DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN INCLUDING SCROLLABLE LIST

• US 20140068502A1
• Filed: 08/28/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Tomiyasu, Kazuhiro, Kurumasa, Yoichi, Komaba, Kenichi, Okada, Tokuya
• Application Number:
  US14/012,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068502A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An MFP as a display device includes a first display unit for displaying a screen including a list on an operation panel and a second display unit for displaying the screen on the operation panel in a format different from the first display unit. When flick operation is accepted to scroll the list in a predetermined direction, the MFP decides a scroll speed to scroll-display the list, based on which of the first and second display units displays the screen. If the size of characters in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit is smaller than the size of characters in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit, the MFP sets a scroll speed of the list displayed by the first display unit to be lower than a scroll speed of the list displayed by the second display.

Claims

1. A display device with a display, comprising:

a first display unit for displaying a screen including a scrollable list containing a plurality of information represented by characters on the display;

a second display unit for displaying the screen on the display in a format different from the first display unit;

an operation accepting unit for accepting flick operation to scroll the list in a predetermined direction; and

a speed decision unit for deciding a scroll speed to scroll-display the list, based on which of the first and second display units displays the screen when the operation accepting unit accepts flick operation, wherein

the speed decision unit decides a scroll speed for the accepted predetermined flick operation such that a scroll speed of the list displayed by the first display unit is slower than a scroll speed of the list displayed by the second display unit, in one of the following cases;

(i) a size of a character in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit is smaller than a size of a character in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit;

(ii) a length in a scroll direction of a display area for the list in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit is longer than a length in the scroll direction of a display area for the list in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit;

(iii) a screen displayed by the first display unit includes a thumbnail related to the list, and a screen displayed by the second display unit does not include a thumbnail related to the list; and

(iv) the list on the screen displayed by the second display unit is a list in which part of information in the list on the screen displayed by the first display unit is hidden.

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

an orientation determination unit for determining an orientation of the display; and

a first display decision unit for deciding which of the first and second display units displays the screen, based on the orientation determined by the orientation determination unit, wherein

the first display unit displays the screen such that a long side of the screen corresponds to a short side of the display that is approximately rectangular, and

the second display unit displays the screen such that a long side of the screen corresponds to a long side of the display that is approximately rectangular.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the first display unit displays the screen such that each of the plurality of information is displayed in a first number of rows, and

the second display unit displays the screen such that each of the plurality of information is displayed in a second number of rows that is greater than the first number of rows.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the first and second display units display the screen such that a long side of the screen corresponds to a short side of the display that is approximately rectangular,

the first display unit displays the screen such that when the entire screen is displayed, a length of a display area for the list in a direction along a long side of the display has a first length, and

the second display unit displays the screen such that when the entire screen is displayed, the length of the display area of the list in the direction along the long side of the display has a second length longer than the first length.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

the first display unit displays a thumbnail of a file related to the list together with the list, and

the second display unit does not display the thumbnail.

6. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an authority identifying unit for identifying authority of a user who uses the display device; and

a second display decision unit for deciding which of the first and second display units displays the screen, based on the authority identified by the authority identifying unit, wherein

the second display unit displays the screen in a format in which part of information in the list on the screen displayed by the first display unit is hidden.

7. The display device according to claim 4, wherein a size of a character included in the list on the screen displayed by the first display unit is equal to a size of a character included in the list on the screen displayed by the second display unit.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen is a setting screen for making various settings of an image forming apparatus.

9. A method of controlling a display device including a display, a first display unit for displaying a screen including a scrollable list containing a plurality of information represented by characters on the display, and a second display unit for displaying the screen on the display in a format different from the first display unit, the method comprising:

accepting flick operation to scroll the list in a predetermined direction; and

deciding a scroll speed to scroll-display the list, based on which of the first and second display units displays the screen when flick operation is accepted, wherein

a scroll speed for the accepted predetermined flick operation is decided such that a scroll speed of the list displayed by the first display unit is slower than a scroll speed of the list displayed by the second display unit, in one of the following cases;

(i) a size of a character in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit is smaller than a size of a character in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit;

(ii) a length in a scroll direction of a display area for the list in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit is longer than a length in the scroll direction of a display area for the list in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit;

(iii) a screen displayed by the first display unit includes a thumbnail related to the list, and a screen displayed by the second display unit does not include a thumbnail related to the list; and

(iv) the list on the screen displayed by the second display unit is a list in which part of information in the list on the screen displayed by the first display unit is hidden.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a control program for a display device including a display, a first display unit for displaying a screen including a scrollable list containing a plurality of information represented by characters on the display, and a second display unit for displaying the screen on the display in a format different from the first display unit, the program causing a computer to execute:

accepting flick operation to scroll the list in a predetermined direction; and

deciding a scroll speed to scroll-display the list, based on which of the first and second display units displays the screen when flick operation is accepted, wherein

a scroll speed for the accepted predetermined flick operation is decided such that a scroll speed of the list displayed by the first display unit is slower than a scroll speed of the list displayed by the second display unit, in one of the following cases;

(i) a size of a character in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit is smaller than a size of a character in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit;

(ii) a length in a scroll direction of a display area for the list in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the second display unit is longer than a length in the scroll direction of a display area for the list in a case where the entire screen is displayed by the first display unit;

(iii) a screen displayed by the first display unit includes a thumbnail related to the list, and a screen displayed by the second display unit does not include a thumbnail related to the list; and

(iv) the list on the screen displayed by the second display unit is a list in which part of information in the list on the screen displayed by the first display unit is hidden.