Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium

• US 8,468,463 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2007
• Issued: 06/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Shibaike, Rei
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US11/984,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20080229256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 715/790, 345/173, 345/642
• US Class Current: 715/790
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

The image processing apparatus is provided with: a display that displays an object; a receiving device that receives a specified position specified by a user on the display; a holding device that holds setting of a process for the object; a judgment device that judges whether or not the specified position received by the receiving device is included in the display areas of a plural objects overlappedly; and an execution device that executes the process for selecting the plural objects of which the display areas include the specified position received by the receiving device according to the setting held in the holding device, when the judgment device judges that the specified position received by the receiving device is included in the display areas of the plural objects overlappedly.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display that displays a plurality of objects;

a receiving device that receives selection of a specified one of the plurality of objects by a user'"'"'s pointing specifying the specified one of the plurality of objects displayed on the display, wherein the selection is performed by the user physically touching the display;

a holding device that holds setting of a process for the specified one of the plurality of objects and for any of the plurality of objects overlapped with the specified one of the plurality of objects;

a judgment device that judges whether or not the display area of the specified one of the plurality of objects of which the selection is received by the receiving device is overlapped with the display area of any of the plurality of objects; and

an execution device that executes the process to select together both the specified one of the plurality of objects of which the selection is received by the receiving device and any of the plurality of objects overlapped with the specified one of the plurality of objects according to the setting held in the holding device, when the judgment device judges that the display area of the specified one of the plurality of objects is overlapped with the display area of any of the plurality of objects, wherein both the selected object and a different object that overlaps the selected object are moveable by the user together as a unit to any position of the display.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device holds the setting to select together both the specified one of the plurality of objects and one of the plurality of objects located on a layer under a layer on which the specified one of the plurality of objects is located among any of the plurality of objects overlapped with the specified one of the plurality of objects.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein,

the image processing apparatus is a table type display apparatus.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device holds the setting to select together both the specified one of the plurality of objects and an object located on a layer above a layer on which the specified one of the plurality of objects is located among any of the plurality of objects overlapped with the specified one of the plurality of objects.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein,

the image processing apparatus is a table type display apparatus.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the image processing apparatus is a table type display apparatus.

7. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display that displays a plurality of objects;

a receiving device that receives specified coordinates specified by pointing by a user on a specified one of the plurality of objects;

a holding device that holds setting of a process for any of the plurality of objects overlapped and displayed at the specified coordinates;

a judgment device that judges whether or not the specified coordinates received by the receiving device are included in an overlapped area of any of the plurality of objects; and

an execution device that executes the process to select together any of the plurality of objects overlapped and displayed at the specified coordinates received by the receiving device according to the setting held in the holding device, when the judgment device judges that the coordinates received by the receiving device are included in the overlapped area of any of the plurality of objects, wherein some or all of the plurality of objects that are overlapped each other at a portion including coordinates of the specified position are moveable by the user together as a unit to any position of the display.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein,

when a plurality of coordinates are specified, the objects having the portion are selected with respect to each of the plurality of coordinates.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein,

the objects having been selected are moved in accordance with respective movements of the plurality of coordinates made by a user.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein,

the image processing apparatus is a table type display apparatus.

11. An image processing method comprising:

displaying a plurality of objects;

receiving specified coordinates specified by pointing by a user on a specified one of the plurality of objects;

holding setting of a process for the any of the plurality of objects overlapped and displayed at the specified coordinates;

judging whether or not the specified coordinates received are included in an overlapped area of any of the plurality of objects; and

executing a process to select together all of the plurality of objects which have the overlapped area including the specified coordinates according to the held setting, when the specified coordinates are judged to be included in the overlapped area of the portion of the any of the plurality of objects, wherein some or all of the plurality of objects that are overlapped each other at a portion including coordinates of the specified position are moveable by the user together as a unit to any position of the display.

12. The image processing method according to claim 11, wherein,

when a plurality of coordinates are specified, the objects having the portion are selected with respect to each of the plurality of coordinates.

13. The image processing method according to claim 12, wherein,

the objects having been selected are moved in accordance with respective movements of the plurality of coordinates made by a user.

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

holding setting of a process for any of a plurality of objects that are overlapped and displayed at specified coordinates specified by a user;

judging whether or not the specified coordinates specified that are specified by pointing by a user are included in an overlapped area of any of the plurality of objects; and

executing the process to select together all of the plurality of objects which have the overlapped area including the specified coordinates, when the specified coordinates are included in the overlapped area of the portion of the any of the plurality of objects, wherein some or all of the plurality of objects that are overlapped each other at a portion including coordinates of a specified position are moveable by the user together as a unit to any position of the display.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14, wherein,

when a plurality of coordinates are specified, the objects having the portion are selected with respect to each of the plurality of coordinates.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein,

the objects having been selected are moved in accordance with respective movements of the plurality of coordinates made by a user.

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

holding setting of a process for both a specified object specified by a user and a different object of which a display area is overlapped with a display area of the object;

judging whether or not the display area of the specified object that is specified by pointing by a user is overlapped with the display area of the different object, wherein the specified object is specified by the user physically touching a display screen displaying the specified object and the different object; and

executing the process to select together both the specified object and the different object according to the held setting, when the display area of the specified object is judged to be overlapped with the display area of the different object, wherein both the specified object and the different object that overlaps the specified object are moveable by the user together as a unit to any position of the display.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein setting in the process of holding the setting is to select together both the specified object and an object located on a layer under a layer on which the specified object is located among the different object.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein setting in the process of holding the setting is to select together both the specified object and an object located on a layer above a layer on which the specified object is located among the different object.

20. An image processing method comprising:

displaying a plurality of objects;

receiving specified coordinates by a user'"'"'s pointing specifying a specified one of the plurality of objects;

holding setting of a process for both the specified one of the plurality of objects and any of the plurality of objects of which a display area is overlapped with a display area of the specified one of the plurality of objects;

judging whether or not the specified coordinates in the display area of the specified one of the plurality of objects of which the selection is received is overlapped with the display area of any of the plurality of objects; and

executing the process to select together both the specified one of the plurality of objects and any of the plurality of objects overlapped with the specified one of the plurality of objects according to the held setting, when the specified coordinates in the display area of the specified one of the plurality of objects are judged to be overlapped with the display area of any of the plurality of objects, wherein both the selected object and a different object that overlaps the selected object are moveable by the user together as a unit to any position of the display.