JP6933057B2 - Display control device, display control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display control device and a display control program.

Conventionally, an electronic device capable of displaying an image selected by a user as a background image of a home screen in which icons are displayed side by side has been known. Further, in Patent Document 1, a background image is analyzed to detect a person included in the background image, and a balloon (additional image) including a message text is superimposed so as not to overlap the person's face near the person's mouth. The display technique is described.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-172118

When deriving an area for automatically arranging an additional image based on the analysis result of the background image, the derived area may not always be as intended by the user. Patent Document 1 mentions that a function that allows the user to specify the insertion position of the additional image may be added, but there is no description about a specific method thereof. It is desirable that the user can easily specify the area in which the content is to be placed or the area in which the content is not to be placed in the background image.
An object of the present invention is to provide a display control device that allows a user to specify an area on an image in which content is desired to be arranged by a simple operation.

The display control device for achieving the above object divides the image into a plurality of areas and outputs the image acquisition unit for acquiring the image and the divided areas to the screen so that the user can select the arranged area or the non-arranged area. A first output unit is provided, and a second output unit is provided, which gives priority to the arranged area over the non-arranged area and outputs the content by superimposing the content on the image.
According to this configuration, the user can specify the area in which the content is to be arranged (or the area in which the content is not to be arranged) by the operation of designating the arranged area or the non-arranged area for each presented area. For example, when compared with the configuration in which the area (or the area in which you do not want to place) you want to place the content (or the area you do not want to place) itself (position or shape) is specified by the user's operation (for example, the configuration in which the upper left coordinates or the lower right coordinates of the rectangular area are specified), this book The configuration can realize the designation of the area with a simple operation.

Further, the display control device for achieving the above object includes an analysis unit that determines whether or not the region belongs to the background portion of the image by analyzing the image, and the first output unit is set as the background portion by the analysis unit. The initial state may be a state in which the region determined to belong is selected as the arrangement region and the region determined not to belong to the background portion by the analysis unit is selected as the non-arrangement region.
By presenting the analysis result by the analysis unit as the initial state, the user may change the designation of the arranged area or the non-arranged area when the initial state and the user's intention are different. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the time and effort of the user.

Further, in the display control device for achieving the above object, the first output unit mutually changes the state in which the arrangement area is selected and the state in which the non-arrangement area is selected for the area clicked or touched by the user. It may be configured to switch.
That is, the user can switch between the state in which the arrangement area is selected and the state in which the non-arrangement area is selected for the area by a simple operation of clicking or touching the presented area.

Further, in the display control device for achieving the above object, the area may be configured to have dimensions larger than the minimum content.
According to this configuration, one area can include the minimum content among the contents that can be arranged on the image. If the area is smaller than the minimum content, it is necessary to perform an operation of selecting the arrangement area for a plurality of areas in order to specify the area where the minimum content is to be arranged. However, in the case of this configuration, for example, the designation of the area where one minimum content is to be arranged can be realized by performing the operation of selecting the arrangement area for one area.

Further, the display control device for achieving the above object includes a priority acquisition unit for acquiring the priority of the arrangement area designated by the user and a priority storage unit for storing the priority of the content. The 2 output unit may have a configuration in which the content is superimposed on the image according to the priority of the arrangement area and the priority of the content.
According to this configuration, the content according to the priority of the content can be arranged in the area according to the priority of the arrangement area specified by the user.

Further, in the display control device for achieving the above object, the priority storage unit stores the priority of the content for each output screen, and the second output unit stores the priority of the arrangement area and the output screen to be output. The output screen may be configured in which the content is superimposed on the image according to the priority of the content corresponding to.
According to this configuration, the content according to the priority of the content corresponding to the output screen can be arranged in the area according to the priority of the arrangement area specified by the user.

Further, in the display control device for achieving the above object, the first output unit may be configured to display an image in the non-arranged area and not to display the image in the arranged area.
According to this configuration, when the content is arranged in the arrangement area, the user can easily recognize the portion hidden by the content in the image.

Further, in the display control device for achieving the above object, the second output unit may be configured to arrange one content over a plurality of adjacent arrangement areas.
According to this configuration, if the arrangement areas are adjacent to each other, the content can be arranged in an area (connected area) composed of a plurality of adjacent arrangement areas. Therefore, for example, when it is desired to enlarge the content from the minimum size and display it, even if the arranged area or the non-arranged area is not selected again for the enlarged content, if there is a connected area including the enlarged content, the enlarged content is in the connected area. Can be placed.

