IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS

• Main Authors: TANIMOTO TOMOHITO, TAKEUCHI SHUN, SAKURAGI YUICHIRO, MORI KOSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.10.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a technique of improving an input method which can operate an image formation apparatus having an operation panel without touching the operation panel.SOLUTION: An MFP 101 includes a mobile input function and a remote input function which receive input operations from a mobile terminal 2 and a PC 3 via a network IF 141. The MFP 101 makes the mobile terminal 2 and the PC 3 display an operation screen to the MFP 101 and is able to receive operation data when starting provision of any of the mobile input function and the remote input function. The MFP 101 does not make a touch panel 131 display a body operation screen such as a home screen during provision of the mobile input function, makes the touch panel 131 display the body operation screen during provision of the remote input function, and updates display contents of the body operation screen on the basis of the operation data received from the mobile terminal 2 and the PC 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15 【課題】操作パネルを備える画像形成装置であって、操作パネルに触れずに画像形成装置を操作できる入力方法を改善する技術を提供すること。【解決手段】ＭＦＰ１０１は、ネットワークＩＦ１４１を介して、モバイル端末２やＰＣ３からの入力操作を受け付けるモバイル入力機能とリモート入力機能とを有する。ＭＦＰ１０１は、モバイル入力機能とリモート入力機能とのいずれか一方の提供を開始した場合に、ＭＦＰ１０１に対する操作画面をモバイル端末２やＰＣ３に表示させ、操作データを受信可能となる。ＭＦＰ１０１は、モバイル入力機能の提供中、ホーム画面等の本体操作画面をタッチパネル１３１に表示させず、リモート入力機能の提供中、本体操作画面をタッチパネル１３１に表示させ、モバイル端末２やＰＣ３から受信した操作データに基づいて、本体操作画面の表示内容を更新する。【選択図】図１５