JP2023014753A - Information processing apparatus and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing program that can stop conveyance of a document without providing a button dedicated to stopping the conveyance of the document.SOLUTION: In an image forming apparatus displaying an operation part on a display and receiving an instruction to execute a function, a user performs a moving operation along an operation area 32 to an end of the operation area 32 while touching an operation part 30 with the finger, and moves the finger off the operation part, thereby completing an instruction to execute a function, and the image forming apparatus starts conveyance of a document as the function, and after the start of the conveyance of the document, when a double tap operation of performing continuous tap at a predetermined time interval is performed for the operation part 30 or the operation area 32 as a predetermined operation, stops the conveyance of the document. When the conveyance of the document is stopped, the operation part 30 enters a state where it can be operated to move in the opposite direction, and the user moves the operation part to an initial position in the opposite direction and moves the finger off the operation part to cause document reverse conveyance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing program.

Patent Document 1 discloses a display-integrated operation panel, a first UI component display unit that displays a read start button, and a reading unit that activates document reading processing in response to a user's operation of the read start button. a starting unit, a second UI component display unit that displays a read stop key instead of the read start button in response to the start of document reading processing, and a read stop key that responds to a user's operation Accordingly, there has been proposed a display operation device including a reading process stopping unit for stopping the execution of the reading process. In the display operation device of Patent Document 1, when reading is completed, an additional reading key is displayed instead of the reading stop key. The background color of the read stop key is set to a color completely different from the background color of the read start button, and the background color of the additional read key is set to a color similar to the background color of the read start button.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200003 discloses a display-integrated operation panel having a display surface, a black-and-white copy start button and a color copy start button displayed on the display surface, and when black toner shortage or color toner shortage occurs, the black-and-white copy start button Also, a display operation device has been proposed that displays another UI component on the color copy start button so as to cover the black-and-white copy start button and the color copy start button.

In Patent Document 3, in a touch panel of a portable operation panel for manual operation of mechanical equipment, a swipe operation that allows movement on the screen by swiping is performed on an operation screen for causing the mechanical equipment to perform a specific operation. A button image and a continuation operation button image displayed after the movement of the swipe operation button image when the swipe operation button image is moved are provided. A configuration has been proposed in which a tap operation causes mechanical equipment to perform a specific operation.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200002 proposes an image forming apparatus including a touch panel having a display unit that displays buttons, a touch sensor that is arranged on the display unit and receives an operation from the outside, and a control unit. . In the image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 4, when the control unit accepts a press operation from the touch panel to the start button displayed at a predetermined position on the display unit, it permits execution of copying associated with the start button. After permission to execute copying, the start button on the display unit is switched to a read stop button and displayed, and when a left/right swipe operation to the read stop button, which is different from the pressing operation, is received, the copy stop is instructed.

Japanese Patent No. 5091285 Japanese Patent No. 5147087 Japanese Patent No. 6300112 Japanese Patent No. 6211904

It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing program capable of stopping document transport without providing a dedicated button for stopping document transport.

To achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to a first aspect includes a processor, the processor displays an operation unit movable along a predetermined direction on a display unit, and selects the operation unit. When a movement operation to move the operation unit along the predetermined direction is received in the state where the operation unit is moved, the document is started to be transported, and in the state where the document is being transported, the operation unit or the operation unit When a predetermined operation on a moving area or a predetermined touch operation on an arbitrary position of the display unit and not assigned on the screen on which the operation unit is displayed is received, the original document process to stop the transport of

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the processor receives the predetermined operation or the predetermined touch operation while the document is not being conveyed. If so, a process of stopping copying to the recording medium on which the document is to be copied is performed.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to the third aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the processor determines the predetermined When the operation or the predetermined touch operation is received, a process of stopping the transport of the document is performed.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to a fourth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the processor selects the operation unit after stopping the transport of the document. When a reverse movement operation of moving the operation unit in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction is received in this state, a process of reversely conveying the document is further performed.

Further, the information processing apparatus according to a fifth aspect is the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein the processor conveys the document in a reverse direction, and includes a detection unit provided in the document transportation path and detecting the document. After a predetermined period of time has passed since the original has not been detected by , the reverse conveyance of the original is stopped.

