DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20080216005A1
• Filed: 02/28/2008
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Takeda, Shuuichi, Bamba, Akiko
• Application Number:
  US12/039,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20080216005A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A display processing unit displays on a display unit a first selection screen on which a plurality of upper item symbols corresponding to respective upper setting items are arranged. A selection receiving unit receives a selection of an upper item symbol. When the selection of the upper item symbol is received, the display processing unit shifts a selected upper item symbol to a specified width position with a predetermined width in a predetermined distance from one side of a screen, and displays on the display unit a second selection screen on which other displayed upper item symbols are rearranged with an arrangement order unchanged.

Claims

1. A display processing apparatus comprising:

a display processing unit that displays on a display unit a first selection screen on which a plurality of upper item symbols corresponding to respective upper setting items are arranged; and

a selection receiving unit that receives a selection of an upper item symbol, wherein

when the selection of the upper item symbol is received, the display processing unit shifts a selected upper item symbol to a specified width position with a predetermined width in a predetermined distance from one side of a screen, and displays on the display unit a second selection screen on which other displayed upper item symbols are rearranged with an arrangement order unchanged.

2. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays the second selection screen on which the selected upper item symbol is enlarged.

3. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays on the display unit the second selection screen on which a lower item symbol corresponding to a lower setting item belonging to an upper setting item corresponding to the selected upper item symbol is further arranged.

4. The display processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display processing unit displays on the display unit the second selection screen on which a plurality of lower item symbols are arranged in a lattice.

5. The display processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display processing unit displays on the display unit the second selection screen on which the lower item symbols are arranged below the upper item symbols.

6. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays on the display unit the second selection screen on which a line image connecting the upper item symbols is arranged between each of the upper item symbols.

7. The display processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display processing unit displays the second selection screen on which lower item symbols associated with each of the upper item symbols other than the selected upper item symbol are arranged in a reduced size in vicinity of each of the upper item symbols.

8. The display processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a storage unit that stores therein the upper item symbols and a display background that includes an area in which the upper item symbols can be arranged, wherein

the display processing unit reads the upper item symbols and the display background from the storage unit, creates the selection screen on which read upper item symbols are arranged on the display background, and displays a created selection screen on the display unit.

9. The display processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the display processing unit creates the second selection screen on which the selected upper item symbol is enlarged and arranged on the display background, and displays a created second selection screen on the display unit.

10. The display processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the storage unit stores therein the lower item symbols and the upper item symbols in an associated manner, and

the display processing unit reads a lower item symbol associated with the selected upper item symbol from the storage unit, creates the second selection screen on which a read lower item symbol is arranged on the display background, and displays a created second selection screen on the display unit.

11. The display processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display processing unit creates the second selection screen on which a plurality of lower item symbols are arranged in a lattice on the display background, and displays a created second selection screen on the display unit.

12. The display processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the display processing unit creates the second selection screen on which the upper item symbols are arranged in an upper part of the display background, and the lower item symbol is arranged below the upper item symbols, and displays a created second selection screen on the display unit.

13. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit creates the second selection screen on which a line image connecting the upper item symbols is arranged between each of the upper item symbols on the display background, and displays a created second selection screen on the display unit.

14. A display processing method comprising:

displaying a first selection screen on which a plurality of upper item symbols corresponding to respective upper setting items are arranged; and

receiving a selection of an upper item symbol, wherein

when the selection of the upper item symbol is received, the displaying includes

shifting a selected upper item symbol to a specified width position with a predetermined width in a predetermined distance from one side of a screen, and

displaying a second selection screen on which other displayed upper item symbols are rearranged with an arrangement order unchanged.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having computer-readable program codes embodied in the medium that when executed cause a computer to execute:

displaying a first selection screen on which a plurality of upper item symbols corresponding to respective upper setting items are arranged; and

receiving a selection of an upper item symbol, wherein

when the selection of the upper item symbol is received, the displaying includes

shifting a selected upper item symbol to a specified width position with a predetermined width in a predetermined distance from one side of a screen, and

displaying a second selection screen on which other displayed upper item symbols are rearranged with an arrangement order unchanged.