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To provide a display control apparatus allowing a plurality of users to efficiently execute functions, respectively, as well as, allowing them to efficiently manage their executable functions, respectively.SOLUTION: In a display control apparatus, a standby screen corresponding to an authenticated registered user is displayed. The standby screen includes icon objects 41-48 associated with particular processing. In an administrator mode where a particular administrator is authenticated, when an edition request is inputted, an administrator edition screen 60 is displayed. The administrator edition screen 60 includes: registered user-specific tabs 62-64; an icon object corresponding to a selected one tab of registered users and edition objects 71-75.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

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[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a screen including icon objects. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent document 1 discloses a process execution device that displays multiple shortcut buttons each associated with a specific process, and when one of the shortcut buttons is selected, the specific process associated with that shortcut button is executed. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-157232 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When the processing execution device described in Patent Document 1 is shared by multiple users, it is desirable that the multiple users be able to efficiently execute the functions that they can each execute. Furthermore, from a management perspective, it is desirable to be able to efficiently manage the functions that each user can execute.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to enable multiple users to efficiently execute functions that they can each execute, and to efficiently manage the functions that each user can execute. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The display control device of the present invention includes a display unit, an input unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The storage unit stores information indicating a standby screen for each registered user. The standby screen includes at least one icon object associated with a specific process. The control unit executes authentication processing, standby screen display processing, administrator mode setting processing, edit display processing, tab switching processing, and edit processing.

[0007] The authentication process includes a process of authenticating the user of the display control device based on authentication information input via the input unit. The standby screen display process includes a process of, when any registered user is authenticated by the authentication process, displaying on the display unit a standby screen corresponding to the authenticated registered user.

[0008] The administrator mode setting process includes a process of setting the operation mode of the display control device to the administrator mode when a specific administrator is authenticated by the authentication process. The editing and displaying process includes a process for displaying an administrator editing screen on the display unit when an editing request is input via the input unit in administrator mode. The administrator editing screen includes a tab for each registered user, at least one icon object, and an editing object. At least one icon object included in the administrator editing screen corresponds to the registered user of the selected tab. In other words, at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen includes at least one icon object included in the standby screen corresponding to the registered user of the selected tab. The editing object is operated to edit the at least one icon object.

[0009] The tab switching process includes a process of switching a selected tab on the administrator editing screen in accordance with a tab switching operation input via the input unit. The process includes a process of switching, in accordance with the operation, at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen to at least one icon object corresponding to the registered user of the tab switched by the tab switching operation.

[0010] The editing process includes a process of editing at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen based on an editing operation, including an operation on an editing object, input via the input unit.

[0011] In the display control device configured in this way, a standby screen is prepared for each registered user, and when a registered user is authenticated, the standby screen corresponding to that registered user is displayed. This allows multiple users to efficiently execute executable functions (i.e., icons included in the standby screen).

[0012] Furthermore, in administrator mode, an administrator editing screen is displayed. The administrator editing screen is a tabbed screen with tabs for each registered user. When one of the tabs is selected on the administrator editing screen, the icon objects included in the standby screen of the registered user corresponding to the selected tab are displayed, and the icon objects included in the standby screen of the registered user can be edited.

[0013] In other words, the icon objects included in the standby screen of each registered user can be edited individually for each registered user, which makes it possible to efficiently manage the functions that each user can execute in the administrator mode. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation panel of the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. [Figure 3] 10A is an explanatory diagram showing the standby screen when user A logs in, FIG. 10B is an explanatory diagram showing the standby screen when user B logs in, and FIG. 10C is an explanatory diagram showing the standby screen when user C logs in. FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an icon management table. [Figure 5]FIG. 10A is an explanatory diagram showing an administrator menu screen, and FIG. 10B is an explanatory diagram showing a standby screen setting screen. [Figure 6] 10A to 10C are explanatory diagrams showing various display examples of an administrator editing screen when a bulk editing tab is selected. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an authority setting screen included in the administrator editing screen. [Figure 8] 10A is an explanatory diagram showing an individual edit screen when the logged-in user is User B, and FIG. 10B is an explanatory diagram showing an individual edit screen when the logged-in user is User C. FIG. [Figure 9] 10 is a flowchart showing a part of a standby screen process. [Figure 10] 10 is a flowchart showing another part of the standby screen processing (continuation of FIG. 9). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0015] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. [Embodiment] (1) Configuration of image processing device The image processing device 10 of this embodiment shown in Figure 1 has multiple specified functions, such as a scan function that reads an image of an original document and generates image data of the read image, a print function that prints the image on recording paper, a copy function that prints the image read by the scan function on recording paper by the print function, and a fax function that sends and receives facsimile data.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 1, the image processing device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a display unit 13, and The image processing device 10 includes an input unit 14, a reading unit 15, a printing unit 16, a media interface unit 17, a first communication unit 18, and a second communication unit 19, which are interconnected via a bus 20. An operation panel 3 shown in FIG. 2 is provided on one side of a housing (not shown) of the image processing device 10. The media interface unit will be abbreviated as "media I / F" hereinafter.

[0017] The control unit 11 has a CPU. The storage unit 12 has a semiconductor memory such as a ROM, a RAM, an NVRAM, a flash memory, etc. That is, the image processing device 10 has a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory.

[0018] The control unit 11 realizes various functions by executing a program stored in a non-transient physical recording medium. In this embodiment, the storage unit 12 corresponds to the non-transient physical recording medium storing the program. Note that the various functions realized by the control unit 11 are not limited to being realized by executing a program, and some or all of the functions may be realized using one or more pieces of hardware.

