File content display device, file content display method, and computer program therefore

• US 7,739,616 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2006
• Issued: 06/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Masukawa, Akihiro, Kato, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow; Dennis-Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham; Linh K
• Application Number:
  US11/457,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20070016855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,433 Days
• Field of Search: 715/710, 715/763, 715/81, 715/788, 715/815, 715/816, 715716-719, 715/721, 715/725, 715/765, 715/747, 715/744, 715/745, 715/800, 715/825, 715/826, 345/611, 345/619, 345/629, 345/668
• US Class Current: 715/788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique for displaying the contents of a file on a display of a computer. Upon receiving an enlargement instruction for performing an enlarged display of a file, a computer detects whether an object included in the file is to be included in an enlarged display range of the file. When it is detected that the object is not to be included in the enlarged display range, the enlarged display range is automatically changed, whereby a user can understand which part of the file the enlarged display range corresponds to without performing a complicated operation.

Claims

1. A file display device comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain a file in which path information indicating a stored location of image data and text data, and position information indicating a display position where the image data and the text data are positioned in a display frame are included;

a designating unit configured to designate a display range in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;

a displaying unit configured to display the image data and the text data which exist in the display range by arranging them in a display frame based on the path information and the position information of the file;

a detecting unit configured to detect whether at least one of the image data or the text data exists in the designated display range based on the position information; and

an adjusting unit configured to automatically adjust the designated display range so as to exist at least one of the image data or the text data when the detecting unit detects that none of the image data and the text data exists in the display range,

wherein the displaying unit displays the image data and the text data which exist in the adjusted display range by arranging them in the display frame.

2. The file display device according to claim 1, further comprising an error displaying unit configured to display an error notification screen when the detecting unit detects that none of the image data or the text data exists in the display range.

3. The file display device according to claim 1, further comprising

a setting unit configured to set whether the change of the display range to be performed by the changing unit is allowed, and

wherein, when the change of the display range is set to be allowed by the setting unit, the changing unit changes the display range.

4. The file display device according to claim 1, wherein the designating unit designates a scaling factor and a datum position.

5. A file display method comprising:

obtaining a file in which path information indicating a stored location of image data and text data, and position information indicating a display position where the image data and the text data are positioned in a display frame are included;

designating a display range in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;

displaying the image data and the text data which exist in the display range by arranging them in a display frame based on the path information and the position information of the file;

detecting whether at least one of the image map data or text data exists in the designated display range based on the position information; and

automatically adjusting the designated display range so as to exist at least one of the image data or the text data when it is detected that none of the image data and the text data exists in the display range,

wherein displaying the image data and the text data which exist in the adjusted display range by arranging them in the display frame.

6. A storage medium on which a program for causing a computer to perform a file display method is stored, the file display method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a file in which path information indicating a stored location of image data and text data, and position information indicating a display position where the image data and the text data are positioned in a display frame are included;

designating a display range in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation;

displaying the image data and the text data which exist in the display range by arranging them in a display frame based on the path information and the position information of the file;

detecting whether at least one of the image data or text data exists in the designated display range based on the position information; and

automatically adjusting the designated display range so as to exist at least one of the image data or the text data when it is detected that none of the image data and the text data exists in the display range,

wherein displaying the image data and the text data which exist in the adjusted display range by arranging them in the display frame.