Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with remote operation program, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with remote control program
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus remotely controlling an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store a related program table comprising a plurality of application programs; and
a hardware processor configured to;
accept an operation by a user;
execute a remote application program to remotely control said image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted;
execute an application program;
determine whether the application program being executed is one of the plurality of application programs stored in the related program table of the memory; and
remotely control said image forming apparatus not to change the operating state based on determining that the application program being executed is one of the plurality of application programs stored in the related program table, the application program being different from the remote application program for remotely controlling said image forming apparatus after a communication with said image forming apparatus has been established, the hardware processor of the information processing apparatus executing the application program without communicating with the image forming apparatus to execute the application program.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus remotely controls an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable. The information processing apparatus includes a remote operation accepting portion to accept a user operation, and a remote control portion to remotely control the image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted by the remote operation accepting portion. The remote control portion includes a motion detecting portion to detect a motion of the user, and a state maintaining portion to control the image forming apparatus not to change the operating state while a remote-operation motion for inputting a remote operation is detected by the motion detecting portion after a communication with the image forming apparatus has been established.
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26 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus remotely controlling an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable, the information processing apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store a related program table comprising a plurality of application programs; and a hardware processor configured to; accept an operation by a user; execute a remote application program to remotely control said image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted; execute an application program; determine whether the application program being executed is one of the plurality of application programs stored in the related program table of the memory; and remotely control said image forming apparatus not to change the operating state based on determining that the application program being executed is one of the plurality of application programs stored in the related program table, the application program being different from the remote application program for remotely controlling said image forming apparatus after a communication with said image forming apparatus has been established, the hardware processor of the information processing apparatus executing the application program without communicating with the image forming apparatus to execute the application program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image forming apparatus remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising a hardware processor configured to:
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acquire, from said information processing apparatus, motion information indicating a motion of a user who is operating said information processing apparatus; and maintain, on the basis of the motion information acquired, a state of being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus based on the information processing apparatus determining that an application program executed by said information processing apparatus is one of a plurality of application programs stored in a related program table in a memory of the information processing apparatus, the application program being different from a remote application program for remotely controlling said image forming apparatus after a communication with said information processing apparatus has been established, the application program being executed by the information processing apparatus without communicating with the image forming apparatus to execute the application program. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An image forming apparatus remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising a hardware processor configured to:
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acquire, from said information processing apparatus, motion information indicating a motion of a user who is operating said information processing apparatus; determine whether the motion of the user is a remote-operation motion, on the basis of the motion information acquired; maintain a state of being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus in the case where said hardware processor determines that the motion of the user after a communication with said information processing apparatus has been established is the remote-operation motion; execute a process; and set, in response to being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus, an operating condition for said hardware processor to execute a process; set said operating condition to a predetermined initial condition in the case where a predetermined idle time has passed without being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus, wherein said hardware processor is further configured to prohibit the setting of the operating condition to the initial condition.
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a remote operation program performed by a computer controlling an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus remotely controlling an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable, the program causing said computer to perform:
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a remote operation accepting step of accepting an operation of a user; a remote control step of remotely controlling said image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted in said remote operation accepting step; an application executing step of executing an application program; and a determining step of determining whether the application being executed is one of a plurality of application programs stored in a related program table in a memory of the information processing apparatus, wherein the remote control step includes a state maintaining step of causing said image forming apparatus not to change the operating state based on determining that the application program executed in the application executing step is one of the plurality of application programs stored in the related program table in the memory of the information processing apparatus, the application program being different from a remote application program for remotely controlling said image forming apparatus after a communication with said image forming apparatus has been established, the program causing the information processing apparatus to execute the application program without communicating with the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a remote control program performed by a computer controlling an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus being remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus, the program causing said computer to perform:
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a motion information acquiring step of acquiring, from said information processing apparatus, motion information indicating a motion of a user who is operating said information processing apparatus; and a remotely-controlled-state maintaining step for, on the basis of the motion information acquired, maintaining a state of being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus based on the information processing apparatus determining that the application program executed by said information processing apparatus is one of a plurality of application programs stored in a related program table in a memory of the information processing apparatus, the application program being different from a remote application program for remotely controlling said image forming apparatus after a communication with said information processing apparatus has been established, the application program being executed by the information processing apparatus without communicating with the image forming apparatus to execute the application program. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a remote control program performed by a computer controlling an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus being remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus, the program causing said computer to perform:
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a motion information acquiring step of acquiring, from said information processing apparatus, motion information indicating a motion of a user who is operating said information processing apparatus; a remote-operation motion determining step of determining whether the motion of the user is a remote-operation motion on the basis of the motion acquired in the motion information acquiring step; a remotely-controlled-state maintaining step of maintaining a state of being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus in a case where said remote-operation motion determining step determines that the motion of the user after a communication with said information processing apparatus has been established is the remote-operation motion; a process executing step of executing a process; and a setting step of setting an operation condition, in response to being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus, for said process executing step to execute the process, the setting step including an initial condition setting step of setting said operation condition to a predetermined initial condition in the case where a predetermined idle time has passed without being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus, wherein said remotely-controlled-state maintaining step includes an initialization prohibiting step of prohibiting the setting of the operating condition to the initial condition in said initial condition setting step.
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23. An image forming apparatus remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising a hardware processor configured to:
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acquire, from said information processing apparatus, motion information indicating a motion of a user who is operating said information processing apparatus; and maintain, on the basis of the motion information acquired, a state of being remotely controlled by said information processing apparatus based on whether an application program executed by said information processing apparatus is a predetermined program being different from a remote application program for remotely controlling said image forming apparatus after a communication with said information processing apparatus has been established, wherein said motion information includes application identification information for identifying the application program, and said hardware processor is configured to determine whether the motion of the user is a remote-operation motion based on whether said application program is said predetermined program based on the application identification information included in said motion information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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