Further, the information processing program according to the sixth aspect causes the computer to display, on the display unit, an operation unit that can move along a predetermined direction, and with the operation unit selected, moves along the predetermined direction. When a movement operation to move the operation unit is received, transport of a document is started, and in a state where the document is being transported, a predetermined operation on the operation unit or a region to which the operation unit moves, or When a predetermined touch operation that is not assigned on the screen on which the operation unit is displayed, which is a touch operation on an arbitrary position on the display unit, is received, processing for stopping the conveyance of the document is executed.

According to the first aspect, it is possible to provide an information processing apparatus capable of stopping document transport without providing a dedicated button for stopping document transport.

According to the second aspect, copying can be stopped without providing a dedicated button for stopping copying.

According to the third aspect, it is possible to immediately stop the transportation of the more important document.

According to the fourth aspect, it is possible to instruct reverse transport of the document without providing a dedicated button for instructing reverse transport of the document.

According to the fifth aspect, it is possible to detect the discharge of the document and stop the reverse transport.

According to the sixth aspect, it is possible to provide an information processing program capable of stopping document transport without providing a dedicated button for stopping document transport.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment; FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the appearance of part of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of an automatic manuscript reading device. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment; FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation unit and an operation area; FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation performed after stopping the transport of a document; 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment; 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of document conveyance stop processing; 8 is a flow chart showing a modified example of the flow of processing when a double-tap operation to the operation unit or operation area is detected in the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of displaying an operation section and an operation area such that the operation section moves along the horizontal direction of the display section;

Hereinafter, an example of a mode for implementing the technology of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Components and processes having the same actions, actions, and functions are given the same reference numerals throughout the drawings, and overlapping descriptions may be omitted as appropriate. Each drawing is only schematically shown to the extent that the technology of the present disclosure can be fully understood. Therefore, the technology of the present disclosure is not limited only to the illustrated examples. Further, in this embodiment, descriptions of configurations that are not directly related to the present invention and well-known configurations may be omitted.

In the embodiment, an information processing apparatus performs a process of instructing execution of a predetermined function by a user's manual operation (hereinafter referred to as user operation) to an operation unit such as a mark displayed on a display unit such as a display. An example will be explained.

In the present disclosure, the “operation unit” is a concept including images displayed on a display unit such as a display. The “moving operation” is an operation of moving the operation unit while it is selected, and is a concept that includes changing the indicated position by the user's operation while sequentially moving it. An example of the movement operation is a user operation that moves while touching a display unit such as a display, for example, dragging, sliding, swiping, flicking, etc., in which the user continues the contact operation from the start point to the end point. User operation is included. The “start of movement operation” is the start of an instruction by the user, and includes a user operation by starting to touch a display unit such as a display. In addition, "completion of movement operation" includes a user operation by releasing contact as the end of an instruction by the user.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the electrical configuration of an image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, an image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 as an example of a processor, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, An input/output interface (I/O) 14 , a storage section 15 , a display section 16 , a speaker 17 , a document reading section 18 , an image forming section 19 and a communication section 20 are provided. Note that the image forming apparatus 10 is an example of an information processing apparatus.

Each part of CPU11, ROM12, RAM13, and I/O14 is each connected via the bus|bath. Functional units including a storage unit 15 , a display unit 16 , a speaker 17 , a document reading unit 18 , an image forming unit 19 and a communication unit 20 are connected to the I/O 14 . Each of these functional units can communicate with the CPU 11 via the I/O 14 .

The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and I/O 14 constitute a control section. The control unit may be configured as a sub-control unit that controls part of the operation of the image forming apparatus 10, or may be configured as part of the main control unit that controls the overall operation of the image forming apparatus 10. . An integrated circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) or an IC (Integrated Circuit) chipset, for example, is used for part or all of each block of the control unit. An individual circuit may be used for each of the above blocks, or a circuit in which a part or all of them are integrated may be used. The blocks may be provided integrally, or some of the blocks may be provided separately. Moreover, in each of the above blocks, a part thereof may be separately provided. A dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor may be used for integration of the control unit, not limited to an LSI.

As the storage unit 15, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), a flash memory, or the like is used. The storage unit 15 stores an information processing program 15A according to this embodiment. In addition, this information processing program 15A may be stored in the ROM 12 .

The information processing program 15A may be pre-installed in the image forming apparatus 10, for example. The information processing program 15A may be implemented by storing it in a non-volatile storage medium or distributing it via a network and installing it in the image forming apparatus 10 as appropriate. Examples of nonvolatile storage media include CD-ROMs (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), magneto-optical discs, HDDs, DVD-ROMs (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory), flash memories, memory cards, and the like. be.

