IP Library Granted Patent US 10,354,749
Granted Patent B2
US 10,354,749 · App. 13/786,016 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Conference preparation apparatus, conference preparation method, and storage medium

Inventors: Toshimizu Yamane (Tokyo, JP); Gakuya Soeda (Isehara, JP); Takahiro Kurosawa (Kunitachi, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G16H10/60G06F19/324
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Patent No.
US 10,354,749
App. No.
13/786,016
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conference preparation apparatus includes a material identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire material identification information specified by an operation performed on a display screen, a material information acquisition unit configured to acquire material information from a server based on the material identification information acquired by the material identification information acquisition unit, a management unit configured to manage on a person-by-person basis the material information acquired by the material information acquisition unit, and an agenda management unit configured to associate the material identification information with conference items.

Claims (29)

1. A conference preparation system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer readable media coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a window handle of a window displayed in a display screen;

determining, based on the obtained window handle, whether an application regarding the displayed window is a predetermined application or not;

acquiring a patient ID in a case where the application regarding the displayed window is the predetermined application;

determining whether a GUI (Graphical User Interface) component regarding the displayed window is a predetermined GUI component or not;

acquiring an area including the patient ID in the displayed window as an image in a case where the GUI component is not the predetermined GUI component;

acquiring character code strings as the patient ID by performing a character recognition on the image in a case where the GUI component is not the predetermined GUI component, acquiring the patient ID without performing the character recognition on the image in a case where the GUI component is the predetermined GUI component; and

acquiring material information for the conference from a server based on the acquired patient ID.

2. The conference preparation system according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the material information has been acquired, the acquired material information is displayed on the display screen at a size smaller than a size of the material information that has been previously displayed on the display screen.

3. The conference preparation system according to claim 2 , wherein a button for canceling acquisition of the material information is displayed on the display screen with the material information being displayed at a size smaller than the size of the material information that has been previously displayed on the display screen.

4. The conference preparation system according to claim 1 , wherein the patient ID is associated with a conference item based on patient information about an order acquired from an ordering system.

5. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining a window handle of a window displayed in a display screen;

determining, based on the obtained window handle, whether an application regarding the displayed window is a predetermined application or not;

acquiring a patient ID in a case where the application regarding the displayed window is the predetermined application;

determining whether a GUI (Graphical User Interface) component regarding the displayed window is a predetermined GUI component or not;

acquiring an area including the patient ID in the displayed window as an image in a case where the GUI component is not the predetermined GUI component;

acquiring character code strings as the patient ID by performing a character recognition on the image in a case where the GUI component is not the predetermined GUI component, acquiring the patient ID without performing the character recognition on the image in a case where the GUI component is the predetermined GUI component; and

acquiring material information for a conference from a server based on the acquired patient ID.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a window handle of a window displayed in a display screen;

determining, based on the obtained window handle, whether an application regarding the displayed window is a predetermined application or not;

acquiring a patient ID in a case where the application regarding the displayed window is the predetermined application;

determining whether a GUI (Graphical User Interface) component regarding the displayed window is a predetermined GUI component or not;

acquiring an area including the patient ID in the displayed window as an image in a case where the GUI component is not the predetermined GUI component;

acquiring character code strings as the patient ID by performing a character recognition on the image in a case where the GUI component is not the predetermined GUI component, acquiring the patient ID without performing the character recognition on the image in a case where the GUI component is the predetermined GUI component; and

acquiring material information for a conference from a server based on the acquired patient ID.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2013
From: YAMANE, TOSHIMIZU; SOEDA, GAKUYA; KUROSAWA, TAKAHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 031294/0343 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2012-050685 · Mar 7, 2012 · national
JP 2012-050686 · Mar 7, 2012 · national
JP 2012-050687 · Mar 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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