JP2009128661A - Display image controller, and display image processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily expand or contract a display area of a displayed image, and to obtain an easy-to-look image display form. <P>SOLUTION: An image display part 7 displays the image. An input part 9 receives an operation input in an optional indication portion on a list image on the image display part 7. An operation determination part 17 determines whether the indication portion in the operation (input) part 9 is slide-input continuously in a range of a prescribed reference slide range or more, or not. The operation determination part 17 outputs display change information of expanding or contracting, along a slide direction, the display area of the image concerned in a start position of the indication portion, when the slide range is the reference slide range or more. A control part 1 controls the expansion/contraction display of the list image in the image display part 7, based on the display change information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display image control apparatus and a display image processing program, and more particularly, to an improvement in a display image control apparatus and a display image processing program suitable for use in an image forming apparatus such as a multi function peripheral (MFP).

  In an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction peripheral, a display unit of, for example, a liquid crystal type is provided so as to display a list of communication partners for facsimile and e-mail, in addition to display of operation functions and operation states. The same applies to various electronic devices.

  However, unlike a display of a personal computer, a display unit of a multifunction device or the like has a relatively small screen size, so that display information can be displayed only in a small area.

  Therefore, for example, an image processing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-204540 (Patent Document 1) is provided.

  In this patent document 1, in an image processing apparatus having a layout program and an image processing program, a plurality of image parts laid out by execution of the layout program are displayed on the CRT, and one of the plurality of image parts displayed on the CRT is displayed. The selection recognizing means recognizes that the image part has been selected, the image processing program that can process the selected image part is started by the starting means, and the image of the selected image part is enlarged and displayed on the CRT by the display control means. By selecting an image part to be corrected on the display means, the layout program switches to the image processing program and enlarges the image part to facilitate the image processing operation.

  Further, for example, a remote control device disclosed in JP 2006-114964 A (Patent Document 2) is also provided.

This Patent Document 2 includes a dot matrix display, a plurality of operation switches, and a communication unit for remotely operating a controlled device, and represents a screen displayed on the dot matrix display with an image such as a memo pad. The list display screen can be called by operating the icons arranged on the screen, making it easy for the user to visualize the screen configuration and making the multifunctional and complex remote control operation display easy to understand. .
JP-A-9-204540 JP 2006-114964 A

  However, in Patent Document 1 described above, if this is applied to, for example, a communication partner list or other list display, the character size of the list display line is enlarged with the enlargement of the display area. The list is overflowing out of the display area, and the operability is not good.

  On the other hand, in Patent Document 2, when this is applied to a communication partner list or other list display, the caller of the list display screen is an icon, so that if the number of lists is large, the called list display screen is displayed in an easy-to-view manner. There are drawbacks that make it difficult to improve, and improvements are desired.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a display image control apparatus and a display image that can expand and reduce a display area of a displayed display image and easily obtain an easy-to-view image display form. The purpose is to provide a processing program.

  In order to solve such a problem, a display image control apparatus according to the present invention includes an image display unit that displays an image, an input unit that receives an operation input of an arbitrary designated portion in a display image on the image display unit, It is determined whether or not the designated location in the input section has been continuously slid in a range equal to or greater than a predetermined reference slide range. When the slide range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range, a display image related to the start position of the designated location An operation discriminating unit that outputs display change information for expanding or reducing the display area in the slide direction, and a control unit that controls expansion / contraction display of the image on the image display unit based on the display change information.

  In the display image control apparatus of the present invention, when the slide direction includes a right or downward element, the operation determination unit outputs extended display change information, and when the slide direction includes a left or upward element, the operation determination unit changes the reduced display. A configuration for outputting information is also possible.

  In the display image control apparatus of the present invention, when the slide direction is a diagonally lower right direction, the operation determining unit outputs two-dimensional extended display change information corresponding to a vertical and horizontal slide amount, and when the slide direction is a diagonally upper left direction, the operation is performed. A configuration in which the determination unit outputs two-dimensional reduced display change information corresponding to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts is also possible.

