JP5268966B2 - Display control apparatus, image forming apparatus, display control method, and display control program - Google Patents

Description

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

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, image forming apparatuses such as copiers and multifunction peripherals (equipment having a copy function, a printer function, a facsimile function, and a scanner function) have an LCD (Liquid Crystal) for displaying operation guidance to the user. A display unit such as Display) is provided. Then, as shown in the following Patent Document 1, an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral, MFP) is connected to the Internet, and a web page on the Internet can be displayed on the display unit in addition to the above operation guidance. Has been.

  Further, in Patent Document 2 below, a headword that matches the character string input by the user is searched from headwords stored in the dictionary storage means, and the corresponding headword is listed on the display unit. There has been disclosed a technique for controlling the scroll speed when the user performs a scroll operation up and down to display and select a desired headword from the display.

JP 2008-152370 A JP 2007-94987 A

  However, conventionally, an image forming apparatus displays only a part of an operation unit for causing a user to perform a simple moving operation such as a cursor key for moving up, down, left and right, a touch panel, or a web page. Only a display portion having a small display range to the extent that it cannot be performed is provided.

  Therefore, in order to find the desired information from the information scattered on the top, bottom, left, and right in the web page, the web page displayed on the display unit with a small display range is repeatedly displayed by a simple movement operation by the operation unit. The trouble of scrolling was necessary.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a display control device that can easily find desired information from a web page.

A display control device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a display unit,
A web display control unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
A scroll instruction receiving unit for receiving a scroll instruction for instructing scrolling of the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit;
Scroll display control for scrolling a web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit at a predetermined standard speed and displaying the web page on the display unit in response to a scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction receiving unit. And
A keyword receiving unit for receiving an input of a search keyword for searching in the web page;
An in-page search unit that performs an in-page search process for searching for a location where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving unit is used from within the web page;
A keyword display control unit for selectively displaying one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword receiving unit on the display unit;
With
The scroll display control unit is displayed on the display unit when the in-page search process is performed by the in-page search unit and the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Set the web page scrolling speed to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed ,
When one or a plurality of search keywords are selected from among the search keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit so as to be selectable, a location where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Only in this case, the speed at which the web page displayed on the display unit is scrolled is set as the browsing speed .

  According to the above configuration, in-page search processing is performed by the in-page search unit, and the web display control unit displays the portion where the search keyword is used in the web page. When scrolling the web page, if the location where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit, the scroll display control unit causes the web page to be displayed at a browsing speed slower than a predetermined standard speed. Scroll to display on the display.

  Therefore, the user can easily browse a place where a desired search keyword is used from a web page scrolled at a speed (browsing speed) slower than a predetermined speed (standard speed). Become.

Further, according to the above configuration, in the search keywords that are selectably displayed by the keyword display control unit, selecting one or more search keywords are places where the selected search keyword are used display unit Only when the web page is displayed, the scroll display control unit scrolls and displays the web page on the display unit at a browsing speed slower than the standard speed.

  Therefore, for example, when browsing for a specific search keyword is finished and it is desired to browse a place where another search keyword is used, some of the input search keywords are used. When you want to browse a location, select the desired search keyword from the search keywords displayed so that it can be selected by the keyword display control unit, and easily select it from the web page that is scrolled at a browsing speed slower than the standard speed. It is possible to browse a place where a desired search keyword is used.

  The scroll display control unit accepts a speed setting for allowing a user to perform a setting operation so that a scrolling speed when the portion where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit is the standard speed. The part is preferably displayed on the display part.

  According to the above configuration, the speed at which the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit by the speed setting reception unit displayed on the display unit by the scroll display control unit. It becomes possible to switch flexibly according to the user's wishes.

  The scroll display control unit may be configured to display the speed setting reception unit when a scrolling speed when the location where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit is set to the browsing speed. It is preferable to display in an operable manner.

  Regardless of whether the scroll speed is set to the standard speed or the browsing speed by the scroll display control unit, the web page is displayed when the speed setting accepting unit is always displayed on the display unit. Since a part of the area is blocked, the visibility of the web page is deteriorated.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, when the scrolling speed is set slower than the standard speed by the scroll display control unit when the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. In addition, since the speed setting reception unit is displayed so as to be operable, when the web page is already scrolled at the standard speed, the speed setting reception unit is not displayed so as to be operable, thereby improving the visibility of the web page. Will be able to.

