NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH STORES COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20150040044A1
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: TAKAHASHI, Yusaku
• Granted Patent: US 11,422,685 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• 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: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A first selection of an image may be received in accordance with image selection information inputted from a pointing device. A second selection of an image corresponding to a designated coordinate may be received by detecting the designated coordinate. A first object image for receiving an instruction to display a plurality of first images may be displayed. The plurality of first images may be displayed when an operation to select the displayed first object image is received in the first selection or the second selection. When a selection of a first image is received, the process associated with the selected first image may be executed. The plurality of first images may be displayed in a first mode when the operation is received in the first selection. The plurality of first images may be displayed in a second mode when the operation is received in the second selection.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores computer-readable instructions for an information processing device,

the information processing device comprising:

a processor;

a pointing device; and

a display,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the information processing device to;

display a pointer on the display in accordance with pointer position information indicating a moving direction and a moving amount of the pointer, the pointer position information being inputted from the pointing device;

receive a first selection of an image in accordance with image selection information inputted from the pointing device, the image selection information indicating that the image corresponding to a displayed position of the pointer has been selected;

receive a second selection of an image corresponding to a designated coordinate by detecting the designated coordinate that is a coordinate indicating a position where an indicator made contact or approached within a display region of the display;

display a first object image on the display for receiving an input of an instruction to display a plurality of first images on the display, each of the plurality of first images having a process associated thereto;

display the plurality of first images on the display in a case where an operation to select the displayed first object image is received in the first selection or the second selection; and

execute, in a case where a selection of a first image among the plurality of displayed first images is received, the process associated with the selected first image,

wherein

the plurality of first images is displayed in a first mode in a case where the operation to select the displayed first object image is received in the first selection, and

the plurality of first images is displayed in a second mode in a case where the operation to select the displayed first object image is received in the second selection.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1, wherein

the information processing device is configured capable of installing an application program for displaying the first object image on the display, and

the computer-readable instructions further cause the information processing device to:

display a second object image on the display for receiving an input of an instruction to activate the installed application program;

activate the installed application program in a case where an operation to select the displayed second object image is received in the first selection or the second selection; and

display the plurality of first images on the display in a case where an operation to select the first object image displayed by the activated application program is received in the first selection or the second selection,

wherein

the plurality of first images is displayed in the first mode in a case where the operation to select the second object image is received in the first selection, and

the plurality of first images is displayed in the second mode in a case where the operation to select the second object image is received in the second selection.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1, wherein

the first mode is a pull-down mode in which the plurality of first images is displayed with an animation effect as if the first images are pulled out from a displayed position of the first object image, and

the second mode is a pop-up mode in which the plurality of first images is displayed with an animation effect as if the first images are popping out.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores computer-readable instructions for an information processing device,

the information processing device comprising:

a processor;

a pointing device; and

a display,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the information processing device to;

display a pointer on the display in accordance with pointer position information indicating a moving direction and a moving amount of the pointer, the pointer position information being inputted from the pointing device;

detect a designated coordinate that is a coordinate indicating a position where an indicator made contact or approached within a display region of the display;

display a third object image on the display for receiving inputs of various operations;

display a plurality of second images on the display in a case where the pointer is being displayed in a displayed area of the displayed third object image, the display of the plurality of second images being performed in accordance with the designated coordinate being detected outside of the display area of the displayed third object image, and the display of the plurality of second images being performed with the detected designated coordinate as a reference; and

execute, in a case where the designated coordinate is detected within one of displayed areas of the plurality of displayed second images, a process associated with the second image in which displayed area the designated coordinate was detected;

wherein

a process is associated with each of the plurality of second images, the processes being various processes related to an operation of which input is received in the third object image.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 4, wherein

in a case where the third object image is an image for receiving an input of a character string, a process to set a size or a type of the character string is associated with the second image.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores computer-readable instructions for an information processing device,

the information processing device comprising:

a processor;

a pointing device; and

a display,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the information processing device to;

display a pointer on the display in accordance with pointer position information indicating a moving direction and a moving amount of the pointer, the pointer position information being inputted from the pointing device;

receive a third selection of an image or a position in accordance with selection information inputted from the pointing device, the selection information indicating that the image or the position corresponding to the displayed position of the pointer has been selected;

receive a fourth selection of an image or a position corresponding to a designated coordinate by detecting the designated coordinate that is a coordinate indicating a position where an indicator made contact or approached within a display region of the display;

store a selected object image in the memory in a case where an operation to select a displayed object image is received in one of the third selection or the fourth selection; and

display the selected object image on the display, in a case where an operation to designate a specific position within a display screen displayed in the display is received in the other of the third selection or the fourth selection, the selected object image being displayed with the specific position as a reference.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 6, wherein

the storing of the selected object image in the memory can be performed over plural times, and

the selected object image that is stored in the memory by the storing performed just before the displaying is displayed on the display.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 6, wherein

the selected object image is a character string selected by a dragging operation received in the third selection, and

the specific position is the designated coordinate detected in the fourth selection.