IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An image displaying apparatus comprising:
- an image display that displays an image; and
a controller that determines an image to be displayed by the image display, and controls display of the determined image;
wherein the image display includesa display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image, anda position detector that detects a position where a contacting object contacts the display, andthe controller includesa scroll determining unit that determines whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position detected by the position detector in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display, anda positional image determining unit that determines a position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position detected by the position detector in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image.
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Abstract
An image displaying apparatus includes an image display that displays an image, and a controller that determines an image and controls the image display to display the determined image. The image display includes a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image, and a position detector that detects the position where a contacting object contacts the display. The controller includes a scroll determining unit that determines whether or not to scroll the displayed partial image according to change in the detected position, and a positional image determining unit that determines where to display the positional image according to the detected position.
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10 Claims
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1. An image displaying apparatus comprising:
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an image display that displays an image; and a controller that determines an image to be displayed by the image display, and controls display of the determined image; wherein the image display includes a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image, and a position detector that detects a position where a contacting object contacts the display, and the controller includes a scroll determining unit that determines whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position detected by the position detector in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display, and a positional image determining unit that determines a position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position detected by the position detector in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image controlling apparatus comprising:
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a position acquiring unit that acquires a position where a contacting object contacts a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image; a scroll determining unit that determines whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position acquired by the position acquiring unit in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display; a positional image determining unit that determines the position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the position acquired by the position acquiring unit in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image; and an image display controller that displays both the partial image of the information content and the positional image on the display.
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8. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image forming unit that forms an image onto a recording medium; an image display that displays information regarding the apparatus; and a controller that determines an image to be displayed by the image display, and controls display of the determined image; wherein the image display includes a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image, and a position detector that detects the position where a contacting object contacts the display, and the controller includes a scroll determining unit that determines whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the position detected by the position detector in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display, and a positional image determining unit that determines the position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to a position detected by the position detector in the case where the scroll determining unit has determined to scroll the partial image.
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9. An image controlling method comprising:
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acquiring a position where a contacting object contacts a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image; determining whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the acquired position in the case where the whole image of the information content does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display; determining the position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the acquired position in the case where it is determined to scroll the partial image; and displaying both the partial image of the information and the positional image on the display.
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for displaying an image, the process comprising:
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acquiring a position where a contacting object contacts a display that displays all or part of information content as a whole image or a partial image in a predetermined area, and when displaying the partial image, additionally displays a positional image indicating where the partial image is positioned within the whole image; determining whether or not to scroll a partial image being displayed on the display according to change in the acquired position in the case where the whole image of the information does not entirely fit on the display and the partial image is being displayed on the display; determining a position where the positional image is to be displayed on the display according to the acquired position in the case where it is determined to scroll the partial image; and displaying both the partial image of the information and the positional image on the display.
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