POWER DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND USER INTERFACE

• US 20160062627A1
• Filed: 08/12/2015
• Published: 03/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: KATOH, Masaya, CHOSOKABE, Kiriko, YAMAMOTO, Kohji
• Granted Patent: US 10,205,344 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls

Abstract

A power display system includes an electronic apparatus and a server connected to an electronic apparatus group including the electronic apparatus. Further, the power display system includes a calculation unit totaling consumption power by the electronic apparatus group and calculating a ratio of the totaled consumption power to a target value of the consumption power, and a display control unit displaying a display part, which indicates a use status of power, in a display area of the electronic apparatus in a display manner which corresponds to the ratio.

Claims

1. A power display system comprising:

an electronic apparatus; and

a server connected to an electronic apparatus group including the electronic apparatus,

wherein the power display system includes

a calculation unit configured to total consumption power by the electronic apparatus group and calculate a ratio of the totaled consumption power to a target value of the consumption power, and

a display control unit configured to display a display part, which indicates a use status of power, in a display area of the electronic apparatus in a display manner which corresponds to the ratio.

2. The power display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a use status extraction unit configured to refer to a use status table storing use status information sets each including the ratio in association with the display part and a display status of the display part, and extract a use status information set which corresponds to the ratio calculated by the calculation unit,

wherein the display control unit is configured to display the display part based on the use status information set extracted by the use status extraction unit.

3. The power display system according to claim 2,

wherein each of the use status information sets includes a status, which indicates a use status corresponding to the ratio, plural part elements, which are included in the display part, display positions of the part elements, display sizes of the part elements, and a display manner of the display part.

4. The power display system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a function determination unit configured to determine a type of a selected function in the electronic apparatus; and

a display control table acquisition unit configured to acquire a display control table which corresponds to the selected function from a memory unit storing display control tables, which are provided on a function basis of the electronic apparatus, each including the status in association with the display manner of the display part,

wherein the display control unit is configured to display the display part in the display manner which corresponds to the status in the display control table.

5. The power display system according to claim 1,

wherein the electronic apparatus is an image processing apparatus and the display area is provided by a display operation device of the image processing apparatus.

6. The power display system according to claim 3,

wherein the plural part elements which are included in the display part include image data indicating the status, image data indicating the ratio, and image data indicating a message corresponding to the status.

7. An image processing apparatus connected to a server which totals consumption power of an electronic apparatus group including the image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising:

a use status information acquisition unit configured to acquire a use status information set which includes a ratio of the totaled consumption power by the server to a target value of the consumption power in association with a display part indicating a use status of power and a display manner of the display part; and

a display control unit configured to display the display part in a display area of the electronic apparatus in a display manner included in the use status information set.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a use status extraction unit configured to refer to a use status table storing use status information sets each including the ratio in association with the display part and a display status of the display part, and extract a use status information set which corresponds to the ratio calculated by the calculation unit,

wherein the display control unit is configured to display the display part based on the use status information set extracted by the use status extraction unit.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein each of the use status information sets includes a status, which indicates a use status corresponding to the ratio, plural part elements, which are included in the display part, display positions of the part elements, display sizes of the part elements, and a display manner of the display part.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a function determination unit configured to determine a type of a selected function in the electronic apparatus; and

a display control table acquisition unit configured to acquire a display control table which corresponds to the selected function from a memory unit storing display control tables, which are provided on a function basis of the electronic apparatus, each including the status in association with the display manner of the display part,

wherein the display control unit is configured to display the display part in the display manner which corresponds to the status in the display control table.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the electronic apparatus is an image processing apparatus and the display area is provided by a display operation device of the image processing apparatus.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the plural part elements which are included in the display part include image data indicating the status, image data indicating the ratio, and image data indicating a message corresponding to the status.

13. A user interface which displays consumption power in a system including an electronic apparatus and an electronic apparatus group including the electronic apparatus which are connected to each other, the user interface comprising:

a display element which indicates a use status of power based on consumption power by the electronic apparatus group totaled by a server connected to the electronic apparatus group and which is displayed in a display manner which corresponds to a ratio of the totaled consumption power to a target value of the consumption power.