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

According to said structure, there can exist an effect in the invention in any one of Claim 1 to 3 .

Further, a display control method according to an aspect of the present invention is a display control method for scrolling and displaying a web page displayed on the display unit in a display control device including a display unit,
A web display control step of displaying a web page on the display unit;
A scroll instruction receiving step for receiving a scroll instruction for instructing scrolling of the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control step;
Scroll display control in which the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control step is scrolled at a predetermined standard speed and displayed on the display unit in response to the scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction receiving step. Steps,
A keyword receiving step for receiving an input of a search keyword for searching in the web page;
An in-page search step for performing an in-page search process for searching for a location where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving step is used from within the web page;
A keyword display step for selectively displaying one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword reception step on the display unit;
With
The scroll display control step is displayed on the display unit when the intra-page search process is performed by the intra-page search step and a portion where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Set the web page scrolling speed to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed ,
When one or a plurality of search keywords are selected from among the search keywords displayed so as to be selectable in the keyword display step, a portion where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit Only, the speed at which the web page displayed on the display unit is scrolled is set as the browsing speed .

  According to said structure, there can exist an effect in the invention of Claim 1.

Further, a display control program according to one aspect of the present invention provides a computer built in a display control device,
A display unit;
A web display control unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
A scroll instruction receiving unit for receiving a scroll instruction for instructing scrolling of the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit;
Scroll display control for scrolling a web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit at a predetermined standard speed and displaying the web page on the display unit in response to a scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction receiving unit. And
A keyword receiving unit for receiving an input of a search keyword for searching in the web page;
An in-page search unit that performs an in-page search process for searching for a location where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving unit is used from within the web page ;
Functions as a keyword display control unit for selectively displaying one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword receiving unit on the display unit ;
Further, the scroll display control unit displays on the display unit when the in-page search process is performed by the in-page search unit and the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. When the web page scrolling speed is set to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed , and one or more search keywords are selected from the search keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit, Only when the location where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit, the speed of scrolling the web page displayed on the display unit is set to function as the browsing speed .

  According to said structure, there can exist an effect in the invention of Claim 1.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the display control apparatus with which it is easy to discover desired information from a web page.

1 is a schematic side view illustrating a configuration of a multifunction peripheral as an example 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. It is a figure which shows an example in which the scroll display control part judges whether the location where the search keyword is used in the web page is displayed on the display part. 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 search keyword input screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a keyboard screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a keyboard screen. It is a figure which shows the example in which one or several search keywords are displayed on a display part so that selection is possible by a keyword display control part, and the example in which a speed setting reception part is displayed on a display part by a scroll display control part.

  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 500 is disposed on the upper part of the main body unit 200, and the document feeding unit 600 is disposed on the document reading unit 500.

  The operation unit 400 includes a display unit (display unit) 410 including 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 scroll 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 machine 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 I / F (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 a paper transport unit 32 composed of a paper feed cassette 201, a paper feed roller 202, etc. (FIG. 1), a photosensitive drum 204, an exposure device 206, a developing device 207, etc. (FIG. 1). It includes a forming unit 33, a transfer unit 34 composed of a transfer roller 203 and the like (FIG. 1), and a fixing unit 35 composed of a fixing roller 208 and the like (FIG. 1).

  The recording unit 31 prints an image on recording paper using print target data (original 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 I / F 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 a display surface (displayed operation keys). The operation key unit 430 includes a scroll key, a numeric keypad, and the like as described above.

  Note that the scroll keys include, for example, four scroll keys corresponding to the four directions of up, down, left, and right, and the operation screen displayed on the display unit 410 in the direction indicated by the pressed scroll key among the four scroll keys. It shows operation keys for inputting an instruction to scroll.

  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 5221 and the Internet network to connect to the Internet. The proxy server 5213 is connected to the Internet via Ethernet (registered trademark) or the like.

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

  The web browser 5221 is displayed on the multifunction device 1 such as a web page on the Internet on the display unit 410 or help information regarding each operation of the multifunction device 1 described in the same format (for example, HTML format) as the web page on the Internet. Processing necessary for displaying a web page stored in advance is executed.

