JP2019091100A - Display control apparatus, display control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To efficiently set a setting value for each setting item.SOLUTION: In a display control apparatus, a control unit causes a display unit to display an item list 51 in which a plurality of setting items are arranged. At this time, each setting value of the plurality of setting items is in an unset state. When any one of the setting item is selected among the item list 51, the control unit causes a setting value list 61 to be displayed instead of the item list 51. In the setting value list 61, the plurality of setting values corresponding to the selected setting item are arranged. When any one setting value is selected among the setting value list 61, the selected setting value is set to the setting value of the corresponding setting item, and the item list 61 is displayed again instead of the setting value list 51 after setting.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a screen for selecting setting values for each of a plurality of setting items.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a display control apparatus configured to cause a user to select setting values for each of a plurality of setting items necessary for executing a function, and to execute the function based on the selected setting values. Is disclosed.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2012-148552

As a method of causing the user to select the setting value for each setting item, for example, a specific initial value is automatically set for each setting item when the function is started, and the user sets the initial value to another setting value as needed. It is conceivable to make it changeable.
However, in this method, when the initial value is not the value desired by the user, it may take much time to change the setting value.

Further, as a method for causing the user to select the setting value for each setting item, for example, the setting item choices of the setting item are displayed sequentially in the order of predetermined setting items, and the option selected from them is set It is conceivable to set it as the setting value of the item.
However, in this method, since the order of setting items to be set is determined in advance, there is a possibility that the user can not always set efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to enable setting values for each setting item efficiently.

A display control device of the present invention includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The control unit executes item list display processing, item selection processing, set value list display processing, set value selection processing, setting processing, and item list redisplay processing.
The item list display process is a process of displaying an item list in which a plurality of setting items are arranged on the display unit. The setting value of each of the plurality of setting items in the item list is unset. The item selection process is a process for selecting any one setting item from the item list via the input unit when the item list is displayed on the display unit. The setting value list display process is a process for causing the display unit to display a setting value list instead of the item list when the setting item is selected by the item selection process. In the setting value list, a plurality of setting values corresponding to the selected setting item are arranged. The setting value selection process is a process of selecting any one setting value from the setting value list via the input unit. The setting process is a process of setting the setting value selected by the setting value selection process as the setting value of the corresponding setting item. The item list redisplay process is a process for causing the display unit to display the item list again in place of the set value list when the set value is set by the setting process.

When the item list is redisplayed by the item list redisplaying process, the setting value setting of the setting item for which the setting value is already set by the setting process is maintained, and the setting value is not set yet The item setting values remain unset.
In the display control device configured in this way, the user can select the setting item for which the setting value is desired to be set from the item list, and the setting value of the selected setting item can be selected from a plurality of setting value options. You can choose from. When one of the options is selected and the option is set to the set value, the item list is displayed again, and the set item to be set next can be selected from the item list to set the set value.

  Therefore, according to the display control device of the above configuration, the user can efficiently set the setting value for each setting item.

It is a block diagram showing composition of an image processing device of an embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an operation panel of the image processing apparatus of the embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows scan mode processing of an embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows a part of wizard type | mold process of S130 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the other part (continuation of FIG. 4) of the wizard type | mold process of S130 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the setting item selection screen display process of S240 in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the normal wizard process of S480 in FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an example of a screen displayed when selecting a setting format. It is an explanatory view showing a setting item information table of an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which illustrates the selection procedure of the setting value by a selective wizard. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of a setting value selection screen. It is a flowchart which shows the other example of a wizard type | mold process.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Embodiment]
(1) Configuration of Image Processing Apparatus The image processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 reads an image of a document and generates an image data of the read image, and prints the image on a recording sheet. It has a plurality of prescribed functions such as a print function, a copy function of printing an image read by the scan function on a recording sheet by the print function, and a fax function of transmitting and receiving facsimile data.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image processing apparatus 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a display unit 13, an input unit 14, a reading unit 15, a printing unit 16, a media interface unit 17, and A first communication unit 18 and a second communication unit 19 are provided, and they are mutually connected via a bus 20. The media interface unit is hereinafter abbreviated as "media I / F".
The control unit 11 has a CPU. The storage unit 12 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory such as a ROM, a RAM, an NVRAM, and a flash memory. That is, the image processing apparatus 10 includes a microcomputer including a CPU and a semiconductor memory.

  The control unit 11 implements various functions by executing the program stored in the non-transitional tangible recording medium. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 12 corresponds to a non-transitional tangible storage medium storing a program. The various functions realized by the control unit 11 are not limited to those realized by the execution of a program, and part or all of them may be realized using one or more pieces of hardware.

The storage unit 12 stores data of various screens to be displayed on the display unit 13 including a standby screen 25 (see FIG. 2) described later. The storage unit 12 also stores programs for executing the above-described functions, data of a setting item information table of FIG. 9 described later, and programs of processes shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 described later.
The display unit 13 includes a display device capable of displaying an image, such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display.

