JP2021026736A - program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide, in a program for displaying a plurality of images on a device, a new technology that is expected to give visual freshness to a user.SOLUTION: A label creation application 42 that can be executed in a CPU 11 of a device 1 causes the CPU 11 to insert, into each of a plurality of display frames whose sizes are randomly determined, at least part of one image of a plurality of use example images G1, G2 whose display order is determined in advance, display, on a user IF 20 of the device 1, a top screen 50 including an image area 53 where the plurality of use example images inserted into the display frames are arranged in the display order, receive, through the user IF 20, an instruction to select one of the use example images in a state where the plurality of use example images are displayed, and specify an image to be printed based on the selected use example image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The technical fields disclosed herein relate to programs that display multiple images on a device.

A technique for changing the display mode of an image is known in a device having a function of displaying a plurality of images. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which an entire image is divided and the divided images are displayed in a random order.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-276122

In a program that displays multiple images on a device, even if multiple images are displayed in the same layout each time, the freshness is lacking. By randomly displaying the divided images as in Patent Document 1, the user can be given a visual freshness while displaying the plurality of images, but the layout of each image does not change. Therefore, it is desired to improve the display mode of the plurality of images in order to give the user a fresh taste.

The present specification discloses a new technique that can be expected to give a user a visual freshness in a program for displaying a plurality of images on a device.

The program made for the purpose of solving this problem is a program that can be executed by a computer of a device having a function of displaying a plurality of images, and each of a plurality of display frames whose size is randomly determined on the computer. An insertion process for inserting at least a part of one of the plurality of images whose display order is predetermined, and a screen in which the plurality of images inserted in the display frame are arranged in the display order. A selection process for displaying on the display unit of the device and a selection instruction for selecting one of the plurality of images while the plurality of images are displayed by the display process are received via the input interface of the device. It is characterized in that an instruction reception process and a specific process for specifying an image to be printed are executed based on the image selected by the selection instruction reception process.

By executing the program disclosed in the present specification, the information processing apparatus displays a plurality of images whose display order is predetermined, and at least one of the plurality of images in each of the plurality of display frames whose size is randomly determined. Insert a part and display the inserted images in the display order. That is, each time the display process is executed, the combination of each image and the display frame into which the image is inserted may change, and the display size of each of the plurality of images may change. Therefore, it can be expected to give the user a visual freshness when displaying a plurality of images.

An information processing device that realizes the function of the program, a control method for realizing the function of the program, and a storage medium that can be read by a computer that stores the program are also new and useful.

According to the technology disclosed in the present specification, a new technology that can be expected to give a user a visual freshness is realized in a program for displaying a plurality of images on a device.

It is a schematic block diagram of the device which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a label making process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the top screen. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the object arrangement processing. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display frame setting process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the 1st frame group. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the 2nd frame group. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of trimming. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the top screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the edit screen.

Hereinafter, embodiments in which the program incorporated in the device is embodied will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment discloses an application program (hereinafter referred to as "application") incorporated in a portable device such as a smartphone that can display an image.

As shown in FIG. 1, the device 1 of the present embodiment includes a controller 10 including a CPU 11 and a memory 12, and can be connected to the printer 2. Further, the device 1 includes a user interface (hereinafter referred to as "user IF") 20 and a communication interface (hereinafter referred to as "communication IF") 30, which are electrically connected to the controller 10. There is. The device 1 is, for example, a device capable of executing various applications for printing on the printer 2. Note that the controller 10 in FIG. 1 is a general term for the hardware and software used for controlling the device 1, and does not necessarily represent a single piece of hardware that actually exists in the device 1.

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to the program read from the memory 12 and based on the user's operation. The CPU 11 is an example of a computer. The memory 12 includes a ROM and a RAM, and further includes a non-volatile memory such as an HDD and a flash memory, and stores various programs and data.

