Display control device, image forming apparatus and display control method

• US 20060070011A1
• Filed: 09/29/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Matsuhara, Kenji, Tohyama, Daisetsu
• Application Number:
  US11/237,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20060070011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/816
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques

Abstract

A display control device comprises: an extractor for extracting candidates of a character sequence to be retrieved when at least a part of the character sequence to be retrieved is input; a display controller for displaying, on a display, the candidates of the character sequence to be retrieved extracted by the extractor; and a setter capable of setting display allowance according to the character sequence to be retrieved. Here, the display controller excludes the character sequence to be retrieved, which has been set not to be displayed by the setter, from information to be displayed.

Claims

1. A display control device comprising:

an extractor for extracting candidates of a character sequence to be retrieved when at least a part of the character sequence to be retrieved is input;

a display controller for displaying, on a display, the candidates of the character sequence to be retrieved extracted by the extractor; and

a setter capable of setting display allowance according to the character sequence to be retrieved;

wherein the display controller excluding the character sequence to be retrieved, which has been set not to be displayed by the setter, from information to be displayed.

2. A display control device comprising:

an extractor for extracting candidates of user names when at least a part of a user name is input in order to get authentication in using an image forming apparatus;

a display controller for displaying, on a display, the candidates of the user names extracted by the extractor; and

a setter capable of setting display allowance according to the user name;

wherein the display controller excluding the user name, which has been set not to be displayed by the setter, from information to be displayed.

4. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the setter can differently set the display allowance with respect to one and the same user name in accordance with modes of an access to the image forming apparatus by a user.

7. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the setter compares a user name of a user who can be allowed to use the image forming apparatus by user authentication with a user name whose display allowance is to be set, thus allowing the setting in the case where both of the user names are identical to each other.

9. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the display controller displays, on the display, a display screen for setting next display allowance when a user logs off the image forming apparatus.

3. A display control device comprising:

a setter capable of setting display allowance according to a user name when a predetermined user name is selected from user names displayed on a display, and then, the function of an image forming apparatus is used; and

a display controller for controlling as to whether or not each of the user names is displayed on the display based on contents set by the setter.

5. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the setter can differently set the display allowance with respect to one and the same user name in accordance with modes of an access to the image forming apparatus by a user.

6. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the setter can differently set the display allowance with respect to one and the same user name in accordance with the function of the image forming apparatus.

8. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the setter compares a user name of a user who can be allowed to use the image forming apparatus by user authentication with a user name whose display allowance is to be set, thus allowing the setting in the case where both of the user names are identical to each other.

10. The display control device according to claim 3, wherein the display controller displays, on the display, a display screen for setting next display allowance when a user logs off the image forming apparatus.

11. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an extractor for extracting candidates of a character sequence to be retrieved when at least a part of the character sequence to be retrieved is input;

a display controller for displaying, on a display, the candidates of the character sequence to be retrieved extracted by the extractor; and

a setter capable of setting display allowance according to the character sequence to be retrieved;

wherein the display controller excluding the character sequence to be retrieved, which has been set not to be displayed by the setter, from information to be displayed.

12. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an extractor for extracting candidates of user names when at least a part of a user name is input in order to get authentication in using an image forming apparatus;

a display controller for displaying, on a display, the candidates of the user names extracted by the extractor; and

a setter capable of setting display allowance according to the user name;

wherein the display controller excluding the user name, which has been set not to be displayed by the setter, from information to be displayed.

13. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a setter capable of setting display allowance according to a user name when a predetermined user name is selected from user names displayed on a display, and then, the function of an image forming apparatus is used; and

a display controller for controlling as to whether or not each of the user names is displayed on the display based on contents set by the setter.

14. A display control method comprising the steps of:

extracting candidates of a character sequence to be retrieved when at least a part of the character sequence to be retrieved is input;

controllably displaying, on a display, the candidates of the character sequence to be retrieved extracted in the extracting step; and

setting display allowance according to the character sequence to be retrieved;

wherein the character sequence to be retrieved, which has been set not to be displayed in the display allowance setting step, being excluded from information to be displayed in the controllably displaying step.

24. The display control method according to claim 14 being implemented in an image forming apparatus.

15. A display control method comprising the steps of:

extracting candidates of user names when at least a part of a user name is input in order to get authentication in using an image forming apparatus;

controllably displaying, on a display, the candidates of the user names extracted in the extracting step; and

setting display allowance according to the user name;

wherein the user name, which has been set not to be displayed in the display allowance setting step, being excluded from information to be displayed in the controllably displaying step.

17. The display control method according to claim 15, wherein the display allowance with respect to one and the same user name can be differently set in accordance with modes of an access to the image forming apparatus by a user in the display allowance setting step.

20. The display control method according to claim 15, wherein in the display allowance setting step, a user name of a user who can be allowed to use the image forming apparatus by user authentication is compared with a user name whose display allowance is to be set, so that the setting is allowed in the case where both of the user names are identical to each other.

22. The display control method according to claim 15, wherein a display screen for setting next display allowance is displayed on the display in the display controlling step when a user logs off the image forming apparatus.

25. The display control method according to claim 15 being implemented in an image forming apparatus.

16. A display control method comprising the steps of:

setting display allowance according to a user name when a predetermined user name is selected from user names displayed on a display, and then, the function of an image forming apparatus is used; and

controlling as to whether or not each of the user names is displayed on the display based on contents set in the display allowance setting step.

18. The display control method according to claim 16, wherein the display allowance with respect to one and the same user name can be differently set in accordance with modes of an access to the image forming apparatus by a user in the display allowance setting step.

19. The display control method according to claim 16, wherein the display allowance with respect to one and the same user name can be differently set in accordance with the function of the image forming apparatus in the display allowance setting step.

21. The display control method according to claim 16, wherein in the display allowance setting step, a user name of a user who can be allowed to use the image forming apparatus by user authentication is compared with a user name whose display allowance is to be set, so that the setting is allowed in the case where both of the user names are identical to each other.

23. The display control method according to claim 16, wherein a display screen for setting next display allowance is displayed on the display in the display controlling step when a user logs off the image forming apparatus.

26. The display control method according to claim 16 being implemented in an image forming apparatus.