Information display processing device and control program for information display processing device

• US 10,455,239 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2014
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
• Original Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
• Inventors: Kihara, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Chu, Randolph I
• Application Number:
  US15/123,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20170078679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,057 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 30/8651 Recording, data aquisition, archiving and storage
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0739 in a data processing system embedded in automotive or aircraft systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0766 Error or fault reporting or storing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/182 the unit being a pixel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/186 the unit being a colour or a chrominance component

Abstract

In an information display processing device 1 for displaying a predetermined process result on a screen 14 of a display unit, the present device includes an encoding section 34 for creating a code image by encoding a piece of information held in the device and a display control section 35 for displaying, on the screen, the code image created by the encoding section 34 and a single identification header in a predetermined positional relationship to the code image, whereby the device reduces the processing load on a computer caused by an image search in a system which assists user operations through an image recognition process on a software basis.

Claims

1. An information display processing device for displaying a predetermined process result on a screen of a display unit, comprising:

a) an encoding section for creating a code image by encoding a piece of information held in the device; and

b) a display control section for displaying, on the screen, the code image created by the encoding section and a single identification header in a predetermined positional relationship to the code image,

wherein the single identification header holds only information which enables locating the code image;

wherein the code image and the identification header are composed of a plurality of pixels having color differences which are difficult to be visually recognized by users; and

wherein the display control section displays the code image and the identification header in a uniformly-colored area within a designated region occupied by a color close to the plurality of pixels.

2. The information display processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the identification header includes a first pixel group composed of N uniformly-colored pixels sequentially arranged in a row direction and a second pixel group neighboring the first pixel group in the same row, with the second pixel group composed of one or a plurality of pixels having a different color from the first pixel group, where N is a natural number equal to or greater than three.

3. The information display processing device according to claim 2, wherein:

the second pixel group may be composed of M uniformly-colored pixels sequentially arranged in the row direction, where M is a natural number greater than N.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the information display processing device according to claim 1.

9. The information display processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the identification header includes a first pixel group composed of N uniformly-colored pixels sequentially arranged in a row direction and a second pixel group neighboring the first pixel group in the same row, with the second pixel group composed of one or a plurality of pixels having a different color from the first pixel group, where N is a natural number equal to or greater than three.

10. The information display processing device according to claim 9, wherein:

the second pixel group may be composed of M uniformly-colored pixels sequentially arranged in the row direction, where M is a natural number greater than N.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the information display processing device according to claim 1.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the information display processing device according to claim 2.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the information display processing device according to claim 3.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the information display processing device according to claim 9.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the information display processing device according to claim 10.

4. An operation-assisting device for assisting user operations related to a target software, comprising:

a) an identification-header detection section for detecting a single identification header displayed on a screen of a display unit, the single identification header being in a predetermined positional relationship to a code image, and holding only information which enables locating the code image;

b) a code-image detection section for detecting, based on the predetermined positional relationship with the identification header detected by the identification-header detection section, the code image in which a specified item of information related to the target software is held in a coded form;

c) a decoding section for decoding the code image detected by the code-image detection section, to obtain the specified item of information; and

d) an execution section for performing a specified process associated with the specified item of information obtained by the decoding section wherein the code image and the identification header are composed of a plurality of pixels having color differences which are difficult to be visually recognized by users; and

wherein the display unit displays the code image and the identification header in a uniformly-colored area within a designated region occupied by a color close to the plurality of pixels.

5. The operation-assisting device according to claim 4, wherein:

the identification-header detection section is configured so that, for a natural number N equal to or greater than three, the identification-header detection section searches the screen in the row direction, examining a value of each pixel, and if a pixel whose color differs from a preceding pixel is detected, the identification-header detection section determines whether or not the detected pixel is a pixel in an N+1st column of the identification header, and if a determination result is negative, the identification-header detection section resumes the search from a pixel which is N columns far ahead of the detected pixel.

6. The operation-assisting device according to claim 5, wherein:

the identification-header detection section is further configured so that, for a natural number M greater than N, if a pixel having the same color as a preceding pixel is detected, the identification-header detection section determines whether or not a color of a pixel located M columns far ahead of the detected pixel is a same as a color of pixels in N+1 st through N+Mth columns of the identification header, and then resumes the search from a pixel located immediately after the detected pixel if it is determined that the two colors are the same, or from a pixel located M−

N+1 columns far ahead of the detected pixel if it is determined that the two colors are different from each other.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the operation-assisting device according to claim 4.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the operation-assisting device according to claim 5.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the operation-assisting device according to claim 6.

18. An operation-assisting device for assisting user operations related to a target software, comprising:

(i) an information display processing device for displaying a predetermined process result on a screen of a display unit, the information display processing device including;

a) an encoding section for creating a code image by encoding a piece of information held in the device; and

b) a display control section for displaying, on the screen, the code image created by the encoding section and a single identification header in a predetermined positional relationship to the code image,

wherein the single identification header holds only information which enables locating the code image;

wherein the code image and the identification header are composed of a plurality of pixels having color differences which are difficult to be visually recognized by users; and

wherein the display control section displays the code image and the identification header in a uniformly-colored area within a designated region occupied by a color close to the plurality of pixels;

(ii) an identification-header detection section for detecting a single identification header displayed on a screen of a display unit, the single identification header being in a predetermined positional relationship to a code image, and only holding information which enables locating the code image;

(iii) a code-image detection section for detecting, based on the predetermined positional relationship with the identification header detected by the identification-header detection section, the code image in which a specified item of information related to the target software is held in a coded form;

(iv) a decoding section for decoding the code image detected by the code-image detection section, to obtain the specified item of information; and

(v) an execution section for performing a specified process associated with the specified item of information obtained by the decoding section,

wherein the identification-header detection section is configured so that, for a natural number N equal to or greater than three, the identification-header detection section searches the screen in the row direction, examining a value of each pixel, and if a pixel whose color differs from a preceding pixel is detected, the identification-header detection section determines whether or not the detected pixel is a pixel in an N+1 st column of the identification header, and if a determination result is negative, the identification-header detection section resumes the search from a pixel which is N columns far ahead of the detected pixel.

19. The operation-assisting device according to claim 18, wherein:

the identification-header detection section is further configured so that, for a natural number M greater than N, if a pixel having the same color as a preceding pixel is detected, the identification-header detection section determines whether or not a color of a pixel located M columns far ahead of the detected pixel is a same as a color of pixels in N+1 st through N+Mth columns of the identification header, and then resumes the search from a pixel located immediately after the detected pixel if it is determined that the two colors are the same, or from a pixel located M−

N+1 columns far ahead of the detected pixel if it is determined that the two colors are different from each other.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the operation-assisting device according to claim 18.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the operation-assisting device according to claim 18.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium recording a control program for making a computer function as the sections of the operation-assisting device according to claim 19.