The user IF 20 includes a touch panel having both a display function and an operation reception function. The user IF 20 is an example of a display unit and an example of an input interface. The user IF 20 may include a combination of a display or the like that displays information and a keyboard, a mouse, or the like that accepts input operations by the user.

The communication IF 30 includes hardware for communicating with an external device such as a printer 2. The communication method of the communication IF30 may be wireless or wired, and may be any standard method such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), USB, and LAN. The device 1 of the present embodiment may have a function of connecting to the Internet via the communication IF30.

As shown in FIG. 1, the memory 12 of the device 1 of the present embodiment includes an operating system (hereinafter referred to as “OS”) 41, a label creation application 42, and an image database (hereinafter referred to as “image DB”). 43 and are incorporated. OS41 is, for example, one of iOS (registered trademark), Android (registered trademark), Windows (registered trademark), MacOS (registered trademark), and Linux (registered trademark).

The printer 2 of this embodiment is, for example, a so-called label printer provided with a thermal transfer type printing head, accommodating a label paper wound in a roll shape, and printing while unwinding the label paper. The printer 2 prints an image on the contained label paper and conveys the label paper based on the print job received from the device 1, for example, and projects the printed portion to the outside of the machine.

The label creation application 42 of this embodiment is an application for creating various labels using the printer 2. The label creation application 42 is an example of a program. The label creation application 42 receives instructions for creating and editing an image to be printed by the printer 2, and causes the user IF 20 to display the image for which the instructions have been received. Further, the label creation application 42 receives an instruction to execute printing of the displayed image, generates a print job based on the displayed image, and transmits the print job to the printer 2. The label creation application 42 of this embodiment may be a program that can be executed independently based on a user's execution instruction, or a program that is called and executed from the program during the execution of another program.

The image DB 43 is a storage area for storing image data of various images for the label creation application 42. The label creation application 42 causes the user IF 20 to display an image of the image data stored in the image DB 43 based on the user's instruction. The image data stored in the image DB 43 may be stored at all times, or may be acquired from a server or the like as needed.

In this embodiment, the image DB 43 stores, for example, a plurality of templates that can be selected by the label creation application 42, and image data of a plurality of usage example images that correspond to each template and indicate each usage example. To. The template used in the label creation application 42 is image data of a template for label creation, and includes samples such as a character string, a code image, a frame image, and an illustration. For example, the user can refer to a plurality of use case images, select a template similar to a label to be created from a plurality of templates, edit the selected template, and print the selected template. The user can easily create a desired label by, for example, changing the character string of the template to a desired character and printing it.

Subsequently, the procedure of the label creation process by the label creation application 42 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The label creation process is executed by the CPU 11 of the device 1 when the execution instruction of the label creation application 42 is received. The following processing and each processing step in the flowchart basically indicate the processing of the CPU 11 according to the instructions described in each program. The processing by the CPU 11 also includes hardware control using the API of the OS 41 of the device 1. In this specification, the operation of each program will be described by omitting the description of OS 41.

In the label creation process, the CPU 11 first executes an object placement process, which is a process for displaying the top screen on the user IF 20 (S101). On the top screen 50 of this embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a title 51, a top image 52, and an image area 53 including a plurality of usage example images G1 and G2 representing usage examples of labels are provided. included. The title 51 includes a setting button 511. Each usage example image of this embodiment is an object that accepts template specification, and when one of the usage example images is tapped, the screen shifts to the template editing screen of the label shown in the usage example image. It is configured in.

Further, the label creation application 42 of this embodiment has a scroll display function in two vertical and horizontal directions. In the following, as indicated by the arrows in FIG. 3, the scroll direction is the X direction, and the direction orthogonal to the scroll direction is the Y direction. Then, in the image area 53, a plurality of usage example images G1, G2, etc. are divided into columns of two or more predetermined values in the Y direction, and each column is displayed side by side in the X direction. In the following, the number of columns in the Y direction in which the usage example images are arranged in the image area 53 is referred to as “the number of display columns”. In the example of FIG. 3, the scroll direction is the vertical direction, and the number of display columns is 2.

