JP6794716B2 - Display control device and display control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display control device and a display control program.

Patent Document 1 describes an instruction to the image processing device in an image processing device including an image data acquisition unit for acquiring image data and a printer unit for printing the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit on a recording medium. Specific image data is selected according to the input, and image data to which the same direction information as or opposite to the selected specific image data is added according to the direction information added to the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit. An image processing apparatus is disclosed, which prints an image in which the data is collectively rotated.

Patent Document 2 describes an image processing device including a display unit, which includes a preview display means for displaying a preview of an image on the display unit for each page, a feature extraction means for extracting features of an image, and the display unit. A feature storage means for storing the features of the image of the page displayed as a preview, a regularity extraction means for extracting regularity from the features of the image stored in the feature storage means, and a page previewed on the display unit. An image processing device including a correction menu display means for displaying a menu for correcting the non-matching features when the features of the image do not match the regularity extracted by the regularity extraction means is disclosed. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-55552 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-26720

In the present invention, when an operation for instructing processing on an image displayed on the display unit is detected, the image instructed to be processed is compared with the case where the image instructed to be processed is not enlarged. An object of the present invention is to provide a display control device and a display control program that can be easily recognized.

In order to achieve the above object, the display control device of the invention according to claim 1 includes a processor, and the processor acquires an image, and when the acquired image is displayed on the display unit, the image is displayed. An operation for instructing a process of rotating, a process of changing the order, or a process of adding additional information is detected, and when the operation is detected , at least a part of the image is enlarged and displayed. causes display on the part, performing the process on the image.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the processor displays a plurality of images on the display unit and the detected degree of the operation is larger than a predetermined reference degree, the degree of the operation is the degree of the operation. A plurality of images corresponding to the above are enlarged and displayed on the display unit.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the processor includes at least one of a processing target image for which the processing is instructed and a header and a footer of the processing target image when a plurality of images are displayed on the display unit. An approximate image having additional information in which the position and character string of the additional information are similar, an approximate image having heading information in which the position of the heading information of the processing target image instructed to be processed and the heading information of the processing target image are similar, and the processing When at least one of the instructed processing target image and the approximate image in the direction of the character string included in the processing target image and the direction of the character string is present in the plurality of images, with respect to the approximate image. The above processing is performed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the processor includes at least one of a processing target image for which the processing is instructed and a header and a footer of the processing target image when a plurality of images are displayed on the display unit. Non-approximate images that do not have additional information with similar positions and character strings of additional information, non-approximate images that do not have similar heading information at the positions of the heading information of the processing target image and the processing target image for which the processing is instructed, When at least one of the processing target image for which the processing is instructed and a non-approximate image not in the same character string direction as the character string direction included in the processing target image is present in the plurality of images, the above The non-approximate image is warned as an image unsuitable for the process.

In the invention according to claim 5, the processor causes the display unit to display a confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the processing can be executed for the acquired image and the image not displayed on the display unit.

In the invention according to claim 6, the processor enlarges an image in which the process has been executed and displays it on the display unit.

The invention according to claim 7 is the process of changing the attribute of the image to which the process is instructed.

The invention according to claim 8 is the process of adding additional information to the image in which the process is instructed.

Display control program of the invention of claim 9, wherein the the computer, a display control program for executing the functions of the display control device according to any one of claims 1-8.

According to the first and ninth aspects of the invention, when an operation for instructing a process on an image displayed on the display unit is detected, the image is enlarged and displayed in association with the operation. can do.

According to the invention of claim 2, processing instructions for a plurality of images can be put together.

According to the invention of claim 3, the image to be processed and the approximate image can be processed together.

According to the invention of claim 4, a non-approximate image that does not approximate the image to be processed can be easily recognized.

According to the invention of claim 5, it is possible to easily confirm whether or not the processing can be executed even for the image not displayed on the display unit.

According to the invention of claim 6, the image in which the processing has been executed can be easily confirmed.

Display it.

According to the invention of claim 7, when the process of changing the attribute of the image is instructed, the image for which the process is instructed can be easily recognized.

According to the invention of claim 8, when the process of adding additional information to the image is instructed, the image for which the process is instructed can be easily recognized.

