JP7439851B2 - Image processing device, display control method, and display control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for controlling the contents of a screen displayed on a display unit.

Patent Document 1 describes a processing execution device that displays a tab-type standby screen on a touch panel and can switch the display contents of a processing execution menu by switching tabs.

In the processing execution device described in Patent Document 1, a plurality of buttons in which specific processing is registered are arranged for each tab. A user can arbitrarily register a specific process for a button. If the user wants to execute one of the registered processes, select the tab where the buttons for that process are arranged to display the button for that process, and then operate the button to execute that process. can be executed.

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For example, an administrator may assign each tab to an individual or a group, and arrange buttons for specific processes on each tab as appropriate. Conceivable.

However, the specific processing that can be registered in a button is not limited to a specific individual or group, but may include processing that is commonly used frequently by multiple individuals or groups. In this case, for example, if the administrator registers the process for each tab one by one, the users of each tab will be able to execute the process individually, but in order to achieve this, the administrator has to It takes time and effort.

On the other hand, it is also conceivable that a specific process is registered only in a button of a specific tab, and the user switches to that specific tab each time he or she wants to use that button. However, such a usage pattern is inconvenient for the user because each time the user wants to use the button, the user must switch to the tab in which the button is arranged.

The image processing apparatus disclosed in the embodiment has a configuration in which a target process can be efficiently selected and executed on a tab-format screen, which was created in view of the above problems.

A display control device illustrated in the detailed description includes a display section, an input section, and a control section. The control unit executes display processing. The display process is a process of causing the display unit to display a plurality of tabs and a tab screen corresponding to one tab in a selected state among the plurality of tab screens corresponding to each of the plurality of tabs. A plurality of icons can be arranged on each of the plurality of tab screens, and the plurality of icons include a specific icon associated with a specific process.

The control unit further executes selection acceptance processing, common area setting processing, placement acceptance processing, and placement processing. The selection reception process is a process of accepting, via the input unit, a specific selection operation for selecting two or more tab screens on which a specific common area is to be set, from among a plurality of tab screens. The common area setting process is a process of setting two or more tab screens selected by a selection operation as common tab screens, and setting a common area for each common tab screen. The placement reception process includes, when a common tab screen is displayed on the display section, a specific placement operation for placing a specific icon in a common area within the displayed common tab screen via the input section. This is the process of accepting it. The arrangement process is a process of arranging specific icons associated with specific processes determined according to the arrangement operation in the common areas of all the common tab screens.

According to the display control device having such a configuration, the user can set a common area for any two or more tabs among the plurality of tab screens. If you place a specific icon in the common area while any tab screen with a common area set is displayed, that specific icon will be displayed only on the tab screen of the currently displayed tab. Rather, it is placed in the common area of all tab screens for which a common area is set. Therefore, the user can efficiently select an icon associated with a desired process from among a plurality of tab screens, and can efficiently execute that specific process.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image processing device according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation panel of the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment. It is an explanatory diagram showing a standby screen of an embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of registration of icons on the standby editing screen of the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of deletion of a common area on the standby editing screen according to the embodiment. It is a flowchart of a part of main control processing of an embodiment. 7 is a flowchart of another part of the main control process (continuation of FIG. 6) of the embodiment. 8 is a flowchart of still another part of the main control process (continuation of FIG. 7) of the embodiment. It is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a setting selection screen of an embodiment. It is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a setting tab selection screen of an embodiment. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a processing method selection screen of an embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[1. Embodiment]
(1-1) Configuration of Image Processing Apparatus The image processing apparatus 10 of this embodiment shown in FIG. It has a number of prescribed functions, including a print function that performs scanning, a copy function that prints images read using a scan function onto recording paper, and a fax function that sends and receives facsimile data.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image processing device 10 includes a control section 11, a storage section 12, a display section 13, an input section 14, an image reading section 15, a printing section 16, a media interface section 17, It includes a first communication section 18 and a second communication section 19, which are connected to each other via a bus 20. Note that the media interface section will be abbreviated as "media I/F" hereinafter.

The control unit 11 has a CPU. The storage unit 12 includes, for example, semiconductor memory such as ROM, RAM, NVRAM, and flash memory. That is, the image processing device 10 includes a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory.

The control unit 11 implements various functions by executing programs stored in a non-transitional physical recording medium. In this embodiment, the storage unit 12 corresponds to a non-transitional physical recording medium that stores a program. Note that the various functions realized by the control unit 11 are not limited to being realized by executing a program, and some or all of them may be realized using one or more pieces of hardware.

The storage unit 12 stores data for various screens to be displayed on the display unit 13, including a standby screen 25 (see FIG. 2) to be described later. The storage unit 12 also stores programs for main control processing shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, which will be described later. The programs for executing each of the above functions may be included as part of the main control processing program, or may be a separate program from the main control processing program.

The display unit 13 includes a display device capable of displaying images, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display.
The input unit 14 includes an input device for receiving various input operations. Input devices included in the input unit 14 include the power button 5, numeric keypad 6, return button 7, home button 8, stop button 9, and touch panel 14a shown in FIG. The touch panel 14a is arranged in an image display area where an image on the display device of the display unit 13 is displayed.

The touch panel 14a can detect an instruction operation caused by a pointer touching or approaching the image display area of the display unit 13. That is, the touch panel 14a is capable of outputting position information indicating the indicated position, which is the position where the pointing operation is performed, when the pointing operation is performed with the pointing object on the image display area of the display unit 13. It is configured. The touch panel 14a of this embodiment is configured to output position information continuously or periodically while an instruction operation is performed using an indicator.

Note that the touch panel 14a may have a configuration that can detect only contact as an instruction operation, a configuration that can detect only proximity, or a configuration that can detect both contact and proximity. .

The control unit 11 acquires position information output from the touch panel 14a, and based on the acquired position information, determines whether or not an instruction operation is being performed on the indicator, the instruction position when an instruction operation is being performed, and whether the instruction operation is being performed. It is possible to detect at least one type of specific operation by the indicator in the case where the indicator is displayed.

The specific operation that can be detected by the control unit 11 includes at least a tap operation. The tap operation is an operation in which the indicator is released at the same position after an instruction operation is performed with the indicator. Various specific forms of the pointer that can perform pointing operations can be considered, such as a fingertip or a specific pointing device such as a stylus pen.

The image reading unit 15 includes an image sensor, reads an image of a document, and generates image data of the read image. The image reading section 15 may include an ADF. Note that ADF is an abbreviation for Automatic Document Feeder. Further, the image reading unit 15 may be configured to be able to perform so-called double-sided scanning, which reads images on both sides of a document set on a document table or an ADF.

The printing unit 16 has a printing mechanism using inkjet technology or electrophotography technology, and is capable of printing an image on a sheet-like recording paper. Note that the printing unit 16 may be configured to be able to perform so-called double-sided printing in which images are printed on both sides of recording paper.

The media I/F 17 is an interface unit to which various storage media such as a USB flash memory are attached, and controls writing and reading of data to and from the attached storage media.

