Information processing device, method for controlling information processing device, and program

Abstract

To provide an information processing device capable of estimating a category corresponding to an environment in which the information processing device is used on the basis of information on a network and utilizing the estimation results, a control method thereof, and a program.SOLUTION: An information processing device comprises a setting storage unit, an environment estimation unit, and a rule setting unit. The setting storage unit stores a setting data group, which is a combination of one or more setting items and setting values corresponding to the one or more setting items, for each of a plurality of segmented categories. The environment estimation unit acquires a plurality of network settings acquired from the outside and / or set in an MFP 101, and estimates a category corresponding to the environment in which the information processing device is used from among the plurality of categories on the basis of the plurality of acquired network settings. The rule setting unit changes operation setting of the information processing device on the basis of the setting data group stored in association with the estimated category.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Claims

1. An image processing device that manages different sets of setting values ​​corresponding to each of a plurality of usage environments, a first receiving means for receiving an instruction to estimate a usage environment of the image processing device; an estimation means for estimating a usage environment of the image processing device based on information acquired by the image processing device in response to receiving the instruction to estimate; a notification means for notifying a result estimated by the estimation means; a second receiving means for receiving a selection of one item from among a plurality of items associated with the plurality of usage environments; having The estimated result is at least one usage environment included in the plurality of usage environments.

13. An image processing device comprising:

2. An image processing device as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that it further has a display control means for displaying a display item for accepting the selection of the one item and a display item for accepting the estimated instruction on a single screen.

3. The image processing device described in Claim 2, characterized in that the notification means notifies the estimated result on the screen.

4. The image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that if the estimation means is unable to uniquely estimate the usage environment of the image processing device, the notification means notifies two or more usage environments obtained as a result of estimation by the estimation means.

5. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the notification unit further notifies information indicating that the usage environment of the image processing device has not been uniquely estimated.

6. An image processing device as described in claim 2 or 3, characterized in that when the estimation means does not uniquely estimate the usage environment of the image processing device, the display control means displays in different display modes in a display item for accepting the selection of the one item, an item corresponding to two or more usage environments obtained as a result of estimation by the estimation means and an item corresponding to a usage environment other than the two or more usage environments.

7. 7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein items corresponding to the two or more usage environments are displayed in a display mode in which they are emphasized more than items corresponding to usage environments other than the two or more usage environments.

8. 8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is a printing apparatus.

9. An image processing device as described in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the multiple usage environments corresponding to the multiple items include at least two of an in-house intranet environment, a direct Internet connection environment, an Internet-prohibited environment, and a home environment.

10. The image processing device further has an acquisition means for acquiring an address of a DNS server, an address of a default gateway, and an address of a DHCP server as information acquired by the image processing device, The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the multiple usage environments corresponding to the multiple items include at least a home environment, and the estimation means estimates that the usage environment of the image processing device is a home environment when the acquired DNS server address, default gateway address, and DHCP server address indicate a common address.

11. A method for controlling an image processing device that manages different sets of setting values ​​associated with each of a plurality of usage environments, comprising: a first receiving step of receiving an instruction to estimate a usage environment of the image processing device; an estimation step of estimating a usage environment of the image processing device based on information acquired by the image processing device in response to receiving the instruction to estimate; a notification step of notifying a result estimated in the estimation step; a second receiving step of receiving a selection of one item from a plurality of items associated with the plurality of usage environments; having The estimated result is at least one usage environment included in the plurality of usage environments.

23. A method for controlling an image processing apparatus comprising the steps of:

12. An image processing device that manages different sets of setting values ​​corresponding to each of a plurality of usage environments, a first receiving means for receiving an instruction to estimate a usage environment of the image processing device; an estimation means for estimating a usage environment of the image processing device based on information acquired by the image processing device in response to receiving the instruction to estimate; a notification means for notifying a result estimated by the estimation means; a second receiving means for receiving a selection of one item from a plurality of items associated with the plurality of usage environments; A program for causing the device to function as a The estimated result is at least one usage environment included in the plurality of usage environments. A program characterized by:

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