[0019] The storage unit 12 stores data for various screens including a standby screen 30 (see FIG. 2) described later. The storage unit 12 also stores data for an icon management table shown in FIG. 4, a standby screen processing program shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, and the like.

[0020] The display unit 13 has a display device capable of displaying images, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display. The input unit 14 has input devices for receiving various input operations. The input devices of the input unit 14 include a power button 5, a numeric keypad 6, a back button 7, a home button 8, a stop button 9, and a touch panel 14a, which are provided on the operation panel 3, as shown in FIG.

[0021] Touch panel 14a is disposed in an image display area where an image is displayed on the display device of display unit 13. Display unit 13 shown in Fig. 2 specifically shows the image display area on the display device of display unit 13. Touch panel 14a is disposed so as to overlap almost the entire range of this image display area.

[0022] The touch panel 14a is capable of detecting a pointing operation by contact or proximity of a pointer with respect to the image display area of ​​the display unit 13. That is, the touch panel 14a is configured to be capable of outputting position information indicating a pointing position where a pointing operation is being performed when a pointing operation is being performed with a pointer with respect to the image display area of ​​the display unit 13. The touch panel 14a of this embodiment is configured to output the position information continuously or periodically while a pointing operation is being performed with a pointer.

[0023] The touch panel 14a may be configured to be capable of detecting only contact as an instruction operation, or may be configured to be capable of detecting only proximity, or may be configured to be capable of detecting both contact and proximity.

[0024] The control unit 11 acquires position information output from the touch panel 14a, and based on the acquired position information, can detect whether or not a pointing operation has been performed by the indicator, the pointing position when a pointing operation has been performed, and at least one type of specific operation by the indicator when a pointing operation has been performed.

[0025] The specific operations that can be detected by the control unit 11 include, for example, a tap operation, a flick operation, a drag operation, etc. A tap operation is an operation in which, after a pointing operation is performed with a pointer, a flick operation is performed at the same position. The pointing operation is performed by releasing the pointing object. There are various possible specific modes of the pointing object that can perform the pointing operation, and for example, the pointing object may be a fingertip or a specific pointing device such as a stylus pen.

[0026] The reading unit 15 has an image sensor, reads an image of a document, and generates image data of the read image. The printing unit 16 has a printing mechanism using inkjet technology or electrophotography technology, and is capable of printing an image on a sheet of recording paper.

[0027] The media I / F 17 is an interface unit to which various storage media, such as a USB flash memory, are attached, and controls the writing and reading of data to and from the attached storage media.

[0028] The first communication unit 18 is a communication interface for connecting the image processing device 10 to a data communication network. The first communication unit 18 is connectable to at least one of various networks such as a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, and the Internet.

[0029] The image processing device 10 may be capable of wired or wireless data communication with various information processing devices such as personal computers, smartphones, and tablet terminals via the first communication unit 18. The image processing device 10 may also be connected to the Internet via the first communication unit 18 and be capable of data communication with various other servers and various information processing devices via the Internet.

[0030] The second communication unit 19 is an interface unit for communicating with external devices via a communication line 150. In this embodiment, the communication line 150 connected to the second communication unit 19 is, for example, a public telephone network. In the fax function, transmission and reception of facsimile data is basically performed via the second communication unit 19.

[0031] The operation panel 3 shown in Fig. 2 will be described in detail. The power button 5 is a hardware key operated by the user to turn on and off the power of the image processing device 10. When the power button 5 is pressed to turn on the image processing device 10 and start operation of the image processing device 10, the control unit 11 performs a specific initialization process and then displays a standby screen 30 on the display unit 13. The user can switch the screen displayed on the display unit 13, make various settings, and execute various functions by performing various input operations starting from the standby screen 30.

[0032] The numeric keypad 6 is a collective term for multiple hard keys including hard keys for the numbers 0 to 9 that are operated by the user mainly when entering numbers, for example, when entering a destination number for facsimile data or the number of copies in the copy function.

[0033] The back button 7 is a hard key operated by the user to return the screen of the display unit 13 to the screen that was displayed immediately before the currently displayed screen. The home button 8 is a hard key operated by the user to display the standby screen 30 on the display unit 13. The stop button 9 is a hard key operated by the user to stop an operation that is currently being processed.

[0034] (2) Explanation of the standby screen The standby screen 30 is a tab-format screen having a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of tabs is associated with a tab screen. A tab screen corresponding to one of the plurality of tabs that is selected is displayed on the standby screen 30. Various information required to display the standby screen 30, information regarding the content of processing to be executed when various input operations are performed on the standby screen 30 via the input unit 14, and the like are stored in the storage unit 12.

[0035] 2, in this embodiment, for example, a maximum of four tabs are displayed on the standby screen 30. Note that in this embodiment, the total number of tabs Nt is greater than four, which is the maximum number of tabs that can be simultaneously displayed on the standby screen 30. FIG. 2 shows an example in which a first tab 21, a second tab 22, a third tab 23, and a fourth tab 24 are displayed on the standby screen 30 out of the Nt tabs from the first tab to the Nt-th tab.

[0036] Each tab displays its own name. A selected tab is displayed in a different manner from the other tabs. Figure 2 shows an example in which a first tab 21, whose name is "Basic Function 1," is selected and displayed in a different manner (e.g., a different color, a different size, etc.) from the other tabs.

