JPH07319622A - Display device with touch panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control a cursor display according to the area specification in an image display area and the input of a menu key in a menu area. CONSTITUTION:In the control part 7 of the display device with the touch panel which dividedly displays the screen of a display in the display area and menu area by combining the touch panel with the screen 4, moves the display position of a cursor by touch input, and inputs the specification and indication of editing and processing of an image at the display position of the cursor, which of the image display area and menu area touch input on the touch panel 6 corresponds to, is judged, and bit images are expanded in memories 2 and 5 so that the display position of the cursor is set deviating by a specific interval from the position of the touch input for the image display area or to the position of the touch input for the menu area, and the display position of the cursor is switched over between the image display area and menu area.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display screen combined with a touch panel to divide the screen into an image display area and a menu area and move the cursor display position by touch input to edit an image at the cursor display position. The present invention relates to a display device with a touch panel for designating and inputting processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, since the resolution of a display screen has become higher, a document image read by an image reading device such as a copying machine is displayed on the display screen and edited with high accuracy.
Processing is now possible. In that case, by combining with a touch panel and designating an area of an image to be edited / processed, setting edit / processing, inputting an instruction, etc. on the screen with a finger or the like, operability can be improved.

In the case of inputting information by the display device with a touch panel as described above, conventionally, the information is input by dividing the menu list into some areas on the screen and designating the areas. When touching with a finger etc. on the display device with a touch panel to move the cursor to the specified position and inputting the information of the cursor position with the confirmation key etc.,
When the menu is displayed and the information of the menu key is selected and input, when the position of the menu key to be selected is touched with a finger or the like, for example, the tip of the arrow cursor is displayed at the touch position.

When the cursor display position is moved to a desired position by touch input and the information defined in the area is input at the cursor display position, the cursor is displayed at the specified position by touching with a finger or the like. Then, the cursor may be hidden by a finger or the like, making it difficult to see the cursor. Therefore, there is a method in which the display position of the cursor is displaced from the touch-input position by a predetermined distance to facilitate fine adjustment without the cursor being hidden by a finger. As a device for inputting information using such a touch panel, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Sho 62-150476, the coordinate displacement input means detects the coordinate displacement input on the touch panel and parallels the figure in the same direction. It proposes a display device that can be moved and a figure can be accurately and quickly moved to a target place while visually recognizing on the display screen.

[0005]

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a problem of the conventional display device with a touch panel. However, when a document reading image or the like is displayed on the screen by the display device with a touch panel and touches are used to specify editing / processing and input instructions, the image display area and the menu display area are displayed as shown in FIG. A method is conceivable in which the screen is divided and configured. In this case, in the menu area, if you move the cursor slightly to the position specified with your finger so that it will not be difficult to see when you enter information, it will be out of the target area and it will be difficult to operate. Occurs.

The present invention is to solve the above problems and provides a display device with a touch panel capable of controlling cursor display in accordance with area designation in the image display area and input of a menu key in the menu area. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

To this end, according to the present invention, a touch panel is combined with a screen of a display to display the screen in an image display area and a menu area and the display position of the cursor is moved by touch input. In a display device with a touch panel that inputs image editing / processing specifications and instructions with, the touch input from the touch panel is determined from the position of the touch input for the image display area by determining whether the touch input is the image display area or the menu area. Set the display position of the cursor by shifting a predetermined interval,
With respect to the menu area, the display position of the cursor is switched between the image display area and the menu area so as to set the display position of the cursor at the touch input position.

[0008]

In the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention, it is determined whether the touch input on the touch panel is the image display area or the menu area, and the image display area is moved by a predetermined distance from the position of the touch input to move the cursor. The display position is set and the cursor display position is switched between the image display area and the menu area so that the cursor display position is set to the touch input position for the menu area. It is possible to move the display position of the cursor without being hidden behind, etc., and while confirming the display position of the cursor on the image, it is possible to accurately specify the area by the display position of the cursor. Further, in the menu area, the display position of the cursor can be moved to the touch input position to reliably specify the menu key.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a display device with a touch panel according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a flow of processing of the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the image input unit 1 is, for example, C
A CD sensor is provided to optically scan an original to input image information of an original image. The display screen 4 is
The screen is divided into an image display area and a menu area, and image information input from the image input unit 1 and processing information including keys for processing the image information are displayed. The image memory 2 includes the image input unit 1
The image information of the image input from the image display area of the display screen 4 is stored. The menu memory 5 stores menu information displayed in the menu area of the display screen 4. The display control unit 3 reads the image information of the image stored in the image memory 2 and the menu information stored in the menu memory 5 and displays it on the display screen. The touch panel 6 has a display screen 4
The control unit 7 detects and analyzes the touch input on the touch panel 6, controls the image input unit 1 and the menu memory 5 of the menu information to be displayed in the menu area of the display screen 4. For rewriting and editing the image information stored in the image memory 2. It goes without saying that the image memory 2 and the menu memory 5 may be composed of one page memory corresponding to the display screen 4.

