DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY THE SAME

• US 20140237428A1
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: MIYAZAKI, Sadaaki, KADOTA, Dai, TAKAHASHI, Yuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,167 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/833
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5016 User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display device; a touch panel for sensing movement of an input object; a storage storing data representating images; and a controller. Images are displayed on the display device so as to be arranged in an arrangement order. The controller calculates a moving amount for moving the images, in response to movement of the input object. When the images are movable by the calculated moving amount in a moving direction commanded, the controller moves the images displayed on the display device, by the calculated moving amount in the moving direction. When the images are not movable in the moving direction by the calculated moving amount, the controller changes a display manner of the images and display the images in the changed display manner.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display device;

a touch panel superposed on the display device and configured to detect a touch operation of an input object in a state in which the touch panel is touched or approached by the input object;

a storage configured to store a plurality of sets of data respectively representative of a plurality of images; and

a controller configured to;

control the display device to display at least two images of the plurality of images in a state in which the at least two images are arranged in a first direction in an arrangement order;

calculate a moving amount based on a moving operation when the moving operation is received by the touch panel, the moving operation being an operation for moving the at least two images in one of a first direction and a second direction opposed to the first direction;

move the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order and displayed on the display device, by the calculated moving amount in the moving direction, when the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are movable by the calculated moving amount in a moving direction indicated by the moving operation; and

change a display manner of the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order and display the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order in the changed display manner, when the at least one image at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable in the moving direction by the calculated moving amount.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of ordinal numbers are sequentially assigned to the plurality of images which are moved according to a moving operation for moving the at least two images in the first direction, and the plurality of images comprise a first ordinal number image whose ordinal number is first in the arrangement order,

wherein the display device comprises a display region on which the first ordinal number image is displayable, and the display region comprises a designated area which is an end portion of the display region in the first direction,

wherein the controller is capable of displaying the first ordinal number image on the designated area when having received the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the first direction, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

compare, when the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the first direction is received by the touch panel, the calculated moving amount with a first moving amount by which the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order need to be moved to display the first ordinal number image on the designated area; and

determine that the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable by the calculated moving amount, when the calculated moving amount is greater than the first moving amount.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to display the first ordinal number image on the designated area in the changed display manner when the calculated moving amount is greater than the first moving amount.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of ordinal numbers are sequentially assigned to the plurality of images which are moved according to a moving operation for moving the at least two images in the second direction, and the plurality of images comprise a last ordinal number image whose ordinal number is the last in the arrangement order,

wherein the display device comprises a display region on which the last ordinal number image is displayable, and the display region comprises a designated area which is an end portion of the display region in the second direction,

wherein the controller is capable of displaying the last ordinal number image on the designated area when having received the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the second direction, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

compare, when the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the second direction is received by the touch panel, the calculated moving amount with a second moving amount by which the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order need to be moved to display the last ordinal number image on the designated area; and

determine that the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable by the calculated moving amount, when the calculated moving amount is greater than the second moving amount.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the designated area is located at a center of the display device in the first direction.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of ordinal numbers are sequentially assigned to the plurality of images which are moved according to a moving operation for moving the at least two images in the first direction, and the plurality of images comprise a first ordinal number image whose ordinal number is first in the arrangement order,

wherein the display device comprises a display region on which a plurality of images that are moved according to the moving operation are displayable, and the display region comprises a designated area which is an end portion of the display region in the second direction,

wherein the controller is capable of displaying the first ordinal number image on the designated area when having received the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the first direction, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

compare, when the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the first direction is received by the touch panel, the calculated moving amount with a first moving amount by which the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order need to be moved to display the first ordinal number image on the designated area; and

determine that the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable by the calculated moving amount, when the calculated moving amount is greater than the first moving amount.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of ordinal numbers are sequentially assigned to the plurality of images which are moved according to a moving operation for moving the at least two images in the second direction, and the plurality of images comprise a last ordinal number image whose ordinal number is the last in the arrangement order,

wherein the display device comprises a display region on which a plurality of images that are moved according to the moving operation are displayable, and the display region comprises a designated area which is an end portion of the display region in the first direction,

wherein the controller is capable of displaying the last ordinal number image on the designated area when having received the moving operation for moving the at least two images in the second direction, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

compare, when the moving operating for moving the at least two images in the second direction is received by the touch panel, the calculated moving amount with a second moving amount by which the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order need to be moved to display the last ordinal number image on the designated area; and

determine that the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable by the calculated moving amount, when the calculated moving amount is greater than the second moving amount.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to increase transparency of the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order after the at least two images are moved, when the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable in the moving direction by the calculated moving amount.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to increase the transparency such that the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order after the movement thereof are not completely transparent.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to increase the transparency of the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order, with increase in difference between the calculated moving amount and the first moving amount, when the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable in the moving direction by the calculated moving amount.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

when the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable in the moving direction by the calculated moving amount, display the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order in the changed display manner for a predetermined period of time;

change the display manner of the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order to an original display manner when the predetermined period of time ends; and

display the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order in the original display manner.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function executing device configured to execute a preset function,

wherein each of the plurality of images is associated with at least one of (i) first setting data constituted by at least one set value which is used when the preset function is executed by the function executing device and (ii) second setting data associated with the first setting data, and

wherein the controller is configured to:

control the display device to display the at least two images of the plurality of images and display at least one of (a) at least one of the at least one set value represented by the first setting data corresponding to one image of the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order and displayed on the display device and (b) a set value represented by the second setting data corresponding to the one image; and

control the display device not to display at least one of (c) the at least one of the at least one set value represented by the first setting data and (d) the set value represented by the second setting data throughout a period in which the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are moved based on the moving operation.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to:

control the display device to display the at least two images of the plurality of images and display at least one set value which is used when the preset function is executed by the function executing device and which is shared by the plurality of images; and

control the display device to continue displaying the at least one set value shared by the plurality of images throughout the period in which the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are moved based on the moving operation.

14. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by a computer of a display apparatus, the display apparatus comprising:

a display device; and

a touch panel superposed on the display device and configured to detect a touch operation of an input object in a state in which the touch panel is touched or approached by the input object,

the instructions, when executed, causing the computer to;

control the display device to display at least two images of a plurality of images respectively based on a plurality of sets of data stored in a storage, in a state in which the at least two images are arranged in a first direction in an arrangement order;

calculate a moving amount based on a moving operation when the moving operation is received by the touch panel, the moving operation being an operation for moving the at least two images in one of the first direction and a second direction opposed to the first direction;

move the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order and displayed on the display device, by the calculated moving amount in the moving direction, when the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are movable by the calculated moving amount in a moving direction indicated by the moving operation; and

change a display manner of the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order and display the at least two images arranged in the arrangement order in the changed display manner, when the at least one image at least two images arranged in the arrangement order are not movable in the moving direction by the calculated moving amount.