  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 5221 includes a web display control unit 5223, a scroll instruction receiving unit 5225, a scroll display control unit 5226, an in-page search unit 5224, and a keyword receiving unit 5227.

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

  The scroll instruction accepting unit 5225 accepts a scroll instruction that instructs the web display control unit 5223 to scroll the web page displayed on the display unit 410. Note that the scroll instruction is input by a method such as scrolling by touching the scroll bar provided on the operation key unit 430 described above or a scroll bar displayed on the display unit 410 so as to be scrollable by a touch panel function. .

  The scroll display control unit 5226 scrolls the web page displayed on the display unit 410 by the web display control unit 5223 at a predetermined standard speed in response to the scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction reception unit 5225. 410.

  The “standard speed” here indicates a moving distance by which the web page is scrolled when a scroll instruction is received by the scroll instruction receiving unit 5225. For example, the web browser 5221 displayed on the display unit 410 is displayed. The values entered on the screen for initial setting of the various functions are set in advance, for example.

  The keyword receiving unit 5227 receives an input of a search keyword for searching in a web page. For example, when the input of the execution instruction for the in-page search process from the user is received by the touch panel function, the web browser 5221 displays a search keyword input screen for inputting the search keyword on the display unit 410, and the keyword receiving unit 5227. Is configured to accept a search keyword input on the search keyword screen.

  The in-page search unit 5224 performs an in-page search process for searching for a place where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving unit 5227 is used from within the web page.

  For example, if the page search unit 5224 performs the page search process and there is a location where the search keyword is used in the web page, the page search unit 5224 Once stored in the RAM in combination with the search keyword, the coordinate information of the location when the upper left corner of the web page is used as the reference point, or the location information such as the number of characters from the first character of the location. Is configured to do.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the keyword receiving unit 5227 receives the input of the search keyword K11 and the search keyword K12, and the in-page search process of the web page WP is performed by the in-page search unit 5224, the in-page search is performed. The unit 5224 searches the position information P11 of the location where the search keyword K11 is used and the location information P12 of the location where the search keyword K12 is used, respectively, when the upper left corner of the web page WP is the reference point B. It is configured to be temporarily stored in the RAM in combination with the keyword K11 and the search keyword K12.

  Further, the scroll display control unit 5226 is displayed on the display unit 410 when the in-page search process is performed by the in-page search unit 5224 and the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410. The web page scrolling speed is set to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed.

  For example, in FIG. 4, the web page WP displayed on the display unit 410 is indicated by a broken line in the figure, and the scroll display control unit 5226 uses the upper left corner of the web page WP as the reference point B. In addition, movement information LH and LW indicating how much the upper left end of the web page WP (broken line part) displayed on the display unit 410 has been moved downward and rightward from the reference point B are stored in the RAM. Is configured to set to

  Further, the scroll display control unit 5226 includes the movement information LH and LW, the position information P11 and P12 stored in the RAM by the execution of the in-page search process by the in-page search unit 5224 and the search keywords K11 and K12. Using the combination and the height W and width H of the display unit 410, the locations where the search keywords K11 and K12 are used (position information P11 and P12) are regions of the height W and width H of the display unit 410. It is configured to determine whether or not the location where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410 by determining whether or not it is displayed in the display unit 410.

  If the scroll display control unit 5226 determines that the search keyword K11 or the search keyword K12 is displayed on the display unit 410, the scroll display control unit 5226 sets the web page scrolling speed to a browsing speed that is slower than the standard speed. Configured to set.

  The scroll display control unit 5226 is not limited to the above-described example, and the scroll display control unit 5226 sets the upper right end of the web page displayed on the display unit 410 from the upper right end to the lower and left directions from the reference point. The movement information indicating whether the position has been moved to the scrolled position may be set in the RAM. That is, it is determined whether or not the portion where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410. The method may be appropriately modified as a design matter.

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

  Although the example in which the control unit 52 is configured by the main controller unit 521 including the CPU and the display control unit 522 including the ASIC has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. The display control program according to FIG. 6 is stored, and the control unit 52 including a CPU or the like may function as the web browser 5221 by operating according to the display control program. 5222, the operation control unit 5211, and the proxy server 521 may also function.

