user to understand that the setting value of the setting item has been changed.

In particular, when a conflict occurs between multiple setting items, that is, when the setting value of one setting item and the setting value of another setting item cannot be selected at the same time, and the setting value of a certain setting item is changed. When there is a combination of setting items that requires the change of the setting value of the setting item of, it is difficult for another user to grasp which setting value of the setting item has been changed.

Therefore, in the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the setting value of the setting item is changed by a certain user and the setting value of the other setting item is also changed by the following configuration. It is designed so that other users other than the above can understand it.

Next, FIG. 2 shows the hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 in the image forming system of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 10 is a communication interface (communication interface) for transmitting and receiving data to and from an external device and the like via a CPU 11, a memory 12, a storage device 13 such as a hard disk drive, and a network 30. It has a user interface (abbreviated as UI) device 15, a scanner 16, and a print engine 17, including a touch panel or a liquid crystal display and a keyboard. These components are connected to each other via a control bus 18.

The print engine 17 prints an image on a recording medium such as printing paper through steps such as charging, exposure, development, transfer, and fixing.

The CPU 11 executes a predetermined process based on the control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13 to control the operation of the image forming device 10. In the present embodiment, the CPU 11 is described as reading and executing the control program stored in the memory 12 or the storage device 13, but the program is stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM and stored in the CPU 11. It is also possible to provide.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 realized by executing the above control program.

As shown in FIG. 3, the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes an authentication unit 31, an operation reception unit 32, a display unit 33, a data transmission / reception unit 34, a control unit 35, and an image reading unit 36. A set value storage unit 37 and an image output unit 38 are provided.

The authentication unit 31 authenticates a user who is an operator who comes from the terminal devices 20A to 20C via the network 30 and a user who operates the operation panel of the own device.

The display unit 33 is controlled by the control unit 35 and displays various information to the user. The operation reception unit 32 inputs various operation information performed by the user. The data transmission / reception unit 34 transmits / receives data to / from the terminal devices 20A to 20C.

The image reading unit 36 executes a process of reading the original image and converting it into image data based on the control by the control unit 35. The image output unit 38 outputs an image on a recording medium such as printing paper based on the control by the control unit 35.

The control unit 35 controls the image reading unit 36, the image output unit 38, and the like to execute various processes such as copy processing and printing processing.

The setting value storage unit 37 stores the setting values of a plurality of setting items set by the user.

Then, the operation receiving unit 32 accepts the change of the setting value of the plurality of setting items by the operation from the plurality of users by accepting the access from the terminal devices 20A to 20C via the WebUI.

The control unit 35 stores and manages the set values of various setting items for controlling the own device in the set value storage unit 37, and performs various controls based on the stored set values. Further, the control unit 35 controls to display a list screen of the setting items on the display unit 33 in order to show the user the setting value currently set for each of the plurality of setting items.

Then, when the control unit 35 needs to change the setting value of another setting item different from this setting item in order to execute the change of the setting value of the setting item received by the operation reception unit 32, the change is made. Change the setting values of other setting items as well as the setting values of the setting items that have been accepted.

For example, if the setting item "High compression" in the scan settings is set to "Yes", the setting item "Reading resolution" cannot coexist with the setting value "600 dpi", and the setting item "Reading resolution" When it is necessary to change to "200 dpi", the control unit 35 changes the setting item of "reading resolution" to "200 dpi" when the setting item of "high compression" is changed to "do". ..

Then, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order on the list screen of these two setting items whose set values have been changed so that the operator can easily see them.

Specifically, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order of the two setting items whose set values have been changed so as to be higher in the arrangement order of the other setting items. For example, when the control unit 35 displays a list screen of setting items in which a plurality of setting items are arranged in one upper and lower columns, the two setting items whose setting values have been changed are displayed at the top, that is, each setting item is displayed. Change the arrangement order so that it is the first and second from the top.

Then, the control unit 35 notifies another user who is operating using the WebUI that the setting values of these two setting items have been changed.

The control unit 35 controls to display the list screen of the setting items whose arrangement order has been changed to all of the plurality of users. Further, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order of the display setting item list screen to another user who is displaying the setting item list screen, and changes the arrangement order of the setting item list screen. Is controlled to be displayed.

That is, when the arrangement order of the setting items is changed on the setting item list screen, the arrangement order is changed for all users including the user who is currently displaying and operating the list screen via the WebUI. The list screen after the change will be displayed.