For the display unit 16, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or the like is used. As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 16 integrally has a touch panel 16A, and receives various input operations by the user via the touch panel 16A. The touch panel 16A employs, for example, a capacitive method. The touch panel 16A may adopt other methods such as a pressure sensitive method other than the capacitance method. In addition, the speaker 17 outputs preset sound effects and the like according to various input operations. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the appearance of part of the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, the document reading unit 18 takes in the documents 22 placed on the paper feeding table of the automatic document feeder 18A provided on the top of the image forming apparatus 10 one by one, and optically scans the taken documents 22. Image information is obtained by reading the image. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the automatic document reader 18A. 3 shows how the document 22 is reversely conveyed.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the automatic document feeder 18A includes a first conveying roller pair 24A and a second conveying roller pair 24B as a conveying section. The document 22 is conveyed by the pair 24B. A first detection sensor 26A is provided on the upstream side of the first conveying roller pair 24A in the document conveying direction to detect whether the document 22 can be conveyed. Further, a second detection sensor 26B is provided on the downstream side of the second conveying roller pair 24B in the document conveying direction to detect a state in which the document 22 is stably conveyed and can be accelerated. A CIS (Contact Image Sensor) 28 for obtaining image information by optically reading the document 22 is provided between the first conveying roller pair 24A and the second conveying roller pair 24B. A third detection sensor 26C for detecting the edge of the document 22 is provided on the upstream side of the CIS 28 in the document transport direction, and detects the read timing of the CIS 28 . Further, in this embodiment, when the transport of the document 22 is stopped, the document 22 is reversely transported as shown in FIG. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the third detection sensor 26C detected the edge of the document 22, reverse conveyance is stopped.

Alternatively, the document reading unit 18 obtains image information by optically reading a document 22 placed on a document table such as a platen glass.

The image forming unit 19 forms an image based on image information obtained by reading by the document reading unit 18 or image information obtained from an external PC (Personal Computer) or the like connected via a network onto a sheet of paper or the like. Formed on a recording medium. In the present embodiment, an electrophotographic method is exemplified as a method for forming an image, but other methods such as an inkjet method may be employed.

When the image forming method is an electrophotographic method, the image forming section 19 includes a photosensitive drum, a charging section, an exposure section, a developing section, a transfer section, and a fixing section. The charging section applies a voltage to the photoreceptor drum to charge the surface of the photoreceptor drum. The exposure unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum by exposing the photosensitive drum charged by the charging unit to light corresponding to image information. The developing unit forms a toner image on the photoreceptor drum by developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoreceptor drum with toner. The transfer section transfers the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum onto a recording medium. The fixing section fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium by heating and pressing.

The communication unit 20 is connected to a network such as the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), or a WAN (Wide Area Network), and can communicate with an external PC or the like via the network.

The CPU 11 of the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment writes the information processing program 15A stored in the storage unit 15 into the RAM 13 and executes it, thereby functioning as each unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 11 of the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment functions as a display control section 11A. The display control unit 11A includes functions of the touch detection unit 11B and the operation control unit 11C.

The touch detection unit 11</b>B detects the contact and contact position of the user's finger on the operation unit displayed as an image on the display unit 16 . Based on the detection result of the touch detection unit 11B, the operation control unit 11C controls the display of an image on the display unit 16 and the function corresponding to the operation unit displayed as an image on the display unit 16. It has control functions to control execution and cessation of execution of the function.

The operation control unit 11C includes a follow-up control unit 11D, and the follow-up control unit 11D controls the display of an image on the display unit 16 and displays the operation unit displayed as an image so as to follow the movement operation by the user. control. That is, the follow-up control unit 11D causes the operation unit to be displayed on the display unit 16, and when the user performs a movement operation on the operation unit, the follow-up control unit 11D displays the operation unit at the position on the display unit 16 following the movement operation. . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5 , the follow-up control unit 11D displays the operation unit 30 and the operation area 32 indicating the movement range of the operation unit 30 as images on the display unit 16 . In this embodiment, for example, when performing an operation to start document feeding by the automatic document feeder 18A, the operation unit 30 and the operation area are arranged so that the operation unit 30 moves along the document feeding direction of the automatic document feeder 18A. 32 is displayed. Specifically, each of the operation unit 30 and the operation area 32 is moved along the vertical direction of the display unit 16 in a direction substantially coinciding with the feeding direction of the document 22 indicated by the arrow in FIG. Display an image. As a result, the operation unit 30 moves along the document feeding direction, and the feeding direction of the document 22 and the operation direction of the operation unit 30 substantially coincide with each other, resulting in an intuitive operation. As an example of the operation part 30 and the operation area 32, as shown in FIG. . As shown in FIG. 2, the vertical direction of the display unit 16 is defined as the vertical direction, and the horizontal direction of the display unit 16 is defined as the vertical direction. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the operation section 30 and the operation area 32. As shown in FIG.