  In the display image control device of the present invention, when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range, the operation determination unit determines that the operation selection function is assigned to the operation input position and outputs the operation selection information Is also possible.

  In the display image control apparatus of the present invention, a configuration in which the display image that receives an operation input is a list display is also possible.

  In the display image processing program according to the present invention, an image display process for displaying an image on the image display unit with respect to a control computer for expanding or reducing the display area of the display image displayed on the image display unit, and this image An input process for receiving an operation input at an arbitrary designated place in the display image on the display unit, and determining whether or not the designated place by the input process has been continuously slid within a predetermined reference slide range, and the slide When the range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range, an operation determination process for outputting display change information for expanding or reducing the display area of the display image related to the start position of the designated location in the slide direction, and based on the display change information An image change control process for controlling expansion / contraction display of the image in the image display unit is executed.

  In the display image processing program of the present invention, when the slide direction includes a right or down direction element, the output determination change information is output in the operation determination process, and when the slide direction includes a left or up direction element, the operation determination is performed. A configuration in which reduced display change information output processing is executed in the processing is also possible.

  In the display image processing program of the present invention, when the slide direction is diagonally lower right, the operation determination process executes output processing of two-dimensional extended display change information according to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts, and in the diagonally upper left direction. There may be a configuration in which the operation determination process executes the output process of the two-dimensional reduced display change information corresponding to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts.

  In the display image processing program of the present invention, when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range, the operation determination process is determined as the operation selection function assigned to the operation input position, and the operation selection information is output. It is also possible to configure.

  The display image processing program of the present invention may be configured such that the display image that receives an operation input is executed in a list display.

  In the display image control apparatus and the display image processing program according to the present invention as described above, an image is displayed on the image display unit, and an operation input at an arbitrary designated place in the display image on the image display unit is received from the input unit, and the operation is performed. In the determination process, it is determined whether or not the point indicated by the input process has been continuously slid in a range equal to or greater than a predetermined reference slide range, and when the slide range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range, the start position of the specified point The display change information for expanding or reducing the display area of the display image in the slide direction is output, and the image change control unit controls the expansion / contraction display of the image on the image display unit based on the display change information. The display area can be expanded or reduced by extending the slide instruction range for the displayed display image, making it easy to see It becomes easy to obtain an image display mode.

  In the present invention, in the configuration in which the extended display change information is output when the slide direction includes a right or lower direction element, and the reduced display change information is output when the slide direction includes a left or upper direction element, the expansion or reduction is performed according to the slide direction. A screen is obtained.

  In the present invention, when the slide direction is diagonally lower right, two-dimensional extended display change information corresponding to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts is output, and when the slide direction is diagonally upper left, two-dimensional reduced display corresponding to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts is output. In the configuration for outputting the change information, an expanded screen or a reduced screen corresponding to the slide amount is obtained.

  In the present invention, when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range, the operation selection function assigned to the operation input position is determined and the operation selection information is output. It is possible to achieve the operation of the operation selection function assigned to the operation input position.

  In the present invention, in the configuration in which the display image is executed in list display, the display area necessary for display is particularly large. Therefore, the operability is improved by properly using expansion or reduction.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The display image control apparatus according to the present invention will be described in a state where it is mounted on a multifunction peripheral, and the display image processing program according to the present invention will be described in the course of explaining the display image control apparatus.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a multi-function apparatus A equipped with a display image control apparatus according to the present invention.

  The multi-function peripheral A includes an image reading unit 3, a storage unit 5, an image display unit 7, an operation unit 9, a printing unit 11, and a communication unit 13 connected to the control unit 1. Device. The multi-function machine A has other constituent elements, but is not a main part of the present invention, and thus description and illustration thereof are omitted. The function of the control unit 1 will be described later.

  The image reading unit 3 is a known scanner that optically reads an image from a document under the control of the control unit 1 and generates electronic image data subjected to filter processing or the like as a print job. Each page is sequentially stored in the storage unit 5.

