JP6597482B2 - Display device and display control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device and a display control program, and more particularly to a technique for scrolling and displaying an image displayed on a display unit.

  Some display devices scroll the display screen of the display unit in accordance with a touch operation performed by the user on the display screen of the display unit. The scroll display executed according to the touch operation such as swipe is intuitive and easy to operate, and further, since the scroll bar display can be eliminated or reduced, there is an advantage that the image display area in the display unit can be enlarged.

  However, if the scroll bar is not displayed or is small, the user may not be aware that the display screen can be scrolled, that is, there is an image that is not displayed in the display area of the display unit but should be displayed. For example, the image forming apparatus may display a list in which a plurality of pieces of job information are listed in a predetermined order. Job information is displayed with multiple job names listed in order of reception time, but if the scroll bar is not displayed or small, the user may not be aware of the hidden job information without being displayed. .

Accordingly, (see for example, Patent Document 1) to display a scrollable image on the display unit, the display device for temporarily scroll up until the image is the final position is displayed has been proposed.

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However, the display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 temporarily scrolls up the display target image until its final position is displayed, and the rear end of the scrollable image is displayed. In order to confirm the content from a desired part such as the head position of the image and perform the operation, it is necessary to perform an operation for instructing scroll down to display the head position of the image on the display screen of the display unit. The operation was troublesome for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the image displayed on the display unit is an image that is entirely displayed on the display unit by scroll display without troublesome user operations. The purpose is to make it easy for the user to grasp.

  A display device according to an aspect of the present invention controls a display unit on which an image is displayed, an operation reception unit that receives an operation from a user, and an operation of the display unit, and the operation reception unit is operated by the user from the display unit. A display control unit that displays the display content of the display unit in response to the instruction, and the display control unit displays an image to be displayed by the scroll display. In the case of the scroll image displayed on the display unit, the entire image showing the entire scroll image is temporarily displayed on the display unit, and then within the displayable range of the display unit. A predetermined part of the scroll image is displayed on the display unit.

  In addition, a display control program according to one aspect of the present invention controls an operation receiving unit that receives an operation from a user and an operation of the display unit, and the operation receiving unit scrolls display content of the display unit from the user. When an instruction is received, a display control program that causes a computer to function as a display control unit that scrolls display content of the display unit in accordance with the instruction. The display control unit scrolls an image to be displayed. In the case of a scroll image displayed on the display unit by display, the entire image showing the entire scroll image is temporarily displayed on the display unit and then within a displayable range in the display area of the display unit. And further causing the computer to function so that a predetermined part of the scroll image is displayed on the display unit. Than is.

  According to the present invention, when a scroll image that is not displayed in the display area unless it is scroll-displayed is displayed on the display unit, the entire image showing the entire scroll image is first displayed on the display unit. The user can easily grasp that the scroll image includes an image portion not yet displayed on the display unit by visually recognizing the whole image. In addition, after the entire image of the scroll image is displayed on the display unit, only a part of the predetermined scroll image is displayed on the display unit without any operation by the user. The user can immediately perform an operation or the like based on the displayed image without any troubles such as being difficult to see details while being displayed as it is.

1 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a main internal configuration of an image forming apparatus as a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing during display control by the image forming apparatus. It is the figure which showed an example of the display screen. It is the figure which showed each element of the display screen. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display part. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display part. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the animation display in which the top part of a scroll image is expanded gradually. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display part. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display part. It is the figure which showed an example of the display displayed on a display part.

  Hereinafter, a display device and a display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the main internal configuration of an image forming apparatus as a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is, for example, an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus 1 is a multifunction machine having a plurality of functions such as a copy function, a printer function, a scanner function, and a facsimile function, and includes a control unit 10, a document feeding unit 6, a document reading unit 5, The image forming unit 12, image memory 32, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 92, fixing unit 13, paper feeding unit 14, operation unit 47, facsimile communication unit 71, and network interface unit 91 are configured.

  The image forming unit 12 forms a toner image of an image to be printed on a sheet (recording medium).

  The HDD 92 is a large-capacity storage device that stores an original image read by the original reading unit 5 and stores a display control program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The operation unit 47 receives instructions such as an image forming operation execution instruction and a document reading operation execution instruction from the operator for various operations and processes that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 1. The operation unit 47 includes a display unit 473 that displays operation guidance to the operator. The display unit 473 has a touch panel function. The touch panel detects an operation in which the operator touches a button or key displayed on the screen, and outputs a detection signal indicating the detected operation to the operation reception unit 101 described later.