  Next, a first embodiment of display control of the display unit 410 in the multifunction machine 1 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the user turns on the main power supply of the multifunction device 1 at the start of use of the multifunction device 1 (S 1; YES), the panel application 5222 reads the initial operation screen from the display image data storage unit 53. 6 is read and an initial screen 4101 as shown in FIG. 6 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, S16).

  The initial screen 4101 (FIG. 6) displays, for example, keys 101 to 104 for receiving various settings at the time of a copy operation, and a web browser activation instruction for activating a web browser (a web that is set in advance by the activation of the web browser). A browser key 105 for receiving an instruction to display a page on the display unit 410 from the user is displayed. As for the keys displayed on the initial screen 4101 and each of the following screens, an instruction input from the user is received by the web browser 5221, the operation control unit 5211, and the like (FIG. 3) by a 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 operation of the operation unit 400 by the user and the instruction is received by the operation unit 400 (S3; NO) , S16; YES), the operation control unit 5211 executes the instructed operation, for example, the copy operation (S17). If the operation unit 400 does not accept any operation execution instruction from the user (S17; NO), the process returns to step 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 input of various operation execution instructions from the user continues.

  On the other hand, when 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 through the touch panel function (S3; YES), 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, etc. For example, a web page display screen 4103 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 410 (S4, web display control step). 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.

  At this time, the web display control unit 5223 causes the web page display screen 4103 to display a search execution instruction acceptance button (Search key) B3. This search execution instruction reception button B3 is a button formed of an image for receiving an input of a search execution instruction for in-page search from the user by a touch panel function provided in the display unit 410.

  Further, 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. As described above, a web page scroll instruction may be input by operating a scroll key provided in the operation key unit 430.

  As described above, when the web display control unit 5223 displays the web page display screen 4103 on the display unit 410, the search execution instruction reception button B3 is pressed by the user, and the search execution instruction is received by the touch panel function. (S5; YES), the web browser 5221 displays a search keyword input screen for accepting an input of the search keyword from the user on the web page displayed on the display unit 410 (S6).

  For example, the web browser 5221 displays a search keyword input screen G1 as shown in FIG. 8 as the search keyword input screen. The web browser 5221 displays an input button B6 on the search keyword input screen G1. At this time, when the user presses the input button B6, the web browser 5221 receives an input of a keyboard screen display instruction by the touch panel function, and an image showing a keyboard as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 based on the display instruction. Is displayed on the display unit 410.

  When the user presses each character key display portion displayed on the keyboard screen G4, the web browser 5221 accepts input of a character or symbol associated with the pressed character key by the touch panel function. The input characters or symbols are displayed in the search keyword input area B8.

  The keyboard screen G4 has, for example, a capital letter input screen G40 (FIG. 9) and a small letter input screen G40 '(FIG. 10). For example, the web browser 5221 first displays the capital letter input screen G40 on the display unit 410 as an initial screen when the keyboard screen G4 is displayed. When the “lowercase” button G44 is pressed by the user on the uppercase character input screen G40 and a screen switching instruction is received by the web browser 5221 by the touch panel function, the web browser 5221 changes the display screen of the display unit 410 to the lowercase character input screen G40 ′. Switch. In addition, when the user presses the “capital letter” button G43 on the lowercase character input screen G40 ′ and receives a screen switching instruction from the web browser 5221 by the touch panel function, the web browser 5221 changes the display screen of the display unit 410 to the uppercase character input screen. Switch to G40.

  In the uppercase character input screen G40 and the lowercase character input screen G40 ′, when the input character button G41 is pressed by the user and an input character switching instruction is received by the web browser 5221 by the touch panel function, the web browser 5221 is moved downward from the input character button G41. The input character menu button M1 in which items indicating various input characters are arranged is displayed in a pull-down direction. Further, when the user presses the character input method switching button G42 and a character input method switching instruction is received by the web browser 5221 by the touch panel function, the web browser 5221 inputs the character downward from the character input method switching button G42. An input method menu button M2 in which items indicating various methods are arranged is displayed in a pull-down manner.

  Further, when the search keyword input screen G1 is displayed, if the “close” key B7 (FIG. 8) displayed in the search keyword input screen G1 is pressed by the user, an instruction to end the search is accepted by the touch panel function (S7). YES), the process returns to step S4, and the web display control unit 5223 causes the display unit 410 to display the web page again.

