Portable terminal device and program

Abstract

To obtain a portable terminal device and a program capable of making the portable terminal device perform predetermined processing without releasing a locked state, while maintaining security.SOLUTION: An application 22: (a) displays notification on a display device 12, when it becomes in a state connectable to an image forming device 2 by a radio communication device 11; (b) displays a soft key on the display device 12, when predetermined operation with respect to the notification is detected by an input device 13; (c) executes user authentication processing, when the operation with respect to the soft key is detected by the input device 13; (d1) connects with the image forming device 2 to require execution of the predetermined processing of the image forming device 2, when user authentication succeeds in the user authentication processing; and (d2) does not require the execution of the predetermined processing of the image forming device 2, when the user authentication fails in the user authentication processing.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] When a certain portable terminal device becomes able to connect to an image forming device while in a locked state, (a) it displays a notification on the lock screen, (b) when the notification is swiped, it displays a soft key, and (c) when the soft key is operated, it performs a specified process without releasing the locked state (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2018-197918 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the above-mentioned portable terminal device, even if a person other than the user performs the above-mentioned operation, the predetermined process can be performed, so the security level is low.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide a mobile terminal device and a program that can cause the mobile terminal device to perform specified processing without releasing the locked state while maintaining security. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A portable terminal device according to the present invention includes a wireless communication device, a display device, an input device, and an application for operating an image forming device using the wireless communication device. The application (a) displays a notification on the display device when the wireless communication device becomes connectable to the image forming device, (b) displays soft keys on the display device when a predetermined operation on the notification is detected by the input device, (c) executes a user authentication process when an operation on the soft keys is detected by the input device, (d1) connects to the image forming device and requests the image forming device to execute a predetermined process if user authentication is successful in the user authentication process, and (d2) does not request the image forming device to execute the predetermined process if user authentication is unsuccessful in the user authentication process.

[0007] The program according to the present invention is for a mobile terminal device including a wireless communication device, a display device, an input device, and a computer, and causes the computer to function as an application for operating an image forming device using the wireless communication device. The application (a) displays a notification on the display device when the wireless communication device makes it possible to connect to the image forming device, (b) displays soft keys on the display device when a predetermined operation on the notification is detected by the input device, (c) executes a user authentication process when an operation on the soft keys is detected by the input device, (d1) connects to the image forming device and requests the image forming device to execute a predetermined process if the user authentication is successful in the user authentication process, and (d2) does not request the image forming device to execute the predetermined process if the user authentication is unsuccessful in the user authentication process. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a mobile terminal device and a program that can cause the mobile terminal device to perform a predetermined process without releasing the locked state while maintaining security.

[0009] The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an image forming system including a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen of the application 22 in FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user setting screen of the application 22 in FIG. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an authentication method selection screen of the application 22 in FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a series of display screens of the application 22 in FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal device 1 shown in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0012] Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an image forming system including a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system shown in Fig. 1 includes a portable terminal device 1 carried by a user, and an image forming device 2 (multifunction device, copier, etc.). Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the portable terminal device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, as shown in Fig. 2, the portable terminal device 1 is a portable device such as a smartphone that is driven by power from a built-in battery, and includes a wireless communication device 11, a display device 12, an input device 13, a storage device 14, an arithmetic processing device 15, etc.

[0013] The wireless communication device 11 is an internal device that performs data communication according to a predetermined wireless communication standard such as wireless LAN (Local Area Network) or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

[0014] The display device 12 is an internal device such as a liquid crystal display that displays an operation screen to the user, etc. The input device 13 is an internal device such as a touch panel that detects user operations.

[0015] The storage device 14 is a non-volatile storage device such as a flash memory, a hard disk, etc. The storage device 14 stores a program 21 and the like.

[0016] The arithmetic processing device 15 is a computer having a central processing unit (CPU), a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), etc., and operates as an application 22 by loading a program 21 into the RAM and executing it on the CPU.

[0017] The application 22 is an application for operating the image forming apparatus 2 using the wireless communication device 11. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen of the application 22 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user setting screen of the application 22 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an authentication method selection screen of the application 22 in Fig. 2.

[0018] In this embodiment, a user setting for designating an authentication method in user authentication processing is stored in the storage device 14. Specifically, the application 22 displays an operation screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 3 on the display device 12, and when an operation on the soft key 101 is detected, displays a user setting screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 on the display device 12. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the user setting screen includes a switch 201 for setting whether or not to perform a notification (login notification) described later, a soft key 202 for displaying an authentication method selection screen, and the like. When an operation on the soft key 202 is detected, the application 22 displays an authentication method selection screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 5 on the display device 12. The authentication method selection screen shown in FIG. 5 includes soft keys 211 to 214 for options such as no authentication, password authentication, and biometric authentication (fingerprint authentication, etc.). Among the soft keys 211 to 214, the presence or absence of authentication and the authentication method (biometric authentication in FIG. 5) are specified in correspondence with the soft key (soft key 213 in FIG. 5) operated by the user, and are stored in the storage device 14 as user settings.

[0019] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a series of display screens of the application 22 in Fig. 2. When the application 22 (a) becomes connectable to the image forming apparatus 2 by the wireless communication device 11 (for example, when the mobile terminal device 1 enters the connectable area of ​​the image forming apparatus 2 as shown in Fig. 1), the application 22 displays a notification 302 on the display device 12 by superimposing it on a lock screen 301, (b) when a predetermined operation (here, a swipe operation) on the notification is detected by the input device 13, the application 22 displays soft keys 303 and 304 on the display device 12, (c) when an operation on the soft keys 303 and 304 is detected by the input device 13, the application 22 performs a user authentication process, (d1) if the user authentication is successful in the user authentication process, the application 2 connects to the image forming apparatus and requests the image forming apparatus 2 to perform a predetermined process, and (d2) if the user authentication is unsuccessful in the user authentication process, the application 22 does not request the image forming apparatus 2 to perform the predetermined process.