In the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, a list screen of the above setting items is displayed for each of various functions such as copying, printing, and scanning. In addition to various functions such as copy, print, and scan, a function in which setting values are registered in advance for use by a specific user is provided as an application program (hereinafter abbreviated as application), and this application is started. By doing so, various functions are executed.

Then, although the list screen of the setting items is displayed for each such application, it may not be necessary to change the arrangement order of the setting items as described above for all the applications and functions.

For example, for functions with a small number of original setting items, functions with a small number of combinations of setting items that conflict in the first place, functions with infrequent operation of setting items, functions with limited users, etc. There is little need to change the placement order or notify that the setting value has been changed.

Therefore, it may be possible to switch for each application whether or not to apply the function of changing the arrangement order of the setting items whose setting values have been changed and the function of applying the notification processing to the effect that the setting values have been changed.

Then, such a switching setting may be performed by a user operation, or it may be determined whether or not a preset condition is satisfied for each application and automatically performed.

In the following, a case will be described in which it is determined whether or not the preset conditions are satisfied for each application and the operation is automatically performed.

When the preset conditions are satisfied, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order on the list screen of the two setting items whose set values have been changed.

Specifically, the control unit 35 is arranged on the list screen of two setting items whose set values have been changed only when the number of set items is equal to or more than a preset value, for example, when the number of set items is 11 or more. Change the order.

Further, when the number of users who can operate the own device is equal to or greater than a preset value, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order on the list screen of the two setting items whose set values have been changed.

Further, the control unit 35 determines the number of combinations of setting items for which it is necessary to change the setting value of the other setting item when the setting value of one setting item is changed in a plurality of setting items, that is, the conflicting setting items. When the number of combinations is equal to or greater than the preset value, the arrangement order on the list screen of the two setting items whose set values have been changed is changed.

Further, when the process executed based on the set values set in the plurality of setting items is a process other than the preset type of process, the control unit 35 is not a standard process such as a flow job. In the case of processing, the arrangement order on the list screen of the two setting items whose setting values have been changed is changed.

Here, the flow job is a job set to sequentially execute a plurality of processes in a preset order, and is often used when the same process is periodically repeated. For example, a flow job is used to perform a process such as faxing an invoice to a plurality of preset destinations at the end of the month and storing a copy in a designated confidential box.

For routine tasks such as this flow job, there is a high possibility that the same person will execute the same process on a regular basis, and it is unlikely that the set value will be changed in the first place, so there are multiple changes to the set value. There is also little need to inform the users of.
Therefore, for such a flow job, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order on the setting item list screen or changes the setting value to another user even if the setting value of the setting item is changed. The process of notifying the fact is not applied.

Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the user who intends to change the set value accesses via the Web UI, the control unit 35 displays a list screen of the setting items in the current arrangement order on the user's terminal device 20 in step S101.

Then, when the user selects the setting item A whose setting value is to be changed on the displayed setting item list screen, the control unit 35 displays the setting screen of the selected setting item A on the user's terminal in step S102. Display on device 20.

Then, when the user changes the set value of the setting item A on the displayed setting screen, the control unit 35 changes the set value of the setting item A in step S103.

Then, in step S104, the control unit 35 determines whether or not there is a setting item that conflicts with the setting item A whose set value has been changed.

When it is determined in step S104 that the setting item B that conflicts with the setting item A exists, the control unit 35 informs the user's terminal device 20 that the setting value of the setting item B that conflicts with the setting item B is changed in step S105. indicate.

Then, in step S106, the control unit 35 changes the set value of the setting item B to a value that does not conflict with the set value of the changed setting item A, that is, a value that does not conflict.

If it is determined in step S104 that there is no setting item that conflicts with the setting item A, the control unit 35 does not execute the processes of steps S105 and S106.

Then, in step S107, the control unit 35 determines whether or not a preset condition such as whether or not the number of set items is equal to or more than a preset number is satisfied.

Then, when it is determined in step S107 that the preset condition is satisfied, the control unit 35 sets the setting items A and B (or only A) whose set values have been changed in step S108 on the setting item list screen. Move to the top.

Then, in step S109, the control unit 35 uniformly changes the settings in the device so that the arrangement order of the setting items on the setting item list screen is the same for all users who display the list screen.

Finally, in step S110, the control unit 35 notifies all the users who are operating via the WebUI that the set value has been changed.

Next, a case where the user A changes the setting value of a certain setting item from the scan setting list screen of the image forming apparatus 10 from the terminal device 20A via the WebUI will be described in such a state.

In the following description, in order to explain the case of changing the setting value of the setting item in the scan setting, FIG. 5 shows an example of a list of scan settings used in this description.

