JP5222704B2 - Display control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and display control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a display control program, and more particularly to a technique for displaying a web page on a display unit.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a multifunction machine (equipment having a copy function, a printer function, a facsimile function, and a scanner function) has been provided with an LCD (Liquid) for displaying operation guidance to a user. A display unit such as a crystal display) is provided. Also, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, an image that incorporates a web browser that displays web pages on the Internet, displays web content on the display unit of the image forming apparatus, and enables printing of the displayed web content A forming apparatus has been proposed.
JP 2006-146315 A

  When a web page is displayed on the display unit as in the image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to input a character symbol in order to use a keyword search function or the like provided on the web page. However, the image forming apparatus does not include a keyboard like a personal computer, and the display unit provided in the image forming apparatus is often not as large as a personal computer. On the other hand, a troublesome operation may be required, and an improvement for improving the operability at the time of inputting a character symbol is desired. The image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 permits display of content data stored in a cache in the apparatus on a display unit by password authentication. It does not improve.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and is an operation for a user when inputting a character symbol to a character symbol input area of a web page displayed on a display unit of an image forming apparatus or the like. The purpose is to improve the performance.

The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying an image,
A web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
The web browser function unit acquires a web page from a website connected to the Internet, and displays the acquired web page on the display unit so that the user can perform a scrolling operation. Character symbol accepting image of a predetermined size for accepting input of a character symbol based on a predetermined operation by a user when an image showing a character symbol input area is displayed on the web page and the display unit display instruction accepting section for accepting a display instruction of the touch panel function to be displayed on the, when the display instruction to the display instruction accepting section is received, the character symbol of the web page on the display screen before the symbol display unit calculating a display candidate region is a region other than the display area of the image indicating the input area, the character symbol accepted image When the size is within the display candidate area, the character symbol acceptance image is displayed within the display candidate area, and when the size of the character symbol acceptance image is not within the display candidate area, An image display control unit that displays a message prompting the user to scroll the web page being displayed, and an input receiving unit that receives input of a character symbol by a touch panel function by an operation based on the character symbol receiving image by the user, It is a display control apparatus provided with.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer incorporated in the display control device.
Function as a web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit of the display control device;
Further, the web browser function unit includes a display unit for displaying an image,
A web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
The web browser function unit acquires a web page from a website connected to the Internet, and displays the acquired web page on the display unit so that the user can perform a scrolling operation. Character symbol accepting image of a predetermined size for accepting input of a character symbol based on a predetermined operation by a user when an image showing a character symbol input area is displayed on the web page and the display unit display instruction accepting section for accepting a display instruction of the touch panel function to be displayed on the, when the display instruction to the display instruction accepting section is received, the character symbol of the web page on the display screen before the symbol display unit calculating a display candidate region is a region other than the display area of the image indicating the input area, the character symbol accepted image When the size is within the display candidate area, the character symbol acceptance image is displayed within the display candidate area, and when the size of the character symbol acceptance image is not within the display candidate area, An image display control unit that displays a message prompting the user to scroll the displayed web page, and an input reception unit that receives a character symbol input by a touch panel function by an operation based on the character symbol reception image by the user This is a display control program to function.

  In these inventions, the display instruction receiving unit displays a character symbol reception image based on a predetermined operation by the user when an image indicating the character symbol input area is displayed on the web page being displayed. Since the instruction is received, the user can display the character / symbol acceptance image on the display unit only when there is an opportunity to input the character / symbol on the displayed web page by performing the predetermined operation. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the troublesomeness that the character symbol acceptance image is displayed carelessly when the input of the character symbol is unnecessary. Further, the image display control unit displays the character / symbol acceptance image in a region other than the image display region indicating the character / symbol input region of the web page, and when the user performs an operation based on the character / symbol acceptance image in the display state, Since the input of the character symbol is received by the input receiving unit, the user can input the character symbol while visually recognizing the character symbol input area of the web page. Thereby, the operability when inputting a character symbol into the character symbol input area of the web page displayed on the display unit of the image forming apparatus or the like is improved.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the display control device according to claim 1, wherein the display instruction receiving unit is for a display portion of an image showing the character / symbol input area on the display screen of the display unit. The operation by the user is accepted as the predetermined operation to receive an instruction to display the character / symbol acceptance image.

