JP2010128991A - Display control device, image forming apparatus, and display control program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to change a bookmark image for displaying a bookmark, into a desired display position with simple operation when carrying out so-called bookmark registration on a Web page displayed on a display part of an image forming apparatus or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A display control device includes a display part and a Web browser function part 5221. The Web browser function part 5221 includes: a registration instruction receiving image display control section 5224 for displaying a registration instruction receiving image on the display part; a registering section 5225 for registering a URL (uniform resource locator) of a Web page in display on the basis of operation based on the registration instruction receiving image; a position instruction receiving image display control section 5226 for displaying a position instruction receiving image for showing candidates for a display position of a bookmark image of the Web page with the URL registered when the registration instructions are received; and a position specification receiving section 5227 for receiving instructions to specify the display position of the bookmark image with operation based on the position specification receiving image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a display control program, and more particularly to a technique for displaying a web page on a display unit.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a multifunction machine (equipment having a copy function, a printer function, a facsimile function, and a scanner function) has been provided with an LCD (Liquid) for displaying operation guidance to a user. A display unit such as a crystal display) is provided. Further, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, the display device has a browser function connected to the Internet, and counts the number of accesses to the referenced URL. Depending on the number of accesses, a bookmark (an arbitrary website) A display device has been proposed in which a bookmark image for displaying a bookmark is rearranged according to the number of accesses.
JP 2000-99436 A

  However, the display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 cannot display the bookmark image at a display position desired by the user. In this display device, the display position of a bookmark image indicating a web page with a high number of accesses is simply changed to a position corresponding to the number of accesses. Further, in such a display device, it is desired that the display position of the bookmark image can be changed to a desired position with a simple operation even if the user does not know the operation method in detail.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. When a so-called bookmark registration is performed on a web page displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus or the like, a bookmark image on which a user displays the bookmark is displayed. An object of the present invention is to change the display position to a desired display position with a simple operation.

The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying an image,
A web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
The web browser function unit includes: a registration instruction reception image display control unit that displays a registration instruction reception image for receiving a registration instruction for registering a URL of a web page being displayed on the display unit; and the registration instruction reception image received by a user The registration instruction is received by an operation based on the touch panel function, the registration unit that registers the URL of the web page being displayed, and the web page in which the URL is registered when the registration instruction is received by the registration unit Position designation reception image display control for displaying a position designation acceptance image for accepting a display position designation of the bookmark image based on a selection operation of the candidate by the user. Display of the position designation acceptance image by an operation based on the position designation acceptance image by the user The position specifying instruction for specifying a location as the display position of the bookmark image is a display control device and a position specification reception unit that receives a touch panel function.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer incorporated in the display control device.
Function as a web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit of the display control device;
Further, the web browser function unit is configured to display a registration instruction acceptance image on the display unit for accepting a registration instruction for registering the URL of the web page being displayed on the display unit, and the registration instruction by the user The registration instruction is received by a touch panel function by an operation based on the received image, and the URL is registered when the registration instruction is received by the registration unit that registers the URL of the web page being displayed. A position designation accepting image for displaying a position designation accepting image for accepting a display position designation of the bookmark image based on a selection operation of the candidate by a user, indicating a candidate for the display position of the bookmark image indicating the web page. The position designation acceptance image is displayed by an operation based on the display control unit and the position designation acceptance image by the user. The position specifying instruction for specifying a display position as the display position of the bookmark image, a display control program to function as a position specification reception unit that receives a touch panel function.