  The storage unit 5 reads / writes a print job from the image reading unit 3 or the communication unit 13, an operation program of the control unit 1, a selection button image, a list image to be described later, a reference slide range, and the like under the control of the control unit 1. Possible, for example, a hard disk (HDD). The list screen and the reference slide range will be described later.

  The image display unit 7 is a known liquid crystal display or the like disposed in the multi-function peripheral A, and displays various operational data in the multi-function peripheral A, as well as “copy execution”, “number of copies”, “density”, It has a function of displaying the above-described selection button images and list images such as “monochrome / color” and “paper cassette”.

  The operation unit 9 includes a transparent touch panel switch or the like arranged to overlap the image display unit 7 in the multi-function device A. An input unit that receives a selection input and a selection instruction for a list image. The input code and other information are output to the control unit 1.

  The operation unit 9 slides on the plate surface while being pressed (touched) in the display image area on the image display unit 7, thereby providing the control unit 1 with slide displacement information related to the slide input point, the slide direction, and the slide amount. It has a function to output.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, on the operation display screen of the operation unit 9, an instruction location of the display image area, that is, a pressing (touch) position “x, y” point is used as a start position, and pressing is performed from this “x, y” point ( When it is slid continuously on the plate surface in the touched state and released (released) at the “X, Y” or “X ′, Y ′” point, it counts the slide amount and recognizes the slide direction. The slide displacement information related to the slide direction and slide amount is output to the control unit 1.

  In addition, the value “w” in the width direction and the value “h” in the vertical direction in FIG. 2 are the above-described reference slide range, for example, a value of about several mm to 1 cm, and display change information described later is not output. It is a range.

  The printing unit 11 is a known print engine that creates and develops image image data from a print job and forms an image by performing monochrome or color printing on printing paper under the control of the control unit 1.

  The communication unit 13 is connected to an external electronic device such as a multi-function device (image forming apparatus) B via the network 15 under the control of the control unit 1, and is connected to the multi-function device B according to a predetermined data transmission protocol. An interface for sending and receiving e-mail and facsimile. As the data transfer protocol, for example, TCP / IP ((simple network management protocol)) and other uses are possible.

  The communication unit 13 automatically establishes a connection with the multifunction device B or the like by a predetermined address or the like when the multifunction device A is connected to the multifunction device B or the like via the network 15.

  The control unit 1 includes a CPU, a ROM that stores a startup program for the CPU, and the like. The image reading unit 3, the storage unit 5, the image display unit 7, the operation unit 9, and the printing are performed according to application programs stored in the storage unit 5. While controlling the part 11 and the communication part 13, it has the following functions.

  The control unit 1 has a function of storing and controlling the print job from the image reading unit 3 and the communication unit 13 in the storage unit 5 based on the application program and setting information (not shown), and passes the print job to the printing unit 11 for printing. It has a function of controlling (image formation control) and a function of performing data communication with the multifunction device B.

  Based on the slide displacement information, the control unit 1 performs the press release (release) position “X, Y” point or “X” from the press (touch) position “x, y” point on the operation unit 9 as shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the slide range up to the point “, Y” exceeds the predetermined reference slide range (w, h), and is pressed (touch) when the slide range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range. It has a function as the operation determination unit 17 that outputs display change information that two-dimensionally expands the display area of the display image relating to the position “x, y” point in accordance with the slide amount with respect to the slide direction. Of course, it is limited to the display range of the image display unit 7.

On the other hand, if the slide range is within the reference slide range (w, h), the operation determination unit 17 does not output the display change information to be expanded or reduced, and the pressed (touch) position “x, y” point. A function of outputting operation selection information of the display image according to the above.
The operation selection information is a function assigned to the display area in the display image, for example, selection of “execution of copying”, “number of copies” or “paper cassette”, or an operation input such as selection of individual destinations in the list image. is there.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the list image is a list of a plurality of e-mails, and is an image in which details of destinations (e-mail addresses) are listed in addition to destination names, and are stored in the storage unit 5 in advance. Yes. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the list image expansion operation, which will be described later.

