INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20150026639A1
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: NOGUCHI, Nozomi, NAKAMURA, Shinichi, SUGIMOTO, Hideaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/821
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an image display unit, an arrangement unit, and a marker display unit. The image display unit displays images. Upon acceptance of an instruction to rearrange an image selected from among the images in an arrangement area including one of the images, the arrangement unit rearranges the selected image at a rearrangement position in the arrangement area on the image display unit. The marker display unit displays a marker image between an image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged lower in rank than the image at the rearrangement position when the rearrangement position is lower than the position of the selected image, or displays the marker image between the image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged higher in rank than the image at the rearrangement position when the rearrangement position is higher than the position of the selected image.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image display unit that displays a plurality of images;

an arrangement unit that, upon acceptance of an instruction given from an instruction unit to rearrange an image selected from among the plurality of images in an arrangement area including one of the plurality of images, rearranges the selected image at a rearrangement position arranged in the arrangement area on the image display unit; and

a marker display unit that displays a marker image between an image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged lower in rank than the image at the rearrangement position in a case where the rearrangement position is lower in rank than the position of the selected image, or displays the marker image between the image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged higher in rank than the image at the rearrangement position in a case where the rearrangement position is higher in rank than the position of the selected image.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the rearrangement position is higher in rank than the position of the selected image, the arrangement unit instructs the image display unit to move an image arranged between an arrangement position higher in rank than the arrangement position of the selected image prior to the rearrangement and the rearrangement position to an arrangement position lower in rank by one.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the rearrangement position is lower in rank than the position of the selected image, the arrangement unit instructs the image display unit to move an image arranged between an arrangement position lower in rank than the arrangement position of the selected image prior to the rearrangement and the rearrangement position to an arrangement position higher in rank by one.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the positions which are ranked are present over a plurality of screens,

wherein, in a case where the rearrangement position is on a screen different from a screen on which the arrangement position of the selected image prior to the rearrangement is present, the arrangement unit instructs the image display unit to move an image arranged at an arrangement position lower in rank than the arrangement position of the selected image prior to the rearrangement on the screen on which the arrangement position of the selected image prior to the rearrangement is present to an arrangement position higher in rank by one, and

wherein, on the screen on which the rearrangement position is present, the arrangement unit instructs the image display unit to move an image arranged at the rearrangement position and an image arranged at an arrangement position lower in rank than the rearrangement position to arrangement positions lower in rank by one.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the positions which are ranked are present over a plurality of screens,

wherein the positions are sequentially and consecutively ranked over the plurality of screens, and

wherein the arrangement unit instructs the image display unit to move the positions of the plurality of images over the plurality of screens.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rearrangement candidate image display unit that, upon acceptance of an instruction to change the arrangement position of the selected image and to rearrange the selected image, receives a candidate for coordinates of the rearrangement position in the arrangement area, and displays the selected image at a position with the candidate coordinates,

wherein the rearrangement candidate image display unit makes the selected image to be displayed semitransparent, and, in a case where the selected image overlaps another arranged image, displays a border framing the selected image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the border framing the selected image is displayed only at a portion that overlaps the other image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the border framing the selected image is displayed in a case where the selected image overlaps the other image in a similar color.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the arrangement area in a case of rearranging the selected image to a higher rank position is an area lower in rank than the rearrangement position, and

wherein the arrangement area in a case of rearranging the selected image to a lower rank position is an area higher in rank than the rearrangement position.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:

displaying a plurality of images;

upon acceptance of an instruction given from an instruction unit to rearrange an image selected from among the plurality of images in an arrangement area including one of the plurality of images, rearranging the selected image at a rearrangement position arranged in the arrangement area on a image display unit; and

displaying a marker image between an image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged lower in rank than the image at the rearrangement position in a case where the rearrangement position is lower in rank than the position of the selected image, or displaying the marker image between the image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged higher in rank than the image at the rearrangement position in a case where the rearrangement position is higher in rank than the position of the selected image.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image display unit that displays a plurality of images arranged at positions that are ranked; and

a marker display unit that, in a case of rearranging an image selected from among the plurality of images at any of the plurality of images excluding the image selected from among the plurality of images, if a rearrangement position at which the selected image is rearranged is lower in rank than a position of the selected image, displays a marker image between an image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged lower in rank than the image at the rearrangement position.

12. An information processing method comprising:

displaying a plurality of images;

upon acceptance of an instruction given from an instruction unit to rearrange an image selected from among the plurality of images in an arrangement area including one of the plurality of images, rearranging the selected image at a rearrangement position arranged in the arrangement area on a image display unit; and

displaying a marker image between an image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged lower in rank than the image at the rearrangement position in a case where the rearrangement position is lower in rank than the position of the selected image, or displaying the marker image between the image at the rearrangement position and an image arranged higher in rank than the image at the rearrangement position in a case where the rearrangement position is higher in rank than the position of the selected image.

13. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image display unit that displays a plurality of images while providing an area between the plurality of images; and

a marker display unit that displays, in a case of arranging an image selected from among the plurality of images displayed on the image display unit at a position to right of a position of the selected image, a marker image in the area, the area being between the position where the selected image is arranged and a position where an image to right of the position where the selected image is arranged is arranged.