IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100192091A1
• Filed: 01/27/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Oishi, Satoru, Kumagai, Yasuhide
• Application Number:
  US12/695,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20100192091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/799
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0414 Vertical resolution change
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0421 Horizontal resolution change
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0471 Vertical positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0478 Horizontal positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/02 Graphics controller able to handle multiple formats, e.g. input or output formats
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

Provided is an image processing method in a program that is linked with a separate program and displays a window by being activated on the basis of the separate program, the separate program being executed in an image processing apparatus having a plurality of display sections and displaying a window on any of the plurality of display sections. The image processing method includes: acquiring display information including information as to which of the plurality of display sections the window of the linked separate program is displayed on; determining whether or not a display section.

Claims

1. An image processing method in a program that is linked with a separate program and displays a window by being activated on the basis of the separate program, the separate program being executed in an image processing apparatus having a plurality of display sections and displaying a window on any of the plurality of display sections, the image processing method comprising:

acquiring display information including information as to which of the plurality of display sections the window of the linked separate program is displayed on;

determining whether or not a display section, on which the window of the separate program is displayed, is different from a display section, on which a window is intended to be displayed after the current time, on the basis of the acquired display information; and

moving the window, which is intended to be displayed, so as to make the window visible on the display section, on which the window of the separate program is displayed, when the determination result is that the display section, on which the window is intended to be displayed, is different.

2. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein in the acquiring of the display information, the display information is acquired by acquiring information on a window currently displayed on the top of the screen through an application program interface (API) of an operating system (OS).

3. The image processing method according to claim 1,

wherein in the acquiring of the display information, the display information further including information on displayable regions as regions excluding taskbar regions from respective screen regions of the plurality of display sections is acquired, and

wherein in the moving of the window, which is intended to be displayed, for making the window visible on the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed, the window intended to be displayed is resized on the basis of a ratio of a displayable region of the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed to a displayable region of the display section on which a window is intended to be displayed after the current time.

4. The image processing method according to claim 1,

wherein in the acquiring of the display information, the display information further including information on respective resolutions of the plurality of display sections is acquired, and

wherein in the moving of the window, which is intended to be displayed, for making the window visible on the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed, the window intended to be displayed is resized on the basis of a ratio of a resolution of the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed to a resolution of the display section on which a window is intended to be displayed after the current time.

5. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein in the moving of the window, which is intended to be displayed, for making the window visible on the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed, the window intended to be displayed is resized at a predetermined ratio.

6. The image processing method according to claim 1,

wherein in the acquiring of the display information, the display information further including information on respective screen regions of the plurality of display sections is acquired, and

wherein in the moving of the window, which is intended to be displayed, for making the window visible on the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed, the window intended to be displayed is resized on the basis of a ratio of a screen region of the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed to a screen region of the display section on which a window is intended to be displayed after the current time.

7. The image processing method according to claim 1,

wherein in the acquiring of the display information, the display information further including information on a displayable region as a region excluding a taskbar region from a screen region of the display section, on which the window of the separate program is displayed, of the plurality of display sections is acquired, and

wherein in the moving of the window, which is intended to be displayed, for making the window visible on the display section on which the window of the separate program is displayed, a position of the window intended to be displayed is set so as to make the window be included in the displayable region.

8. The image processing method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the display information, the determining of the difference, and the moving of the window are executed by an initialization process at the time of program activation.

9. A program for causing one or a plurality of computers to execute the image processing method according to claim 1.

10. An image processing apparatus for executing a program that is linked with a separate program of displaying a window and displays a window by being activated on the basis of the separate program, the image processing apparatus comprising:

a plurality of display sections; and

a control unit that

acquires display information including information as to which of the plurality of display sections the window of the linked separate program is displayed on,

determines whether or not a display section, on which the window of the separate program is displayed, is different from a display section, on which a window is intended to be displayed after the current time, on the basis of the acquired display information, and

moves the window, which is intended to be displayed, so as to make the window visible on the display section, on which the window of the separate program is displayed, when the determination result is that the display section, on which the window is intended to be displayed, is different.