  When the sliding direction is the diagonally upper left direction, that is, in FIG. 2, the function determination unit 17, from the pressed (touch) position “X ′, Y ′” point to the pressed release (release) position “X, Y” point. When the slide range is equal to or larger than a predetermined reference slide range (w, h), the display area of the display image corresponding to the pressed (touch) position “X, Y” point (“x, y” point) is set with respect to the slide direction. In addition, it has a function of outputting display change information that is two-dimensionally reduced according to the slide amount.

  The operation determination unit 17 has a function of determining that the operation selection function is assigned to the operation input position and outputting the operation selection information when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range.

  When the display surface of the operation unit 9 is pressed (touched), the control unit 1 prohibits selection acceptance to the display image area, and expands or reduces the image in the image display unit 7 based on the display change information described above. After the (extension / contraction) display control, it also has a function of processing the cancellation of the acceptance of selection for the display image and controlling the execution of the operation based on the operation selection information.

  In other words, when the display surface of the operation unit 9 is pressed (touched), selection acceptance to the display image area is prohibited, and expansion or reduction (expansion / contraction) display control of the image is ensured, and after that or no expansion / contraction display control is performed. At that time, the prohibition of selection acceptance is canceled.

  Next, the operation of the display image control apparatus according to the present invention will be briefly described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The display image expansion operation will be described as an example.

  When the program starts and a slide operation is performed by pressing and releasing on the operation unit 9 in step S1, the control unit 1 executes a process of prohibiting selection acceptance to the operation unit 9 in step S2, and then in step S3. Then, the operation determination unit 17 determines whether or not the release coordinates (X ′, Y ′) are “x <X ′ <x + w” and “y <Y ′ <y + h”, that is, whether or not the reference slide range is exceeded.

  If the slide amount does not reach the reference slide range from the release coordinates (X ′, Y ′) and step S3 is YES, the process proceeds to step S5. If the slide amount is greater than the reference slide range and step S3 is NO, step S4 is performed. Then, the operation determination unit 17 outputs display change information for enlarging the list display area to the control unit 1, and the control unit 1 performs extended display control of the image on the image display unit 7, and proceeds to step S <b> 5.

  Next, in step S5, the control unit 1 performs a process for canceling the prohibition of selection acceptance to the list display area, and the process ends.

  These processes are executed by the display image processing program of the present invention.

  Incidentally, FIG. 3B shows a state where the list image of FIG. A is slid and expanded only in the downward direction (h direction), and FIG. In FIG. 3B, the number of destinations to be displayed increases, and in FIG. 3C, in addition to that, details of individual destinations are displayed in detail.

  As described above, the display image control apparatus according to the present invention includes an image display unit 7 that displays a list image, and an operation unit (input unit) that receives an operation input at an arbitrary designated location in the list image on the image display unit 7. 9 and whether or not the indicated position on the operation unit 9 is continuously slid and input within the predetermined reference slide range or more. When the slide range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range, the start position of the specified position is determined. An operation discriminating unit (control unit) 17 for outputting two-dimensional display change information for expanding or reducing the display area of the list image according to the slide amount in the slide direction according to the slide amount, and the image display unit 7 based on the display change information. And a control unit that controls expansion / contraction display of the list image.

  Therefore, if the range for slide input is increased, the display area of the displayed list image can be expanded or reduced, and an easy-to-view image display form can be easily obtained.

  Moreover, if the slide direction is set to the diagonally lower right direction, two-dimensional extended display is possible, and if the slide direction is set to the diagonally lower right direction, two-dimensional reduced display is possible. In particular, if the display area of the list image is expanded. The height of the list display area is expanded to improve the operability of the downward selection, and more detailed information can be displayed by expanding the width of the list display area.

  On the other hand, when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range, the operation determination unit 7 determines that the operation selection function is assigned to the operation input position and outputs the operation selection information. Therefore, it is possible to ensure the conventional operability.

  In other words, the display area can be expanded or reduced and the operation selection input assigned to the display image can be performed depending on the size (long or short) of the slide input range.

