DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20190310745A1
• Filed: 03/22/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: ISHIKAWA, Suguru
• Granted Patent: US 10,782,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display control device includes a display section and a display controller. The display section displays, as a list screen, an image including a plurality of listing images, a scroll bar, and a slider. The display controller controls a displayed form of the listing images and a displayed shape of the slider. The display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider based on a total number of listing images displayable within the list screen or the displayed shape of the slider.

Claims

1. A display control device comprising:

a display section configured to display, as a list screen, an image including a plurality of listing images, a scroll bar, and a slider; and

a display controller configured to control a displayed form of the listing images and a displayed shape of the slider, wherein

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider based on a total number of listing images displayable within the list screen or the displayed shape of the slider.

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

storage configured to store therein data indicating an operation history including frequency of operations on the slider, wherein

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider when the frequency of operations is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold.

3. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller determines whether or not a screen image displayed by the display section has transitioned to the list screen from another screen,

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider when determining that the screen image displayed by the display section has transitioned to the list screen from another screen.

4. The display control device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a reception section configured to receive an instruction from a user; and

a touch panel including the display section, wherein

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider when the reception section receives a touch operation on the scroll bar or the slider and an instruction to modify the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider after the display controller determining that the screen image has transitioned to the list screen.

5. The display control device according to claim 4, wherein

upon the reception section receiving the touch operation, the display controller calculates a finger press size indicating an area receiving the touch operation, and

the display controller determines whether or not the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider need to be modified based on the finger press size and the displayed shape of the slider.

6. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images so that a height of the listing images displayed after the modification is less than a height of the listing images displayed before the modification, and

the display controller modifies the displayed shape of the slider so that a height of the slider displayed after the modification is greater than a height of the slider displayed before the modification.

7. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images to change a width of the listing images displayed before the modification to 1/n thereof so that n columns of listing images are displayed in the list screen, n being a natural number of at least 2, and

the display controller modifies the displayed shape of the slider so that a height of the slider displayed after the modification is greater than a height of the slider displayed before the modification.

8. The display control device according to claim 7, wherein

the display controller changes the width of the n columns of listing images to (n/n+1) thereof so that (n+1) columns of listing images are displayed in the list screen, the width of the n columns of listing images being 1/n of the width of the listing images displayed before the modification, and

the display controller changes the height of the slider so that the change in the height of the slider corresponds to the one column of additional listing images displayed in the list screen.

9. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein

the display controller modifies the displayed form of the listing images so that a width of a space between adjacent listing images displayed after the modification is smaller than a width of a space between adjacent listing images displayed before the modification, and

the display controller modifies the displayed shape of the slider so that a height of the slider displayed after the modification is greater than a height of the slider displayed before the modification.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium recording thereon a display control program for execution by a computer in a display control device including the computer and a touch panel, the display control program comprising:

displaying, as a list screen, an image including a plurality of listing images, a scroll bar, and a slider; and

controlling a displayed form of the listing images and a displayed shape of the slider, wherein

in the controlling, the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider are modified based on a total number of listing images displayable within the list screen or the displayed shape of the slider.

11. A display control method for controlling a display control device, comprising:

displaying, as a list screen, an image including a plurality of listing images, a scroll bar, and a slider; and

controlling a displayed form of the listing images and a displayed shape of the slider, wherein

in the controlling, the displayed form of the listing images and the displayed shape of the slider are modified based on a total number of listing images displayable within the list screen or the displayed shape of the slider.