JP5246189B2 - Icon creation program and icon creation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an icon creation program and an icon creation device.

  In various apparatuses such as a personal computer, files and folders are represented by small images called icons (for example, Patent Document 1). For example, in a personal computer, an operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS) has a function of icon display.

JP 2007-272880 A

  However, the icon display function of the conventional OS represents each file with a default icon based on a predetermined correspondence between the file format and the default icon. Therefore, even if the contents are different as long as the files have the same format, they are represented by the same icon. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to predict the contents of individual data from icons.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an icon creation program and an icon creation device that can display an icon on the display unit so that the user can predict the content of data. It is an object.

In order to achieve this object, the icon creation program of the present invention displays a predetermined icon predetermined for each file format on the display unit for the first format file, and displays the file for the second format file. A program for causing a computer to create icon data used to display the icon in a display device having an operating system that displays an icon based on the icon data stored in the display unit, the computer comprising: a data acquisition means for acquiring data icon creation target, based on the acquired data by the data acquisition unit, and icon generating means for generating a plurality of icon data, a plurality of icons created by the icon creation unit Multiple icons based on each data And display means for displaying on the display unit, a selection unit for receiving a selection of one from among the plurality of icons displayed by the display means, the icon data corresponding to the icon selection of which is accepted by said selection means, It is made to function as a file generation means for generating the second format file storing the data acquired by the data acquisition means.

  The present invention can be configured in various modes such as an icon creation device, a control device that controls the icon creation device, an icon creation method, and a recording medium that records an icon creation program.

According to the icon creation program of the first aspect, there is an effect that an icon that allows the user to predict the contents of the data can be displayed on the display unit. Moreover, there is an effect that selected icon data among a plurality of icon data can be stored in a file.

  According to the icon creation program of claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the icon data is created based on the text data. Therefore, an icon for displaying an icon that makes the contents of the data easier to understand. There is an effect that data can be generated.

  According to the icon creation program of claim 3, in addition to the effect of claim 2, the icon data is created based on text data having a predetermined number of characters or less or a predetermined number of lines from the beginning. There is an effect that it is possible to generate icon data for displaying easy-to-understand and easy-to-see icons.

  According to the icon creation program of claim 4, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 3, icon data is created based on the reduced image data. There is an effect that icon data for display can be generated.

According to the icon creation program of claim 5, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the icon data based on the text data and the icon data based on the reduced image data are created. There is an effect that icon data for displaying a more easily understood icon can be generated .

  According to the icon creating program of claim 6, in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 5, an execution file for displaying or printing out image data or text data is generated, so that the user can There is an effect that a convenient file can be generated.

  According to the icon creating apparatus of the seventh aspect, the same effect as the computer that executes the icon creating program according to the first aspect is obtained.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a PC according to an embodiment of the present invention and an MFP connected to the PC. It is a figure which shows an example of the folder window displayed on a monitor apparatus. (A) shows an example of scan data, and (b) is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of an exe file created based on the scan data shown in (a). It is a flowchart which shows the icon creation process which CPU of PC performs. It is a figure which shows the icon selection window displayed on a monitor apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the exe file execution process which CPU of PC performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu screen displayed on a monitor apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the menu operation reception process which CPU of PC performs.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) 10 which is an embodiment of an icon creation apparatus according to the present invention, and a multifunction peripheral device (hereinafter referred to as “MFP (Multi Function on Peripheral)”) connected to the PC 10. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of 20.

  The icon creation program 14b which is one embodiment of the icon creation program of the present invention is installed in the PC 10 of the present embodiment. The PC 10 creates icon data based on the icon creation program 14b, and displays an icon that allows the user to predict the content of the data using the icon data.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the PC 10 mainly includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as “HDD”) 14, an input device 15, a monitor device 16, and an interface 17. The CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, and HDD 14 are connected to each other via a bus 19. The input device 15, the monitor device 16, the interface 17, and the bus 19 are connected to each other via the input / output port 18.