FIG. 5 shows the arrangement order in the initial setting in which the arrangement order of the setting items is not changed. Then, in this list example, it can be seen that the setting items such as "color mode", "reading resolution", and "output file format" whose setting values are frequently changed by the user are arranged at the higher level.

Then, when the arrangement order of the setting items is the arrangement order as shown in FIG. 5, the initial screen example when the list screen of the scan settings is displayed from the terminal device 20 using the WebUI is shown in FIG. Shown.

FIG. 6 shows a state when a list screen of a plurality of setting items shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. In the state where scrolling up and down is not performed, the settings from "color mode" to "reading magnification" are set. Only the items and the setting values currently set for each setting item can be grasped.

In such a state, a case where the user A changes the setting item of "high compression" from "not" to "yes" will be described. In the following, if a conflict occurs between "high compression" and "reading resolution" and the "high compression" setting item is set to "yes", the setting item "reading resolution" will be used. The case where the setting value of "600 dpi" cannot be selected and needs to be changed to "200 dpi" will be described.

First, FIG. 7 shows a display screen example 1 in which the user A accesses the image forming apparatus 10 from the terminal device 20A and displays the scan setting list screen using the Web UI.

FIG. 7 shows how the user A selects the field of the setting item "high compression" displayed at the bottom of the list screen.

Next, FIG. 8 shows a display screen example 2 of the setting screen displayed by selecting the setting item field of “high compression”.

FIG. 8 shows a case where the setting content in the setting item "high compression" is changed from "no" to "yes", and when "high compression" is changed to "yes", the "reading resolution" is changed. It will be changed to "20 dpi". Is displayed to indicate to the user that the "reading resolution" setting is automatically changed.

Then, when the user selects the "confirmation" button on the setting screen shown in FIG. 8, the display screen example 3 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a list screen of scan settings after changing the setting value of the setting item of "high compression", and two settings of "high compression" and "reading resolution" in which the setting value is changed. It is shown that the item has moved to the top.

Then, when such an operation is performed by the user A, the change of the display screen displayed on the terminal device 20B of the user B who has displayed the scan setting list screen by the WebUI is shown in FIGS. 10 to 12. I will explain.

First, a display screen example 1 of FIG. 10 shows a list screen of scan settings displayed on the terminal device 20B of the user B before the setting is changed by the user A.

In FIG. 10, a list screen in which a plurality of setting items are arranged in the same arrangement order as the initial setting is displayed.

Then, FIG. 11 shows a display screen example 2 immediately after the setting values of the two setting items “high compression” and “reading resolution” are changed by the operation of the user A.

With reference to Fig. 11, "High compression" in the scan settings has been changed to "Yes" and "Reading resolution" has been changed to "20 dpi". Is displayed on the terminal device 20B.

By looking at the display screen shown in FIG. 11, the user B can grasp that the set values of "high compression" and "reading resolution" have been changed.

After that, the terminal device 20B of the user B displays the operation screen example 3 as shown in FIG.

In the list screen example shown in FIG. 12, two setting items, "high compression" and "reading resolution" whose setting values have been changed, are moved to the top and a list of each setting item is displayed. ..

By referring to the notification content as shown in FIG. 11 and the list screen in which the arrangement order has been changed as shown in FIG. 12, the user B has two features, "high compression" and "reading resolution". You will know that the setting items have been changed by another user.

Finally, FIG. 13 shows a specific example of automatically determining whether or not to apply the process of changing the arrangement order of the setting items whose set values have been changed and the process of notifying that the set values have been changed.

FIG. 13 shows a case where it is determined whether or not to apply the above processing for each application such as copy, facsimile, easy copy, receipt settlement, routine work, address book, and machine setting.

Here, the application called "Easy Copy" is an application that allows even a beginner to easily make a copy by minimizing the setting items in the normal "Copy" application.

In addition, an application called "receipt settlement" is a custom service application for routine business that scans receipts, converts them into text data by OCR (Optical Character Reading), and executes settlement processing. In this "receipt settlement" application, the setting value which is a parameter is used almost fixedly, and the user who uses it is also limited.

In addition, the application called "routine business" is a custom service application for routine business, the setting value is almost fixed, and the users who operate it are also limited.

In addition, an application called "address table" is an application for registering and editing address information for managing address information at the time of e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission.

In addition, the application called "machine setting" is an application for setting the entire system.

For example, in such a state, the control unit 35 changes the arrangement order of the setting items as described above for the applications such as "easy copy", "receipt settlement", "routine business", and "address table". It is determined that the processing or the notification processing that the set value has been changed is not applied.

