Image forming apparatus and storage medium

• US 10,182,168 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2017
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Morita, Masao, Satake, Masanori, Michimura, Tadao
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Tuan C
• Application Number:
  US15/450,857
• Publication Number:
  US 20180091680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0049 providing a visual indication to the user, e.g. using a lamp H04N1/00408 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00938 Software related arrangements, e.g. loading applications program loading in general G06F9/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an application on a framework separated into a core logic portion handling basic processing and a user interface frame portion handling rendering processing and operates; and a controller that executes the application and the framework. The core logic portion is implemented with an application programming interface defined by the framework. The application includes plural applications including a device application. The framework loads all core logic portions of the plural applications at activation of a system. A core logic portion of the device application monitors a state of a device relating to execution of another application and holds information on the device. A core logic portion of the other application acquires the information on the device from the device application and holds the information as display information.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a memory storing a plurality of applications, each application separated into a core logic portion handling basic processing and a user interface frame portion handling rendering processing, the core logic portion of a respective one of the plurality of applications configured to communicate with the core logic portion of a different one of the plurality of applications, and the user interface frame portion of the respective one of the plurality of applications configured to communicate only with the core logic portion of the respective application; and

a processor programmed to execute the plurality of applications and a framework, the core logic portion of the respective one of the plurality of applications being implemented with an application programming interface defined by the framework, the framework loading all core logic portions of the plurality of applications at activation of a system;

wherein the plurality of applications include;

a device application whose core logic portion monitors a state of a device relating to execution of another application and holds information on the device, a core logic portion of the other application acquiring the information on the device from the device application and holding the information as display information; and

a home application that displays a home screen, a core logic portion of the home application making an inquiry to the core logic portion of the other application, acquiring the display information, and displaying the display information.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display information is display information on an icon corresponding to the state of the device, and

wherein the core logic portion of the home application changes the icon to a non-display state if the device relating to the execution of the other application does not normally operate, and the core logic portion of the home application displays the icon if the device relating to the execution of the other application normally operates.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a processor that controls an image forming apparatus to execute a process for image formation, the process comprising:

implementing a plurality of applications, each application separated into a core logic portion handling basic processing and a user interface frame portion handling rendering processing, the core logic portion of a respective one of the plurality of applications configured to communicate with the core logic portion of a different one of the plurality of applications, and the user interface frame portion of the respective one of the plurality of applications configured to communicate only with the core logic portion of the respective application; and

implementing an application programming interface defined by a framework in the core logic portion of the respective one of the plurality of applications, and loading all core logic portions of the plurality of applications by the framework at activation of a system,

wherein the plurality of applications include;

a device application whose core logic portion monitors a state of a device relating to execution of another application and holds information on the device, a core logic portion of the other application acquiring the information on the device from the device application and holding the information as display information; and

a home application that displays a home screen, a core logic portion of the home application making an inquiry to the core logic portion of the other application, acquiring the display information, and displaying the display information.