  When the search keyword input screen G1 is displayed, a search termination instruction is not accepted (S7; NO), the search keyword is input by the user on the search keyword input screen G1 and the keyboard screen G4, and is displayed in the search keyword input screen G1. When the “search” key B9 is further pressed by the user, an instruction to start an in-page search is received by the touch panel function, and the input search keyword is received by the keyword receiving unit 5227 (S8, keyword reception). Step; YES).

  Then, the in-page search unit 5224 starts the in-page search process using the search keyword received by the keyword receiving unit 5227, and the position information of the location where the search keyword is used in the web page as described above. And the search keyword are temporarily stored in the RAM (S9, in-page search step).

  Here, the scroll display control unit 5226 receives the input from the combination of the position information and the search keyword stored in the RAM, the height and width of the display unit 410, and the current movement information of the web page. The movement information for scrolling the web page is calculated so that the web page portion having the search keyword is displayed on the display unit 410, and the web page is scrolled based on the calculated movement information to display the display unit. 410 is displayed (S10).

  In order to avoid that a part of the web page displayed on the display unit 410 in step S10 is not visible on the search keyword input screen G1, the web browser 5221 has an instruction to start the in-page search in step S8. When accepted, the search keyword input screen G1 is closed and hidden, and when the search execution instruction acceptance button B3 is pressed again by the user by the touch panel function, the hidden search keyword input screen G1 is redisplayed. It is configured as follows. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the web browser 5221 may be configured to display the search keyword input screen G1 until support for the end of the search is received in step S7.

  Returning to FIG. 5, when the scroll display control unit 5226 determines that there is a portion where the search keyword is used in the web page displayed on the display unit 410 as described above (S <b> 11; YES), the scroll speed. Is set to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed (S12). If it is determined that there is no portion where the search keyword is used in the web page displayed on the display unit 410, the process proceeds to the next processing step (S13).

  Subsequently, when a scroll instruction is accepted by the scroll instruction accepting unit 5225 (S13, scroll instruction accepting step; YES), the scroll display control unit 5226 displays the web page at the standard speed or the browsing speed set in step S12. Is scrolled and displayed on the display unit 410 (S14), and the process returns to step S11.

  For example, when the user can browse desired information in the web page and the scroll instruction accepting unit 5225 cannot accept the scroll instruction from the user (S13, scroll instruction accepting step; NO), the web page is displayed. The process is terminated assuming that there is no need to scroll and display (S15; YES). In addition, for example, when it is necessary to scroll and display the web page again, such as when the web page is scrolled and displayed so as to browse other information in the web page (S15; NO), the process of step S13 is performed. Return to processing.

  That is, the web page displayed on the display unit 410 by the web display control step (S4) in response to the scroll instruction accepted by the scroll instruction acceptance step (S13) by the processing steps S10, S11, S12, and S14 described above. Is scrolled and displayed on the display unit 410 at a predetermined speed, and further, an in-page search process is performed in the in-page search step (S9), and the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410. In this case, a scroll display control step is set in which the speed at which the web page displayed on the display unit 410 is scrolled is set to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed.

  According to this configuration, in-page search processing is performed by the in-page search unit 5224, and the display unit 410 is displayed on the display unit 410 by the web display control unit 5223 in order to display the part where the search keyword is used in the web page. When the displayed web page is scrolled and the location where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410, the scroll display control unit 5226 browses slower than a predetermined standard speed. The web page is scrolled and displayed on the display unit 410 at a speed.

  Therefore, the user can easily and surely browse a place where a desired search keyword is used from within a web page scrolled at a speed (browsing speed) slower than a predetermined speed (standard speed). Is possible.

  In addition to the above configuration, as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 3, a keyword display control unit 5228 that further selectively displays one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword receiving unit 5227 on the display unit 410 is provided. When one or more search keywords are selected from among the search keywords displayed so as to be selectable by the keyword display control unit 5228, the display control unit 5226 displays a location where the selected search keyword is used. Only when it is displayed on the screen 410, the speed at which the web page displayed on the display unit 410 is scrolled may be set as the browsing speed.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the keyword display control unit 5228 performs an in-page search process by the in-page search unit 5224 in the above step S9 (FIG. 5), and in the above step S10 (FIG. 5), When the web page is scrolled and displayed on the display unit 410 by the scroll display control unit 5226, a list of one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword receiving unit 5227 can be selected by the touch panel function. It can be configured to display on the upper part A1.

