JP2017007273A - List management program and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a list management program and an electronic device capable of improving the visibility of a list.
A list management program includes a plurality of address names, an address number indicating an order of the address names, and identification information of a group to which the address names belong, at least a part of which is displayed on the display unit according to the address numbers. The MFP functions as a list management unit that manages an address book as a list to be displayed and an instruction reception unit (S103). The list management unit performs grouping according to the instruction received by the instruction reception unit. (S104), when the list management unit generates a group, the address number of the address name in the group to be generated is continued, and the list management unit determines the continuity of the address number of the address name in the group. It is characterized by maintaining.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a list management program and an electronic apparatus for managing a list including a plurality of data and the order of the data.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic devices that sort address names with respect to an address book as a list including a plurality of address names as a plurality of data are known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 10-161957 A JP 2004-153420 A

  However, in the conventional electronic device, when the user pays attention to a plurality of address names that are consecutive in the address book, a new address name is added to the address book, or the address name in the address book There is a problem that the continuity of the order of a plurality of address names focused on by the user in the address book may be lost. When the continuity of the order of a plurality of address names focused on by the user in the address book is broken, the visibility of the address book is lowered for the user.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a list management program and an electronic device that can improve the visibility of a list.

  The list management program of the present invention manages a list including a plurality of data, the order of the data, and identification information of a group to which the data belongs, and at least a part of which is displayed on the display device in the order. The list management means, and the instruction receiving means for receiving instructions, function an electronic device, the list management means generates the group according to the instructions received by the instruction receiving means, and the list management means When generating the group, the order of the data in the group to be generated is made continuous, and the list management means maintains the continuity of the order of the data in the group .

  With this configuration, the list management program of the present invention maintains the continuity of the order of the data in the group. Therefore, when new data is added to the list or data in the list is sorted, It is possible to prevent the continuity of the data order from being lost. Therefore, the list management program of the present invention can facilitate the confirmation of data by the user when the user pays attention to the data in the group. Therefore, the list management program of the present invention can improve the visibility of the list.

  In the list management program of the present invention, the list management means may set the order by sorting the data in the group to be generated according to a specific condition when generating the group.

  With this configuration, when generating a group, the list management program of the present invention sorts the data in the group to be generated under a specific condition and sets the order, so the user pays attention to the data in the group. The user can easily confirm the data when he / she is.

  In the list management program of the present invention, the instruction receiving unit receives an instruction of the order of the head of the data in the group generated by the list management unit, and the list management unit generates the group In this case, the order of the data in the group to be generated may be set from the head order according to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit.

  With this configuration, when generating a group, the list management program of the present invention sets the order of data in the group to be generated from the order instructed by the user, so the user pays attention to the data in the group. This makes it easier for the user to check the data.

  In the list management program of the present invention, the instruction receiving unit receives only the order other than the order of the data in the group as the head order when receiving the head order instruction. Also good.

  With this configuration, when creating a new group, the list management program of the present invention can instruct the user to specify only the order other than the order of the data in the existing group as the head order of the new group. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the order of data in the existing group is changed by the generation of a new group. Therefore, the list management program of the present invention can facilitate data confirmation by the user when the user pays attention to the data in the existing group.

  The electronic device of the present invention manages a list including a plurality of data, the order of the data, and identification information of a group to which the data belongs, and at least a part of which is displayed on the display device in the order. A list management unit; and an instruction reception unit that receives an instruction. The list management unit generates the group according to the instruction received by the instruction reception unit, and the list management unit generates the group. In this case, the order of the data in the group to be generated is continued, and the list management unit maintains the continuity of the order of the data in the group.

  With this configuration, the electronic device of the present invention maintains the continuity of the order of the data in the group. Therefore, when new data is added to the list or the data in the list is sorted, It is possible to prevent the continuity of the data order from being lost. Therefore, the electronic device of the present invention can facilitate the confirmation of data by the user when the user pays attention to the data in the group. Therefore, the electronic device of the present invention can improve the visibility of the list.

  The list management program and electronic device of the present invention can improve the visibility of the list.