  The control unit 10 includes a processor, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a dedicated hardware circuit. The processor is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU, or an ASIC. The control unit 10 includes a control unit 100, an operation reception unit 101, a job management unit 102, a display control unit 103, a display position information storage unit 104, and a job information storage unit 105.

  The control unit 10 operates in accordance with the display control program stored in the HDD 92 to control the control unit 100, the operation receiving unit 101, the job management unit 102, the display control unit 103, the display position information storage unit 104, and job information. It functions as the storage unit 105. However, the control unit 100, the operation reception unit 101, the job management unit 102, the display control unit 103, the display position information storage unit 104, and the job information storage unit 105 depend on an operation according to a display control program by the control unit 10. Alternatively, each may be configured by a hardware circuit. The same applies to each embodiment unless otherwise specified.

  The display position information storage unit 104 stores display position information indicating a predetermined part of the scroll image displayed most recently in the display area of the display unit 473. The control unit 100 updates the display position information stored in the display position information storage unit 104 every time a predetermined part of the scroll image is displayed in the display area of the display unit 473. The scroll image is an image that the display control unit 103 displays on the display unit 473 as a scroll display target. That is, the scroll image is an image that cannot be displayed in the display area of the display unit 473 when the entire display is performed once, and is not displayed in the display area unless scroll display is performed.

  The job information storage unit 105 stores the reception time and type of each job (for example, copy printing, printer printing, fax reception printing, fax transmission, scan storage), job name, user name, and status (for example, waiting, processing, Job information such as “completed” is stored.

  The control unit 100 governs overall operation control of the image forming apparatus 1. The control unit 100 includes a document feeding unit 6, a document reading unit 5, an image forming unit 12, an image memory 32, an HDD 92, a fixing unit 13, a sheet feeding unit 14, an operation unit 47, a facsimile communication unit 71, and a network interface unit 91. Are connected, and drive control of these parts is performed.

  The operation reception unit 101 identifies a user operation input by the user based on a detection signal output from the operation unit 47 (touch panel or the like). The operation reception unit 101 receives an instruction indicated by the specified user operation, and outputs a control signal corresponding to the instruction to the control unit 100 or the like.

  The job management unit 102 stores job information indicating the generated job in the job information storage unit 105, and appropriately updates the job information stored in the job information storage unit 105 according to a change in job status.

  The display control unit 103 performs display control of the display unit 473. For example, when the operation receiving unit 101 receives an instruction from the user to scroll the display content of the display unit 473 based on a flick or swipe operation or the like via the touch panel function of the operation unit 47, the display control unit 103 responds to the request. In response, the display on the display unit 473 is scrolled.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating processing during display control by the image forming apparatus 1.

  For example, when the operation reception unit 101 receives a job list display request from the user, the control unit 100 reads job information from the job information storage unit 105 (S1). The display control unit 103 creates a display screen including a job list based on the read job information (S2).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen including a job list. The display screen D1 displays a job list J1 including a plurality of items (number, reception time, type, job name, user name, status) displayed in the display area E1, a title name “job confirmation screen”, and an item name. The upper bar Bu and the lower bar Bd on which the button B1 is displayed with “Close” for closing the display screen D1 are included.

  Here, for example, the entire job list J1 can be displayed in the display area E1 of the display unit 473. That is, the job list J1 is not a scroll image. However, when there is a lot of job information as in the job list J2 shown in FIG. 4, it does not fit in the display area of the display unit 473, and it is impossible to display the whole in the display area E1. That is, the job list J2 is a scroll image. Note that ST and ED in the figure indicate the head position and the final position of the job list J2, respectively.

  Subsequently, the display control unit 103 determines whether the job list included in the created display screen is a scroll image (S3). If the display control unit 103 determines that the display screen has a scroll image (YES in S3), the display position information storage unit 104 stores the display position information related to the scroll image (that is, the display unit 473). It is determined whether or not the display area E1 stores position information indicating which part of the scroll image was previously displayed (S4).

  If the display control unit 103 determines that the display position information related to the scroll image is not stored in the display position information storage unit 104 (NO in S4), the head part of the job list J2 (FIG. 4) that is the scroll image, for example. (The portion where the job information of the numbers “0001” to “0004” is displayed) is set as a predetermined portion in the top portion Jt that is first displayed in the display area E1 (FIG. 4) (S5).