  In these inventions, when the registration instruction acceptance image display control unit displays the registration instruction acceptance image for the web page being displayed, the registration instruction acceptance image is displayed in the registration unit by a user operation based on the registration instruction acceptance image. When the instruction is accepted, the position designation acceptance image display control unit indicates a candidate for the bookmark image display position, and accepts a designation for displaying the bookmark image based on a selection operation of the candidate by the user. The image is displayed, and the position designation accepting unit accepts a position designation instruction with the display position of the position designation acceptance image as the display position of the bookmark image by an operation based on the position designation acceptance image by the user. A simple operation such as touching the position designation reception image displayed on the screen with a finger, etc. It is possible to input an instruction for designating a desired display position to be displayed the click images.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the web browser function unit further receives a position designation instruction for the bookmark image in the position designation reception unit. The name input acceptance image display control unit for displaying a name input acceptance image for accepting input of the name of the bookmark image on the display unit, and the bookmark image based on an operation based on the name input acceptance image by the user A name input receiving unit that receives the input of the name by a touch panel function.

  According to the present invention, the user performs an operation on the display screen of the display unit based on the name input reception image displayed by the name input reception image display control unit, so that the name input reception unit performs the name of the bookmark image. Therefore, the user can input the name of the bookmark image by a simple operation based on the image displayed on the display unit.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the display control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the web browser function unit further receives the position designation instruction received by the position designation receiving unit. A bookmark image display control unit that displays the bookmark image associated with the position designation instruction at the display position indicated by the URL, and a URL associated with the bookmark image by an operation based on the bookmark image by the user. A web display control unit for newly displaying a web page to be displayed on the display unit.

  In this invention, the bookmark image display control unit displays the bookmark image at the display position received from the user by the position designation receiving unit, and the web page display control unit performs an operation based on the bookmark image by the user. A web page indicated by the URL associated with the bookmark image is displayed on the display unit. For this reason, according to the present invention, the user can customize the display position of the bookmark image, which requires an operation when displaying a desired web page, according to his / her preference with a simple operation. .

  The invention according to claim 4 is the display control device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the bookmark image display control unit further displays a name received by the name input receiving unit. Then, the bookmark image is displayed on the display unit.

  According to this invention, the web page display control unit displays the bookmark image on the display unit after displaying the name received by the name input reception unit, so that the user can display the desired name with a simple operation. The bookmark image thus made can be displayed at a desired display position.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording unit that records an image on recording paper based on print target data;
An image forming apparatus comprising the display control device according to claim 1.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the action exhibited by the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

  According to the present invention, when a user performs so-called bookmark registration for a web page displayed on a display unit such as an image forming apparatus, the user can display a bookmark image for displaying the bookmark by a simple operation. It becomes possible to change the position.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an image forming apparatus including a display control apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral which is an embodiment of an image forming apparatus including a display control device according to the present invention.

  The multi-function device 1 includes a main body 200, a paper post-processing section 300 disposed on the paper carry-out side, for example, the left side of the main body 200, and an operation section 400 for a user operator to input various operation commands. The document reading unit disposed on the upper part of the main body unit 200 and the document feeding unit 600 disposed on the upper part of the document reading unit 500.

  The operation unit 400 includes a display unit 410 formed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and an operation key unit 430 to which an operation instruction is input from a user. The operation key unit 430 includes a start key, a numeric keypad, and the like.

  The document feeding unit 600 includes a document placement unit 601, a paper feed roller 602, a document transport unit 603, and a document discharge unit 604, and the document reading unit 500 includes a scanner 501. The paper feed roller 602 feeds the required number of documents set on the document placement unit 601 one by one, and the document transport unit 603 sequentially transports the fed document to the reading position of the scanner 501. The scanner 501 sequentially reads images of the conveyed document, and the read document is discharged to the document discharge unit 604.

  The main body 200 includes a plurality of paper feed cassettes 201, a plurality of paper feed rollers 202, a transfer roller 203, a photosensitive drum 204, an exposure device 206, a developing device 207, a fixing roller 208, a discharge port 209, a discharge tray 210, and the like. Prepare.

  The photosensitive drum 204 is uniformly charged by a charging device (not shown) while rotating in the direction of the arrow. The exposure device 206 scans the photosensitive drum 204 with laser light modulated according to the image data of the document read by the document reading unit 500, and forms an electrostatic latent image on the drum surface. The developing device 207 supplies a black developer to the photosensitive drum 204 to form a toner image.

