IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING SCREEN

• US 20200137245A1
• Filed: 07/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: HAMAMOTO, Kiyoshiro
• Application Number:
  US16/521,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20200137245A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00517 involving favourite or frequently used settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00938 Software related arrangements, e.g. loading applications program loading in general G06F9/445
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a display section configured to display an initial display screen; a storage section configured to store one or more applications installed in the image forming apparatus; an acquisition section configured to acquire an selection instruction of a target to be set in the initial display screen; and a setting section configured to set a screen relating to an application as the initial display screen in response to the selection instruction of the application contained in one or more applications.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a display section configured to display an initial display screen;

a storage section configured to store one or more applications installed in the image forming apparatus;

an acquisition section configured to acquire a selection instruction of a target to be set in the initial display screen; and

a setting section configured to set a screen relating to an application as the initial display screen in response to the selection instruction of the application contained in the one or more applications.

2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the target is a first target, further comprising:

a determination section configured to determine whether or not the application set as the initial display screen can be started,

wherein the setting section sets a screen relating to a second target different from the application as the initial display screen based on a determination result indicating that the application cannot be started.

3. The image forming apparatus of claim 2, wherein the screen relating to the second target is a predetermined screen.

4. The image forming apparatus of claim 2, wherein the setting section is configured to determine if the second target satisfies a criterion, and wherein the setting section is configured to set the screen relating to the second target as the initial display screen if the second target satisfies the criterion.

5. The image forming apparatus of claim 4, wherein the criterion is based on at least one of (a) a number of times of use of the second target or (b) a frequency of use of the second target.

6. The image forming apparatus of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to provide a notification to a user in response to the setting section setting the screen relating to the second target as the initial display.

7. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a determination section configured to determine whether or not the application set in the initial display screen can be started, wherein

the display section displays a screen showing a list of candidates of a target to be set in the initial display screen based on a determination result indicating that the application cannot be started.

8. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an application processing section configured to disable execution of uninstallation of the application while the application is set in the initial display screen.

9. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the target is a first target, wherein the processing circuit further comprises:

a determination section configured to determine whether or not the application set in the initial display screen is deleted,

wherein the setting section sets a screen relating to a second target different from the application as the initial display screen based on a determination result indicating that the application is deleted.

10. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the target is a first target, wherein the processing circuit further comprises:

a determination section configured to determine whether or not a license of the application set in the initial display screen is expired,

wherein the setting section sets a screen relating to a second target different from the application as the initial display screen based on a determination result indicating that the license of the application is expired.

11. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one of (a) an image forming section configured to form an image on a print medium and (b) a an image reading section configured to read a document and obtain image data from the document.

12. A screen setting method, comprising:

acquiring a selection instruction of a target to be set as an initial display screen displayed on a display section of an image forming apparatus; and

setting a screen relating to an application as the initial display screen in response to the selection instruction of an application contained in one or more applications installed in the image forming apparatus.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining whether or not the application set as the initial display screen can be started; and

setting a screen relating to a second target different from the application based on a determination result indicating that the application cannot be started.

14. A method for setting a screen of an image forming apparatus, comprising:

receiving a selection instruction of a target to be set as an initial display screen displayed on a display section of the image forming apparatus, wherein the target is at least one of an application or a function;

setting a screen relating to the target as the initial display screen; and

displaying the initial display screen on the display section.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the target is at least one of a copy function, a scanning function, and a facsimile function.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the target is one of a plurality of applications installed in the image forming apparatus and stored in a storage section of the image forming apparatus.