Further, when the movement operation is completed for the operation unit 30 displayed so as to follow the movement operation by the user, the operation control unit 11C determines whether the function has not been executed or the function has been executed according to the position of the operation unit 30. to control. The non-execution of a function is control to maintain a state (for example, an initial state) in which execution of a function is not started due to a movement operation that does not lead to an instruction to execute the function. Also, control of execution of functions includes control of executing a predetermined function or control of stopping execution of a predetermined function.

Here, the execution of functions by the CPU 11 of the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment will be briefly described. As an example of execution of functions by the CPU 11 , execution of the copy function of the original document 22 is given, but the execution of the function is not limited to the execution of the copy function of the original document 22 . It may be any other function that is implemented. For example, a reading function that reads the document 22 may be applied, or other functions that require transport of the document 22, such as a facsimile function, may be applied.

In the image forming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the operation unit 30 described above is displayed on the display unit 16 to receive an instruction to execute a function.

As shown in FIG. 5 , while touching the operation unit 30 with a finger, a movement operation such as dragging or sliding is performed along the operation area 32 that is long in the vertical direction to the end of the operation area 32 and the finger is released. When the function execution instruction is completed, the automatic document feeder 18A starts conveying the document 22 as the function execution.

Further, in the present embodiment, if the finger is removed before the operation unit 30 moves to the end of the operation area 32, the instruction to execute the function is canceled. Note that the operation unit 30 may change color when touched by the user's finger to indicate that a movement operation such as dragging or sliding is possible.

Further, after the document 22 is started to be conveyed, as shown on the left side of FIG. When the operation is performed, the transport of the document 22 is stopped.

When the transport of the document 22 is stopped, the operation unit 30 becomes operable to move in the opposite direction. Then, as shown in the center and right sides of FIG. 6, by moving the operation unit 30 in the opposite direction along the operation area 32 to the initial position and releasing the finger, the document 22 is reversely conveyed by the automatic document feeder 18A. done. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an operation performed after stopping the transport of the document 22. As shown in FIG.

Note that in the present embodiment, a double-tap operation will be described as an example of the predetermined operation, but the operation is not limited to this. For example, a long press operation for a predetermined time or longer may be applied, a triple tap operation, or a plurality of touch operations such as two fingers may be applied.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example will be described in which conveyance of the document 22 is stopped when a double-tap operation is performed on the operation unit 30 or the operation area 32. special operations may be applied. As an example of a special operation, an operation not assigned to the display unit 16 is applied after the document 22 is started to be conveyed, and a special operation at an arbitrary position is detected without limiting the operation position to the operation unit 30. In this case, the transport of the document 22 may be stopped. For example, when a double-tap operation is not assigned as an operation assigned to the display unit 16 after the document 22 is started to be conveyed, a double-tap operation is performed on an arbitrary position on the display unit 16. Then, the transport of the document 22 is stopped.

Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment configured as described above will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing performed by the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment. 7 is executed when the image forming apparatus 10 is instructed to display a predetermined screen such as an image for executing the copy function of the document 22, for example, the information processing program 15A is executed. shall be activated and started.

At step 100 , the CPU 11 detects an operation position touched by the user's finger on a predetermined screen, and proceeds to step 102 .

At step 102 , the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation position detected at step 100 is the position of the operation section 30 . If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 104, and if the determination is negative, the process returns to step 100 and the above processing is repeated. It should be noted that when the touch of the finger on the operation unit 30 is detected, the display form of the operation unit 30, for example, the color may be changed to change the display form to indicate the execution reservation of the function.

At step 104, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation position has moved. This determination determines whether or not a moving operation such as dragging or sliding has been performed. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 106, and if the determination is negative, the process returns to step 100 and the above processing is repeated.

At step 106 , the CPU 11 derives the position of the operation unit 30 to follow the operation position while detecting the operation position of the user's finger, displays and stores the derived result, and proceeds to step 108 .