Next, the flow of input detection, analysis, and cursor display processing of the touch panel 6 by the control unit 7 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the touch of the finger or the like on the touch panel 6 is monitored (step S11), and when the touch is confirmed, the touched coordinate position is analyzed (step S12). It is checked whether the coordinate position is in the image display area (step S13).
In the case of the image display area, the touched coordinate position (X,
An increment δ is added to Y) such that the arrow is not hidden by a finger or the like, and an address is calculated as a coordinate position of (X + δ, Y + δ) (step S14). If the address is not the image display area (menu area), the contact is made. The address is calculated from the coordinate position (X, Y) (step S15). And
The bit image is developed and displayed in the image memory according to the addresses calculated according to the image display area and the menu area, respectively (steps S14 to S15). The position information of the tip of the arrow of the cursor displayed in this way is input by the confirmation key.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an image processing apparatus using the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention. 11 is an image input apparatus, 12 is an image processing apparatus, 13 is an image memory, and 14-1 is an image. An output device, 14-2 is an image input / output device, 15 is a control device, 16 is a display controller, 17 is a display, and 18 is a touch panel.

In FIG. 3, an image input device 11 has a CCD line sensor mounted on a carriage, reads an original image placed on a platen while moving the CCD line sensor in the sub-scanning direction, and converts the analog signal into a digital signal. The image data after the correction processing and the like is output. The image processing device 12 performs color conversion, color correction, smoothing processing on the image data acquired from the image input device 11.
Processing for image quality adjustment such as edge enhancement processing is performed. The image memory 13 expands and stores the image data after the image processing as a bit image, and the image output device 1 copies and outputs the bit image.
It is 4-1. The image input / output device 14-2 compresses the bit image data expanded in the image memory 13, transmits the compressed data to the facsimile communication line, and decompresses the compressed data received through the communication line. Output to the image output device 14-1.
The display controller 16 is the image processing device 1.
When performing editing / modification processing on the image data processed in 2, the image information is displayed in the image display area of the display 17 and the control for displaying the menu key in the menu area of the display 17 is performed. The touch panel 18 is used in combination with the display 17 to input edit / modification designations and instructions from the image display area and menu area. Then, the control device 15 controls all of these. For example, for the image input device 11, the control of the reading operation of the original image, the setting of the parameters for correcting the read image data, and the like are performed. In addition, parameters for image quality adjustment such as color conversion, color correction, smoothing processing, and edge enhancement processing are set in the image processing device 12, and bit image development is performed in the image memory 13. Edit and process. The output or input / output operation of the image output device 14-1 and the image input / output device 14-2 is controlled. Then, the touch panel 18 performs an analysis of the input information and a process based on the input information, and the display controller 16 controls the information to be displayed in the image display area and the menu area of the display 17 and other controls. To do.

In the image processing apparatus configured as described above,
A user interface is configured using the display 17 and the touch panel 18, and information such as operation instructions and settings for each device is input from the touch panel 18 on the menu screen, and divided into an image display area and a menu area during editing / processing. You can specify editing and processing, input instructions, etc. on the screen configured as
Instructions for facsimile transmission / reception can also be issued.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the arrow cursor is used has been described, but a rectangular cursor, a vertical line, a horizontal line cursor, a cross cursor, or the like that changes in size is used depending on the instruction content of editing / processing. May be

[0016]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a screen formed by being divided into an image display area and a menu area is touched with a finger or the like to specify editing / processing, instructions, etc. When performing input, identify each area and display the cursor in the image display area at a position slightly off the touched position, and in the menu area, display the cursor at the touched position.
It is possible to input necessary information with operability suitable for each area.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a display device with a touch panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a processing flow of the display device with a touch panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an image processing apparatus using the display device with a touch panel of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a problem of a conventional display device with a touch panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Image input section, 2 ... Image memory, 3 ... Display control section, 4 ... Display screen, 5 ... Menu memory, 6 ... Touch panel, 7 ... Control section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display screen is combined with a touch panel so that the screen is divided into an image display area and a menu area and the cursor display position is moved by touch input, and image editing / processing is designated and instructed at the cursor display position. In the display device with a touch panel for inputting, the touch input on the touch panel determines whether the image display area or the menu area, and the display position of the cursor is shifted with respect to the image display area by a predetermined distance from the touch input position. A display device with a touch panel, wherein the display position of the cursor is switched between the image display area and the menu area so that the display position of the cursor is set at the touch input position for the menu area.