The first communication unit 18 is a communication interface for connecting the image processing device 10 to a data communication network. The first communication unit 18 may be connectable to at least one of various networks such as a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, and the Internet, for example. The image processing device 10 may be capable of wired or wireless data communication with various information processing devices such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal via the first communication unit 18. Further, the image processing device 10 may be connected to the Internet via the first communication unit 18 and may be capable of data communication with various other servers, various information processing devices, etc. via the Internet.

The second communication unit 19 is an interface unit for communicating with an external device through the communication line 150. The communication line 150 connected to the second communication unit 19 is, for example, a public telephone network in this embodiment. Transmission and reception of facsimile data in the facsimile function is basically performed via the second communication unit 19.

(1-2) Configuration of Operation Panel The operation panel 3 shown in FIG. 2 is provided on one side of the casing (not shown) of the image processing device 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation panel 3 is provided with a power button 5, a numeric keypad 6, a return button 7, a home button 8, a stop button 9, a display section 13, and a touch panel 14a. . Note that the display section 13 shown in FIG. 2 specifically indicates an image display area in a display device included in the display section 13. A touch panel 14a is superimposed over almost the entire range of this image display area.

The power button 5 is a hard key operated by the user to turn on and off the power of the image processing apparatus 10. When the image processing device 10 is powered on by pressing the power button 5 and the image processing device 10 starts operating, the control unit 11 performs a specific initialization process and then displays a standby screen 25 on the display unit 13. Display. By performing various input operations using the standby screen 25 as a starting point, the user can switch the screen displayed on the display unit 13, make various settings, and execute various functions.

The numeric keypad 6 is a hard key for each number from 0 to 9, which is mainly operated by the user when entering numbers, such as when entering a destination number for facsimile data or when entering the number of copies for a copy function. It is a general term for multiple hard keys including the key.

The return button 7 is a hard key operated by the user to return the screen of the display unit 13 to the screen that was displayed immediately before the currently displayed screen. The home button 8 is a hard key operated by the user to display the standby screen 25 on the display unit 13. The stop button 9 is a hard key operated by the user to stop the operation being processed.

(1-3) Description of standby screen The standby screen 25 is a tab-type screen having a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of tabs is individually associated with a tab screen. On the standby screen 25, a tab screen corresponding to one selected tab among the plurality of tabs is displayed. Various information necessary for displaying the standby screen 25 and information regarding the contents of processing to be executed when various input operations are performed on the standby screen 25 via the input unit 14 are stored in the storage unit 12. remembered.

As shown in FIG. 2, a maximum of four tabs are displayed on the standby screen 25. Note that in this embodiment, the total number of tabs Nt is greater than 4, which is the maximum number of tabs that can be displayed simultaneously on the standby screen 25. FIG. 2 shows an example in which the first tab 31, the second tab 32, the third tab 33, and the fourth tab 34 are displayed on the standby screen 25 among Nt tabs from the first tab to the Nt tab. Showing.

Each tab displays the name of the tab. A selected tab is displayed in a different manner from other tabs. Possible ways to make the tab different from other tabs include, for example, making the tab a different color from other tabs, making the tab larger than other tabs, and adding specific decorations to the tab. FIG. 2 shows an example in which the first tab 31 with the tab name "Basic Function 1" is in a selected state, and the first tab 31 is displayed in a different color from the other tabs.

On the standby screen 25, one tab that is in the selected state is displayed among the tab screens (first tab screen to Nt tab screen) corresponding to all Nt tabs (first tab to Nt tab). The corresponding tab screen will be displayed. FIG. 2 shows an example in which the first tab screen 50 associated with the first tab 31 that is in the selected state is displayed.

Each tab screen associated with each tab is a screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged. In this embodiment, eight icons are arranged on one tab screen. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the first icon 51 to the eighth icon 58 are arranged on the first tab screen 50. The specific type of each icon can be changed as described below.

In the first tab screen 50 illustrated in FIG. 2, the first icon 51 is a fax icon, the second icon 52 is a copy icon, and the fifth icon 55 is a settings menu icon. The third icon 53, fourth icon 54, and sixth to eighth icons 58 are unregistered icons.

On the standby screen 25, a left button 26 and a right button 27 are displayed near both ends of the area where the tabs are displayed. The arrangement order of the Nt tabs in the left and right direction is predetermined. If other tabs are arranged to the left of the currently displayed four tabs, tap the left button 26 to scroll the displayed tabs to the right. You can display tabs that are arranged to the left of the two tabs. On the other hand, if other tabs are arranged to the right of the currently displayed four tabs, tap the right button 27 to scroll the tabs to the left to display the currently displayed tabs. You can display the tabs arranged to the right of the four tabs currently displayed.

If you want to switch from the tab screen of the currently selected tab to the tab screen of another tab, just tap the tab you want to switch to. When a tab other than the currently selected tab is tapped, the tapped tab becomes selected, and a tab screen corresponding to the newly selected tab is displayed on the standby screen 25.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that a first tab screen 50 corresponding to the first tab 31 is displayed on the standby screen 25. From this state, for example, if you tap the second tab 32 with the tab name "Basic Function 2", the selected tab will switch from the first tab 31 to the second tab 32, as shown in FIG. A second tab screen 60 corresponding to the second tab 32 is displayed.

Eight icons, the first icon 61 to the eighth icon 68, are also displayed on the second tab screen 60. On the second tab screen 60, the first icon 61 is the same fax icon as the first icon 51 on the first tab screen 50, and the second icon 62 is the same copy icon as the second icon 52 on the first tab screen 50. . The third icon 63 to the eighth icon 68 are unregistered icons.

Furthermore, if the fourth tab 34 with the tab name "Custom 2" is tapped from the state where the second tab screen 60 corresponding to the second tab 32 is displayed, the selected state will be changed as shown in FIG. The tab is switched from the second tab 32 to the fourth tab 34, and a fourth tab screen 70 corresponding to the fourth tab 34 after the switch is displayed.

Also displayed on the fourth tab screen 70 are eight icons, the first icon 71 to the eighth icon 78. On the fourth tab screen 70, the first icon 71 is a shortcut icon, and the second to eighth icons 72 to 78 are unregistered icons.

Each icon arranged on each tab screen is associated with a specific process. When a user taps one of the icons, a specific process associated with that icon is executed.

Broadly speaking, there are three types of icons that can be placed on the tab screen of the standby screen 25. Specifically, there are icons for function execution, icons for settings, and unregistered icons. The function execution icon is an icon in which a function to be executed is registered to execute any one of the plurality of functions defined above that the image processing apparatus 10 has. In other words, the function execution icon is associated with a specific process for realizing the registered function. Then, when the function execution icon is tapped, the registered function is realized by executing the associated specific process.

The setting icon is an icon in which a specific item or a list of a plurality of items to be set is registered for setting various setting items. That is, each setting icon is associated with a specific process for setting various setting items. Then, when a setting icon is tapped, the associated specific process is executed, thereby realizing settings of various setting items.