The present invention also holds true as an invention of a display control program that realizes the above-mentioned functions in a computer. Further, the functions of the respective parts described in the claims are realized by hardware resources whose functions are specified by the configuration itself, hardware resources whose functions are specified by a program, or a combination thereof. Further, the functions of each of these parts are not limited to those realized by hardware resources that are physically independent of each other.

A block diagram showing a printer configuration. The figure which shows the image of the wallpaper. The figure which shows the state which divided the wallpaper image. The figure which shows the icon arrangement area selection screen. The figure which shows the icon arrangement area selection screen. The figure which shows the arrangement order specification screen. The figure which shows the arrangement order specification screen. The figure which shows the arrangement order specification screen. The figure which shows the priority of the arrangement area. The figure which shows the priority of the icon for each function selection screen. A flowchart showing the icon arrangement setting process. A flowchart showing the icon placement process. The figure which shows the 1st function selection screen. The figure which shows the 2nd function selection screen. The figure which shows the arrangement area which concerns on other embodiment. The figure which shows the function selection screen (small icon) which concerns on other embodiment. The figure which shows the function selection screen (enlarged icon) which concerns on other embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The corresponding components in each figure are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description is omitted.
1. 1. First Embodiment:
1-1. Display control device configuration:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a multifunction printer (hereinafter, simply referred to as a printer) 1 as a display control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printer 1 includes a controller 10, a non-volatile memory 20, a UI (User Interface) unit 30, a communication unit 40, a printing unit 50, an image reading unit 60, and a fax communication unit 70.

The communication unit 40 includes a communication interface circuit for connecting to the Internet by wire or wirelessly and communicating with other devices via the Internet according to various communication protocols. Further, the communication unit 40 includes various removable memories mounted on the printer 1 and an interface circuit for communicating with a device connected to the printer 1 by wire or wirelessly.

The printing unit 50 includes actuators, sensors, drive circuits, and mechanical parts for executing printing on various printing media by a well-known printing method such as an inkjet method or an electrophotographic method. The image reading unit 60 includes a well-known color image sensor and light source that emits light from the document and receives the reflected light from the document to obtain scan data, and an actuator, a drive circuit, a sensor, and a mechanical component for transporting the document. There is.

The FAX communication unit 70 includes a modem for performing FAX communication of image data indicating a manuscript via a public exchange telephone network, a circuit for detecting and generating a control signal for transmitting and receiving the image data, and a circuit for detecting and generating a control signal for transmitting and receiving the image data. It is equipped with a circuit for encoding transmission data and decoding received data.

The UI unit 30 includes a touch panel type display and a key input unit. The display includes a display panel and a touch detection panel superimposed on the display panel. The display displays various information on the display panel under the control of the controller 10. Further, the display detects the contact of the touch detection panel with a human finger or the like, and outputs the contact coordinates to the controller 10. When the key input unit detects an operation on a key such as a power button, the key input unit outputs key operation information indicating the operated key to the controller 10. The controller 10 can acquire the operation content of the user for the touch panel type display and the key input unit based on the above information acquired from the UI unit 30, and can execute the process corresponding to the operation content. ..

The various screens displayed on the display include a function selection screen. On the function selection screen, icons for activating processes corresponding to various functions provided by the printer 1 to the user are listed and displayed. There are a plurality of types of function selection screens depending on the operating state of the printer 1. At least some of the icons displayed on each function selection screen are different. For example, on the first function selection screen, five icons of function A, function B, function C, function D, and function E are displayed, and on the second function selection screen, function A, function P, function Q, and function. Seven icons of R, function S, function T, and function U are displayed. The type and number of icons (functions) displayed on each function selection screen may change not only according to the operating state of the printer 1 but also by user customization. Further, on each function selection screen, an image selected as a common wallpaper is displayed on the background of the icon. Note that these function selection screens are examples of output screens.