  According to the present invention, when the user performs an operation such as touching the display portion of the image indicating the character symbol input area of the web page being displayed on the display screen of the display portion with a finger or the like, the display instruction receiving portion Since the display instruction of the symbol reception image is received and the character display reception image is displayed on the display unit by the image display control unit, the user intuitively grasps the operation necessary for inputting the display instruction of the character reception image. The character / symbol acceptance image can be displayed on the display unit with a simple operation.

The invention according to claim 3 is the display control device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the web browser function unit converts the character symbol received by the input reception unit into the character symbol. A web display control unit to be displayed in the input area is further provided.

  According to this invention, the image display control unit displays the character / symbol acceptance image in a region other than the image display region indicating the character / symbol input region of the web page, and the web display control unit is accepted by the input acceptance unit. Since the character symbol is displayed in the character symbol input area, the user can perform an operation of inputting the character symbol while visually recognizing the character symbol already input by the user's operation in the character symbol input area of the web page.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording unit that records an image on recording paper based on print target data;
An image forming apparatus and a display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the action exhibited by the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operativity for a user at the time of inputting a character symbol with respect to the character symbol input area of the web page currently displayed on display parts, such as an image forming apparatus, can be improved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an image forming apparatus including a display control apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral which is an embodiment of an image forming apparatus including a display control device according to the present invention.

  The multi-function device 1 includes a main body 200, a paper post-processing section 300 disposed on the paper carry-out side, for example, the left side of the main body 200, and an operation section 400 for a user operator to input various operation commands. The document reading unit disposed on the upper part of the main body unit 200 and the document feeding unit 600 disposed on the upper part of the document reading unit 500.

  The operation unit 400 includes a display unit 410 formed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and an operation key unit 430 to which an operation instruction is input from a user. The operation key unit 430 includes a start key, a numeric keypad, and the like.

  The document feeding unit 600 includes a document placement unit 601, a paper feed roller 602, a document transport unit 603, and a document discharge unit 604, and the document reading unit 500 includes a scanner 501. The paper feed roller 602 feeds the required number of documents set on the document placement unit 601 one by one, and the document transport unit 603 sequentially transports the fed document to the reading position of the scanner 501. The scanner 501 sequentially reads images of the conveyed document, and the read document is discharged to the document discharge unit 604.

  The main body 200 includes a plurality of paper feed cassettes 201, a plurality of paper feed rollers 202, a transfer roller 203, a photosensitive drum 204, an exposure device 206, a developing device 207, a fixing roller 208, a discharge port 209, a discharge tray 210, and the like. Prepare.

  The photosensitive drum 204 is uniformly charged by a charging device (not shown) while rotating in the direction of the arrow. The exposure device 206 scans the photosensitive drum 204 with laser light modulated according to the image data of the document read by the document reading unit 500, and forms an electrostatic latent image on the drum surface. The developing device 207 supplies a black developer to the photosensitive drum 204 to form a toner image.

  On the other hand, the paper feed roller 202 draws the print paper from the paper feed cassette 201 in which the print paper is stored, and feeds the print paper to the transfer roller 203. The transfer roller 203 transfers the toner image on the photosensitive drum 204 to the conveyed printing paper, and the fixing roller 208 heats and fixes the transferred toner image on the printing paper. Thereafter, the printing paper is carried into the paper post-processing unit 300 from the discharge port 209 of the main body unit 200. The printing paper is also discharged to the discharge tray 210 as necessary.

  The paper post-processing unit 300 includes a carry-in port 301, a print paper carrying unit 302, a carry-out port 303, a stack tray 304, and the like. The printing paper conveyance unit 302 sequentially conveys the printing paper carried into the carry-in port 301 from the discharge port 209 and finally discharges the printing paper from the carry-out port 303 to the stack tray 304. The stack tray 304 is configured to be movable up and down in the direction of the arrow in accordance with the number of print sheets stacked from the carry-out port 303.

  FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine 1. The multifunction device 1 includes a scanner unit 11, an image processing unit 21, a recording unit 31, an operation unit 400, a control unit 50, a network interface (interface) unit 71, and an HDD (hard disk drive) 74.