1 is a block diagram of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the MFP shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the address book shown in FIG. It is a block diagram of the computer shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP shown in FIG. 2 when generating a group. It is a figure which shows the screen for group production | generation displayed on the display part shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the group generation screen shown in FIG. 6 when a drop-down list is operated. It is a figure which shows an example of the address book shown in FIG. 3 when a new group is produced | generated. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the address book illustrated in FIG. 3 when a new group is generated, and an example different from the example illustrated in FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the address book shown in FIG. 3 when a new group is generated, which is an example different from the examples shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the address book illustrated in FIG. 2, which is different from the example illustrated in FIG. 3. It is a figure which shows an example of the address book shown in FIG. 11 when a new group is produced | generated. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP shown in FIG. 2 when canceling a group. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for group cancellation | release displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the address book shown in FIG. 8 when a group is cancelled | released.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the configuration of the image forming system according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image forming system 10 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming system 10 includes an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) 20 as an electronic device, and a computer 30 such as a PC (Personal Computer) or a smartphone. The MFP 20 and the computer 30 can communicate with each other via a network 11 such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the MFP 20.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the MFP 20 includes an operation unit 21 that is an input device such as buttons for inputting various operations, and a display unit 22 that is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays various information. A scanner 23 that reads an image from a document, a printer 24 that prints on a recording medium such as paper, and an external facsimile apparatus (not shown) and a communication line such as a public telephone line A fax communication unit 25 that is a fax device that performs fax communication, a network communication unit 26 that is a network communication device that communicates with an external device via the network 11 (see FIG. 1), and a semiconductor that stores various types of information Memory, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) The storage unit 27 is a nonvolatile storage device, and a control unit 28 which controls the entire MFP 20.

  The storage unit 27 includes, for example, a web server 27a that is a program that provides a web page described in a markup language such as HTML (HyperText Markup Language), and a list management program 27b that manages an address book 27c described later as a list. Is remembered. The web server 27a and the list management program 27b may be installed in the MFP 20 at the manufacturing stage of the MFP 20, or may be additionally installed in the MFP 20 from an external storage medium such as an SD card or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. Alternatively, it may be additionally installed on the MFP 20 from the network 11.

  The storage unit 27 stores an address book 27c as a list.

  The control unit 28 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a program and various data, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) used as a work area of the CPU. Yes. The CPU executes a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 27.

  The control unit 28 functions as a list management unit 28a for managing the address book 27c and an instruction receiving unit 28b for receiving instructions by executing the list management program 27b stored in the storage unit 27.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the address book 27c.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the address book 27c includes an address such as an e-mail address and a folder path, an address name as data for identifying the address, and identification information of a group to which the address name belongs. Multiple types of information are included in association with each other. The address book 27c includes address numbers as the order of address names.

  For example, the information corresponding to the address number “0001” in the address book 27c shown in FIG. 3 has the address name “Any”, does not belong to any group, and the address is “// OO / O”. The path of the folder “○ / ○○”. Also, the information corresponding to the address number “0002” in the address book 27c shown in FIG. 3 belongs to the group whose address name is “Kakiku” and whose identification information, that is, the ID is “G001”, The address is an e-mail address “XXX@XXX.XXX”.

  In the address book 27c, for example, 2500 addresses can be registered. When 2500 addresses can be registered in the address book 27c, there are 2500 address numbers from “0001” to “2500”.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the computer 30.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a computer 30 includes an operation unit 31 that is an input device such as buttons for inputting various operations, a display unit 32 that is a display device such as an LCD that displays various information, a program, A storage unit 33 that is a non-volatile storage device such as an HDD that stores various data and a control unit 34 that controls the entire computer 30 are provided.

  The storage unit 33 stores a web browser 33 a that is a program for displaying a web page on the display unit 32. The web browser 33 a may be installed in the computer 30 at the manufacturing stage of the computer 30, may be additionally installed in the computer 30 from an external storage medium such as an SD card or a USB memory, or the computer from the network 11. 30 may be additionally installed.

  The control unit 34 includes, for example, a CPU, a ROM that stores programs and various data, and a RAM that is used as a work area of the CPU. The CPU executes a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 33.