The input unit 14 has an input device for receiving various input operations. The input device included in the input unit 14 includes the power button 5, the ten keys 6, the return button 7, the home button 8, the stop button 9, and the touch panel 14 a illustrated in FIG. 2. The touch panel 14 a is disposed in an image display area in which an image on the display device of the display unit 13 is displayed.
The touch panel 14 a can detect an instruction operation by touching or proximity with an indicator on the image display area of the display unit 13. That is, when the pointing operation by the indicator is performed on the image display area of the display unit 13, the touch panel 14a can output the position information indicating the pointing position which is the position at which the pointing operation is performed. It is configured. The touch panel 14a of the present embodiment is configured to output position information continuously or periodically while an instruction operation is performed by the indicator.

The touch panel 14a may be configured to be capable of detecting only contact as an instruction operation, may be configured to be capable of detecting only proximity, or may be configured to be capable of detecting both contact and proximity. .
The control unit 11 acquires the position information output from the touch panel 14a, and based on the acquired position information, the presence or absence of the pointing operation of the pointer, the pointing position in the case where the pointing operation is performed, the pointing operation At least one specific operation by the indicator in the case where it is detected can be detected.

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 separated at the same position after the instruction operation is performed by the indicator. Various specific aspects of the indicator capable of performing the pointing operation are considered variously, and may be, for example, a fingertip or a specific pointing device such as a stylus pen.
The reading unit 15 includes an image sensor, reads an image of a document, and generates image data of the read image. The printing unit 16 has a printing mechanism of inkjet technology or electrophotographic technology, and can print an image on a sheet-like recording sheet.

The media I / F 17 is an interface unit to which various storage media such as a USB flash memory are mounted, and controls writing and reading of data to the mounted storage media.
The first communication unit 18 is a communication interface for connecting the image processing apparatus 10 to a data communication network. The first communication unit 18 is connectable to at least one of various networks such as a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, and the Internet, for example. The image processing apparatus 10 may be capable of wired or wireless data communication with various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer, a smartphone, and a tablet terminal via the first communication unit 18. The image processing apparatus 10 may be connected to the Internet via the first communication unit 18, and may be capable of data communication with other various servers, various information processing apparatuses, and the like 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 the present embodiment. Transmission and reception of facsimile data in the fax function is basically performed via the second communication unit 19.
(2) Configuration of Operation Panel An operation panel 3 shown in FIG. 2 is provided on one side surface of a housing (not shown) in the image processing apparatus 10. The operation panel 3 is provided with a power button 5, a ten key 6, a return button 7, a home button 8, a stop button 9, a display unit 13, and a touch panel 14a, as shown in FIG. . In addition, the display part 13 shown by FIG. 2 has shown the image display area in the display device which the display part 13 has in detail. The touch panel 14a is disposed so as to overlap substantially the entire range of the image display area.

  The power button 5 is a hard key operated by the user to turn on / off the power of the image processing apparatus 10. When the image processing apparatus 10 is powered on by the depression of the power button 5 and the operation of the image processing apparatus 10 is started, the control unit 11 performs a specific initialization process, and then the standby screen 25 is displayed on the display unit 13. Is displayed. The user can execute various functions or perform various settings by performing various input operations using the standby screen 25 as a starting point.

The numeric keypad 6 is a hardware for each of the numbers 0 to 9, which is operated by the user mainly when entering numbers, for example, when inputting a destination number of facsimile data or when inputting the number of copies in the copy function. Generic term for multiple hard keys including keys.
The return button 7 is a hard key operated by the user to return the screen of the display unit 13 to the screen 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.

(3) Description of Standby Screen The standby screen 25 is a tab-type screen having a plurality of tabs, and the contents of the screen can be switched by switching the tabs. Various kinds of information necessary for displaying the standby screen 25 and information on the contents of processing to be executed when various input operations are performed on the standby screen 25 through the input unit 14 are described in the storage unit 12. It is memorized.

On the standby screen 25, a plurality of icons are arranged. In the present embodiment, eight icons of the first icon 31 to the eighth icon 38 are arranged on the standby screen 25. Specific processing is associated with each icon. When one of the icons is tapped by the user, a specific process associated with the icon is executed.
The icons that can be arranged on the tab screen of the standby screen 25 include four types of icons when roughly classified. Specifically, there are a prescribed function icon, a shortcut icon, a setting icon, and an unregistered icon.

  The prescribed function icon is an execution target for executing any one of a plurality of prescribed functions such as a scan function, a print function, a copy function, a fax function, a web service function, and a convenient tool function that the image processing apparatus 10 has. It is an icon with which the prescribed function of is registered. That is, the specified function icon is associated with a specific process for realizing the registered specified function.

When the prescribed function icon is tapped, processing for causing the user to select setting values for each of various setting items necessary to execute the registered function is performed as described later. Then, when the setting value for each setting item is determined, the registered function is realized by executing a specific process based on each of the determined setting values.
The shortcut icon is an icon in which the setting value of any setting function and each setting item at the time of executing the setting function is preset by the user. The shortcut icon is basically not an icon arranged in advance from the time of shipment of the image processing apparatus 10, and the user performs an arbitrary registration operation on the unregistered icon to replace the unregistered icon. It is an icon to be arranged. When the shortcut icon is tapped, the registered function is executed in accordance with each preset setting value.