Then, the label creation application 42 receives an instruction to switch between the scroll direction and the number of display columns by operating the setting button 511. The label creation application 42 stores the received setting contents in the memory 12. Then, the label creation application 42 reads the setting contents from the memory 12 at the time of starting or as needed after starting. The range of the number of display columns that can be set may be limited according to the scroll direction, the screen size of the user IF20 of the device 1, and the like.

The procedure of the object placement process executed in S101 of the label creation process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The object arrangement process is a process for determining the arrangement of each use example image displayed in the image area 53. In the object placement process, the CPU 11 first executes the display frame setting process (S201). The display frame setting process is a process of setting a display frame which is a display range of each usage example image.

The procedure of the display frame setting process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the display frame setting process, the CPU 11 first acquires the X direction, which is the scroll direction, and the number of display columns (S301). Then, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the X direction is the vertical direction (S302). When it is determined that the vertical scrolling is performed (S302: YES), the CPU 11 determines to use the first frame group, which is the display frame group for vertical scrolling, as the display frame group (S303). In the first frame group, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, four display frames A, B, which have the same width W in the Y direction and heights T1 to T4 having different sizes in the X direction. It is a display frame group including C and D. The first frame group is an example of the first display frame group.

The size of each display frame of the display frame group is selected so that it looks clearly different visually. For example, in the example of FIG. 6, the display frame B is a square, that is, T2 = W, and the heights of the other display frames have the following relationship.
T1 = T2 x 2/3
T3 = T2 x 4/3
T4 = T2 x 5/3

On the other hand, when it is determined that the X direction is the horizontal direction, that is, horizontal scrolling (S302: NO), the CPU 11 determines to use the second frame group, which is a display frame group for horizontal scrolling, as the display frame group. (S304). In the second frame group, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, four display frames E, F, having the same height T in the Y direction and different widths W1 to W4 in the X direction. It is a display frame group including G and H. The second frame group is an example of the second display frame group. The widths W1 to W4 of each display frame of the second frame group are visually different in size, similar to the heights T1 to T4 in the first frame group shown in FIG.

Next, the CPU 11 acquires the size of the display screen of the user IF 20 (S305). Then, the size of each display frame in the Y direction is determined from the number of display columns acquired in S301 and the size of the display screen acquired in S305 (S306). In S306, when the selected display frame group is the first frame group, the width W shown in FIG. 6 is shown in FIG. 7, and when the selected display frame group is the second frame group, FIG. 7 is shown. The indicated height T is determined respectively. Further, the CPU 11 determines the size of each display frame in the X direction based on the determined size in the Y direction and the relationship described above (S307), ends the display frame setting process, and returns to the object placement process.

The display frame setting process determines the size of each display frame for displaying the usage example image. In this embodiment, since the display frame group includes the first frame group and the second frame group, even if the device can switch between vertical scrolling and horizontal scrolling, it depends on the scroll direction and the number of display columns. The size in the Y direction is determined. Since the size of each display frame group is fixed in the Y direction, it is easy to arrange the display frames side by side in the X direction, and it is easy to balance the arrangement in the Y direction. The number of types of display frames included in each display frame group is not limited to 4, and may be plural.

Returning to the description of the object placement process of FIG. After the display frame setting process of S201, the CPU 11 acquires image data of a series of images to be displayed as each use example image (S202). Each image data may be stored in the memory 12 of the device 1 or may be acquired from an external device such as a server via the communication IF 30. The display order of each usage example image is predetermined, and the CPU 11 acquires each image data together with the information of the display order. The CPU 11 may acquire image data one by one in the display order and perform processing one by one.

Of the image data acquired in S202, the CPU 11 acquires the image data of the usage example image to be displayed next (S203). In the first S203, the CPU 11 acquires the image data of the usage example image to be displayed first. Further, the CPU 11 extracts a display frame to which the image data acquired in S203 can correspond from each display frame determined in the display frame setting process (S204). For example, as a property, information on a range of compatible display frame sizes is associated with each image data.