  Next, the operation of the image forming system 10 will be described.

  Various information related to the address book 27c of the MFP 20 is provided as at least part of a web page by the web server 27a of the MFP 20, and the web page provided by the web server 27a is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30 by the web browser 33a of the computer 30. Displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30 from the MFP 20. Similarly, various operations related to the address book 27c of the MFP 20 are input to the web page provided by the web server 27a of the MFP 20 from the operation unit 31 of the computer 30 via the web browser 33a of the computer 30. It can be input to the MFP 20 from the operation unit 31 of the computer 30.

  Note that at least a part of the address book 27 c is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30. Here, the address book 27c is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30 according to the address number, that is, in the order indicated by the address number.

  First, the operation of the MFP 20 when generating a group will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP 20 when generating a group.

  When at least a part of the address book 27 c is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30, the user can instruct the MFP 20 to generate a group in the address book 27 c via the operation unit 31 of the computer 30. . The control unit 28 of the MFP 20 receives the instruction from the user and executes the operation shown in FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, the instruction receiving unit 28b of the MFP 20 causes the web server 27a to provide a web page of a group generation screen 40 (see FIG. 6) for generating a group (S101). Accordingly, the group generation screen 40 is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30. The user can operate the group generation screen 40 via the operation unit 31 of the computer 30.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a group generation screen 40.

  A group generation screen 40 shown in FIG. 6 includes a drop-down list 41 for receiving an instruction of a start number as the first address number of an address name in a newly generated group, and a newly generated group A text box 42 for accepting an instruction of a keyword as the first character string common to the address name, an OK button 43 for executing group generation, and a cancel button 44 for ending the operation shown in FIG. Is included.

  Here, the drop-down list 41 can accept only an address number other than the address number of the address name in the existing group as a start number. For example, when the address book 27c is as shown in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 7, the drop-down list 41 includes addresses other than the address numbers “0002” and “0003” of the address names in the existing group “G001”. Only the address number can be accepted as the start number.

  As shown in FIG. 5, if the instruction receiving means 28b determines that the OK button 43 has been pressed after the processing of S101 (YES in S102), the drop-down list 41, text box will be displayed when the OK button 43 is pressed. The start number and the keyword respectively input to 42 are accepted (S103).

  Next, the list management unit 28a of the MFP 20 generates a new group based on the start number and keyword accepted in S103 (S104), and ends the operation shown in FIG.

  For example, if the address book 27c is as shown in FIG. 3 and the start number and keyword accepted at S103 are “0004” and “A”, respectively, the list management means 28a at S104 as shown in FIG. The address book 27c is changed.

  The address book 27c shown in FIG. 8 extracts the address names “A”, “A”, “A” that start from the keyword “A” accepted in S103, and various information associated with these address names. Then, the address numbers are consecutive from the address number of the start number “0004” received in S103, and inserted as a group whose ID is “G002”.

  Note that, when the group “G002” is generated, the list management unit 28a sorts the address names in the group “G002” in alphabetical order and sets the address numbers. Therefore, the address names “Aoi”, “Ao”, “Aea” starting with the keyword “A” are sorted in the alphabetical order from the second letter of the keyword “A”, that is, from the second letter, "," Air ", and" Ao "are set in the order of addresses.

  In the address book 27c shown in FIG. 8, the address number “0001” includes an address number “0004” in which the address name “0001” with the address number “0001” and various information associated with the address name is “0004”. As a result of being moved to "", it is an unused line.

  Further, in the address book 27c shown in FIG. 8, the address names “Oo”, “Uu”, “Ee”, and various information associated with these address names, the group “G002” has an address number “ As a result of interrupting "0004" to "0006", the address numbers "0007" and later are shifted while maintaining the mutual order.

  As a result of shifting the address number of the address name and various information associated with the address name to the end, if the address number “2500” at the end is reached, the address name is later in order. As for the address number with various information associated with the address name, the backward shift is started from the top address number “0001”.

  Also, if an unused line is included in the range of address numbers that the group interrupts, the unused line is not shifted, and the address name and address of the address number in the group corresponding to the address number of the unused line Inserted with group identification information.