  On the other hand, if the display control unit 103 determines that the display position information related to the scroll image is stored in the display position information storage unit 104 (YES in S4), the display control unit 103 stores the display position information in the display position information storage unit 104. Based on the stored display position information, the previously displayed part of the job list J2 is set as a predetermined part as the top part Jt to be initially displayed in the current display area E1 (S6). . For example, when the portion displayed when the previous display is shown by the display position information for the job list J2 is the job information portion of the numbers “0005” to “0008”, the numbers “0005” to “0008” The part where the job information is displayed is set as the top part Jt.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the display control unit 103 causes the display unit 473 to display the entire image Da having the entire image of the job list J2 that is a scroll image, and also emphasizes the top portion Jt. The top portion Jt is indicated by a thick frame F1, or is indicated by line segments L1 to L4 extending radially from the four corners of the top portion Jt (S7).

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the display control unit 103 gradually expands the top portion Jt of the job list J2 as time elapses (in FIG. 6, 0 second, T / 2 seconds, and T seconds later). The display unit 473 causes the display unit 473 to perform animation display (S8). FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an animation display in which the top portion Jt is gradually enlarged. The thick frame in FIG. 7 shows the top portion Jt, and FIG. 7 shows how the display control unit 103 enlarges the top portion Jt at a constant speed. Although the case where the image is enlarged at a constant speed is shown here, the enlargement speed may not be constant, and the display control unit 103 performs animation so as to gradually increase or decrease gradually. Display may be performed. In this way, as shown in FIG. 8, the display screen D2 in which the top portion Jt is arranged in the display area E1 is displayed on the display unit 473 (S9).

  In S3, if the display control unit 103 determines that the display screen created by the control unit 100 in S2 does not have a scroll image (NO in S3), for example, the job list J1 (without scroll display) A display screen D1 (FIG. 3) configured to include the entire display area E1 and an upper bar Bu and a lower bar Bd is displayed on the display unit 473 (S10).

  According to the above-described embodiment, when the display control unit 103 displays a scroll image on the display unit 473 that cannot be displayed entirely in the display area E1 unless scroll display is performed, the scroll image is predetermined in the display area E1. For example, before displaying the display screen D2 (FIG. 8) in which a part is arranged on the display unit 473, the entire image Da (FIG. 5) having the entire image of the job list J2, which is a scroll image, is once displayed on the display unit 473. Let That is, when the display target image is a scroll image displayed on the display unit 473 by scroll display, the display control unit 103 temporarily displays the entire image showing the entire scroll image on the display unit 473. The predetermined portion of the scroll image that falls within the displayable range E1 of the display unit 473 is displayed on the display unit 473.

  For this reason, even if the display control unit 103 does not display the scroll bar on the display unit 473 or displays the scroll bar small, the image displayed in the display area E1 must be scroll-displayed. For example, the user can be made aware that the scroll image cannot be displayed entirely in the display area E1. That is, the user can easily grasp that the scroll image includes an image portion that is not yet displayed on the display unit 473 by visually recognizing the entire image.

  In addition, after the entire image of the scroll image is displayed on the display unit 473, only a predetermined part of the scroll image is displayed on the display unit 473 without any user operation. The user can immediately perform an operation or the like based on the displayed image without a problem such that the image continues to be displayed as it is and it is difficult to see details. In the above embodiment, after the entire image Da having the entire image of the job list J2 is displayed on the display unit 473, the display content of the display unit 473 is automatically switched to the display screen D2, so that the user can display the display screen D2. You can start working immediately.

  In the above embodiment, since the entire image Da is displayed on the display unit 473 so that the top portion Jt that is initially displayed in the display area E1 of the display screen D2 is emphasized, the top portion Jt is noticed by the user. This makes it easier for the user to know where the top portion Jt is located in the entire job list J2.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the display content displayed on the display unit 473 is switched from the entire image Da to the display screen D2 by the animation display in which the top portion Jt is gradually enlarged, so that the top portion Jt is noticed by the user. be able to.

  In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the case where the entire image Da having the entire job list J2 as a scroll image is displayed on the display unit 473 is described. However, as another embodiment, 9, when the display control unit 103 displays the entire image of the scroll image on the display unit 473, the job list J2 as the scroll image is simplified except for the top portion Jt (for example, hidden) The entire image Db) may be displayed on the display unit 473. As a result, the top portion Jt can be more emphasized, and the top portion Jt can be more noticed by the user.