  In accordance with the configuration, the scroll display control unit 5226 selects one or a plurality of search keywords from the list of search keywords displayed in the upper part A1 of the web page screen 4103 in step S11 (FIG. 5). If it is selected, when it is determined that the portion where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410, the processing in step S12 (FIG. 5), that is, the display unit 410 is performed. The speed at which the web page displayed on the screen is scrolled can be set as the browsing speed.

  According to this configuration, when one or more search keywords are selected from the search keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit 5228 so as to be selectable, a location where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Only when being displayed on the screen 410, the scroll display control unit 5226 scrolls and displays the web page on the display unit 410 at a browsing speed slower than the standard speed.

  Therefore, for example, when browsing for a specific search keyword is finished and it is desired to browse a place where another search keyword is used, some of the input search keywords are used. When browsing a location, it is possible to easily and reliably browse a location where the selected desired search keyword is used from within a web page scrolled at a browsing speed slower than the standard speed.

  Further, in addition to the above configuration, the scroll display control unit 5226 performs an operation for setting the scrolling speed when the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410 so that the scrolling speed becomes the standard speed. You may comprise so that the speed setting reception part for making it display on the display part 410 may be sufficient.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, in the scroll display control unit 5226, in-page search processing is executed by the in-page search unit 5224 in the above step S9 (FIG. 5), and in the above step S10 (FIG. 5), When the web page is scrolled and displayed on the display unit 410 by the scroll display control unit 5226, the speed setting button B10 can be displayed on the lower part A2 of the web page screen 4103. The speed setting button B10 is configured to switch between a selected state and a non-selected state each time the button is pressed by the user. In this case, the speed setting button B10 corresponds to an example of a speed setting receiving unit.

  In accordance with this configuration, the scroll display control unit 5226 determines whether the speed setting button B10 is in a selected state or a non-selected state when a scroll instruction is received by the scroll instruction receiving unit 5225 in step S13. If it is determined that the speed setting button B10 is in the selected state, the web page scrolling speed is set to the standard speed, while if the speed setting button B10 is not pressed, the subsequent step S14 is continued. The configuration shown in FIG. 5 can be executed.

  Note that the configuration of the speed setting reception unit B10 is not limited to this. For example, the speed setting reception unit B10 is configured as a speed setting screen that allows the user to set whether or not to change the scrolling speed. The control unit 5226 pops up the speed setting screen when the web page is scrolled and displayed on the display unit 410 by the scroll display control unit 5226 in step S10 (FIG. 5), and in step S13 described above. When a scroll instruction is accepted by the scroll instruction accepting unit 5225, the content set by the user on the speed setting screen may be determined.

  According to the present configuration, the scroll setting control unit 5226 displayed on the display unit 410 by the scroll display control unit 5226 performs a scroll operation on the web page when the location where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410. The speed to perform can be flexibly switched according to the user's desire.

  Further, in addition to this configuration, the scroll display control unit 5226 sets the speed setting when the browsing speed is set as the browsing speed when the portion where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410. The reception unit B10 may be displayed so as to be operable, and in other cases, the speed setting unit B10 may not be displayed.

  For example, the scroll display control unit 5226 can be configured to display the speed setting reception unit B10 so as to be operable immediately after step S12 (FIG. 5) and before step S13 is performed.

  Regardless of whether the speed at which the web page is scrolled is set to the standard speed or the browsing speed by the scroll display control unit 5226, the speed setting reception unit B10 is always displayed on the display unit 410 so as to be operable. Since a partial area of the web page is blocked, the visibility of the web page is deteriorated.

  However, according to this configuration, the scroll display control unit 5226 sets the scrolling speed when the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit 410 to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed. When the web page is already scrolled at the standard speed, the speed setting reception unit B10 is displayed so that the speed setting reception unit B10 is not displayed so as to be operable. It becomes possible to improve the sex.

  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, the web browser 5221 displays the web page on the display unit 410, searches the displayed web page, includes the search engine storage unit, and displays the search execution instruction reception button B3. In the above description, the display process of the selection key B5, the access to the web page of the selected search engine, the display process of the search result, and the like are performed. However, these processes are performed by an application called a web browser. It is not limited, 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 5221 is a concept including an application or a circuit that can execute each of the above-described processes.

