JP3555142B2 - Display device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a display device in which display contents are erected in accordance with a vertical or horizontal rotation state of the display device .
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in this type of document image processing apparatus, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-13479, a technique for changing the display mode so that the display content is displayed upright in accordance with the vertical and horizontal rotation of the display apparatus. Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 62-173509 and 62-299881, the image is displayed as it is in accordance with the vertical and horizontal rotation of the display device, and only menus such as function keys are displayed. As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-314382, there is known a technique for displaying an erect image or a technique for changing the display magnification while displaying the displayed content in accordance with the vertical and horizontal rotation of the display device. I have.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
A menu display method in the above-described conventional document image processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.
[0004]
In FIG. 5, reference numeral 20 denotes a display screen of the display device, M denotes display contents of a menu, F denotes a function key, and B denotes a selection item. 5A shows the display screen 20 when the display device is placed vertically, and the right side shows the display screen 20 when the display device is placed horizontally.
[0005]
Here, the displayable area on the display screen 20 is generally rectangular, and the width of the displayable area in the vertical position is smaller than its height as shown in the drawing, and vice versa in the horizontal position. Become.
[0006]
If the number of vertical and horizontal dots on the display screen of the display device is different, the following problem occurs. In other words, when a plurality of selection items are arranged vertically and horizontally to display more selection items in a menu, if the size of the menu is too long or too long, the menu is erected in accordance with the rotation of the display device. In this case, as shown on the right side of each of (1) and (2) in FIG. 5, the image does not fit on the display screen.
[0007]
To solve this problem, there is a method of changing the display magnification in accordance with the vertical and horizontal rotation of the display device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-314382. However, if this technique is applied and the display magnification (size) of the selection item B is reduced and displayed, as shown in the right of each of (1) and (2) in FIG. This causes a problem that the character or image of the image becomes smaller and becomes difficult to see. As another method, if the arrangement of the selection items B is changed and displayed in accordance with the rotation of the display device, the positions of the selection items B change as shown in (1) and (2) of FIG. However, the operator must confirm the position and content of the selection item every time the rotation is performed, which causes a problem that operability is deteriorated.
[0008]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a menu display method capable of displaying an easy-to-view menu.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The display device according to the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problems, a display provided rotatably in the vertical and horizontal directions, a memory for storing display data, and a display state of the display data according to the vertical and horizontal state of the display. a rotation instruction means for switching, in the above case where the dimensions of the display area of the display is set to W × H (W> H) , menu display means for creating a layout of the menu content to accommodate the dimensions regions of H × H And control means for storing the menu data of the layout created by the menu display means in the memory in response to switching of the rotation instruction means, and displaying the menu data on the display.
[0010]
[Action]
According to the present invention, a menu can be displayed in a maximum size in a displayable area without changing the size and arrangement of menu contents depending on the rotation state of the display device.
[0011]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a document image processing apparatus using a menu display method according to one embodiment of the present invention.
[0013]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display device such as a CRT or an LCD, and the display device 1 is supported by a document image processing apparatus main body (not shown) so as to be rotatable vertically and horizontally. Reference numeral 2 denotes an image memory, 3 denotes an image data display unit that is controlled by a main control unit 6 to be described later, passes image data to the image memory 2, 4 denotes a menu display unit, 5 denotes a vertical and horizontal rotation state of the display device 1, In accordance with this, a rotation instruction unit for instructing switching of display data, 6 is a main control unit such as a CPU for controlling the entire document image processing apparatus, 7 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and 8 is a flowchart shown in FIG. Reference numeral 9 denotes an optical reading device such as a scanner, 10 denotes a printing device, and 20 (FIG. 3) denotes a display screen of the display device 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of the operation of the menu display method, and FIG. 3 shows the menu display contents according to the present embodiment.
[0014]
In step 1, the apparatus is started up, and an initial screen as shown in (1) of FIG. 3 is displayed.
[0015]
In step 2, the main control unit 6 receives a processing instruction from the input device 7, and in step 3, determines whether or not menu display is necessary. If necessary, go to step 5; if not, go to step 4.
[0016]
In step 4, the main control unit 6 performs a process of reading image data from the storage device 8 or the optical reading device 9, writing image data to the storage device 8, or outputting the image data to the printing device 10. Proceed to step 9.
[0017]
In step 5, as shown in FIG. 4, the displayable area (height 1 and width 1) when the display device 1 is in the vertical state (FIG. 4A) and the displayable area when the display apparatus 1 is in the horizontal state (FIG. 4). (2)) The layout of the menu content is obtained from (height 2, width 2) and the width 3 and height 3 of the selection item area B displayed as the menu content. Here, the size of the menu is set to the maximum among those that fall within the area of height 2 and width 1. Then, the display items (menu data) of the menu are determined by arranging all the display items B, B,... To be displayed within the set size. The size and arrangement of the display contents are constant regardless of the vertical or horizontal position.
[0018]
In step 6, the main control unit 6 acquires information indicating the rotation state detected by the rotation instruction unit 5, and proceeds to step 7 if it is in the vertical position, and proceeds to step 8 if it is in the horizontal position.
[0019]
In step 7, the menu display unit 4 transfers the menu data to the image memory 2 in accordance with the displayable area of the display screen 1 in the horizontal state, and a menu as shown in FIG. Is displayed and the process proceeds to step 9.
[0020]
In step 8, the menu display unit 4 transfers the menu data to the image memory 2 in accordance with the displayable area of the display screen 1 in the vertically placed state, and the menu as shown in FIG. Is displayed and the process proceeds to step 9.
[0021]
In step 9, the continuation of the process is determined. If the continuation is performed, the process returns to step 2, and if not, the entire process is terminated.
[0022]
The schematic flow of the operation of the menu display method has been described above. However, the detection of the rotation state by the rotation instruction unit 5 may be either automatic detection by a sensor or manual detection by key input from the input device 7. Absent.
[0023]
As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a display provided rotatably in the vertical and horizontal directions, a memory for storing display data, and a rotation instruction for switching the display state of the display data according to the vertical and horizontal state of the display. and means, when the size of the display area of the display is set to W × H (W> H) , and a menu display means for creating the layout of the menu content to accommodate the dimensions regions of H × H, wherein A control means for storing the menu data of the layout created by the menu display means in the memory in accordance with the switching of the rotation instructing means, and displaying the data on the display.
With this configuration, it is possible to display an easy-to-view menu without the operator having to touch a different menu every time the rotation state of the display device is changed, and to check the display contents each time. This has the effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document image processing apparatus using a menu display method according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a menu display method according to one embodiment of the present invention. Process description diagram of a menu display method according to one embodiment of the present invention (2) Process description diagram of a menu display method according to one embodiment of the present invention (3) Process description of a menu display method according to one embodiment of the present invention FIG. 4 (1) Process explanatory diagram of a menu display method according to an embodiment of the present invention (2) Process explanatory diagram of a menu display method according to an embodiment of the present invention (3) Embodiment of the present invention FIG. 5 (1) Illustration of a conventional menu display method (2) Illustration of a conventional menu display method FIG. 6 (1) Illustration of a conventional menu display method (2) Illustration of conventional menu display method [FIG. 7] (1) illustration of a conventional menu display method (2) illustrating a conventional menu display method [EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS]
1 Display M Menu B Selection items

