OUTPUT PROCESSING METHOD, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUTPUT APPARATUS

• US 20140002860A1
• Filed: 07/02/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: MIYATA, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 9,092,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/002 Interacting with the operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00241 using an image reading device as a local input to a computer input via network, e.g. network scanners H04N1/00225
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00448 horizontally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0045 vertically
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00456 for layout preview, e.g. page layout
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00466 displaying finishing information, e.g. position of punch holes or staple or orientation references
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device

Abstract

An output processing: method used in an output apparatus which includes an output section configured to output at least one image based on at least one image data which has been acquired by an image-data acquiring device includes: acquiring a staple position of the at least one image which has been set in the at least one image data; setting a page-turning procedure which is an operating procedure for changing an image to be outputted to the output section to one of a subsequent image and a previous image based on the staple position; outputting the at least one image to the output section; receiving: an output according to the page-turning procedure; and changing the at least one image which has been outputted to the output section in accordance with the input according to the page-turning procedure.

Claims

1. An output processing:

method used in an output apparatus which includes an output section configured to output at least one image based on at least one image data which has been acquired by an image-data acquiring device, the method comprising;

acquiring a staple position of the at least one image which has been set in the at least one image data;

setting a page-turning procedure which is an operating procedure for changing an image to be outputted to the output section to one of a subsequent image and a previous image based on the staple position;

outputting the at least one image to the output section;

receiving an input according to the page-turning procedure; and

changing the at least one image which has been outputted to the output section in accordance with the input according to the page-turning procedure.

2. The output processing method according to claim 1, wherein setting the page-turning procedure includes outputting, to the output section, an operation button for changing the image to be outputted to the output section to one of the subsequent image and the previous image based on the staple position, and setting an operation to the operation button as the page-turning procedure.

3. The output processing method according to claim 2, wherein in a case of outputting the operation button to the output section, an operation button for changing the image to be outputted to the output section to the subsequent image is outputted on one side of the output section corresponding to the staple position, and an operation button for changing the image to be outputted to the output section to the previous image is outputted on an opposite side of the output section opposite to the one side with respect to the at least one image outputted to the output section.

4. The output processing method according to claim 1,

wherein the output apparatus further includes a sensor configured to output sensor data based on at least one of an approximation of an input medium toward the output section, a contact of the input medium with the output section, and an attitude of the output apparatus, and

the page-turning procedure is set such that, in a case that at least one of a tilting direction associated with a change in the attitude of the output apparatus and a sliding direction of the input medium, which has been acquired based on the sensor data outputted from the sensor, is same as a staple direction from a center of the output section toward the staple position, the at least one image outputted to the output section is changed to the subsequent image, and in a case that at least one of the tilting direction and the sliding direction is opposite to the staple direction, the at least one image outputted to the output section is changed to the previous image.

5. The output processing method according to claim 1, wherein in a case of outputting a plurality of images to the output section, the plurality of images are outputted to the output section to be arranged in an order based on a staple direction from a center of the output section toward the staple position.

6. The output processing method according to claim 5,

wherein the plurality of images have different page numbers respectively, and

the plurality of images are outputted to the output section such that the page numbers of the plurality of images become greater toward a direction opposite to the staple direction.

7. An output apparatus configured to output at least one image based on at least one image data which has been acquired by an image-data acquiring device, the apparatus comprising:

an output section configured to output the at least one image; and

a processing section configured to;

make the output section output the at least one image based on the at least one image data;

acquire a staple position of the at least one image which has been set in the at least one image data;

set a page-turning procedure which is an operating procedure for changing an image to be outputted to the output section to one of a subsequent image and a previous image based on the staple position;

receive an input according to e page-turning procedure; and

change the at least one image which has been outputted to the output section in accordance with the input according to the page-turning procedure.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause an output apparatus including an output section configured to output at least one image based on at least one image data which has been acquired by an image-data acquiring device, to:

acquire a staple position of the at least one image which has been set in the at least one image data;

set a page-turning procedure which is an operating procedure for changing an image to be outputted to the output section to one of a subsequent image and a previous image based on the staple position;

output the at least one image to the output section;

receive an input according to the page-turning procedure, and

change the at least one image which has been outputted to the output section in accordance with the input according to the page-turning procedure.