INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD

• US 20120030595A1
• Filed: 07/28/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Itahana, Kyosuke, Kubota, Mitsuru, Nomizo, Tomohiro, Yokoyama, Issei
• Application Number:
  US13/192,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030595A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34

Abstract

In an information storage medium in which a program readable by a computer is stored, the program allows the computer to execute generating a configuration change image containing an individual image based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses and containing an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of the individual image in an overall image displayed by a display apparatus and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus for changing a configuration of the overall image, changing a display condition of the individual image arrangement area based on operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the overall image, and changing an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in response to the display condition.

Claims

1. An information storage medium in which a program readable by a computer is stored, the program allowing the computer to execute:

generating a configuration change image containing an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of an individual image in an overall image displayed by a display apparatus and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus for changing a configuration of the overall image, the individual image is based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses;

changing a display condition of the individual image arrangement area including an assignment condition of a mark image corresponding to the icon in the individual image arrangement area based on operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the overall image; and

changing an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in the icon arrangement area in response to the display condition.

2. The information storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the individual image arrangement area is sectioned into plural display object areas,

in the display object area, the mark image is displayed or the mark image is deleted in response to operation for the icon or the mark image,

the display condition including a display condition in which the mark image is displayed and the individual image is displayed, a display-standby condition in which the mark image is displayed and the individual image is not displayed, and a non-display condition in which the mark image is not displayed.

3. The information storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the program allows the computer to execute:

displaying the icon background image in a first condition in the display condition;

displaying the icon background image in a second condition different from the first condition in the display-standby condition; and

displaying the icon background image in a third condition different from the first condition and the second condition in the non-display condition.

4. The information storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the configuration change image contains a cursor image moving in the respective display object areas in response to operation, and a display mode button image for designating a number of the individual images contained in the overall image, and

the program allows the computer to execute determining whether or not the individual image is displayed in the display condition based on the operation information representing a position of the cursor image and the operation information representing press-down operation of the display mode button image.

5. The information storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the program allows the computer to execute:

displaying an image showing an icon of an own terminal apparatus in a form different from that of an icon of another terminal apparatus in the icon arrangement area; and

displaying a mark image corresponding to an icon represented by the operation information in the individual image arrangement area based on the operation information.

6. The information storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the individual image arrangement area is segmented into plural display object areas, and

the program allows the computer to execute:

displaying the mark image in the display object area brought into correspondence with the icon according to the operation information,

displaying the icon of the own terminal apparatus larger than the icon of the other terminal apparatus in the icon arrangement area, and

displaying the mark image of the own terminal apparatus larger than the mark image of the other terminal apparatus in the individual image arrangement area.

7. The information storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the program allows the computer to execute:

displaying the icon of the own terminal apparatus in a color different from that of the icon of the other terminal apparatus in the icon arrangement area, and

displaying the mark image of the own terminal apparatus in a color different from that of the mark image of the other terminal apparatus in the individual image arrangement area.

8. The information storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the program allows the computer to execute determining colors of the respective icons and colors of the respective mark images based on condition notification information notified from the display apparatus or the other terminal apparatus.

9. The information storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the operation information includes information representing drag-and-drop operation for the icon from the icon arrangement area to the display object area, and

the program allows the computer to execute displaying an image in a recessed state in the display object area in which the mark image is not placed.

10. The information storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the program allows the computer to execute:

changing an initial display position of the icon of the other terminal apparatus in response to a connection sequence to the display apparatus; and

fixing a display position of the icon of the own terminal apparatus regardless of the connection sequence.

11. A terminal apparatus comprising:

an image generation unit that generates a configuration change image containing an individual image based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses for changing a configuration of an overall image displayed by a display apparatus; and

an input unit to which operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the configuration change image is input,

wherein the configuration change image contains an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of the individual image in the overall image and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus,

the image generation unit changes a display condition of the individual image arrangement area including an assignment condition of a mark image corresponding to the icon in the individual image arrangement area based on the operation information, and changes an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in the icon arrangement area in response to the display condition.

12. The terminal apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the image generation unit displays an image showing an icon of an own terminal apparatus in a form different from that of an icon of another terminal apparatus in the icon arrangement area, and displays a mark image corresponding to the icon represented by the operation information in the individual image arrangement area based on the operation information.

13. An image generation method of generating a configuration change image containing an individual image based on image information from one or more terminal apparatuses for changing a configuration of an overall image displayed by a display apparatus, the method comprising:

generating the configuration change image for containing an individual image arrangement area showing arrangement of the individual image in the overall image and an icon arrangement area containing an icon with respect to each terminal apparatus; and

when operation information representing operation relating to a configuration change of the configuration change image is input, changing a display condition of the individual image arrangement area including an assignment condition of a mark image corresponding to the icon in the individual image arrangement area based on the operation information, and changing an icon background image on a background of the icon or a form of the icon in the icon arrangement area in response to the display condition.

14. The image generation method according to claim 13, further comprising:

displaying an image showing an icon of an own terminal apparatus in a form different from that of an icon of another terminal apparatus in the icon arrangement area; and

based on the operation information representing addition of a new individual image to the overall image, displaying a mark image corresponding to the icon represented by the operation information in the individual image arrangement area.