IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140029034A1
• Filed: 07/25/2013
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: TORIYAMA, Hideyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,842,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00413 using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options H04N1/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00949 Combining applications, e.g. to create workflows allocation of computer machine resources considering the execution order of a plurality of tasks G06F9/5038
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00954 Scheduling operations or managing resources H04N1/0096 takes precedence; program initiating or switching G06F9/48; allocation of computer resources G06F9/50

Abstract

An image processing device, comprises: a display part on which a variety of information is displayed; an image processing part for performing a plurality of image processing sequentially to process an input image data; a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one after the other based on the input image data or the processed image data generated sequentially in response to each image processing performed by the image processing part; an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through the entire plurality of image processing; a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of the plurality of image processing performed sequentially by the image processing part from the image data is input until the image is output on the display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image along the processing path.

Claims

1. An image processing device, comprising:

a display part on which a variety of information is displayed;

a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation on said display part;

an image inputting part for inputting image data;

an image processing part for performing a plurality of image processing sequentially to process the image data input by said image inputting part;

a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one after the other based on the image data input by said image inputting part or the processed image data generated sequentially in response to each image processing performed by said image processing part;

an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through the entire plurality of image processing by said image processing part;

a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of the plurality of image processing performed sequentially by said image processing part from the image data is input by said image inputting part until the image is output by said image outputting part on said display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image generated one after the other by said thumbnail image generating part with updating the thumbnail image along said processing path, thereby displaying a process result of each image processing performed by said image processing part; and

a continuous displaying time setting part for setting a value of a continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image displayed in said processing path by said display controlling part based on the operation detected by said manipulation detecting part or past operation records, wherein

said display controlling part updates the thumbnail image in accordance with the value of the continuous displaying time set by said continuous displaying time setting part.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a controlling part for setting each image processing or changing the settings of each image processing performed by said image processing part based on the operation detected by said manipulation detecting part, wherein

said image processing part performs each of the plurality of image processing sequentially in accordance with the settings or changes in the settings configured by said controlling part.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an image storage part for storing the processed image data generated in response to each image processing performed by said image processing part, wherein

said image processing part, when the settings of a part of the plurality of image processing is changed by said controlling part, reads the processed image data generated in response to the image processing the one before the image processing, the settings of which is changed, in said storage part and performs the image processing sequentially from the image processing, the settings of which is changed by said controlling part.

4. The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a records information storage part for storing the number of settings which is the number of times the image processing is set or the number of times that change is made in the settings configured by said controlling part as records information for each image processing executable on said image processing part, wherein

said continuous displaying time setting part sets the value of the continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image displayed in said processing path by said display controlling part in accordance with said number of settings or said number of changes in the settings recorded as said records information.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said processing path includes multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to change a display interval of said respective multiple process icons included in said processing path is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets the value of the continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image in accordance with the changed display interval.

6. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said processing path includes said multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to superimpose one of said multiple process icons on another process icon is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets not to display the thumbnail image showing the process result of the image processing corresponding to another process icon.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said processing path includes said multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to change a size of one of said multiple process icons is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets the value of the continuous displaying time to display the thumbnail image showing the process result of the image processing corresponding to the process icon based on the changed size.

8. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein

said display controlling part, when the following thumbnail image is not generated at the time of update of the thumbnail image in accordance with the value of the continuous displaying time set by said continuous displaying time setting part, updates the thumbnail image when the following thumbnail image has been generated by said thumbnail image generating part, thereby displaying the process result in conjunction with a progress of the image processing performed by said image processing part.

9. A display device capable of displaying in cooperation with an image processing device capable of performing a variety of image processing to process image data, wherein

said image processing device includes:

an image inputting part for inputting the image data;

an image processing part for performing the plurality of image processing sequentially to process the image data input by said image inputting part;

a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one after the other based on the image data input by said image inputting part or the processed image data generated sequentially in response to each image processing performed by said image processing part;

an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through the entire plurality of image processing by said image processing part; and

a controlling part for setting each image processing performed by said image processing part,

said display device includes;

a display part on which a variety of information is displayed;

a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation on said display part;

a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of the plurality of image processing performed sequentially by said image processing part from the image data is input by said image inputting part until the image is output by said image outputting part on said display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image generated one after the other by said thumbnail image generating part with updating the thumbnail image along said processing path, thereby displaying a process result of each image processing performed by said image processing part; and