  The CPU 11 is an arithmetic processing unit that controls each unit connected to the input / output port 18 according to fixed values and programs stored in the ROM 12, RAM 13, and HDD 14. The ROM 12 is a memory in which a program for controlling the operation of the PC 10 is stored.

  The RAM 13 is a readable / writable memory for temporarily storing programs and data necessary for the processing of the CPU 11, and is provided with an icon temporary memory 13a and a file temporary memory 13b. The icon temporary memory 13a is a memory for storing icon data. The file temporary memory 13b is a memory for storing scan data acquired from the MFP 20.

  The HDD 14 is provided with an operating system 14a (hereinafter referred to as OS 14a), an icon creation program 14b, an application program 14c, and a data folder memory 14d.

The OS 14a is software for managing and controlling the hardware of the PC 10. The OS 14a has a file system that manages location information and file names of files stored in the data folder memory 14d. Further, the OS 14 a has a function of displaying an icon on the monitor device 16. In the present embodiment, the OS 14a is assumed to be Windows (registered trademark , hereinafter the same ). In the following description, “file” refers to data in which a file name and data position information are associated by the file system of the OS 14a. In the following description, “data” is used as a term including both a file and data that is not filed.

  The icon creation program 14b is a program for creating icon data and creating a file in exe format (hereinafter referred to as exe file) storing the icon data. The exe file is an execution file of a program in Windows.

  An application program for document creation, an application program for spreadsheet, an application program for graphic design, and the like are installed in the PC 10. In the following description, a generic term for various application programs installed in the PC 10 is referred to as an application program 14c. In FIG. 1, only one application program 14 c is illustrated, but a plurality of types of application programs 14 c may be installed in the PC 10.

  The exe file 14d1 is stored in the data folder memory 14d. Files of formats other than the exe format are also stored in the data folder memory 14d, but are not shown in FIG.

  The input device 15 is for inputting a user instruction, and includes, for example, a keyboard and a mouse. The monitor device 16 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and visually displays various processing contents and input data. The interface 17 transmits / receives various data to / from the MFP 20.

  The MFP 20 is a multifunction device having various functions such as a copy function, a FAX function, a scan function, and a printer function. The MFP 20 stores various data between the CPU 21 that is an arithmetic device, the ROM 22 that stores various control programs and data, the RAM 23 that temporarily stores data, the flash memory 24 that is rewritable nonvolatile memory, and the PC 10. It mainly includes an interface 25 that performs transmission and reception, an operation key 26 that includes buttons, an LCD 27 that includes a liquid crystal panel, a printer 28 that includes an inkjet printer, and a scanner 29 that captures an image.

  The CPU 21, ROM 22, RAM 23, and flash memory 24 are connected to each other via a bus 31. The interface 25, the operation key 26, the LCD 27, the printer 28, the scanner 29, and the bus 31 are connected to each other via the input / output port 30.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the folder window 40 displayed on the monitor device 16. The folder window 40 is a display area in which files in the data folder memory 14d are represented by icons 42. The OS 14a displays a predetermined icon 42 predetermined for each file format on the monitor device 16 for a file of a format other than exe (that is, a file whose extension is not exe). That is, when the file format is not exe, the same icon 42 is displayed even if the file format is the same, even if the file has a different content. Therefore, in order for the user to find the desired data, the user must start the application program 14c, open the file, and check the contents of the data.

  On the other hand, for the exe file 14d1, the OS 14a displays the icon 42 based on the icon data stored in the exe file 14d1. Although details will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the PC 10 of the present embodiment creates icon data according to the contents of the data, creates an exe file 14d1 storing the icon data, and creates a data folder. Save to 14d. As a result, for the exe file 14d1, as shown in FIG. 2, an icon 42 in which the contents of each data are easy to understand is displayed. Therefore, the user can predict the data contents from the icon 42 without opening the file. As a result, for example, even when a plurality of icons 42 are displayed, desired data can be found.

