IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printer unit to form an image based on image data and output the image on a sheet;
an operation display unit to display a screen and accept an input operation;
a storage unit to stores at least data; and
a control unit to controls at least hardware of the image forming apparatus by executing a first operating system that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program that operates on the first operating system to control the image forming apparatus and enable to execute one or two or more other operating systems that activate at least one application, whereinthe storage unit stores management data that correlates information related to the data, the application that uses the data and the other operating system that activates the application, andthe control unit has a function of displaying a list of the data stored in the storage unit on the screen, and when data is selected from the list of the data and a predetermined operation is performed, the control unit reads the management data from the storage unit, selects the other operating system and the application correlated with information related to the data that is selected based on the read management data, and activetes the selected application on the selected other operating system.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that controls hardware of at least the image forming apparatus by executing a first operating system and a control program that operates on the first operating system to control the image forming apparatus and that can operate the other operating system that activates at least one application. Management data that correlates information related to data, an application that uses the data and the other operating system that activates the application are stored in a storage unit, wherein the control unit has a function of displaying a list of the data on a screen, and when data is selected from the list of the data and a predetermined operation is performed, the control unit operates the other operating system and the application that are correlated with information on the selected data.
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27 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a printer unit to form an image based on image data and output the image on a sheet; an operation display unit to display a screen and accept an input operation; a storage unit to stores at least data; and a control unit to controls at least hardware of the image forming apparatus by executing a first operating system that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program that operates on the first operating system to control the image forming apparatus and enable to execute one or two or more other operating systems that activate at least one application, wherein the storage unit stores management data that correlates information related to the data, the application that uses the data and the other operating system that activates the application, and the control unit has a function of displaying a list of the data stored in the storage unit on the screen, and when data is selected from the list of the data and a predetermined operation is performed, the control unit reads the management data from the storage unit, selects the other operating system and the application correlated with information related to the data that is selected based on the read management data, and activetes the selected application on the selected other operating system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image forming system comprising:
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an image forming apparatus comprising; a printer unit to form an image based on image data and output the image on a sheet; an operation display unit to display a screen and accept an input operation; a storage unit to store at least data; and a control unit to control hardware resource of at least the image forming apparatus by executing a first operating system that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program that operates on the first operating system to control the image forming apparatus and enable to execute one or two or more operating systems that activate at least one application, the storage unit storing management data that correlates information related to the data, the application that uses the data and the other operating system that activates the application, the control unit having a function of displaying a list of the data stored in the storage unit on the screen, and when data is selected from the list of the data and a predetermined operation is performed, the control unit reading the management data from the storage unit, selecting the other operating system and the application correlated with information related to the data that is selected based on the read management data, and activating the selected application on the selected other operating system; one or two or more external apparatuses; and a network to communicably connect the image forming apparatus and the external apparatus, wherein the control unit transmits display information of the screen according to access from the external apparatus via the network, the external apparatus includes an external apparatus operation display unit to display a screen based on the display information of the screen and accept an input operation, and when there is an instruction to select data from a list of the data and to perform a predetermined operation from the external apparatus via the network, the control unit reads the management data from the storage unit, selects the other operating system and the application correlated to information on the selected data based on the read management data, and activates the selected application on the selected other operating system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus comprising:
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a printer unit to form an image based on image data and output the image on a sheet; an operation display unit to display a screen and accept an input operation; a storage unit to store at least data; and a control unit to control hardware of at least the image forming apparatus by executing a first operating system that is activated on the image forming apparatus and a control program that operates on the operating system to control the image forming apparatus and enable to execute one or two or more operating systems that activate at least one application to operate, the method comprising the steps of; storing management data that correlates information related to the data, the application that uses the data and the other operating system that activates the application in the storage unit; and displaying a list of the data stored in the storage unit on the screen, reading the management data from the storage unit when data is selected from the list of the data and a predetermined operation is performed, selecting the other operating system and the application correlated with the information related to the selected data based on the read management data, and operating the selected application on the selected other operating system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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