  The scanner unit 11 includes an exposure lamp 12 and a CCD (charge coupled device) 13 that constitute the scanner 501 shown in FIG. The scanner unit 11 irradiates the document with the exposure lamp 12 and receives the reflected light with the CCD 13, thereby reading an image from the document and outputting image data corresponding to the read image to the image processing unit 21.

  The image processing unit 21 includes a correction unit 22, an image processing unit 23, and an image memory 24. The image processing unit 21 processes the read image data by the correction unit 22 and the image processing unit 23 as necessary, and stores the processed image data in the image memory 24 or outputs the processed image data to the recording unit 31. The correction unit 22 performs predetermined correction processing such as level correction and γ correction on the read image data. The image processing unit 23 performs various types of processing such as image data compression or expansion processing and enlargement or reduction processing.

  The recording unit 31 is an image composed of the sheet conveying unit 32 composed of the sheet feeding cassette 201 and the sheet feeding roller 202 shown in FIG. 1, the photosensitive drum 204, the exposure device 206, the developing device 207, etc. shown in FIG. The image forming apparatus includes a forming unit 33, a transfer unit 34 including the transfer roller 203 shown in FIG. 1, and a fixing unit 35 including the fixing roller 208 shown in FIG. The recording unit 31 prints an image on a recording sheet using the document data read by the scanner unit 11. Specifically, the paper transport unit 32 transports the recording paper to the image forming unit 33, the image forming unit 33 forms a toner image corresponding to the image data, and the transfer unit 34 transfers the toner image to the recording paper. The fixing unit 35 fixes the toner image on the recording paper to form an image.

  The network interface unit 71 uses a network interface or the like to control transmission / reception of various data to / from an external device via a LAN (Local Area Network) using Ethernet (registered trademark) or the like, and to the Internet. Connect. The HDD 74 stores image data read by the scanner unit 11, an output format set for the image data, and the like.

  The operation unit 400 includes a display unit 410 and an operation key unit 430 shown in FIG. The display unit 410 includes a touch panel unit that combines a touch panel and an LCD. The display unit 410 displays various operation screens, and allows the user to input execution commands for various functions by touching the display surface (displayed operation key unit). The operation key unit 430 includes a start key, a numeric keypad, and the like as described above.

  The control unit 50 includes a control unit 52 and a display image data storage unit 53.

  The control unit 52 includes a main controller unit 521 and a display control unit 522. The main controller unit 521 controls the operation of the multifunction device 1. The display control unit 522 performs display control for causing the display unit 410 to display operation guide information, a web page, and the like of the multifunction device 1 for the user. The display image data storage unit 53 stores various image data to be displayed on the display unit 410. The various image data stored in the display image data storage unit 53 is composed of images showing the display of each operation guide information of the multifunction device 1 for the user.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an extracted configuration of the control unit 50 of the multifunction machine 1. As described above, the control unit 50 includes the main controller unit 521 and the display control unit 522. The main controller unit 521 is composed of, for example, a CPU, the display control unit 522 is composed of, for example, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and the boards constituting these are connected by, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus).

  The main controller unit 521 includes an operation control unit 5211 and a proxy server 5213.

  The operation control unit 5211 controls operation of each unit (the scanner unit 11, the image processing unit 21, the recording unit 31, etc.) of the multifunction machine 1.

  The proxy server 5213 is connected between the web browser function unit 5221 and the Internet to connect to the Internet. The proxy server 5213 is connected to the Internet via Ethernet or the like.

  The display control unit 522 includes a web browser function unit 5221 and a panel application 5222.

  The web browser function unit 5221 executes processing necessary for causing the display unit 410 to display a web page on the Internet.

  The panel application 5222 executes processing necessary for causing the display unit 410 to display each operation guide of the multifunction device 1. The panel application 5222 reads out image data corresponding to each operation guide of the multifunction machine 1 from the display image data storage unit 53 and causes the display unit 410 to display the image data.

  The web browser function unit 5221 includes a web display control unit 5223, a display instruction receiving unit 5224, an image display control unit 5225, and an input receiving unit 5226.

  The web display control unit 5223 performs processing necessary to display a web page on the display unit 410.