The unregistered icon is an icon in which no functions, setting items, etc. are registered, and allows the user to newly register an arbitrary function execution icon or setting icon. In other words, the unregistered icon is associated with a specific process that requires an input operation by the user to newly register a function execution icon for an arbitrary function or a setting icon for an arbitrary setting item. When an unregistered icon is tapped, a specific process associated with the unregistered icon is executed, thereby realizing new registration as a function execution icon or a setting icon.

Function execution icons are further classified into two types: standard function icons and shortcut icons. The prescribed function icon is an icon for executing one of a plurality of prescribed functions of the image processing apparatus 10, such as a scan function, a print function, a copy function, a fax function, a web service function, and a convenient tool function. This is an icon in which the specified function of the target is registered. Various setting values registered in the specified function icon are predetermined default values. However, the default value can be confirmed and changed by the user when tapping the specified function icon to execute the corresponding function.

Registered in the shortcut icon is a shortcut function that causes one of the plurality of functions defined above to be executed under specific execution conditions set in advance by the user.
At least one of the prescribed function icon and the setting icon may be arranged in advance on at least one tab screen when the image processing apparatus 10 is shipped.

Basically, a shortcut icon is not an icon that is pre-arranged from the time of shipment of the image processing device 10, but is an icon that is replaced by an unregistered icon when the user arbitrarily performs a registration operation on the unregistered icon. This is an icon placed as follows. However, at least one shortcut icon may also be arranged in advance on at least one tab screen when the image processing apparatus 10 is shipped.

While default function icons have predetermined initial values for each setting, shortcut icons allow the user to specify the function to be executed and the setting values for that function. It can be set and registered as desired.

For unregistered icons, in addition to registering any shortcut function as a shortcut icon, you can also register any function as a default function icon, or register any setting item to register it as a shortcut icon. You can also register it as a settings icon.

If an unregistered icon is registered as a function execution icon or settings icon, the registered function execution icon or settings icon will be placed in place of the unregistered icon at the position where the unregistered icon is placed. is placed.

In the first tab screen 50 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fax icon arranged as the first icon 51 is a prescribed function icon for executing a fax function. The copy icon arranged as the second icon 52 is a prescribed function icon for executing a copy function. The setting menu icon arranged as the fifth icon 55 is a setting icon for setting the setting value of at least one type of setting item. In the fourth tab screen 70 shown in FIG. 3, the first icon 71 is a shortcut icon in which a shortcut function for executing the facsimile function under specific setting conditions is registered.

Further, in the first tab screen 50 and second tab screen 60 shown in FIG. 4(b), which will be described later, each scan icon arranged as the third icon 53, 63 is a prescribed function icon for executing the scan function. It is. Note that these two scan icons are exactly the same and are associated with the same specific process.

Further, in the first tab screen 50 shown in FIG. 4(b), which will be described later, the icon arranged as the eighth icon 58 is a shortcut icon in which a scan-to-file shortcut function is registered. Scan to file is one specific aspect of the scan function.

As described above, the shortcut function allows the user to arbitrarily register an unregistered icon. Functions that can be registered as shortcut functions include, for example, the predetermined functions described above, such as a fax function, a copy function, a scan function, a web service function, and a convenient tool function.

For example, if you want to register a shortcut function for the copy function, first tap the unregistered icon included in the tab screen of any tab. If you tap the unregistered icon, a list of registerable functions and setting items will be displayed. The user can select a function or setting item to be registered from the displayed list.

When any setting item is selected, a setting icon corresponding to that setting item is newly registered. That is, the unregistered icon to be registered is changed to a setting icon associated with a specific process according to the selected setting item. From now on, when you tap this setting icon, the associated specific process is executed, and you can check or change the setting values of the registered setting items.

On the other hand, if a function is selected from the list after an unregistered icon is tapped, the user is asked whether to register that function as a default function icon or as a shortcut icon. A selection screen is displayed for selection.

When registration as a prescribed function icon is selected, a prescribed function icon corresponding to the selected function is newly registered. In other words, the unregistered icon to be registered is registered as a specified function icon associated with a specific process according to the selected function.

In this embodiment, a plurality of icons associated with exactly the same specific process can be arranged in one tab screen, or can be arranged in a plurality of different tab screens. Even if there is a prescribed function icon or a setting icon that has been arranged by default since shipment, an icon that is exactly the same as the icon can be arranged separately from the icon that has been arranged by default since shipment.

On the other hand, when registration of a shortcut function is selected, a setting screen is displayed for allowing the user to set the specific execution conditions under which the selected function is to be executed. Via this setting screen, the user can arbitrarily set the specific execution conditions of the selected function, that is, the setting values of various setting items necessary to execute the selected function. Then, when the user performs an operation indicating completion of the settings, a shortcut icon that allows the selected function to be executed under specific execution conditions is generated. In other words, an unregistered icon to be registered is registered as a shortcut icon associated with a specific process according to the execution condition. Thereafter, by tapping this shortcut icon, the associated specific process is executed, and the registered function can be easily executed according to the registered specific execution conditions.

(1-4) Description of Management Function As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an administrator button 28 is displayed on the standby screen 25. When the administrator button 28 is tapped, an authentication screen for administrator authentication is displayed. When a predetermined input operation for authentication, such as entering a password, is performed on the authentication screen, authentication processing is performed.

The authentication process is a process of determining whether a specific authentication condition is satisfied. One of the authentication conditions includes that the input password matches a regular password registered in advance. If the authentication conditions are met as a result of the authentication process, the operation mode becomes administrator mode, and a standby editing screen 90 as shown in FIG. 4(a) is displayed on the display unit 13. The standby editing screen 90 is a screen on which new registration, cancellation of registration, editing of registered contents, etc. can be performed for each icon arranged on each tab screen of each tab.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the standby editing screen 90 displays a plurality of tabs and a tab screen corresponding to the selected tab, similar to the standby screen 25. The plurality of tabs and the contents of the tab screen displayed on the standby editing screen 90 are basically the same as those on the standby screen 25. Further, the content of the tab screen can be changed by changing the selection state of the tab, which is similar to the standby screen 25.

The standby editing screen 90 further includes editing operations for performing various editing operations on some or all of the icons included in each tab screen of each tab, as shown in FIG. 4(a). Individual icon editing buttons for each type of icon are displayed. Specifically, in this embodiment, a left move button 81, right move button 82, replace button 83, delete button 84, and batch delete button 85 are displayed as icon editing buttons.

The batch deletion button 85 is a button for canceling the registration status of all icons arranged in all tabs and switching all icons to unregistered icons. The delete button 84 is a button for canceling the registration state of the selected icon (excluding unregistered icons) and switching to an unregistered icon. Note that in the following description, "deleting" an arranged icon means canceling the registration state of the icon and making it an unregistered icon.

The swap button 83 is a button for swapping the positions of any two icons. The right movement button 82 is a button for moving any one icon to the right side of the icon. The left movement button 81 is a button for moving any one icon to the left side of the icon.