  In the following description, of the icons 42, a predetermined icon 42 that is predetermined for each file format is referred to as a standard icon 42A. The icon 42 displayed based on the icon data stored in the exe file 14d1 is referred to as a special icon 42B. Further, in order to facilitate understanding of the invention, it is assumed that icon data created by the icon creation program 14b is stored in all the exe files 14d1 described in the present embodiment. However, an exe file in which icon data is not stored may exist. In this case, the OS 14a displays a predetermined icon 42 predetermined for the exe format, but illustration and description are omitted in this embodiment.

  The exe file created by the icon creation program 14b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3A shows an example of scan data that is icon creation target data, and FIG. 3B schematically shows the configuration of the exe file 14d1 created based on the scan data shown in FIG. FIG.

  The scan data shown in FIG. 3A is bitmap format image data created by reading a document with the scanner 29 of the MFP 20. Upon acquiring the scan data from the MFP 20, the PC 10 creates an exe file 14d1 shown in FIG. 3B based on the acquired scan data and stores it in the data folder memory 14d. In the following description, it is assumed that the PC 10 has acquired three sheets of scan data from the MFP 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the exe file 14d1 has a structure in which an MZ header, a PE header, and a section table are provided, and data is stored for each section. In the present embodiment, section 1 stores the program body. Processing executed based on the program body will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  Section 2 stores icon data. When icon data is stored in the exe file 14d1, the OS 14a displays the special icon 42B on the monitor device 16 using the icon data. Sections 3, 5, and 7 store scan data. In other words, when a plurality of originals are read by the MFP 20 and scan data for a plurality of sheets is created, these are collected into one exe file 14d1.

  Sections 4, 6, and 8 store text data that can be acquired by subjecting the scan data to optical character recognition (hereinafter referred to as OCR).

  In addition, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, what kind of data is stored in which section has been described, but this is only an example, and each data is stored in a section different from the above description. May be.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing icon creation processing executed by the CPU 11 of the PC 10. This icon creation process is a process for creating the exe file 14d1 shown in FIG. 3B, and is started when the icon creation program 14b is started in the PC 10.

  First, the CPU 11 acquires scan data for one sheet from the MFP 20 as icon creation target data (S402). Specifically, the MFP 20 is controlled to cause the scanner 29 to read a document, and the generated scan data is acquired from the MFP 20.

  Next, the CPU 11 reduces the acquired scan data to create reduced image data, and stores the reduced image data as icon data in the temporary icon memory 13a (S404). Then, the CPU 11 stores the scan data in the temporary file memory 13b (S406).

  Next, the CPU 11 obtains text data by performing OCR on the scan data (S408). Here, since the scan data is image data, in S408, text data is obtained from the scan data using OCR. However, if the icon creation target data includes text data in advance, such as when the icon creation target data is a document file, the text data is extracted from the icon creation target data instead of the OCR. Also good.

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the text data has been acquired (S410). If the determination in S410 is negative (S410: No), the CPU 11 skips S412 and S414, and proceeds to S416.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S410 is affirmative (S410: Yes), the CPU 11 acquires the first line from the beginning of the acquired text data, and creates icon data based on the text data in the first line. Then, it is stored in the icon temporary memory 13a (S412). Then, the CPU 11 stores all the text data acquired in S408 in the temporary file memory 13b (S414). Thereby, the processing of the scan data for one sheet is completed.

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether scan data still remains (S416). Specifically, it is determined whether an unread document remains in an automatic document reader (not shown) of the MFP 20. If the determination in S416 is affirmative (S416: Yes), the CPU 11 returns to S402 and repeats the process.