  On the other hand, the paper feed roller 202 draws the print paper from the paper feed cassette 201 in which the print paper is stored, and feeds the print paper to the transfer roller 203. The transfer roller 203 transfers the toner image on the photosensitive drum 204 to the conveyed printing paper, and the fixing roller 208 heats and fixes the transferred toner image on the printing paper. Thereafter, the printing paper is carried into the paper post-processing unit 300 from the discharge port 209 of the main body 200. The printing paper is also discharged to the discharge tray 210 as necessary.

  The paper post-processing unit 300 includes a carry-in port 301, a print paper carrying unit 302, a carry-out port 303, a stack tray 304, and the like. The printing paper conveyance unit 302 sequentially conveys the printing paper carried into the carry-in port 301 from the discharge port 209 and finally discharges the printing paper from the carry-out port 303 to the stack tray 304. The stack tray 304 is configured to be movable up and down in the direction of the arrow in accordance with the number of print sheets stacked from the carry-out port 303.

  FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine 1. The multifunction device 1 includes a scanner unit 11, an image processing unit 21, a recording unit 31, an operation unit 400, a control unit 50, a network interface (interface) unit 71, and an HDD (hard disk drive) 74.

  The scanner unit 11 includes an exposure lamp 12 and a CCD (charge coupled device) 13 that constitute the scanner 501 shown in FIG. The scanner unit 11 irradiates the document with the exposure lamp 12 and receives the reflected light with the CCD 13, thereby reading an image from the document and outputting image data corresponding to the read image to the image processing unit 21.

  The image processing unit 21 includes a correction unit 22, an image processing unit 23, and an image memory 24. The image processing unit 21 processes the read image data by the correction unit 22 and the image processing unit 23 as necessary, and stores the processed image data in the image memory 24 or outputs the processed image data to the recording unit 31. The correction unit 22 performs predetermined correction processing such as level correction and γ correction on the read image data. The image processing unit 23 performs various types of processing such as image data compression or expansion processing and enlargement or reduction processing.

  The recording unit 31 is an image composed of the sheet conveying unit 32 composed of the sheet feeding cassette 201 and the sheet feeding roller 202 shown in FIG. 1, the photosensitive drum 204, the exposure device 206, the developing device 207, etc. shown in FIG. The image forming apparatus includes a forming unit 33, a transfer unit 34 including the transfer roller 203 shown in FIG. 1, and a fixing unit 35 including the fixing roller 208 shown in FIG. The recording unit 31 prints an image on a recording sheet using the document data read by the scanner unit 11. Specifically, the paper transport unit 32 transports the recording paper to the image forming unit 33, the image forming unit 33 forms a toner image corresponding to the image data, and the transfer unit 34 transfers the toner image to the recording paper. The fixing unit 35 fixes the toner image on the recording paper to form an image.

  The network interface unit 71 uses a network interface or the like to control transmission / reception of various data to / from an external device via a LAN (Local Area Network) using Ethernet (registered trademark) or the like, and to the Internet. Connect. The HDD 74 stores image data read by the scanner unit 11, an output format set for the image data, and the like.

  The operation unit 400 includes a display unit 410 and an operation key unit 430 shown in FIG. The display unit 410 includes a touch panel unit that combines a touch panel and an LCD. The display unit 410 displays various operation screens, and allows the user to input execution commands for various functions by touching the display surface (displayed operation key unit). The operation key unit 430 includes a start key, a numeric keypad, and the like as described above.

  The control unit 50 includes a control unit 52 and a display image data storage unit 53.