When you return to the standby screen 25 after performing operations such as newly registering, editing, deleting, moving, and replacing icons on the standby edit screen 70, the results of each operation performed on the standby edit screen 70 are displayed on the standby screen 25. reflected.

(1-5) Description of areas set in the tab screen As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, at least an individual area 42 is set in each tab screen. Furthermore, a common area 41 separate from the individual area 42 can be set for any two or more of each tab screen.

The user can arbitrarily decide for which tab screen among the tab screens the common area 41 is to be set. For example, the user can set the common area 41 for all Nt tab screens. Further, for example, the common area 41 can be set by selecting any two or more tab screens out of Nt tab screens.

In this embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that the common area 41 is set for at least the first tab screen 50 and the second tab screen 60 among the Nt tab screens. FIG. 3 shows that the common area 41 is set on the first tab screen 50 and the second tab screen 60, but the common area 41 is not set on the fourth tab screen 70.

Further, within the tab screen where the common area 41 is set, the user can arbitrarily decide in which range of the tab screen the common area 41 is set. For example, only a part of the entire tab screen can be set as the common area 41, or the entire tab screen can be set as the common area 41. When only a partial area is set as the common area 41, areas other than the common area 41 are set as the individual areas 42. When the entire tab screen is set as the common area 41, the individual area 42 no longer exists on the tab screen where the common area 41 is set.

In this embodiment, the range of the common area 41 can be set for each icon, for example. That is, by selecting at least one icon that is desired to be set as an icon in the common area 41 from among a plurality of icons arranged on the tab screen, a specific area containing the selected icon is set in the common area 41. be done. The area containing the unselected icon is set as an individual area 42. Note that the method of setting the range of the common area 41 for each icon as described above is just one example.

In this embodiment, as an example, as shown in FIG. 3, on the tab screen, the upper half area where the first to fourth icons of eight icons are arranged is set as the common area 41, It is assumed that the lower half area where the fifth to eighth icons are arranged is set as the individual area 42.

In addition, in the following explanation, a tab screen where a common area is set may be referred to as a "common tab screen", and a tab on a tab screen where a common area is set may be referred to as a "common tab". .

The icons arranged in the common area 41 are the same for all common tab screens. In other words, no matter which common tab screen is displayed by switching tabs, the icons arranged in the common area 41 are exactly the same.

In this embodiment, when any common tab screen is displayed and a new function execution icon or setting icon is registered in the common area 41 of that tab screen, that icon will be added to the currently displayed icon. In addition to being placed on the tab screen, they are also placed at the same position in the common area 41 of each other common tab screen.

Additionally, if any icon placed in the common area 41 of that tab screen is deleted while any common tab screen is displayed, that icon will be deleted from the currently displayed tab screen. In addition, the same icons arranged at the same position in the common area 41 of the other common tab screens are also deleted.

Additionally, when any common tab screen is displayed, if you perform an editing operation on any icon placed in the common area 41 on that tab screen, the registered contents for that icon will change according to the editing operation. In addition to being changed, the registered contents for the same icons arranged at the same position in the common area 41 of the other common tab screens are also changed in exactly the same way.

In other words, each operation such as registration, editing, movement, deletion, etc. for the icon in the common area 41 on the common tab screen is performed not only on the currently displayed common tab screen but also on all other common tab screens at the same position. The same applies to icons. As a result, the icons arranged in the common area 41 on each common tab screen all have the same content.

For example, when the standby editing screen 90 shown on the left side of FIG. , it is assumed that the scan function is set as the default function icon that is registered. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4(b), in addition to the third icon 53 in the currently displayed first tab screen 50 serving as the default function icon for the scan function, other icons including the second tab screen 60, etc. The icons at the same position in the common area 41 on each common tab screen also serve as defined function icons for the same scan function.

On the other hand, if any operation such as registering, deleting, or editing an icon is performed in the individual area 42 within the tab screen while any tab screen is displayed, the operation contents will be It is reflected only on the target icon in the tab screen that is currently in use, and is not reflected on other tab screens.

For example, when the standby editing screen 90 shown on the left side of FIG. Assume that a shortcut icon for scan to file is newly registered. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4B, the eighth icon 58 in the first tab screen 50 currently displayed is registered as a shortcut icon, but each other tab screen including the second tab screen 60 The registered contents are not reflected on the icon at the same position in the individual area 42 in .

When the operation mode is the administrator mode, operations such as new registration, deletion, movement, and editing are possible for both the icons in the common area 41 and the icons in the individual area 42. On the other hand, if the operation mode is general mode, not administrator mode, new registration and editing of icons is possible for the individual area 42, but new registration and editing of icons is not possible for the common area 41. Can not. Further, when the operation mode is the general mode, the icons in the common area 41 cannot be deleted, moved, or replaced. Deletion, movement, and replacement of icons in the common area 41 can be performed on the standby editing screen 90 (see FIG. 4(a)) that can be displayed in the administrator mode. Furthermore, when the operation mode is the general mode, it is possible to delete shortcut icons in the individual area 42, but it is not possible to delete icons other than shortcut icons, move icons, or replace icons. . Deletion of icons other than shortcut icons in the individual area 42, movement of icons, and replacement of icons can be executed in the administrator mode.

In addition, in each of the administrator mode and the general mode, whether or not to permit new registration, editing, deletion, movement, replacement, etc. of icons may be determined for each of the areas 41 and 42 as appropriate.

(1-6) Common area setting enable/disable switching function The image processing device 10 of this embodiment is configured so that the user can arbitrarily decide whether or not to set the common area 41 on the tab screen. There is. Specifically, on the common area setting screen 100 shown in FIG. 9, the common area setting can be enabled or disabled. When the common area setting is set to invalid, the common area 41 is deleted from all tab screens, and all tab screens become screens having only the individual area 42. When the common area setting is enabled, the user can select a plurality of tab screens for setting the common area 41 and set the common area 41 on the plurality of tab screens.

If the common area setting is disabled in a state where the common area 41 is set on the first tab screen 50 and the second tab screen 60 as shown in FIG. 5(a), as shown in FIG. 5(b), Then, the common area 41 disappears from each of these common tab screens 50 and 60, and only the individual area 42 remains.

When the common area settings are changed from valid to invalid, if there are icons other than unregistered icons (hereinafter also referred to as "registered icons") in the common area 41, the user can You can decide what the registration icon will look like.

Specifically, the user can select one of full deletion, full preservation, and partial preservation. Deleting all means canceling the registration of registered icons arranged in the common area 41 on all common tab screens and changing them to unregistered icons. Full persistence means maintaining the registered state of the registered icons arranged in the common area 41 on all common tab screens.

Partial persistence means that only the registered icons placed in the common area 41 of one or more specific common tab screens out of each common tab screen remain registered, and the registered icons are kept in the common area 41 of other common tab screens. To cancel the registration of the registration icon placed in the. If the user selects partial preservation, the user can arbitrarily select the common tab screen on which the registered icon in the common area 41 is desired to be preserved.

