Display control apparatus, and method and computer-readable medium for scrolling operation

• US 10,216,400 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2015
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Sadaaki, Kadota, Dai
• Primary Examiner(s): Chuang, Jung-Mu T
• Application Number:
  US14/755,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378550A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A display controller including a storage storing a list image including a plurality of object images, a display having a display area configured to concurrently display a particular number of object images, and a control unit configured to display the particular number of object images arranged along a particular direction in the display area, display a specific indication image indicating a specific direction along the particular direction, detect a dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction, detect a dragging operation amount of the detected dragging operation, and control the display such that the particular number of object images are scrolled in the particular direction at a scrolling speed, the scrolling speed being associated with the detected dragging operation amount.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

a storage configured to store a list image, the list image comprising a plurality of object images;

a display having a display area, the display area being configured to concurrently display a particular number of object images of the plurality of object images; and

a controller comprising at least one of an integrated circuit and a processor executing processor-executable instructions stored in a memory, the controller configured to;

display the particular number of object images arranged along a particular direction in the display area;

display a specific indication image in the display area, the specific indication image indicating a specific direction along the particular direction;

detect a dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

control the display such that the particular number of object images are scrolled in the particular direction;

set a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction to a specific initial length, when not detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

set a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction from the specific initial length to a specific target length, when detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

stop the scrolling of the list image, when a tail-end object image positioned at a tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction appears in the display area and reaches a particular position in response to the list image being scrolled in the scrolling direction;

return the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length, when stopping the scrolling, and

determine, when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, whether the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction,

wherein the controller is configured to forcibly return the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length when it is determined that the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, and

wherein the controller is further configured to, when the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction is performed in a state where the tail-end object image positioned at the tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction is displayed in the particular position in the display area, execute an extending-contracting operation of;

extending the length of the specific indication image by a particular length for a particular period of time, the particular period of time starting when an extension amount of the specific indication image becomes the particular length; and

thereafter returning the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect a dragging operation amount of the detected dragging operation; and

set a scrolling speed such that the particular number of object images are scrolled faster as the detected dragging operation amount increases.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the specific target length is associated with the detected dragging operation amount.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the controller is further configured to set the specific target length longer as the detected dragging amount is larger.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to, when stopping the scrolling of the list image, change a color of the specific indication image.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to, when executing the extending-contracting operation, change a color of the specific indication image.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller comprises:

the processor and

the memory storing the processor-executable instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

display the particular number of object images in the display area;

display the specific indication image in the display area;

detect the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

control the display such that the particular number of object images are scrolled in the particular direction;

set a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction to a specific initial length, when not detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

set a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction from the specific initial length to a specific target length, when detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

stop the scrolling of the list image, when a tail-end object image positioned at a tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction appears in the display area and reaches a particular position in response to the list image being scrolled in the scrolling direction;

return the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length, when stopping the scrolling, and

determine, when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, whether the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction,

wherein the processor is configured to forcibly returns the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length when it is determined that the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, and

wherein the processor is further configured to, when the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction is performed in a state where the tail-end object image positioned at the tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction is displayed in the particular position in the display area, execute an extending-contracting operation of;

extending the length of the specific indication image by a particular length for a particular period of time, the particular period of time starting when an extension amount of the specific indication image becomes the particular length; and

thereafter returning the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length.

8. A method adapted to be implemented on a processor coupled with:

a storage configured to store a list image, the list image comprising a plurality of object images; and

a display having a display area, the display area being configured to concurrently display a particular number of object images of the plurality of object images, the method comprising;

displaying the particular number of object images arranged along a particular direction in the display area;

displaying a specific indication image in the display area, the specific indication image indicating a specific direction along the particular direction;

detecting a dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

controlling the display such that the particular number of object images are scrolled in the particular direction;

setting a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction to a specific initial length, when not detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

setting a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction from the specific initial length to a specific target length, when detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

stopping the scrolling of the list image, when a tail-end object image positioned at a tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction appears in the display area and reaches a particular position in response to the list image being scrolled in the scrolling direction;

returning the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length, when stopping the scrolling,

determining, when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, whether the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction,

wherein, the method comprises forcibly returning the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length when it is determined that the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, and

wherein, when the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction is performed in a state where the tail-end object image positioned at the tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction is displayed in the particular position in the display area, the method further comprises executing an extending-contracting operation of;

extending the length of the specific indication image by a particular length for a particular period of time, the particular period of time starting when an extension amount of the specific indication image becomes the particular length; and

thereafter returning the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that are executable by a processor coupled with:

a storage configured to store a list image, the list image comprising a plurality of object images; and

a display having a display area, the display area being configured to concurrently display a particular number of object images of the plurality of object images,

the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

display the particular number of object images arranged along a particular direction in the display area;

display a specific indication image in the display area, the specific indication image indicating a specific direction along the particular direction;

detect a dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

control the display such that the particular number of object images are scrolled in the particular direction;

set a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction to a specific initial length, when not detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

set a length of the specific indication image in the specific direction from the specific initial length to a specific target length, when detecting the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction;

stop the scrolling of the list image, when a tail-end object image positioned at a tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction appears in the display area and reaches a particular position in response to the list image being scrolled in the scrolling direction;

return the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length, when stopping the scrolling,

determine, when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, whether the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction,

wherein, the processor forcibly returns the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length when it is determined that the dragging operation of the specific indication image is still continuing in the particular direction when the tail-end object image has reached the particular position, and

wherein, the instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute an extending-contracting operation of;

extending, when the dragging operation of dragging the specific indication image in the specific direction is performed in a state where the tail-end object image positioned at the tail end portion of the list image in the scrolling direction is displayed in the particular position in the display area, the length of the specific indication image by a particular length for a particular period of time, the particular period of time starting when an extension amount of the specific indication image becomes the particular length and thereafter returning the length of the specific indication image to the specific initial length.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9,

wherein the instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

detect a dragging operation amount of the detected dragging operation; and

set a scrolling speed such that the particular number of object images are scrolled faster as the detected dragging operation amount increases.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10,

wherein the specific target length is associated with the detected dragging operation amount.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11,

wherein the instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set the specific target length longer as the detected dragging amount is larger.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9,

wherein the instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, when stopping the scrolling of the list image, change a color of the specific indication image.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9,

wherein the instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, when executing the extending-contracting operation, change a color of the specific indication image.