  In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the entire image Da showing the job list J2 that is a scroll image in one column is displayed on the display unit 473. However, as still another embodiment, As shown in FIG. 10, when the number of job information constituting the job list J2 is larger than a predetermined value, the display control unit 103 divides the job list J2 and arranges it in two or more columns. The entire image Dc may be displayed on the display unit 473. For example, the display control unit 103 has one column when the job information is 1 to 15, two columns when the job information is 16 to 30, and three columns when the job information is 31 or more. Set.

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the image forming apparatus is described as an embodiment of the display device according to the present invention, but this is only an example, and the display device according to the present invention includes a display unit. A device such as a mobile device, a medical device, a ticket vending machine, a reservation system, etc.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the structure and process which were shown by the said embodiment using FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 10 are only one Embodiment of this invention, and are not the meaning which limits this invention to the said structure and process.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming apparatus 10 Control unit 100 Control part 101 Operation reception part 103 Display control part 104 Display position information storage part 473 Display part

Claims (6)

A display for displaying images;
An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation from a user;
A display control unit that controls the operation of the display unit, and when the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to scroll display content of the display unit from a user, the display control unit causes the display content of the display unit to be scrolled according to the instruction; With
When the display target image is a scroll image to be displayed on the display unit by the scroll display, the display control unit temporarily displays an overall image showing the entire scroll image on the display unit, Displaying a predetermined portion of the scroll image on the display unit within a displayable range of the display unit ;
Further, the display control unit displays a predetermined part of the scroll image that is initially displayed in the display area when the whole image is displayed, and the display part displays the part different from the other part. apparatus. A display for displaying images;
An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation from a user;
A display control unit that controls the operation of the display unit, and when the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to scroll display content of the display unit from a user, the display control unit causes the display content of the display unit to scroll display according to the instruction With
When the display target image is a scroll image to be displayed on the display unit by the scroll display, the display control unit temporarily displays an overall image showing the entire scroll image on the display unit, Displaying a predetermined portion of the scroll image on the display unit within a displayable range of the display unit;
And a display position information storage unit that stores display position information indicating a predetermined part of the scroll image that is displayed in the display area of the display unit most recently.
The display control unit displays the image portion indicated by the display position information stored in the display position information storage unit on the display unit as a predetermined part of the scroll image that is initially displayed in the display area. Viewing device Ru is displayed. A display for displaying images;
An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation from a user;
A display control unit that controls the operation of the display unit, and when the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to scroll display content of the display unit from a user, the display control unit causes the display content of the display unit to scroll display according to the instruction With
When the display target image is a scroll image to be displayed on the display unit by the scroll display, the display control unit temporarily displays an overall image showing the entire scroll image on the display unit, Displaying a predetermined portion of the scroll image on the display unit within a displayable range of the display unit;
Further, the display control unit, when the scroll image includes an image indicating a predetermined number of information or more, the whole image arranged by dividing the scroll image and arranging in the display area, Viewing device Ru is displayed on the display unit. A display for displaying images;
An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation from a user;
A display control unit that controls the operation of the display unit, and when the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to scroll display content of the display unit from a user, the display control unit causes the display content of the display unit to scroll display according to the instruction With
When the display target image is a scroll image to be displayed on the display unit by the scroll display, the display control unit temporarily displays an overall image showing the entire scroll image on the display unit, Displaying a predetermined portion of the scroll image on the display unit within a displayable range of the display unit;
Further, the display control unit, when displaying the entire image on the display unit, the display apparatus except the predetermined portion Ru is displayed in simplified form the scroll image to be initially displayed on the display area. The display control unit displays the whole image, and then gradually enlarges and displays a predetermined part of the scroll image to be displayed first in the whole image, thereby displaying the display area of the display unit display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 for displaying a portion of said scroll image within viewable range. An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation from a user;
As a display control unit for controlling the operation of the display unit, and when the operation receiving unit receives an instruction from the user to scroll the display content of the display unit, the display content of the display unit is scrolled according to the instruction. A display control program that makes a computer function,
When the display control unit is a scroll image to be displayed on the display unit by the scroll display, the display control unit temporarily displays the entire image showing the entire scroll image on the display unit, Displaying a predetermined portion of the scroll image on the display unit within a displayable range of the display unit ;
Further, the display control section, when displaying the entire image, a predetermined portion of the scroll image to be initially displayed in the display area, with different display from other portions, Ru is displayed on the display unit A display control program for causing the computer to function further.

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