  The display instruction receiving unit 5224 displays an image (for example, displayed in a web page display screen 4103 in FIG. 6 to be described later) on the web page displayed on the display unit 410 by the web display control unit 5223. A character symbol reception screen 4105 (FIGS. 7 and 8) is displayed on the display unit 410 based on a predetermined operation by the user. The display instruction to be received is received from the user by the touch panel function. The predetermined operation is, for example, an operation in which the user touches a portion where the image of the character / symbol input area in the web page on the display screen of the display unit 410 is displayed with a finger or the like. However, the predetermined operation referred to in the claims is not limited to the operation in which the user touches the display portion of the character / symbol input area with the finger. For example, when the web display control unit 5223 causes the display unit 410 to display the image display acceptance image B5 outside the web page display screen or the like and the user performs an operation such as touching the image display acceptance image B5, the touch panel function is used. The display instruction receiving unit 5224 may receive a display instruction for the character symbol reception screen 4105.

  When the display instruction is received by the display instruction receiving unit 5224, the image display control unit 5225 displays the character symbol reception image and displays an image indicating the character symbol input area in the web page on the display screen of the display unit 410. Display in an area other than the area.

  The input accepting unit 5226 accepts input of a character symbol by the touch panel function by an operation based on the character symbol acceptance image by the user (for example, an operation such as a user touching or pressing the character symbol acceptance image with a finger or the like). And a reception unit.

  The web display control unit 5223 causes the display unit 410 to display the character symbol received by the input receiving unit 5226 by the user's operation in the character symbol input area in the web page being displayed on the display unit 410. Send to the site of the current web page.

  The display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, for example, a control unit 50 and a display unit 410.

  In the above description, the control unit 52 includes the main controller unit 521 including the CPU and the display control unit 522 including the ASIC. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. A display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention is stored, and the control unit 52 including a CPU or the like may function as the web browser function unit 5221 by operating according to the display control program. In addition, the control unit 52 may also function as the panel application 5222, the operation control unit 5211, and the proxy server 5213.

  Next, a first embodiment of display control of the display unit 410 in the multifunction machine 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of display control of the display unit 410 in the multifunction machine 1. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the initial operation screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a web page display screen. 7 and 8 are diagrams showing display examples of the character / symbol acceptance image (keyboard screen). FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example in which a character / symbol input acceptance screen is displayed on a web page.

  When the user turns on the main power of the multifunction device 1 at the start of use of the multifunction device 1 (YES in S1), the panel application 5222 reads image data corresponding to the initial operation screen from the display image data storage unit 53. Then, an initial screen 4101 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 410 (S2). At this time, the operation unit 400 is ready to accept various operation execution instructions (copy operation execution instruction, web page display instruction, etc.) from the user (S3, S11). As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the initial screen 4101 displays keys 101 to 104 for receiving various settings at the time of a copy operation, and a web browser start instruction for starting a web browser (set in advance by starting the web browser). The browser key 105 for receiving an instruction to display the web page being displayed on the display unit 410 from the user is displayed. Keys displayed on the initial screen 4101 and each of the following screens are input to the web browser function unit 5221, the operation control unit 5211, and the like by the touch panel function.

  Here, when an operation execution instruction other than the web page display instruction, for example, a copy operation execution instruction is input by the user's operation of the operation unit 400 and the instruction is received by the operation unit 400 (NO in S3) , S11: YES), the operation control unit 5211 executes the instructed operation, for example, the copy operation (S12). If the operation unit 400 does not accept any operation execution instruction from the user (NO in S11), the process returns to S2, the panel application 5222 displays the initial screen 4101 on the display unit 410, and the operation unit 400 The state of waiting for the input of various operation execution instructions from is continued.

  On the other hand, if the user presses the browser key 105 on the initial screen 4101 and receives a web page display instruction from the web display control unit 5223 by the touch panel function (YES in S3), the web display control unit 5223 Via the server 5213, the website of the web page preset as the first page when the web browser is displayed is accessed, and the image data of the web page that becomes the first page is acquired from the website, for example, A web page display screen 4103 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 410 (S4). That is, the web display control unit 5223 switches the initial screen 4101 displayed on the display unit 410 by the panel application 5222 to the web page display screen 4103.