It is an external view of an image forming apparatus. It is a block diagram of an image reading part. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of an image forming apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the list screen of the preview image. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the display control process of the preview image which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the gesture operation which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the enlarged display of the preview image which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the preview image after rotation which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the display control process of the preview image which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the gesture operation which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the enlarged display of the preview image which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the display control processing of the preview image which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the gesture operation which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the enlarged display of the preview image which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the preview image after rotation which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the display control process of the preview image which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen which concerns on 4th Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an external view of the image forming apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus 11 includes an image reading unit 10, an image forming unit 80, a paper supply unit 82, and a paper ejection unit 84.

As shown in FIG. 2, the image reading unit 10 includes a document transporting unit 12 (DADF: Dual Auto Document Feeder) including a back surface image reading unit 28 and a front surface image reading unit 14.

The document transport unit 12 includes a document stand 20 on which a document 18 on which an image is recorded is placed, a take-out roll 22 for taking out the documents 18 placed on the document stand 20 one by one, and a plurality of transfer roll pairs 26. It is composed of a road 24, a back surface image reading unit 28, a reference plate 46 arranged to face the back surface image reading unit 28, and a paper ejection unit 30 from which a document having been read is discharged.

The back surface image reading unit 28 includes a light source 28B having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged along the main scanning direction for irradiating the document 18 and the reference plate 46 with illumination light, and the document 18 illuminated by the light source 28B. This is a fixed contact type image sensor including a line sensor 28A that divides the reference plate 46 into a plurality of pixels and measures the light, and outputs read data according to the pixel value measured for each pixel. Further, the back surface image reading unit 28 includes a rod lens array (not shown), and the light reflected by the document 18 or the reference plate 46 is metered by the line sensor 28A via the rod lens array. The reference plate 46 is a reference plate read by the line sensor 28A when shading correction is performed, and for example, a white resin plate or a metal plate painted in white is used.

On the other hand, the surface image reading unit 14 includes a transparent platen glass 32 on which the document 18 can be placed on the upper surface. Under the platen glass 32, a light source 34 that irradiates the surface of the document 18 with illumination light, a first reflection mirror 36 that receives the reflected light reflected on the surface of the document 18, and a first reflection mirror 36 receive the light. A second reflecting mirror 38 for bending the traveling direction of the reflected light by 90 ° and a third reflecting mirror 40 for further bending the traveling direction of the reflected light received by the second reflecting mirror 38 by 90 ° are provided.

As the light source 34, for example, a fluorescent lamp or a plurality of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) arranged along a direction intersecting the transport direction of the document 18 are applied.

Further, the surface image reading unit 14 includes a lens 42 and a photoelectric conversion unit 44 having a plurality of pixels, and the surface image reading unit 14 transmits the reflected light reflected by the third reflection mirror 40 to the lens. The surface of the document 18 is read by forming an image on the photoelectric conversion unit 44 by 42.

A solid-state image sensor such as a CCD line sensor composed of a plurality of CCDs (Charge Coupled Devices) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor is applied to the photoelectric conversion unit 44.

According to the image reading unit 10 configured in this way, the documents 18 placed on the platen 20 are taken out one by one by the take-out roll 22 and sent to the transport path 24. The document 18 sent to the transport path 24 is transported to the surface reading position of the surface image reading unit 14 by the transport roll pair 26, and the surface is read by the surface image reading unit 14. After that, the document 18 is transported to the back surface image reading unit 28 installed on the downstream side in the transport direction from the front surface scanning position, and when both sides of the document 18 are set to be read, the back surface is the back surface image reading unit 28. After being read by, the paper is discharged to the paper ejection unit 30.

Further, in the image reading unit 10, the light source 34, the first reflection mirror 36, the second reflection mirror 38, and the third reflection mirror 40 are movable in the direction of arrow A in FIG. As a result, when the document transport section 12 is opened above the surface image reading section 14 and the document 18 is placed on the upper surface of the platen glass 32, the light source 34 irradiates the document 18 with illumination light, and the arrow indicates. By moving the light source 34, the first reflection mirror 36, the second reflection mirror 38, and the third reflection mirror 40 in the A direction, the image recorded on the original document 18 can be read. The image reading unit 10 is an example of the acquisition means.

