JP5721315B2 - Computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer program.

  There is an icon menu that displays a restriction state display icon that indicates whether or not the operation of the information icon is restricted in line with a certain information icon (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-8-44524

  However, in the above-described icon menu, it can be seen whether or not the operation is restricted, but even if the user looks at the information icon, the value of the setting item associated with the information icon cannot be confirmed immediately.

  In addition, when a value of a setting item associated with a certain icon is normally input, when the icon is clicked, a screen having an input field or the like is displayed, and the value of the setting item is input on the screen. Therefore, even if there is an icon menu, various user operations are required as described above to change the value of the setting item.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can immediately check the value of a setting item associated with an icon, and can change the value of a setting item with a simple operation. The purpose is to obtain a computer program.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is configured as follows.

The computer program according to the present invention interprets a computer in a terminal device by (a) interpreting a list described as text data in a markup language, and printing functions of peripheral devices of the terminal device registered in the list An icon display processing unit for displaying icons associated with a plurality of values for a plurality of setting items in one screen of a predetermined display device, and (b) displayed on one screen of the predetermined display device. An operation detecting unit for detecting a predetermined operation on any one of the plurality of icons; (c) a setting associated with the icon having the predetermined operation when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detecting unit; A setting change processing unit for changing the value of the item to another value; (d) one image of a predetermined display device according to the change of the value of the setting item by the setting change processing unit; The icon image switching process for switching the icon image of the icon itself that has been subjected to the predetermined operation from the icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item before the change to the icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item after the change. And (e) function as a control unit that controls the peripheral device based on the value of the setting item. At least one of the plurality of setting items of the plurality of icons described above is a color mode, and the color mode value includes monochrome and color, and the icon image corresponding to “color” uses a plurality of colors. The icon image corresponding to “monochrome” is drawn in black and white. Further, the icon display processing unit specifies an element having a predetermined name in which the setting item is described in the list, and displays an icon associated with the setting item according to the value of the child element having the predetermined name of the specified element. It is determined whether to display, the display position and display size of the icon are specified from the value of the child element of the specified name of the specified element, the setting change processing unit and the icon image switching processing unit are the icon display processing unit A callback function specified by the name of a callback function described as a value of a child element having a predetermined name of the identified element is called to change a setting item value and switch an icon image.

As a result, the value of the setting item associated with the icon can be confirmed immediately, and the value of the setting item can be changed with a simple operation. Furthermore, the layout of setting items and icon menus displayed as icons can be easily changed. Furthermore, the values of a plurality of setting items for a certain function can be set together with a simple operation on the same screen. Furthermore, the values of a plurality of setting items that are frequently set in the print function can be set together with a simple operation. Furthermore, the values of a plurality of setting items that can be set in the peripheral device driver can be set together with a simple operation. Further, a list is provided as an interface between a user interface (that is, an icon display unit) and a data processing unit (that is, a setting change processing unit and an icon image switching processing unit) that operate according to a user instruction input through the user interface. Since it is used, even if one is changed, the influence is unlikely to appear on the other. Furthermore, since the display / non-display of the icon can be switched simply by changing the value of the child element having a predetermined name described as text, the setting item displayed as the icon can be easily changed. .

The computer program according to the present invention, in addition to the above computer program, may be as follows. In this case, the computer program causes the computer to function as a customization unit that customizes the list by adding and / or deleting setting items to the list.

  Thereby, the setting item displayed as an icon can be changed.

  In addition to the above computer program, the computer program according to the present invention may be as follows. In this case, when customizing the default list, the customized list is generated without changing the default list, and the customized list is generated separately and stored in a predetermined storage device. The icon display processing unit is customized by the list. If the list is customized, an icon associated with the setting item registered in the customized list is displayed on a predetermined display device.

  Thereby, even if customization is performed, a default list is maintained, and it is possible to return to the default state.

  In addition to the above computer program, the computer program according to the present invention may be as follows. In this case, the value of the setting item associated with the icon is one of a plurality of predetermined values, and the setting change processing unit sets the value of the setting item every time a predetermined operation on the icon is detected. Then, change according to a predetermined order, and then return to the first value in the predetermined order next to the last value in the predetermined order.