FIG. 5(b) shows a case where the common area setting is changed from valid to invalid as shown in FIG. 5(a), and the registration icon in the common area 41 is An example is shown in which partial preservation is selected as the processing method and the first tab screen 50 is selected as the tab screen to be preserved.

In FIG. 5B, for the first tab screen 50, even after the common area setting is invalidated, the two registered icons 51 and 52 that were placed in the common area 41 before invalidation remain as they are. It is arranged as follows. On the other hand, regarding the second tab screen 60, the two registered icons 61 and 62 that were placed in the common area 41 before the common area setting was invalidated are deleted and both become unregistered icons. Note that in FIG. 5B, the common area setting is disabled, so the entire area of each tab screen is an individual area 42.

When the common area setting is changed from invalid to valid, if a registered icon exists within the range set as the common area 41, the user can select what to do with the registered icon. Specifically, the user can delete registered icons existing within the range set as the common area 41. Further, the user can also arrange some or all of the registered icons existing within the range set as the common area 41 in the individual area 42 on one or more arbitrary tab screens.

(1-7) Description of main control processing Next, the main control processing executed by the control unit 11 to realize the various functions described above will be explained using FIGS. 6 to 8. When the control unit 11 is powered on and activated by pressing the power button 5, it executes the main control processing shown in FIGS. 6 to 8.

When the control unit 11 starts the main control processing shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, it causes the display unit 13 to display the standby screen 25 in S110 (see FIG. 6). Note that the initial value of the tab screen, that is, the tab screen that is displayed on the standby screen 25 first after startup, the tab screen in the standby screen 25 that is displayed after the completion of the function execution, and the standby screen 25 that is displayed when the home button 8 is pressed. The tab screen inside may be determined as appropriate, and is, for example, the first tab screen 50 in this embodiment.

In S120, it is determined whether the administrator button 28 on the standby screen 25 has been tapped. If the administrator button 28 has not been tapped, it is determined in S130 whether any of the plurality of tabs displayed on the standby screen 25 has been tapped. If any tab is tapped, tab switching processing is executed in S140. Specifically, the tapped tab is brought into a selected state, and the tab screen associated with that tab is displayed. After switching the tab screen in S140, the process returns to S110.

If no tab is tapped in S130, the process advances to S150. In S150, it is determined whether the registration icon has been tapped. If the registration icon is tapped in S150, the process advances to S160. In S160, a specific process associated with the tapped icon is executed. As a result, the functions or various settings registered with the icon are realized. After executing the process in S160, the process returns to S110.

If the registration icon is not tapped in S150, the process advances to S170. In S170, it is determined whether an instruction to register a new icon for an unregistered icon has been given. The instruction to register a new icon includes, for example, a tap operation on an unregistered icon. If an instruction to register a new icon for an unregistered icon is given in S170, the process advances to S180.

In S180, it is determined whether an unregistered icon for which a registration instruction has been given is arranged in the common area 41. If a registration instruction is given to an unregistered icon in the common area 41, error processing is executed in S190, and the process returns to S110. The error process at S190 is a process for making the user aware that new registration of an icon in the common area 41 is not possible in the current operation mode (ie, general mode).

In S180, if a registration instruction is given to an unregistered icon in the individual area 42, the process advances to S200. In S200, registration information is acquired through an input operation by the user. Registration information is information indicating specific contents such as functions or setting items to be newly registered. Furthermore, an icon is newly registered based on the acquired registration information. As a result, the unregistered icon for which the registration instruction was given is switched to an icon associated with a specific process based on the acquired registration information. After newly registering the icon in S200, the process returns to S110.

In S170, if an instruction to register a new icon for an unregistered icon has not been given, the process advances to S210. In S210, it is determined whether an editing instruction has been given to a registered icon. The editing instruction includes, for example, an operation of long-pressing an icon to be edited. Long press means to continue pointing an operation target for a certain period of time or more via the touch panel 14a, and then canceling the pointing operation.

In S210, if no editing instruction has been given to the registered icon, the process returns to S110. In S210, if an editing instruction is given for the registered icon, the process advances to S220.
In S220, it is determined whether the icon for which the editing instruction has been given is arranged in the common area 41. If an editing instruction is given to the icon in the common area 41, error processing is executed in S230, and the process returns to S110. The error process in S230 is a process for making the user aware that editing of icons in the common area 41 is not possible in the current operation mode (ie, general mode).

In S220, if an editing instruction is given to the icon in the individual area 42, the process advances to S240. In S240, editing information is acquired through an input operation by the user. Editing information is information indicating changes to registered information registered in a target icon. Furthermore, the registration information of the icon is changed based on the acquired editing information. After changing the icon registration information, the process returns to S110.

If the administrator button 28 is tapped in S120, the above-described authentication process is performed in S250. If the authentication conditions such as password matching are satisfied and the authentication is successful, a login process is performed in S260. That is, set the operation mode to administrator mode. Then, in S270 (see FIG. 7), a setting operation by the user to enable or disable the common area setting is accepted.

Specifically, a common area setting screen 100 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 13. The user can make a selection by tapping either the off button 101 or the on button 102.

In S270, if the OK button 106 is tapped while the off button 101 is selected on the common area setting screen 100, the common area setting is set to be invalid. If the OK button 106 is tapped while the on button 102 is selected, the common area setting is enabled.

In S280, it is determined whether the common area setting has been changed by the process in S270, that is, whether it has been changed from invalid to valid or from valid to invalid. If the common area settings have not been changed, the process advances to S380. If the common area settings have been changed, the process advances to S290.

In S290, it is determined whether the common area setting has been changed, that is, whether it has been changed from invalid to valid or from valid to invalid. If it has been changed from invalid to valid, the process advances to S300.

In S300, a user's operation to select a tab for setting the common area 41 is accepted. Specifically, a setting tab selection screen 110 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display unit 13. On the setting tab selection screen 110, Nt tab buttons 111 corresponding to Nt tabs from the first tab to the Nt-th tab are listed. By tapping the tab buttons 111 of any plurality of tabs for which the user wants to set the common area 41, the user can select the plurality of tab buttons 111.

If the OK button 116 is tapped while a plurality of tab buttons 111 are in the selected state, in S310, a common tab screen is displayed for each tab corresponding to each tab button 111 in the selected state. A region 41 is set.

In S320, the user's operation for selecting the setting range of the common area 41 on the tab screen where the common area is set is accepted. In this embodiment, as described above, the setting range of the common area 41 can be selected for each icon. That is, by selecting an icon that you want to include in the common area 41, the area that includes the selected icon is set as the common area 41, and the areas other than the common area 41 that include unselected icons are set as follows. It is set in the individual area 42.

In S330, it is determined whether a registered icon exists in the common area 41 selected by the user in S320. If the registered icon does not exist, the process advances to S380. If a registered icon exists, the process advances to S340.