The controller 10 includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like (not shown), and the CPU can execute various programs recorded in the non-volatile memory 20 to control each part of the printer 1. The various programs executed by the controller 10 include the display control program 11. The display control program 11 makes the controller 10 realize the icon arrangement setting function and the icon arrangement function based on the setting contents. The icon placement setting function is a function that allows the user to select the placement area / non-placement area of the icon and specify the priority of the placement area on the function selection screen for displaying the image selected as the wallpaper in the background. The icon arrangement function is a function of displaying a function selection screen in which an icon is arranged in an area selected as an arrangement area in the icon arrangement setting function on an image selected as a wallpaper as a background. In order to realize the icon arrangement setting function and the icon arrangement function, the display control program 11 includes an image acquisition unit 11a, a first output unit 11b, an analysis unit 11c, a first priority acquisition unit 11d, and a second priority acquisition. A unit 11e and a second output unit 11f are provided.

The image acquisition unit 11a is a program module that enables the controller 10 to acquire a function of acquiring an image as a wallpaper of the function selection screen. The user can operate the UI unit 30 to select a desired image (image data 20a) as the wallpaper image. For example, the user may read the image by the image reading unit 60 and store it in the non-volatile memory 20, or acquire the image from the removable memory or an external device via the communication unit 40 or the FAX communication unit 70 and store it in the non-volatile memory 20. You may save it. When the user specifies the image data 20a stored in the non-volatile memory 20 as the wallpaper of the function selection screen, the controller 10 acquires the image data 20a from the non-volatile memory 20 by the processing of the image acquisition unit 11a.

The first output unit 11b divides the image acquired as the wallpaper of the function selection screen into a plurality of areas, and provides the controller 10 with a function of displaying each divided area as an arrangement area or a non-arrangement area on the display so that the user can select it. It is a program module to be realized. FIG. 2 shows an example of the image shown by the image data 20a acquired as the wallpaper. FIG. 2 shows a photographic image of a tree standing on a plain. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the aspect ratio of the image acquired as the wallpaper matches the aspect ratio of the wallpaper display area (Aw in FIGS. 13 and 14 described later) of the function selection screen. If the aspect ratio of the wallpaper display area of the function selection screen and the aspect ratio of the acquired image are different, the aspect ratios are matched by, for example, trimming or adding a margin image to the edge of the image. May be good. The process may be configured such that the controller 10 analyzes the image and automatically executes the process, or may configure the controller 10 to perform trimming of a range and addition of a margin image according to a user's instruction.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which an image to be displayed over the entire wallpaper display area is divided into a plurality of areas. Hereinafter, each divided area is referred to as a divided area. One divided area corresponds to an occupied area when one icon is arranged on the function selection screen. Although the size of the icon can be changed in the printer 1, in the present embodiment, one divided area set in the first output unit 11b is equivalent to one icon of the minimum size defined in the printer 1. Corresponds to the occupied area. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the designation of the area where one minimum size icon is to be arranged can be realized by performing the operation of selecting the arrangement area for one divided area.

FIG. 3 shows that 40 divided areas (= 8 × 5) are set when the image selected as the wallpaper is displayed over the entire wallpaper display area. In the present embodiment, the rows of the divided regions arranged in the vertical direction are identified by a to h, and the rows of the divided regions arranged in the horizontal direction are identified by 1 to 5. Individual division areas are identified by vertical column numbers and horizontal column numbers. For example, the upper left partition area is a1.

FIG. 4 shows an icon arrangement area selection screen. The controller 10 displays the icon arrangement area selection screen on the display by the first output unit 11b. On the icon arrangement area selection screen, the wallpaper image is presented to the user in a divided state as shown in FIG. 3 in the area Aa. Further, on the icon placement area selection screen, the wallpaper image is not displayed in the icon placement area, and the image is displayed in the icon non-placement area. By differentiating the display mode between the arranged area and the non-arranged area in this way, it is possible to make the user recognize whether each area is an arranged area or a non-arranged area. Further, by not displaying the wallpaper image in the arrangement area, it is easy for the user to imagine the part hidden by the icon in the wallpaper image when the icon is displayed in the arrangement area.

Further, on the icon arrangement area selection screen, each divided area is set as an area for accepting a user's touch operation. The controller 10 switches the divided area touched by the user by the first output unit 11b between the state in which the arranged area is selected and the state in which the non-arranged area is selected. For example, the divided area a1 shown in FIG. 4 shows a state in which the arranged area is selected, but when the touch operation to the divided area a1 is detected, the controller 10 switches the divided area a1 to the state in which the non-arranged area is selected. .. Along with the switching, the controller 10 updates the screen display so as to display the wallpaper image in the divided area a1.