  Thereby, it is possible to continue switching icon images without repeating by repeating a predetermined operation. Therefore, the icon image displayed once is displayed again only by repeating a predetermined operation, so that the value of the setting item can be set to a desired value.

  The computer program according to the present invention may be as follows in addition to any of the computer programs described above. In this case, the icon display processing unit refers to the value of the setting item stored in the predetermined data storage device, and first displays the icon on the predetermined display device with an icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item.

  The computer program according to the present invention may be as follows in addition to any of the computer programs described above. In this case, the operation detection unit detects a click operation as a predetermined operation on an icon displayed on a predetermined display device.

  As a result, the value of the setting item can be set to a desired value only by performing a simple operation of a click operation one or more times.

  According to the present invention, the value of the setting item associated with the icon can be confirmed immediately, and the value of the setting item can be changed with a simple operation.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the terminal device in which the driver program which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention was installed. FIG. 2A shows an example of the icon list 22a in FIG. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of the icon list 22b in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the terminal device in which the driver program which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention was installed. It is a figure which shows the example of the several icon displayed in the terminal device of FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of icon images used for the paper orientation setting icon in FIG. 4 and their display order. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of icon images used for the copy printing setting icon in FIG. 4 and their display order. It is a figure which shows the example of the some icon image used for the icon of the page aggregation setting in FIG. 4, and those display orders. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an edit screen displayed in the first embodiment. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon menu after customization in the first embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the terminal device 1 in which the driver program which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention was installed. It is a figure which shows the example of one list which put together two icon lists 22a and 22b.

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

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device in which a driver program according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is installed. The terminal device 1 is, for example, a personal computer. The image forming apparatus 2 is connected to the terminal device 1 via a predetermined communication path (peripheral device interface cable, computer network, etc.). The image forming apparatus 2 is an apparatus having at least one of a printing function, an image reading function, and a facsimile transmission / reception function.

  The terminal device 1 includes an input device 11, a display device 12, a communication device 13, a data storage device 14, and a computer 15.

  The input device 11 is a device that detects a user operation and outputs it as an electrical signal. As the input device 11, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like is used.

  The display device 12 is a device that receives an electrical signal and displays an image corresponding to the electrical signal on a screen. A liquid crystal display or the like is used as the display device 12.

  The communication device 13 is a device that performs data communication with peripheral devices such as the image forming apparatus 2 via a predetermined communication path. As the communication device 13, a peripheral device interface, a network interface card, or the like is used.

  The data storage device 14 is a device that stores data and programs. In this embodiment, the data storage device 14 stores a driver program 21, setting information 22 including values of a plurality of setting items, and icon image data 23. As the data storage device 14, a hard disk driver, a nonvolatile memory, or the like is used. The icon image data 23 is image data of a plurality of icon images, and the icon image is an image including text and / or an illustration.

  The setting information 22 includes a list of setting items associated with icons displayed in the icon menu. In the first embodiment, as this list, the setting information 22 includes an icon list 22a including setting items specified by default and an icon list 22b including setting items specified by customization.

  The icon lists 22a and 22b are text data described in a markup language. In the first embodiment, the icon lists 22a and 22b are described in XML (Extensible Markup Language).

  FIG. 2A shows an example of the icon list 22a in FIG. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of the icon list 22b in FIG.

  The Window element is an element indicating that it is a description of an icon menu, and specifies a name space used in this element. The Static element specifies the display position and display size of an icon for one setting item, and specifies a callback function that is called when the icon is clicked.

  Setting items are specified by the name attribute of the Static element. In FIG. 2, “name =“ ORIENTATION ”” specifies the setting item “paper orientation”, “name =“ OUTPUTORDER ”” specifies the setting item “print unit”, and “name =“ PAGEAGGREGATION ””. Thus, the setting item “page aggregation” is designated, and the setting item “color mode” is designated by “name =“ COLOR ””.

  The Static element has a Dimension element, a ShowUI element, and a Procedure element as child elements. The Dimension element has an X element and a Y element that specify the XY coordinates of the upper left corner of the icon image, and a width element and a height element that specify the width and height (that is, size) of the icon image. The ShowUI element specifies whether to allow display of an icon associated with the setting item specified by the Static element including the ShowUI element. When the value (content) of the ShowUI element is “True”, the icon is displayed, and when the value of the ShowUI element is “False”, the icon is not displayed. The Procedure element specifies a callback function that is called when the icon is clicked. The value of the Procedure element is the name of the callback function.

