IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20100118335A1
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Odagawa, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US12/608,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20100118335A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1226 Discovery of devices having required properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

An image display apparatus includes a control unit configured to display a content on a display unit, a detection unit configured to detect a printing apparatus located at a predetermined distance or less from the display unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position on the display unit of the printing apparatus detected by the detection unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, data of a content based on the position calculated by the calculation unit among contents displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a control unit configured to display a content on a display unit;

a detection unit configured to detect a printing apparatus located at a predetermined distance or less from the display unit;

a calculation unit configured to calculate a position on the display unit of the printing apparatus detected by the detection unit; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, data of a content based on the position calculated by the calculation unit among contents displayed on the display unit.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a print data setting unit configured to switch between setting and canceling of a content to be printed based on a distance between the printing apparatus and the position of the content displayed on the display unit.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit detects contact with the printing apparatus, and

wherein in response to the contact with the printing apparatus, the transmission unit transmits data of the content to the printing apparatus.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a print range setting unit configured to set a print range of the content displayed on the display unit, based on the position calculated by the calculation unit,

wherein the transmission unit transmits, to the printing apparatus, data of the content within the print range set by the print range setting unit.

5. A method for controlling an image display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a content on a display unit;

detecting a printing apparatus located at a predetermined distance or less from the display unit;

calculating a position on the display unit of the printing apparatus detected; and

transmitting, to the printing apparatus, data of a content based on the calculated position among contents displayed on the display unit.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising switching between setting and canceling of a content to be printed based on a distance between the printing apparatus and the position of the content displayed on the display unit.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

detecting contact with the printing apparatus; and

transmitting, to the printing apparatus, data of the content in response to the contact with the printing apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

setting a print range of the content displayed on the display unit, based on the calculated position; and

transmitting, to the printing apparatus, data of the content within the set print range.

9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method comprising:

displaying a content on a display unit;

detecting a printing apparatus located at a predetermined distance or less from the display unit;

calculating a position on the display unit of the printing apparatus detected; and

transmitting, to the printing apparatus, data of a content based on the calculated position among contents displayed on the display unit.