In S340, the user is asked whether the registered icon existing in the selected common area 41 may be deleted. For example, a screen from which the user can select whether or not to delete is displayed on the display unit 13, and user input to the screen is accepted. If deletion is permitted by the user, all registered icons existing within the range selected as the common area 41 on each tab screen where the common area 41 is set are deleted and changed to unregistered icons in S360. Registered as .

If deletion permission is not granted by the user, avoidance processing is performed in S370. Specifically, some or all of the registered icons existing within the range selected as the common area 41 are moved and placed in the individual area 42 on one or more arbitrary tab screens. The user can arbitrarily select which registered icon to move to the individual area 42 and which tab screen to move to the individual area 42. After processing S360 or S370, the process advances to S380.

If the common area setting is changed from valid to invalid in S290, the process advances to S390. In S390, a user's operation for specifying a processing method for the registered icon existing in the common area 41 is accepted. Specifically, a processing method selection screen 120 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display unit 13.

The processing method selection screen 120 displays a delete all button 121, a keep all button 122, and a keep partially button 123. The user can specify the above-mentioned all deletion by tapping the all deletion button 121, the above-mentioned all preservation by tapping the all preservation button 122, and the above-mentioned whole preservation by tapping the partial preservation button 123. Partial continuation as described above can be specified.

When any one of full deletion, full preservation, and partial preservation is specified as a processing method on the processing method selection screen 120, the registration in the common area 41 of each common tab screen is performed in S400 according to the specified processing method. Handle icons. In S410, the settings of all common areas 41 set on each common tab screen are canceled. As a result, all the tab screens become tab screens that do not have the common area 41. After processing in S410, the process advances to S380.

In S380, a standby editing screen (see FIG. 4) is displayed on the display unit 13. After displaying the standby editing screen in S380, the process advances to S420 (see FIG. 8).
In S420, it is determined whether an instruction to register a new icon for an unregistered icon has been given. If no new icon registration instruction has been given for an unregistered icon, the process advances to S470. If a new icon registration instruction for an unregistered icon is given, the process advances to S430. In S430, registration information is acquired through an input operation by the user.

In S440, it is determined whether an unregistered icon for which a registration instruction has been given is arranged in the common area 41. If a registration instruction is given to an unregistered icon in the common area 41, the process advances to S450. In S450, the registration acquired in S430 is applied to unregistered icons at the same position in the common area 41 of all common tab screens, including unregistered icons for which registration has been directly instructed on the currently displayed common tab screen. Register a new icon based on the information. As a result, the same icon is newly registered and placed at the same position in the common area 41 on all common tab screens. After new registration in S450, the process advances to S470.

In S440, if a registration instruction is given to an unregistered icon in the individual area 42, the process advances to S460. In S460, an icon based on the registration information obtained in S430 is newly registered only for unregistered icons for which a direct registration instruction has been given on the currently displayed tab screen. After the new registration in S460, the process advances to S470.

In S470, it is determined whether an editing instruction has been given to a registered icon. If no editing instruction has been given to the registered icon, the process advances to S520. If an editing instruction has been given for the registered icon, the process advances to S480. In S480, editing information is acquired through an input operation by the user.

In S490, it is determined whether the icon for which the editing instruction has been given is arranged in the common area 41. If an editing instruction is given to the icon in the common area 41, the process advances to S500. In S500, the icons obtained in S480 are processed for each of the same icons located in the same position as the icon in the common area 41 of all common tab screens, including the icon for which a direct editing instruction has been given on the currently displayed tab screen. Register registration information based on editing information. As a result, registration information for the same icon arranged at the same position on all common tab screens is uniformly registered. After the editing process in S500, the process advances to S520.

In S490, if an editing instruction is given to the icon in the individual area 42, the process advances to S510. In S510, registration information is registered based on the editing information acquired in S480 only for icons for which direct editing instructions have been given on the currently displayed tab screen. After the editing process in S510, the process advances to S520.

In S520, it is determined whether a deletion instruction has been given to the registered icon. The deletion instruction in S520 is to tap a registered icon to select that icon as a deletion target, and then tap the delete button 84.

If the deletion instruction for the registered icon has not been given in S520, the process advances to S560. If a deletion instruction is given for the registered icon, the process advances to S530. In S530, it is determined whether the icon for which the deletion instruction has been given is arranged in the common area 41.

If the icon for which deletion has been instructed is arranged in the common area 41, the process advances to S540. In S540, the same icons located at the same position as the icon in the common area 41 of all the common tab screens, including the icon for which deletion has been directly instructed on the currently displayed tab screen, are deleted. As a result, the registration of the same icons arranged at the same position on all common tab screens is uniformly canceled, and all of these icons are registered as unregistered icons. After processing S540, the process advances to S560.

In S530, if the icon for which deletion has been instructed is arranged in the individual area 42, the process advances to S550. In S550, only the icons for which deletion instructions have been directly given on the currently displayed tab screen are deleted. As a result, the registration of the icon to be deleted is canceled and registered as an unregistered icon. After processing in S550, the process advances to S560.

In S560, it is determined whether a specific logout operation has been performed by the user. The logout operation is an operation for returning the operating mode from administrator mode to general mode. If the logout operation has not been performed, the process returns to S420. If a logout operation has been performed, the process returns to S110.

(1-8) Effects of Embodiment According to the embodiment described above, the following effects (1a) to (1e) are achieved.
(1a) The user of the image processing device 10 can set the common area 41 on any two or more tabs among the plurality of tab screens. If a function execution icon or setting icon is registered in the common area 41 while any tab screen on which the common area 41 is set is displayed, the registered icon will be displayed as the currently displayed icon. The common area 41 is arranged not only in the tab screen where the tab screen is set, but also in the common area 41 in all the tab screens for which the common area 41 is set.

Therefore, the user can, for example, easily arrange icons of frequently used functions on a plurality of common tab screens. As a result, when the user wants to execute that function, the user can efficiently select the icon associated with the process of that function from among multiple tab screens, and the process of that function can be executed efficiently. I can do it.

(1b) The user can easily select a plurality of tabs for which the common area 41 is to be set via the setting tab selection screen 110 shown in FIG. Furthermore, the tab screen on which the common area 41 is set can be easily changed.

(1c) The user can enable or disable the common area setting via the common area setting screen 100 shown in FIG. Therefore, if the common area 41 is unnecessary, the common area 41 can be easily removed from all tab screens by setting the common area setting to invalid.

(1d) When a common area is set on a tab screen, if a registered icon is already placed in that common area on that tab screen, the user will be asked to decide what to do with the registered icon in that common area. can be selected. If the user does not need the registered icon placed in the area set as the common area, he or she can delete it (S360). Conversely, the registered icon placed in the area set as the common area can be moved to the individual area 42 of any tab screen and left there (S370).

(1e) When the common area setting is changed from valid to invalid, on the tab screen where the common area is set, the set common area is canceled and becomes an individual area. At this time, the user can specify what to do with the registration icons that were originally arranged in the common area via the processing method selection screen 120 shown in FIG. Specifically, one of full deletion, full preservation, and partial preservation can be specified.