The analysis unit 11c is a program module that enables the controller 10 to perform a function of analyzing the wallpaper image and determining whether or not each divided region belongs to the background portion of the image. The analysis unit 11c causes the controller 10 to distinguish between an object having a predetermined feature and a background portion other than the object in the image. In the first output unit 11b, the area determined to belong to the background unit by the processing of the analysis unit 11c is selected as the arrangement area, and the area determined not to belong to the background area by the processing of the analysis unit 11c is the non-arrangement area. The state selected as is set as the initial state.

As the above-mentioned object, for example, an object that is easily adopted as a subject of a photograph, such as a character, a person's face or body, or a vehicle, may be assumed. When those objects are included in the image, the controller 10 determines the area other than the objects as the background portion. Further, when those objects are not included in the image, the background portion may be determined by another method. For example, when adopting the design concept that the visibility is improved when the icon is superimposed on the image in the region where the density change is relatively small, the controller 10 determines the region where the density change is relatively low in the image. It may be determined from the background part.

The first priority acquisition unit 11d, which corresponds to the priority acquisition unit, is a program module that allows the controller 10 to realize a function of acquiring the priority of the arrangement area designated by the user. The priority of the arrangement area indicates the order in which the icons are preferentially arranged in a plurality of arrangement areas. The controller 10 displays the arrangement order designation screen (FIGS. 6 to 8) described later on the display, and acquires the priority of the arrangement area based on the order in which the user touches the divided area selected as the arrangement area. The controller 10 records the priority (priority information 20b of the arrangement area) acquired from the user in the non-volatile memory 20. FIG. 9 shows an example of the priority information 20b of the arrangement area. Of course, the priority of the arrangement area may be automatically acquired based on a predetermined ranking determination algorithm.

The second priority acquisition unit 11e is a program module that enables the controller 10 to realize a function of acquiring the priority of icons (priority of contents). The priority information 20c of the icon is recorded in the non-volatile memory 20 corresponding to the priority storage unit. The icon priority information 20c is information indicating the display order of the icons displayed on the function selection screen. The priority information 20c of the icon is determined for each function selection screen as shown in FIG. 10, for example. Of course, the user may be able to customize the priority of the icons. Even if the user does not explicitly specify the priority of the icons, the order in which the user registers the icons to be displayed on the corresponding function selection screen (the order in which the icons are registered) is treated as the priority of the icons. May be good. The controller 10 acquires the priority information 20c of the icon from the non-volatile memory 20 by the processing of the second priority acquisition unit 11e.

The second output unit 11f is a program module that enables the controller 10 to realize a function of displaying an icon superimposed on the arrangement area in the wallpaper image on the function selection screen. The controller 10 superimposes the icon on the image according to the priority of the arrangement area and the priority of the icon. That is, the icon associated with the function having the n-position priority of the icon corresponding to the function selection screen to be displayed is arranged in the divided area having the n-position priority of the arrangement area. The icon image data 20d indicating the icon is recorded in the non-volatile memory 20 in association with each function. The controller 10 arranges the wallpaper image indicated by the image data 20a in the wallpaper display area of the function selection screen, and icon image data associated with the nth function at the position of the nth divided area on the wallpaper image. The icon indicated by 20d is superimposed and displayed.

By providing the above configuration, it is possible to avoid the area where the user does not want to place the icon and display the icon in the area where the icon is to be placed by a simple operation. Therefore, for example, it is possible to avoid the human image in the wallpaper image and display an icon around it. In addition, the wallpaper image is displayed in common on each function selection screen, but even if the number or type of icons displayed changes depending on the function selection screen, the icon automatically avoids the person image in the wallpaper image. Be placed. Therefore, the user does not need to specify the arrangement of each function selection screen for each icon displayed on the function selection screen, which can reduce the user's trouble.