  The control unit 52 includes a main controller unit 521 and a display control unit 522. The main controller unit 521 controls the operation of the multifunction device 1. The display control unit 522 performs display control for causing the display unit 410 to display operation guide information, a web page, and the like of the multifunction device 1 for the user. The display image data storage unit 53 stores various image data to be displayed on the display unit 410. The various image data stored in the display image data storage unit 53 is composed of images showing the display of each operation guide information of the multifunction device 1 for the user.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an extracted configuration of the control unit 50 of the multifunction machine 1. As described above, the control unit 50 includes the main controller unit 521 and the display control unit 522. The main controller unit 521 is composed of, for example, a CPU, the display control unit 522 is composed of, for example, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and the boards constituting these are connected by, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus).

  The main controller unit 521 includes an operation control unit 5211 and a proxy server 5213.

  The operation control unit 5211 controls operation of each unit (the scanner unit 11, the image processing unit 21, the recording unit 31, etc.) of the multifunction machine 1.

  The proxy server 5213 is connected between the web browser function unit 5221 and the Internet to connect to the Internet. The proxy server 5213 is connected to the Internet via Ethernet or the like.

  The display control unit 522 includes a web browser function unit 5221 and a panel application 5222.

  The web browser function unit 5221 executes processing necessary for causing the display unit 410 to display a web page on the Internet.

  The panel application 5222 executes processing necessary for causing the display unit 410 to display each operation guide of the multifunction device 1. The panel application 5222 reads out image data corresponding to each operation guide of the multifunction machine 1 from the display image data storage unit 53 and causes the display unit 410 to display the image data.

  Further, the web browser function unit 5221 includes a web display control unit 5223, a registration instruction reception image display control unit 5224, a registration unit 5225, a position designation reception image display control unit 5226, a position designation reception unit 5227, and a name input. A reception image display control unit 5228, a name input reception unit 5229, and a bookmark image display control unit 5230 are provided.

  The web display control unit 5223 performs processing necessary to display a web page on the display unit 410.

  The registration instruction acceptance image display control unit 5224 causes the display unit 410 to display a registration instruction acceptance image together with the web page being displayed. This registration instruction acceptance image is an image for accepting a registration instruction for registering the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page from the user by the touch panel function.

  The registration unit 5225 displays the URL of the web page displayed on the display unit 410 by an operation based on the registration instruction reception image by the user, for example, an operation such as a user touching or pressing the registration instruction reception image with a finger or the like. Accept registration instruction to register, and register the URL of the displayed web page.

  The position designation acceptance image display control unit 5226 displays the position designation acceptance image on the display unit 410 when the registration unit 5225 accepts an upper registration instruction. This position designation acceptance image indicates a candidate for the display position of a bookmark image (see FIG. 11) indicating a web page having a URL to be registered, and based on the selection operation of the candidate by the user, It is an image for accepting display position designation from a user by a touch panel function.

  The position designation acceptance unit 5227 displays the position designation acceptance image by an operation based on the position designation acceptance image by the user (for example, an operation in which the user touches or presses the position designation acceptance image with a finger or the like). Is received from the user by the touch panel function as the bookmark image position designation instruction. For example, the position designation receiving unit 5227 displays the display position indicated by the coordinate value on the display screen of the display unit 410 where the position designation receiving image is displayed as the position where the position designation receiving image is displayed. Accepted from the user as a bookmark image position designation instruction.

  The name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 causes the display unit 410 to display the name input acceptance image when the position designation acceptance unit 5227 accepts the bookmark image location designation instruction. The name input acceptance image is an image for accepting input of the name of the bookmark image from the user by the touch panel function.

  The name input reception unit 5229 inputs the name of the bookmark image based on an operation by the user based on the name input reception image (for example, an operation in which the user touches or presses the name input reception image with a finger or the like). Accept by touch panel function.

  The bookmark image display control unit 5230 displays the bookmark image associated with the position designation instruction at the display position indicated by the position designation instruction received by the position designation reception unit 5227, and further, the name input reception unit 5229. Is displayed on the display unit 410 after displaying the name accepted by.

