DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING IN USING EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. A device for assisting in using equipment that assists in operating target equipment according to an operation manual, said device comprising:
- an identifier acquiring unit for acquiring an operation item identifier identifying an operation item described in said operation manual;
a first storing unit for storing screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among operation screens is enabled or disabled, and screen identifiers each identifying one of said operation screens;
a second storing unit for storing associated data showing a correspondence between said operation item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on the operation item specified by said operation item identifier to be performed; and
an information-to-be-presented deriving unit for deriving an operation screen corresponding to the operation item identifier acquired by said identifier acquiring unit on a basis of the screen transition data stored in said first storing unit and the associated data stored in said second storing unit to display said operation screen on said target equipment.
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Abstract
On the basis of both screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among operation screens is enabled or disabled and screen identifiers each identifying one of the operation screens, and associated data showing a correspondence between a manual item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on an operation item specified by the manual item identifier to be performed, an information-to-be-presented deriving unit derives an operation screen corresponding to a manual item identifier acquired by a browsing detecting unit 3, and then displays this operation screen on an equipment display unit 10.
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1. A device for assisting in using equipment that assists in operating target equipment according to an operation manual, said device comprising:
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an identifier acquiring unit for acquiring an operation item identifier identifying an operation item described in said operation manual; a first storing unit for storing screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among operation screens is enabled or disabled, and screen identifiers each identifying one of said operation screens; a second storing unit for storing associated data showing a correspondence between said operation item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on the operation item specified by said operation item identifier to be performed; and an information-to-be-presented deriving unit for deriving an operation screen corresponding to the operation item identifier acquired by said identifier acquiring unit on a basis of the screen transition data stored in said first storing unit and the associated data stored in said second storing unit to display said operation screen on said target equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for assisting in using equipment that assists in operating target equipment according to an operation manual, said system comprising:
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a server device including a database for storing both screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among operation screens is enabled or disabled, and screen identifiers each identifying one of said operation screens, and associated data showing a correspondence between said operation item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on the operation item specified by said operation item identifier to be performed for each version information about said operation manual and for each version information about software mounted in said target equipment in order to enable an operation described in said operation manual to be performed, a search processing unit for searching through said database for corresponding data according to version information received thereby, and an associated data extracting unit for extracting data corresponding to the search result acquired by said search processing unit from said database; and a device for assisting in using equipment including an identifier acquiring unit for acquiring the operation item identifier identifying the operation item described in said operation manual, a first storing unit for storing the screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among operation screens is enabled or disabled, and screen identifiers each identifying one of said operation screens, a second storing unit for storing the associated data showing a correspondence between said operation item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on the operation item specified by said operation item identifier to be performed, and an information-to-be-presented deriving unit for detecting if there is a change in said version information according to presence or absence of the operation screen corresponding to the operation item identifier acquired by said identifier acquiring unit to transmit the changed version information to said server device, and also updating the screen transition data stored in said first storing unit and the associated data stored in said second storing unit by using received data corresponding to said changed version information and transmitted from said server device in response to said changed version information, and for deriving an operation screen corresponding to said operation item identifier on a basis of the updated screen transition data and the updated associated data to display said operation screen on said target equipment. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system for assisting in using equipment that assists in operating target equipment according to an operation manual, said system comprising:
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a server device including a database for storing both screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among operation screens is enabled or disabled, and screen identifiers each identifying one of said operation screens, and associated data showing a correspondence between said operation item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on the operation item specified by said operation item identifier to be performed for each version information about said operation manual and for each version information about software mounted in said target equipment in order to enable an operation described in said operation manual to be performed, a search processing unit for searching through said database for corresponding data according to version information received thereby, and an associated data extracting unit for extracting data corresponding to the search result acquired by said search processing unit from said database; and a device for assisting in using equipment including an identifier acquiring unit for acquiring the operation item identifier identifying the operation item described in said operation manual, and an information-to-be-presented deriving unit for, when a version of the software mounted in said target equipment in order to enable an operation described in said operation manual to be performed is updated, transmitting updated version information showing the updated version to said server device, also deriving an operation screen corresponding to said operation item identifier according to said screen transition data and said associated data which are transmitted from said server device in response to said updated version information, and which correspond to said updated version information to display said operation screen on said target equipment.
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10. A system for assisting in using equipment that assists in operating target equipment according to an operation manual, said system comprising:
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external equipment for enabling an operation to be performed on said target equipment according to an operation screen based on said operation manual; and a device for assisting in using equipment including an identifier acquiring unit for acquiring an equipment profile in which information identifying said external equipment is stored, and an operation item identifier identifying an operation item described in said operation manual from the external equipment specified by said equipment profile, a first storing unit for storing screen transition data showing a correspondence between data showing whether a screen transition among said operation screens is enabled or disabled, and screen identifiers each identifying one of said operation screens, a second storing unit for storing associated data showing a correspondence between said operation item identifier and a screen identifier identifying an operation screen for enabling an operation based on the operation item specified by said operation item identifier to be performed, and an information-to-be-presented deriving unit for deriving an operation screen corresponding to the operation item identifier acquired by said identifier acquiring unit on a basis of the screen transition data stored in said first storing unit and the associated data stored in said second storing unit to display said operation screen on said external equipment specified by said equipment profile.
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