Depending on the image, if the display frame is too small, it will be difficult to recognize the image. Further, even if the display frame is too large compared to the size of the image, the margin becomes large and waste is large. In this embodiment, information on whether or not the display frame can be supported is provided for each image, and one of the compatible display frames is selected. Therefore, a display frame suitable for display is selected for each image. The CPU 11 may determine whether or not to support the display frame based on the size of the image data. The CPU 11 may extract, for example, a display frame whose size in the X direction is at least half the size of the image data.

Then, the CPU 11 randomly selects one of the extracted display frames (S205), and inserts an image of the image data acquired in S203 into the selected display frame (S206). S205 is an example of the selection process, and S206 is an example of the insertion process. Information on whether or not the display frame can be supported is provided for each image, and in S205, the CPU 11 randomly selects one of the supportable display frames, so that a display frame suitable for display is randomly selected for each image.

When the selected display frame is smaller than the image, the CPU 11 trims the image to generate an image of the size of the display frame, for example. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the CPU 11 deletes the left and right end portions of the horizontally long image 61 and generates an image of the central portion of the image 61 as the image 62 to be inserted into the display frame B. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 8B, the CPU 11 deletes the upper and lower ends of the horizontally long image 63 to generate an image 64 to be inserted into the display frame B. The range to be trimmed may be specified in advance, or may be trimmed randomly. On the other hand, when the selected display frame is larger than the image, the CPU 11 arranges the image at the center position of the display frame and adds a blank or a solid image of a predetermined background color around the image to make the size of the display frame. Generate an image. Instead of trimming or adding a solid image, the image may be enlarged or reduced.

Then, the CPU 11 selects the column having the shortest end of the arranged usage example image (S207), and adds the current image inserted in the display frame to the position behind the arranged usage example image in the selected column. (S208). In S207, the CPU 11 selects the column having the smallest position in the X direction at the end of the usage example images already arranged in each column. If there are rows at the same position in the X direction, the CPU 11 selects a row with a smaller position in the Y direction. The end of the usage example image is the maximum value of the X coordinate included in the display range of the usage example image in the X direction.

After arranging the images acquired in S203, the CPU 11 determines whether or not an unarranged image remains in the image group acquired in S202 (S209). If it is determined that there are remaining images (S209: YES), the CPU 11 returns to S203 and acquires images in the next display order. When it is determined that no image remains (S209: NO), the CPU 11 ends the object placement process and returns to the label creation process.

An example of arranging each usage example image will be described with reference to FIG. The first use example image G1 and the second use example image G2 are arranged in order from the left at the uppermost position of the image area 53. Specifically, the usage example image G1 is arranged in the lower right range from the points (X1, Y1) in the left column, and the next usage example image G2 is spaced from the display range of the usage example image G1 at a predetermined interval. It is arranged in the lower right range from the points (X1, Y2) in the right column. Since the display frame of the usage example image G1 is larger than the display frame of the usage example image G2 and the end of the usage example image G1 in the X direction is lower than the end of the usage example image G2 in the X direction, the third use The example image G3 is arranged below the usage example image G2 in the right column at points (X2, Y2) at a predetermined interval from the display range of the usage example image G2. Further, since the value of the position X at the end of the usage example image G1 in the left column is smaller than the end of the usage example image G3 in the right column, the next usage example image G4 is located at the point (X3, Y1) in the left column. Will be added. Since the following usage example image is placed in the column with the shortest end, each column is well-balanced. It should be noted that the interval provided between the images of each use example may not be provided.

Returning to the description of the label creation process of FIG. After the object placement process of S101, the CPU 11 causes the user IF 20 to display the top screen 50 (S102). S102 is an example of display processing. In the image area 53 of the top screen 50, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, each use example image is displayed in an arrangement determined by the object arrangement process according to the display order. In addition, although only a part of the top screen 50 may be displayed in one screen, the top screen 50 includes all the usage example images acquired in S202 of the object placement process, and can be displayed by scrolling. All usage example images can be displayed.