Claims (4)

A display provided rotatably in the vertical and horizontal directions,
A memory for storing display data,
Rotation instructing means for switching the display state of display data according to the vertical and horizontal state of the display,
In the case where the dimensions of the display area of the display is set to W × H (W> H) , and a menu display means for creating the layout of the menu content to accommodate the dimensions regions of H × H,
A display device comprising: control means for storing menu data of a layout created by the menu display means in the memory in accordance with switching of the rotation instruction means, and displaying the menu data on the display. The menu display means creates a layout of menu contents so as to fit in a maximum area of a H × H dimension area when a size of a display area of the display is W × H. The display device according to 1. A display provided rotatably in the vertical and horizontal directions,
A memory for storing display data,
Rotation instructing means for switching the display state of display data according to the vertical and horizontal state of the display,
A menu display means for creating a layout of menu contents so as to adapt to the H × H dimension area when the size of the display area of the display is set to W × H (W>H);
Control means for storing menu data of the layout created by the menu display means in the memory, and displaying menu data of a fixed layout on the display regardless of the switching state of the display by the rotation instruction means. A display device characterized by the above-mentioned. When the size of the display area of the display is W × H (W> H), the menu display means creates a layout of the menu contents so as to fit the maximum area of the H × H dimension area. The display device according to claim 3, wherein:

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