  Furthermore, the web display control unit 5223 corresponds to the bookmark image when an operation based on the bookmark image by the user (for example, an operation such as a user touching or pressing the bookmark image with a finger or the like) is performed. A display instruction of the web page indicated by the attached URL is received from the user, and the web page indicated by the URL is newly displayed on the display unit 410.

  The display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, for example, a control unit 50 and a display unit 410.

  In the above description, the control unit 52 includes the main controller unit 521 including the CPU and the display control unit 522 including the ASIC. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. A display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored, and the control unit 52 including a CPU or the like may function as the web browser function unit 5221 by operating according to the display control program. In addition, the control unit 52 may also function as the panel application 5222, the operation control unit 5211, and the proxy server 5213.

  Next, bookmark registration control in the multifunction machine 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing bookmark registration control in the multifunction machine 1. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the initial operation screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a web page display screen. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a position designation reception image. 8 and 9 are diagrams showing display examples of the name input screen (keyboard screen).

  When the user turns on the main power of the multifunction device 1 at the start of use of the multifunction device 1 (YES in S1), the panel application 5222 reads image data corresponding to the initial operation screen from the display image data storage unit 53. Then, an initial screen 4101 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 410 (S2). At this time, the operation unit 400 is in a state where it can accept various operation execution instructions (such as a copy operation execution instruction and a web page display instruction) from the user (S3, S13). As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the initial screen 4101 displays keys 101 to 104 for receiving various settings at the time of a copy operation, and a web browser start instruction for starting a web browser (set in advance by starting the web browser). The browser key 105 for receiving an instruction to display the web page being displayed on the display unit 410 from the user is displayed. Keys displayed on the initial screen 4101 and each of the following screens are input to the web browser function unit 5221, the operation control unit 5211, and the like by the touch panel function.

  Here, when an operation execution instruction other than the web page display instruction, for example, a copy operation execution instruction, is input by the operation of the operation unit 400 by the user and the instruction is received by the operation unit 400 (NO in S3) , S13, YES), the operation control unit 5211 executes the instructed operation, for example, the copy operation (S14). If the operation unit 400 does not accept any operation execution instruction from the user (NO in S13), the process returns to S2, the panel application 5222 displays the initial screen 4101 on the display unit 410, and the operation unit 400 The state of waiting for the input of various operation execution instructions from is continued.

  On the other hand, if the user presses the browser key 105 on the initial screen 4101 and receives a web page display instruction from the web display control unit 5223 by the touch panel function (YES in S3), the web display control unit 5223 Via the server 5213, the website of the web page preset as the first page when the web browser is displayed is accessed, and the image data of the web page that becomes the first page is acquired from the website, for example, A web page display screen 4103 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 410 (S4). That is, the web display control unit 5223 switches the initial screen 4101 displayed on the display unit 410 by the panel application 5222 to the web page display screen 4103.

  At this time, the registration instruction acceptance image display control unit 5224 is a display screen of the display unit 410, for example, on the web page to be displayed (may be outside the range of the web page to be displayed. In particular, the display position. The registration instruction acceptance image B3 is displayed.

  In addition, the web display control unit 5223 displays a scroll bar B1, a screen close button B2, and the like on the web page display screen 4103. The scroll bar B1 and the screen close button B2 etc. are large enough to be easily touched by the user using a touch panel function so that the user can easily input a web page scroll instruction, a web page close instruction, and the like. Is set.

  Although not shown in FIG. 4, when the web display control unit 5223 displays the web page display screen 4103 on the display unit 410, the screen close button B2 is pressed by the user, and the screen is displayed by the touch panel function. When the close instruction is accepted by the web display control unit 5223, the web display control unit 5223 stops displaying the web page display screen 4103, and shifts to the display process (S2) of the initial operation screen 4101 by the panel application 5222.