At step 108, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation completion position has reached the transport start position. As shown in FIG. 5, this determination determines whether or not the operation section 30 has been moved to the end of the operation area 32 . If the operation completion position has not reached the transport start position, the determination is negative and the process proceeds to step 110 . If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 112 . Completion of the movement operation is determined when the user's finger leaves the operation unit 30 (including releasing the follow-up relationship between the user's finger and the operation unit 30).

At step 110, the CPU 11 resets the stored operation position, returns to step 100, and repeats the above processing.

At step 112, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the document can be conveyed. This determination is to determine whether or not the edge of the document 22 is detected by the first detection sensor 26A of the automatic document feeder 18A. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 114 , and if the determination is positive, the process proceeds to step 116 .

In step 114, the CPU 11 issues a document confirmation warning such as displaying a message for confirming the document 22, resets the stored operation position, returns to step 100, and repeats the above-described processing.

At step 116, the CPU 11 starts conveying the document 22 by the automatic document feeder 18A, and proceeds to step 118. FIG.

At step 118, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a double-tap operation has been detected. This determination determines whether or not a double tap operation has been performed on the operation unit 30 or the operation area 32, as shown on the left side of FIG. When the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 120, and when the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 122.

At step 120, the CPU 11 performs a document conveyance stop process and terminates a series of processes by the information processing program 15A. The details of the document conveyance stop processing will be described later.

On the other hand, at step 122, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the document 22 has been conveyed. For this determination, for example, it is determined whether or not the document 22 is no longer detected by the second detection sensor 26B. If the determination is negative, the process returns to step 118 to repeat the above-described processing, and if the determination is positive, the series of processing by the information processing program 15A is terminated.

Next, the details of the document transport stop processing performed in step 120 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of document conveyance stop processing.

At step 200, the CPU 11 stops conveying the document 22 by the automatic document feeder 18A and proceeds to step 202. FIG.

At step 202 , the CPU 11 detects the operation position touched by the user's finger on the predetermined screen, and proceeds to step 204 .

At step 204 , the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation position detected at step 202 is the position of the operation section 30 . If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 206, and if the determination is negative, the process returns to step 202 and the above processing is repeated. It should be noted that when the touch of the finger on the operation unit 30 is detected, the display form of the operation unit 30, for example, the color may be changed to change the display form to indicate the execution reservation of the function.

At step 206, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation position has moved. This determination determines whether or not a moving operation such as dragging or sliding has been performed. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 208, and if the determination is negative, the process returns to step 202 and the above processing is repeated.

At step 208 , the CPU 11 derives the position of the operation unit 30 to follow the operation position while detecting the operation position of the user's finger, displays and stores the derived result, and proceeds to step 210 .

At step 210, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the operation completion position has reached the initial position. This determination determines whether or not the operation unit 30 has been moved to the initial position of the operation area 32 as shown in the center and right sides of FIG. It waits until the determination is affirmative and proceeds to step 212 .

At step 212, the CPU 11 starts the reverse conveyance of the document 22 by the automatic document feeder 18A, and proceeds to step 214. FIG.

At step 214, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the document 22 has not been detected by the third detection sensor 26C. It waits until the determination is affirmative and proceeds to step 216 .

At step 216, the CPU 11 stops reverse transport of the document 22 after a predetermined time elapses, and ends the series of document transport stop processing. Here, as the predetermined time, the time required for the document 22 to be ejected from the position of the third detection sensor 26C is applied.

In this embodiment, the document 22 is reversely conveyed when the operation unit 30 is operated to move to the initial position. , the document 22 may be reversely conveyed.

Further, in the present embodiment, a sensor other than the third detection sensor 26C, which has been described as an example of stopping the reverse conveyance of the document 22 using the detection result of the document 22 by the third detection sensor 26C, may be used. For example, the reverse transport of the document 22 may be stopped using the detection result of the document 22 by the first detection sensor 26A or the second detection sensor 26B, or other sensors (not shown) provided in the transport path of the document 22 may be used. Reverse conveyance of the document 22 may be stopped using the detection result.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which conveyance of the document 22 is stopped by a double-tapping operation immediately after starting conveyance of the document 22. may perform the processing of FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a modification of the flow of processing when a double-tap operation on the operation unit 30 or the operation area 32 is detected in the image forming apparatus 10 according to this embodiment. Note that the process of FIG. 9 starts when a double tap operation on the operation unit 30 is detected.

At step 300, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the document 22 is not being conveyed and the copying function is in operation. That is, the image forming section 19 performs an operation of forming an image on a recording medium based on image information obtained by reading by the document reading section 18 while the document 22 is not being conveyed by the automatic document feeder 18A. It is determined whether or not the When the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 302, and when the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step 304.