  In the icon list 22a shown in FIG. 2A, three setting items are registered, and display of three icons associated with these setting items is permitted. In the icon list 22b shown in FIG. 2B, one setting item is registered, and display of icons associated with the setting item is permitted.

  Further, the computer 15 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like (not shown), loads various programs into the RAM, and executes them on the CPU, thereby executing various processing units. It is a device that realizes. When the driver program 21 is executed by the computer 15, an icon display processing unit 31, a click detection unit 32, a setting change processing unit 33, a control unit 34, and a customization unit 35 are realized. The driver program 41 is an example of a computer program.

  The icon display processing unit 31 interprets icon lists 22a and 22b described as text data in a markup language, and displays icons associated with setting items registered in the icon lists 22a and 22b. The icon corresponding to the value of the setting item before the change is displayed on the display device 12 in accordance with the change of the value of the setting item by the setting change processing unit 33. It is a processing unit for switching from an image to an icon image corresponding to a changed setting item value.

  The click detection unit 32 is a processing unit that detects a click operation on an icon displayed on the display device 12.

  When one click operation is detected by the click detection unit 32, the setting change processing unit 33 is a processing unit that changes the value of the setting item associated with the icon with the operation to another value.

  The control unit 34 is a processing unit that controls the image forming apparatus 2 based on the value of the setting item.

  The customization unit 35 is a processing unit that customizes the icon list by adding and / or deleting setting items from the icon list in the setting information 22.

  Next, the operation of the above apparatus will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the terminal device 1 in which the driver program according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is installed.

  First, when displaying the initial screen of the icon menu, the icon display processing unit 31 reads the icon lists 22a and 22b of the setting information 22, interprets the XML data described in the icon lists 22a and 22b, and displays the icons. A plurality of setting items registered in the lists 22a and 22b are specified, and an icon corresponding to the setting item is specified as an icon to be included in the icon menu. Then, the icon display processing unit 31 reads the setting information 22 from the data storage device 14 and specifies the current values set in the specified plurality of setting items (step S1). Here, the setting item is specified from the name attribute of the Static element.

  Then, the icon display processing unit 31 reads the icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to the current value for each of the plurality of setting items from the data storage device 14 (step S2), and the icon display processing unit 31 reads the icon image data 23 for each of the plurality of setting items. A plurality of icons and edit buttons each having an icon image corresponding to the current value are displayed on the display device 12 (step S3). Thereby, an icon menu is displayed. The edit button is a button for changing an icon included in the icon menu. Thus, since the icon of the icon image corresponding to the current value set in the setting item is displayed, the user can immediately recognize the value currently set for the setting item.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of icons displayed on the terminal device 1 of FIG. When the icon lists 22a and 22b are those shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, for example, an icon menu shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The icon menu shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on one tab screen 51 in a certain window 41. This icon menu includes four icons 52-55. The icon 52 is a paper orientation setting icon, the icon 53 is a copy-by-unit printing setting icon, the icon 54 is a page aggregation setting icon, and the icon 55 is a color mode setting icon. The edit button 56 is a button for displaying an edit screen for changing an icon included in the icon menu.

  As the paper orientation setting values, there are “portrait” and “landscape”, and icon image data 23 corresponding to “portrait” and icon image data 23 corresponding to “landscape” are stored as data. It is stored in the device 14. One of these icon images is selected according to the current value of the paper orientation setting and used for the icon 52. In the icon menu shown in FIG. 4, an icon image corresponding to “portrait” is used for the icon 52.

  The value of the set printing setting includes “sort” and “collate”. The icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to “sort” and the icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to “collate” are stored in the data storage device. 14. One of the icon images is selected according to the current value of the copy printing setting and used for the icon 53. In the icon menu shown in FIG. 4, an icon image corresponding to “sort” is used for the icon 53.