  As described above, when the registration instruction acceptance image B3 is pressed by the user while the web display control unit 5223 is displaying the web page display screen 4103 on the display unit 410, the registration unit 5225 is operated by the touch panel function. At this time, a registration instruction for registering the URL of the web page being displayed on the display unit 410 is accepted (YES in S5), and the registration unit 5225 registers the URL of the web page being displayed (S6). ). Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the position designation acceptance image display control unit 5226 displays a plurality of position designation acceptance images B51 to B58 indicating candidates for the display position of the bookmark image indicating the web page in which the URL is registered. The displayed position designation reception screen 4104 is displayed on the display unit 410 in place of the displayed web page or in place of the displayed web page (S7).

  When the user performs an operation such as pressing one of the position designation reception images B51 to B58, the position designation reception unit 5227 displays the display position of the position designation reception image pressed by the user as described above. The position where the bookmark image for the web page having the registered URL is displayed is received and stored by the touch panel function (YES in S8, S9).

  When the position designation instruction for the bookmark image is accepted by the position designation accepting unit 5227 as described above, the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 inputs the name input as shown in FIGS. A screen 4105 is displayed (S10). The name input screen 4105 is an example of a name input acceptance image, and as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, is a keyboard screen including an image showing a keyboard. For example, the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 displays the name entry screen 4105 on the position designation acceptance screen 4104 at a position avoiding the name candidate display field B59 (FIG. 7) of the position designation acceptance screen 4104. Let

  When the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 is displaying the name input screen 4105 on the display unit 410, when the user presses each character key display portion displayed on the name input screen 4105, the touch panel function is displayed. Thus, the name input receiving unit 5229 receives the input of the character or symbol associated with the character key at the pressed position.

  The name input screen 4105 has, for example, an uppercase character input screen G40 shown in FIG. 8 and a lowercase character input screen G40 'shown in FIG. For example, when the name input screen 4105 is displayed, the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 first displays the capital letter input screen G40 on the display unit 410 as an initial screen. When the “lowercase” button G44 is pressed by the user on the uppercase character input screen G40 and a screen switching instruction is received by the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 by the touch panel function, the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 displays the display unit 410. Is switched to the lowercase character input screen G40 ′. In addition, when the user presses the “capital letter” button G43 on the lowercase character input screen G40 ′ and receives a screen switching instruction from the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 by the touch panel function, the name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 The display screen of the display unit 410 is switched to the capital letter input screen G40.

  In the uppercase character input screen G40 and the lowercase character input screen G40 ′, when the input character button G41 is pressed by the user and an input character switching instruction is received by the name input reception image display control unit 5228 by the touch panel function, the name input reception image display control unit 5228 pulls down an input character menu button P1 in which items indicating various input characters are arranged downward from the input character button G41. When the character input method switching button G42 is pressed by the user and a character input method switching instruction is received by the name input reception image display control unit 5228 by the touch panel function, the name input reception image display control unit 5228 switches the character input method switching. An input method menu button P2 in which items indicating various character input methods are arranged in a downward direction from the button G42 is displayed in a pull-down manner.

  The name input acceptance image display control unit 5228 displays each character accepted based on the operation of each key by the user on the uppercase input screen G40 and the lowercase input screen G40 ′ in the name candidate display field B59 of the position designation acceptance screen 4104. Display.

  When the user operates the “OK” button G45 on the uppercase character input screen G40 or the lowercase character input screen G40 ′, the name input reception unit 5229 displays the character string displayed in the name candidate display field B59 at this time by the touch panel function. Is received as the name of the bookmark image for which the position is specified (YES in S11).

  When the name input accepting unit 5229 accepts the name input of the bookmark image as described above, the name input accepting unit 5229 stores the accepted name as the name of the bookmark image (the bookmark indicating the web page targeted for URL registration) (S12). ).

  Next, a description will be given of the control when displaying a bookmark-registered web page in the multifunction machine 1. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing control when displaying a bookmark-registered web page. FIG. 11 shows an example of a bookmark selection screen. Note that the description of the same processing as that performed in the bookmark registration system shown in FIG. 4 is omitted.