[0037] Of the first to Nt-th tab screens corresponding to all Nt tabs, one corresponding to a selected tab is displayed on the standby screen 30. Fig. 2 shows an example in which a first tab screen 40 corresponding to the selected first tab 21 is displayed.

[0038] Each tab screen associated with each tab is a screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged. In this embodiment, for example, eight icons are arranged on one tab screen. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a first tab screen 40 has a first icon 41 to an eighth icon 48 arranged thereon. The specific type of each icon can be changed as described below.

[0039] Each icon arranged on each tab screen is associated with a specific process, and when the user taps any of the icons, the specific process associated with that icon is executed.

[0040] 2, the first icon 41 is an icon associated with a specific process in the fax function, the second icon 42 is an icon associated with a specific process in the copy function, and the third icon 43 is an icon associated with a specific process in the scan function. Five icons, the fourth icon 44 to the eighth icon 48, are unregistered icons that are not associated with a specific process. The user can register specific processes to these unregistered icons.

[0041] On the standby screen 30, a left button 28 and a right button 29 are displayed near both ends of the area where the tabs are displayed. The left-right arrangement order of the Nt tabs is predetermined. If another tab is arranged to the left of the four currently displayed tabs, tapping the left button 28 will scroll the tab to be displayed to the right, thereby displaying the tab arranged to the left of the four currently displayed tabs. Conversely, if another tab is arranged to the right of the four currently displayed tabs, tapping the right button 29 will scroll the tab to be displayed to the left, thereby displaying the tab arranged to the right of the four currently displayed tabs.

[0042] To switch from the tab screen of the currently selected tab to the tab screen of another tab, for example, simply tap the tab to which you want to switch. If you tap a tab other than the currently selected tab, the tapped tab becomes selected, and the tab screen corresponding to the newly selected tab is displayed on the standby screen 30.

[0043] A user mode switching button 26 is displayed in the upper left corner of the standby screen 30. The image processing device 10 of this embodiment has a user authentication function. The user authentication function is a function for setting the user mode of the image processing device 10 to either a general mode or at least one personal mode.

[0044] Information (e.g., text) indicating the currently set user mode is displayed on the user mode switching button 26. The standby screen 30 in Fig. 2 shows an example in which the user mode is set to the general mode. The general mode is a user mode that can be set by any user without requiring authentication operations such as password entry, which will be described later.

[0045] When the user mode switching button 26 is tapped, a user mode selection screen (not shown) for selecting a user mode is displayed on the display unit 13. In this embodiment, the user mode selection screen displays options such as "general mode," "user A," "user B," and "user C." Note that "user A," "user B," and "user C" all correspond to personal mode. When "general mode" is selected, the user mode is set to the general mode.

[0046] On the other hand, when a personal mode other than "general mode" is selected on the user mode selection screen, an authentication screen (not shown) for user authentication is displayed. When proper authentication information (e.g., a proper password) corresponding to the selected personal mode is entered via this authentication screen, the authentication is successful, i.e., login is performed, and the user mode is set to the selected personal mode. When the user mode is set to the personal mode, the icon registered for that personal mode is displayed on the standby screen 30.

[0047] For example, when "user A" logs in, the user mode is set to the personal mode of user A. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3(a), five icons registered corresponding to user A are displayed on the standby screen 30 as a first icon 41 to a third icon 43, a fifth icon 45, and a sixth icon 46, respectively.

[0048] The types and positions of icons on the standby screen 30 are set for each user mode in the icon management table shown in Fig. 4. The types and positions of icons on the standby screen 30 can be edited individually for each user mode, and when edited, the contents of the icon management table are updated according to the edited content.

[0049] The icon management table sets, for each user corresponding to the personal mode, the icons and their positions to be displayed on the standby screen 30 at the time of login. In the example shown in Fig. 4, for example, for user A, the standby screen 30 at the time of login is set so that a fax function icon is displayed as the first icon 41, a copy function icon is displayed as the second icon 42, a scan function icon is displayed as the third icon 43, an "all menu" icon is displayed as the fifth icon 45, and a 2-in-1 ID copy icon is displayed as the sixth icon 46. Based on this setting example, when user A logs in and the user mode is set to user A's personal mode, the standby screen 30 corresponding to user A is displayed as shown in Fig. 3(a).

[0050] Also, for example, when user B logs in and the user mode is set to user B's personal mode, a standby screen 30 corresponding to user B, as shown in Figure 3(b), is displayed based on user B's standby screen icon information in the icon management table.

[0051] Also, for example, when user C logs in and the user mode is set to user C's personal mode, a standby screen 30 corresponding to user C, as shown in Figure 3(c), is displayed based on user C's standby screen icon information in the icon management table.

[0052] 4, the icon management table stores information indicating whether or not each user has administrator authority and information indicating the frequency of editing for each user. is set to Administrator.

[0053] The editing frequency is information indicating the frequency (e.g., the number of times) of editing an icon to be displayed on the standby screen 30. This editing frequency is updated (e.g., accumulated) in the processes of S320 and S340 in FIG. 10, which will be described later.

[0054] In addition, the icon management table shown in FIG. 4 also stores the editing frequency of the editing work based on the batch editing (administrator) tab 61 shown in FIG. Furthermore, the image processing device 10 of this embodiment is configured to be able to edit the types of icons to be displayed on the standby screen 30 for each personal mode individually for each personal mode or collectively for all personal modes. In other words, it is possible to make the types and number of icons to be displayed on the standby screen 30 different for each user mode.