  If the determination in S416 is denied while the processing is repeated in this manner (S416: No), the CPU 11 next displays a list of icons based on the created icon data on the monitor device 16 (S418).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an icon selection window 44 displayed on the monitor device 16. As shown in FIG. 5, the icon selection window 44 displays a list of icons 42 based on the icon data stored in the temporary icon memory 13a. As described above, according to the icon creation process (FIG. 4), two types of icon data based on text data and icon data based on reduced image data are created for one piece of scan data. Therefore, if there are N pieces of scan data, 2 × N types of icon data are created. Therefore, in the icon creation processing of the present embodiment, a list of icons 42 based on the created plural types of icon data is displayed and the user is allowed to select any one.

  In FIG. 5, the icon 42 based on the text data is denoted by reference numeral 42C, and the icon 42 based on the reduced image data is denoted by reference numeral 42D. As shown in FIG. 5, according to the icon 42 </ b> C based on text data, the user can predict the contents of the data based on the characters included in the icon 42 </ b> C. Further, since the icon 42C includes one line of text data from the top, the number of characters in the icon 42C is appropriate and easy for the user to read. Further, the text data for one line from the beginning is often useful for predicting the contents of the data, for example, since it is often useful for predicting the contents of the document such as the title and heading of the document. On the other hand, according to the icon 42D based on the reduced image data, the user can intuitively grasp the contents of the data.

  Returning to FIG. Next, the CPU 11 determines whether any one of a plurality of types of icon data has been selected by the user (S420). If the determination in S420 is negative (S420: No), the CPU 11 returns to S418 and repeats the process. On the other hand, if the determination in S420 is affirmative (S420: Yes), the CPU 11 determines that the icon data selected by the user, the scan data saved in the temporary file memory 13b, and the text data are acquired. The exe file 14d1 storing the text data stored in the temporary memory 13b is generated (S422), and the process ends.

  Although illustration is omitted, the CPU 11 assigns a file name to the exe file 14d1 generated by the icon creation processing and passes it to the OS 14a. The OS 14a stores the exe file 14d1 in the data folder memory 14d, and manages the file position information and the file name in association with each other. When displaying the icon 42 of the exe file 14d1, the special icon 42B based on the icon data stored in the exe file 14d1 is displayed as described with reference to FIG.

  According to the icon creation process, selected icon data among a plurality of types of icon data is stored in the exe file 14d1. Therefore, the user's favorite special icon 42B can be displayed on the monitor device 16. For example, when a plurality of pieces of scan data are included, the number of pieces of scan data to be displayed as the special icon 42B varies depending on the user's preference and the case. According to this, since the icon data is created for each page, the user can select an optimal one from the icon data created for each page. Further, the user can freely select which of the special icon 42B based on the text data and the special icon 42B based on the reduced image data is adopted.

  Further, according to the icon creation process of the present embodiment, since a plurality of pieces of scan data are included in one exe file 14d1, the user can manage the plurality of pieces of scan data as one file, which is convenient. .

  The program body is stored in the exe file 14d1 generated by the icon creation process. Therefore, in the PC 10, when the execution of the exe file 14d1 is instructed by the user, processing according to the program body is executed.

  With reference to FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, processing when the execution of the exe file 14d1 is instructed will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an exe file execution process executed by the CPU 11 of the PC 10. This exe file execution process is a process executed according to the program body stored in the exe file 14d1. In the PC 10, when an operation of double-clicking the special icon 42B is performed, or when an operation of specifying the file name of the exe file 14d1 and instructing its execution is performed, the CPU 11 starts this processing. . When instructing the execution of the exe file 14d1 by the latter operation, the user can set the start option by inputting the start option together with the file name, and can start this processing.