The setting icons are icons for setting various setting items. The setting icons are associated with specific processes for setting various setting items. Then, when the setting icon is tapped, setting of various setting items is realized by executing the associated specific process.
The unregistered icon is an icon whose function or the like is not registered at all, and is an icon which allows the user to newly register, for example, a prescribed function icon or a shortcut icon. When an unregistered icon is tapped, a specific process associated with the unregistered icon is executed, whereby new registration as a defined function icon or a shortcut icon is realized.

  In the standby screen 25 illustrated in FIG. 2, the first icon 31 is a defined function icon of the fax function, the second icon 32 is a defined function icon of the copy function, and the third icon 33 is a defined function icon of the scan function The fifth icon 35 is a setting icon, and the eighth icon 38 is a shortcut icon of the scan function. The fourth icon 34, the sixth icon 36, and the seventh icon 37 are unregistered icons.

(4) Scan Mode Process Next, among processes executed when any of the prescribed function icons on the standby screen 25 is tapped, the prescribed function icon (for example, the scan icon 33 in FIG. 2) corresponding to the scan function is selected. The scan mode process executed when tapped is described using FIGS. 3 to 7.

When the defined function icon corresponding to the scan function is tapped on the standby screen 25, the control section 11 sets the operation mode to the scan mode, and executes the scan mode process shown in FIG.
When the scan mode processing is started, the control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the setting format selection screen 40 illustrated in FIG. 8 at S110.

The setting format selection screen 40 is a screen for allowing the user to specify in which of the menu format and the wizard format the setting values of the plurality of setting items necessary for executing the scan function are set. On the setting format selection screen 40, a menu format button 41, a wizard format button 42, and a non-display check box 43 are displayed.
In S120, it is determined which button is tapped on the setting format selection screen 40.

When the menu format button 41 is tapped in S120, menu format processing is executed in S140 in order to make the user set each setting value in the menu format. Specifically, the setting menu screen 100 illustrated in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 13. In the menu type setting, specific initial values are set from the beginning as setting values of a plurality of setting items.
An item list 101 and a start button 102 are displayed on the setting menu screen 100. The item list 101 includes buttons 101a to 101d for each setting item. The name of the corresponding setting item and the setting value currently set are displayed on each of the buttons 101a to 101d. The user can change the setting value of the setting item corresponding to the button by tapping one of the buttons in the item list 101. Then, when the start button 102 is tapped, the scan operation is performed based on the currently set values. The scan operation is, for example, an operation of causing the reading unit 15 to read an image of a document and generating image data of the read image. When the scan operation is completed, that is, the menu type process of S140 is completed, the scan mode process is ended. After the end of the scan mode process, for example, the standby screen 25 is displayed.

When the wizard type button 42 is tapped in S120, a wizard type process is performed to make the user set each setting value in the wizard type in S130.
More specifically, the wizard format includes two types, a selective wizard format and a normal wizard format. In the wizard type process of S130, basically, the process according to the selective wizard type is executed, and when the normal wizard start button 54 (see FIG. 8 and FIG. 10) described later is tapped, the normal wizard type is performed. It is changed to the processing which followed.

The details of the wizard format of S130 are as shown in FIGS. That is, when the process proceeds to the wizard type process of S130, the setting item information table exemplified in FIG. 9 is read from the storage unit 12 in S210 of FIG.
In the setting item information table, item information of each of a plurality of setting items necessary for execution of the scan function is registered. The item information includes the setting number SI, the setting item name, the selection step, the selection setting value, the setting value option, the exclusion state, and the exclusion rate.

The setting number SI is a number assigned to each setting item to identify the setting item. The setting number SI is a serial number from 1 to n (n is the number of setting items, six in FIG. 9), and one setting item is associated with each.
The setting item name is information indicating the name of the setting item for each of a plurality of setting items necessary for executing the scan function. In the present embodiment, setting items necessary for executing the scan function include, for example, color setting, resolution, file format, document size, ADF inclination correction, and ground color removal.

The selection step is a value indicating which number is set in the process of sequentially setting the setting values of the setting items. The initial value of the selection step is zero. The selection step being 0 means that the setting value of the corresponding setting item has not been set yet.
The selection setting value indicates a setting value selected from among a plurality of options, that is, the setting value currently set. For setting items for which setting values have not been set, the selected setting value is set to NULL indicating that the setting item has not been set.

  The setting value options indicate setting values that can be selected in the corresponding setting item. The user can select any one of the options. However, as described later, it is not possible to select an option having an exclusive relationship with setting values of other setting items that have already been set, ie, options that can not be set simultaneously with setting values of other setting items. The exclusive relationship means a combination of setting values that can not be set simultaneously in different setting items.

  The exclusive state is calculated for each option. The exclusive state is information indicating whether or not an exclusive relationship has occurred with the setting values of other setting items that have already been set. If the exclusive relationship does not occur, the exclusive state is set to off. On the other hand, when the exclusive relationship with the setting value of any other setting item has occurred, it is set to ON. Options for which the exclusive state is turned on can not be selected at this time.