[0055] Specifically, an administrator button 27 is displayed on the standby screen 30 as shown in Fig. 3. When the logged-in user is an administrator and the administrator button 27 is tapped, an administrator menu screen 50 shown in Fig. 5(a) is displayed on the display unit 13.

[0056] A standby screen setting button 51 is displayed on the administrator menu screen 50. When the standby screen setting button 51 is tapped, a standby screen setting screen 55 shown in FIG. 5(b) is displayed on the display unit 13. An icon button 56 is displayed on the standby screen setting screen. When the icon button 56 is tapped, an administrator editing screen 60 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 13.

[0057] (3) Explanation of the administrator edit screen The administrator editing screen 60 illustrated in Figures 6(a) to (d) is a screen for editing each standby screen 30 corresponding to each individual user, in other words, a screen for editing the icon management table shown in Figure 4.

[0058] The administrator editing screen 60 displays a bulk editing tab 61 and an individual editing tab for each registered user (i.e., for each user who can log in). In this embodiment, for example, three individual users, User A, User B, and User C, are registered and set to be able to log in. Therefore, the administrator editing screen 60 displays three individual editing tabs corresponding to each of these three individual users, namely, a first individual editing tab 62 corresponding to User A, a second individual editing tab 63 corresponding to User B, and a third individual editing tab 64 corresponding to User C.

[0059] Any one of the batch edit tab 61 and each individual edit tab can be selected, and by, for example, tapping on another tab that is not selected, the tapped tab can be switched to the selected state.

[0060] When any of the individual edit tabs is selected on the administrator edit screen 60, a screen (hereinafter referred to as the "individual edit tab screen") containing each of the tabs 21 to 24 and each of the icons 41 to 48 displayed on the standby screen 30 of the individual user corresponding to that individual edit tab is displayed, and the icons displayed on the standby screen 30 of that individual user can be edited.

[0061] When the bulk edit tab 61 is selected on the administrator edit screen 60, each of the tabs 21 to 24 is displayed, and the icons displayed on each standby screen 30 of each individual user are displayed together for each tab. The screen displayed on the administrator edit screen 60 when the bulk edit tab 61 is selected is also referred to as the bulk edit tab screen below. Figures 6(a) to 6(d) all show examples in which the bulk edit tab screen is displayed.

[0062] In this embodiment, on the batch editing tab screen, the standby screen 3 of a user having administrator authority is An icon that is set to be displayed only on the standby screen 30 of all individual users is displayed in a first display mode. An icon that is set to be displayed only on the standby screen 30 of all individual users is displayed in a second display mode. An icon that is set to be displayed only on the standby screen 30 of some of all individual users is displayed in a third display mode.

[0063] In this embodiment, for example, the "All Menus" icon (see FIG. 3(a)) displayed as the fifth icon 45 on the standby screen 30 of user A who has administrator authority is not displayed on the standby screen 30 of other individual users. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d), the "All Menus" icon is displayed in the first display mode on the batch edit tab screen, for example, as the fifth icon 45.

[0064] Furthermore, for example, the security print icon is displayed only on the standby screen 30 of user C as the fifth icon 45 (see FIG. 3(c)). Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d), the security print icon is displayed in the third display mode on the batch edit tab screen as, for example, the sixth icon 46.

[0065] 6(a), the third display mode includes adding a user mark 77 indicating the corresponding individual user. This user mark 77 makes it easy to recognize which individual user's standby screen 30 the corresponding icon is set to be displayed on.

[0066] 3(a) to 3(c), the 2in1 ID copy icon is displayed on the standby screen 30 of all users, user A, user B, and user C. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(d), the 2in1 ID copy icon is displayed in the second display mode, for example, as the seventh icon 47, on the batch edit tab screen.

[0067] The first to third display modes may be any display mode as long as they are visually recognizable or distinguishable from one another. For example, these three types of display modes may be distinguished by color. That is, for example, a display mode in which a first color is added as a background color of the icon may be defined as the first display mode, a display mode in which a second color different from the first color is added may be defined as the second display mode, and a display mode in which a third color different from both the first color and the second color is added may be defined as the third display mode. Furthermore, on the batch edit tab screen, each icon may be positioned in any position.

[0068] In the present embodiment, as an example, the fax icon, copy icon, and scan icon are set to be displayed as the first icon 41 to the third icon 43 on the standby screen of any user. Therefore, these three icons are displayed on the batch edit tab screen in the same display manner as they are displayed on the standby screen 30.

[0069] However, these three icons may also be displayed in any of the first to third display modes. In the case of this embodiment, for example, these three icons may all be displayed in the second display mode.

[0070] The administrator editing screen 60 also displays individual icon editing buttons for each type of editing operation, for performing various editing operations on some or all of the icons. Specifically, in this embodiment, the icon editing buttons displayed include a left movement button 71, a right movement button 72, a swap button 73, a delete button 74, and a bulk delete button 75.

[0071] The batch delete button 75 is registered in all Nt tabs from the first tab 21 to the Ntth tab. This button is used to unregister all icons and switch to unregistered icons. The delete button 74 is a button for deleting a selected icon, that is, a button for canceling the registration state of the selected icon and switching it to an unregistered icon.

[0072] The swap button 73 is a button for swapping the positions of any two icons. The right movement button 72 is a button for moving any one icon to the right of that icon. The left movement button 71 is a button for moving any one icon to the left of that icon.

[0073] On the administrator editing screen 60, the administrator can use each icon editing button (left movement button 71, right movement button 72, swap button 73, delete button 74 and all delete button 75) to edit the icons to be displayed on each user's standby screen.