  In each of the above embodiments, an example of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention has been described as a multifunction machine having a scanner function, a facsimile function, a printer function, a copy function, and the like. However, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention is The image forming apparatus is not limited to a multifunction machine, and may be another image forming apparatus (a copy machine, a facsimile machine, a scanner device, a printer, or the like).

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible. The configuration and processing shown in FIGS. 1 to 11 are merely examples of the embodiment according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

1 MFP 31 Recording unit 410 Display unit 50 Control unit 52 Control unit 522 Display control unit 5221 Web browser 5223 Web display control unit 5224 In-page search unit 5225 Scroll instruction reception unit 5226 Scroll display control unit 5227 Keyword reception unit 5228 Keyword display control Part B10 Speed setting reception unit S4 Web display control step S8 Keyword reception step S9 In-page search steps S10, S11, S12, S14 Scroll display control step S13 Scroll instruction reception step

Claims (6)

A display unit;
A web display control unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
A scroll instruction receiving unit for receiving a scroll instruction for instructing scrolling of the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit;
Scroll display control for scrolling a web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit at a predetermined standard speed and displaying the web page on the display unit in response to a scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction receiving unit. And
A keyword receiving unit for receiving an input of a search keyword for searching in the web page;
An in-page search unit that performs an in-page search process for searching for a location where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving unit is used from within the web page;
A keyword display control unit for selectively displaying one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword receiving unit on the display unit;
With
The scroll display control unit is displayed on the display unit when the in-page search process is performed by the in-page search unit and the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Set the web page scrolling speed to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed ,
When one or a plurality of search keywords are selected from among the search keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit so as to be selectable, a location where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Only in this case, a display control device that sets the browsing speed to the speed at which the web page displayed on the display unit is scrolled . The scroll display control unit includes a speed setting reception unit for causing a user to perform a setting operation so that a scrolling speed when the portion where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit is the standard speed. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control apparatus displays on the display unit. The scroll display control unit can operate the speed setting reception unit when a scrolling speed is set to the browsing speed when a location where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein the display control device is displayed. A recording unit for recording an image on a recording sheet based on print target data;
A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ;
An image forming apparatus. In a display control device comprising a display unit, a display control method for scrolling and displaying a web page displayed on the display unit,
A web display control step of displaying a web page on the display unit;
A scroll instruction receiving step for receiving a scroll instruction for instructing scrolling of the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control step;
Scroll display control in which the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control step is scrolled at a predetermined standard speed and displayed on the display unit in response to the scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction receiving step. Steps,
A keyword receiving step for receiving an input of a search keyword for searching in the web page;
An in-page search step for performing an in-page search process for searching for a location where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving step is used from within the web page;
A keyword display step for selectively displaying one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword reception step on the display unit;
With
The scroll display control step is displayed on the display unit when the intra-page search process is performed by the intra-page search step and a portion where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. Set the web page scrolling speed to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed ,
When one or a plurality of search keywords are selected from among the search keywords displayed so as to be selectable in the keyword display step, a portion where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit Only, the display control method which sets the speed which scrolls the web page displayed on the said display part to the said browsing speed . A computer built in the display control device
A display unit;
A web display control unit for displaying a web page on the display unit;
A scroll instruction receiving unit for receiving a scroll instruction for instructing scrolling of the web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit;
Scroll display control for scrolling a web page displayed on the display unit by the web display control unit at a predetermined standard speed and displaying the web page on the display unit in response to a scroll instruction received by the scroll instruction receiving unit. And
A keyword receiving unit for receiving an input of a search keyword for searching in the web page;
An in-page search unit that performs an in-page search process for searching for a location where the search keyword received by the keyword receiving unit is used from within the web page ;
Functions as a keyword display control unit for selectively displaying one or a plurality of search keywords received by the keyword receiving unit on the display unit ;
Further, the scroll display control unit displays on the display unit when the in-page search process is performed by the in-page search unit and the part where the search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit. When the web page scrolling speed is set to a browsing speed slower than the standard speed , and one or more search keywords are selected from the search keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit, Display that functions to set the browsing speed to the speed at which the web page displayed on the display unit is scrolled only when the part where the selected search keyword is used is displayed on the display unit Control program.