Image processing apparatus and method allow user to set a sequence of instructions
View Patent ↗For image processing, user's setting of an item is received, and the item set by the user is recorded with information on situation of the setting of the item as setting log data. A parameter on reuse value is calculated based on one or more setting log data in the recorded setting log data, and operation information including the one or more setting log information is stored related with the parameter. When it is decided that the parameter satisfies a reference value, and the one or more setting log data having the parameter is presented.
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
an input device for a user to set a sequence of instructions for a function to be carried out by the image processing apparatus;
a recorder which records the sequence of instructions set by said input device with information relating to the sequence of instructions as setting log data;
a calculator which calculates a weight parameter on reuse value of the sequence of instructions based on the recorded sequence of instructions, wherein the weight parameter on reuse value relates to the likelihood of using the sequence of instructions in the future;
a storage device for storing operation information including the setting log data and the calculated parameter;
a decider which decides based on the setting log data stored in said storage device whether the weight parameter satisfies a reference value; and
a presenter which presents the setting log data having the weight parameter satisfying the reference value.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an extractor which extracts setting log data related to each other from the setting log data recorded; and
a second storage device which stores the extracted setting log data and the order thereof as the operation information.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an operation device including a one-touch key; and
a register which registers the operation information having the weight parameter satisfying the reference value to the one-touch key.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said input device comprising:
a display device for presenting the operation information; and
an operation device with which a user change the operation information presented by said display device;
whereby the image processing apparatus performs the functional operation based on the changed operation information.
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said input device comprises:
a display device which displays the reference value; and
an operation device with which a user changes the reference value displayed by said display device.
6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said calculator calculates the weight parameter based on a difference between a setting value of an item in the one or more setting items and a default value.
7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said calculator calculates the weight parameter based on discrepancy from periodicity determined by a period data of execution of the one or more setting items and a time elapsed after a previous execution thereof.
8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said calculator calculates the weight parameter based on a difference of a number of setting items included in the one or more setting items information from a reference value for the difference.
9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more setting items are relevant to broadcast transmission, and said calculator calculates the weight parameter based on a difference of a number of addresses of broadcast transmission from a reference value for the difference.
10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said calculator calculates the weight parameter based on a difference between the one or more setting items and another one or more setting log data in the recorded setting log data and a tolerance limit for the difference.
11. A method for image processing comprising:
receiving user's setting of a sequence of instructions for a function to be carried out by an image processing apparatus;
recording the sequence of instructions for a function set by the user with information relating to the sequence of instructions for a function as setting log data;
calculating a weight parameter on reuse value of the sequence of instructions based on the recorded sequence of instructions, wherein the weight parameter on reuse value relates to the likelihood of using the sequence of instructions in the future;
storing operation information including the setting log information and the calculated parameter;
deciding based on the setting log data whether the weight parameter satisfies a reference value; and
presenting the setting log data having the weight parameter satisfying the reference value.
12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
extracting the setting log data related to each other in the setting log data recorded; and
storing the extracted setting log data and the order thereof as the operation information.
13. The method according to claim 11 , where the operation information having the weight parameter satisfying the reference value is registered to a one-touch key included in an operation panel.
14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein when the user's setting of an item is received, the operation information is displayed, and a change of the presented operation information is received, whereby the image processing is performed based on the changed operation information.
15. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
displaying the reference value; and
receiving user's change on the reference value displayed.
16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the weight parameter is calculated based on a difference between a setting value of an item in the one or more setting items and a default value for the difference.
17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the weight parameter is calculated based on discrepancy from periodicity by acquiring a period data of execution of the one or more setting items and a time elapsed after a previous execution thereof.
18. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the weight parameter is calculated based on a difference of the number of setting items included in the one or more setting items from a reference value for the difference.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program comprising the steps of:
receiving user's setting of a sequence of instructions for a function to be carried out by an image processing apparatus;
recording the sequence of instructions for a function set by the user with information relating to the sequence of instructions for a function as setting log data;
calculating a weight parameter on reuse value of the sequence of instructions based on the recorded sequence of instructions, wherein the weight parameter on reuse value relates to the likelihood of using the sequence of instructions in the future;
storing operation information including the setting log information and the calculated parameter;
deciding based on the setting log data whether the weight parameter satisfies a reference value; and
presenting the setting log data having the weight parameter satisfying the reference value.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein the program further comprising the steps of:
extracting the setting log data related to each other in the setting log data recorded; and
storing the extracted setting log data and the order thereof as the operation information.