[0074] Which of the icon edit buttons is enabled can vary depending on the selected tab or icon. For example, when no icons are selected, only the bulk delete button 75 is enabled. On the other hand, when any icon is selected, all four of the icon edit buttons except for the bulk delete button 75 are enabled.

[0075] Also, a sort (by editing frequency) button 66 is displayed on the administrator editing screen 60. The arrangement order of the batch editing tab 61 and each user tab 62, 63, 64 is basically such that the batch editing tab 61 displayed with administrator authority is at the top, and from second onwards, user tabs of registered users other than the administrator are arranged in a specified order (for example, ascending order in the icon management table of FIG. 4).

[0076] On the other hand, when the sort button 66 is tapped, the arrangement order is rearranged according to the edit frequency stored in the icon management table. That is, the arrangement order is rearranged so that the tab with a higher edit frequency is placed at the top.

[0077] 4, the arrangement order of the batch edit tab 61 and the individual edit tabs 62 to 64 is batch edit tab 61, first individual edit tab 62 (for user A), third individual edit tab 64 (for user C), and second individual edit tab 63 (for user B), and the edit tabs 61 to 64 are rearranged in this order. Specifically, in this case, the positions of user B and user C are swapped from the state shown in FIG. 6(a).

[0078] 6(b) to 6(d), when a specific designation operation (for example, a long press) is performed on any of the icons on the batch edit tab screen, an authority setting image 78 corresponding to the designated icon is displayed. In this embodiment, the authority setting screen 78 is displayed as a pop-up near the designated icon, for example.

[0079] 7, the authority setting image 78 displays check boxes 101 to 103 for each registered user, an all user selection button 111, an all user cancellation button 112, and an OK button 113. Among the check boxes 101 to 103, a check mark is displayed in the check box of a user who is set so that the corresponding icon is displayed on the standby screen 30.

[0080] In the example of FIG. 6(b), the "All Menus" icon displayed as the fifth icon 45 is set to be displayed only on the standby screen 30 of user A with administrator authority. Therefore, in the authority setting image 78 that is displayed when the icon is designated and operated, A check mark is displayed in the check box 101 corresponding to user A.

[0081] The user can change the user for whom the icon is to be displayed via this authority setting image 78. For example, by tapping the check box of the user for whom the icon is to be displayed to display a check mark in the check box, the icon can be registered to be displayed on the standby screen of the corresponding user.

[0082] Furthermore, by, for example, tapping a check box that already has a check mark displayed, the check mark can be erased, and the icon can be hidden from the standby screen of the corresponding user.

[0083] Furthermore, when the all-users selection button 111 is tapped, all the check boxes 101 to 103 are selected and a check mark is displayed. That is, by tapping the all-users selection button 111, the icon can be displayed on the standby screen of all users.

[0084] Furthermore, when the all-users cancel button 112 is tapped, the selection state of all the check boxes 101 to 103 is cancelled and the check marks are erased. That is, by tapping the all-users cancel button 112, the icon can be prevented from being displayed on the standby screen of all users.

[0085] When the OK button 113 is tapped, the state of each check box 101 to 103 at the time of tapping, i.e., the presence or absence of a check mark, is reflected in the setting value of that icon in the icon management table of FIG. 4. That is, the user for whom that icon is displayed is set to the user for whom the check mark is displayed when the OK button 113 is tapped. Note that the specific display position of that icon on the standby screen 30 may be determined by any method. When the OK button 113 is tapped, the authority setting image 78 is erased.

[0086] In the example of FIG. 6(c), the secure print icon displayed as the sixth icon 46 is set to be displayed only on the standby screen 30 of user C. Therefore, in the authority setting image 78 that is displayed when the icon is specified, a check mark is displayed in the check box 103 corresponding to user C. In this case, as in the example of FIG. 6(b), the user can arbitrarily change the setting as to which user's standby screen 30 the icon is to be displayed on.

[0087] In the example of Fig. 6(d), the 2in1 ID copy icon displayed as the seventh icon 47 is set to be displayed on the standby screen 30 of all users. Therefore, in the authority setting image 78 that is displayed when the icon is specified, check marks are displayed in all check boxes 101 to 103 corresponding to all users A to C. In this case, as in the example of Fig. 6(b), the user can arbitrarily change the setting as to which user's standby screen 30 the icon is to be displayed on.

[0088] When a user other than the administrator logs in and the standby screen 30 corresponding to that user is displayed, tapping the administrator button 27 displays an individual editing screen that allows the standby screen 30 corresponding to the logged-in user to be set.

[0089] For example, when the administrator button 27 is tapped while user B is logged in, an individual edit screen 81 for editing the icons to be displayed on the standby screen 30 of user B is displayed as shown in FIG. 8(a). In this individual edit screen 81, as in the administrator edit screen 60 (see FIG. 6), each icon edit button (left move button 71, right move button 72, insert button The icons displayed on the standby screen 30 of User B are replaced by the left button 71, the right button 72, and the swap button 73. However, if a user other than the administrator is logged in, the delete button 74 and the bulk delete button 75 are disabled and cannot be used. User B can use the left button 71, the right button 72, and the swap button 73 to edit the icons to be displayed on User B's standby screen 30.

[0090] 8(b), an individual editing screen 82 for editing icons to be displayed on the standby screen 30 of the user C is displayed. On the individual editing screen 82, the user C can use the left movement button 71, the right movement button 72, and the swap button 73 to edit the icons to be displayed on the standby screen 30.

