JPH0634498B2 - Information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for improving display control in a display section.

[Prior Art] When the input position and the function are made to correspond one-to-one in accordance with the diversification of functions of the information processing apparatus, there is a drawback that the display unit becomes complicated and large. In addition to the diversification of functions of the information processing apparatus, as the information processing apparatus becomes more popular, the chances of performing advanced information processing are increasing even for non-experts, and it is difficult to use the information processing apparatus. was there.

[Purpose] In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of easily and reliably inputting information.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the concept of a network according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a private branch exchange (hereinafter abbreviated as PABX), and the private networks 100 and 200 are connected by a public line 600. .

FIG. 2 shows an example of the structure of the copying and transmitting apparatus of the present invention, in which 2A to 2D (hereinafter collectively referred to as 2) are readers, and 3A to 3A.
Reference numeral 3C (hereinafter, generally referred to as 3) is a printer, and the printer 3 is connected to the PABX 1 by an optical fiber 7 or the like to form a copying network. The PABX 1 has a switch 4 for selectively connecting each input / output, a page memory 5 such as a semiconductor RAM for storing image information of several pages, and a disk memory 6 capable of storing many pages as auxiliary memories.

FIG. 3 shows the details of the PABX 1. Input / output signals from the reader 2 and the printer 3 are input / output to / from the exchange 4 through a signal line 7 such as an optical fiber, and are selectively input to the page memory 5 by the CPU 30. If it is input and the destination is busy, or if there is a transmission / reception request from another terminal device, the input / output signal is stored in the disk memory 6 through the compression log 31. At this time, the image data is filed with an index attached to the head thereof, and the file number, destination address, destination address, etc. are entered in the index section. In addition, if the destination is empty, the exchange 4
It is also possible to bypass the page memory 5 and directly transmit to the destination in real time. Further, 32 is an input command register and 33 is an output command register, which stores a command packet including various instructions. 34 is data memory, 35 is font ROM, 36 is DMA (direct memory access)
The controller.

FIG. 4 shows a detailed example of the exchange 4. This exchange 4
Are terminals P1 to P6 connected to the reader 2, printer 3, etc.,
Rotary switches RSW1 to PSW6 paired with their respective terminals
Are arranged. Further, a rotary switch RSW7 is arranged in a pair with the page memory 5, and a rotary switch RSW8 is arranged in a pair with the input command register 32. This rotary switch RSW is designed so that input signals from other terminals besides the input signal from its own terminal are distributed. That is, each terminal a of the rotary switch RSW1
Input signals from the terminals P2 to P6 and the page memory 5 are supplied to g. And these rotary switches
Switching of RSW contacts is selectively connected in response to a command from the CPU 30.

For example, the reader 2 is connected to the terminal P1 and the printer 3 is connected to the terminals P3 and P4.
If you want to transfer from the reader 2 to the two printers 3 with terminals P3 and P4 and the terminal P4 is busy, send it to the printer 3 with the terminal P3 in real time, and then to the terminal P4. Once through the page memory 5 to the disk 6
Can be stored in and sent after busy release. This is because the CPU 30 first selects the b contact of the rotary switch RSW3 and the a contact of the rotary switch 7 and outputs the signal from the reader of the terminal P1 to the printer 3 of the terminal P3, and also to the disk 6 via the page memory 5. Output. Rotary switch RS after printer 3 at terminal P4 is busy
Select the contact a of W4 and select disk 6 to page memory 5
The output signal is transmitted to the printer 3 of the terminal P4 via.

FIG. 5 shows the reader, printer, and
An example of a control part and an operation display part is shown. Here, 2 is the above-mentioned reader (reading unit), the details of which are shown in FIG. 3 is the above-mentioned printer (recording unit), and 300 is a central processing unit (hereinafter, CP) that controls various devices of the recording unit 3.
U), 301 is a paper feed driver for feeding paper, 302 and 303 are cassettes for accommodating recording papers of different sizes, 304 is a known cassette detection circuit, and based on a signal detected by this detection circuit 304, Paper feed driver under control of CPU300
301 feeds from either cassette. FIG. 7 shows the recording unit 3 in more detail. Reference numeral 51 denotes an operation display unit, details of which are shown in FIG.