The image forming unit 80 prints a manuscript image on paper by an electrophotographic method, and has an endless intermediate transfer belt and each color (Y: yellow, M: magenta, C: cyan, K: black) on the intermediate transfer belt. An image forming unit that transfers the toner image of), and an optical unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor drum by exposing the photoconductor drum of the image forming unit with laser light modulated based on the image information. It has.

The image forming unit is a toner image obtained by developing a photoconductor drum, a charger that uniformly charges the surface of the photoconductor drum, and an electrostatic latent image formed by an optical unit on the surface of the photoconductor drum with toner of each color. It has a developing unit that forms the above, and a transfer roller that presses the intermediate transfer belt against the photoconductor drum. The intermediate transfer belt is driven by a drive roller connected to a motor.

Further, the image forming unit 80 has a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the intermediate transfer belt to the paper fed from the paper supply unit 82, and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred to the paper on the paper. A unit and a discharge roller for discharging the paper that has passed through the fixing unit to the paper discharge unit 84 are provided.

The paper supply unit 82 includes a plurality of paper cassettes for accommodating papers having different orientations, sizes, paper qualities, etc., and a plurality of rollers for taking out the papers from each paper cassette and transporting the papers to the transfer unit of the image forming unit 80. To be equipped.

According to the image forming apparatus 11 configured in this way, the image reading unit 10 reads the original, and the image forming unit 80 forms an image on the paper fed from the paper supply unit 82 based on the read data. Will be done.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the image forming apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the image forming apparatus 11 includes a computer 50.

The computer 50 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 50A, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 50B, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 50C, a non-volatile memory 50D, and an input / output interface (I / O) 50E via a bus 50F. It has a connected configuration. The CPU 50 is an example of a display means and a processing means.

The I / O 50E includes an operation unit 60, a display unit 62, an image reading unit 10, an image forming unit 80, a paper supply unit 82, a paper ejection unit 84, a network communication interface (I / F) 86, and a telephone line interface (I / F). F) 88, hard disk 90, and other functional units are connected.

The operation unit 60 includes various buttons such as a start button and a numeric keypad for instructing, for example, to start copying.

The display unit 62 displays various screens such as a setting screen for setting various image formation conditions such as copy density and a confirmation screen for confirming a preview image (reference image) described later. In the present embodiment, the display unit 62 is composed of a touch panel capable of performing various operations by touching various screens with a finger. The display unit 62 is an example of the detection means according to the present invention.

The network communication I / F86 is an interface for performing data communication with an external device via a network.

The telephone line communication I / F 88 is an interface for performing facsimile communication with another image forming apparatus connected via a telephone line (not shown).

The hard disk 90 stores, for example, log data such as the state and operating status of each part of the device, log data of processing results such as copying, facsimile communication, and printing, various setting data, and a display control program described later.

By the way, in the image forming apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment, when a plurality of originals are set on the platen 20 and a reading instruction is given, a preview image is generated from the images of the originals sequentially read by the image reading unit 10. It has a function of displaying the list screen of the generated preview image on the display unit 62.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a preview image list screen. In the list screen shown in FIG. 4, the preview images PV1 to PV10 of the first to tenth pages of the document read by the image reading unit 10 are displayed. Then, in the image forming apparatus 11, for example, when the user instructs the preview image to be processed to be processed by a predetermined gesture operation, the processing according to the gesture operation is executed. Here, the process instructed by the user is, for example, a process of changing the attribute of the image to be processed corresponding to the preview image instructed to process. The attributes include, but are not limited to, at least one such as, for example, image orientation, image order, and image size. In the present embodiment, a case of executing a process of rotating the orientation of the image as a process of changing the attribute will be described. For example, when a gesture operation such as drawing a circle is performed on the preview image of the processing target, the processing target image corresponding to the preview image is rotated by, for example, 90 degrees. At this time, since the preview image is small, it is difficult to recognize which preview image the user has performed the gesture operation on. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 11 executes a display control process for enlarging at least a part of the preview image in which the gesture operation is performed so that the user can easily recognize which preview image has been selected. The correspondence between the gesture operation and the process corresponding to the gesture operation is not limited to the above example, and can be set arbitrarily. As described above, in the present embodiment, when some processing is instructed by performing a gesture operation on the preview image displayed on the list screen, the preview image is enlarged and displayed. That is, instead of enlarging the image when the user makes a gesture operation with the intention of enlarging the preview image, when some processing, which is the original purpose, is instructed by the gesture operation, the preview is accompanied by the gesture operation. The image is enlarged and displayed.