[0091] (4) Standby screen processing Next, the standby screen processing executed by the control unit 11 to realize the display and editing of the above-mentioned standby screen 30 will be described with reference to Fig. 9 and Fig. 10. After being started, the control unit 11 reads the standby screen processing program of Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 from the storage unit 12 and executes it.

[0092] When the standby screen process of FIG. 9 is started, the control unit 11 sets the user mode to the general mode in S110, and displays the standby screen 30 of the general mode (see FIG. 2). In S120, it is determined whether a login request has been input. Specifically, in response to tapping of the user mode switching button 26, the above-mentioned user mode selection screen is displayed. Then, it is determined whether any registered user has been selected on the user mode selection screen and proper authentication information corresponding to that registered user has been input.

[0093] If the correct authentication information is not entered or if the user mode switching button 26 is not tapped, the process proceeds to S380. In S380, processing corresponding to input information other than the login request is executed, and the process proceeds to S110.

[0094] If a login request is input in S120, i.e., if valid authentication information is input, then in S130, login processing is performed based on the valid authentication information, and the user mode is set to personal mode. Then, in S140, a standby screen 30 (see FIGS. 3(a) to 3(c)) corresponding to the logged-in user is displayed based on the icon management table (see FIG. 4). At this time, any tab may be selected.

[0095] In S150, it is determined whether a request to transition to an edit screen (administrator edit screen or individual edit screen) has been input. Specifically, it is determined whether the administrator button 27 has been tapped. If the administrator button 27 has not been tapped, the process proceeds to S390. In S390, it is determined whether or not the user has logged out, that is, whether or not the user mode has been set to the general mode.

[0096] If the user has not logged out, the process proceeds to S400, where the process corresponding to the input information other than the logout information is executed in the same manner as in S380, and the process proceeds to S140. If the user has logged out, the process proceeds to S110.

[0097] If the administrator button 27 is tapped in S150, the process proceeds to S160. In S160, an edit screen transition process is executed. Specifically, predetermined parts that make up the edit screen are arranged on the screen, such as displaying each icon edit button.

[0098] In S170, it is determined whether the logged-in user has administrator authority. If the logged-in user does not have administrator authority, the process proceeds to S180. In S180, information on the icon to be displayed on the standby screen of the logged-in user is obtained from the icon management table. In S190, the information obtained in S180 is Based on the obtained information, the edit screen for the logged-in user, that is, the individual edit screen described above (see FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b)), is displayed.

[0099] In S200, it is determined whether an edit input operation for editing an icon has been performed on the individual edit screen. If an edit input operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to S220. If an edit input operation has been performed, the icon is edited in accordance with the edit input operation in S210. Specifically, for example, the registered contents of the icon management table are changed in accordance with the edit input operation. Also in S210, the edit frequency of the corresponding user in the icon management table is incremented by one.

[0100] In S220, it is determined whether editing is complete. This determination may be made in various ways. For example, it may be determined that editing is complete in response to pressing the back button 7. If editing is not complete, the process proceeds to S200, and if editing is complete, the process proceeds to S140.

[0101] If the logged-in user has administrator authority at S170, the operation mode of the image processing device 10 is set to administrator mode, and the process proceeds to S230 (see FIG. 10). At S230, the standby screen information of all registered users, including the administrator (user with administrator authority), is obtained from the icon management table.

[0102] In S240, the administrator edit screen 60 is displayed with the default user tab in a selected state. That is, of the batch edit tab 61 and each individual edit tab 62 to 64, the tab that is set as the default is selected, and the administrator edit screen 60 including the icon corresponding to that tab is displayed (see FIG. 6). The default user tab may be any edit tab. In this embodiment, the default user tab is, for example, the batch edit tab 61.

[0103] Therefore, in S240, an administrator editing screen 60 including a batch editing tab screen is displayed as shown in Fig. 6. At this time, each icon is displayed in a display mode according to the user to which each icon is registered, as described with reference to Fig. 6.

[0104] In S250, it is determined whether or not the icon editing is complete, for example, in the same manner as in S220. If the icon editing is complete, the process proceeds to S140. If the icon editing is not complete, the process proceeds to S260.

[0105] In S260, it is determined whether the sort button 66 has been tapped. If the sort button 66 has not been tapped, the process proceeds to S280. If the sort button 66 has been tapped, the process proceeds to S270. In S270, the arrangement order of the edit tabs 61 to 64 is changed in descending order of edit frequency, as described above, based on the frequency of each edit stored in the icon management table. After the processing of S270, the process proceeds to S280.

[0106] In S280, it is determined whether an edit tab switching operation (i.e., a tap operation on another edit tab) has been performed to switch the selected edit tab to another edit tab. If an edit tab switching operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to S300. If an edit tab switching operation has been performed, the process proceeds to S290. In S290, the edit screen corresponding to the edit tab to be switched to (a collective edit tab screen or an individual edit tab screen for any individual user) is displayed in a selected state.

[0107] In S300, it is determined whether or not the collective edit tab screen is displayed. If the collective edit tab screen is not displayed, that is, if any of the individual edit tabs 62 to 64 is selected, the process proceeds to S310. In S310, it is determined whether or not an edit input operation for editing an icon has been performed on the individual edit tab screen. If an edit input operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to S250. If an edit input operation has been performed, the edit input is The icon is edited according to the input operation. Specifically, for example, the registered contents of the icon management table are changed according to the editing input operation. Also, in S320, the editing frequency of the corresponding user in the icon management table is incremented by one. After the processing of S320, the process proceeds to S250.