The exclusion rate indicates the ratio of the number Non of options whose exclusion state is set to ON and can not be selected to the number N of all options of the setting value in the setting item for each setting item. That is, the exclusion rate is calculated by dividing Non by N for each setting item.
For example, when the setting value of the file format is set to TIFF, color and gray among the three options for color setting, color, gray and monochrome, are mutually exclusive with TIFF and can not be selected. In this case, the color and gray exclusive states are set to on, respectively, and only monochrome is set to off. As a result, the exclusion rate for color setting is calculated to be 66% by dividing 2 by 3.

In the setting item information table, the selection step, the exclusion state, and the exclusion ratio are initialized to the initial values shown in FIG. 9 each time the scan mode processing is started, and the selection setting values are started with the scan mode processing. Every time, as shown in FIG. 9, it is initialized to NULL, ie, an unset state.
Returning to FIG. 4, the description will be continued. When the setting item information table (see FIG. 9) is read in S210, the setting step WS is initialized in S220, that is, WS is set to 1.

In S230, the setting step upper limit value WSmax is acquired. The setting step upper limit value WSmax is the number of setting items, that is, the number of setting items included in the setting item information table and is also the maximum value of the setting number SI, and is 6 in the present embodiment.
In S240, a setting item selection screen display process is performed. The setting item selection screen display process is a process of displaying the setting item selection screen 50 (see FIGS. 8 and 10) on the display unit 13. The details are as shown in FIG.

In the setting item selection screen display processing, in S510, the current setting step WS is displayed. More specifically, the setting step upper limit value WSmax is also displayed in a display format of "WS / WSmax". In S510, the title of the screen is displayed at the upper left of the screen.
At S520, the item list 51 is displayed. Specifically, the setting item information table is referred to, and item buttons of setting items whose selection step is 0 are displayed in a list form with the exclusion rates in the descending order of the exclusion rates.

  The item list 51 of FIG. 8 includes four item buttons: a color setting button 51a, a resolution button 51b, a file format button 51c, and a document size button 51d. In the present embodiment, the maximum number of item buttons that can be displayed simultaneously is four. Therefore, when there are five or more setting items whose selection step is 0, the upper scroll button 52 and the lower scroll button 53 are displayed, and the four item buttons are displayed according to the operation on the scroll buttons 52 and 53. Scroll

  In each item button in the item list 51, the name and the exclusion rate of the corresponding setting item are displayed. Further, the item buttons in the item list 51 are arranged in order from the top to the bottom of the screen in descending order of exclusion rate, that is, from setting items with high exclusion rates. When the exclusion rates are the same value, for example, the setting items are arranged in order from the smallest setting number SI, that is, from the setting items with the smallest setting number SI.

Further, at the timing when the scan mode process is started and the process of S240 is first executed, all the setting values of the setting items are NULL, that is, unset state.
In S530, the normal wizard start button 54 is displayed. The normal wizard start button 54 is a button for switching the specific content in the wizard format from the selective wizard format to the normal wizard format. After the process of S530, the process proceeds to S250 (see FIG. 4).

In S250, it is determined whether any setting item is selected from the item list 51, that is, whether any item button is tapped. If one of the setting items is selected, the process advances to step S260 to continue the selective wizard type process.
When the normal wizard start button 54 is tapped, the processing switches to the normal wizard type processing. That is, as described later, the normal wizard process of S480 (see FIG. 5) is performed.

This will be described below with reference to FIG. In FIG. 10, an image of a human right hand indicated by a broken line indicates that the position indicated by the tip of the forefinger is tapped.
In S260, the setting item information table is referred to, and the setting number SI of the setting item selected in S250 is acquired. Here, for example, it is assumed that the file format button 51c has been tapped in S250. In this case, in S260, "3" which is the file format setting number SI is acquired.

  In S270, in place of the setting item selection screen 50, the display unit 13 displays a setting value selection screen 60 for selecting a setting value of the selected setting item. On the setting value selection screen 60, as illustrated in FIG. 10, names of setting items and a setting value list 61 are displayed. The setting value list 61 is a list of setting value buttons corresponding to each of the plurality of options in the corresponding setting item.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the setting value list 61 corresponding to the file format includes four setting value buttons, ie, a JPEG button 61a, a PDF button 61b, a PDF multi-page button 61c, and a TIFF button 61d. ing. When there are five or more setting value options, the upper scroll button 62 and the lower scroll button 63 are displayed, and the four setting value buttons to be displayed are scrolled in accordance with the operation on the scroll buttons 62 and 63.

In S280, it is determined whether the return button 7 is pressed. If the return button 7 is pressed, the process returns to S240. If the return button 7 is not pressed, the process proceeds to S290.
In S290, it is determined whether any setting value is selected from the setting value list 61, that is, whether any setting value button is tapped. If the set value is not selected, the process returns to S270. If one of the setting values is selected, the process proceeds to S300. Here, for example, it is assumed that TIFF is selected on the setting value selection screen 60 of the file format.

At S300, the selection step corresponding to the setting item currently being set in the setting item information table, ie, the setting number SI of the setting item selected at S250 immediately before, is changed to the value of the current setting step WS.
In S310, the selected setting value corresponding to the setting number SI of the setting item currently being set in the setting item information table is changed to the setting value selected from the setting value list 61. For example, when TIFF is selected as the file format setting value, the file format selection setting value is changed to TIFF. As a result, TIFF is set as the file format setting value.