  The value of the page aggregation setting includes “no aggregation”, “2UP”, and “4UP”, the icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to “no aggregation”, and the icon image data of the icon image corresponding to “2UP”. 23 and icon image data 23 of icon images corresponding to “4UP” are stored in the data storage device 14. One of the icon images is selected according to the current value of the page aggregation setting and used for the icon 54. In the icon menu shown in FIG. 4, an icon image corresponding to “no aggregation” is used for the icon 54.

  The color mode setting value includes “color” and “monochrome”. The icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to “color” and the icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to “monochrome” are stored in the data storage device. 14. One of these icon images is selected according to the current value of the color mode setting and used for the icon 55. In the icon menu shown in FIG. 4, an icon image corresponding to “color” is used for the icon 55. Note that the icon 55 in the icon menu shown in FIG. 4 is drawn in black and white, but is actually an icon image using a plurality of colors. Therefore, the user can immediately recognize that “color” is set as the color mode setting value.

  After the icon menu, when the user operates the input device 11 and performs a click operation on any of the icons 52 to 55, the click detection unit 32 performs the operation based on the signal from the input device 11. It detects (step S4).

  When the click operation is detected by the click detection unit 32, the setting change processing unit 33 is clicked according to a callback function (specified by the Procedure element in the Static element) corresponding to the icon that has been clicked. The value of the setting item associated with the icon is changed to another value (step S5). For example, when the icon 52 shown in FIG. 4 is clicked, the paper orientation setting value associated with the icon 52 is changed from “portrait” to “landscape”. Therefore, the user can select another value only by a click operation without performing an operation of selecting a desired value from a list of a plurality of values of setting items.

  When the click operation is detected by the click detection unit 32, the icon display processing unit 31 further responds to the change of the value of the setting item by the setting change processing unit 33 according to the callback function corresponding to the icon for which the click operation has been performed. Then, the icon image of the icon that has been operated is switched from the icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item before the change to the icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item after the change (step S6). For example, when the icon 52 shown in FIG. 4 is clicked, the paper orientation setting value associated with the icon 52 is changed from “Portrait” to “Landscape”. The icon image of “Rate” is changed to the icon image of “Landscape”.

  In this way, when a click operation on a certain icon is detected, the value of the setting item is changed, and the icon image is also changed accordingly.

  In the first embodiment, the order of setting item values to be changed by detecting a click operation is preset. In the first embodiment, each time a predetermined operation on a certain icon is detected, the value of the setting item is changed according to a predetermined order, and after the last value in the predetermined order, Return to the first value in a given order.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of icon images used for the paper orientation setting icon 52 in FIG. 4 and their display order. If the order of “Portrait” and “Landscape” is set for the paper orientation setting value, the paper orientation setting values are “Portrait”, “Landscape”, “Portrait”, “Landscape”, etc.・ Changed in the order. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the icon image of the icon 52 includes a “portrait” icon image 52a, a “landscape” icon image 52b, a “portrait” icon image 52a, and a “landscape” icon image 52b. ,... Are switched in this order.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of icon images used for the copy printing icon 53 in FIG. 4 and their display order. When the order of “sort” and “collate” is set for the set value of the copy unit, the set value of the copy unit is set in the order of “sort”, “collate”, “sort”, “collate”,. Will be changed. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6, the icon image of the icon 53 includes a “sort” icon image 53a, a “collate” icon image 53b, a “sort” icon image 53a, a “collate” icon image 53b,. · · · Can be switched in the order.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of icon images used for the page aggregation setting icon 54 in FIG. 4 and their display order. When the order of “no aggregation”, “2UP”, “4UP” is set for the page aggregation setting value, the page aggregation setting values are “no aggregation”, “2UP”, “4UP”, “no aggregation” ”,“ 2UP ”,“ 4UP ”,... For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, the icon images of the icons 54 are “no aggregation” icon image 54a, “2UP” icon image 54b, “4UP” icon image 54c, and “no aggregation” icon image 54a. , “2UP” icon image 54b, “4UP” icon image 54c,...

  When a print request is generated in the state where the setting item value is set as described above, the control unit 34 generates print data corresponding to the setting item value at that time, and To the image forming apparatus 2. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 2 executes print processing that reflects the values set as described above for a plurality of setting items for the print function.

  On the other hand, after the icon menu, when the user operates the input device 11 and performs a click operation on the edit button 56, the click detection unit 32 detects the operation based on a signal from the input device 11. (Step S7).