  In addition, the web display control unit 5223 displays a scroll bar B1, a screen close button B2, and the like on the web page display screen 4103. The scroll bar B1 and the screen close button B2 etc. are large enough to be easily touched by the user using a touch panel function so that the user can easily input a web page scroll instruction, a web page close instruction, and the like. Is set.

  Although not shown in FIG. 4, when the web display control unit 5223 displays the web page display screen 4103 on the display unit 410, the screen close button B2 is pressed by the user, and the screen is displayed by the touch panel function. When the close instruction is accepted by the web display control unit 5223, the web display control unit 5223 stops displaying the web page display screen 4103, and shifts to the display process (S2) of the initial operation screen 4101 by the panel application 5222.

  When the web page display screen 4103 is displayed on the display unit 410 in this way, the display instruction receiving unit 5224 displays a character / symbol input area as shown in FIG. 6 in the web page display screen 4103 being displayed. It is determined whether or not an image B3 to be displayed (hereinafter referred to as a character / symbol input field B3) is displayed (S5). For example, a known technique is adopted as a method for recognizing the character / symbol input field B3 in the web page.

  If the display instruction receiving unit 5224 determines that the character / symbol input field B3 is displayed in the web page display screen 4103 being displayed (YES in S5), the display instruction receiving unit 5224 It is determined whether or not the user has touched the display portion of the character / symbol input field B3 in the web page 410 with a finger or the like (S6). The determination method of the presence or absence of the touch operation to the character symbol input column B3 by the user determines whether or not the user's contact within the coordinate range indicating the display area of the character symbol input column B3 is detected by the touch panel function. Etc. are performed.

  When the display instruction receiving unit 5224 determines that the user has touched the display part of the character / symbol input field B3 in the web page on the display screen of the display unit 410 with a finger or the like (YES in S6), the image display control unit 5225 calculates the area for displaying the character / symbol acceptance screen 4105 shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 (S7). That is, the image display control unit 5225 obtains coordinate information indicating a received image display candidate area including an area other than the display area of the character / symbol input field B3 in the web page being displayed on the display unit 410, and the coordinate information is The received image display candidate area shown is calculated as an area where the character symbol reception screen 4105 can be displayed.

The image display control unit 5225 displays a character / symbol reception screen 4105 including image data of a predetermined size on the web page displayed on the display unit 410, and the received image display indicated by the calculated coordinates. It is displayed in the candidate area (S8). The predetermined size is, for example, when the character symbol reception screen 4105 is displayed on the display unit 410, as shown in FIG. 7, the character symbol reception screen is less than half the height of the web page display screen 4103. The size is displayed on the display unit 410 to the extent that 4105 can be accommodated.

  Note that, for example, when the character symbol input field B3 is in a display state located near the center of the web page display screen 4103 by the user's operation of the scroll bar B1, the image display control unit 5225 calculates in S7. When it is determined that the character / symbol acceptance screen 4105 does not fit within the accepted image display candidate area, the image display control unit 5225 displays a character / symbol input field B3 on the display unit 410 by operating the scroll bar B1 to the user. You may make it display the message to the effect of moving to the upper end of page display screen 4103, or lower end vicinity. The character / symbol reception screen 4105 is an example of a character / symbol reception image, and is a keyboard screen including an image showing a keyboard as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

  When the image display control unit 5225 displays the character symbol reception screen 4105 on the display unit 410, when the user presses each character key display part displayed on the character symbol reception screen 4105, the touch panel function is used. The input accepting unit 5226 accepts an input of a character or symbol associated with the character key at the pressed position as a character symbol string to be input to the character symbol input field B3 (YES in S9). The image display control unit 5225 sequentially displays the character / symbol string having received the input in the character / symbol input field B3 being displayed on the display unit 410 (S10).

  The character symbol reception screen 4105 has, for example, an uppercase character input screen G40 shown in FIG. 7 and a lowercase character input screen G40 'shown in FIG. For example, the image display control unit 5225 first displays the capital letter input screen G40 on the display unit 410 as an initial screen when the character symbol reception screen 4105 is displayed. When the “lowercase” button G44 is pressed by the user on the uppercase input screen G40 and a screen switching instruction is received by the image display control unit 5225 by the touch panel function, the image display control unit 5225 inputs the display screen of the display unit 410 in lowercase. Switch to screen G40 '. In addition, when the “uppercase” button G43 is pressed by the user on the lowercase input screen G40 ′ and a screen switching instruction is received by the image display control unit 5225 by the touch panel function, the image display control unit 5225 displays the display screen of the display unit 410. Is switched to the capital letter input screen G40.