In S320, the exclusive state of all the options in the setting item information table is updated based on the selected setting value changed in S310. The storage unit 12 stores information indicating an exclusionary relationship, that is, exclusion information indicating which setting item of each setting item has an exclusionary relationship with each other. In S320, the exclusion state is updated for each option based on the exclusion information.
In the present embodiment, as exclusion information, it is stored that the TIFF of the option in the file format and the color and the gray of the two options in the color setting have an exclusion relationship that can not be set simultaneously. Therefore, when the file format is set to TIFF, in S320, the color and gray exclusion states in the color setting are both updated to on. Note that the exclusive state may be updated from on to off depending on the contents of change of the selected setting value in S310.

In S330, the exclusion rates of all the setting items in the setting item information table are recalculated based on the latest exclusion states updated in S320, and updated to the recalculated values. That is, the exclusion rate of each setting item is recalculated and updated in S330 each time the selected setting value of any setting item is changed in S310.
In S340, the value of the setting step WS is incremented by one.

In S350, it is determined whether the current setting step WS is larger than the setting step upper limit value WSmax. If the current setting step WS is equal to or less than the setting step upper limit value WSmax, the process returns to S240, and the setting item selection screen 50 is displayed again.
In this case, in place of the setting value selection screen 60, the setting item selection screen 50 is displayed again. However, in this case, in the process of S520, the setting item whose selection step is not 0, that is, the setting item in which the setting value is already set is excluded from the item list 51 and the item button is not displayed. In the example of FIG. 10, when the file format is set to TIFF, the file format button 51c is excluded in the setting item selection screen 50 displayed again in S240 after the setting.

  When the file format is set to TIFF in selection step 1 as illustrated in FIG. 10, the exclusion rate of color setting is 66%. Therefore, on the setting item selection screen 50 displayed again in S240 after setting the file format to TIFF, the color setting button 51a displays that the exclusion rate is 66%. Furthermore, in the item list 51, the color setting button 51a is displayed at the top based on the fact that the exclusion rate of color setting is the highest.

  Then, when the color setting button 51a is tapped, the setting value selection screen 60 for color setting is displayed in place of the setting item selection screen 50 as shown in FIG. 10 by the process of S270. On the setting value selection screen 60 for color setting, three setting value buttons, that is, a color button 71a, a gray button 71b, and a monochrome button 71c are displayed. However, in the example of FIG. 10, since the file format is set to TIFF, colors and grays exclusive to TIFF can not be selected. That is, in the setting value selection screen 60, the color button 71a and the gray button 71b are displayed in a mode (for example, grayed out) different from the other buttons and can not be selected.

  That is, in the example of FIG. 10, the setting value selectable in color setting is only monochrome. Then, when the monochrome button 71c is tapped, the setting value of the color setting is set to monochrome (S310), and the exclusive state of each option is updated according to the setting value of the color setting being set to monochrome (S320) And the exclusion rate of each setting item is recalculated (S330). Then, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the setting item selection screen 50 is displayed again in place of the setting value selection screen 60. At this time, since setting values are already set for the file format and the color setting, item buttons for these two setting items are excluded from the item list 51 as illustrated in FIG.

If it is determined in S350 that the current setting step WS is larger than the setting step upper limit WSmax, that is, if the setting value is set for all setting items, the process proceeds to S360.
In S360, a scan operation is performed. Specifically, the document is read according to the setting value of each setting item currently set, and data of the read image is generated. When the scan operation is completed, the main scan mode process is ended, and for example, the standby screen 25 is displayed.

If no setting item is selected from the item list 51 in S250, the process proceeds to S400 (see FIG. 5).
In S400, it is determined whether the normal wizard start button 54 has been tapped. If the normal wizard start button 54 is not tapped, the process proceeds to S410.
In S410, it is determined whether the return button 7 is pressed. If the return button 7 is not pressed, the process proceeds to S240 (see FIG. 4). If the return button 7 is pressed, the process proceeds to S420.

In S420, it is determined whether the current setting step WS is one. If the current setting step WS is 1, the present scan mode processing is ended, and for example, the standby screen 25 is displayed. If the current setting step WS is not 1, that is, 2 or more, the process proceeds to S430.
At S430, the setting step WS is decremented by one from the current value.

In S440, in the setting item information table, the setting item whose selection step is set to the same value as the current setting step WS is cleared. Specifically, the selection step of the setting item is initialized to 0, and the selected setting value is set to NULL, that is, changed to an unset state.
In S450, the exclusive state of all the options in the setting item information table is updated based on each selected setting value including the selected setting value cleared in S440.

In S460, the exclusion rates of all the setting items in the setting item information table are recalculated based on the latest exclusive states updated in S450, and updated to the recalculated values. After the process of S460, the process proceeds to S240.
The processing of S430 to S460 executed by tapping the back button 7 switches to the setting item selection screen 50 one step before, and the setting item selection screen 50 one step before is also displayed as the setting state of each setting value Switch to the state it was in.

  For example, in FIG. 10, when the setting item selection screen 50 is displayed after setting the file format to TIFF, when the return button 7 is pressed, the setting value selection screen 60 of the file format is displayed one step earlier. It switches to the setting item selection screen 50 immediately before is displayed. Further, for example, in FIG. 10, after the file format is set to TIFF and the color setting is set to monochrome, step 1 is performed when the return button 7 is pressed in a state where the setting item selection screen 50 is displayed. The setting item selection screen 50 is switched to the previous one, that is, immediately before the setting value selection screen 60 for color setting is displayed.