At step 302, the CPU 11 stops copying, that is, stops the image forming operation by the image forming section 19, and ends the process.

On the other hand, at step 304, the CPU 11 determines whether or not both the document 22 and the recording medium are being conveyed. If the determination is negative, the process is terminated, and if the determination is positive, the process proceeds to step 306 .

At step 306 , the CPU 11 stops conveying the document 22 by the automatic document feeder 18A and proceeds to step 308 . That is, when the double-tap operation is received while both the document 22 and the recording medium are being conveyed, the conveyance of the more important document 22 is immediately stopped.

At step 308, the CPU 11 performs a document conveyance stop process, and terminates a series of processes. As the document conveyance stopping process, the above-described process of FIG. 8 is performed.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the operation unit 30 and the operation area 32 are displayed such that the operation unit 30 moves along the document feeding direction of the automatic document feeder 18A has been described. 32 is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the operating section 30 and the operating area 32 may be displayed such that the operating section 30 moves along the horizontal direction of the display section 16 in FIG. The example of FIG. 10 shows an example in which the operation unit 30 and the operation area 23 are displayed so that the operation unit 30 is moved from left to right. and the operation area 32 may be displayed.

Further, although the image forming apparatus 10 has been described as an example of the information processing apparatus in each of the above embodiments, the information processing apparatus is not limited to the image forming apparatus 10 . For example, in addition to the image forming apparatus 10, general information processing apparatuses having a UI (User Interface) screen adopting a touch panel method and functioning as the UI of the image forming apparatus 10, such as smartphones, tablet terminals, and game machines, are applied. You may

Further, in the above embodiments, the CPU was described as an example of a processor, but the processor refers to a processor in a broad sense, such as a general-purpose processor (such as a CPU) or a dedicated processor (such as a GPU: Graphics Processing Unit, ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit, FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array, programmable logic device, etc.).

Further, the operations of the processors in the above embodiments may be performed not only by one processor but also by cooperation of a plurality of physically separated processors. Moreover, the order of each operation of the processor is not limited to the order described in each of the above embodiments, and may be changed as appropriate.

Further, the processing performed by the image forming apparatus 10 according to the above embodiment may be processing performed by software, may be performed by hardware, or may be a combination of both. Further, the processing performed by the image forming apparatus 10 may be stored as a program in a storage medium and distributed.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

10 image forming apparatus 11 CPU
11A display control unit 11B touch detection unit 11C operation control unit 11D follow-up control unit 15A information processing program 16 display unit 16A touch panel 18 document reading unit 18A automatic document feeder 22 document 24A first transport roller pair 24B second transport roller pair 26A 1 detection sensor 26B 2nd detection sensor 26C 3rd detection sensor

Claims (6)

a processor, said processor comprising:
displaying on the display unit an operation unit that can move along a predetermined direction;
When a movement operation of moving the operation unit along the predetermined direction is received while the operation unit is selected, transporting the document is started;
While the document is being conveyed, a predetermined operation on the operation unit or an area to which the operation unit moves, or a touch operation on an arbitrary position on the display unit on a screen on which the operation unit is displayed An information processing apparatus that performs a process of stopping conveyance of the document when a predetermined touch operation that is not assigned is received. 2. The processor, when accepting the predetermined operation or the predetermined touch operation in a state where the document is not conveyed, performs processing for stopping copying of the document onto a recording medium onto which the document is copied. The information processing device according to . When the processor receives the predetermined operation or the predetermined touch operation while both the document and a recording medium on which the document is copied are being transported, the processor stops transporting the document. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein When the processor receives a reverse movement operation of moving the operation unit in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction while the operation unit is selected after stopping the transport of the original, the processor reverses the original. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further performing a process of conveying. The processor transports the document in the reverse direction, and stops the reverse transport of the document after a predetermined time has passed since the document is not detected by a detection unit provided in the document transport path for detecting the document. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4. to the computer,
displaying on the display unit an operation unit that can move along a predetermined direction;
When a movement operation of moving the operation unit along the predetermined direction is received while the operation unit is selected, transporting the document is started;
While the document is being conveyed, a predetermined operation on the operation unit or the area to which the operation unit moves, or a touch operation on an arbitrary position on the display unit on the screen on which the operation unit is displayed An information processing program for executing a process of stopping the transport of the document when a predetermined touch operation not assigned in is received.

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