Next, as the operation of the present embodiment, the display control process of the preview image executed by the CPU 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The display control process shown in FIG. 5 is executed when the preview image list screen is displayed on the display unit 62.

In step S100, it is determined whether or not it has been detected that some operation has been performed. If the operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S102, and if the operation is not detected, the process waits until the operation is detected. To do.

In step S102, it is determined whether or not the detected operation is an operation instructing some processing on the processing target image (read image) corresponding to the preview image. For example, in the case of an operation for instructing a process of rotating the process target image to which the process is instructed by 90 degrees to the right, as shown in FIG. 6, a circle is clocked on the preview image PV corresponding to the process target image. Perform gesture operation JS1 like drawing around with your finger. In FIG. 6, for convenience of explanation, only one preview image PV is displayed, and the display of the other preview images is omitted.

In step S104, as shown in FIG. 7, the enlarged image PV-A in which a part of the preview image PV corresponding to the image to be processed is enlarged is displayed. The area to be expanded is, for example, an area surrounded when the gesture operation JS1 as shown in FIG. 6 is performed. The area other than the area surrounded when the gesture operation JS1 is performed may be enlarged, or the entire preview image PV may be enlarged.

Here, the user refers to the enlarged image PV-A, confirms whether or not the preview image instructed to be processed is as intended, and performs an operation indicating that the confirmation is OK if it is as intended. On the other hand, it is confirmed whether or not the preview image for which processing is specified is as intended, and if it is not as intended, an operation indicating that confirmation is NG is performed. The operation indicating that the confirmation is OK may be, for example, an operation of tapping the preview image PV or the enlarged image PV-A once, or although not shown, the OK button displayed on the display unit 62 may be pressed. It may be a tap operation. Further, the operation indicating that the confirmation is NG may be, for example, an operation of tapping a region other than the preview image PV and the enlarged image PV-A once, and although not shown, it is displayed on the display unit 62. It may be an operation of tapping the NG button.

In step S106, it is determined whether or not the confirmation is OK, and if the confirmation is OK, the process proceeds to step S108, and if the confirmation is NG, the process proceeds to step S110.

In step S108, the instructed process is executed on the image to be processed. As a result, the image to be processed corresponding to the preview image PV is rotated by 90 degrees. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, in order to make it easier to recognize the processing content, the enlarged image PV-B, which is an enlarged preview image PV, may be displayed on the display unit 62.

In step S110, it is determined whether or not an operation other than the operation of instructing the processing target image and the operation of ending the display of the preview image list screen has been performed, and if the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S112. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S114.

In step S112, the process corresponding to the operation is executed.

In step S114, it is determined whether or not the operation of ending the display of the preview image list screen has been performed. If the determination is affirmative, this routine is terminated, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S100.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when a process such as rotation processing is instructed to the preview image, a part of the instructed preview image is enlarged and displayed, so that the image instructed to be processed is recognized. It will be easier to do. In addition, the operation is simplified because the enlarged display is executed only by the one-step operation of selecting the preview image, instead of the two-step operation of selecting the preview image and enlarging the selected preview image. The preview.

(Second Embodiment)

Next, a second embodiment of the present embodiment will be described. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, when a process is instructed to the preview image, a plurality of preview images including the preview image instructed to be processed are enlarged and displayed when the degree of operation is larger than a predetermined reference degree. Will be described.

Since the device configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, as the operation of the present embodiment, the display control process of the preview image executed by the CPU 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The display control process shown in FIG. 9 is different from the display control process shown in FIG. 5 in that steps S103 and S105 are added. Since the other processes are the same as the display control processes shown in FIG. 5, the description thereof will be omitted.

In step S103, it is determined whether or not the degree of the operation of instructing the preview image to process is greater than the predetermined reference degree. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the gesture operation JS1 is performed with a finger on the preview image PV, the degree of operation is higher than the reference degree when the rotation speed of the gesture operation JS1 is faster than the predetermined reference rotation speed. Judge as large.

When the display unit 62 adopts a configuration for detecting the pressure when the screen is pressed, the degree of operation is based on the case where the pressure when the screen of the display unit 62 is pressed is equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure. It may be determined that it is larger than the degree.