  When the user presses the browser key 105 on the initial screen 4101 and receives a web page display instruction from the web display control unit 5223 through the touch panel function (YES in S23), the web display control unit 5223 displays the first page as the first page. The web page display screen 4103 of the web page set in advance is displayed on the display unit 410 (S24). At this time, the web display control unit 5223 is the display screen of the display unit 410 and is to be displayed. A bookmark display instruction acceptance image B6 for accepting an instruction to display a bookmark image indicating each bookmarked web page from the user by the touch panel function is displayed outside the range of the web page (FIG. 6). In FIG. 6, the web display control unit 5223 displays the bookmark display instruction acceptance image B <b> 6 on the side of the web page display part that is outside the web page display part on the web page display screen 4103. The display position of the display instruction acceptance image B6 is not limited to this position, and may be a different position from the web page display part, or may be displayed so as to overlap the web page display part.

  As described above, when the bookmark display instruction acceptance image B6 is pressed by the user while the web display control unit 5223 is displaying the web page display screen 4103 on the display unit 410, the bookmark image is displayed by the touch panel function. The display control unit 5230 accepts a bookmark image display instruction for displaying a bookmark image indicating each bookmarked web page (YES in S25). Based on the bookmark image display instruction, the bookmark image display control unit 5230 displays a bookmark display screen 4106 as shown in FIG. On the bookmark display screen 4106, the bookmark image display control unit 5230 reads the display position stored in the position designation receiving unit 5227 for each bookmark image to be displayed based on the position designation instruction described above. Each bookmark image is displayed at a position on the display screen of the display unit 410 indicated by the display position (S26, FIG. 11). For example, on the display screen of the display unit 410, the bookmark image is displayed at the same position as the display position of the position designation acceptance image (any of the position designation acceptance images B51 to B58) operated by the user in S8 and S9 in FIG. Control unit 5230 displays bookmark images B61 to B68 to be displayed.

  At this time, the bookmark image display control unit 5230 further reads out the name stored in the name input reception unit 5229 for each bookmark image based on the above-described name input for each bookmark image to be displayed. , The bookmark images B61 to B68 are displayed with their names written.

  As described above, in the state where the bookmark image display control unit 5230 displays the bookmark list in which the bookmark images B61 to B68 are displayed on the display unit 410, the user performs an operation such as pressing one of the bookmark images. Then, the bookmark image display control unit 5230 displays the pressed bookmark image in a display color different from other bookmark images. Furthermore, when the “display this page” key B69 displayed on the bookmark display screen 4106 by the bookmark image display control unit 5230 is pressed by the user, the bookmark image is associated with the pressed bookmark image by the touch panel function. The web display control unit 5223 receives a display instruction of the web page indicated by the bookmark (that is, the URL registered in association with the bookmark image) (YES in S27), and the web display control unit 5223 Is newly displayed on the display unit 410 (S28).

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the position designation receiving unit 5227 displays the position indicated by the coordinates on the display screen of the display unit 410 on which the position designation receiving image is displayed by an operation based on the position designation receiving image by the user. The position designation instruction is received from the user. However, the position designation instruction is not limited to this, and the position designation reception screen 4104 determined based on a relative positional relationship with another position designation reception image displayed on the position designation reception screen 4104. The position of the bookmark image may be received from the user as the bookmark image position designation instruction.

  In the above embodiment, in the first or second embodiment, the web browser function unit 5221 displays the registration instruction reception image B3, the registration instruction reception process, the display process such as the position designation reception image B51, and the position designation. Although it has been described as performing instruction reception processing, name input reception image display processing, name input reception processing, bookmark image display processing, etc., these processes are not limited to so-called web browser applications. Any application or circuit that can execute the above-described processes may be used. That is, in the present embodiment, the web browser function unit 5221 is a concept including an application or a circuit that can execute each of the above processes.