  If the address book 27c is as shown in FIG. 3, and the start number and the keyword accepted at S103 are “0005” and “A”, respectively, the list management means 28a will return the address at S104 as shown in FIG. The book 27c is changed.

  The address book 27c shown in FIG. 9 is different from the address book 27c shown in FIG. 8 in that the group “G002” interrupts the address numbers “0005” to “0007”, whereas the address number is “0004”. The address name “Oo” and various information associated with this address name are not affected.

  When the address book 27c is as shown in FIG. 3 and the start number and the keyword accepted at S103 are “0001” and “A”, respectively, the list management means 28a sends the address at S104 as shown in FIG. The book 27c is changed.

  Compared with the address book 27c shown in FIG. 8, the address book 27c shown in FIG. 10 has an address name “Kakiku” of the group “G001” as a result of the group “G002” interrupting the address numbers “0001” to “0003”. ”,“ Kakeko ”, address names“ Oo ”,“ Uu ”, and various information associated with these address names are shifted to the address number“ 0004 ”or later while maintaining the mutual order. It has been. Here, when shifting the address number of the group “G001”, the list management unit 28a performs address names “Kakiku” and “Kakeko” in the group “G001” and various types of addresses associated with these address names. Maintain each other's order with information.

  If the group “G001” has address names “Ah” and “Ah” starting from the keyword “Ah” as shown in FIG. 11 in the address book 27c, the start number and the keyword accepted in S103 are “ If “0001” and “A”, the list management unit 28a changes the address book 27c in S104 as shown in FIG. Specifically, the list management unit 28a associates the address names “A”, “A” and “A” which start with “A” excluding the address names in the existing group “G001” with these address names. The extracted various information is extracted, and the address numbers are consecutive from the address number of the start number “0001”, and inserted as a group whose ID is “G002”.

  As illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12, the list management unit 28a maintains the continuity of the address numbers of the address names in the existing group “G001” even when a new group “G002” is generated. .

  Note that the list management unit 28a always maintains the continuity of the address numbers of the address names in the existing group, even when not creating a new group. For example, even if a new address name is added to the address book 27c or the address names in the address book 27c are sorted, the list management unit 28a sets the address number of the address name in the existing group. Maintain continuity.

  Next, the operation of the MFP 20 when canceling a group will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP 20 when canceling a group.

  When at least a part of the address book 27 c is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30, the user can instruct the MFP 20 to cancel the group in the address book 27 c via the operation unit 31 of the computer 30. . The control unit 28 of the MFP 20 receives the instruction from the user and executes the operation shown in FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13, the instruction receiving unit 28b of the MFP 20 causes the web server 27a to provide the web page of the group cancellation screen 50 (see FIG. 14) for canceling the group (S131). Accordingly, the group cancellation screen 50 is displayed on the display unit 32 of the computer 30. A user can operate the group cancellation screen 50 via the operation unit 31 of the computer 30.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the group cancellation screen 50.

  14 includes a cancel button 51 for canceling the group “G001”, a cancel button 52 for canceling the group “G002”, and a cancel for ending the operation illustrated in FIG. Button 53.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13, when the instruction receiving unit 28b determines that the release button has been pressed after the process of S131 (YES in S132), the instruction receiving unit 28b receives a group corresponding to the pressed release button (S133).

  Next, the list management unit 28a cancels the group accepted in S133 (S134), and executes the process of S131.

  For example, if the release button 52 is pressed when the address book 27c is as shown in FIG. 8, the list management means 28a changes the address book 27c as shown in FIG. 15 in S134.

  The address book 27c shown in FIG. 15 is different from the address book 27c shown in FIG. 8 in that the address names “A”, “Ae” and “Ao” belonging to the address numbers “0004” to “0006” belong to the same group. Therefore, when a new group is generated in the address book 27c, a new address name is added to the address book 27c, or the address names in the address book 27c are sorted, the address name “Ah” There is a possibility that the continuity of the address numbers “Aeah” and “Ao” may be broken.

