US 12,137,189 B2
Image forming system and image forming apparatus configured to execute remote display control for requesting information processing apparatus in response to determining that remote display control is not currently executed by previous request
Yutaka Urakawa, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,577.
Application 18/480,577 is a continuation of application No. 18/056,470, filed on Nov. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,818,315.
Application 18/056,470 is a continuation of application No. 17/475,785, filed on Sep. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,533,411, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-174946 (JP), filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048663 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00973 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00408 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus and a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the image forming apparatus including a user interface,
a first controller of the image forming apparatus being configured to:
control the user interface to display a first operation screen;
switch the first operation screen in accordance with an operation via the first operation screen;
execute an image forming process in accordance with an operation via the first operation screen; and
switch the first operation screen in accordance with an operating state of the image forming apparatus,
the first controller being configured to:
execute a remote display control, the remote display control being control of, in response to receiving a start request from one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, transmitting remote screen data to display a second operation screen on a requesting information processing apparatus, the second operation screen being an operation screen corresponding to the first operation screen displayed on the user interface of the image forming apparatus, the requesting information processing apparatus being the one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses that has transmitted the start request, the remote screen data being screen data based on the first operation screen displayed on the user interface of the image forming apparatus,
the user interface including a touch display and a key other than the touch display,
the first operation screen being a screen displayed on the touch display,
the second operation screen being a screen showing the first operation screen and the key,
the first controller being configured to, during execution of the remote display control:
transmit the remote screen data to the requesting information processing apparatus in accordance with an operation via the second operation screen, the remote screen data being for switching the second operation screen;
execute the image forming process in accordance with an operation via the second operation screen; and
transmit the remote screen data to the requesting information processing apparatus in accordance with the operating state of the image forming apparatus, the remote screen data being for switching the second operation screen,
the requesting information processing apparatus including a second controller, the second controller being configured to display the second operation screen on the requesting information processing apparatus in accordance with the remote display control by the first controller,
the first controller or the second controller serving as a determination controller,
the determination controller being configured to determine whether the remote display control is currently executed by a previous request in response to receiving the start request from the requesting information processing apparatus, the previous request being a request received from another one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, the previous request being a request for the remote display control to the image forming apparatus, the previous request being a request received before the start request is received from the requesting information processing apparatus,
the first controller being configured to:
in response to determining that the remote display control is not currently executed by the previous request, execute the remote display control for the requesting information processing apparatus; and
in response to determining that the remote display control is currently executed by the previous request, not execute the remote display control for the requesting information processing apparatus.