[0020] Here, the above-mentioned predetermined process is a login process or a print process corresponding to the soft keys 303 and 304. Specifically, the soft key 304 is a soft key for immediately executing a print process for an unexecuted print job stored in the image forming device 2 for private printing (secure printing) or the like.

[0021] In this embodiment, application 22 (a) identifies the authentication method designated by the above-mentioned user setting, and (b) executes the user authentication process according to the identified authentication method. When input device 13 detects an operation on soft keys 303, 304, a user authentication screen (here, a password input screen or a fingerprint input screen) according to the designated user authentication method is displayed, for example, as shown in Fig. 6.

[0022] Next, the operation of the mobile terminal device 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

[0023] When the mobile terminal device 1 is in a locked state, the application 22 monitors whether or not it is possible to connect to the image forming device 2 (step S1), and if it is possible to connect to the image forming device 2, as described above, displays a login notification, for example as shown in FIG. 6, superimposed on the lock screen (step S2).

[0024] Then, the application 22 monitors whether or not an operation in response to the login notification has been detected (step S3), and whether or not an unlock operation has been detected (step S4).

[0025] When an operation on the login notification (an operation on any of the soft keys 303, 304 described above) is detected, the application 22 identifies an authentication method based on the user settings stored in the storage device 14 (step S5), and executes user authentication processing corresponding to the identified authentication method (step S6).

[0026] The application 22 determines whether the user authentication is successful in the user authentication process (step S7), and if the user authentication is successful, automatically uses the wireless communication device 11 to send a login request to the image forming device 2 together with user authentication information such as a user ID (step S8).

[0027] When the image forming apparatus 2 receives the user authentication information and the login request, the image forming apparatus 2 determines whether or not login is permitted based on the user authentication information, and transmits the determination result of whether or not login is permitted to the mobile terminal apparatus 1.

[0028] When the application 22 receives the determination result of whether login is possible using the wireless communication device 11, it determines whether login is successful or not based on the determination result (step S9), and if login is successful, it ends the display of the login notification described above (step S10), transmits a request for a process corresponding to the soft key described above to the image forming device 2, and causes the image forming device 2 to execute that process (print process, etc.). Note that after the display of the login notification ends, the display of the lock screen continues.

[0029] On the other hand, if an unlocking operation is detected in step S4, the application 22 displays a remote control screen such as that shown in FIG. 3 on the display device 12 (step S11), and similarly executes the processes from step S8 onwards.

[0030] Furthermore, if it is determined in step S7 that user authentication has failed in the user authentication process, or if it is determined in step S9 that login has failed, application 22 does not send a request for the above-mentioned process to image forming device 2, and performs error processing (such as displaying a message indicating user authentication failure or login failure).

[0031] As described above, according to the above embodiment, application 22 (a) displays a notification on display device 12 when wireless communication device 11 makes it possible to connect to image forming device 2, (b) displays soft keys 303, 304 on display device 12 when a specified operation in response to the notification is detected by input device 13, (c) executes user authentication processing when an operation on soft keys 303, 304 is detected by input device 13, (d1) if user authentication is successful in the user authentication processing, connects to image forming device 2 and requests image forming device 2 to execute a specified processing, and (d2) if user authentication is unsuccessful in the user authentication processing, does not request image forming device 2 to execute the specified processing.

[0032] This makes it possible to maintain security through user authentication processing, while allowing a predetermined process to be performed without releasing the locked state.

[0033] It should be noted that various changes and modifications to the above-described embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter and without diminishing its intended advantages. In other words, such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

[0034] For example, in the above embodiment, the program 21 may be recorded on a portable recording medium, read from the recording medium, and installed in the storage device 14 . [Industrial Applicability]

[0035] The present invention is applicable to, for example, a portable terminal device that remotely controls an image forming apparatus. [Explanation of symbols]

[0036] 1. Mobile terminal device 2. Image forming device 11 Wireless communication devices 12 Display device 13 Input Devices 14 Storage device 15 Processing unit (an example of a computer) 21 Programs 22 Applications

Claims

1. A wireless communication device; A display device; An input device; an application for operating an image forming apparatus using the wireless communication device; the application (a) displays a notification on the display device when the wireless communication device becomes connectable to the image forming device, (b) displays a soft key on the display device when a predetermined operation in response to the notification is detected by the input device, (c) executes a user authentication process when an operation on the soft key is detected by the input device, (d1) connects to the image forming device and requests the image forming device to execute a predetermined process if user authentication is successful in the user authentication process, and (d2) does not request the image forming device to execute the predetermined process if user authentication is unsuccessful in the user authentication process. A mobile terminal device comprising:

2. a storage device that stores a user setting that specifies an authentication method in the user authentication process; The application (a) identifies the authentication method specified by the user setting, and (b) executes the user authentication process in accordance with the identified authentication method; 2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1,

3. 2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined process is a login process or a print process.

4. A program for a mobile terminal device including a wireless communication device, a display device, an input device, and a computer, causing the computer to function as an application for operating an image forming apparatus using the wireless communication device; the application (a) displays a notification on the display device when the wireless communication device becomes connectable to the image forming device, (b) displays a soft key on the display device when a predetermined operation in response to the notification is detected by the input device, (c) executes a user authentication process when an operation on the soft key is detected by the input device, (d1) connects to the image forming device and requests the image forming device to execute a predetermined process if user authentication is successful in the user authentication process, and (d2) does not request the image forming device to execute the predetermined process if user authentication is unsuccessful in the user authentication process. A program characterized by.

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