1-2: Icon placement setting process and icon placement process:
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the icon arrangement setting process. The icon arrangement setting process shown in FIG. 11 is started when the user selects to execute the icon arrangement setting function. When the icon arrangement setting process is started, the controller 10 acquires an image to be used as wallpaper by the process of the image acquisition unit 11a (step S100). Specifically, the controller 10 displays an image selection screen (not shown) on the display, and allows the user to select an image to be adopted as wallpaper. Then, when the user selects the image data 20a stored in the non-volatile memory 20, the image data 20a indicating the selected image is acquired from the non-volatile memory 20. When the user selects an image that is not stored in the non-volatile memory 20, the image is acquired by using the image reading unit 60, the communication unit 40, the FAX communication unit 70, or the like, and the acquired image is stored in the non-volatile memory. Try to save at 20.

Subsequently, the controller 10 analyzes the acquired wallpaper image by the processing of the analysis unit 11c (step S105). The controller 10 analyzes the image and distinguishes between an object having predetermined features in the image and a background portion other than the object. Further, the controller 10 sets a divided area in which the image is divided into the above areas. Then, the controller 10 determines whether or not each divided region belongs to the background portion of the image. Specifically, for example, the controller 10 determines whether or not the entire divided region shown in FIG. 3 belongs to the background portion.

Subsequently, the controller 10 determines the initial state by the processing of the analysis unit 11c (step S110). In the controller 10, the divided area determined that the entire divided area belongs to the background portion is selected as the arrangement area, and the divided area determined that at least a part of the divided area does not belong to the background portion is selected as the non-arranged area. The determined state is determined as the initial state. For example, in the case of the image shown in FIG. 3, in the controller 10, the divided regions a1 to a5, b5, c5, d5, e5, f5, g5, h1 to h5 are selected as the arranged regions, and the other divided regions are selected as the non-arranged regions. The initial state is the state (see FIG. 4).

Subsequently, the controller 10 displays the icon arrangement area selection screen on the display by the processing of the first output unit 11b (step S115). When proceeding from step S110 to step S115, in step S115, the controller 10 displays the wallpaper image in a state in which the initial state of step S110 is reflected in each divided area. FIG. 4 shows an icon placement area selection screen that reflects the initial state of the icon placement area and the non-placement area. The icon placement area selection screen includes an image of the wallpaper in which the area is divided and each of the divided areas is selected as the placement area or the non-placement area, the stop button Bc, and the confirmation button Bo.

The controller 10 determines the user's operation while the icon arrangement area selection screen is displayed (step S120). That is, the controller 10 determines whether or not the user touches any of the divided areas, the confirm button Bo, or the stop button Bc. When it is determined in step S120 that any of the divided areas is touched, the controller 10 switches the selected state of the divided area between the arranged area and the non-arranged area (step S125). That is, when the controller 10 touches the divided area in the state where the arranged area is selected, the controller 10 switches the divided area to the state in which the non-arranged area is selected, and touches the divided area in the state where the non-arranged area is selected. If so, the divided area is switched to the state in which the arrangement area is selected.

For example, from the state in which the selected state of the arranged area or the non-arranged area of the divided area is shown in FIG. 4, the user selects six divided areas of b5, c5, d5, e5, f5, and g5 (in FIG. 4, the arranged area is selected. When it is detected that each of the six divided areas is touched, the controller 10 switches the six divided areas to a state in which the non-arranged area is selected. FIG. 5 shows that the six regions have been switched to a state in which the non-arranged region is selected.

When it is determined in step S120 that the stop button Bc is touched, the controller 10 ends the icon placement area selection screen (step S127), and ends the icon placement setting process. When it is determined in step S120 that the confirmation button Bo is touched, the controller 10 determines whether or not the number of arrangement areas is equal to or greater than the threshold value (step S130). The threshold value indicates the minimum value of the number of icons arranged on the function selection screen. The threshold value may be different or the same for each function selection screen. If the number of selected placement areas is less than the threshold value when the confirmation button Bo is touched (step S130: N determination), the process returns to step S120 and the controller 10 uses the number of division areas equal to or larger than the threshold value as the placement area. Prompt the user to make a choice. That is, since it is predetermined that at least the threshold number of icons is displayed on the function selection screen, if the number of the arrangement areas selected by the user is less than the threshold value, the user has the threshold number or more in the present embodiment. A configuration is adopted in which the number of placement areas is selected.