Therefore, if you want to keep the registered icons that were placed in the original common area as they are even after changing from the common area to the individual area, you can do so by specifying that all icons should remain. In addition, if all the registered icons placed in the original common area are unnecessary, specifying "all deletion" will delete all the registered icons placed in the common area and mark them as unregistered icons. Can be registered. Furthermore, if you want to keep some of the registered icons arranged in the original common area while deleting others, you can do so by specifying that some of them should be kept.

Note that in this embodiment, each registered icon other than the unregistered icon in which a function or setting item is registered corresponds to a specific icon of the present invention. Further, S110 corresponds to display processing of the present invention. S270 corresponds to the validity/invalidity setting process of the present invention. S300 corresponds to selection acceptance processing of the present invention. S320 corresponds to the range reception process of the present invention. S360 corresponds to deletion processing of the present invention. S310 corresponds to common area setting processing of the present invention. S390 to S400 correspond to cancellation-related processing of the present invention. S410 corresponds to common area release processing of the present invention. S420 and S430 correspond to the placement acceptance process of the present invention. S450 corresponds to the placement process of the present invention.

[2. Other embodiments]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications.

(2-1) In the above embodiment, the tab screen for setting the common area can be selected via the settings tab selection screen 110 in FIG. 10, but the tab screen for setting the common area can be selected using other methods. You may also be able to select it. For example, when the standby screen 25 is displayed, by performing a specific operation on the tab displayed on the standby screen 25, it is possible to select whether or not to set a common area for each tab. good.

(2-2) In FIG. 7, when the common area setting is changed from invalid to valid, the selection of the tab screen for setting the common area (S300) and the selection of the range of the common area within the tab screen (S320) are performed. We showed that it is possible. On the other hand, even while the common area settings remain valid without being changed, you can change the tab screen that sets the common area at any time, or change the tab screen within the tab screen. It may also be possible to change the range of the common area.

In the above embodiment, the upper half area of the tab screen is the common area 41, and the lower half area is the individual area 42, but such area division is just an example, and the user can The range of 42 can be arbitrarily determined.

(2-3) In the above embodiment, the number of icons arranged in the common area 41 is four, but the number of icons arranged in the common area 41 may be other than four. The number of icons arranged in the individual area 42 may also be other than four.

(2-4) For each of the common area 41 and the individual area 42, how the icons are arranged in the respective areas, what shape each icon is formed, etc. may be determined as appropriate.

(2-5) The total number of tabs Nt may be less than or equal to the maximum number of tabs (four in the above embodiment) that can be displayed simultaneously on the standby screen 25.
(2-6) Even in the general mode, you cannot move, replace, or delete icons in the common area 41 or the individual area 42, or move or replace icons between the common area 41 and the individual area 42. It may be possible to operate. Further, in the above embodiment, it is possible to newly register and edit icons in the individual area 42 even in the general mode, but it is not possible to newly add or edit icons in the general mode even in the individual area 42. You can do it like this. Conversely, even in the general mode, new registration and editing of icons may be possible in both the common area 41 and the individual area 42.

(2-7) A method for making the common area 41 and the individual areas 42 visually distinguishable may be determined as appropriate. For example, the background colors or patterns of the regions 41 and 42 may be differentiated. Furthermore, for example, the colors, patterns, shapes, etc. of the icons arranged in the respective areas 41 and 42 may be distinguished. Further, for example, a boundary line may be displayed at the boundary between each area 41 and 42.

(2-8) Multiple functions of one component in the above embodiments may be realized by multiple components, or one function of one component may be realized by multiple components. Good too. Further, a plurality of functions possessed by a plurality of constituent elements may be realized by one constituent element, or one function realized by a plurality of constituent elements may be realized by one constituent element. Further, a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be omitted. Further, at least a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be added to or replaced with the configuration of other embodiments.

3... Operation panel, 10... Image processing device, 11... Control unit, 12... Storage unit, 13... Display unit, 14... Input unit, 14a... Touch panel, 25... Standby screen, 28... Administrator button, 31... First Tab, 32...Second tab, 33...Third tab, 34...Fourth tab, 35...Fifth tab, 36...Sixth tab, 41...Common area, 42...Individual area, 50...First tab screen, 51 ～58, 61～68, 71～78...Icon, 60...Second tab screen, 70...Fourth tab screen, 90...Standby editing screen, 100...Common area setting screen, 110...Setting tab selection screen, 120...Processing Method selection screen.

Claims (12)