[0108] If the bulk edit tab screen is displayed in S300, i.e., if the administrator edit screen 60 is displayed with the bulk edit tab 61 selected, the process proceeds to S330. In S330, it is determined whether an edit input operation for editing an icon has been performed on the bulk edit tab screen. If an edit input operation has not been performed, the process proceeds to S350. If an edit input operation has been performed, the icon is edited in accordance with the edit input operation in S340. Specifically, for example, the registered contents of the icon management table are changed in accordance with the edit input operation. Also, in S340, the edit frequency of the corresponding user in the icon management table is incremented by one. After processing S340, the process proceeds to S350.

[0109] In S350, it is determined whether an input to change the authority of an icon has been made. Specifically, it is determined whether any icon on the batch edit tab screen has been designated (e.g., long-pressed). If no icon has been designated, the process proceeds to S250. If any icon has been designated, the process proceeds to S360.

[0110] In S360, the authority setting image 78 (see FIG. 6) corresponding to the designated icon is displayed. In S370, the icon authority change process is executed. Specifically, as described above, the setting of the user who is to display the designated icon is updated based on the user input to the authority setting image 78 as described with reference to FIG. 7. After the process of S370, the process proceeds to S250.

[0111] (5) Effects of the embodiment In the embodiment described above, an individual standby screen 30 is prepared for each registered user, and when any registered user is authenticated, the standby screen 30 corresponding to that registered user is displayed. This allows multiple users to efficiently execute executable functions (i.e., icons included in the standby screen 30).

[0112] Furthermore, in administrator mode when a user with administrator privileges logs in, an administrator editing screen 60 is displayed. The administrator editing screen 60 has individual editing tabs 62 to 64 for each registered user. When one of the individual editing tabs is selected on the administrator editing screen 60, the icons included in the standby screen 30 of the registered user corresponding to the selected individual editing tab are displayed, and the icons included in the standby screen 30 of that registered user can be edited.

[0113] That is, for each registered user, it is possible to individually edit the icons included in the standby screen 30 of that registered user. Therefore, in the administrator mode, it is possible to efficiently manage the functions that each user can execute.

[0114] Furthermore, a bulk edit tab 61 is displayed on the administrator edit screen 60. The bulk edit tab screen, which is displayed when the bulk edit tab 61 is selected, displays all the icons displayed on the standby screen 30 of each registered user, as shown in Fig. 6. Based on the bulk edit tab screen, the icons of each registered user can be edited all at once.

[0115] In this embodiment, each of the icons 41 to 48 corresponds to an example of an icon object. The image processing device 10 corresponds to an example of a display control device. Each of the individual edit tabs 62 to 64 corresponds to an example of a tab for each registered user. Each of the icon edit buttons 71 to 75 corresponds to an edit object The first display mode corresponds to an example of the first mode. The second display mode corresponds to an example of the second mode. The third display mode corresponds to an example of the third mode.

[0116] Furthermore, the processing of S120 corresponds to an example of authentication processing. The processing of S130 corresponds to an example of administrator mode setting processing. The processing of S140 corresponds to an example of standby screen display processing. The processing of S240 corresponds to an example of edit display processing. The processing of S270 corresponds to an example of tab arrangement processing. The processing of S290 corresponds to an example of tab switching processing. The processing of S320 and S340 correspond to examples of edit processing and edit reflection processing. The processing of S350 corresponds to an example of icon designation processing. The processing of S360 corresponds to an example of icon edit screen display processing. The processing of S370 corresponds to examples of registered user selection processing and icon setting processing.

[0117] [Other embodiments] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be practiced in various modified forms.

[0118] (1) The specific display form of each icon displayed on the batch editing tab screen (FIG. 6) may be any form. (2) The authority setting image 78 that is displayed when any icon on the batch editing tab screen is designated may be another image that allows any user to select the user for whom the icon is displayed. Furthermore, the authority setting image 78 is not limited to being displayed as a pop-up, and may be, for example, temporarily erased from the administrator editing screen 60 and switched to a screen that includes the authority setting image 78.

[0119] (3) In addition, multiple functions of one component in the above embodiments may be realized by multiple components, or one function of one component may be realized by multiple components. Also, multiple functions of multiple components may be realized by one component, or one function realized by multiple components may be realized by one component. Also, part of the configuration of the above embodiments may be omitted. Furthermore, at least part of the configuration of the above embodiments may be added to or substituted for the configuration of another of the above embodiments. All aspects included in the technical idea identified by the wording of the claims are embodiments of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0120] 10...image processing device, 11...control unit, 12...storage unit, 13...display unit, 14...input unit, 14a...touch panel, 15...reading unit, 16...printing unit, 17...media I / F, 18...first communication unit, 19...second communication unit, 21...first tab, 21...tab, 22...second tab, 23...third tab, 24...fourth tab, 26...user mode switching button, 27...administrator button, 30...standby screen, 40...first tab screen, 41...first icon, 42...second icon, 43...third icon, 44...fourth icon, 45...fifth icon, 46...sixth icon Icon, 47...7th icon, 48...8th icon, 60...Administrator editing screen, 61...Bulk editing tab, 62...1st individual editing tab, 63...2nd individual editing tab, 64...3rd individual editing tab, 66...Sort button, 71...Left movement button, 72...Right movement button, 73...Swap button, 74...Delete button, 75...Bulk deletion button, 77...User mark, 78...Permission setting image, 81, 82...Individual editing screen, 101-103...Check boxes, 111...Select all users button, 112...Cancel all users button, 113...OK button.