In the case of Y determination in step S130, that is, when the number of divided areas selected as the arrangement area is determined to be equal to or greater than the threshold value, the controller 10 ends the display of the icon arrangement area selection screen and displays the arrangement order designation screen on the display. Display (step S135). 6 to 8 show the arrangement order designation screen. The arrangement order designation screen includes an image of the wallpaper in which the number of arrangement areas selected is equal to or larger than the threshold value, a stop button Bc, and a confirmation button Bo.

Subsequently, the controller 10 determines the user's operation on the arrangement order designation screen (step S140). That is, the controller 10 determines whether or not any of the arrangement areas, the confirmation button Bo, or the stop button Bc is touched. Note that the controller 10 does not accept a touch operation on the divided area in which the non-arranged area is selected on the arrangement order designation screen. In step S140, when it is determined that the user has touched any of the arrangement areas (areas displayed in gray in FIGS. 6 to 8), the controller 10 is touched by the processing of the first priority acquisition unit 11d. A number indicating the priority is displayed in the arranged area touched in the order of the gray color (step S145). For example, FIG. 7 shows that the division region a1 was touched first. The user may be able to specify the priority by continuously tracing the adjacent areas.

If it is determined in step S140 that the stop button Bc has been touched, the controller 10 ends the display of the arrangement order designation screen (step S147), and returns to step S115. When returning from step S147 to step S115, the selection content in the arrangement area / non-arrangement area may adopt the selection content in step S135, or the initial state when proceeding from step S110 to step S115 may be reflected. ..

When it is determined in step S140 that the confirmation button Bo is touched, the controller 10 saves the priority of the placement area as the priority information 20b of the placement area in the non-volatile memory 20 (step S150). FIG. 8 shows a state in which priority is specified for all the arrangement areas. If the confirm button Bo is touched while the user has not specified the priority for all of the arrangement areas, the controller 10 specifies the priority for all of the arrangement areas and then confirms the button Bo. You may prompt the user to touch and return to step S140. Alternatively, if the confirm button Bo is touched while the user has not specified priority for all of the placement areas, the controller 10 gives priority to the placement areas for which priority has not been specified according to a predetermined rule. You may specify the order. As the rule, for example, the left division area may have a higher priority, the upper division area may have a higher priority, and the like. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the priority information 20b of the placement area when the priority is specified for the placement area as shown in FIG. Subsequently, the controller 10 ends the display of the arrangement order designation screen (step S155), and ends the icon arrangement setting process.

As shown in FIG. 10, the priority order of the icons is stored for each function selection screen. Although FIG. 10 shows two types of function selection screens as an example, the printer 1 is not limited to two types of function selection screens. When an event requesting the display of the function selection screen is detected after the icon arrangement setting process of FIG. 11 is completed, the controller 10 executes the icon arrangement process shown in FIG. In the icon arrangement process, the controller 10 arranges the wallpaper image in the wallpaper display area of the function selection screen by the process of the second output unit 11f, and the order according to the priority information 20b of the arrangement area and the priority information 20c of the icon. The function selection screen in which the icon is arranged on the wallpaper image is displayed on the display at the position (step S200).

For example, when an event requesting the display of the first function selection screen occurs, the controller 10 places the icon of the function A (see FIG. 10) having the highest priority of the icon on the first function selection screen in the arrangement area. It is arranged on the wallpaper image in the divided area a1 (see FIG. 9) having the highest priority. The controller 10 is similarly arranged up to the icon of the function E having the fifth priority of the icon. FIG. 13 shows a first function selection screen in which a wallpaper image is displayed in the wallpaper display area Aw and five icons are superimposed and displayed on the wallpaper image.

Further, for example, when an event requesting the display of the second function selection screen occurs, the controller 10 arranges the icon of the function A (see FIG. 10) having the highest priority of the icon on the second function selection screen. Is placed on the wallpaper image in the divided region a1 (see FIG. 9) in which the priority of the above is first. The icons of the function U, which has the 7th priority of the icons, are arranged in the same manner. FIG. 14 shows a second function selection screen in which an image of the wallpaper is displayed in the wallpaper display area Aw and seven icons are superimposed and displayed on the image of the wallpaper.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, once the user selects the icon placement area for the desired wallpaper image, even if the number of icons to be displayed for each function selection screen changes, each of the icons is placed in the placement area. The icon corresponding to the function selection screen will be automatically arranged. Therefore, the user does not need to specify the display position of the icon for each function screen. Further, the icon arrangement area can be easily selected by the user by touching the divided area set in the wallpaper image on the icon arrangement area selection screen. Therefore, the user can select a desired position as the icon placement area according to the content of the wallpaper image.