Further, 52 is a CPU for controlling various devices of the information processing apparatus, 53
Is a communication controller, and controls the exchange of image information and the like with other readers 2 and recording units 3 via the PABX 1. 54
A and 54B are line buffers, the video signal Vd from the reader 2 is supplied via the communication controller 53 and the controller 55, and the output data R thereof is further supplied to the recording unit 3. Key (I) is a key signal from a key operated on the operation display unit, DSP is a display signal supplied from the CPU 52 to the operation display unit 51, and L _R (E) is a reader enable signal supplied from the reader 2 to the CPU 52. , L _W (E) is a printer enable signal supplied from the recording unit 3 to the CPU 52, P _s is a printer status signal for detecting the state of the recording unit 3, and DB is a data bus between the communication controller and the CPU. The command packet is read and written based on Ad (address signal). Note that RCL is a read clock generator, BCO is a byte counter, and COM is a comparator.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure of the reader 2 of the embodiment of the present invention, in which 61 is an original, 62 is a rod-shaped light source such as a fluorescent lamp, and 63A, 6A.
3B is a lens, 64A and 64B are one-dimensional solid-state image sensors such as CCD, 6
5A and 65B are amplifiers, and 66 is a synthesis circuit.

The operation of the reader 2 will be described. An original document to be copied.
61 illuminates 61 with a rod-shaped light source 62, and scans the document 61.
Form an image on D64A, 64B. The respective image information V1 photoelectrically converted by the two CCDs 64A and 64B is supplied to the corresponding amplifier 65.
The waveform is shaped by A and 65B and supplied to the synthesis circuit 66. The synthesizing circuit 66 synthesizes the image information V2 sent via the amplifiers 65A and 65B, and the image information V2 is a system of image information (video signal) V3 which is equivalent to image processing by one CCD.
To the printer 3.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the configuration of the printer 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, 71 is a video interface circuit (synchronization circuit), which outputs the video signal V3 transmitted from the synthesis circuit 66 of the reader 2 in FIG. 6 and the horizontal synchronization generation circuit 72 in each printer. By synchronizing with the horizontal synchronizing signal (beam detect pulse) S1 to obtain the video signal V4 and supplying this video signal V4 to the DC controller 73,
Synchronize the reading timing of CCD64A and 64B with the video signal V4 to each printer. The horizontal sync generation circuit 72 supplies the horizontal sync signal S1 to the video interface circuit 71 and the DC controller 73. Also a DC controller
73 supplies the video signal V5 to the laser driver 74 in response to the supplied video signal V4 and horizontal synchronizing signal S1, and the semiconductor laser 75 is controlled to be turned on and off by this signal V5 to modulate the laser beam B1 and The scanner drive signal S2 is supplied to the Yana driver 76, whereby the polygon mirror 78 is rotated at a predetermined speed via the scanner motor 77. Reference numeral 79 denotes a tachogenerator for rotation control at that time, which detects the rotation speed of the scanner motor 77 and supplies the detected value to the scanner driver 76. Also, the polyhedron mirror 78
Scans the laser beam B1 emitted from the semiconductor laser 75. Reference numeral 80 denotes an Fθ lens that corrects the scanning speed of the laser beam B1 around and around the photosensitive drum 81. Reference numeral 82 is a mirror, 83 is a slit, and 84 is a photodiode, which supplies the signal received by the photodiode 84 to the horizontal synchronization generating circuit 72.