Claims

1. A display unit; an input unit; A memory unit; A control unit; A display control device comprising: the storage unit stores information indicating a standby screen for each registered user, the standby screen including at least one icon object associated with a specific process; The control unit an authentication process for authenticating a user of the display control device based on authentication information input via the input unit; a standby screen display process for displaying, on the display unit, the standby screen corresponding to the authenticated registered user when any of the registered users is authenticated by the authentication process; an administrator mode setting process for setting the operation mode of the display control device to an administrator mode when a specific administrator is authenticated by the authentication process; an editing display process that displays an administrator editing screen on the display unit when an editing request is input via the input unit in the administrator mode, the administrator editing screen including tabs for each registered user, the at least one icon object corresponding to the registered user of one selected tab, and an editing object operated to edit the at least one icon object; a tab switching process for switching the selected tab on the administrator editing screen in accordance with a tab switching operation input via the input unit, and switching the at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen to the at least one icon object corresponding to the registered user of the tab after the switching; an editing process of editing the at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen based on an editing operation including an operation of the editing object input via the input unit; A display control device that executes the above.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , the administrator editing screen includes a bulk editing tab in addition to a tab for each registered user, When the batch edit tab is selected, the edit display process displays the administrator edit screen including the at least one icon object corresponding to each of the registered users; The control unit further executes an edit reflection process for reflecting a result of the edit process on each of the standby screens for each of the registered users. Display control device.

3. 3. The display control device according to claim 2, the editing display process displays, on the administrator editing screen on which the batch editing tab is selected, each of the at least one icon object in a manner that makes it possible to visually identify which registered user includes the icon object on the standby screen; Display control device.

4. 4. The display control device according to claim 2 or 3, any one of the registered users is the administrator; the edit display process displays, in a first manner, the icon object included only in the standby screen corresponding to the administrator on the administrator edit screen on which the batch edit tab is selected; Display control device.

5. The display control device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, the edit display process displays the icon objects included in the standby screens of all the registered users in a second manner on the administrator edit screen on which the batch edit tab is selected; Display control device.

6. The display control device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, the editing display process displays, on the administrator editing screen where the batch editing tab is selected, the icon object included in the standby screen of any one of the registered users in a third manner that enables the corresponding registered user to be recognized; Display control device.

7. The display control device according to any one of claims 2 to 6, The editing process includes: an icon designation process for receiving, via the input unit, a specific designation operation for each of the at least one icon object on the administrator editing screen on which the batch editing tab is selected; an icon editing screen display process for displaying an icon editing screen corresponding to a designated icon on the display unit, the designated icon being the icon object for which the designation operation has been accepted by the icon designation process, and the icon editing screen being configured to allow selection of the registered user for which the designated icon is to be displayed on the standby screen; a registered user selection process for receiving a selection operation of at least one of the registered users on the icon editing screen via the input unit; an icon setting process for setting the designated icon to be displayed on the standby screen of each of the at least one registered user selected by the registered user selection process; A display control device comprising:

8. The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, The control unit further a frequency storage process for storing, in the storage unit, edit frequency information indicating a frequency at which the edit process has been performed for each of the tabs on the administrator edit screen; a tab arrangement process for arranging the tabs on the administrator editing screen in an arrangement order determined based on the frequency indicated by the editing frequency information stored in the storage unit; A display control device that executes the above.

9. A display control method used in a display control device equipped with a display unit, an authentication step of authenticating a user of the display control device based on input authentication information; a standby screen display step of displaying, on the display unit, a standby screen corresponding to the authenticated registered user when any of the registered users is authenticated by the authentication step, the standby screen being individually prepared for each of the registered users and including at least one icon object associated with a specific process; an administrator mode setting step of setting the operation mode of the display control device to an administrator mode when a specific administrator is authenticated by the authentication step; an edit display step of displaying an administrator edit screen on the display unit when an edit request is input in the administrator mode, the administrator edit screen displaying tabs for each registered user, the at least one icon corresponding to the registered user of one selected tab, the editing and displaying step including an editing object operated to edit the con object and the at least one icon object; a tab switching step of switching the selected tab on the administrator editing screen in accordance with a tab switching operation inputted thereto, and switching the at least one icon object to be displayed on the administrator editing screen to the at least one icon object corresponding to the registered user of the tab after the switching; an editing step of editing the at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen based on an editing operation including an operation of the editing object; A display control method comprising:

10. A display unit; an input unit; A memory unit; A control unit; In an information processing device comprising: a display control program executable by the control unit, the storage unit stores information indicating a standby screen for each registered user, the standby screen including at least one icon object associated with a specific process; The display control program causes the control unit to an authentication process for authenticating a user of the display control device based on authentication information input via the input unit; a standby screen display process for displaying, on the display unit, the standby screen corresponding to the authenticated registered user when any of the registered users is authenticated by the authentication process; an administrator mode setting process for setting the operation mode of the display control device to an administrator mode when a specific administrator is authenticated by the authentication process; an editing display process that displays an administrator editing screen on the display unit when an editing request is input via the input unit in the administrator mode, the administrator editing screen including tabs for each registered user, the at least one icon object corresponding to the registered user of one selected tab, and an editing object operated to edit the at least one icon object; a tab switching process for switching the selected tab on the administrator editing screen in accordance with a tab switching operation input via the input unit, and switching the at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen to the at least one icon object corresponding to the registered user of the tab after the switching; an editing process of editing the at least one icon object displayed on the administrator editing screen based on an editing operation including an operation of the editing object input via the input unit; A display control program that executes the above.

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