  By the way, in the display image control device of the present invention, the sliding direction is not limited to the diagonally lower right direction or the diagonally lower right direction, and can be performed in the vertical and horizontal directions, and is operated when the sliding direction includes a right or downward element. What is necessary is just to comprise so that the discrimination | determination part 17 may output extended display change information, and the operation discrimination | determination part 17 will output reduction | decrease display change information when a left or upward direction element is included.

  However, in the display image control apparatus of the present invention, if the configuration is such that the two-dimensional extended display change information or the two-dimensional reduced display change information corresponding to the slide amount is output, the extended or reduced display corresponding to the sense of slide operation is possible. is there.

  In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the list image is expanded or reduced from the operation unit 9, but the image to be expanded or reduced is not limited to the list display and can be implemented in various display images. is there.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention described above, the operation input of the designated portion is performed by pressing (touching) on the operation unit 9, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the operation unit (input unit) A configuration using a keyboard, a mouse, or the like as 9 is also possible.

  The display image control apparatus according to the present invention is not limited to the multi-function apparatus A, and can be implemented by being mounted on various electronic devices such as a copying machine, a computer, and a PDA (personal digital assistant).

  Also, the display image processing program according to the present invention can achieve the same effects as the above-described display image control apparatus of the present invention.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the outline of the multifunctional machine carrying the display image control apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation display screen of the image display part in the display image control apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the extended display state of the display image in the display image control apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the display image control apparatus which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 3 Image reading part 5 Memory | storage part 7 Image display part 9 Operation part (input part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Printing part 13 Communication part 15 Network 17 Operation discrimination | determination part A, B Image forming apparatus (multifunction machine)

Claims (10)

An image display section for displaying an image;
An input unit for receiving an operation input of an arbitrary designated portion in the display image on the image display unit;
It is determined whether or not the indicated location in the input unit has been continuously slid in a range equal to or greater than a predetermined reference slide range, and when the slide range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range, the start location of the indicated location is determined. An operation determination unit for outputting display change information for expanding or reducing the display area of the display image in the slide direction;
A control unit that controls expansion / contraction display of the image in the image display unit based on the display change information;
A display image control apparatus comprising: The display image control according to claim 1, wherein the operation determination unit outputs extended display change information when the slide direction includes a right or down direction element, and outputs reduced display change information when the slide direction includes a left or up direction element. apparatus. The operation determination unit outputs two-dimensional extended display change information corresponding to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts when the slide direction is a diagonally lower right direction, and corresponds to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts when the slide direction is an obliquely upper left direction. The display image control apparatus according to claim 2, which outputs two-dimensional reduced display change information. The operation determination unit determines that the operation selection function is assigned to the operation input position when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range, and outputs the operation selection information. Display image control device. The display image control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display image that receives an operation input is a list display. For a control computer that controls expansion or reduction of the display area of the display image displayed on the image display unit,
Image display processing for displaying the image on an image display unit;
An input process for receiving an operation input of an arbitrary designated portion in the display image on the image display unit;
It is determined whether or not the indicated location by the input process has been continuously slid in a range equal to or greater than a predetermined reference slide range, and when the slide range is equal to or greater than the reference slide range, the start location of the indicated location is related to An operation determination process for outputting display change information for expanding or reducing the display area of the display image in the slide direction;
An image change control process for controlling expansion / contraction display of the image in the image display unit based on the display change information;
A display image processing program characterized in that The operation determination process executes an output process of extended display change information when the slide direction includes a right or downward element, and executes an output process of reduced display change information when the slide direction includes a left or upward element. 6. The display image processing program according to 6. When the slide direction is a diagonally lower right direction, the operation determination process executes an output process of two-dimensional extended display change information corresponding to the vertical and horizontal slide amounts. When the slide direction is a diagonally upper left direction, the vertical and horizontal slide amounts are performed. The display image processing program according to claim 7, wherein the output processing of the two-dimensional reduced display change information in accordance with is executed. The operation determination process determines that the operation selection function is assigned to the operation input position when the slide range does not reach the reference slide range, and executes the operation selection information output process. A display image processing program according to claim 1. The display image processing program according to claim 6, wherein the display image that receives an operation input is a list display.

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