Then, if the determination is affirmative in step S103, the process proceeds to step S104, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S105.

In step S105, a plurality of preview images including the preview image instructed to be processed are displayed on the display unit 62 according to the degree of operation. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the gesture operation JS2 for drawing a circle clockwise in the vicinity of the preview image PV1 is performed with a finger, the rotation speed of the gesture operation is faster than the predetermined reference rotation speed. Displays enlarged images PV1-A, PV2-A, and PV3-A, which are enlarged versions of a part of the three preview images PV1, PV2, and PV3, respectively, as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 11, the number of preview images to be enlarged and displayed is three, but the number of preview images to be enlarged and displayed is set according to the rotation speed. That is, the number of preview images to be enlarged and displayed increases as the rotation speed increases, and the number of preview images to be enlarged and displayed decreases as the rotation speed decreases.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the preview image is instructed to be processed, when the degree of operation is larger than the predetermined reference degree, the plurality of preview images including the preview image instructed to be processed are enlarged. Since it is displayed, processing instructions for the plurality of preview images are summarized, and the plurality of preview images to be processed can be easily recognized.

(Third Embodiment)

Next, a third embodiment of the present embodiment will be described. The same parts as those in the above embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the third embodiment, a case where the same processing is performed not only on the processing target image corresponding to the preview image instructed to be processed but also on an approximate image close to the processing target image will be described.

Since the device configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, as the operation of the present embodiment, the display control process of the preview image executed by the CPU 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The display control process shown in FIG. 12 is different from the display control process shown in FIG. 5 in that steps S103A, S105A, S109A, and S109B are added. Since the other processes are the same as the display control processes shown in FIG. 5, the description thereof will be omitted.

In step S103A, it is determined whether or not there is an approximate image (read image) corresponding to the preview image displayed on the display unit 62 that is close to the processing target image corresponding to the preview image instructed to be processed. To do. Here, as a method of determining whether or not the images are similar, for example, the following determination method can be mentioned.

As a first determination method, for example, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing is performed on each of the images corresponding to each preview image, and the position and character string of additional information including at least one of the header and footer of the image to be processed May determine whether or not there is an image similar to the image to be processed by determining whether or not there is an image having similar additional information. Various known methods are used to determine whether or not the character strings are similar.

Further, as a second determination method, there is an image in which OCR processing is performed on each of the images corresponding to each preview image and the heading information (chapter, section) of the processed image has similar heading information. By determining whether or not, it may be determined whether or not there is an image similar to the image to be processed.

Further, as a third determination method, OCR processing is performed on each of the images corresponding to each preview image, and whether or not there is an image in the same character string direction as the character string direction included in the processed image. It may be determined whether or not there is an image similar to the image to be processed by determining.

The determination may be made by combining the first to third determination methods. That is, when an affirmative determination is made by at least one determination method of the first to third determination methods, it may be determined that an image similar to the image to be processed exists.

Then, in step S103A, if it is determined that the preview image to be approximated does not exist, the process proceeds to step S104, and if it is determined that the preview image to be approximated exists, the process proceeds to step S105A.

In step S105A, not only the preview image corresponding to the image to be processed but also the preview image corresponding to the approximate image is enlarged together.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, when the gesture operation JS3 for drawing a circle clockwise on the preview image PV1 is performed, the preview image has a character string similar to the processing target image corresponding to the preview image PV1. The image corresponding to PV3 is determined to be an approximate image. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, not only the enlarged image PV1-A obtained by enlarging the preview image PV1 but also the enlarged image PV3-A obtained by enlarging the preview image PV3 corresponding to the approximate image is enlarged and displayed.

When it is determined in step S106 that the confirmation is OK, not only the preview image PV1 corresponding to the image to be processed but also the preview image PV3 corresponding to the approximate image is rotated together in step S108, as shown in FIG. To.

In step S109A, it is determined whether or not an approximate image similar to the image to be processed exists among the non-display images whose preview image is not displayed on the display unit 62 among the plurality of scanned images. Then, if step S109A is an affirmative determination, the process proceeds to step S109B, and if a negative determination is made, the process proceeds to step S110.