The printer 3 described above is a laser beam printer that forms an image with a laser beam, and its operation will be described below. The video signal V3 transmitted from the reader 2 in FIG. 6 and the clock signal C1 and the horizontal synchronization signal S1 output from the horizontal synchronization generation circuit 72 in each printer are supplied to the video interface circuit 71 for synchronization. Take
A video signal V4 is supplied from the video interface circuit 71 to the DC controller 73. In response to the video signal V4 and the horizontal synchronizing signal S1, the DC controller 73 causes the laser driver 14
The video signal V5 to the
Supply the scan drive signal S2 to 76. Video signal V5
In response to this, the laser driver 74 controls the semiconductor laser 75 to be turned on / off to modulate the laser beam B1. The scan driver 74 controls the rotation of the polyhedral mirror 78 in response to the scan drive signal S2. The laser beam B1 emitted from the semiconductor laser 75 is scanned by the rotating polyhedral mirror 78 and the correction F
A recorded image is written on the photosensitive drum 81 via the θ lens 80. Further, the laser beam reflected light B2 reflected by the mirror 82 is received by the photodiode 84 through the slit 83, taken out as the horizontal synchronization signal S1 from the horizontal synchronization generation circuit 72, and the start of scanning of the laser beam B1 is detected. That is, as described above, the signal S1 is supplied to the DC controller 73 and the video interface circuit 71, and the video signal
Used as V4 output timing.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the operation display section, where 90 is the display section.
51 is a display screen, and in this example, it is a liquid crystal display. This display screen 90 is divided into four areas, that is, a command display area 90A, a status display area 90B, a counter display area 90C, and a function display area 90D. The function display area 90D is further divided into four display areas 20, 21, 22, and 23, and the function key F is located below these display areas 20-23.
0, F1, F2, and F3 are arranged in correspondence with each other, and a key SELECT for changing the display contents of the display areas 20 to 23 is arranged to display each of the display areas 20 to 23 of the function display area 90D.
The contents displayed on the screen, such as "local copy" or "send", are selected from the function keys F0 to F3 below the display. When there is no desired item, pressing the select key SELECT changes the contents of each display area 20 to 23 of the function display area 90D to another item. 91
Is a numeric keypad, 92 is a clear key, 93 is a copy or transmission start key, and 94 is a stop key. Further, in the command display area 90A, a command related to the next operation to be performed by the operator is displayed, and in the status display area 90B, the size of the recording paper loaded in the transmission destination, the size of the transmittable document, or Recording modes such as possible equal size and variable size recording are displayed. The number of copies and the like are displayed in the counter display area 90C.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the communication procedure. A transmission request is transmitted to the desired receiving side designated by the transmitting side by the command packet shown in FIG. 10 (A). This command packet is, for example, a signal composed of multiple words, each word consisting of 8 bits. From STX (start of text), destination address, source address, command, ETX (end of text) and horizontal parity. It is configured. The information processing device on the receiving side that receives the transmission request receives an ACK (acknow-ledg
e) Transmit the signal to the sender. Next, the transmission side transmits a status request to detect the state of the reception side, for example, the presence / absence of toner, the presence / absence of paper, the presence / absence of jam, copying, line busy, non-connect, etc. The receiving side receiving this signal sends the state of the receiving side to the transmitting side by the status packet shown in FIG. 10 (B). This status packet consists of STX, destination address, source address, command status, status information, FEX and horizontal parity.

Next, the image information is transmitted from the transmitting side to the destination via the exchange 4. When the receiving side is busy, the image information is immediately stored in the disk 6 in the exchange 4, and the operation display unit 51
The status is displayed to indicate that the file has been saved. In this case, the data in the disk is transmitted as soon as the receiving side line is available. Further, non-connect means that the communication link between the transmitting side and the receiving side could not be established. After transmitting all the image data, the status information is sent again from the receiving side to the sending side, and the status information is displayed on the operation display unit 51. Examples of display of the status information are toner-free, paper-less, copying, busy, jam, non-connect, etc.

Regarding the operation of the information processing apparatus configured as described above,
This will be described with reference to FIGS. (A) to (F) and FIG.

First, when the power is turned on, the RAM and I /
Initialize O. Then, as shown in FIG. 11 (A),
"Soshin" displayed in function display area 90D
Select the mode by pressing the function key F1 (step S2). In step S7 through steps S3, S4, S5, S6, it is determined in step S7 whether local copy, that is, copy by the printer integrated with the reader, or transmission, or another function key is selected. To do. Now
Since the "source" mode is selected, the function display processing is performed in step S8, and the destination is displayed in the function display area 90D as shown in FIG. 11 (B).
If you specify "Honshia" as the destination in step S9, the paper size loaded in the destination is checked in step S10, and in step S11 the paper size, transmittable document size, and recording mode, that is, this example. Then, it is displayed in the status display area 90B by determining whether the recording mode of equal size, enlargement, or reduction is possible. Here, when A4 size recording paper is loaded on the transmission side, in the stator display area 90B,
As shown in Fig. 11 (C), "Receiving side recording paper ... A4 size,
Original size and recording mode that can be sent ... A4 size / actual size, A3 size / 1/2 size, A5 size / 2x ”, etc. are displayed. Next, in step S12, a function display process is performed, and the recording mode, in this example, the magnification is displayed as shown in FIG. 11 (C). When the operator selects the function key F0 when transmitting the A4 size original at the same size, the procedure proceeds from step S2 to step S6 to step S7, and to step S2 following the flow of "NO". Then, use the numeric keypad 91 to specify the number of transmissions
The procedure proceeds to step S13 through S2 to S5, executes the numeric keypad processing, and proceeds to step S2. At this time, the screen 90 becomes as shown in FIG. 11 (D). Since all the items to be specified have been entered, if the start key 93 is pressed down, steps S2 to S4 are followed by step S14.
Proceed to. Now, the transmission mode is selected, so step S1
Proceed to step 5, and check the status of the other party's recording unit, for example, the presence or absence of toner,
The presence or absence of paper is detected. The detection information is sent back to the transmitting side, and the transmitting side controls the exchange 4 based on the information. That is, the transmission sequence of step S16 is executed, and the image information is immediately stored in the disk 6 when it is not normal, for example, when the line is busy or there is no toner. In a normal state, the display screen is as shown in FIG. 11 (E), and the image information is transmitted to the receiving side in real time. When it is determined in step S17 that the transmission is completed, the statuses such as no toner and no paper are displayed in the display area 90B in step S17A. When there is no paper, a screen as shown in FIG. 11 (F) is displayed, and since transmission information is stored in the disk 6, it is displayed as file saving.