a continuous displaying time setting part for setting a value of a continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image displayed in said processing path by said display controlling part based on the operation detected by said manipulation detecting part or past operation records, and

said display controlling part updates the thumbnail image in accordance with the value of the continuous displaying time set by said continuous displaying time setting part.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein

said continuous displaying time setting part obtains the number of settings which is the number of times the image processing is set or the number of times that change is made in the settings configured by said controlling part from said image processing device for each image processing executable on said image processing part, and sets the value of the continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image displayed in said processing path by said display controlling part in accordance with said number of settings or said number of changes in the settings.

11. The display device according to claim 9, wherein

said processing path includes multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to change a display interval of said respective multiple process icons included in said processing path is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets the value of the continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image in accordance with the changed display interval.

12. The display device according to claim 9, wherein

said processing path includes said multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to superimpose one of said multiple process icons on another process icon is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets not to display the thumbnail image showing the process result of the image processing corresponding to another process icon.

13. The display device according to claim 9, wherein

said processing path includes said multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to change a size of one of said multiple process icons is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets the value of the continuous displaying time to display the thumbnail image showing the process result of the image processing corresponding to the process icon based on the changed size.

14. The display device according to claim 9, wherein

said display controlling part, when the following thumbnail image is not generated at the time of update of the thumbnail image in accordance with the value of the continuous displaying time set by said continuous displaying time setting part, updates the thumbnail image when the following thumbnail image has been generated by said thumbnail image generating part, thereby displaying the process result in conjunction with a progress of the image processing performed by said image processing part.

15. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, said program executable on a display device including a display part on which a variety of information is displayed and a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation on said display part, said program being executed on said display device, thereby causing said display device to display in cooperation with an image processing device capable of performing a variety of image processing to process image data, wherein

said image processing device includes:

an image inputting part for inputting the image data;

an image processing part for performing the plurality of image processing sequentially to process the image data input by said image inputting part;

a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one after the other based on the image data input by said image inputting part or the processed image data generated sequentially in response to each image processing performed by said image processing part;

an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through the entire plurality of image processing by said image processing part; and

a controlling part for setting each image processing performed by said image processing part,

said program executed on said display device to function as a system comprises;

a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of the plurality of image processing performed sequentially by said image processing part from the image data is input by said image inputting part until the image is output by said image outputting part on said display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image generated one after the other by said thumbnail image generating part with updating the thumbnail image along said processing path, thereby displaying a process result of each image processing performed by said image processing part; and

a continuous displaying time setting part for setting a value of a continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image displayed in said processing path by said display controlling part based on the operation detected by said manipulation detecting part or past operation records, and

said display controlling part updates the thumbnail image in accordance with the value of the continuous displaying time set by said continuous displaying time setting part.

16. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein

said continuous displaying time setting part obtains the number of settings which is the number of times the image processing is set or the number of times that change is made in the settings configured by said controlling part from said image processing device for each image processing executable on said image processing part, and sets the value of the continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image displayed in said processing path by said display controlling part in accordance with said number of settings or said number of changes in the settings.

17. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein

said processing path includes multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to change a display interval of said respective multiple process icons included in said processing path is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets the value of the continuous displaying time between updates of each thumbnail image in accordance with the changed display interval.

18. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein

said processing path includes said multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to superimpose one of said multiple process icons on another process icon is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets not to display the thumbnail image showing the process result of the image processing corresponding to another process icon.

19. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein

said processing path includes said multiple process icons each of which corresponds to the image processing performed by said image processing part, and

said continuous displaying time setting part, when the operation to change a size of one of said multiple process icons is detected by said manipulation detecting part, sets the value of the continuous displaying time to display the thumbnail image showing the process result of the image processing corresponding to the process icon based on the changed size.

20. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein

said display controlling part, when the following thumbnail image is not generated at the time of update of the thumbnail image in accordance with the value of the continuous displaying time set by said continuous displaying time setting part, updates the thumbnail image when the following thumbnail image has been generated by said thumbnail image generating part, thereby displaying the process result in conjunction with a progress of the image processing performed by said image processing part.