  In the uppercase character input screen G40 and the lowercase character input screen G40 ′, when the user presses the input character button G41 and an input character switching instruction is received by the image display control unit 5225 by the touch panel function, the image display control unit 5225 displays the input character button. An input character menu button P1 in which items indicating various input characters are arranged in a downward direction from G41 is displayed in a pull-down manner. Also, when the character input method switching button G42 is pressed by the user and a character input method switching instruction is received by the image display control unit 5225 by the touch panel function, the image display control unit 5225 is directed downward from the character input method switching button G42. Then, an input method menu button P2 in which items indicating various character input methods are arranged is displayed in a pull-down manner.

  Further, the input receiving unit 5226 sequentially transmits the character / symbol received in S9 to the website of the web page (S10), sends a confirmation signal to the website at the time of the confirmation, and the input character / symbol is received. However, the web page site can be used as a search target keyword. Note that when the user operates the “OK” button G45 on the capital letter input screen G40 or the small letter input screen G40 ′, the input acceptance unit 5226 displays the character symbol string accepted at this time by the touch panel function. Based on the URL of the web page being displayed on the display unit 410, the confirmed character symbol string is confirmed via the proxy server 513 of the main controller unit 521 based on the URL of the web page being displayed in the symbol input field B3. (S10) so that the web page can be used as a search target keyword.

  Further, the confirmation of the character symbol string is accepted by the image display control unit 5225 by operating the screen close button G47 without operating the “OK” button G45 by the user and closing the character symbol acceptance screen 4105. It may be performed if

  Thereafter, the website that has received the character symbol (the website of the web page being displayed on the display unit 410) performs processing such as web search using the received character symbol.

  Next, a second embodiment of display control of the display unit 410 in the multifunction machine 1 will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment of display control of the display unit 410 in the multifunction machine 1. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which a character / symbol input acceptance screen is displayed on a web page. Note that the description of the same processing as in the first embodiment is omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the display instruction receiving unit 5224 determines that the user has touched the display portion of the character / symbol input field B3 in the web page on the display screen of the display unit 410 with a finger or the like (YES in S26). After the image display control unit 5225 calculates a display candidate area for displaying the character / symbol reception screen 4105 shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 (S27), the image display control unit 5225 displays the image data of the predetermined size. A process of enlarging / reducing the character / symbol acceptance screen 4105 consisting of the above (display or enlargement / reduction process) so as to be displayed on the display unit 410 with the maximum size that can be displayed within the calculated display candidate area is performed (S28). In this enlargement / reduction process, (1) the height dimension of the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 is set to the height dimension of the display candidate region so that the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 fits within the display candidate region indicated by the calculated coordinate information. Enlarge or reduce the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 so that they match (the aspect ratio of the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 may be retained or changed). (2) The width dimension of the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 is a display candidate. Enlarging or reducing the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 to match the width of the area (the aspect ratio of the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 may be retained or changed), (3) the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 The character symbol acceptance screen 4105 is enlarged and matched so that the height dimension matches the height dimension of the display candidate region and the width dimension of the character symbol acceptance screen 4105 matches the width dimension of the display candidate region. Reduction is performed (the aspect ratio of the character / symbol reception screen 4105 is changed in accordance with the enlargement / reduction). The enlargement / reduction processing is performed by changing the image resolution of the image data on the character symbol reception screen 4105 based on the relationship between the image resolution of the image data on the character symbol reception screen 4105 and the monitor resolution of the display unit 410. .

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the image display control unit 5225 displays the character symbol reception screen 4105 that has been maximized within the calculated display candidate area in the display candidate area (S29).

  Even when the display screen of the display unit 410 that can be provided in the multifunction device 1 is displayed by maximizing the character / symbol reception screen 4105 and displaying it in the display candidate area, even if the display screen is relatively small. It is possible to display the character / symbol reception screen 4105 with excellent touch panel operability for the user by making the best use of the displayed display area.

