INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20080222082A1
• Filed: 02/05/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: ISHII, Yukinori
• Granted Patent: US 8,473,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of reducing the workload of a developer and human errors and easily customizing a display menu are disclosed. The method includes the steps of reading the display menu data stored in an HDD based on an instruction received by a CPU of an information processing device via an operations device, extracting each of plural menu elements, writing the extracted menu elements in a CSV file in CSV format to create a CSV file from the display menu data, and creating a location data file and an element definition file from the created CSV file.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a storage unit storing display menu information representing a display menu to be displayed on a display unit, the display menu information being in a prescribed data format; and

a creation unit extracting a menu element as an element displayed on the display menu based on the display menu information stored in the storage unit and creating location information representing a locating position of the extracted menu element and element definition information specifying the menu element located at the locating position indicated by the location information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the creation unit includes

a first creation unit extracting the menu element based on the display menu information and creating conversion information in a prescribed text format based on the information specifying the extracted menu element;

and

a second creation unit creating the location information and the element definition information based on the conversion information created by the first creation unit.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the first creation unit extracts the menu element having a type of a button, a text, or an icon and background and creates the conversion information including the information indicating the type of the extracted menu element.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

in the process of extracting the menu element based on the display menu information, when a region of the display menu is defined in a two dimensional coordinate system, the first creation unit extracts coordinate values indicating the locating position of the menu element based on the defined two dimensional coordinate system and creates the conversion information including the information indicating the coordinate values.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the second creation unit creates the location information including an index indicating the locating position of the menu element using the coordinate values output to the conversion information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the second creation unit creates the element definition information including element specifying information specifying the information indicating the menu element to be located at the locating position specified by the location information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the first creation unit, in the process of extracting the menu element from the display menu information, extracts specifying information specifying an image indicating the menu element and creates the conversion information including the specifying information;

and

the second creation unit creates the element definition information including the specifying information output to the conversion information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the first creation unit, in the process of extracting the menu element from the display menu information, in a case where the type of the menu element is the text, extracts coordinate values indicating the locating position of the menu element when a region of the display menu is defined in a two dimensional coordinate system and the height and the width of a locating region where the menu element is located and creates the location information including indicating each of the coordinate values, a height, and a width;

and

the second creation unit, in a case where the type of the menu element is the text, creates the location information including the locating region of the menu element created by using the coordinate values, the height, and the width, each output to the conversion information.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

when the type of the menu element is a text, a display image of the menu element includes a character image indicating a character;

the first creation unit, in the process of extracting the menu element from the display menu information, when the type of the menu element is the text, creates the conversion information including the information indicating each of a size and an aspect of a character indicated by a character image included in the display image of the menu element; and

the second creation unit, when the type of the menu element is the text, creates the element definition information including the information indicating each of the size and the aspect of the character output to the conversion information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

when the type of the menu element extracted from the display menu information is a button and, on the menu element, there is displayed another menu element whose type is a text or an icon, the first creation unit creates the conversion information including information of the menu element whose type is the text or the icon as attached information of the menu element whose type is the text.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the second creation unit creates the element definition information by associating the information indicating the menu element output to the conversion information by the first creation unit as the attachment information of the menu element whose type is the button with the information indicating the menu element whose type is the button.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

in a case where the type of the menu element is a button, when a region of the display menu is defined in a two dimensional coordinate system, the second creation unit creates the location information including the information indicating coordinate values indicating the upper right-hand corner of the locating region where the menu element is located.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the first generation unit gives a first information name to the index included in the location information, the first information name including the type name of the menu element located at the locating position specified by the index and a line number where information of the menu element is output in the conversion information.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the second generation unit gives a second information name to the information with respect to a display aspect of the menu element included in the element definition information, the second information name including the first information name given to the index specifying the locating position where the menu element is located and a prescribed character.

15. An information processing method comprising:

a reading step of reading display menu information stored in a storage unit in a prescribed data format, the menu information indicating a display menu displayed on a display unit; and

a creating step of extracting a menu element as an element to be displayed on the display menu from the display menu information read in the reading step and creating location information indicating the locating position of the extracted menu element and element definition information specifying the menu element to be located at the locating position indicated by the location information.

16. An information processing program causing a computer to execute the method described in claim 15.