In step S109B, a confirmation process for confirming whether or not to execute the process on the approximate image is executed, and the process is executed on the approximate image instructed to execute the process. Specifically, for example, a confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the display unit 62. As an example, this confirmation screen is a screen for confirming whether or not to execute a rotation process for an approximate image that is not displayed on the preview image list screen among a plurality of scanned images.

On the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 16, a page area AR for displaying a page number Pn and a check box CK, a scroll button SK, and confirmation buttons K1 and K2 are displayed for each approximate image not displayed on the preview image list screen. ing. In the example of FIG. 16, the fifth, tenth, twelfth, and eighteenth pages are approximate images corresponding to the image to be processed. Here, the page whose check box CK is "□" is an image whose rotation is not set by the user, and the page whose check box CK is "■" is an image whose rotation is set by the user. Is shown.

Then, for example, when the page area AR on the fifth page is clicked, a confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed. In the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 17, the preview image of the fifth page, which is originally horizontally long, is rotated by 90 degrees and displayed as a vertically long preview image PV5. Here, when the user presses the confirmation button K3 displayed as "Yes", the image on the fifth page is set to rotate, and when the confirmation button K4 displayed as "Return (does not rotate)" is pressed, The image on the 5th page is set not to rotate. When the confirmation button K3 or K4 is pressed on the confirmation screen of FIG. 17, the screen returns to the confirmation screen of FIG.

Then, on the confirmation screen of FIG. 16, when the confirmation button K1 displayed as "Yes (rotate all at once)" is pressed, the approximate image of the page whose check box CK is "■" is rotated all at once. Is displayed on the display unit 62. On the other hand, when the confirmation button K2 displayed as "No" is pressed, the image is not rotated and the display of the confirmation screen ends.

The confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 18 may be used. In the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 18, in the display area A1 at the bottom of the screen, among the images corresponding to the preview images not displayed on the preview image list screen, a list of preview images of approximate images that are close to the processing target image is displayed. The images are displayed side by side in the X direction of the arrow. Further, in the display area A2 at the upper part of the screen, enlarged images obtained by enlarging the preview image selected from the display area A1 are displayed side by side in the X direction. The display area A1 is displayed by sliding in from the lower part of the screen in the direction of the arrow Y so as not to interfere with the display of the display area A2. Although FIG. 18 shows a case where the number of preview images displayed in the display area A2 is two as an example, the number of preview images displayed is not limited to two.

When the user selects, among the preview images displayed in the display area A1, a preview image to be rotated in the same manner as the image to be processed by a gesture operation, a preview image obtained by enlarging the selected preview image is displayed in the display area A2. The image. Further, when a preview image that is not desired to be rotated is selected by a gesture operation from the preview images enlarged and displayed in the display area A2, the preview image is deleted from the display area A2.

Further, among the preview images displayed in the display area A1, when the preview image to be rotated is clicked and the selection button B1 is pressed in the same manner as the processing target image, the preview image obtained by enlarging the selected preview image is displayed in the display area A2. It may be displayed in. Further, among the preview images enlarged and displayed in the display area A2, when the preview image that is not desired to be rotated is clicked and the button B2 is pressed, the preview image may be deleted from the display area A2.

In FIG. 18, as an example, the preview image PV3-A, which is an enlarged version of the preview image PV3 on the third page selected from the display area A1, is displayed in the display area A2. Further, in the example of FIG. 18, among the preview images not displayed in the display area A1, the preview images PV7 and PV9 on the 7th and 9th pages are also selected, but the number of preview images displayed in the display area A2 is large. Since there are two, only the preview image PV7-A, which is an enlarged preview image PV7, is displayed in the display area A2. Further, a message M1 indicating that is displayed so that it is easy to recognize that the preview images PV7 and PV9 on the 7th and 9th pages are also selected.

Further, when an operation of sliding in the arrow X direction is performed in the display area A1, the display of the preview image in the display area A1 is scrolled in the arrow X direction.

As a result, for example, the preview images PV7 and PV9 on the 7th and 9th pages, which were not displayed in the display area A1 in FIG. 18, are displayed in the display area A1 as shown in FIG. 19, and the enlarged preview image PV7. -A and PV9-A are displayed in the display area A2. In addition, a message M2 indicating that is displayed so that it can be easily recognized that the preview image PV3 on the third page, which is not displayed in the display area A1, is also selected.

