INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120010871A1
• Filed: 07/01/2011
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ichimi, Hideshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,304,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a display apparatus that is provided with a button that can be used by users of different native language-types with names that are registered as character strings in language-types displayable on the display apparatus. Accordingly, when a user switches language-types to be displayed, the button is displayed with a name as a character string in the switched language-type among the registered character strings, which allows users of different native language-types to understand the button name, thus enhancing the usability of the apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display unit configured to display an operation screen displayable in multiple language-types;

a registration unit configured to register a name of a button according to an instruction of a user through the operation screen displayed by the display unit, in language-types displayable on the display unit, the button being arranged on the operation screen;

a specification unit configured to specify a language-type in which the operation screen is displayed; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit such that, when an operation screen is displayed in the language-type specified by the specification unit, a button name registered by the registration unit is displayed on the display unit, the button name corresponding to the language-type for display specified by the specification unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the button is a shortcut button assigned with a URL to access a website.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration unit registers a character string input by a user, as a name of a button.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the registration unit registers a character string generated based on a predetermined rule as a name of a button when the character string is not registered by the user.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character string is a name of a shortcut button used to access a specified website.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a Web browser that sends a request to access a Web page specified by a URL assigned to the shortcut button and that receives a response to the sent request,

wherein the registration unit registers a title of the Web page contained in the response received by the Web browser, as a name of the shortcut button.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the Web browser sends language information indicating a language-type to be displayed together with the request, and receives a response containing a title of a Web page corresponding to the language information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the registration unit registers a title of a Web page corresponding to a predetermined language information when the Web browser did not acquire a title of the Web page corresponding to the language information.

9. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:

displaying an operation screen displayable in multiple language-types, using a display unit;

registering a name of a button according to an instruction of a user through the operation screen displayed by the display unit, in language-types displayable on the display unit, the button being arranged on the operation screen;

specifying a language-type in which the operation screen is displayed; and

controlling the display unit to display the registered button name corresponding to the specified language-type for display, when an operation screen is displayed in the language-type specified in the specifying step.

10. A storage medium storing a computer readable program for implementing the control method according to claim 9 using an information processing apparatus.