  When the click operation is detected by the click detection unit 32, the setting change processing unit 33 causes the display device 12 to display an edit screen for changing an icon included in the icon menu (step S8).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the edit screen displayed in the first embodiment. On the edit screen, a list 101 of selectable setting items and a list 102 of already selected setting items are displayed. At this time, the customization unit 35 reads the icon lists 22a and 22b, identifies the selected setting item, displays the list 102, and removes the setting items included in the list 102 from all the predetermined setting items. The item 101 is specified and the list 101 is displayed.

  When any setting item in the list 101 is selected and the add button 103 is pressed, the customization unit 35 detects the operation on the input device 11 and adds the selected setting item to the list 102. The setting item is deleted from the list 101 and the setting item is added to the icon list 22b. At this time, the Static element of the setting item is added as a child element of the Window element in the icon list 22b.

  On the other hand, when any setting item in the list 102 is selected and the delete button 104 is pressed, the customization unit 35 detects the operation on the input device 11 and deletes the selected setting item from the list 102. In addition to the list 101, the setting item is deleted from the icon list 22b. At this time, the Static element of the setting item is deleted from the icon list 22b. Alternatively, the value of the Show UI element in the Static element of the setting item is changed from “True” to “False”.

  When the OK button 105 on the edit screen is pressed, the customization unit 35 ends the customization process. Thereafter, the processing after step S1 is executed again.

  For example, the icon menu shown in FIG. 4 changes as shown in FIG. 9 after the setting item “page aggregation” is deleted from the list 102 on the editing screen shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the icon menu after customization in the first embodiment. When the setting item “page aggregation” is deleted by customization, the icon list 22b shown in FIG. 2B is deleted, or the setting item “page aggregation” in the icon list 22b shown in FIG. The value of the ShowUI element in the Static element is changed from “True” to “False”. Furthermore, the value of the Dimension element in the Static element for the subsequent icon 55 in the icon menu is changed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, the icon 54 corresponding to the setting item “page aggregation” is deleted from the icon menu, and the icons 52, 53, and 55 in the icon menu are arranged at regular intervals as shown in FIG. Is done. Further, the order of the icons in the icon menu is the order of the setting items in the list 102 on the editing screen shown in FIG. 8, and when the order of the setting items in the list 102 is changed, the dimension element is changed accordingly. The value is changed.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the computer 15 executes the driver program 14 in the terminal device 1, the icon display processing unit 31, the click detection unit 32, the setting change processing unit 33, and the control unit. 34 and the customization unit 35 are realized. The icon display processing unit 31 interprets the icon lists 22a and 22b described as text data in the markup language, and displays icons associated with the setting items registered in the icon lists 22a and 22b on the display device 12. Display. When a click operation is detected by the click detection unit 32, the setting change processing unit 33 changes the value of the setting item associated with the icon with the operation to another value. Then, the icon display processing unit 31 displays the icon image of the icon displayed on the display device 12 in accordance with the change of the setting item value by the setting change processing unit 33, and the icon corresponding to the setting item value before the change. Switch from the image to the icon image corresponding to the value of the changed setting item. The customization unit 35 customizes the icon lists 22a and 22b by adding and / or deleting setting items to and from the icon lists 22a and 22b.

  As a result, the value of the setting item associated with the icon can be confirmed immediately, and the value of the setting item can be changed with a simple operation. Furthermore, the layout of the setting items and icon menus displayed as icons can be easily changed by text editing on the icon lists 22a and 22b. The customization unit 35 can change setting items displayed as icons.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the value of the setting item associated with the icon is one of a plurality of predetermined values, and the setting change processing unit 33 detects a click operation on the icon. Each time, the value of the setting item is changed according to a predetermined order, and is returned to the first value in the predetermined order after the last value in the predetermined order.

  Thereby, it is possible to continue switching icon images without repeating by repeating the click operation. Therefore, since the icon image displayed once is displayed again only by repeating the same operation of the click operation, the value of the setting item can be set to a desired value with a simple operation.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the icon display processing unit 31 displays the plurality of icons 52 to 55 respectively associated with the plurality of setting items in the printing function on one screen of the display device 12. The click detection unit 32 detects a click operation on any one of the icons 52 to 55.