Specifically, for the application "Raku-Raku Copy", since the number of setting items is 10 or less, other users can grasp the change of the setting value without changing the arrangement order.

In addition, for the application called "receipt settlement", since the operation frequency of the setting items based on the past operation log information, that is, the past operation history information is "minimal", it is possible to apply processing such as changing the arrangement order. This is because the effect is not so great.

In addition, since the type of application is a routine business, the set value is fixed and used for the application called "routine business", and the users who use it are also limited.

Finally, for the app "Address Book", the number of combinations of setting items that conflict with each other is "small", so the setting values of one setting item are changed and the setting values of other setting items are forced. This is because it is unlikely that a situation such as a change will occur.

In FIG. 13, when any one of the application type, the number of setting items, the operation frequency of the setting items, and the number of combinations of the setting items that conflict with each other matches the preset conditions, the processing as described above is performed. Although it is determined that the above is not applied, the evaluation value of each condition is multiplied by the weighting coefficient to calculate the total value, and based on this total value, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned processing is applied. You may try to do it.

For example, in the application called "machine setting" shown in FIG. 13, the operation frequency of the setting items is "small", but the number of setting items is as large as "100", and the number of combinations of setting items that conflict with each other is also "large". Therefore, it is determined that the above-mentioned processing is applied.

By making a judgment based on the values calculated based on the evaluation values of the plurality of conditions in this way, it becomes possible to make a comprehensive judgment based on the states of the plurality of conditions.

[Modification example]
In the above embodiment, the case where the setting value of the setting item of the image forming apparatus is changed by a plurality of users has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of setting values by a plurality of users via a network. The present invention can be similarly applied to any information processing apparatus capable of changing the set values of the setting items of.

10 Image forming device 11 CPU
12 Memory 13 Storage device 14 Communication interface 15 User interface device 16 Scanner 17 Print engine 18 Control bus 20A to 20C Terminal device 30 Network 31 Authentication unit 32 Operation reception unit 33 Display unit 34 Data transmission / reception unit 35 Control unit 36 Image reader 37 Settings Value storage 38 Image output

Claims (11)

A reception means that accepts changes in the setting values of multiple setting items by operations from multiple operators,
When it is necessary to change the setting value of the second setting item different from the first setting item in order to change the setting value of the first setting item received by the receiving means, the first A setting value changing means for changing the setting value of the second setting item at the same time as changing the setting value of the setting item of 1.
An arrangement order changing means for changing the arrangement order on the list screen of the first and second setting items whose set value has been changed by the set value changing means so that the operator can easily see them.
Information processing device equipped with. Claim 1 in which the arrangement order changing means changes the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means so as to be higher in the arrangement order of other setting items. The information processing device described. The information processing according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a notification means for notifying other operators during operation that the set values of the first and second setting items have been changed by the set value changing means. apparatus. The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a display control means for controlling the display of a list screen of setting items whose arrangement order has been changed by the arrangement order changing means to all of a plurality of operators. Information processing device. The display control means changes the arrangement order of the display setting item list screen to another operator who is displaying the setting item list screen, and the arrangement order is changed by the arrangement order changing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information processing apparatus for controlling the display of a list screen of the setting items. Claims 1 to 5 for changing the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means when the arrangement order changing means satisfies a preset condition. Information processing device according to any of the above. A claim for changing the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means when the number of set items is equal to or more than a preset value. The information processing apparatus according to 6. The first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means when the number of operators who can operate the own device of the arrangement order changing means is equal to or more than a preset value. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the arrangement order is changed. The number of combinations of setting items for which it is necessary to change the setting value of the other setting item when the setting value of one setting item is changed in the plurality of setting items by the arrangement order changing means is a preset value. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein in the above case, the arrangement order of the first and second setting items whose set values have been changed by the set value changing means is changed. When the process executed by the arrangement order changing means based on the set values set in the plurality of setting items is a process other than the preset types of processes, the set value is changed by the set value changing means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the arranged order of the changed first and second setting items is changed. A reception step that accepts changes in the setting values of multiple setting items by operations from multiple operators,
When it is necessary to change the setting value of the second setting item different from the first setting item in order to change the setting value of the first setting item received in the reception step, the first A setting value change step for changing the setting value of the second setting item together with changing the setting value of the setting item 1 and
An arrangement order changing step for changing the arrangement order on the list screen of the first and second setting items whose setting values have been changed in the setting value changing step so that the operator can easily see them.
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