Image processing device, its control method and control program

• US 20060055783A1
• Filed: 01/27/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Michihiro, Kikuchi, Yukiko, Sekine, Yoshihiro, Toyoda, Akihito, Kuroda, Masaki
• Application Number:
  US11/043,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20060055783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00405 Output means output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00488 providing an audible output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00885 Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00896 using a low-power mode, e.g. standby
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image processing device which executes prescribed processing according to a key operation on an operation panel, comprising an operating state detector which detects an operating state of the device, a key operation detector which detects the key operation on the operation panel, and a notifying unit which notifies the operation state of the device detected by the operating state detector according to a detection output by the key operation detector.

Claims

1. An image processing device for executing prescribed processing according to a key operation on an operation panel, comprising:

an operating state detector which detects an operating state of the device;

a key operation detector which detects the key operation on the operation panel; and

a notifying unit which notifies the operation state of the device detected by the operating state detector according to a detection output by the key operation detector.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the operating state detector detects whether the operating state of the device is in a power saving mode; and

the notifying unit is provided with a voice notifying unit which performs voice guidance for indicating that the device is in the power saving mode in response to the key operation of any keys on the operation panel by the key operation detector when it is detected by the operating state detector that the operating state of the device is in the power saving mode.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the voice guidance given by the voice notifying unit includes voice guidance for guiding an operation of canceling the power saving mode.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the operating state detector detects whether the operating state of the device is in an autoprint state by a print permit timer; and

the notifying unit is provided with a display which displays a remaining time of the print permit timer when it is detected by the operating state detector that the operating state of the device is in the autoprint state by the print permit timer.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the operating state detector detects whether the operating state of the device is in an autoprint state by the print permit timer; and

the notifying unit is provided with a voice notifying unit which performs voice guidance for indicating the autoprint state and the remaining time of the print permit timer when it is detected by the operating state detector that the operating state of the device is in the autoprint state by the print permit timer.

6. The image processing device according to claim 4, further comprising a reset unit which resets a timer value of the print permit timer.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the operating state detector detects whether the operating state of the device is in a voice guidance state; and

the notifying unit is provided with a voice notifying unit which performs voice guidance of a key operation on the operation panel when it is detected by the operating state detector that the operating state of the device is in the voice guidance state.

8. The image processing device according to claim 7, further comprising a prohibition unit which prohibits a paper ejection processing based on a print instruction from a person other than an operator of the operation panel when it is detected by the operating state detector that the device is in the voice guidance state.

9. The image processing device according to claim 7, wherein:

the key operation detector is provided with a specified key operation detector which detects the key operation of a particular key on the operation panel; and

the operating state detector detects that the operating state of the device is in the voice guidance state when the operation of the particular key is detected by the particular key operation detector.

10. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a visually-impaired person dedicated terminal for visually-impaired persons only;

a visually-impaired person dedicated terminal operation detector which detects the operation of the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal; and

an operation panel prohibition unit which prohibits input from the operation panel, wherein;

the operating state detector detects that the operating state of the device is in a voice guidance state when it is detected by the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal operation detector that the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal is operated; and

the operation panel prohibition unit prohibits input from the operation panel when it is detected by the operating state detector that the device is in the voice guidance state.

11. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a visually-impaired persons dedicated terminal for visually-impaired persons only;

a visually-impaired person dedicated terminal operation detector which detects the operation of the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal; and

a prohibition unit which prohibits a paper ejection processing according to a print instruction by a person other than an operator of the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal, wherein;

the operating state detector detects that the operating state of the device is in a voice guidance state when the operation of the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal is detected by the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal operation detector; and

the prohibition unit prohibits the paper ejection processing according to the print instruction by a person other than the operator of the visually-impaired person dedicated terminal when it is detected by the operating state detector that the device is in the voice guidance state.

12. A control method for an image processing device to perform prescribed processing according to a key operation on an operation panel, comprising:

detecting an operating state of the device by an operating state detecting means;

detecting the key operation on the operation panel by a key operation detecting means; and

notifying the operating state of the device detected by the operating state detecting means based on a detection output from the key operation detecting means by a notifying means.

13. A control program to cause a computer to execute processing of an image processing device, which executes prescribed processing according to a key operation on an operation panel, comprising:

an operating state detecting step for detecting an operating state of the device;

a key operation detecting step for detecting the key operation on the operation panel; and

a notifying step for notifying the operating state of the device detected in the operating state detecting step according to a detection output by the key operation detecting step.