Since the following usage example images are added to the shortest column by the object arrangement processing, each usage example image on the top screen 50 is displayed in a predetermined display order. In addition, since the display frame of each use example image is randomly selected from four types of display frames whose size difference is visually clear, the difference in the display size of each use example image is clear. Yes, and it is displayed in a different size each time it is executed. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the display frame is selected in the order of C, B, D, A. For example, when the display frame is selected in the order of A, C, B, B, each use The arrangement of the example images is as shown in FIG. In this way, since the top screen 50 is arranged in a significantly different manner each time it is executed, the display has a great visual freshness.

The CPU 11 determines on the displayed top screen 50 whether or not the selection instruction for selecting one of the objects including the usage example image is accepted (S103). S103 is an example of the selection instruction acceptance process. When it is determined that the usage example image selection instruction has been accepted (S103: YES), the CPU 11 specifies the template indicated by the selected usage example image (S104). S104 is an example of the specific process.

Further, the CPU 11 causes the user IF 20 to display an edit screen including the specified template (S105). The edit screen 70 includes, for example, a usage example image 71, a template 72, an edit button 73, a print button 74, and a back button 75, as shown in FIG. The usage example image 71 is, for example, the same image as the usage example image selected in the top screen 50. The template 72 is an image to be printed for creating a label displayed on the usage example image. The edit button 73 is a button that receives an edit instruction to the template 72. The print button 74 is a button that receives a print instruction of the template 72. The back button 75 is a button that receives an instruction to close the edit screen 70 and return to the top screen 50.

The CPU 11 determines whether or not the print instruction has been accepted on the edit screen 70 (S106). The CPU 11 receives a print instruction by operating the print button 74. When it is determined that the print instruction has been accepted (S106: YES), the CPU 11 generates a print job based on the image displayed on the template 72, and transmits the print job to the printer 2 via the communication IF 30 (S107). The template 72 to be printed may be an image edited by the user. The CPU 11 receives an editing instruction for the template 72 by, for example, operating the edit button 73.

When it is determined that the print instruction is not accepted (S106: NO), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the return instruction is accepted (S108). After S107, or when it is determined that the return instruction has been accepted (S108: YES), the CPU 11 returns to S102 and displays the top screen 50. The top screen 50 at this time is the same display as the top screen 50 at startup.

When it is determined that the return instruction is not accepted (S108: NO), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the end instruction has been accepted (S109). When it is determined that the end instruction is not accepted (S109: NO), the CPU 11 returns to S106 and receives the print instruction, the return instruction, and the end instruction.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the selection of the usage example image is not accepted during the display of the top screen 50 (S103: NO), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation to the setting button 511 (see FIG. 3) is accepted. (S110). When it is determined that the operation to the setting button 511 has been accepted (S110: YES), the CPU 11 executes the display frame setting process shown in FIG. 5 (S111). The CPU 11 may execute the display frame setting process only when the scroll direction or the number of display columns is changed after the operation to the setting button 511. Further, if YES is determined in S110, the specified setting contents may be simply stored in the memory 12 instead of S111. In this case, the setting contents are reflected at the next execution of the label creation application 42.

After S111, or when it is determined that the operation to the setting button 511 is not accepted (S110: NO), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the end instruction has been accepted (S112). When it is determined that the end instruction is not accepted (S112: NO), the CPU 11 returns to S103 and waits until the selection of the usage example image, the operation to the setting button 511, or the end instruction is received. Then, when it is determined that the end instruction has been accepted on the top screen 50 or the edit screen 70 (S109: YES or S112: YES), the CPU 11 ends the label creation process.

