Display apparatus with memory storing firmware and network system including display apparatus

• US 8,813,059 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2011
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Sasaki, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Neway, Samuel G
• Application Number:
  US13/022,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,289 Days
• Field of Search: 717168-178
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/126 Character encoding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a selection control unit which is configured to allow a user to input an operation for selecting one language from among a plurality of languages, a display control unit which is configured to display a specific character string corresponding to the selected language on a display unit, a download control unit which is configured to download first firmware corresponding to the selected language without downloading firmware corresponding to a language other than the selected language in a first case where new firmware is to be downloaded, and a storage control unit which is configured to store the first firmware in a memory.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a control unit configured to;

allow a user to input an operation for selecting one language from among a plurality of languages;

display a specific character string corresponding to the selected language on a display unit;

determine a download timing when new firmware is to be downloaded, based on the selected language;

download first firmware corresponding to the selected language without downloading firmware corresponding to a language other than the selected language at the determined download timing in a first case where new firmware is to be downloaded; and

store the first firmware in the memory.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first case includes a case where firmware which is stored in the memory is to be updated into the new firmware.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is further configured to:

allow a user to change the selected language into another language among the plurality of languages;

in a second case where the selected language is changed, download second firmware corresponding to the changed language without downloading firmware corresponding to a language other than the changed languages; and

release a storage area of the first firmware and store the second firmware in the memory in the second case.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is configured to determine the download timing based on a local time at a region where the selected language is used.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the control unit is configured to determine a night time zone of the local time at the region as the download timing.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is further configured to release a storage area of the first firmware in a third case where the memory is to be returned to an initial state.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit is further configured to:

allow a user to input the operation for selecting one language when an initial setting of the display apparatus is performed;

download first display information for displaying the specific character string corresponding to the selected language on the display unit without downloading display information for displaying a character string corresponding to a language other than the selected language, when the initial setting of the display apparatus is performed;

store the first display information in the memory; and

display the specific character string using the first display information stored in the memory.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the memory stores a plurality of guidance messages in the plurality of languages,

wherein each of the guidance messages is for guiding a user operation for connecting the display apparatus to a network, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to display a guidance message in the selected language among the plurality of guidance messages when the initial setting of the display apparatus is performed.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein when displaying a character on the display unit, which cannot be displayed even using the first display information stored in the memory, the control unit is configured to further download second display information for displaying the character on the display unit, and store the second display information in the memory.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the control unit is configured to download the second display information at a separate and later timing from a timing when the initial setting of the display apparatus is performed.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the control unit is further configured to:

read telephone directory information from an external recording medium;

determine whether the telephone directory includes a character which cannot be displayed even using the first display information stored in the memory;

download second display information for displaying the character on the display unit if it is determined that the telephone directory includes the character which cannot be displayed even using the first display information; and

store the second display information in the memory.

12. A network system comprising:

a server which stores a plurality of firmware corresponding to a plurality of languages, each firmware corresponding to a specific function;

a display apparatus connected to the server via a network, the display apparatus including;

a display unit;

a memory; and

a control unit configured to;

allow a user to input an operation for selecting one language from among the plurality of languages;

display a specific character string corresponding to the selected language on the display unit;

download first firmware corresponding to the selected language among the plurality of firmware without downloading firmware corresponding to a language other than the selected language from the server; and

store the first firmware in the memory,

wherein the server is configured to presume a region where the display apparatus is located based on an IP address received from the display apparatus, and cause the display apparatus to download a firmware based on the presumed region,

wherein the control unit of the display apparatus is further configured to;

determine a download timing when new firmware is to be downloaded, based on the selected language, and

download the first firmware at the determined download timing.

13. A display apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a control unit configured to;

allow a user to input an operation for selecting one language from among a plurality of languages when an initial setting of the display apparatus is performed;

download first display information for displaying a specific character string corresponding to the selected language on a display unit without downloading display information for displaying a character string corresponding to a language other than the selected language, when the initial setting of the display apparatus is performed;

store the first display information in the memory;

display the specific character string corresponding to the selected language on the display unit using the first display information stored in the memory;

download first firmware corresponding to the selected language without downloading firmware corresponding to a language other than the selected language in a first case where new firmware is to be downloaded; and

store the first firmware in the memory.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the memory stores a plurality of guidance messages in the plurality of languages,

wherein each of the guidance messages is for guiding a user operation for connecting the display apparatus to a network, and

wherein the control unit is further configured to display a guidance message in the selected language among the plurality of guidance messages when the initial setting of the display apparatus is performed.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein when displaying a character on the display unit, which cannot be displayed even using the first display information stored in the memory, the control unit is configured to further download second display information for displaying the character on the display unit, and store the second display information in the memory.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the control unit is configured to download the second display information at a separate and later timing from a timing when the initial setting of the display apparatus is performed.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the control unit is configured to:

read telephone directory information from an external recording medium; and

determine whether the telephone directory includes a character which cannot be displayed even using the first display information stored in the memory,

download second display information for displaying the character on the display unit if it is determined that the telephone directory includes the character which cannot be displayed even using the first display information, and

store the second display information in the memory.