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above-described embodiment, in the first or second embodiment, the web browser function unit 5221 causes the display instruction reception process of the character / symbol reception screen 4105 (character / symbol reception image), the character / symbol reception screen 4105 (character / symbol reception). Image) display processing, character symbol reception processing based on operations on the character symbol reception screen 4105, display processing of the received character symbols, web page display processing, and the like. What is performed is not limited to an application called a so-called web browser, and any application or circuit that can execute each of the above processes may be used. That is, in the present embodiment, the web browser function unit 5221 is a concept including an application or a circuit that can execute each of the above processes.

  In the above embodiment, the display control apparatus, the image forming apparatus, and the display control program according to the present invention are shown in FIGS. 1 to 11, but these are merely examples of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the configuration or processing of the invention.

1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral that is an embodiment of an image forming apparatus including a display control device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the multifunction machine. It is a figure which extracts and shows the composition of the control unit of a multifunction machine. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of display control of a display unit in a multifunction peripheral. It is a figure which shows the example of an initial stage operation screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a web page display screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a character symbol reception image (keyboard screen). It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a character symbol reception image (keyboard screen). It is a figure which shows the example which displayed the character symbol input reception screen on the web page. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of display control of the display unit in the multifunction peripheral. It is a figure which shows the example which displayed the character symbol input reception screen on the web page.

Explanation of symbols

1 MFP 410 Display Unit 4103 Web Page Display Screen 4105 Character Symbol Reception Screen 52 Control Unit 522 Display Control Unit 5211 Operation Control Unit 5221 Web Browser Function Unit 5223 Web Display Control Unit 5224 Display Instruction Reception Unit 5225 Image Display Control Unit 5226 Input Acceptance Part B3 Character symbol input field B5 Image display acceptance image

Claims (5)

A display for displaying an image;
A web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
The web browser function unit acquires a web page from a website connected to the Internet, and displays the acquired web page on the display unit so that the user can perform a scrolling operation. Character symbol accepting image of a predetermined size for accepting input of a character symbol based on a predetermined operation by a user when an image showing a character symbol input area is displayed on the web page and the display unit display instruction accepting section for accepting a display instruction of the touch panel function to be displayed on the, when the display instruction to the display instruction accepting section is received, the character symbol of the web page on the display screen before the symbol display unit calculating a display candidate region is a region other than the display area of the image indicating the input area, the character symbol accepted image When the size is within the display candidate area, the character symbol acceptance image is displayed within the display candidate area, and when the size of the character symbol acceptance image is not within the display candidate area, An image display control unit that displays a message prompting the user to scroll the web page being displayed, and an input receiving unit that receives input of a character symbol by a touch panel function by an operation based on the character symbol receiving image by the user, A display control device.   The display instruction accepting unit accepts an instruction to display the character symbol accepting image as an operation performed by the user on a display portion of an image showing the character symbol input area on the display screen of the display unit as the predetermined operation. Item 4. The display control device according to Item 1. The web browser function unit, the display control device according to letter symbols accepted in the input accepting unit, to claim 1 or claim 2 further comprising a web display control unit for displaying on the data inputting area. A recording unit for recording an image on recording paper based on print target data;
Image forming apparatus and a display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A computer built in the display control device
Function as a web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit of the display control device;
Further, the web browser function unit includes a display unit for displaying an image,
A web browser function unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
The web browser function unit acquires a web page from a website connected to the Internet, and displays the acquired web page on the display unit so that the user can perform a scrolling operation. Character symbol accepting image of a predetermined size for accepting input of a character symbol based on a predetermined operation by a user when an image showing a character symbol input area is displayed on the web page and the display unit display instruction accepting section for accepting a display instruction of the touch panel function to be displayed on the, when the display instruction to the display instruction accepting section is received, the character symbol of the web page on the display screen before the symbol display unit calculating a display candidate region is a region other than the display area of the image indicating the input area, the character symbol accepted image When the size is within the display candidate area, the character symbol acceptance image is displayed within the display candidate area, and when the size of the character symbol acceptance image is not within the display candidate area, An image display control unit that displays a message prompting the user to scroll the displayed web page, and an input reception unit that receives a character symbol input by a touch panel function by an operation based on the character symbol reception image by the user Display control program to function.

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