  First, the CPU 11 acquires a start option (S602). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a start option exists (S604). When the determination in S604 is negative (S604: No), the CPU 11 passes the first scan data stored in the exe file 14d1 to another application program 14c and displays it on the monitor device 16 (S606). The process ends. For example, when the scan data stored in the exe file 14d1 is in the bitmap format, the CPU 11 passes the scan data to an image viewer that can process the bitmap format data and displays the scan data. Therefore, when the user can find the target data from the special icon 42B, for example, by double-clicking the special icon 42B, the user can view the details with the appropriate application program 14c.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S604 is affirmative (S604: Yes), the CPU 11 next determines whether or not a menu display activation option is set (S608). When the determination in S <b> 608 is affirmed (S <b> 608: Yes), the CPU 11 displays a menu screen on the monitor device 16. Before describing the continuation of the flowchart, the menu screen will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the menu screen 46 displayed on the monitor device 16. As shown in FIG. 7, the menu screen 46 has a file name display area 47 in which the file name of the exe file 14d1 is displayed, a button area 48 to which various functions are assigned and function as operation buttons, and scan data. An image area 50 in which a base image is displayed, a previous page button area 52, and a next page button area 54 are displayed.

  The user can confirm the content of the scan data stored in the exe file 14d1 by looking at the image displayed in the image area 50 of the menu screen 46. The menu screen 46 is provided with a previous page button area 52 and a next page button area 54 for changing the scan data displayed in the image area one by one.

  Therefore, after searching for the exe file 14d1 that is supposed to contain the target data based on the special icon 42B, the user can check the contents of each page by displaying the menu screen 46, for example.

  Returning to FIG. When the menu display activation option is set (S608: Yes), the CPU 11 reduces the scan data selected by the activation option, and displays an image based on the reduced image data in the image area of the menu screen 46. 50 (S610).

  The CPU 11 adds to the menu screen 46 a button area 48 assigned to view images, a button area 48 assigned to obtain images, and a button area 48 assigned to print images (S612).

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the exe file 14d1 includes text data (S614). When the determination in S614 is negative (S614: No), the CPU 11 proceeds to S618. On the other hand, if the determination in S614 is affirmative (S614: Yes), the CPU 11 displays, on the menu screen 46, a button area 48 assigned to view text, a button area 48 assigned to obtain text, and a text area. A button area 48 to which printing is assigned is added (S616). Then, the CPU 11 executes menu operation acceptance processing (S618).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing menu operation acceptance processing executed by the CPU 11 of the PC 10. First, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the button area 48 to which image browsing is assigned has been selected (S802). If the determination in S802 is affirmative (S802: Yes), the CPU 11 converts the scan data corresponding to the image displayed on the menu screen 46 from the scan data included in the exe file 14d1 to another application program 14c. And display (S804), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S802 is negative (S802: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the button area 48 to which image acquisition is assigned has been selected (S806). If the determination in S806 is affirmative (S806: Yes), the CPU 11 saves, as an image file, scan data corresponding to the image displayed on the menu screen 46 among the scan data included in the exe file 14d1. (S808), the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S806 is negative (S806: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the button area 48 to which image printing is assigned has been selected (S810). If the determination in S810 is affirmative (S810: Yes), the CPU 11 scans scan data corresponding to the image displayed on the menu screen 46 out of the scan data included in the exe file 14d1, for example, the MFP 20 or the like. Printing is output to an external printing apparatus (S812), and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S810 is negative (S810: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the button area 48 to which text viewing is assigned has been selected (S814). When the determination in S814 is affirmative (S814: Yes), the CPU 11 converts the text data corresponding to the image displayed on the menu screen 46 out of the text data included in the exe file 14d1, into another application program 14c. And display (S816), and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when the determination in S814 is negative (S814: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the acquisition of text is selected (S818). If the determination in S818 is affirmative (S818: Yes), the CPU 11 saves, as a text file, text data corresponding to the image displayed on the menu screen 46 among the text data included in the exe file 14d1. (S820), the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S818 is negative (S818: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the button area 48 to which text printing is assigned has been selected (S822). If the determination in S822 is affirmative (S822: Yes), the CPU 11 selects text data corresponding to the image displayed on the menu screen 46 from the scan data included in the exe file 14d1, for example, the MFP 20 or the like. Printing is output to an external printing apparatus (S824), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S822 is negative (S822: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the next page button area 54 has been selected (S826). If the determination in S826 is affirmative (S826: Yes), the CPU 11 executes the scan data immediately after the scan data whose image is displayed on the menu screen 46 among the scan data included in the exe file 14d1. Obtained from the file 14d1 and displayed in the image area 50 of the menu screen 46 (S828), the process returns to S802.