  In the above embodiment, the display control apparatus, the image forming apparatus, and the display control program according to the present invention are shown in FIGS. 1 to 11, but these are merely examples of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the configuration or processing of the invention.

1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral that is an embodiment of an image forming apparatus including a display control device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine. It is a figure which extracts and shows the composition of the control unit of a multifunction machine. 10 is a flowchart illustrating bookmark registration control in the multifunction peripheral. It is a figure which shows the example of an initial stage operation screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a web page display screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a position designation | designated reception image. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a name input screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a name input screen. It is a flowchart which shows the control at the time of displaying the web page by which bookmark registration was carried out. It is a figure which shows the example of a bookmark selection screen.

Explanation of symbols

1 MFP 31 Recording unit 410 Display unit 4103 Web page display screen 4104 Position designation reception screen 4105 Name input screen 4106 Bookmark display screen 50 Control unit 52 Control unit 5221 Web browser function unit 5222 Panel application 5223 Web display control unit 5224 Registration instruction reception Image display control unit 5225 Registration unit 5226 Position designation reception image display control unit 5227 Position designation reception unit 5228 Name input reception image display control unit 5229 Name input reception unit 5230 Bookmark image display control unit 53 Display image data storage unit B3 Registration instruction reception image B51 Position designation reception image B59 Name candidate display field B6 Bookmark display instruction reception image B61 Bookmark image

Claims (6)

A display for displaying an image;
A web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
The web browser function unit includes: a registration instruction reception image display control unit that displays a registration instruction reception image for receiving a registration instruction for registering a URL of a web page being displayed on the display unit; and the registration instruction reception image received by a user The registration instruction is received by an operation based on the touch panel function, the registration unit that registers the URL of the web page being displayed, and the web page in which the URL is registered when the registration instruction is received by the registration unit Position designation reception image display control for displaying a position designation acceptance image for accepting a display position designation of the bookmark image based on a selection operation of the candidate by the user. Display of the position designation acceptance image by an operation based on the position designation acceptance image by the user The position specifying instruction for specifying a location as the display position of the bookmark image display control device and a position specification reception unit that receives a touch panel function.   The web browser function unit further displays, on the display unit, a name input acceptance image for accepting an input of the name of the bookmark image when the location designation accepting unit accepts the bookmark image location designation instruction. 2. The display control according to claim 1, further comprising: a name input acceptance image display control unit to be operated; and a name input acceptance unit that accepts input of the name of the bookmark image by a touch panel function based on an operation based on the name input acceptance image by the user. apparatus.   The web browser function unit further includes a bookmark image display control unit that displays the bookmark image associated with the position designation instruction at a display position indicated by the position designation instruction received by the position designation receiving unit. The web display control part which newly displays on the said display part the web page which URL which matched with the said bookmark image by operation based on the said bookmark image by a user is provided. Display controller.   The display control device according to claim 2, wherein the bookmark image display control unit further displays the bookmark image on the display unit after displaying the name received by the name input reception unit. A recording unit for recording an image on recording paper based on print target data;
An image forming apparatus comprising: the display control device according to claim 1. A computer built in the display control device
Function as a web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit of the display control device;
Further, the web browser function unit is configured to display a registration instruction acceptance image on the display unit for accepting a registration instruction for registering the URL of the web page being displayed on the display unit, and the registration instruction by the user The registration instruction is received by a touch panel function by an operation based on the received image, and the URL is registered when the registration instruction is received by the registration unit that registers the URL of the web page being displayed. A position designation accepting image for displaying a position designation accepting image for accepting a display position designation of the bookmark image based on a selection operation of the candidate by a user, indicating a candidate for the display position of the bookmark image indicating the web page. The position designation acceptance image is displayed by an operation based on the display control unit and the position designation acceptance image by the user. Display control program of the display position of the position specifying instruction specifying a display position of the bookmark image, to function as a position specification reception unit that receives a touch panel function.

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