As described in detail above, according to the label creation application 42 described in the present specification, the CPU 11 has a random size for the use example images G1 and G2, which are a plurality of images whose display order is predetermined. Each usage example image is inserted into each of the plurality of display frames determined in the above, the usage example images are arranged in the display order thereof, and the user IF 20 displays the images. As a result, the size of the display frame changes each time it is displayed, and the size of each usage example image inserted and displayed in the display frame changes, so that it can be expected to give the user a visual freshness. It is conceivable to add freshness by changing the display order of each use example image, but if the display order is changed, it is easy for the user to have to search for the image when selecting the image. In the present invention, since the display order of the images is not changed, it is difficult to find the images.

It should be noted that the present embodiment is merely an example and does not limit the present invention in any way. Therefore, as a matter of course, the present invention can be improved and modified in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the device 1 is not limited to a portable device, and may be a stationary device such as a personal computer. For example, the number of printers connected to the device 1 is not limited to one, and may be a plurality of printers. Further, the printing method of the printer 2 is not limited to the thermal transfer method, and may be, for example, a thermal method, an inkjet method, or an electrophotographic method. Further, the printing medium used in the printer 2 is not limited to label paper, and may be, for example, cut paper or simple roll paper.

Further, in the present embodiment, one display frame is randomly selected from a group of display frames whose size relationship is determined in advance, that is, one is randomly selected from a plurality of display frames prepared in advance. , Not limited to this. For example, the size of each display frame may be completely random without preparing a display frame group. For example, a range of sizes in the X and Y directions that can be selected for each display frame may be set, and the size may be randomly determined within the range. However, if it is completely random, there may be cases where the size of the image is difficult to understand, or the difference in the size of the display frame is small and it is difficult to give a visual freshness. If you select from multiple display frames with clear differences in size, the size will be within the appropriate range and the difference in display frame size will be clearly displayed, making it easier to add visual freshness. Become.

Further, in the present embodiment, the label creation application 42 accepts the setting of the scroll direction and the number of display columns, and determines the size of each display frame according to the accepted scroll direction and the number of display columns. Not exclusively. For example, the scroll direction and the number of display columns may be predetermined. In that case, each display frame of the display frame group may have a predetermined size. Further, each display frame group corresponding to each settable combination of the scroll direction and the number of display columns may be prepared in advance, and one of them may be selected. Further, the information of each display frame group may be stored in the memory 12 or may be stored in an external device such as a server that can be referenced from the device 1.

Further, in this embodiment, an example of displaying a usage example image for creating a label is shown, but the image to be displayed may be a plurality of images whose display order is fixed, and is not limited to this. Further, it is not essential to include a function of receiving an instruction by operating in the display frame.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that each image data of the usage example image is associated with information in the range of the size of the display frame that can be supported as a property, but the usage example image is not restricted. May be displayable in display frames of all sizes. In that case, for example, display frames may be randomly selected and arranged on the screen, and after the display frames are arranged, use example images may be inserted into the arranged display frames in a predetermined display order.

Further, in the present embodiment, the display frames are randomly selected for each usage example image, but display frames of the same size may not be adjacent to each other. Further, a plurality of display order sets in which the selection order of the display frame is predetermined may be prepared, and the display order may be randomly selected from the plurality of display order sets. Further, although each display frame of the display frame group has the same size in the Y direction, it does not have to be the same. Further, each display frame does not have to be rectangular.

Further, in the present embodiment, the image area 53 on which the usage example image is displayed is included in the top screen 50, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be displayed when a display instruction is received on the top screen 50. Further, the arrangement example of the title 51 and the top image 52 of the top screen 50 shown in FIG. 3 is an example, and any arrangement may be made, at least a part thereof may be omitted, and other images may be used. It may be included.

Further, in the present embodiment, the object placement process is executed when the label creation application 42 is started to determine the size and placement of the display frame, but the execution condition of the object placement process is not limited to the start time. For example, the object placement process may be executed every time the screen other than the top screen 50 shifts to the top screen 50. For example, after S107 of the label creation process, or when YES is determined in S108, the process may return to S101. However, when the label creation application 42 is started, each usage example image is inserted into the display frame and the arrangement is determined, and thereafter, if the arrangement is fixed, the display frame may be changed every time the top screen 50 is displayed. In comparison, the processing load is small. On the other hand, if the display frame is changed each time the top screen 50 is displayed, the chances of the display frame changing increase, and it can be expected that the user will be given a more visual freshness.