  On the other hand, if the determination in S826 is negative (S826: No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the previous page button area 52 has been selected (S830). If the determination in S830 is affirmative (S830: Yes), the CPU 11 executes the scan data immediately before the scan data whose image is displayed on the menu screen 46 among the scan data included in the exe file 14d1. Obtained from the file 14d1 and displayed in the image area 50 of the menu screen 46 (S832), the process returns to S802. If the determination in S830 is negative (S830: No), the CPU 11 returns to S802.

  According to the menu operation acceptance process, the user can browse, print, or save the scan data or text data included in the exe file 14d1 for each page.

  Returning to FIG. If the determination in S608 is negative (S608: No), the CPU 11 executes an option execution process corresponding to the set activation option (S620). In this embodiment, in addition to the menu display startup options described above, startup options for image browsing, image acquisition, image printing, text browsing, text acquisition, and text printing can be set as startup options. It shall be.

  When image viewing is set as the activation option, the CPU 11 passes the scan data specified by the activation option among the scan data included in the exe file 14d1 to another application program 14c for display. When image acquisition is set as the activation option, the CPU 11 stores the scan data specified by the activation option among the scan data included in the exe file 14d1 as an image file. When image printing is set as a start option, the CPU 11 scans scan data specified by the start option from scan data included in the exe file 14d1, for example, an external printing device such as the MFP 20. To print out.

  If text viewing is set as the activation option, the CPU 11 passes the text data specified by the activation option out of the text data included in the exe file 14d1 to another application program 14c for display. . When the acquisition of text is set as the activation option, the CPU 11 saves the text data specified by the activation option among the text data included in the exe file 14d1 as a text file. When text printing is set as the activation option, the CPU 11 uses the text data specified by the activation option among the text data included in the exe file 14d1, for example, an external printing device such as the MFP 20. To print out.

  As described above, the exe file 14d1 created in the icon creation process (FIG. 4) described in the present embodiment can display the special icon 42B on the OS 14a, and further display and print data. Since it is an executable file configured to be able to, it is convenient for the user.

  In the above embodiment, the PC 10 corresponds to an example of a display device, a computer, and an icon creation device. A file of a format other than exe corresponds to an example of a first format file, and the exe file 14d1 corresponds to an example of a second format file. The icon creation program 14b corresponds to an example of an icon creation program. The CPU 11 that executes S402 corresponds to an example of a data acquisition unit. The CPU 11 that executes S404 and S412 corresponds to an example of an icon creation unit. The CPU 11 that executes S408 corresponds to an example of a text acquisition unit. The CPU 11 that executes S420 corresponds to an example of a selection unit. The CPU 11 that executes S422 corresponds to an example of a file generation unit.

  As described above, the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It can be easily guessed.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the PC 10 has been described as creating icon data. However, the icon data may be created in an apparatus other than the PC 10 such as the MFP 20 or the scanner. In this case, the PC 10 corresponds to an example of a display device, the MFP 20 corresponds to an example of an icon creation device, and the CPU 21 of the MFP 20 corresponds to an example of a computer. A program stored in the ROM 22 or the flash memory 24 corresponds to an example of an icon creation program.

  In the above embodiment, the icon data is created based on the text data on the first line from the top. However, instead of this, icon data may be created based on text data of a predetermined number of characters or less or a predetermined number of lines from the top of the acquired text data.

In the above-described embodiment, the OS 14a has been described as being Windows. However, the present invention is also applicable when other OS such as MacOS (registered trademark), UNIX (registered trademark), or Linux (registered trademark) is installed instead of Windows.