When the preview image is enlarged and displayed in the display area A2, the enlargement ratio is set based on the size of the display area A2 and the number of preview images to be displayed in the display area A2.

For example, as shown in FIG. 20, when the number of preview images to be displayed in the display area A2 is set to 3, a circle is drawn clockwise on the preview image PV1 displayed in the display area A1. When the gesture operation JS4 is performed, the preview image PV1-A in which the preview image PV1 is enlarged at a magnification that fits in the divided area A21 of the divided areas A21 to A23 obtained by dividing the display area A2 into three in the X direction is displayed in the divided area 21. To do.

Further, as shown in FIG. 21, when the gesture operation JS5 for drawing a circle clockwise is performed on the preview image PV1 displayed in the display area A1, the rotation speed of the gesture operation JS5 is a predetermined reference rotation. When two pages of preview images PV1 and PV2 are selected faster than the speed, the selected preview images PV1 and PV2 are enlarged and the preview images PV1-A and PV2-A are displayed in the divided regions A21 and A22, respectively. To do.

As described above, in the present embodiment, not only the preview image corresponding to the processing target image but also the preview image corresponding to the approximate image close to the processing target image is subjected to the same processing. Therefore, the preview image to be processed is 1 There is no need to specify each one, which reduces the user's trouble.

(Fourth Embodiment)

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present embodiment will be described. The same parts as those in the above embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the fourth embodiment, the non-approximate image determined not to be close to the image to be processed is warned as an image inappropriate for the instructed processing, and whether or not to individually instruct the processing for each of the non-approximate images. The case of setting is described.

Since the device configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, as the operation of the present embodiment, the display control process of the preview image executed by the CPU 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The display control process shown in FIG. 22 is different from the display control process shown in FIG. 12 in that step S109C is executed instead of step S109A and step S109D is executed instead of step S109B. Since the other processes are the same as the display control processes shown in FIG. 5, the description thereof will be omitted.

In step S109C, it is determined whether or not there is a non-approximate image that does not approximate the processing target image among the non-display images that are not displayed on the preview image list screen among the plurality of scanned images. Then, if step S109C is an affirmative determination, the process proceeds to step S109D, and if a negative determination is made, the process proceeds to step S110.

In step S109D, a warning is given that there is a non-approximate image that is not a rotation target, a confirmation process for confirming whether or not to execute the process for the non-approximate image is executed, and the process is executed. Executes processing on the non-approximate image instructed by. Specifically, for example, a confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 23 is displayed on the display unit 62. As an example, this confirmation screen is a screen for confirming whether or not to execute a process of rotating a non-approximate image hidden on the display unit 62 among a plurality of scanned images.

On the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 23, a page area AR displaying a page number Pn and a check box CK, a scroll button SK, and confirmation buttons K1 and K2 are displayed for each non-approximate image. In the example of FIG. 23, the 8th page, the 11th page, the 12th page, and the 19th page are non-approximate images. Here, the page whose check box CK is "□" is an image whose rotation is not set by the user, and the page whose check box CK is "■" is an image whose rotation is set by the user. Is shown.

Then, for example, when the page area AR on the 11th page is clicked, a confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 24 is displayed. In the confirmation screen shown in FIG. 24, the vertically long preview image on the 11th page is originally rotated by 90 degrees and displayed as a horizontally long preview image PV11. Here, when the user presses the confirmation button K3 displayed as "Yes", the image on the 11th page is set to rotate, and when the confirmation button K4 displayed as "Return (does not rotate)" is pressed, the image is set to rotate. The image on the 11th page is set not to rotate. When the confirmation button K3 or K4 is pressed on the confirmation screen of FIG. 24, the screen returns to the confirmation screen of FIG. 23.

Then, on the confirmation screen of FIG. 16, when the confirmation button K1 displayed as "Yes (rotate all at once)" is pressed, the approximate image of the page whose check box CK is "■" is rotated all at once. Is displayed on the display unit 62. On the other hand, when the confirmation button K2 displayed as "No" is pressed, the image is not rotated and the display of the confirmation screen ends.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the user is warned that there is a non-approximate image that is not a rotation target, and the user is made to set whether or not to rotate each of the non-approximate images. As a result, even an image that does not approximate the image to be processed is set as a rotation target according to the user's instruction, so that the degree of freedom of selection is increased.