Further, in any flowchart disclosed in the embodiment, the plurality of processes in the arbitrary plurality of steps can be arbitrarily changed in the execution order or executed in parallel as long as the processing contents do not conflict with each other.

Further, the process disclosed in the embodiment may be executed by a single CPU, a plurality of CPUs, hardware such as an ASIC, or a combination thereof. In addition, the process disclosed in the embodiment can be realized in various aspects such as a recording medium or a method in which a program for executing the process is recorded.

1 device 2 printer 11 CPU
12 memory 20 user IF
30 Communication IF

Claims (9)

A program that can be run by a computer on a device that has the ability to display multiple images.
On the computer
An insertion process in which at least a part of one of the plurality of images whose display order is predetermined is inserted into each of the plurality of display frames whose size is randomly determined.
A display process for displaying a screen in which the plurality of images inserted in the display frame are arranged in the display order on the display unit of the device, and
A selection instruction reception process for receiving a selection instruction for selecting one of the plurality of images while the plurality of images are displayed by the display process via the input interface of the device.
A specific process for identifying an image to be printed based on the image selected by the selection instruction reception process, and
To execute,
A program characterized by that. In the program according to claim 1,
On the computer
For each of the plurality of images, a selection process of randomly selecting one display frame from a display frame group including a plurality of display frames having different sizes is executed.
In the insertion process,
Insert at least a part of the image into the display frame selected by the selection process.
A program characterized by that. In the program described in claim 2,
The display unit can be scrolled and displayed.
In the selection process,
Select one from the plurality of display frames having different sizes in the scroll direction, which is the scroll direction, and the same size in the orthogonal direction, which is the direction orthogonal to the scroll direction.
A program characterized by that. In the program according to claim 3,
The display frame group includes a first display frame group including a plurality of display frames having different vertical sizes and the same horizontal size, and the display frame group having different horizontal sizes and different vertical sizes. Includes a second set of display frames containing multiple display frames of the same size,
The display unit
It is possible to switch between vertical scrolling and horizontal scrolling,
In the selection process,
When scrolling in the vertical direction, one display frame is selected from the first display frame group, and when scrolling in the horizontal direction, one display frame is selected from the second display frame group.
A program characterized by that. In the program according to claim 3 or 4.
In the display process,
When the position of the display unit in the scroll direction is X and the position in the orthogonal direction is Y, the arrangement of the display frame is represented by a combination of X and Y (X, Y).
The number of columns of the display frames arranged side by side in the orthogonal direction is set to a predetermined value of 2 or more, and until the number of columns reaches the predetermined value, a new display frame is placed in the display frame already arranged. Among the display frames arranged in the display frames arranged in each column after the number of columns reaches the predetermined value after the arrangement is performed in Y2 different from the position Y1 in the orthogonal direction, the value of the position X at the end in the scroll direction is the most. The screen in which a column in which a display frame having a small value is arranged is selected, and a new display frame is arranged at a position X2 different from the position X1 in the scroll direction of the display frame already arranged in the selected column. To display,
A program characterized by that. In the program according to any one of claims 2 to 5.
In the plurality of images, information on whether or not the display frame can be supported is associated with each image.
In the selection process,
For each image, one of the compatible display frames among the display frames included in the display frame group is randomly selected.
A program characterized by that. In the program according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
In the insertion process,
If the display frame is smaller than the image, the image is trimmed to fit the size of the display frame and the image is inserted into the display frame.
A program characterized by that. In the program according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
In the insertion process,
When the display frame is larger than the image, the image is placed at the center position of the display frame.
A program characterized by that. In the program according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
On the computer
When the program is started, the insertion process is executed.
A program characterized by that.

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