  Thereby, the values of a plurality of setting items in a certain function can be set together by a simple operation on the same screen. In addition, the values of a plurality of setting items that are frequently set in the print function can be set together with a simple operation.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the control unit 34 controls the image forming apparatus 2 based on the value of the setting item. Then, the icon display processing unit 31 displays a plurality of icons 52 to 55 respectively associated with a plurality of setting items in a certain function of the image forming apparatus 2.

  Thereby, the values of a plurality of setting items that can be set in the driver of the image forming apparatus 2 can be set together with a simple operation.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the second embodiment, the icon menu is displayed by a procedure different from that of the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the terminal device 1 in which the driver program according to the second embodiment of the present invention is installed. The configuration of terminal device 1 in the second embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment, when displaying the initial screen of the icon menu, the icon display processing unit 31 reads the default icon list 22a, identifies a plurality of setting items registered in the icon list 22a, and sets the setting items. The icon corresponding to the item is specified as an icon to be included in the icon menu (step S21).

  The icon display processing unit 31 reads the setting information 22 such as DEVMODE from the data storage device 14 and specifies the current values set for the plurality of specified setting items (step S22).

  Then, the icon display processing unit 31 reads the icon image data 23 of the icon image corresponding to the current value for each of the plurality of setting items from the data storage device 14 (step S2), and the icon display processing unit 31 A plurality of icons each having an icon image corresponding to the current value and an edit button are displayed on the display device 12 (step S3).

  After displaying the default icon menu in this way, the icon display processing unit 31 determines whether or not the icon menu is customized based on the presence / absence of the icon list 22b (step S23). If it is determined that the icon menu has been customized, the icon display processing unit 31 determines whether or not the customization (that is, the icon list 22b) has been applied (step S24). If the icon display processing unit 31 determines that the customization (that is, the icon list 22b) has not been applied, the icon display processing unit 31 reads the icon list 22b (step S25), and performs the processing from step S22 onward based on the icon list 22b. Run again.

  On the other hand, if the icon display processing unit 31 determines in step S23 that the icon menu has not been customized, and if it is determined in step S24 that the customization has already been applied, the icon display processing unit 31 executes the processes in and after step S4. . In addition, since the process after step S4 is the same as that of the case of Embodiment 1, the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, when customizing the default icon list 22a, the customization unit 35 generates a customized icon list 22b without changing the default icon list 22a. The icon display processing unit 31 determines whether the icon list 22a is customized based on the presence / absence of the icon list 22b. If the icon list 22a is customized, the icon display processing unit 31 customizes the icon list 22a. The icon associated with the setting item registered in the later list 22b is displayed on the display device 12.

  Thereby, even if customization is performed, a default list is maintained, and it is possible to return to the default state. For example, a default button is provided on the editing screen as shown in FIG. 8, and when the default button is pressed, the customization unit 35 deletes the icon list 22b so that only the default icon list 22a is displayed. Also good.

  Each embodiment described above is a preferred example of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is.

  For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, the value may be changed from the end of the order toward the beginning after the end of the order of the setting item values.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, although the number of the icons in the icon menu shown in FIG. 4 is four, it is not limited to four, Any of 1-3, 5 or more may be sufficient. Also, the types of setting items are not limited to those shown in FIG. Further, among the icons displayed in the icon menu, those that are operated less frequently may be automatically changed to icons of other setting items.

  In each of the above embodiments, there are two or three allowable values for one setting item, but there may be four or more allowable values (that is, four or more types of icon images) for one setting item. .

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, any of the allowable values of the setting items associated with other icons due to the change of the value of the setting item associated with the icon by clicking on the icon. In the case where it becomes impossible to select one of the above items, the allowable value may be removed from the order of the values of the setting items.

  In each of the above embodiments, a click operation is used as an operation for changing the value of a setting item. However, the click operation may be a single click or a double click. As the operation, various mouse gestures, various finger gestures, and the like may be used.

  In the above embodiments, the icon list 22b includes only the setting items added by customization, but the icon list 22b may include all the setting items after customization. In this case, when the icon list 22b exists, the icon display processing unit 31 uses only the icon list 22b without using the icon list 22a.