In each of the above embodiments, as a process instructed by the user, a case of executing a process of rotating the direction of the process target image among the processes of changing the attributes of the process target image has been described, but the process is not limited to this. Absent. For example, as a process of changing the attributes of the image to be processed, there is a process of changing the order of the images to be processed. In this case, for example, the order of the processing target images is changed by performing a drag operation (an operation of moving the preview image corresponding to the processing target image to be replaced) as a gesture operation.

Further, as a process of changing the attribute of the image to be processed, there is a process of changing the size of the read image, that is, a process of enlarging or reducing the image. In this case, for example, by performing a pinch-out operation (widening the distance between two fingers) or a pinch-in operation (narrowing the distance between two fingers) on the preview image corresponding to the processing target image, the processing target image is released. Enlarged or reduced.

Further, the process instructed by the user is not limited to the process of changing the attributes of the image to be processed, and may be a process of adding additional information to the image to be processed. Here, examples of the additional information include, but are not limited to, stamps and the like.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied when the list screen of the preview image of the image read by the image reading unit 10 is displayed has been described, but before the image is formed by the image forming unit 80. The present invention is also applied when displaying a list screen of preview images of images to be image-formed, or when displaying a list of preview images of images to be transmitted when facsimile transmission is performed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the image of the original is read by the image reading unit 10 has been described. For example, when images such as photographs are sequentially downloaded from the server and a list screen of preview images of the downloaded images is displayed on the display. The present invention also applies to this.

Further, in the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus adopting the electrophotographic type image forming unit has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to the inkjet type image forming apparatus.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the preview image display control program is pre-installed on the hard disk 90 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the display control program may be stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) and provided, or may be provided via a network.

In addition, the configuration of the image forming apparatus 11 (see FIGS. 1 to 3) described in the above embodiment is an example, and unnecessary parts may be deleted or new parts may be removed within a range that does not deviate from the gist of the present invention. It goes without saying that you can add it.

Further, the processing flow of the display control program described in the above embodiment (see FIG. 5) is also an example, and unnecessary steps are deleted or new steps are added within a range that does not deviate from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, the processing order may be changed.

10 Image reader 11 Image forming device 12 Original transfer unit 18 Original 20 Document stand 50 Computer 60 Operation unit 62 Display unit 80 Image forming unit 82 Paper supply unit 84 Paper ejection unit 90 Hard disk

Claims (9)

Equipped with a processor
The processor
Get the image ,
When the acquired image is displayed on the display unit, an operation for instructing a process of rotating the image, a process of changing the order, or a process of adding additional information is detected .
When the operation is detected, along with displays on the display unit by enlarging at least a part of the image, performs the process on the image,
Display control device. The processor
When a plurality of images are displayed on the display unit and the detected degree of the operation is larger than a predetermined reference degree, the plurality of images corresponding to the degree of the operation are enlarged and displayed. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display is displayed on the unit. The processor
When a plurality of images are displayed on the display unit, additional information in which the position and character string of the additional information including at least one of the header and footer of the processing target image instructed to be processed and the processing target image are similar. The approximate image having the heading information having similar positions of the heading information of the processing target image and the processing target image, and the processing target image and the processing target image to which the processing is instructed. The first or second aspect in which the processing is performed on the approximated image when at least one of the approximate images in the same character string direction as the included character string direction is present in the plurality of images. Display control device. The processor
When a plurality of images are displayed on the display unit, additional information in which the position and character string of the additional information including at least one of the header and footer of the processing target image instructed to be processed and the processing target image are similar. A non-approximate image that does not have, a non-approximate image that does not have heading information in which the positions of the heading information of the processing target image and the processing target image are similar to each other, and a processing target image and the processing target image for which the processing is instructed. When at least one of the non-approximate images, which are not in the same character string direction as the character string direction included in the processing target image, is present in the plurality of images, the non-approximate image is an image unsuitable for the processing. The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The processor
The display control device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the processing can be executed for the acquired image and the image not displayed on the display unit is displayed on the display unit. The processor
The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the image on which the process has been executed is enlarged and displayed on the display unit. The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the process is a process of changing the attribute of the image to which the process is instructed. The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the process is a process of adding additional information to an image in which the process is instructed. A computer, a display control program for executing the functions of the display control device according to any one of claims 1-8.