  As described above, since the MFP 20 maintains the continuity of the address numbers of the address names in the group, a new address name is added to the address book 27c, or the address names in the address book 27c are sorted. In this case, it is possible to prevent the continuity of the address numbers of the address names in the group from being broken. Therefore, the MFP 20 can facilitate the confirmation of the address name by the user when the user pays attention to the address name in the group. Therefore, the MFP 20 can improve the visibility of the address book 27c.

  Since the MFP 20 maintains the continuity of the address numbers of the address names in the group, when sorting the address names in the group under any condition, it is necessary to consider the address names outside the group in which the address names are sorted. There is no. Therefore, the MFP 20 can reduce the amount of calculation for sorting when sorting the address names in the group under any condition.

  When the MFP 20 generates a group (S104), the address names in the generated group are sorted in alphabetical order as shown in FIG. 8, and the address numbers are set. Can focus on the address name by the user.

  Note that when generating groups, the MFP 20 may set address numbers by sorting the address names in the group to be generated under a specific condition other than the alphabetical order. The address number may be set while maintaining.

  When the MFP 20 generates a group, the address number of the address name in the group to be generated is set from the address number instructed by the user, that is, the start number, so the user pays attention to the address name in the group. This makes it easy for the user to confirm the address name.

  When the MFP 20 generates a new group, as shown in FIG. 7, the MFP 20 instructs the user to specify only the address number other than the address number of the address name in the existing group as the first address number of the new group. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the address numbers of the address names in the existing group are changed by the generation of a new group. Therefore, the MFP 20 can facilitate the confirmation of the address name by the user when the user pays attention to the address name in the existing group.

  In the present embodiment, the MFP 20 generates a group by extracting an address name having a common first character string. However, the group may be generated under a condition other than the condition that the first character string is common. .

  In the present embodiment, the MFP 20 receives an instruction for the address book 27 c from the operation unit 31 of the computer 30 via the network 11, and at least part of the address book 27 c is input to the display unit 32 of the computer 30 via the network 11. Display. However, the MFP 20 may input an instruction for the address book 27 c not from the operation unit 31 of the computer 30 but from the operation unit 21 of the MFP 20. Further, the MFP 20 may display at least a part of the address book 27 c on the display unit 22 of the MFP 20 instead of the display unit 32 of the computer 30.

  In this embodiment, the MFP 20 manages the address book 27c as a list, but may manage a list other than the address book. For example, the MFP 20 may manage file list information in a box as an area on the storage unit 27 capable of storing a plurality of files as a list.

  The electronic device of the present invention is an MFP in this embodiment, but may be an image forming apparatus other than an MFP, such as a copy-only machine, a printer-only machine, a facsimile-only machine, or a scanner-only machine, or a PC, Electronic equipment other than the image forming apparatus may be used.

20 MFP (electronic equipment)
22 Display unit (display device)
27b List management program 27c Address book (list)
28a List management means 28b Instruction receiving means 32 Display unit (display device)

Claims (5)

Multiple data,
The order of the data;
Identification information of a group to which the data belongs, list management means for managing a list displayed on the display device at least in part in the order, and
As an instruction receiving means for receiving instructions,
Make the electronics work,
The list management unit generates the group according to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit,
The list management means, when generating the group, continues the order of the data in the group to be generated,
The list management program is characterized in that the list management means maintains the continuity of the order of the data in the group.   2. The list management program according to claim 1, wherein, when generating the group, the list management unit sets the order by sorting the data in the group to be generated under a specific condition. The instruction receiving means receives an instruction of the order of the head of the data in the group generated by the list management means,
The list management means, when generating the group, sets the order of the data in the group to be generated from the head order according to the instruction received by the instruction reception means, The list management program according to claim 1 or 2.   The said instruction | indication reception means receives only the said orders other than the said order of the said data in the said group as the said head order, when receiving the instruction | indication of the said head order. List management program. Multiple data,
The order of the data;
Identification information of a group to which the data belongs, and at least a part of the list management means for managing a list displayed on the display device in the order;
Instruction receiving means for receiving instructions,
The list management unit generates the group according to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit,
The list management means, when generating the group, continues the order of the data in the group to be generated,
The list management means maintains the continuity of the order of the data in the group.

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