The size of the original to be transmitted can be input by the operator using keys, or can be optically detected by the reading unit and input.

In the case of local copy, the procedure proceeds from step S7 to step S7A, checks the size of the recording paper loaded in its own recording unit, and then steps S12, S2, ... Proceed and press the start key 93
The procedure proceeds from S4 to step S14, and local copying is further performed by steps S18, S19, and S20. An example of this operation procedure and the operation display unit is shown in FIGS. 13 (A) to 13 (C).

Further, a function of recording the read image information on the disk 6 and recording it can be easily added, and in that case, in the same manner as described above, a function such as “disk” is displayed in any of the display areas 21 to 23, This is done by pressing down the function key provided below the display area.

As described above, according to the present invention, the operation display unit can be simplified, the operation becomes easy, and even if the function is diverse, the display content of the display area and the operator operate while interacting with the information processing apparatus. It is possible to input information reliably.

[Effect] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a plurality of parameters related to information processing are displayed corresponding to a plurality of input positions, respectively, and guidance information related to the information processing is displayed on the same screen. Can also be displayed, and when there is an instruction to input a desired parameter among the plurality of parameters, information corresponding to the content of the parameter is input, and further, the display means is controlled in order to shift the content of the guidance information. It has become possible to provide an information processing device having a display control means for performing the above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a network according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the in-plant network, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a more detailed example of the in-plant private exchange device. Is a connection diagram showing an example of an exchange, FIG. 5 is a block diagram mainly showing the operation display unit and control unit of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a detailed example of the reader, and FIG. 7 is the same. A block diagram showing a detailed example of the recording section, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing details of the operation display section, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a transmission procedure, and FIG. 10 (A) is an example of the command packet. FIG. 10, FIG. 10 (B) is a diagram showing an example of the status packet, and FIGS. 11 (A) to (F) are diagrams showing the function display area of the operation display unit and its keys, FIG. FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing an example of the procedure of the embodiment of the present invention.
(A) ~ (C) is a diagram showing the function display area of the operation display unit and its keys. 1 ... Private exchange device, 2, 2A-2D ... Reader (reading unit), 3, 3A-3C ... Printer (recording unit), 4 ... Exchange, 5 ... Page memory, 6 ... Disk, 7 ... Optical fiber, 20-23 ... Display area, 30 ... CPU, 31 ... Compression logic, 32 ... Input command register, 33 ... Output command register, 34 ... Data memory, 35 ... Font ROM , 36 …… DMA controller, 51 …… Operation display, 52 …… CPU, 53 …… Communication controller, 54A, 54B …… Line buffer, 55 …… Controller, 61 …… Original, 62 …… Light source, 63A, 63B …… Lens, 64A, 64B …… CCD, 65A, 65B …… Amplifier, 66 …… Synthesis circuit, 71 …… Video interface circuit, 72 …… Horizontal sync generation circuit, 73 …… DC controller, 74 …… Laser Driver, 75 ... Semiconductor laser, 76 ... Skyana driver, 77 ... Skyanamo Data, 78 …… Polyhedral mirror, 79 …… Tachogenerator, 80 …… Fθ lens, 81 …… Photoconductor, 82 …… Mirror, 83 …… Slit, 84 …… Photodiode, 90 …… Display screen, 90A …… Command display area, 90B ... status display area, 90C ... counter display area, 90D ... function display area, 91 ... numeric keypad, 92 ... clear key, 93 ... start key, 94 ... stop key, 100, 200 …… Network on the premises, 300 …… CPU, 301 …… Paper feed driver, 302, 303 …… Cassette, 304 …… Cassette detection, 600 …… Public line, F0, F1, F2, F3 …… Function keys, SELECT …… Select key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display unit capable of displaying a plurality of parameters related to information processing corresponding to a plurality of input positions and further displaying guidance information related to the information processing on the same screen. When there is an instruction to input a desired parameter among the plurality of parameters while the plurality of parameters are displayed, the information corresponding to the content of the parameter is input, and further the content of the guidance information is changed. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display control unit that controls the display unit to perform the above.