If the normal wizard start button 54 is tapped in S400, the process proceeds to S480 to execute the normal wizard process. That is, the wizard type is switched from the selective wizard type to the normal wizard type. Details of the normal wizard process of S480 are as shown in FIG.
When the process proceeds to the normal wizard process, in S610, the setting number SI of the setting item whose selection step is 0 and whose exclusion rate is the highest is acquired from the setting item information table.

  In S620, the setting value selection screen 60 of the setting item of the setting number SI acquired in S610 is displayed. At this time, the setting value selection screen 60 is displayed based on the information of the setting number SI in the setting item information table. Therefore, if there is an option whose exclusion state is set to ON, the setting value button of that option is grayed out and can not be selected as exemplified in FIG.

In S630, it is determined whether the return button 7 is pressed. If the return button 7 is not pressed, the process proceeds to S640.
In S640, it is determined whether any setting value is selected from the setting value list 61. If the set value is not selected, the process returns to S610. If one of the setting values is selected, the process proceeds to S650.

Since each process of S650-S710 is respectively the same as each process of S300-S360 in FIG. 4, description of the process of S650-S710 is abbreviate | omitted. However, in S700, if the current setting step WS is equal to or less than the setting step upper limit value WSmax, the process returns to S610.
If the return button 7 is pressed in S630, the process proceeds to S720. Since each process of S720-S760 is respectively the same as each process of S420-S460 in FIG. 5, description of each process of S720-S760 is abbreviate | omitted. However, after the process of S760, the process returns to S610.

  That is, in the normal wizard process, the setting item selection screen 50 is not displayed, the setting value selection screen 60 is sequentially displayed for the setting items in the unset state, and the selection of the setting value is accepted. In the present embodiment, the selection order of the setting values in the normal wizard process is, for example, the order of the highest exclusion rate, but may be another selection order. For example, the setting order may be predetermined. More specifically, for example, the setting numbers SI may be in ascending order.

(5) Effects of the Embodiment According to the embodiment described above, the following effects (a) to (d) can be obtained.
(A) In the image processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the user can select the setting item for which the setting value is to be set from the item list 51 displayed on the setting item selection screen 50, and the selected setting item The setting value of can be selected from a plurality of setting value options displayed on the setting value selection screen 60. When one of the options is selected and the option is set to the setting value, the setting item selection screen 50 is displayed again, and the setting item to be set next is selected from the setting item selection screen 50 and set. You can set the value.

Therefore, according to the image processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the user can efficiently set the setting value for each setting item.
(B) In the setting item selection screen 50, an exclusion rate is displayed on each item button. Then, every time the setting value is set, the exclusive states of all the options are updated, and the exclusion rates of all the setting items are recalculated. Furthermore, each item button in the item list 51 is arranged from the top in the descending order of the exclusion rate.

  Therefore, the user can select the setting item in consideration of the exclusion rate. For example, it is possible to set a setting item having a high exclusion rate first. Conversely, when there is a setting item whose exclusion rate is not 0, that can be recognized quickly and easily, and the setting procedure using the return button 7 in order to reduce or set the exclusion rate to 0 in the setting item Can be returned.

  It is assumed that the exclusion rate is not displayed and the list order of setting items is also a prescribed order. Then, for example, assume that the file format is set to TIFF in the first 1/6 step, and then the color setting is to be set in the last 6/6 step. In this case, the user recognizes that the exclusive relationship is occurring only when it is time to select the setting value of the color setting. Then, in order to select the setting value in the exclusive state, an operation to sequentially return to step 1/6 is required, which is very time-consuming.

In addition, if you do not understand the relationship between the exclusive states, that is, if you do not understand which setting items can change color or gray if you change the setting values of other setting items, much more time is required. It is expected that this will happen.
On the other hand, as in the present embodiment, the setting item selection screen 50 displays the item list 51 for which the exclusion rate has been completed, and allows the user to select a setting item from the item list 51. Thus, the user can efficiently select the setting value of each setting item with little effort while considering the exclusive relationship.

(C) In the setting item selection screen 50, a normal wizard start button 54 is displayed. The user can switch from the selective wizard format to the normal wizard format by tapping the normal wizard start button 54 to set each setting value in the unset state.
Therefore, for example, when there is one or a plurality of setting items to be set preferentially, setting is performed in the selective wizard format until setting values of the setting items are set, and when setting of the setting items is completed After that, the setting value can be sequentially set without displaying the setting item selection screen 50 by switching to the normal wizard format.

(D) In the present embodiment, when the scan mode processing is started, the setting format selection screen 40 is displayed first, and either the menu format or the wizard format can be selected as the setting method of the setting value.
Therefore, the user can set the setting value by selecting an appropriate setting format according to the situation from the menu format and the wizard format. Therefore, the usability of the user when setting the setting value is further improved.