  In the above embodiments, the icon lists 22a and 22b may be a single list. In that case, in the icon menu, a Window element including a Static element for all usable setting items is described in the list. Whether or not the icon of each setting item is displayed is set by the value of the Show UI element of the Static element corresponding to the setting item. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of one list in which the icon lists 22a and 22b are collected. In the list shown in FIG. 11, the above-described four setting items in FIGS. 2A and 2B can be used, and the setting item “page aggregation” icon is not displayed. When the icon menu is displayed based on the list shown in FIG. 11, for example, as shown in FIG. In the case of one list, another list for specifying the setting items of the default icon menu may be provided, and a child element for specifying whether to display by default is described in each Static element. It may be.

  In each of the above embodiments, a plurality of icon images are prepared corresponding to a plurality of allowable values for a certain setting item. The plurality of icon images are different from each other. Thereby, the user can immediately visually recognize the value of the setting item currently set by the icon image.

  The present invention is applicable to input of setting item values in a peripheral device driver, for example.

2 Image forming device (an example of peripheral equipment)
12 Display device (an example of a display device)
14 Data storage device (an example of a data storage device)
15 Computer (an example of a computer)
21 Driver program (an example of a computer program)
22a, 22b Icon list (an example of a list)
31 Icon display processing unit (an example of an icon display processing unit, an example of an icon image switching processing unit)
32 Click detection unit (an example of operation detection unit)
33 Setting change processing unit (an example of a setting change processing unit)
34 Control part (an example of a control part)
35 Customization Department (Example of Customization Department)
52-55 icon (example of icon)
52a, 52b, 53a, 53b, 54a, 54b, 54c Icon image (example of icon image)

Claims (6)

The computer in the terminal device
An icon associated with each of a plurality of values corresponding to a plurality of setting items in the printing function of the peripheral device of the terminal device, which is interpreted in a list described as text data in a markup language An icon display processing unit for displaying the image on one screen of a predetermined display device,
An operation detection unit for detecting a predetermined operation on any one of the plurality of icons displayed on one screen of the predetermined display device;
When a predetermined operation is detected by the operation detection unit, a setting change processing unit that changes the value of the setting item associated with the icon having the predetermined operation to another value;
In response to the change of the value of the setting item by the setting change processing unit, the icon image of the icon itself that has been subjected to the predetermined operation displayed on one screen of the predetermined display device is changed to the setting item before the change. An icon image switching processing unit that switches from an icon image corresponding to the value to an icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item after change, and a control unit that controls the peripheral device based on the value of the setting item;
At least one of the plurality of setting items of the plurality of icons is a color mode, the color mode value includes monochrome and color, and an icon image corresponding to the color is drawn using a plurality of colors. The icon image corresponding to the monochrome is drawn in black and white ,
The icon display processing unit identifies an element with a predetermined name in which a setting item is described in the list, and an icon associated with the setting item according to a value of a child element with a predetermined name of the specified element Whether to display the icon, specify the display position and display size of the icon from the value of the specified child element of the specified element,
The setting change processing unit and the icon image switching processing unit are specified by a callback function name described as a value of a child element of a predetermined name of the element specified by the icon display processing unit. Calling a function to change the value of the setting item and switch the icon image;
A computer program characterized by the above. Said computer further
The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the computer program functions as a customization unit that customizes the list by adding and / or deleting setting items to the list. When customizing the default list, the customization unit generates the customized list separately without changing the default list, and stores the list in a predetermined storage device.
The icon display processing unit determines whether or not the list is customized. When the list is customized, an icon associated with a setting item registered in the list after customization is set to a predetermined value. Displaying on a display device;
The computer program according to claim 2 . The value of the setting item associated with the icon is one of a plurality of predetermined values,
The setting change processing unit changes the value of the setting item according to a predetermined order each time a predetermined operation on the icon is detected, and next to the last value in the predetermined order, Returning to the first value in a given order,
The computer program according to claim 1.   The icon display processing unit refers to a value of a setting item stored in a predetermined data storage device, and first displays the icon on the predetermined display device with an icon image corresponding to the value of the setting item. The computer program according to claim 1.   The computer program according to claim 1, wherein the operation detection unit detects a click operation as a predetermined operation on an icon displayed on the predetermined display device.

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