DATA INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA INPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH DATA INPUT PROGRAM IS RECORDED

• US 20080186286A1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogasawara, Kenji, Yoshimi, Tsutomu
• Granted Patent: US 7,685,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 method for displaying a plurality of key icons on a display includes displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen having at least one first key icon and a plurality of second key icons, wherein the first key icon corresponds to a first input instruction while each of the second key icons respectively corresponds to a respective one of a set of second input instructions; and displaying a second screen on the display, the second screen having at least one third key icon and a pull down menu, wherein the third key icon is bigger than the first key icon but corresponds to the first input instruction, and the pull down menu corresponds to the set of second input instructions.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a plurality of key icons on a display, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen comprising at least one first key icon and a plurality of second key icons, wherein the first key icon corresponds to a first input instruction while each of the second key icons respectively corresponds to a respective one of a set of second input instructions; and

displaying a second screen on the display, the second screen comprising at least one third key icon and a pull down menu, wherein the third key icon is bigger than the first key icon but corresponds to the first input instruction, and the pull down menu corresponds to the set of second input instructions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a touch panel is used to change the display from the first screen to the second screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is associated with an image reading device for obtaining image data by reading document images, a printing device for printing the image data;

or a transmitting device for transmitting image data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein manipulation of a size modifying key changes the display from the first screen to the second screen.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a touch panel is used to change the display from the first screen to the second screen.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the display is associated with an image reading device for obtaining image data by reading document images, a printing device for printing the image data;

or a transmitting device for transmitting image data.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the display is associated with an image reading device for obtaining image data by reading document images, a printing device for printing the image data;

or a transmitting device for transmitting image data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein manipulation of a size modifying key changes the display from the first screen to the second screen.

9. A computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for a method of displaying a plurality of key icons on a display, the method comprising:

displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen comprising at least one first key icon and a plurality of second key icons, wherein the first key icon corresponds to a first input instruction while each of the second key icons respectively corresponds to a respective one of a set of second input instructions; and

displaying a second screen on the display, the second screen comprising at least one third key icon and a pull down menu, wherein the third key icon is bigger than the first key icon but corresponds to the first input instruction, and the pull down menu corresponds to the set of second input instructions.

10. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 9, wherein a touch panel is used to change the display from the first screen to the second screen.

11. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 9, wherein the display is associated with an image reading device for obtaining image data by reading document images, a printing device for printing the image data;

or a transmitting device for transmitting image data.

12. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 9, wherein manipulation of a size modifying key changes the display from the first screen to the second screen.

13. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 12, wherein a touch panel is used to change the display from the first screen to the second screen.

14. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 12, wherein the display is associated with an image reading device for obtaining image data by reading document images, a printing device for printing the image data;

or a transmitting device for transmitting image data.

15. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 10, wherein the display is associated with an image reading device for obtaining image data by reading document images, a printing device for printing the image data;

or a transmitting device for transmitting image data.

16. The computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for the method of claim 9, wherein manipulation of a size modifying key changes the display from the first screen to the second screen.