Multilayered task supporting apparatus and method for supporting multilayered task

• US 7,877,699 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Issued: 01/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsunaga, Yoshifumi, Komura, Akinori, Hattori, Hiroyuki, Yago, Tomokazu, Yuzawa, Hideto
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore; William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZAHR, ASHRAF A
• Application Number:
  US11/332,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20070063970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,834 Days
• Field of Search: 715/790, 345/172
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0238 Programmable keyboards key guide holders G06F3/0224

Abstract

A multilayered task supporting apparatus includes: a display area that is divided into three or more; an input unit that is provided with a group of control buttons for assigning a display object; and a control unit that controls a content to be displayed on the display area on the basis of an input from the input unit.

Claims

1. A multilayered task supporting apparatus comprising:

a display area that is divided into three or more display segments, the display segments including a first display segment and at least two second display segments, wherein

one of the second display segment displays a first arithmetic object,

the other of the second display segment displays a second arithmetic object, and

the first display segment displays an arithmetic result calculated by using at least one non-numeral content attribute of the first arithmetic object and at least one non-numeral content attribute of the second arithmetic object;

an input unit including foot pedals and plural groups of control buttons, wherein each of the groups is associated with a corresponding second display segment, respectively, the control buttons of each group are used to designate display objects to be displayed on the corresponding second display segment, and each control button has a changeable display for displaying a symbol;

a control unit that controls contents to be displayed on the display area based on an input from the input unit, the input being at least one of a sentence magnification expression processing, syndetic synthesis processing, subtraction processing or division processing, wherein the foot pedals control the display area through the control unit.

2. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display area is provided at a front portion of the multilayered task supporting apparatus.

3. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input unit is provided on at least one of left and right sides and before the display area.

4. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input unit is provided with operator buttons.

5. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the input unit is provided with at least one of an arithmetic input start button and an arithmetic input end button.

6. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input unit has a touch panel.

7. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an install portion in which a predetermined object is to be installed.

8. The multilayered task supporting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input history storing unit, wherein the control unit controls the storage of the input history of the control buttons in the input history storing unit.

9. A method for supporting multilayered task, the method comprising:

receiving an input from an input unit including foot pedals and plural groups of control buttons;

controlling a display content based on the received input, the input being at least one of a sentence magnification expression processing, syndetic synthesis processing, subtraction processing or division processing;

displaying the controlled display content onto at least one of three or more display areas wherein the three or more display areas include a first display segment and at least two second display segments, wherein

one of the second display segment displays a first arithmetic object,

the other of the display segment displays a second arithmetic object, and

the first display segment displays an arithmetic result calculated by using at least one content attribute of the first arithmetic object and at least one content attribute of the second arithmetic object;

associating each of the groups with a corresponding second display segment respectively, the control buttons of each group are used to designate display objects to be displayed on the corresponding second display segment, and each control button has a changeable display for displaying a symbol; and

controlling the at least one of three or more display area with the foot pedals.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program product for causing a computer system to execute procedures for supporting multilayered task, the process comprising:

receiving an input from an input unit including foot pedals and plural groups of control buttons;

controlling a display content based on the received input, the input being at least one of a sentence magnification expression processing, syndetic synthesis processing, subtraction processing or division processing;

displaying the controlled display content onto at least one of three or more display areas, wherein the three or more display areas include a first display segment and at least two second display segments, wherein

one of the second display segment displays a first arithmetic object,

the other of the display segment displays a second arithmetic object, and

the first display segment displays an arithmetic result calculated by using at least one non-numeral content attribute of the first arithmetic object and at least one non-numeral content attribute of the second arithmetic object;

associating each of the groups with a corresponding second display segment, respectively, the control buttons of each group are used to designate display objects to be displayed on the corresponding second display segment, and each control button has a changeable display for displaying a symbol; and

controlling the at least one of three or more display area with the foot pedals.