2. Other embodiments:
The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the present invention can be applied to various electronic devices provided with a display screen, such as personal computers, tablets, and smartphones. Further, as the user's operation on the display control device, in addition to the touch operation on the touch panel, a configuration in which the mouse is clicked may be adopted, or a configuration in which the user operates using another pointing device may be adopted. , You may adopt the configuration which operates by using the arrow button and the enter button.

The first output unit has a state in which an arrangement area is selected (arrangement area selection state) and a state in which a non-arrangement area is selected (non-arrangement area selection state) for an area in which an operation such as a click or touch is performed by the user. In addition to the configuration in which is switched by the toggle operation, for example, a configuration in which the arrangement area selection state, the non-arrangement area selection state, and the non-selection state (the arrangement area and the non-arrangement area are not selected) may be adopted. ..

Further, in the first output unit, the divided regions may be displayed without gaps with each other as in the first embodiment, or may be displayed with gaps provided between the regions. Further, the divided area does not have to be set in the entire wallpaper display area, and may be set in a part of the wallpaper display area. Also, the divided areas do not have to be all the same size. Further, for example, the divided regions may be arranged in a grid pattern as in the first embodiment, or other than the grid pattern (for example, the upper side or the lower side of the rectangular first divided region is to the right of the first divided region or It may be arranged so as not to be in line with the upper side or the lower side of the second division area of the rectangle adjacent to the left. Further, the divided region may be a quadrangle as in the first embodiment, or may be a triangle, a hexagon, or the like other than the quadrangle.

Further, in the first embodiment, the divided area has a dimension corresponding to the minimum content, but the divided area may correspond to a dimension larger than the minimum content. In the first embodiment, the wallpaper image is displayed in the area Aa (see FIG. 4) smaller than the wallpaper display area Aw (see FIG. 13) of the function selection screen on the icon arrangement area selection screen. be. Therefore, the divided area on the icon arrangement area selection screen is an area corresponding to the occupied area of the smallest icon displayed on the function selection screen, but is smaller than the actual occupied area of the smallest icon on the function selection screen. As another embodiment, in the icon arrangement area selection screen, a configuration may be adopted in which the wallpaper image is displayed in an area having the same dimensions as the area in which the wallpaper display area is set on the function selection screen (confirmation operation or cancellation). The operation may be performed by, for example, the OK button or the cancel button of the key input unit). When this configuration is adopted, the area where the wallpaper image is divided in the first output unit has the same dimensions as the area occupied by the smallest icon.

Further, in the first embodiment, the first output unit is configured to display an image in the non-arranged area and not to display the image in the arranged area, but the user distinguishes between the non-arranged area and the arranged area. Other configurations may be adopted that allow the display mode to be different. For example, if a layer (second layer) that displays a monochrome image is set on the layer that displays the wallpaper image (first layer) in the area that overlaps with the wallpaper, the second layer is 100% in the non-arranged area. It may be transparent, and the second layer may be 50% transparent in the arrangement area.

Further, in the first embodiment, the first output unit is configured to adopt the analysis result of the analysis unit as the initial state, but the analysis result of the analysis unit may not be adopted as the initial state. In that case, the state in which all the areas are selected as the placement area may be the initial state, or the state in which all the areas are selected as the non-placement area may be the initial state. In the latter case, the selection of the arrangement area and the designation of the priority of the arrangement area may be performed at the same time. That is, by performing an operation of selecting an area to be an arrangement area in the order of priority of the arrangement area desired by the user from the initial state in which all areas are selected as non-arrangement areas, the arrangement area is selected and the arrangement area is prioritized. It may be configured to specify the order.

Further, the second output unit may output the content by superimposing the content on the wallpaper image by giving priority to the arrangement area over the non-arrangement area. For example, when the number of contents to be displayed in the second output unit is larger than the number of arrangement areas selected in the first output unit, the contents are preferentially arranged in the arrangement area and the contents that cannot be arranged in the arrangement area ( The content) may be arranged in a non-arranged area. In that case, for example, it may be preferentially arranged in the non-arrangement area adjacent to the arrangement area. Further, for example, the image may be preferentially arranged in a non-arranged area having similar image features to the image in the arranged area.

