Image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a document accumulation section in which information of each of a plurality of documents is accumulated;
an additional information storage section storing additional information on a current status of processing of each of the plurality of documents as associated with each relevant document;
a display section for displaying various information on each of the plurality of documents on a display screen;
an operation information acquisition section acquiring operation information when a user specifies an operation for a document in line with his/her intention and its related processing from among the various information on documents having been displayed on the display screen;
a current status determination section determining a current status of processing of the document based on the operation information having been acquired in the operation information acquisition section; and
a document management section updating and managing stored information in the additional information storage section based on the current status of processing of the document having been stored in the additional information storage section and the current status of processing of the document having been determined in the current status determination section.
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Abstract
A document management section 77 updates and manages stored information in an additional information storage section 74 in such a manner that when details of operation information having been acquired in an operation information acquisition section 71 regard an operation of reading all the pages that is an operation targeting all the pages of an unread document, the current status of processing of the document is changed from unread to read, whereas when the details of operation information regard an operation of reading a part of the pages that is an operation targeting a part of the pages of an unread document, the current status of processing of the document is changed from unread to hold. By this means, a current status of a management target document that changes every moment can be updated and managed in detail in real time.
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11 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a document accumulation section in which information of each of a plurality of documents is accumulated; an additional information storage section storing additional information on a current status of processing of each of the plurality of documents as associated with each relevant document; a display section for displaying various information on each of the plurality of documents on a display screen; an operation information acquisition section acquiring operation information when a user specifies an operation for a document in line with his/her intention and its related processing from among the various information on documents having been displayed on the display screen; a current status determination section determining a current status of processing of the document based on the operation information having been acquired in the operation information acquisition section; and a document management section updating and managing stored information in the additional information storage section based on the current status of processing of the document having been stored in the additional information storage section and the current status of processing of the document having been determined in the current status determination section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a document accumulation section in which information of each of a plurality of documents is accumulated including a new document; an additional information storage section storing additional information on a current status of processing of each of the plurality of documents, permission or prohibition of overwriting, and an accumulation period as associated with each relevant document; and a document management section updates and manages stored information on an accumulated document in the document accumulation section based on the additional information having been read out from the additional information storage section. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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Specification