In the present embodiment, the image processing apparatus 10 corresponds to the display control apparatus of the present invention. The normal wizard start button 54 corresponds to the normal setting button image of the present invention. The wizard type corresponds to the first setting method of the present invention, and the menu type corresponds to the second setting method of the present invention.
The processes of S110 to S120 correspond to the setting method designation process of the present invention. The process of S140 corresponds to the initial setting display process of the present invention. S240 executed first after S230 corresponds to the item list display process of the present invention. The process of S250 corresponds to the item selection process of the present invention. The process of S270 corresponds to the setting value list display process of the present invention. The process of S290 corresponds to the setting value selection process of the present invention. The process of S310 corresponds to the setting process of the present invention. The process of S240 which is shifted from S350 corresponds to the item list redisplay process of the present invention. The process of S330 corresponds to the exclusion rate calculation process of the present invention. The process of S400 corresponds to the normal setting acceptance process of the present invention. The process of S480 corresponds to the normal setting process of the present invention.

[Other embodiments]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention can be variously deformed and implemented, without being limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.
(1) In the setting item selection screen 50, when there is a setting item whose exclusion rate is not 0, the process returns to the selection step capable of setting the exclusion rate of the setting item to a value lower than the current value or 0. You may be able to

Specifically, as in the setting item selection screen 110 shown in FIG. 11, for example, the exclusion release button 111 may be displayed for each setting item whose exclusion rate is not zero. Furthermore, in the vicinity of the exclusion release button 111, a selection step that needs to be returned to set the exclusion rate to 0 may be displayed.
The setting item selection screen 110 shown on the left of FIG. 11 shows a state in which the selection step has reached three. That is, for example, as the file format setting value is set in selection step 1 and the color setting setting value is set in selection step 2, the resolution exclusion rate becomes 50% and the document size exclusion rate becomes 30%. Showing the status. In this case, on the right side of the resolution button 51b and the document size button 51d, the exclusion release button 111 and a selection step to be returned to set the exclusion rate to 0 are displayed, respectively.

Then, for example, when the exclusion release button 111 corresponding to the resolution is tapped, the setting item selection screen 110 when the selection step is 1 is returned to. As a result, the setting value of any setting item is canceled and returns to the unset state, and the exclusion rate becomes all zero.
Further, for example, when the exclusion release button 111 corresponding to the document size is tapped, the setting item selection screen 110 when the selection step is 2 is returned to. As a result, the setting value of color setting is canceled and returned to the unset state, and the exclusion rate of the document size becomes zero.

Screen transition as shown in FIG. 11 can be realized, for example, by adding processing as shown in FIG. 12 between S400 and S410 in scan mode processing.
That is, as shown in FIG. 12, when the normal wizard start button 54 is not tapped in S400, it is determined in S810 whether the exclusion release button 111 is tapped. If the exclusion release button 111 is not tapped, the process proceeds to S410. If the exclusion release button 111 is tapped, the process proceeds to S820.

In S820, the value of the current setting step WS is set as the old WS.
In step S830, the setting step WS is changed from the current value to the value of the setting item selection step necessary for releasing the exclusion of the corresponding setting item, that is, setting the exclusion rate to zero. For example, when it is necessary to return to the selection step 1 in order to set the exclusion rate to 0, the setting step WS is changed to 1.

In S840, in the setting item information table, each setting item for which the value of the selection step is set to the old WS to WS is cleared. The term “clear” here is the same as the clear in S440. After the process of S840, the process proceeds to S240.
In the example shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the exclusion release button 111 corresponds to the exclusion release button image of the present invention. The process of S810 corresponds to the exclusion release acceptance process of the present invention. The process of S 840 corresponds to the setting cancellation process of the present invention.

(2) In the setting item selection screen 50, at least one of displaying the exclusion rate for each setting item and displaying the item list 51 in descending order of the exclusion rate may not be adopted.
(3) In the normal wizard process of FIG. 7, in S610, setting values may be sequentially selected in a prescribed order (for example, in order of decreasing setting number SI) without considering the exclusion rate.

(4) The correspondence between the setting number SI and the setting item, that is, which setting item is set to which setting number SI may be determined as appropriate.
(5) The present invention is not limited to the application to the scan function execution time. The invention is equally applicable if other defined functions besides the scan function are performed.
Further, the present invention is not limited to the application to the image processing apparatus 10 of the above embodiment. The present invention is applicable to any display control apparatus configured to allow the user to set setting values for each of a plurality of setting items.

  (6) The plurality of functions possessed by one component in the above embodiment may be realized by a plurality of components, or one function possessed by one component may be realized by a plurality of components . Also, a plurality of functions possessed by a plurality of components may be realized by one component, or one function realized by a plurality of components may be realized by one component. In addition, part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be omitted. In addition, at least a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be added to or replaced with the configuration of the other above embodiment. In addition, all the aspects contained in the technical thought specified from the words described in the claim are embodiments of the present invention.

  7 ... return button, 10 ... image processing device, 11 ... control unit, 12 ... storage unit, 13 ... display unit, 14 ... input unit, 14 a ... touch panel, 15 ... reading unit, 16 ... printing unit, 25 ... standby screen, 31 to 38: icon, 40: setting format selection screen, 41: menu format button, 42: wizard format button, 50, 110: setting item selection screen, 51, 101: item list, 54: normal wizard start button, 60 ... Setting value selection screen, 61 ... setting value list, 100 ... setting menu screen, 111 ... exclusion release button.