Further, the second output unit may be configured to display one content over a plurality of adjacent arrangement areas. For example, FIG. 15 shows that the divided regions a1 to a5, b1 to b5, g1 to g5, and h1 to h5 are selected as the arrangement regions. The divided regions a1 to a5 are adjacent to the divided regions b1 to b5, and the divided regions g1 to g5 are adjacent to the divided regions h1 to h5. FIG. 16 shows a display example of the five icons of functions A to E with the minimum icon size in a state where the arrangement area is selected as shown in FIG. When the icon size is switched to be displayed in a size larger than the minimum icon size and there is an adjacent arrangement area as shown in FIG. 15, the adjacent arrangement area is displayed as shown in FIG. One content may be displayed across the screen. That is, if the occupied area of the enlarged icon can be included in the connected area in which a plurality of adjacent arrangement areas are connected, the enlarged icon is arranged in the connected area. In FIG. 17, the icons that could not be arranged in the first connecting area consisting of the divided areas a1 to a5 and b1 to b5 are moved to the second connecting area consisting of the divided areas g1 to g5 and h1 to h5 and arranged. Is shown. In this way, according to this configuration, even when changing to display the icon in a size larger than the minimum icon size, the large size icon is displayed overlaid on the wallpaper image without resetting the placement area. It is also possible to do.

As the content to be superimposed on the image in the second output unit, various objects other than the icon may be assumed. For example, one content may be an image (monthly calendar) listing the days of the week and days of each month in a calendar (one-year calendar) in which one year's worth of months and days is included in one image. The user can display on the screen an original calendar of the year in which each content (calendar for each month) is placed at a desired position on the wallpaper image. Also, in the one-year calendar, the calendars for each month are usually arranged in the order of the months, but for example, the calendar of the user's own birth month is exceptionally extracted from the order of the months and stands out in the center of the screen. By using the display control device of the present invention, it is possible to arrange the display at a position with a simple operation.

Further, the second output unit is not limited to displaying (outputting) an image on which the content is superimposed on the screen. The second output unit may print (output) an image on which the contents are superimposed.

1 ... Printer, 10 ... Controller, 11 ... Display control program, 11a ... Image acquisition unit, 11b ... First output unit, 11c ... Analysis unit, 11d ... First priority acquisition unit, 11e ... Second priority acquisition unit, 11f ... 2nd output unit, 20 ... non-volatile memory, 20a ... image data, 20b ... placement area priority information, 20c ... icon priority information, 20d ... icon image data, 30 ... UI unit, 40 ... communication unit , 50 ... Printing unit, 60 ... Image reading unit, 70 ... FAX communication unit

Claims (6)

The image acquisition unit that acquires images and
A first output unit that divides the image into a plurality of areas and outputs each divided area to a screen so that the user can select it as an arranged area or a non-arranged area.
The content is superimposed and output on the arrangement area of the image, and the content that has been exposed is
A second output unit that superimposes and outputs on the non-arranged region of the image, and
A display control device comprising. The second output unit preferentially hits the content adjacent to the arrangement area.
Output,
The display control device according to claim 1. The second output unit preferentially hits a region having similar characteristics to the arrangement region.
Output
The display control device according to claim 1 or 2. The second output unit has the content with different transmittances in the arranged region and the non-arranged region.
To output,
The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A priority acquisition unit that acquires the priority of the arrangement area specified by the user, and a priority acquisition unit.
A priority storage unit that stores the priority of the content and
With
The priority acquisition unit is predetermined to the arrangement area for which the user has not specified a priority.
The rules automatically prioritize and
The second output unit superimposes and outputs the content on the image according to the priority of the arrangement area and the priority of the content.
The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Computer,
Image acquisition unit to acquire images,
A first output unit that divides the image into a plurality of areas and outputs each divided area to a screen so that the user can select it as an arranged area or a non-arranged area.
The content is superimposed and output on the arrangement area of the image, and the content that has been exposed is
A second output unit that outputs the image overlaid on the non-arranged region of the image.
A display control program that functions as.

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