A display section;
an input section;
a control unit;
printing department and
a reading section;
An image processing device comprising:
The control unit includes:
If the authentication conditions for a specific administrator are met based on the input operation via the input unit, the operation mode of the image processing device is set to administrator mode, and if the authentication conditions are not met, the operation is performed. Operation mode setting processing for setting the mode to general mode;
a display process for displaying a standby screen on the display unit;
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The standby screen includes one icon screen that is selectively selected from among the plurality of icon screens,
Each of the plurality of icon screens includes a plurality of icons,
The plurality of icons include two or more specific icons each associated with a specific process to be executed,
The two or more specific icons include at least one first type specific icon and at least one second type specific icon,
Each of the at least one first type specific icon is associated with a function including causing the reading unit to read an image,
Each of the at least one second type specific icon is associated with a function including causing the printing unit to print an image,
A common area is set for each of at least two icon screens among the plurality of icon screens,
The control unit further includes:
in the administrator mode, a range reception process of accepting a specific range designation operation for designating the range of the common area via the input unit;
A selection operation for selecting two or more icon screens on which the common area should be set among the plurality of icon screens is accepted via the input unit, and each of the two or more icon screens selected by the selection operation is a common area setting process of setting the range specified by the range specification operation to the common area;
In the administrator mode, each of the at least two icon screens on which the common area is set is set as a common icon screen, and icons are arranged in the common area within the common icon screen displayed on the display unit. a placement reception process of accepting a placement operation via the input unit, wherein the placement operation allows placement of both the first type specific icon and the second type specific icon;
a placement process of placing the icon placed in the common area by the placement operation in the common area on each of the other common icon screens that are not displayed on the display unit;
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The display processing includes displaying the standby screen including the common icon screen on the display unit in response to the common icon screen being brought into the selected state in both the administrator mode and the general mode. , the common icon screen includes icons placed in the common area set based on the range reception process in the administrator mode based on the arrangement reception process in the administrator mode,
In both the administrator mode and the general mode, the control unit may perform an operation via the input unit to designate an icon arranged in the common area of the common icon screen displayed by the display process. executing the specific process associated with the icon in accordance with what has been done;
Image processing device. The image processing device according to claim 1,
The common area setting process includes:
receiving a selection operation for selecting two or more icon screens on which the common area should be set among the plurality of icon screens through the input unit;
An image processing device that sets the common area on each of the two or more icon screens selected by the selection operation. The image processing device according to claim 1 or 2,
The control unit further includes:
When the common area is set by the common area setting process and the specific icon is already placed in the common area, a deletion process of deleting the specific icon placed in the common area;
An image processing device that executes The image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The control unit further includes:
a valid/invalid setting process for validating or invalidating the setting of the common area;
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The control unit is configured to be able to execute the common area setting process when the common area setting is set to be valid by the valid/invalid setting process.
Image processing device. The image processing device according to claim 4,
The control unit further includes:
If the setting of the common area is changed from the valid setting to invalid by the valid/invalid setting process, the common area on each common icon screen before the setting change is changed. Common area cancellation processing that cancels the settings of
An image processing device that executes The image processing device according to claim 5,
The control unit further includes:
When the setting of the common area on each common icon screen is canceled by the common area cancellation process and the specific icon is arranged in the common area, any of the following (a) to (c) Cancellation-related processing, which is the processing of
An image processing device that executes
(a) Processing for deleting the specific icon arranged in the common area on all the common icon screens.
(b) Processing for maintaining the arrangement state of the specific icon arranged in the common area on all the common icon screens.
(c) Only the specific icons arranged in the common area in one or more specific common icon screens out of all the common icon screens are left in the arrangement state, and the common icons in other common icon screens are Processing for deleting the specific icon placed within the area. The image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The standby screen is displayed in a rectangular image display area on the display unit,
In each of the plurality of icon screens, the plurality of icons are arranged in a matrix of m rows in the short side direction of the image display area and n columns in the long side direction of the image display area,
The m and the n are each natural numbers of 2 or more, and the n is larger than the m,
The common area is set to be an area that includes icons for any one of the m lines and does not include other icons.
Image processing device. The image processing device according to claim 7,
The image processing device, wherein each of the plurality of icons includes an image and text that are arranged side by side in the short side direction. The image processing device according to claim 7 or 8,
The control unit further includes:
an edit screen display process for displaying a standby edit screen in the image display area;
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The standby editing screen is
one icon screen that is selectively selected from among the plurality of icon screens;
an edit button display area arranged to be aligned with the one icon screen in the short side direction, the edit button display area including at least one icon edit button;
has
Each of the at least one icon editing button is associated with an editing process that allows editing the arrangement of the plurality of icons including the icon in the common area.
Image processing device. The image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The plurality of icons include a shortcut registration icon for newly generating a shortcut icon,
The shortcut icon is an icon associated with a shortcut function that causes a specific function to be executed under specific execution conditions set in advance,
The control unit is further configured to execute a process of generating the shortcut icon in response to an operation instructing the shortcut registration icon being performed via the input unit,
The common area is configured such that the shortcut icon and the shortcut registration icon can be placed therein.
Image processing device. A display section;
an input section;
a control unit;
printing department and
a reading section;
A display control method used in an image processing device comprising:
an operation mode setting that sets the operation mode of the image processing device to administrator mode when authentication conditions for a specific administrator are met; and sets the operation mode to general mode when the authentication conditions are not met; step and
a display processing step of displaying a standby screen on the display unit;
has
The standby screen includes one icon screen that is selectively selected from among the plurality of icon screens,
Each of the plurality of icon screens includes a plurality of icons,
The plurality of icons include two or more specific icons each associated with a specific process to be executed,
The two or more specific icons include at least one first type specific icon and at least one second type specific icon,
Each of the at least one first type specific icon is associated with a function including causing the reading unit to read an image,
Each of the at least one second type specific icon is associated with a function including causing the printing unit to print an image,
A common area is set for each of at least two icon screens among the plurality of icon screens,
The display control method further includes:
In the administrator mode, a range receiving step of accepting a specific range designation operation for designating the range of the common area via the input unit;
A selection operation for selecting two or more icon screens on which the common area should be set among the plurality of icon screens is accepted via the input unit, and each of the two or more icon screens selected by the selection operation is a common area setting step of setting the range specified by the range specification operation to the common area;
In the administrator mode, each of the at least two icon screens on which the common area is set is set as a common icon screen, and icons are arranged in the common area within the common icon screen displayed on the display unit. a placement reception step of accepting a placement operation via the input unit, the placement operation being able to place both the first type specific icon and the second type specific icon;
a placement step of placing the icon placed in the common area by the placement operation in the common area on each of the other common icon screens that are not displayed on the display unit;
has
In the displaying step, in both the administrator mode and the general mode, in response to the common icon screen being brought into the selected state, the standby screen including the common icon screen is displayed on the display unit. , the common icon screen includes icons arranged based on the placement acceptance step in the administrator mode in the common area set based on the range acceptance step in the administrator mode,
In both the administrator mode and the general mode, in response to an instruction to specify an icon arranged in the common area of the common icon screen displayed in the display step, an icon associated with the icon is displayed. Execute the specific processing that is
Display control method. A display section;
an input section;
a control unit;
printing department and
a reading section;
A display control program that is executed by the control unit in an image processing device comprising:
In the control section,
If the authentication conditions for a specific administrator are met based on the input operation via the input unit, the operation mode of the image processing device is set to administrator mode, and if the authentication conditions are not met, the operation is performed. Operation mode setting processing for setting the mode to general mode;
a display process for displaying a standby screen on the display unit;
run the
The standby screen includes one icon screen that is selectively selected from among the plurality of icon screens,
Each of the plurality of icon screens includes a plurality of icons,
The plurality of icons include two or more specific icons each associated with a specific process to be executed,
The two or more specific icons include at least one first type specific icon and at least one second type specific icon,
Each of the at least one first type specific icon is associated with a function including causing the reading unit to read an image,
Each of the at least one second type specific icon is associated with a function including causing the printing unit to print an image,
A common area is set for each of at least two icon screens among the plurality of icon screens,
The display control program further causes the control unit to:
in the administrator mode, a range reception process of accepting a specific range designation operation for designating the range of the common area via the input unit;
A selection operation for selecting two or more icon screens on which the common area should be set among the plurality of icon screens is accepted via the input unit, and each of the two or more icon screens selected by the selection operation is a common area setting process of setting the range specified by the range specification operation to the common area;
In the administrator mode, each of the at least two icon screens on which the common area is set is set as a common icon screen, and icons are arranged in the common area within the common icon screen displayed on the display unit. a placement reception process of accepting a placement operation via the input unit, wherein the placement operation allows placement of both the first type specific icon and the second type specific icon;
a placement process of placing the icon placed in the common area by the placement operation in the common area on each of the other common icon screens that are not displayed on the display unit;
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The display processing includes displaying the standby screen including the common icon screen on the display unit in response to the common icon screen being brought into the selected state in both the administrator mode and the general mode. , the common icon screen includes icons placed in the common area set based on the range reception process in the administrator mode based on the arrangement reception process in the administrator mode,
In both the administrator mode and the general mode, an operation to designate an icon arranged in the common area of the common icon screen displayed by the display process is performed via the input unit. , causing the specific process associated with the icon to be executed in response to the icon.
Display control program.

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