Claims (10)

A display unit,
An input unit,
A control unit,
A display control device comprising
The control unit
An item list display process of causing the display unit to display an item list in which a plurality of setting items are arranged, wherein the setting value of each of the plurality of setting items is in an unset state; ,
An item selection process for selecting any one setting item from the item list via the input unit when the item list is displayed on the display unit;
When the setting item is selected by the item selection process, the display unit displays a setting value list in which a plurality of setting values corresponding to the selected setting item are arranged instead of the item list. Setting value list display processing,
Setting value selection processing for selecting any one of the setting values from the setting value list via the input unit;
A setting process of setting the setting value selected by the setting value selection process as a setting value of the corresponding setting item;
An item list redisplaying process for causing the display unit to display the item list again in place of the set value list when the set value is set by the setting process;
Display control device to perform. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein
The control unit is further configured to:
Among the plurality of setting values corresponding to each of the setting items, the setting values are set simultaneously with the setting values already set by the setting process in the other setting items. Execute an exclusion rate calculation process that calculates an exclusion rate that indicates the ratio of setting values that can not be excluded
The item list redisplay process is configured to cause the display unit to display the item list by a specific display method according to the exclusion rate for each setting item.
Display control device. The display control device according to claim 2,
The display control apparatus, wherein the specific display method includes displaying exclusion rate information indicating the corresponding exclusion rate for each of the setting items. A display control apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein
The display control device, wherein the specific display method includes arranging the setting items in the item list in descending order of the exclusion rate. The display control device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein
The display control device, wherein the control unit is configured to execute the exclusion rate calculation process each time the setting value is set by the setting process. The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein
The item list redisplay process is configured to display an exclusion release button image for each setting item having the exclusion rate larger than 0, in addition to the item list.
The control unit is further configured to:
An exclusion release accepting process of accepting an operation of instructing the exclusion release button image via the input unit;
When the operation for instructing the exclusion release button image is accepted by the exclusion release acceptance process, the instruction is performed by canceling the setting among the other setting items for which setting values have already been set by the setting process. With respect to the setting item that can set the exclusion rate of the setting item corresponding to the exclusion release button image for which the user's operation is accepted to a value lower than 0 or the current value, the setting value of the setting item is released. With setting cancellation processing,
Display control device to perform. A display control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein
The item list display process and the item list redisplay process are configured to display a normal setting button image for causing the control unit to execute the normal setting process, in addition to the item list.
In the normal setting process, the setting value list of the corresponding setting items is sequentially displayed according to a setting order predetermined for the plurality of setting items without displaying the item list, and the setting values are displayed. One of the set values is selected from the list via the input unit, and the selected set value is set as the set value of the corresponding set item,
The control unit is further configured to:
A normal setting reception process of receiving an operation of instructing the normal setting button image via the input unit;
Run
The control unit processes a setting item of which setting value is not set yet by the setting process among the plurality of setting items when the operation of instructing the normal setting button image is received by the normal setting accepting process. The target is configured to execute the normal setting process,
Display control device. The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein
The control unit is further configured to:
A setting method specification process that causes one of a first setting method and a second setting method to specify a method of setting setting values of the plurality of setting items via the input unit;
Run
The control unit executes the item list display process when the first setting method is specified by the setting method specification process.
When the second setting method is designated by the setting method designation processing, the control unit sets setting values of the plurality of setting items to specific initial values, and the plurality of setting items are arranged. And performing an initial setting display process of causing the display unit to display an initial setting list in which the initial value corresponding to each setting item is displayed.
Display control device. A display control method,
An item list display step of causing the display unit to display an item list in which a plurality of setting items are arranged, wherein the setting value of each of the plurality of setting items is in an unset state;
An item selecting step of selecting any one setting item from the item list when the item list is displayed on the display unit;
When the setting item is selected in the item selection step, the display unit displays a setting value list in which a plurality of setting values corresponding to the selected setting item are arranged instead of the item list. Setting value list display step,
A setting value selecting step of selecting any one of the setting values from the setting value list;
A setting step of setting the setting value selected by the setting value selection step as a setting value of the corresponding setting item;
An item list redisplaying step of causing the display unit to display the item list again instead of the set value list when the set value is set in the setting step;
A display control method comprising: A display unit,
An input unit,
A control unit,
A program executable by the control unit in a display control apparatus comprising:
In the control unit,
An item list display process of causing the display unit to display an item list in which a plurality of setting items are arranged, wherein the setting value of each of the plurality of setting items is in an unset state; ,
An item selection process for selecting any one setting item from the item list via the input unit when the item list is displayed on the display unit;
When the setting item is selected by the item selection process, the display unit displays a setting value list in which a plurality of setting values corresponding to the selected setting item are arranged instead of the item list. Setting value list display processing,
Setting value selection processing for selecting any one of the setting values from the setting value list via the input unit;
A setting process of setting the setting value selected by the setting value selection process as a setting value of the corresponding setting item;
An item list redisplaying process for causing the display unit to display the item list again in place of the set value list when the set value is set by the setting process;
A program that runs