  In the above embodiment, the scan data in the bitmap format is the icon creation target data. However, for example, when data in another format such as the PDF format or the JPEG format is used as the icon creation target data. The same operation effect as the above-mentioned embodiment is produced.

  In the above embodiment, the scan data acquired from the MFP 20 is an example of icon creation target data. However, the document data acquired from various files such as a document file, an image file, a moving image file, and an audio file, or other devices. Various data such as image data, moving image data, and audio data can also be used as icon creation target data.

  Further, if the icon creation target data includes moving image data, it may be configured to create icon data based on image data obtained by moving out one scene of the moving image. If the icon creation target data includes voice data, icon data based on text data obtained by converting voice into text may be created.

  In the above-described embodiment, the exe file 14d1 is an example of the second format file. However, if the file has a format in which an icon is displayed based on the included icon data, a file in a format other than exe is the first format. The present invention may be implemented as two types of files.

  In the above embodiment, one type of icon data selected by the user is stored in the exe file 14d1, but a plurality of types of created icon data may be stored in the exe file 14d1. . In this case, information indicating which icon data is preferentially used in the OS 14a may be stored in the exe file 14d1.

  In the above embodiment, the icon data based on the text data and the icon data based on the reduced image data are created separately. However, icon data combining text data and the reduced image data is created. Also good.

10 PC (example of display device, computer, icon creation device)
14a Operating system 14b Icon creation program 14d1 exe file (example of second format file)
42 icon 42A standard icon (example of default icon)
42B Special icon (example of icon)

Claims (7)

For the first format file, a predetermined icon predetermined for each file format is displayed on the display unit, and for the second format file, an icon based on the icon data stored in the file is displayed on the display unit. An icon creation program for causing a computer to create icon data used to display the icon in a display device having an operating system,
The computer,
Data acquisition means for acquiring data for creating an icon;
Icon creating means for creating a plurality of icon data based on the data obtained by the data obtaining means;
Display means for displaying a plurality of icons respectively based on the plurality of icon data created by the icon creating means on the display unit;
Selection means for accepting any selection from the plurality of icons displayed by the display means;
An icon creation program that functions as a file creation unit that creates a file of the second format in which icon data corresponding to an icon received by the selection unit and the data acquired by the data acquisition unit are stored. Text acquisition means for acquiring text data from the data acquired by the data acquisition means;
The icon creation program according to claim 1, wherein the icon creation means creates the icon data based on the text data acquired by the text acquisition means.   3. The icon according to claim 2, wherein the icon creating unit creates the icon data based on text data of a predetermined number of characters or less or a predetermined number of lines from the top of the text data acquired by the text acquisition unit. Creation program. The icon creating means
The icon creation program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the icon data is created based on reduced image data obtained by reducing image data which is data acquired by the data acquisition means. Text data acquisition means for acquiring text data from the data acquired by the data acquisition means,
The icon creation means is based on the icon data based on the text data acquired by the text acquisition means and the reduced image data obtained by reducing the image data that is the data acquired by the data acquisition means. The icon creation program according to claim 1, which creates icon data.   6. The file generation means generates an execution file for displaying or printing out image data or text data included in the data to be created with the icon as the second format file. The icon creation program according to any one of the above. For the first format file, a predetermined icon predetermined for each file format is displayed on the display unit, and for the second format file, an icon based on the icon data stored in the file is displayed on the display unit. An icon creation device for creating icon data used for displaying the icon in a display device having an operating system,
Data acquisition means for acquiring data for creating an icon;
Icon creating means for creating a plurality of icon data based on the data obtained by the data obtaining means;
Display means for displaying a plurality of icons respectively based on the plurality of icon data created by the icon creating means on the display unit;
Selection means for accepting any selection from the plurality of icons displayed by the display means;
An icon creation apparatus comprising: file generation means for generating a file of the second format in which icon data corresponding to an icon received by the selection means and the data acquired by the data acquisition means are stored.

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